Several hours later, Flan slightly tapped the surface of the silver mirror . The scene vanished into darkness and the mirror returned to its original state . Flan stood in front of the table . As she blinked her eyes, she started thinking . She then turned around and walked out of the stone room . Outside the stone room, a woman wearing a white mask was waiting quietly . She bowed as Flan stepped out of the door . "Master Flan, master Isabel sent out several cases of materials again . " "To the wizard named Green?" Flan questioned . "Yes . " "Potion materials?" "Yes . " "He’s living a better life than the Potion Masters in the family . Whatever, a Gas stage wizard, it’s fine if she’s having fun . " Flan finished her word and walked down the spiral staircase . "Where are the guards for the family resource point?" "Waiting for you down the obelisk . " "Time to show the elders what the Jones Family is capable of . " **************************** In the house beside the lake . Angele walked down the stairs and reached a small door below the staircase . The door was painted white . It had the same color as the wall, so it was hard for others to find . Angele tapped on the door . A red dot flashed on its surface and the door opened itself, revealing a bright underground tunnel . The tunnel led to a spacious basement . White glowing crystals lined up on both sides of the wall . They looked like small diamond-shaped lamps . Angele walked into the tunnel and pressed his hands against the door . Silver liquid slowly filled up the gaps around the door, resulting in the door almost looking like it became part of the staircase . After the door was sealed, Angele turned around and walked down the tunnel . There were four closed doors on each of the walls in the basement . Different signs were hanging over each of the doors: Material, Creature, Potion, and Spell . Angele walked into the material room and opened the door . A whole pile of black boxes was stored inside . There were also several wooden barrels with meat jerky, fruit wine, and special wheat . Angele walked to a white box on the left side and opened it carefully . Inside were two test tubes that contained blue and red liquid, protected by cotton pads . The red and blue liquid was glowing under the dim light . Angele grabbed the two test tubes in hand and left the material room . He then entered the potion room . Inside the potion room, there was a shell-shaped black metal table covered with crystal lab equipment . A head-sized glass container with black sticky liquid was being heated using a fat burner and the liquid inside was bubbling . The bubbles were rising and exploding on the surface of the liquid . White smoke formed small vortexes after the bubbles exploded and they looked like clean white roses . Angele stood in front of the crystal container and observed the reaction quietly . After several minutes, he took a deep breath and slowly removed the stopper, then quickly poured the liquid from the test tubes into the container . *BOOM*
Intense dark smoke spurted out of the crystal container and formed a goat’s head in the air . The goat head was more than half a meter tall and its spiral horns were eye-catching . Angele was satisfied with the result . "Baphomet…The demon with a goat’s head and a human’s body…so the materials I collected are correct . Good thing I stored them well . " The smoke floated in the air for about ten minutes before disappearing . The black sticky liquid inside the crystal container turned into translucent clean liquid . It looked just the water from the lake . Angele calmed down and took out a black stone piece with a white rune engraved on its surface . He dropped the rune stone into the container . Angele stared at the container carefully and observed the reactions happening inside as he started invoking the incantation to activate the rune .
The deep and loud incantation echoed in the room . The words were hard to understand, but his voice was calm and steady . The rune stone slowly moved to the center of the translucent liquid . The rune stone broke into countless small pieces as Angele invoked the incantation . Angele’s incantation got louder and louder, and the rune stone pieces almost completely dissolved in the liquid . The progress was going well . He looked relaxed . Suddenly, Angele increased his chanting speed . *CHI* The dissolving black rune stone pieces gathered together . They merged and returned to the original shape within seconds . However, the white rune on the stone’s surface slowly vanished into the air and the rune stone was no longer surrounded by the gentle glow .
"Damn…" Angele sighed . "That was close . I spent so much time preparing the materials…" He eyed the black rune stone in the container with a disappointed look on his face . Angele picked up the crystal container and poured everything into a stone wash basin . "I need to start over again . " Angele shook his head with his brow furrowed . It was difficult to stabilize the Black Rose oil and clean the heart of the tree . Angele’s original plan was to make the Tree Killer Potion first but failed . ‘Zero, collect the results and restart the simulation . ’ ‘Task created, simulating…’ Angele walked to the shell-shaped table and sat down on a chair . He closed his eyes and started to go through the mistakes he had done during the process . Although Angele had simulated the process using the chip and increased his success rate, he was still lacking in practical experience . The Potion Masters had a lower success rate, but some of them spent dozens of years to improve their skills and most of them could stay focused during the process . Angele needed more practice to improve the concoction process, which would take some time . ‘I’ll do it again in ten days . Let me try the finished Demos' Water first . ’ He opened the small drawer and grabbed one of the small pink crystal bottles . The liquid inside the cylinder-shaped bottle was dark . Angele removed the stopper from the crystal bottle . *CHI* Red smoke spurted out of the bottle and slowly disappeared into the room . A creamy milk smell permeated the air . Angele’s expression turned serious and started meditating right away . Although concocting Demos' Water had a low success rate, the number of rare materials Isabel sent to him was enough for Angele to try four times before successfully obtaining one high-quality potion . The hardest part of potion concocting was the mentality merging process . It required a high expertise in mentality manipulation . Otherwise, the reactions happening in the container would not happen . Usually, a Potion Master needed to try multiple times before finding the right methods for different potions . However, many materials would be wasted during the testing phase .
This was the reason why it required a huge amount of resources to train a Potion Master . Angele skipped the testing phase by using the chip’s simulation function . The best plan given by Zero after the simulations would increase his success rate greatly . However, many things could happen when concocting a mid-level potion, and he still needed to find the right amount of mentality to use by himself . After the plan was improved to perfection, Angele concocted about 20 bottles of Demos' Water . The correct way to use the potion was not to drink it but to let it evaporate . The effect of the potion was strong and one-fifth of the liquid would be gone in two hours . By inhaling the gas from the evaporated potion during meditation, Angele’s mentality would increase at a much faster rate . It was the first time Angele tried to use the potion during the meditation . He had, after all, spent way too much time on preparing the materials for the Tree Killer potion . The gas had a creamy smell and was moving into Angele’s ears and nose quickly . It almost looked like Angele’s body was absorbing the mysterious red gas and the scene looked quite strange . The red gas kept spurting out of the crystal bottle and revolving around his face . Angele slowly woke up from the meditation after a while . His face turned pale and he quickly sealed the bottle with the stopper . ‘Zero, how long did I meditate?’ ‘Meditation length, 2 hours 24 minutes and 31 seconds . Mentality increased by 0 . 1 . ’ Intense pain was hurting Angele’s head . It seemed that the side effects from the Demos' Water were physical . "The name of the potion is Stinky Demos’s Water…Where’s the stink?" Angele wondered . Suddenly, he covered his mouth with his hands, bent over to the side, and retched violently . A strange but awful stench rushed into his nose after he put the crystal bottle back into the drawer . The place now smelled like rotten eggs mixed with feces, but it made Angele’s head regain clarity . The meditation made his sense of smell keener . It seemed like the stinky smell was the byproduct produced prior to the evaporation process .
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