I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha

After finishing breakfast, Roland went to the alchemy lab.

The alchemy lab was very messy. The materials on the shelves on both sides of the room were basically empty, replaced by rows of magic potion bottles.

Roland took out the box containing magic stones that the oddity shopkeeper had given him.

Its internal structure had now been modified by Roland with spells to embed magic potion bottles inside.

In addition, Roland had also inscribed a magic circle in the box and inlaid his last magic stone inside it for constant temperature and humidity, and to a certain extent, prevent the magic potion bottles inside from being damaged during bumps.

Soon, the magic potion bottles in the alchemy lab, under the spell, grew small wings and flew into Roland's treasure chest like a group of little fairies, giggling.

Back then, this box contained four hundred magic stones. Now, the more than one hundred bottles of magic potions it contains would not be worth less than that price.

"I remember that on the logistics procurement list, the price of the high-end version of 'Scorpion Beauty' is about 8 to 12 magic stones. Although my 'Scorpion Beauty' is a low-end version of inferior goods, selling a bottle for 3-5 magic stones should not be a problem."

Roland's estimate was based on solid evidence.

The cheapest magic recovery potions and life recovery potions on the market are 5 magic stones per bottle.

The 'Scorpion Beauty' is slightly worse than the cheapest magic potion in terms of magic recovery effect, but it is a multi-functional potion that increases mental resistance and other effects. So its price must be slightly higher than 5 magic stones.

Roland did not have a magic potion sales license and could not sell magic potions casually. But he could find black market merchants to collect magic potions.

Merchants would definitely not purchase magic potions according to the market price, but a price of 3-5 magic stones per bottle could still be offered.

Of course, if Roland was willing to spend the energy, he could secretly sell his magic potions to his classmates one bottle at a time in the academy.

But he definitely couldn't do that.

Not to mention that it would cause a lot of trouble, it would not be worth it in terms of time.

"The cost of 'Scorpion Beauty' is very low. The cost of this box is less than 40 magic stones. The only thing that is a bit of a headache is that witch body fluids are not easy to obtain."

After putting away the box and the Sleepy Cauldron, Roland went to the attic.

The attic was filled with flower pots, and all kinds of strange and tiny vines crawled all over the attic.

During this period, Roland often wandered around near the big house, and would transplant any herbs he found into the attic.

During this time, because he had enough mermaid fruits in his hand, Roland watered other kinds of magic herbs when he was bored.

Last night, he watered a certain herb. But last night this herb did not change, so Roland planned to come over and take a look before leaving.

It was an herb that looked somewhat similar to the 'Manjusaka Lycoris'.

It is commonly known as 'Soul Garlic' and has the poison of the soul. It is often used as a poison or curse material.

Because it only grows in places where undead gather, it is difficult to cultivate in magic herb gardens. Therefore, there are not many Soul Garlics on the market, and they have been炒到a very high price. According to the magic potion books, under certain specific circumstances, Soul Garlic will grow again and secrete a liquid called 'Soul Tear'.

This thing is very useful in nourishing the soul and stitching the soul. It can be used to save people and can also be used to cultivate undead.

"It's a lot bigger than last night, and the color has also changed." Roland squatted down in front of the Soul Garlic and checked it, and found that a bright red liquid was flowing out of the flower.

His eyes lit up and he collected the liquid with an empty magic bottle.

"If the money from selling magic potions is not enough, should I sell these Soul Tears?"

Compared to mermaid fruits, which should not be naturally ripened in the Black Forest, Soul Tears can still occasionally appear on the market. At least in the era of the Old Black Abyss Academy, Soul Tears would occasionally appear at auctions.

Roland, as a ranger, accidentally finding a bottle of Soul Tears is still understandable.

'But this Soul Garlic grows a bit special after being ripened, so I can't keep it.'

His eyes flashed with fire, and the Soul Garlic burned with a whoosh. It soon turned into ashes.

Picking up the flower pot and going outside the big house, Roland buried the soil and the ashes of the Soul Garlic in the ground.

After completing the destruction of evidence, Roland looked at the forest.

The morning sun shone on the beautiful deep forest, forming rays of light in the forest.

It was very beautiful here, but unfortunately, the walking corpses wandering in the light pillars were a bit of a spoiler.

