Upon seeing this, Leylin instantly knew what the Four Seasons Garden was going to evaluate them on.
“As we all know, our Four Seasons Garden is famous for our specialisation in Potioneering. Therefore, we have some requirements in the area of Potioneering for new members. The test is very simple. Within the established time, successfully brew a bottle of Jeffrey’s Purifying Potion!”
Wade spoke softly, but it seemed like some sort of magic technique was being used, and his voice was clearly heard by every magician’s ears.
“Raw materials are arranged on the experiment tables; we have prepared three portions of raw materials for each of you. In other words, you’ll only have two chances to fail!”
“This kind of request….”
Leylin squinted for a bit. Jeffrey’s Purifying Potion was a type of middle-grade medicine, which, even amongst potions of a similar tier, was famous for being extremely difficult to brew.
Brewing this potion with only three portions of ingredients and within a specified time limit was something only those who were at a level comparable to Potion masters such as Kroft would be able to pass.
“Tsk….”
Sure enough, after the listing the requirements, Leylin heard distinct hisses from the magicians around him.
“In recent years, the larger powers within Nightless City have made their recruitment criteria increasingly stringent…”
At this time, a sound of complaint travelled to Leylin’s ears.
Chapter 155 – Jeffrey’s Purifying Potion
Jeffrey’s Purifying Potion
“Silence!”
Seeing the chaotic scene, Tyne, who had stayed quiet all this while, suddenly spoke.
In a split second, tremendous spiritual power swept through the hall like a storm.
“This is the assessment to enter my Four Seasons Garden. If you have no wish to participate, the door’s right there. Please feel free to leave.”
Tyne pointed to the small door at the side.
It instantly became unnaturally quiet.
“Good! Are there none who want to withdraw? In that case, let the examinations begin!” Wade glanced at the Magi under him, nodded, and a golden hourglass appeared in the middle of the room. Grain by grain, the sand started to fall.
Seeing that it was time to begin, the magicians quickly ran to their workbenches and started to handle the materials they had.
Leylin found himself a space in the corner, and since there were many workbenches within the hall, nobody was going to fight him for this place. At the moment, he was still relaxed enough to be judging the performance of the acolytes.
Since these Magi had all chosen Four Seasons Garden, it was natural that they had achieved a certain level of attainment in Potioneering. All of the magicians began to operate the equipment on the workbench in a skilled manner, motions quick and methodological.
“From the looks of it, I’ll have to reveal a bit of my skills…”
Leylin grinned and got to work…
“Hmm?”
Tyne, who had been sweeping his gaze over the applicants, suddenly made a sound of surprise.
“What happened?” Wade asked his friend in a hushed tone.
“That Magus! His brewing methods are extremely… perfect!” Tyne came up with the word after a long pause.
“Look! Even though the other magicians are skilled, they tend to make mistakes. However, there isn’t the slightest bit of a lapse in his hands or in his movements. Everything is so stable as if it’s a textbook example but in real life.”
“Hmm… You’re right! If you hadn’t brought it up, I would have missed it!”
Wade watched the young man in the corner who was engrossed in handling a green plant.
The young man was currently using his right hand to heat up the beaker, the fingers on his left hand constantly emitting yellow flames. When combined together, the colour became a striking red.
“This is the Flame Combining Method unique to the dark Magi domain, and is a high level technique used in Potioneering. To think that he’s so proficient in this method…”
Wade wore an expression of admiration on his face. “It looks like we’ve found ourselves a promising seedling. Let me see what his name is…”
Wade immediately went through the stack of application forms and quickly found the young man’s name on the last piece of parchment.
“So he’s called Leylin? He comes from the Abyssal Bone Forest Academy in the Poolfield Kingdom, and has offended the local Lilytell family!”
“If that’s all there is, it seems like we’re going to be welcoming another comrade soon!”
Tyne’s usually emotionless face twisted in a smile.
For the magicians in the light Magi domain, they were uncaring of the fact that Leylin had offended those in the dark Magi region. After all, these two areas were at odds with each other in the first place.
