Wizard: Become stronger by drawing cards from the potions variety show

Chapter 5 Gordon’s Blind Box

When the early morning sunlight filtered into the room through the floor-to-ceiling windows, Li Daoxian arranged his robe and took the suspended elevator downstairs.

Today's game is very important. There is no conflict between becoming a genius, winning the championship, and winning the "mysterious prize" in Gordon's words. Killing three birds with one stone, Li Daoxian will never allow himself to take it lightly and must try his best!

The door of the competition hall was closed. Li Daoxian saw other players waiting at the door. Two instructor assistants were maintaining order.

Li Daoxian approached, and one of them came up: "Please stand at the first place. When the show starts, you will lead the team in."

The magic barrier in the competition hall has been opened, which means that the program is already being debugged, and perhaps the instructor is among them.

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"Spread flowers! It's another new day."

"ecstasy……"

"I heard there will be another elimination today?"

"It's not eliminated, it's pending."

"Among the five contestants, the black-haired guy is probably the strongest. Today's prize should be his."

"Am I the only one curious about what the mystery prize is?"

……

As soon as the show started, the barrage had already become intensive.

The three instructors were located in the center of the stage, facing rows of operating desks, which was slightly empty.

The door opened and five contestants filed in.

"Please come to the front." Gordon shouted.

When all the players stood still, Gordon asked: "Li Daoxian, how was your rest last night?"

"Very good, mentor."

Gordon smiled and said: "Of course it's great. The Sky Pavilion is built according to the standards of top small laboratories and combines comfort and professionalism. Remember, this is also the reward for the first place in the "Potion Master" competition. Only the player with the highest cumulative score can enjoy this honor. So, show me your best performance."

Xue Qian's voice was calm: "Among the many carefully selected contestants, the five of you stood out. It can be said that you have taken the first step to become a potion master. This deserves recognition."

Maggie continued: "In this competition, some contestants left a deep impression on us. For example, Li Daoxian, your production method is close to perfect and pleasing to the eye. Catherine, your medicinal material ratio has a unique personal style, which is very good." Creativity. But for the other players, I'm sorry, we don't know much about it. So we want to make sure that you are fully prepared, and you also have to prove that you can handle everything."

"You need to show more. Gain success, or go to TBD!" Gordon pointed at the console in front of him: "I have prepared some surprises for you, which are in the box behind you."

"This is your first challenge, a blind box game. Please come to your console."

On the operating table behind the students, each placed a square wooden box.

Many players have already speculated about this. Although it has been replaced by a blind box, the essence is still a proposition of specifying materials. In the potion master assessment, the proposition of specifying materials is also a classic.

Li Daoxian stood at his table No. 4 and heard Gordon's voice.

"On the count of three, lift the box up. 1, 2, 3, lift it up."

Under the box, three different potion materials are displayed.

"Phoenix Feathers", "Dragon Blood Crystal" and "Color Changing Vine".

Each is a high-end material, expensive, and notoriously difficult to work with.

Li Daoxian felt nervous at first, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Thanks to Snape, thanks to Principal Dumbledore for the bird. Fortunately, there is a familiar material like "Phoenix Feather".

The latter two materials are also materials outside the scope of one's cognition.

If all three are unfamiliar materials, it would undoubtedly be a fantasy to make a satisfactory potion within a limited time.

This also reminded Li Daoxian that his lack of knowledge about potions in the wizarding world is his biggest shortcoming at present. If he cannot make up for it as soon as possible, problems will occur sooner or later.

It is not always possible to be favored by the goddess of luck. The question is just within Snape's ability.

Gordon waited for a moment to ensure that the contestants had digested the "surprise" in the blind box and then said: "Today we hope that one of my three favorite materials can become the protagonist of your potion. The most important thing is, The theme you need to revolve around is called 'features'!"

Xue Qian added: "Each magic potion is complex, and it is normal to have multiple characteristics. You can choose the most important one to express."

Maggie put forward another idea: "This characteristic can also be your own personal characteristic. Conquering the magic potion and stamping the magic potion with your own brand is also a characteristic."

"This is difficult, but only ambitious potion masters will stand out." Xue Qian raised his eyebrows at Maggie's suggestion.

He raised his hand and pointed to the ceiling and continued: "All the medicinal materials in the master's cabinet are of excellent quality. You can use them as you like, as long as you can complete your potion within two hours."

