58: I just want to make money

After bidding farewell to the obsession of his former self, Glenn, he returned to his normal life, and everyone else went back to their own busy schedules.

Only at the monthly exchange meetings did Glenn have a chance to talk to Allie.

But these were all normal interactions between friends.

Perhaps,

only the former Glenn had mixed other feelings into what was originally normal classmate friendship.

Which youth doesn't harbor spring in his heart?

Which adolescent doesn't have a bit of a naive impulse?

Glenn, also in his adolescence, understood perfectly.

But the current Glenn had no time to think about anything else.

"I just want to make money!!!"

...Glenn's second major task was to strive for the title of 3-Star Apprentice Alchemist.

However, the title of 3-Star Apprentice Alchemist was not so easy to obtain.

A 3-Star Apprentice Alchemist needed to be able to independently complete the refining of three types of Low-level Wizard Potions.

Learning each Low-level Wizard Potion required a massive accumulation of potion materials, plus a tiny bit of talent, to possibly succeed.

Glenn was not lacking in talent; he was only lacking in money!

Without money to buy potion materials, even a clever housewife can't cook without rice... The 3-Star Apprentice Alchemist was difficult to qualify for, but the treatment was naturally not bad.

According to Andy, as long as one could become a 3-Star Apprentice Alchemist, he would become an elite talent needed by the Wizard Academy.

He could get good treatment in any laboratory, either as a backbone member or a team leader.

The current internal competition at the Wizard Academy was most severe among 1-Star and 2-Star Apprentice Alchemists.

Many old apprentices with insufficient talent were stuck at the 2-Star Apprentice Alchemist level, which was the biggest source of internal competition... This time, in exploring Low-level Wizard Potions, Glenn did not choose to start with the most difficult Spiritual Power potions.

Instead, he opted for a stable approach, choosing to refine the Knight series of Low-level Potions —

The Low-level Potion, Knight Life Ignition Potion. (The preferred potion for making money)

This was a potion that assisted Knights in breaking through to become Grand Knights.

It was precisely because of this potion that the progression from Knight to Grand Knight became a purely cumulative process, and the academy's breakthrough rate for Grand Knights was also very high.

Knights breaking through to Grand Knight needed to burn their Life Seed to achieve quality improvement and transformation of the Life Seed, but burning one's own Life Seed was not only dangerous but also severely depleted one's vitality.

At this time, a wise wizard developed the Low-level Potion — Knight Life Ignition Potion — specifically for this situation.

Knights could use the potion to ignite the life force contained within it, thereby achieving the quality improvement and transformation of their Life Seed.

It was like cooking rice by burning external firewood to cook the rice... Due to a new collaboration between Plant Heart Wizard Academy and the Motlan Grand Kingdom.

The Motlan Grand Kingdom needed not only a large quantity of Low-level Wizard Potions but also considered Low-level Potions a primary procurement target.

For this, they even mobilized the entire nation's resources to collect a massive amount of potion materials.

Oakes's family was also a major local noble family in the Motlan Grand Kingdom, holding considerable influence.

Since Glenn had received talent investment from Oakes's family, he had them convert his monthly investment of magic stones into potion materials, and also obtained a batch of half-price discounted materials from them.

Only then did he have enough resources to squander... The growth of an Apothecary was truly a very expensive endeavor.

Glenn was going all out to become a 3-Star Apprentice Alchemist.

Glenn used all his resources, going all in, primarily focusing on the following aspects of work:

1: He stopped refining Low-level Wizard Potions.

These Low-level Potions were too cost-ineffective; they simply couldn't earn magic stones.

There were a bunch of experienced 2-Star Apprentice Alchemists in the academy who refined these Low-level Potions daily, directly driving the prices down to rock bottom. Apprentices with poor skills would lose money refining these low-level items.

2: He used all his assets to buy materials for the Knight Life Ignition Potion, and even Glenn's free material quota from the Grade A Laboratory was entirely converted into Knight Life Ignition Potion materials.

3: Glenn also specifically asked Teacher Bridger to demonstrate and explain how to refine the Knight Life Ignition Potion during the monthly lectures.

4: Finally, Glenn invested all his Golden Finger quotas (except for the 7-day-once slot used by the Meditation Technique) into the refining of the Knight Life Ignition Potion... Facts proved that Glenn was not a genius.

Even with so much effort, Glenn still failed to achieve his goal in the latter half of the 15th year of the wizard's path.

Instead, he heard many good news from other apprentices.

Year 15 of the wizard's path.

In August, Allie was the first to achieve a breakthrough, able to stably refine Knight Life Ignition Potion, once again becoming the leader of her cohort, maintaining an absolute advantage.

Allie's talent was truly well-suited for the Apothecary profession.

