Chapter 53 Small Progress
Medicine Garden, inside Gaode’s workshop.

Godard carefully opened the box, took out a small bottle of basic magic potion, and held it in his hand.

“What a luxury!” He couldn’t help but sigh again.

The price of this small bottle of medicine is enough to cover the expenses of eight people in the medicine garden for nearly ten days.

And he could consume a small bottle in two days while practicing the Guidance Method.

The money had been spent, so Gao De no longer hesitated and gently pulled out the cork.

A strange smell of medicinal liquid spread out, but it was not unpleasant.

Gollum~
Godard raised his head and drank the bottle of basic magic potion in one gulp. After making sure there was not a drop left, he put the empty bottle back into the box.

Rinse it and the medicine can be recycled later, so don’t waste it.

“Don’t let me down with such an expensive price.”

Gao De muttered something to himself, and then quickly entered into a state of meditation necessary for practicing the Guidance Method.

As soon as he entered a meditative state, Gao De felt the difference.

A warm current was flowing continuously from his abdomen, it was an endless stream of magic power.

Under normal circumstances, magic power floats in the outside world, and he needs to use the guidance method to guide it into his body and then convert it into his own magic power.

But now, the magic power is gathered in his abdomen, so why does he need to guide it into his body from the outside?

Gao De had never seen such a good thing before, so he immediately practiced the Guiding Technique eagerly, greedily absorbing the magic power gathered in his lower abdomen and converting it into his own magic power.

Feeling the magic power in his body becoming more and more abundant, Gao De, who was in a state of meditation, couldn’t help but smile.

Not until the depletion of his mental strength reached a critical point did Gao De wake up from his meditation and stop practicing the Guidance Method.

“It’s true that you get what you pay for. The progress I’ve made in this practice is equivalent to five or six times in the past.” Gao De carefully felt the growth of his magic power and sighed sincerely.

“If I continue to drink basic magic potions to assist in my practice of the Guidance Method, my magic power will be able to reach a higher level in three days.”

It took the predecessor two years to practice the guidance method and meditation technique to the level of five tricks and five petals of the lotus respectively.

This is based on the premise that his cultivation talent is already outstanding compared to other apprentices in the medicine garden.

In fact, not only the apprentices, but even Master Seda’s mage talent is far inferior to “Gao De”.

With the occasional consumption of basic magic potions, Master Seda did not reach the third-class apprenticeship until he was thirty-five years old.

In fact, even if the scope is expanded to all mages, the predecessor’s mage talents should be ranked in the middle and lower positions.

Even so, it took him an average of 144 days, or 5 months, to break through one small level.

If calculated based on this practice efficiency, if Gao De’s predecessor wanted to practice the Guidance Method from entry level to third-level apprentice (twenty tricks) without slacking off for a single day, it would only take 2880 days, or eight years.

Of course, spiritual practice cannot be simply accumulated and calculated like this.

The reason why mage apprentices are divided into three grades, one to three, is that with each grade increase, the time required to increase one small level of mana also increases by one level.

To put it simply, improving from 60 points to 70 points and improving from 70 points to 80 points, although both are increases of 10 points, the effort and energy required are definitely different.

Normally, the time required for the same person to increase one level of mana in the second-level apprentice stage is 1.5 times that of the first-level apprentice stage.

“From a second-class apprentice to a third-class apprentice, the magic power needs to be increased by fifteen small levels. One small level is 144 days multiplied by 1.5, which is 216 days.” Gao De calculated in his mind.

“If you want to reach the third-level apprentice level, then you have to.”

Gao Delu calculated in his mind and came up with the answer: “3240 days.”

It’s exactly 9 years.

Including the previous two years, it has been 11 years.

As for those with more average wizard talent, it would take more than 20 years to train to become a third-class apprentice.

“No, that can’t be calculated that way. With the breakthrough of meditation and the growth of mental strength, the time you can practice the guidance method in a day will also increase, and the efficiency of absorbing magic power will also increase.”

