Wizard: Starting from the Skill Tree

Chapter 783 - 734: Library

The young man’s face stiffened slightly, but he said nothing and stepped aside.

Candidate number two.

Candidate number three.

Candidate number four.

...

Everyone stepped forward, placed their magic potion, stepped back, and awaited the result.

Some received 80 base points for passing, plus thirty or forty points for completion, and several more tens for the actual effect, totaling over a hundred points.

Some achieved higher completion, with good actual effects, and their total scores broke two hundred. Some only received the base pass, with zero in completion and actual effects.

This meant that although their magic potions existed, they didn’t really solve any problems.

There was also one person, candidate number nine, a Mechanical Wizard from the Seville Empire, whose potion exploded during testing.

The moment the liquid touched the Magic Testing Crystal Plate, it started boiling violently and then, with a loud bang, emitted a puff of acrid black smoke.

The assistant’s face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

Felix glanced at the candidate, said nothing, and just waved a hand.

The person slunk aside, face pale.

The 80 base points were gone, and the 45-point registration fee went down the drain.

Next was Cecilia’s turn.

She stepped forward and placed the crystal bottle in her hand. The liquid inside was pale pink, glowing softly under the light.

The assistant poured out a small amount for testing.

The machine hummed.

"The product exists, the completion is about seventy percent, the actual effect score... 85 points."

Cecilia’s face relaxed a little as she nodded slightly and stepped aside.

Edmond’s results were similar to Cecilia’s, with sixty-five percent completion and an actual effect score of 78 points.

His complexion improved considerably, no longer as anxious as before.

Morris stepped forward.

He placed the crystal bottle containing a deep gray liquid.

The assistant took it, pouring out a little.

Surprisingly, the liquid was viscous, like melted lead, slowly flowing over the crystal plate.

The machine hummed.

Then the hum suddenly turned sharp.

The assistant frowned, staring at the machine for a long time, then looking up at Felix.

Felix stepped forward to take a look himself.

"The product exists, completion is ninety-five percent, actual effect..." He paused, "185 points."

The room fell silent for a moment.

points.

Adding the 80 base pass points and 95 completion points, a total of 360 points.

This was currently the highest score.

Morris remained expressionless, as if the score had nothing to do with him.

He stepped aside, retreating back into the shadows.

Finally, it was Duke’s turn.

He stepped forward, placing the bottle of pale golden liquid.

The assistant took it, glanced at him, then poured a small amount on the Magic Testing Crystal Plate.

The crystal plate instantly lit up.

A pure golden light, stable and even, with tiny silver stars faintly twinkling in the center.

The assistant was momentarily stunned.

He moved the drop of potion into the machine, then stared at the data on the machine, his eyes widening.

"What is it?" Felix’s voice came from the side.

The assistant swallowed and said in a slightly dry voice, "Sir Felix, this magic potion..."

Felix stepped forward to personally check the machine.

Then he too was stunned.

Those hawk-like eyes darted between the machine’s data and Duke’s face, finally landing on the pale golden potion.

He was silent for a few moments.

Then he spoke, his voice slower than usual:

"The product exists."

"Completion, one hundred percent."

"Actual effect, 200 points."

The entire place was dead silent.

One hundred percent completion, 200 points for actual effect.

Adding the 80 base points, a total of 380 points.

points higher than Morris.

"What’s your name?" Felix asked.

"Duke, from Black Sail."

Felix nodded, picked up the magic potion, and held it up to the light.

"You used Dragon Blood Grass, Silver Moon Grass, Moonlight Moss, Luminous Ore Powder, Calm Flowers... also Star Tear Stone Powder, Fairy Royal Jelly, Moonlight Flower Juice." He paused, "Eight ingredients, Level 3 Harmony."

"The intensity of Dragon Blood Grass was well controlled, Star Tear Stone and Royal Jelly balanced each other, and Moonlight Flower Juice as a medium unified all ingredients, not bad." Felix put down the potion.

He waved a hand, and Duke stepped aside.

The rest continued to step forward for testing.

The last person finished testing.

Felix walked to the center of the long table, his hawk-like eyes swept over the entire room.

"The scores have been recorded on your badges, the specific breakdown is within."

Duke calculated silently in his mind.

base points, 100 completion, 200 actual effect.

Totaling 380 points.

Adding the previous 415 points, he now had 795 points.

A yearly target of one thousand points was almost eighty percent complete.

This time, one could say he was lucky, but it was also the result of countless knowledge accumulation before.

After all, no matter what potion he refined, the Skill Tree would feedback some knowledge to him upon leveling up.

These seemed insignificant on usual days, but in times like this, they showed their advantage.

Duke almost didn’t need much thought; when faced with a specific problem, those pieces of knowledge would emerge in his mind and automatically coalesce into a solution.

This is the advantage of experience.

Compared to the Elemental Control course, Duke achieving such results didn’t cause a ripple.

Firstly, because there were originally few who registered for the Magic Potion course, and secondly, because excellence in magic potion wouldn’t attract much attention, only other alchemists might pay a little attention.

But that’s about it.

When he walked out of the testing hall, the sky was already late.