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Chapter 40: Moonlight Tribute
In the trading area.

"Hanks, I want to sell a batch of recovery potions." Lucian went straight to a third-level wizard apprentice who had a fixed stall and told him his purpose.

"Fortunately, the original owner was a half-baked pharmacist, otherwise it would be troublesome for me to directly sell large quantities of potions now." While taking out the potions, Lucian couldn't help but feel fortunate in his heart.

"Recovery potion? Lucian, I have to congratulate you, you finally succeeded!" Hanks is a chubby third-level wizard apprentice. He looks extremely kind and does not even look like a cold wizard. Instead, he looks like a smooth-talking businessman.

“Stop talking about this. How much have I invested in practicing potions?” Lucian pouted. “I’ve only practiced the recovery potion a little bit, but you know, if the success rate isn’t high, it’s just hard-earned money.”

Hanks smiled and did not respond to the second half of Lucian's words. Instead, he carefully examined the forty recovery potions that Lucian had sent him this time.

"The quality of these potions is not up to standard." Hanks took out a defective recovery potion and his expression became a little embarrassed.

"Give me a price. If you can't think of a price, I'll just wait in the trading area for a while and go find the apprentices who are in need. I'll be able to sell them to you. It'll just be a waste of time." Lucian shrugged and didn't refute Hanks's criticism.

"There's really nothing we can do about you pharmacists..." Hanks muttered, but he still decisively counted the remaining recovery potions and quickly calculated a number in his mind.

"Total, one hundred and twenty-five magic stones." Hanks looked at Lucian. "You should know that this is the value of a defective potion."

“One hundred and thirty magic stones, please.” Lucian looked at Hanks and saw that he seemed to be about to shake off the fat on his face to refuse. He added, “I also want to buy fifty portions of the ingredients for Moonlight Tribute and the formula for Moonlight Tribute from you.”

Hanks' mouth, which had just opened, closed immediately, and his little eyes sparkled with a shrewd light.

Moonlight Tribute is one of the most difficult potions to prepare during the wizard apprenticeship stage. The purchase price of the materials alone is worth two magic stones per portion!
There are extremely high profits in this, and the materials that a pharmacist needs to consume in the early stage to successfully prepare a potion are not a small number! By then, the less money he made from the recovery potion can be made up in this transaction and the subsequent foreseeable transactions.

"Okay, consider this as a gift for you when you become a pharmacist, Lucian." Hanks smiled.

Lucian also smiled. At least for now, his goal of coming to the trading area has been basically achieved.

Moonlight Tribute.

This was the potion that Lucian finally chose to prepare. The reason why he chose to use Moonlight Praise as a potion to assist meditation was very simple, that is, the main ingredient of this potion was Moonlight Moss.

Once we arrive at Kosay Island, the island that produces moonlight moss, it will be easier to obtain the ingredients for this potion, and the price will be lower, so we won't be strangled by those with ulterior motives just because we leave the academy.

And Lucian had another plan in mind.

That is, you can teach Carly to prepare Moonlight Praise later. If you can get an upgraded potion with better effects later, then the upgraded Moonlight Praise will most likely use Moonlight Moss as the core material, or use Moonlight Moss as one of the core materials.

On the island of Kosai, where moonlight moss abounds, perhaps he could gather all the materials needed for the upgraded Moonlight Praise. With the upgraded Moonlight Praise as an aid, the time it would take for him to become a formal wizard would certainly be shortened accordingly.

"By the way, do you have the finished product of [Ode to Moonlight]?" After taking the magic stone and materials handed over by Hanks, Lucian thought of something and asked.

"Want a sample?" Hanks smiled, but there was a hint of helplessness in his smile. "I'm sorry, I don't have any. After all, as you know, potions like Moonlight Potion that are used to assist in cultivation are very popular. But if you have finished potions that you want to sell in the future, you must come to me. I will give you a price that will absolutely satisfy you."

Hanks had confidence in his eyes when he said this. "Thank you, Hanks." Lucian smiled and responded. But he did not follow Hanks's lead.

After all, unlike more common potions like recovery potions, high-end products like Moonlight Tribute are definitely a seller's market. Even if it can't be said that there is no demand for it, there will definitely be no shortage of buyers.

From a certain perspective, high-level potions like Moonlight Tribute are even more valuable than magic stones.

"By the way, Hanks, have you seen Noriaan recently?" Lucian was about to leave when he suddenly thought of this. He looked at Hanks and asked.

Hanks showed an embarrassment on his fat face. "Oh, Lucian, my friend, although I really want to help you, Noriaan is also a loyal customer of mine..."

Lucian took out two magic stones and placed them on the table in front of Hanks.

"This is not a matter of magic stone, this is a principle. I cannot expose the client's information..."

Lucian took out three more magic stones and placed them on the table. "I need to buy intelligence."

"He went to the Bone Mound three days ago, and he told me that he wanted to go into seclusion there!" Hanks' chubby hands moved so fast that you could see afterimages. He put away the five magic stones on the table, his mouth slightly opening and closing, but he whispered this information to Lucian through his mental power.

……

"Ode to the Moonlight. It is said that this ancient potion formula comes from the elves, so the name of the potion and the method of preparing it have the elegant but complicated feeling of the elves."

In the laboratory, Lucian looked through the potion formula recorded on a huge special leaf. After confirming again and again that he had thoroughly mastered the entire process, he put away the formula, then waved his hand and took out a set of materials for Moonlight Tribute from the space ring.

Seeds of the Qi Ke tree, moonlight moss, and... tears of the beauty shell.

"Fortunately, the seeds of the Qi Ke tree and the tears of the beauty shell are both renewable resources. After purchasing the Qi Ke tree and the living beauty shell, as long as they are properly raised, the cost of obtaining them later will be relatively low. The main expense is still on the moonlight moss."

Lucian let out a light breath and began to prepare the potion.

……

“Listen to the praise of the moonlight, it is a magnificent movement composed by nature…” Lucian spoke out the verses in the Elvish language that sounded like a song, while staring at a tiny seedling growing on the moonlight moss, urging his mental strength to nurture and protect this beautiful but fragile plant in a special way.

The seedlings were silvery like moonlight, swaying and growing slowly under the nourishment of Lucian's singing and magic power.

But suddenly, the fragile silver plant withered instantly, and the unit of moonlight moss where it was rooted also lost its luster, and the internal energy dissipated, turning into a piece of waste.

“Twenty-first time, failure.” Lucian’s expression was very calm. He first restored his mental strength to its peak through meditation, and then activated the identification module of the system, using two points of reverence to identify his failed product.

“Did something go wrong with the operation of mental power?” Lucian nodded slightly, then he tidied up the desk and started his 22nd attempt.

(End of this chapter)