75: Chapter 75 Purchasing, and Crushing

After signing his name on the package handed over by the goblin, Ross also received the customized magic cauldron of his own from the Wizard Bazaar.

Opening the package, the magic cauldron that appeared in Ross's eyes presented a pot-bellied shape, but overall it was rather compact.

"I didn't expect the dwarves' aesthetic to be quite decent. At least they didn't give me a potholed pot with a rough surface."

Because as far as Ross knew, the magic cauldrons of many wizards had no artistic aesthetic on the surface at all.

However, for wizards, practicality was king.

Arriving along with the magic cauldron was also a letter from the dwarf Park.

To be precise, it was an instruction manual.

It turned out that in order to make full use of the high-quality Ore given by Ross,

the forging Great Master behind the dwarf had also added some "Space Stone" of his own.

That was a kind of Ore possessing "spatial attributes" that was rare in the material world and mostly infested in large quantities only within the Void Realm.

Therefore, this magic cauldron also possessed a function that could scale in size.

At its smallest, it could present a palm-sized form, and at its largest, it could accommodate the size of a bear.

Although most of the Potions refined by wizards didn't need such a large capacity,

however, in Ross's view, it was an additionally added function after all.

He didn't need to pay extra magic stones either; since the dwarf Park was willing to add it, he was also glad to harvest a [magic cauldron] with the function of becoming larger and smaller.

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In the Wizard Bazaar, Ross bought some "silver leaf grass", "deep sea fish oil", and "morning dew".

As a common apprentice-grade magic plant, although "silver leaf grass" was also called a magic plant, due to its fast reproduction speed, its price was quite cheap.

Purchasing 10 portions of "silver leaf grass" only required 5 magic stones, which was even cheaper than the lotus seeds of the "Water Lily Magic Plant", which was also of apprentice grade.

At least, a single lotus seed of the "Water Lily Magic Plant" still cost 1 magic stone.

As expected of the raw material for the oldest potion recipe in the Wizard World, after so many years, it had been improved and cultivated by wizards to be countless.

"deep sea fish oil" was just ordinary Materials, not needing to be magical fish, so the price was also halved; only 1 magic stone was needed to get 100 catties of fat-rich fish meat.

Ross also did it for convenience, directly purchasing the purified "deep sea fish oil" in the shop, which could save him the time of refining "fish oil" himself.

Therefore, the price of 1 magic stone could not buy the seventy or eighty catties of "fish oil" that could possibly be obtained from 100 catties of fat-rich fish meat; instead, it shrank by 10 times, leaving only 10 catties of "deep sea fish oil".

However, Ross didn't intend to consider costs at all when refining Potions this time, let alone these Mortal objects.

"morning dew" was also a special kind of Materials. This was a kind of Materials between "magic Materials" and "Mortal objects".

To be precise, only in a world where magic power existed could "morning dew" have the effect of a magic material.

Or rather, in different worlds, there were 2 ways to obtain "morning dew".

One was the dew obtained from the leaves of magic plants during the early morning period. In this way, it was not restricted to whether it was a "world possessing magic power".

Another way was in a world possessing the existence of magic power like the Wizard World, during the same time period, dew could be obtained from "magic plants" as well as from "ordinary plants".

This was because, in a world with magic, "morning dew" possessing magic attributes could be produced on no matter what plant.

Also because obtaining it was very convenient in the Wizard World, it had also become a means of making a living for quite a few Mortals.

Whether it was scaled harvesting, or individuals painstakingly collecting it bit by bit from plant leaves,

as long as there was 100ml, it could be sold for half a magic stone, so the price of "morning dew" always remained within a stable range.

If refining Potions normally, "morning dew" served as an auxiliary material, and 100ml was almost enough to use.

But just to be safe, Ross still purchased 10 portions, which was 5 magic stones.

These Materials purchased in the Wizard Bazaar allowed Ross to try refining 10 portions of [calming potion].

According to what the professor said in the Potions class, although this potion was not considered a magic potion,

however, it was still a good potion for stabilizing Mental Energy.

It was suitable for calming emotional fluctuations after battle, and for some Mortals, it was even a potion hard to obtain for a thousand gold.

After taking the [calming potion], some minor ailments of Mortals could almost all recover their mental state.

At this time, Ross also returned to the insulation table in the "Potions room", right next to which was the "cultivation room".

Although Professor Pulang's laboratory was mainly used for the research of "magic plants", a "Potions room" was still carved out.

An Official Wizard's laboratory was like a small research center, almost setting up a room for every foreseeable research content.

And the "insulation table" was a table composed of precious metals entirely in graphite color and some magic runes.

Not only was it high-temperature resistant, ultra-low temperature resistant, but it was also corrosion-resistant, unafraid of insect infestation, and had many insulation effects.

Refining Potions here, Ross didn't need to worry about fires or some minor explosions.

Some experimental accidents that might happen in Mortal laboratories could be minimized on this "insulation table".

At this time, Ross took the [magic cauldron] out of his "magic storage pocket", adjusting its size to a suitable size.

Almost the size of three adult fists, this capacity was basically able to carry out the refining of this [calming potion].

"First, turn on the refrigeration equipment on the insulation table..."

Whether magic Materials or ordinary Materials, most of them needed to be frozen and stored to maintain the original vitality of the Materials to the greatest extent.

Therefore, turning on the refrigeration equipment first was the first step.

Then, placing the [magic cauldron] on the surface of the refrigeration table, after three to five minutes, the bottom of the pot had slowly grown cold at this time.

"Place the "silver leaf grass" at the bottom of the pot, spread it flat at the bottom, and then mash it with a glass rod..."

The glass rod used for mashing was not an ordinary glass rod either, but a thick "glass pestle" made from the empty shell of a magic stone that had lost its magic power.

As Ross mashed it bit by bit, some juice slowly appeared at the bottom of the [magic cauldron].

Then, after about 20 minutes, the original appearance of the "silver leaf grass" could no longer be seen in the pot.

At this time, it was just a clump of vegetation-colored paste.

At this time, if a Mortal were to refine it, they would try to extract it directly using Mortal fire.

But as a wizard, before quenching and refining, Ross first took out this clump of juice and put it into a test tube.

Then, through centrifugation, the juice was separated from the residue of the "silver leaf grass".

"Only the clear juice of the "silver leaf grass" remains, subsequent..."