Maggie: "We will observe and evaluate every detail during your production process."

Gordon clasped his hands together and concluded: "That's right, the game lasts two hours, the clock... starts!"

Different from before, this time, including Li Daoxian, everyone did not act rashly and was seriously thinking about how to deal with the potion.

This time Li Daoxian planned to brew a healing potion.

The regenerative properties contained in phoenix feathers can be fully utilized in high-level healing potions. There is no system more suitable for phoenix feathers to be used than this system.

At the same time, the healing potions in this world have many similarities with the healing potions in the Harry Potter world, both in terms of ideas and composition, which also puts Snape's experience to use.

Li Daoxian, who figured out the key, did not hesitate. While others were still thinking, he took the lead and summoned the required medicinal materials from the ceiling.

This also attracted the attention of the instructor.

The three instructors came down from the podium and walked towards Li Daoxian.

There was also a lot of discussion on the barrage.

"Too confident."

"I am an old potion master with ten years of experience. There is no way I can complete a complete high-level potion in two hours. It is better to spend more time and conceive a high-end simplified potion with better effects."

"You have a long word count, I believe you."

"But the composition of Li Daoxian's medicinal ingredients... is not very similar to simplified medicinal ingredients, and even has more ingredients than the complete version..."

"It's too arrogant and will inevitably fail. I'll put it here. If he can complete it, I will eat it directly."

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Soon, the console in front of Li Daoxian was filled with classified potion materials. It started to be processed intensively. In order for high-end medicinal materials to fully exert their medicinal properties, there are a lot of materials, which means that the pre-processing process is very cumbersome. Almost the entire process requires the participation of magic power. The total amount and fineness of the magic power are very demanding. high.

"The handling of the Mandrake roots is very good, Li Daoxian." Gordon looked at Li Daoxian's actions and nodded lightly.

"Daoxian, please introduce your magic potion." Xue Qian saw Li Daoxian's operation, but his attention was more on the types of materials on the table.

While grinding daffodil powder, Li Daoxian said: "I think nothing can better represent the characteristics of phoenix feathers than a healing potion, so I chose to use phoenix feathers as the main ingredient to highlight the regenerative properties, and use unicorn tail hair to further To enhance and purify impurities, use mandrake, narcissus powder, healing herbs, etc. to temper the medicinal properties.”

Maggie noticed something unusual: "You also chose dragon blood, which is very rare in healing potions."

"Yes, I want to use the powerful magic power of dragon blood to promote the reaction of the potion."

"It's a very bold idea. You must have very keen observation skills to be able to seize the opportunity in the violent reaction. You have made it more difficult for yourself, but I like it!"

Maggie clicked her tongue and praised: "If you want to brew a complete high-level potion, it's a very bold choice."

Xue Qian reminded: "Pay special attention to the toxicity of dragon blood. If it is not handled carefully, it may cause the efficacy of your medicine to be greatly reduced or even fail completely."

"Ok."

"Good luck."

This scene was faithfully recorded and broadcast by Mowang Live. The audience was also a little confused, and many question marks appeared on the barrage.

"I just looked through "Advanced Potion Making" and saw that there is no dragon blood in the standard materials..."

"It's a bit risky. The idea is only theoretically feasible, and dragon's blood has always been a raw material that reacts violently. It's too uncontrollable and will fail."

"It's gone, the black-haired guy is already gone..."

"My ideal client has already said that it can't be done! Don't say it's completed now, it might just become a useless medicine."

Li Daoxian was unaware of the heated discussion among the audience. He decided that in order to complete the high-level potion within two hours, he must consider using a catalyst to speed up the reaction. Dragon's blood is the best choice among them. Not only does it not affect the efficacy of the medicine, it can even promote healing. Dragon's blood also has powerful healing properties, but the difficulty is very high.

The tutors came to Catherine's side.

Li Daoxian and Catherine stood out among the five players. Both of them performed well in terms of operation and creativity.

If anyone can be number one in this assessment, it can only be among these two.

Catherine chose Color Changing Vine.

"Catherine, are you okay?" Maggie asked.

"Of course, I have a really good idea and I'm making it happen," Catherine said with a smile.

She choked the seven inches of the venomous snake with one hand, and used the other hand to remove the snake's eyes neatly with a knife.