The world of a genius, an unreasonable talent, Glenn was so envious he was practically drooling...

In September, Westley, one of the three great geniuses, a ruthless person who could work harder than Glenn, a wolf who lived on low-level satiety potions, also achieved a breakthrough; becoming a 3-Star Apprentice Alchemist was within reach.

The last time Glenn saw him, his entire eye bags were bruised, and when the wind blew, the ribs on his abdomen were clearly visible. Glenn was genuinely worried that he might hear news of his sudden death one day.

In December, Oakes also completed the refining of the Knight Life Ignition Potion. He mentioned at a gathering that he had squandered countless materials and even hired an experienced 4-Star Apprentice Alchemist to give him three months of one-on-one private tutoring to achieve the breakthrough.

The world of the wealthy was unimaginably extravagant; Glenn was again so envious he was practically drooling...

The savings accumulated over the years through frugality, one magic stone at a time.

Half of it was consumed during his breakthrough to Grand Knight.

The other half was also consumed in refining the Knight Life Ignition Potion.

Now, Glenn was not only a pauper but also a pauper burdened with debt.

Yes, Glenn had borrowed money.

At least Glenn's status as a reserve talent still held some value.

Additionally, in October of the 15th year of the wizard's path, which was exactly one year after Glenn broke through to become an Intermediate Wizard Apprentice, he passed the 2-Star Apprentice Alchemist assessment, earning a slight reputation as a genius.

Glenn dared not borrow from those wizard families' usurious loans; he was timid.

Those were life-threatening; if he couldn't repay, he'd be working for them for free for the rest of his life.

Glenn borrowed a low-interest student loan provided by the Wizard Academy.

Borrowing three thousand magic stones was equivalent to two and a half years of Glenn's welfare.

One percent interest, repayment starting after graduation, to be paid off in ten years...

Anyway, it was to be repaid after graduation, and Glenn was confident about that.

By then, he would definitely find it much easier to make money than now.

Although Glenn greatly admired Allie's talent and Oakes's wealth, Glenn also had his own confidence.

That was — Brain Overclocking.

"My current realm, Glenn, is entirely due to my own hard work and talent, the Light of Origin, overclock me! With all my insights, with a year of relentless study, with my profound wisdom, with my unparalleled aptitude, Brain Overclocking, let me see your limits!"

Year 16 of the wizard's path, May.

Glenn used this year's Light of Origin, and 100% of it was used in refining the Knight Life Ignition Potion.

Thousands of practical experiences, Teacher Bridger's demonstrations, the numerous experience notes Glenn had read... all exploded in Glenn's mind.

A great explosion of thought!

Countless experiences and inspirations collided, refining techniques, subtle manipulations of magic power perception, timing control of magic power essence, and so on... Glenn seemed to transform into a monstrous genius, viewing these error-ridden experiences like a child doing 1+1=2 math problems, easily comprehending many difficult challenges and correcting many overlooked mistakes...

"Potion: Knight Life Ignition Potion."

"Quality: Good."

"Purity: 21%."

Glenn refined the Knight Life Ignition Potion three times in a row, all of good quality.

Glenn succeeded.

From then on, the economic problems that plagued Glenn were no longer problems.

As the Low-level Wizard Potion with the highest demand in the current market, the Knight Life Ignition Potion had no trouble selling.

At Glenn's current level,

refining each vial of Knight Life Ignition Potion could bring Glenn an income of 20 magic stones.

Glenn could refine 5 vials every day!

Over a hundred in daily income.

He could earn three thousand magic stones a month, and pay off his debt in one month...

"Cough cough..."

Glenn awoke from his fantasy; this income couldn't be calculated that way.

The success rate of refining the Knight Life Ignition Potion needed to be considered;

Glenn needed to learn other potion refining methods; he couldn't just refine one type of potion every day, and this aspect also needed to be considered;

The academy's regulations also needed to be considered;

The academy, for the sake of cultivating Apprentice Alchemists, limited the output of each apprentice and did not allow experienced 3-Star and above Apprentice Alchemists to refine the Knight Life Ignition Potion.

Glenn was completely riding the coattails of the academy's support this time, taking off...

After comprehensive consideration, Glenn could earn 1000 magic stones a month, and the period was one year.

During this year of favorable conditions, Glenn could earn 12,000 magic stones.

The resources needed to learn the other two Low-level Wizard Potions, he had them!

After more than a year of hard work, the hope of making money finally arrived... As soon as he thought of this, Glenn immediately couldn't sit still.

He rushed to the academy's logistics office and quickly passed the assessment.

He became a registered Knight Life Ignition Potion order taker for the academy.

The merciless potion refining machine — Glenn went online...