173: Chapter 172 Unspoken Rules

Chapter 173 Unwritten Rules

Just as turbulent waves were churned up in the heart of Byron, Isolde continued speaking to herself.

"Golden Core Cultivators are a classification of Rank in their world. Analogously, their strength is roughly equivalent to a First-Ring Wizard of our world, and as for their Spell, it is roughly equivalent to our witchcraft."

"However, they Cultivate by relying on a substance called Spiritual Qi. Although I have not seen this thing called Spiritual Qi with my own eyes, I roughly guess it should be equivalent to our magic."

"And this is a Dao derived from a long period of time in their world, which they call Cultivation."

Hearing these words from Isolde, Byron nodded expressionlessly and did not say anything.

He was already shocked to the extreme. He had just come to sell a Potion Master recipe, not expecting to hear such explosive news. It really felt a bit unreal.

Seeing Byron looking like this, Isolde thought he was worried about being unable to use these three talisman treasures, so she spoke up to explain again.

"Byron, rest assured. Although these three talisman treasures were engraved by those Cultivators through Spiritual Qi, you can rest assured that they can also be activated using magic."

"When I took over this thing, I curiously tried this point myself, so there is no need to worry."

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Hearing this, Byron also nodded: "I understand, Mentor Isolde."

Isolde said: "Alright, then you can take these three talisman treasures away. As for your other requests..."

Speaking of this, Isolde frowned slightly and began to ponder.

After Byron took the three talisman treasures into his hands in the blink of an eye, seeing the appearance of Isolde, he also looked at her with a nervous face.

Although the news of the Cultivation world and the talisman treasures was very shocking to him, compared to real benefits, it was still too far away.

After all, these things were related to his Otherworld journey, while the Cultivation world was merely some kind of regret from his past life. Byron could still distinguish which was heavier and which was lighter.

At most, Byron would go to that Cultivation world for a stroll afterwards to satisfy the regrets of his past life.

However, he just did not know if he could still enter the Cultivation world by that time, after all, he had not the slightest confidence in the reputation of wizards.

"As for other things, finished potions, I can equip you with all types of potions, but the quantity definitely will not be large."

"As for Materials for Potion Making, do not even think about it. The finished potions I gave you are already enough for you to use."

"When someone asks you to do Potion Making, the required Materials are naturally their responsibility. If your potions are not enough, you can also deduct a part from this as loss."

Byron looked with a surprised face at the righteous and taken-for-granted appearance of Isolde, opened his mouth, and did not know what to say.

If the expression of Mentor Isolde had been a bit more guilty and her voice a bit lower, he might not have been so surprised.

But what she said was simply too righteous, making even Byron feel a little embarrassed listening to it.

Could words like this be spoken so openly and calmly? Should there not be some taboos or avoidance?

But before Byron could open his mouth to ask, Isolde looked at Byron with an expression implying he was making a fuss over nothing and said casually.

"Why are you so surprised? Is there anything wrong with this? Is this not an unwritten rule defaulted by all Potion Masters?"

"Furthermore, those wizards who ask us to perform Potion Making also admit to this unwritten rule. As long as you do not overdo it or produce too few potions, they generally will not say anything."

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"Even if the quantity and quality of the potions you refine exceed their imagination, and you retain just a little bit less, they might even be grateful to you, flatter you, and come back to you for Potion Making later, because they think you are a conscientious Potion Master."

"After all, potions specially commissioned to be refined are very special and urgently needed by them. And because the Materials might be extremely special and they only have one copy, of course they need to find a reliable Potion Master to refine them."

"If they refined it themselves, they would not know at which step a problem might occur, and it might even be scrapped before they could even purify it. Would that not be even more miserable?"

Speaking of this, Isolde seemed to have remembered something. She raised her eyes, looked at Byron with a surprised expression, and launched a Soul-searching question.

"How come you never did this before when you helped other wizards refine potions?"

Without waiting for Byron to open his mouth to answer, Isolde looked at his complex expression, knew the result, and nodded slightly.

"Alright, I know the result. You do not need to say much more. This cannot be blamed on you either, after all, I have not taught you this kind of unwritten rule before."

"Actually, I intended to tell you about this unwritten rule after you became an official Potion Master. Previously, I thought you would not reach the stage of being invited by others to perform Potion Making so quickly, but I did not expect your growth to exceed my imagination."

"However, after you return from that Otherworld, you should also start preparing for the Potion Master examination. By then, I will tell you these things one by one. You do not need to mind it for now."

Hearing this, Byron nodded silently with a complex expression and did not speak.

Seeing this, Isolde thought Byron was unsettled by this unwritten rule, just like when she first heard about it, causing the sacred belief in the Potion Master profession to completely collapse.

Thinking of this, Isolde also became anxious. This would not do; Byron had not even passed the Potion Master examination to become a real Potion Master yet, how could he become decadent just like that!

If by any chance he made some mistake in the Potion Master examination due to this reason, causing him to fail the assessment, she would be left speechless with grief.

Having invested so much, everything would go down the drain.

Isolde rarely spoke to comfort him: "Byron, you should not have any psychological burden, thinking that doing this damages the sacredness of the Potion Master profession. Actually, what we do is still considered quite good."

"You have no idea how outrageous peers in other worlds similar to our profession can be with what they do."

"Let me give you a simple example. The owner of those three talisman treasures once complained to me that their Cultivation world also has a profession similar to our Potion Masters, except they are called Alchemists."

"Do you know how outrageous these peers of ours are? When they refine Medicinal Pills for others, not only do they charge a fee from the person requesting the refinement, but they also withhold a portion of the Medicinal Pills every time, leaving only a small fraction to the person who commissioned it."

"Furthermore, if the refinement of the Medicinal Pill fails, the deposit paid by the commissioner will not be refunded, and the Alchemist has no responsibility or obligation to compensate for the Materials cost."

At this moment, listening to the comfort of Isolde, Byron also understood her intentions, and suddenly felt a bit dumbfounded in his heart.