"The materials you prepared are very unusual." Xue Qian likes to look at the materials prepared by the players first, and naturally noticed the dazzling array of living things on the table.

Spiders, toads, snakes, bats...

Gordon saw Catherine's plan, stared into Catherine's eyes, and said firmly: "Condensation method, are you a member of the 'Pure School'?"

Catherine answered succinctly: "My father is a professor of the school."

"My God, this is simply a dimensionality reduction attack." Xue Qian said with a smile.

Hearing Xue Qian's words, Catherine's smile became brighter and brighter, "I hope to win the championship because I am very curious about the mysterious prize of mentor Gordon."

After this scene was broadcast, many viewers were excited. Many male viewers became fans of her husband, and neatly posted comments such as "I'm in love" on the screen.

Gordon laughed and pointed at Li Daoxian in front of him: "Your biggest opponent now is him. If you defeat him, the prize will be yours."

Maggie asked curiously: "I heard that you invited him yesterday, but was rejected?"

Gordon and Xue Qian, who were about to leave, also stopped and listened to the gossip with interest.

Catherine's smile froze on her face and she said in a low voice: "So I will beat him and let him know how ungentlemanly it is to refuse a lady."

The barrage filled the screen with question marks and drawn swords. I didn’t expect that the lovely young lady had already taken the initiative to invite others, and what’s more, I didn’t expect that she was rejected.

Some people also posted comments asking, "What are the pure school of thought and the essence condensation method..."

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Bearded George is a herbalist himself, and he also uses herbs to brew potions. Although he did not expect to pass the "Potion Master" competition, he did not want to stop there.

He chose the color-changing vine. As a herbalist, he could almost recite the properties of the color-changing vine compared to the material.

"Emotional induction, magic instructions, environmental camouflage, energy blending and conversion, and demonized textures."

This kind of material is cherished because of its multiple natural characteristics, which naturally allow it to perform differently according to different environments.

Xue Qian was the first to speak: "George, your progress is very fast. What characteristics of the color-changing vine are you planning to show?"

George has completed the separation of the vines and the crucible has begun to heat up. Compared with the previous two who were still processing the medicinal materials, the progress in front of him is on the right track. He paused briefly to answer the instructor's question.

"I plan to brew a mimicry potion. I need to use concealment grass, hyacinth, and empty stone powder to complete the extraction of the ingredients of the color-changing vine and successfully complete the potion."

Xue Qian agreed with this idea: "It's very smart. The mimic potion is indeed the special potion of the color-changing vine. It usually takes about two hours to complete an intermediate potion. But the key lies in the dilution of the potion, which is the sensitivity of the color-changing vine. Point. You need to be extra careful in this area. Once you make a mistake, there is no chance to do it again.”

George did not look at his mentor, but the movements of his hands were obviously heavier: "I am a herbalist. Maybe I am not that proficient in potions, but I have dealt with more than a hundred meters of discolored vines. I can I know very clearly what I want to do, and I must explain, mentor, I am not here to screw up."

Xue Qian and Maggie looked at each other.

Maggie chuckled and said "good luck" and went to other tables with Xue Qian...

In the end, both contestants chose dragon blood crystal. This material itself is very inert and requires special treatment to fully exert its effect. However, it is not without merit. Compared with the sensitivity of the other two medicinal materials, dragon blood crystal The inertness of the stone itself will make the potion more fault-tolerant, making it a stable choice.

Of course, even so, you can still see that the two players are sweating profusely.

The instructors were talking so much that one person was so nervous that he spilled his wine, and violent flames burst out, causing the audience in the live broadcast room to call him "good guy". It was Gordon's intervention that prevented the material from being burned.

Gordon returned to the stage and communicated with the other two instructors: "Their techniques are very unfamiliar. This blind box material has touched their knowledge blind spots."

Xue Qian also saw the unexpected situation just now and expressed his opinion: "The most important part of handling dragon blood crystal is to stimulate the medicinal properties. Even if it is the first time to deal with it, you can be bold. From this point of view, They made the best of the three choices."

It is impossible for a potion master to handle all materials. When encountering unfamiliar materials, the potion master's ability is even more tested.

Of course, if you have the conditions to practice with high-level magic potions on a daily basis, this is definitely part of your ability.

　Signed.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)