“This is equivalent to the fact that the speed of practicing the Guidance Technique will continue to increase with the breakthrough of the Meditation Technique.”

With this layer added, Amap can no longer perform accurate calculations.

But it is good to know that the total time required will be much less than 9 years. Let’s estimate it to be seven years. After seven years, he will only be twenty.

At the age of twenty, he can reach the third-level apprentice.

“You can also drink basic magic potions to speed up your practice. After drinking basic magic potions, you will be stronger every day than five days.”

“A set of (3 small bottles) of basic magic potion can last me six days of training, but this is because I am still a first-class apprentice. Once I reach the second-class apprentice, I will need to consume a small bottle of magic potion a day.”

“If you drink basic magic potions throughout the whole process…”

After a quick calculation, Gao De came up with the answer again: “It takes 43.2 days to advance one level. The next level will be reached very soon. If we ignore the deductions, there are still fourteen levels left.”

He calculated for a moment.

604.8 days, 1.68 years.

That’s right, if he persists in taking drugs, in no more than two years, he can reach the third-class apprentice, the same level as Master Seda.

This is the charm of “taking drugs”.

“A set of basic magic potions costs 6 gold and 10 silver. Based on the consumption rate of a second-class apprentice, it will take about 201 sets of basic magic potions, which is 1306 gold.”

Gao De spread his hands and said forget it.

Not really.

“It’s better to be down-to-earth. This medicine can only be taken occasionally.” He became honest and no longer had any wishful thinking.

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Gao De frowned again and thought of a key issue.

After only two months in this world, his meditation technique had already broken through from five lotus petals to seven lotus petals!
“Without the aid of the potion, my progress in meditation will soon be far behind my progress in channeling.”

“But if I want to drink basic magic potions for a long time, the cost is definitely not something I can afford.”

The contradiction between the two is irreconcilable.

A penny can make a hero fail, but it can never defeat a man of virtue.

But if it’s 1306 gold, both Gaode can be stumped.

“It would be great if I could get the recipe for the basic magic potion.” Goder murmured.

Primary spider venom potion, if all the raw materials are purchased, the material cost of a set of potion is 30 silver.

If you have your own medicine garden and cultivate the raw materials needed for medicine making yourself, the material cost can be reduced by more than half.

Phil’s Potion Shop offers the potion master a purchase price of 2 gold per set.

When the primary spider poison potion is transferred from the hands of the alchemist to the pharmacy, its selling price will increase to 2 gold and 10 silver.

According to this rough estimate, if Gaode can mix the basic magic potion by himself, the cost of a set of basic magic potion can be reduced from the current 6 gold and 10 silver to about 3 gold, or even lower.

But this is almost impossible.

The recipe for basic magic potion would never appear on the market.

This is not for sale to any potion master!

After drinking the basic magic potion, the speed of practicing Gaode’s guidance method finally caught up with the meditation technique and began to advance rapidly.

Just as he expected, three days later, on the thirteenth day of the Green Bud Month, the guidance method that had been progressing as slowly as an old ox pulling a cart, making Gao De anxious, finally made a breakthrough.

As the magic power from the potion in his lower abdomen was absorbed by him and transformed into his own magic power, it gradually merged with his own magic power and became huge.
Suddenly, his whole body trembled slightly, and the flow of his magic power suddenly increased by 20%.

Gao De knew what was going on and breathed a sigh of relief.

“Finally I have made a breakthrough. Now I have enough mana to perform six tricks.”

If he could practice the Guiding Method to perfection, the magic power he would gain would be enough for him to perform twenty magic tricks in one breath.

Although the Guidance Method does not have a clear division of realms, it is only roughly divided into first to third level apprentices.

However, based on the number of spells he can cast in one breath with his current mana, Gaode can also estimate his own progress.

(End of this chapter)