Roland reached out and released a chain lightning spell. The lightning hit several targets, and after the lightning struck the zombies, a small nova of lightning burst out around them. A crawling zombie on the ground was pierced by this nova of lightning and instantly lost its movement.

Chain Lightning had been practiced by Roland to the third stage (level 3) and had undergone some qualitative changes. The lightning novas that burst out of those hit targets had roughly the same damage as a level 3 electric arc.

Roland ate another mermaid fruit.

Recently, mermaid fruits have been completely used by Roland as recovery potions.

In these three weeks, Roland's meditation efficiency was very high due to frequent contact with the Ballet Ghost. Although not as exaggerated as the first time they met, he was now about to advance.

In terms of magic, Roland also had a huge breakthrough.

Wallace once said that Roland should use magic more often. In these three weeks, he used hundreds of spells every day.

Now he not only mastered dozens of cantrips, but many spells were also cultivated to a very high level, and the Forbidden Transformation Art also had a great improvement.

[Cantrip: Several level 1-3 spells. Electric Arc III (0.36%)]

[Magic: Mod. Chain Lightning III (0.36%), Mind Blast II (0.7%)]

Roland could clearly feel that the Chain Lightning spell had undergone a qualitative change after reaching level 3. But the improvement in damage was not very obvious.

For this reason, he consulted some books and found that unless he advanced to an intermediate apprentice, the magic power solidification of a low-level apprentice would not be able to exert the true power of a level 3 official spell.

This incident made Roland feel the gap between low-level apprentices and intermediate apprentices.

The sound of lightning tearing through the air attracted bursts of roars from the depths of the forest. Before long, a large group of undead came outside the barrier.

Roland was shocked and thought to himself: "Why are there so many undead today?"

There were more than three times as many undead today as usual.

Suddenly, Roland thought of a possibility—the Soul Garlic that bloomed and shed tears last night.

"I have to clean up the undead again before I leave. Otherwise, they will break down the barrier and enter the big house."

This group of undead smelled terrible. If there was a large group of undead in the big house, the stench would probably not dissipate for several weeks, and it would be impossible to live in it then.

Roland directly released the Wind Prince. His actions were bold and swift. He sealed his nose with a cloth cover, and then followed the Wind Prince into the forest.

Twenty minutes later.

Roland followed the Prince and first cleaned up all the troublesome undead, then drove away the Wind Prince and let it deal with the miscellaneous fish deep in the forest by itself.

"This place is about to become the territory of the undead. Other magical creatures don't dare to come over at all."

Roland used a wooden stick to pick up the corpses of the undead and threw some valuable things into the golden-haired newbie's storage bag.

The golden-haired newbie's storage bag had become a place dedicated to holding garbage, and valuable undead materials were all put here by Roland.

After that, Roland used magic to reassemble the corpses nearby and chanted a spell.

Souls flew out of the corpses one by one, but Roland ignored them all. It wasn't until a strange ghost fire floated out of the pile of corpses that Roland showed a look of surprise.

"Undead Essence? Good luck!"

This ghost fire was somewhat different from phosphorescent fire. It looked more like a shadow floating in the air.

Roland took out a strange 'pottery jar' the size of a palm from the dimensional bag. He pointed his wand at the ghost fire and waved it towards the soul shrine. The ghost fire flew into a small hole above the soul shrine.

This pottery jar was bought by Roland and Wallace at the wizard market. It was a magical tool with many runes inscribed on it.

Its function was similar to Roland's previous 'Harvester's Altar', but the latter was a damaged oddity that could only collect souls, while the former was a professional magic tool with many more uses.

Its name was Soul Shrine. In addition to collecting souls, it could also collect Undead Essence and detain ghosts. At the same time, it could also be used to cast curses and even heal soul wounds.

Strictly speaking, this thing was already considered a black magic item, and it could be said to be an indispensable tool for necromancers.

But it also had many positive effects, and white wizards often needed to use it. So the wizard market was a place where these kinds of items were sold, but it required a certificate from the academy or a transaction with an acquaintance.

Roland opened the lid of the Soul Shrine and saw that there were some 'ash'-like powder inside. In addition to the ash, there were also some faint wisps of smoke floating in the jar.

Seeing these faint wisps of smoke wanting to fly out, Roland hurriedly put the lid on.

"I have to learn a necromantic spell. With these ghosts, I will have more confidence in dealing with the Red Spirit and the Ballet Ghost."