75: Chapter 75 Speculation

The crystal lattice bonds on the crystallized flesh rapidly shattered and dissipated into the air, and the flesh returned to its original state.

Seeing this scene, Byron was basically certain in his heart that this silver-white liquid was the final main ingredient for the recipe of the marrow-cleansing potion sold by the academy.

Combined with what Dylan said and the information analyzed by the Eye of Omniscience.

This main ingredient was produced by the saliva of the mother worm combined with the power of this origin crystal essence.

However, although this liquid could resolve crystallization erosion, it was a bit too aggressive.

However, this aggression was directed at Wizard Apprentices like them; it would damage flesh cells and cause some injuries.

It was fine for the Worm Race; after all, this thing was originally intended for their exclusive use.

Because of this, the marrow-cleansing potions sold in the academy existed, rather than using the raw liquid directly.

With this last piece of the puzzle in place, Byron finally completed the recipe for the marrow-cleansing potion.

However, for Byron, this recipe was already completely useless; it simply resolved a doubt in his heart.

Although he had the recipe, obtaining the Materials was too difficult; after all, this kind of silver-white liquid was only found in the three great mother nests, and it was stored together with the origin crystal essence.

This meant that if one wanted to obtain this material, they had to conquer a mother nest.

In this way, the cost was too high, and it was completely unnecessary.

As for the portion of potion left in his hand, Byron did not try to refine it into a marrow-cleansing potion, but instead intended to preserve it in the form of raw liquid.

After all, if he wanted a marrow-cleansing potion, the academy workshop sold them; this raw liquid could be kept to study slowly in the future, to see if there might be other new discoveries.

After clearing up his doubts, Byron began to process various potions according to the records on the potion recipe.

Following the order of easy first and difficult later, Byron left the processing of the origin crystal essence for last.

And the processing of this origin crystal essence was far more troublesome than other Materials.

Even with the slightest carelessness, one wouldn't even reach the step of Potion Making; the step of processing Materials would ruin the origin crystal essence.

Byron picked up a piece of origin crystal essence and used his own magic power to steadily wash its surface; this step was to strip away any residual Impurities or water droplets on its surface.

After completing this step, he could begin grinding it into powder.

This grinding also required technique; it couldn't be ground into powder all at once, but needed to be ground in layers.

The outer layer of coarse crystal debris served as the base, while the inner layer of fine crystal essence particles was reserved as the core for qualitative change.

Afterwards was low-temperature distillation to extract the origin crystal essence raw liquid.

After doing all this, looking at the ten test tubes in front of him filled halfway with bright silver liquid, Byron breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Fortunately, with the help of the Eye of Omniscience, he understood the processing of origin crystal essence, otherwise, he might have ruined one or two tubes of raw liquid.

However, it was not yet time to be happy; he had only finished processing one origin crystal essence, and there were two more waiting for him to process; he really didn't know how many tubes of raw liquid he would have when he finished everything.

After resting for a while, Byron once again devoted himself wholeheartedly to the processing of the origin crystal essence.

...

In the room next to Byron's residence.

Dylan and the other two sat together, chatting while watching the situation outside.

Dylan turned his head to look at Byron's residence, his eyes filled with a bit of anticipation.

"Ivan, Loris, how many portions of potion do you think Byron can refine?"

Loris said excitedly, "I think Byron should be able to refine twenty-one or twenty-two tubes of potion."

"Three tubes of potion can help a person's Mental Energy complete a qualitative change, so calculating it that way, there should be six or seven portions."

"After all, he is so confident, and he is highly regarded by Wizard Isolde, so it shouldn't be too bad."

However, Ivan shook his head, "I am not that optimistic."

"Firstly, because this potion is too difficult to refine; it's not just the refinement, but also the processing of Materials. No matter which step has an error, it could lead to the waste of Materials."

"Moreover, Isolde's high regard for him is for his future, not his present."

Hearing Ivan's rebuttal, Loris frowned slightly, but didn't say much.

After all, what Ivan said was not entirely unreasonable.

At this moment, Dylan smiled and said, "Regardless, even if Byron makes mistakes, he should be able to succeed at least half of the time."

"And as long as there is a fifty percent success rate, that is a success for us; we can have an extra portion of potion for one person."

Hearing this, Ivan suddenly spoke, "What if there isn't a fifty percent success rate?"

Dylan was speechless, while Loris rolled her eyes at Ivan in annoyance.

"Ivan, do you have to discourage us? Can't you look at things from a more positive perspective?"

Ivan shook his head, "You cannot deny that this is also a possibility."

As soon as these words came out, Loris was almost driven mad with anger, and she retorted indignantly.

"In that case, isn't it also possible that there are no mistakes and everything is successful?"

Loris thought that after saying this, Ivan would refute her, but to her surprise, Ivan nodded.

"This possibility also exists."

Loris gave up and didn't speak again.

Dylan didn't speak; he just watched quietly with a smile, but his heart became a bit uneasy.

...

Meanwhile, in the primeval forest beneath the Dark Eclipse Wizard Academy on the Wizard Continent.

A group of seven or eight people dressed in black robes, their entire bodies shrouded in darkness, were carrying heavy wooden crates and constantly moving through the forest.

Finally, these people arrived at a pile of rocks covered by a huge, dense forest. The person leading them stood in front of several huge rocks and tapped lightly on one of the unremarkable boulders.

After doing this, those people did not make any sound, nor did they make any strange movements; they just waited quietly.

"Click-clack—"

Not long after, the ground in front of everyone, which was scattered with fine rocks, suddenly sank, revealing a pitch-black opening.

Seeing this scene, the group did not show any abnormality; with calm expressions, they lifted those wooden crates again and walked inside.

As all these people entered, the passage disappeared; no, it wasn't just the passage that disappeared, but the entire pile of rocks disappeared as well.

A lush forest appeared where the pile of rocks had originally been, as if they were supposed to be there all along.

And all of this was completed in the blink of an eye.

As for the group of people who disappeared into the passage, they walked along the pitch-black passage continuously until they arrived at a dark cavern with a very vast space.

There was not just one passage connecting to this huge cavern; there were at least a dozen.

Dozens of black-robed people dressed the same in the cavern ignored the group that had just entered; they were busily operating machinery placed in the cavern that looked very precise.

The group of black-robed people who had just entered were already used to this scene; they unloaded the wooden crates to an open space on their own and then dispersed along different passages.

Afterwards, only the busy sounds of those black-robed people and the friction of machinery remained in the cavern.