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Chapter 145 - 138: The Pyramid of Magic Potions Study_2

Chapter 145: Chapter 138: The Pyramid of Magic Potions Study_2

"The only way to elevate oneself from the beginner to intermediate or even advanced Magic Potion Master is to start with a first-grade magic potion, continually solidifying the foundation. Only when your foundation is strong enough can you begin the next stage, otherwise, no matter how talented you are or how exquisite your potion-making skills are, you will eventually hit a bottleneck and will no longer be able to progress,"

"This time, the Evolution Elixir was a special case. In the future, you’re not allowed to use time-reversing tactics to surpass your class in potion-making," Vivian finally made a request to him.

"Alright, I understand...I’m starting now."

Mu You nodded, took her words to heart, and prepared to start refining.

Vivian glanced at him, knowing that he hadn’t really understood, but at this time she didn’t say much more. She took out the pocket watch and quietly helped him control time.

The importance of the basics is not easily understood without first-hand experience. Even she had once been overly ambitious in her early days. It was only after experiencing the despair brought about by facing a bottleneck that she truly understood the importance of a good foundation. Words alone are not enough. He has to experience it for himself.

The Flying Card was thrown out, and the Fool’s Boundary spontaneously appeared.

Time was limited, so Mu You immediately began his refinement.

He took one material after another, handled them properly, and skillfully threw them into the crucible.

Having been trained systematically by Vivian, he was no longer fumbling around by himself. Every move he made was orderly, and he handled each step methodically.

After more than sixty years of studying Magic Potions, his basic skills had been elevated a thousand times more than when he was refining the Spirit Calling Potion!

Yet, even so, he quickly realized the difficulty of crafting a fourth-grade magic potion.

In the repeating Fool’s Boundary, he made a total of 2,760 attempts. It wasn’t until he had perfected every step that Mu You was able to produce his first successful concoction.

Under the effects of Spring Wine, the bright red potion in the crucible finally solidified with white, ordinary-grade quality.

Mu You wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

With more than two thousand seven hundred attempts, it seemed a bit less than when making a Spirit Calling Potion. Continuing would seemingly have a chance of increasing the quality to Excellent Grade.

But Mu You had no intention of continuing. After obtaining the first successful result, he immediately moved and terminated the Fool’s Barrier.

Because at this point, he had deeply felt the ’bottleneck’ that Vivian mentioned.

No matter how many times he tried, the potion would always end up being of ordinary grade, because that was his current limit.

Vivian was right, potions above the intermediate level really couldn’t be achieved by sheer number of attempts.

Mu You took a breath, poured the potion from the crucible into the prepared bottle, and sealed it tightly.

As for the second Evolution Elixir, he decided not to make it for now. He’ll wait until his potion-making strength improves a bit since the second dose is for his own use, and he wants it to be of as high quality as possible.

At this time, Canary flew over, took a look at the red potion in his hand, didn’t comment, but said to him: "Starting from tomorrow, start making first-grade magic potions. There are a total of 362 first-grade magic potions, but only 20 of them are root magic potions. The remaining 342 are variations derived from these 20 potions."

"The Star Spirit World judges a first-grade Magic Potion Master based on whether he can learn at least five first-grade root magic potions and practice them to a success rate of over 70%."

"But my requirement for my disciples is to learn all 20 kinds of root magic potions, with a success rate of 99% or above. The evaluation standard is that if you can continuously refine a magic potion 100 times without fail, you have passed. Only when you have met this requirement for all 20 potions, you can begin studying the next stage of Magic Potions."

"Alright, I understand..."

The same response as before, but this time, Mu You had fully realized the importance of basics, so he didn’t think Vivian’s requirements were harsh at all.

Mu You stretched his waist, left the room, and went out to have breakfast.

By the time he came back, Little Ya was already in the store.

"Boss, have you seen the task in the morning? What should we do?" As soon as Little Ya saw Mu You, she couldn’t wait to consult him immediately.

"Have you logged into the game?"

"I logged in, and I was chased to kill as soon as I was online. I quit immediately. I learned about the new task after checking the forum," Little Ya said.

"You did a good job." Mu You gave her a thumbs up. Little Ya was pretty clever in this regard, she knew to ask him first when something came up, rather than trying to figure it out by herself.

Mu You opened his satellite phone, showed her the Dragon Team’s guide from yesterday, and then gave her a simple overview of her situation.

As for Little Ya, she had just reached the second level. It was impossible for her to participate in this task, so she could only bully low-level wild monsters in the wild to level up, just like the other new players.

Indeed, it was quite hard for the newbies at this point. Just after joining the game, they were immediately faced with a server-wide event, which greatly increased the difficulty of survival and dramatically slowed their progress.

Mu You couldn’t help her with this. All he could do was roll a six-pointer for her every day to try and boost her luck. The rest was up to her own destiny.

For the rest of the time, Little Ya went into the room to control the wand.

Meanwhile, Mu You returned to his room to prepare the Magic Cards he would need for the night.

He spent over ten hours making cards, working deep into the night. He produced a total of two Dark Transfer cards, three Tenacious Light cards, and two Zombie Summoning cards. In addition, he crafted one or two extra lower-grade spells like small Fireball Air Cannon.

Including the remaining cards from the previous meeting, Mu You now had thirty-two Magic Cards!

With so many cards, it was difficult for him to hold them all in one hand. Mu You was thinking about getting something like a card-album to store them.

In addition, he tried to make a Magic Card for the Horn of Abundance, but found it a bit too difficult. To create a complete Black Magic spell from scratch requires a massive amount of natural magic power, which exceeds his current crystal limit. Plus, he needed to make other cards as well, so he ended up only completing about 10% of it.

Also, Zhang Yang came by in the afternoon, delivering two Spell Scrolls to him.

Mu You immediately tore them open and learned two new spells. Then, he turned back time, preserving the scrolls for the evening’s trading.

Having finished all preparations, Mu You sat on the sofa, browsing the forum for a while, until the time finally passed twelve o’clock.

As the ring cast its projection, a familiar portal appeared on the ground.

"Vivian, can you..." Mu You turned to the Canary, unsure if she could accompany him through the portal.

"I’ll come along and take a look," the Canary simply flew onto his shoulder and went into hiding.

"Alright."

The Secret Technique Conference would only last an hour, and being apart for that long wouldn’t exhaust Vivian’s magic power. However, it was safer if they didn’t have to separate.

Mu You changed into the skin of the Watchman, gathered all his belongings, and stepped into the portal.