What they were most afraid of was if Leylin had offended any of the local large-scale Magi organisations. That was the most troublesome.
At times, in order to maintain the guise of unity and solidarity, they had no choice but to reject talented Magi who were on the light Magi organisations’ wanted lists.
The magicians were focusing on completing their own potions, and seemed not to have heard the two Magi, who were engrossed in conversation.
All of a sudden, a Magus dressed in a black cloak made a sound. His hand trembled, and the chemical within the test tube that was already transparent instantly became cloudy.
“Bastard! You’re looking to die!”
The black-cloaked Magus roared, countless black rays gathering in his hands as he dashed towards a blonde female Magus at another side.
“Stop right there!” Wade bellowed, his body shimmering with light. A rune nearby the experiment tables shone, trapping the Magus within the area.
“My lord, she…” he protested.
“I didn’t see her doing anything, I only saw you trying to attack a fellow Magus participating in the assessment!” Wade snorted.
“If this happens again, you’ll lose the right to participate.”
The black-robed Magus seemed extremely dissatisfied as he clenched his fist. After tarrying for several minutes, he then dispelled the radiation of energy waves in anger.
“I am going to kill you!”
He glared viciously at the blonde Magus. Afterwards, he picked up another set of ingredients and began his brewing again.
“This is… An attack on the sly?”
Leylin’s hands did not stop moving yet his emotions began to surge.
Just then, the A.I. Chip’s scan detected a tiny trace of an extremely covert spiritual force from the female blonde Magus that had attacked the black robed Magus.
Potioneering was a highly delicate process, and any tiny slip up could cause the whole brewing process to fail.
The black robed Magus had been interrupted at a crucial moment, and the potion he was brewing was naturally destroyed in an instant.
Although a spiritual attack was slight, a semi-converted elemental Magus would definitely be able to sense it.
However, these two examiners prevented the black-robed Magus from seeking revenge.
“Could it be that the test allows one to strike covertly, but it cannot cross a certain margin nor be too obvious?”
Leylin surmised.
With this said, the difficulty of the test had increased again. Leylin was stunned by the harshness and reality of this test from the Four Seasons Garden.
“However, on the other hand, the stricter the test is, the greater the benefits obtained later on!”
Right now, he was fuelled by a fervent desire.
Bang! Bang!
The commotion from just now seemed to have caused some sort of chain reaction, and in a short moment, another two Magi slipped up.
There was a cold glint in Leylin’s eyes.
Using the A.I. Chip, he could distinctly feel that there were two minute waves of spiritual force aimed towards him.
Their target was the Potion in his hand that was close to completion!
“A two pronged attack?”
Leylin laughed. To talk about the minute control of the spiritual force, Leylin who had the A.I. Chip to help him would not be afraid of anyone!
“A.I. Chip, begin secondary task and destroy the spiritual forces together with me!”
Leylin commanded inwardly. Very soon, a layer of spiritual force that had a trace of Darkness aura met the two similar spiritual force head on.
Ka-Cha! Ka-Cha!
At the point of contact between the spiritual forces. Leylin’s spiritual force had rapidly overlapped, turning into the form of a small snake. Its tiny strength continued to stack, and after several rounds, its might momentarily multiplied by several times!
Boom!
The two opposing spiritual forces were destroyed the moment they came in contact with Leylin’s spiritual force.
Not only that, Leylin’s spiritual force still followed the pathway of the two spiritual forces and began a fierce counterattack.
“Urgh!”
“Argh!”
Two sudden cries were sounded in the hall suddenly.
Warlock of the Magus World (Chapter 151-Chapter 300)
Wen Chao Gong's books
- Warlock of the Magus World (Chapter 1-Chapter 150)
- Warlock of the Magus World (Chapter 301-Chapter 450)
- Warlock of the Magus World (Chapter 451-Chapter 600)
- Warlock of the Magus World (Chapter 601-Chapter 750)
- Warlock of the Magus World (Chapter 751-Chapter 900)
- Warlock of the Magus World (Chapter 901-Chapter 1050)
- Warlock of the Magus World (Chapter 1051-Chapter 1200)