Lord of Mysterious Wizard-Chapter 474 - 452: Apprentice

Yamada Jungle, Chituca Territory.

In the "Medicine Room" of a wooden house, Tang Qi was intently staring at the cauldron in front of him, containing what seemed to be a solidified, stagnant golden mass with a layer of impurity film on the surface, like that which appears when smelting gold. Beneath the film, intense heat and muffled sounds faintly emanated.

In one hand, Tang Qi was holding the "rubber fruit," with a texture similar to frosted glass, hard yet with an ineffable resilience.

All the while feeling it silently, with his other hand clenched into a fist, he thumped the impurity film with several punches, "bang bang bang".

At first, ripples appeared, but by the final punch, it seemed entirely solid, hard as iron.

"Almost there!"

His pupils contracted slightly.

Then, the hand holding the rubber fruit plunged into the cauldron, turned upside down, with the fruit’s bird beak aimed at the center of the impurity film.

Ding!

An unimaginable scene unfolded in an instant.

The seemingly fragile bird beak effortlessly pecked through the impurity film. The gray-black impurities washed away instantly as dazzling golden light burst forth. A powerful sucking force snatched away the rubber fruit from Tang Qi’s hand, a dark gold liquid reversed its flow upwards, heading into the pulsing web-like patterns.

Boom!

Tang Qi’s figure abruptly retreated, a huge black shadow grazing his nose, a terrifying force faintly conveyed. If it had landed on an ordinary person’s skull, it would undoubtedly result in a shattered cranium.

"First rule of configuring Rubber Man Secret Medicine, watch your head."

Some comical knowledge flashed through his mind.

His eyes turned towards the Medicine Room, clearly sensing behind the farce, there must be blood-filled lessons.

Inside the cauldron, a weird substance was rapidly expanding and contracting.

Wrapped in golden light, the dark substance grew rapidly, reaching the limits of the Medicine Room space in a moment, just a hair’s breadth from shattering the Medicine Room and the entire wooden house, then retracting in an instant.

Tang Qi could imagine, a typical Pharmacist, when configuring "Rubber Man Secret Medicine", retreating a step too slow, would be met with a shattered head.

Outside the Medicine Room, Tang Qi stood silently.

Watching it expand and contract over and over, after about several dozen breaths, calm returned to the Medicine Room, and the thing retracted.

One second!

Two seconds!

Three seconds!

Tang Qi remained still, just waiting.

Just as the fifth second was about to pass, there was another "boom" from inside the cauldron. The pitch-black substance violently exploded out, faster than any previous time and with even more astonishing force, but once again, it missed its target and had to retract in dismay, finally restoring peace, as the golden light also faded away.

"Second rule of configuring Rubber Man Secret Medicine, even the potion can deceive you... It lacks intelligence but has formed a peculiar mechanism. It will pretend to be calm, luring the Pharmacist to approach, and then launch a final attack, all within ten seconds."

Recalling the somewhat bizarre knowledge, Tang Qi stepped back into the Medicine Room.

His gaze lingered on the cauldron. Inside lay a strange object, fist-sized, resembling a pitch-black pill, but with dark golden web-like patterns on its surface, emitting a faint stench.

Yet in just a single breath, that stink gave Tang Qi an urge for addiction, making him want to grab it and keep on sniffing.

Tang Qi suppressed the impulse and looked at the special image formed in his mind.

[Curios: Rubber Man Secret Medicine.]

[Quality: Excellent.]

[Information Fragment One: An extremely high-quality secret medicine, consuming it grants one the body of a Rubber Man, allowing for a certain degree of stretching and twisting of one’s own body, and obtaining super defense; other abilities need to be developed by the consumer.]

[Information Fragment Two: It is the initial stage of the "Rubber God" series of secret medicines. To configure the next stage "Rubber Warrior" secret medicine, it requires rubber fruit aged over a hundred years, and the configurator must be at least at the apprentice realm.]

...

A vast number of Information Fragments were exploding, but Tang Qi just glanced at them and looked no further.

He was currently adjusting his breathing, slowly extending his hands. In his mind, the various Knowledge of the Original Secret Medicine School was churning. The moment his fingertips touched the dark golden exterior of the Secret Medicine, an unexpected tide of Knowledge burst forth.

Boom!

Tang Qi’s mind felt as though a black Monster had suddenly intruded, swelling continuously, shattering the familiar Secret Medicine Knowledge. New insights were rapidly emerging, swirling, fragmenting, comprehending... This strange process lasted for quite some time.

When he once again felt Peace, and looked within himself, brand new characters were taking shape in what should have been the solitary label "Melter Wizard" on his Profession slot.

"Original Secret Medicine Apprentice!"

"The second type of Professional Level power."

Tang Qi’s mouth curved into a smile, feeling the Knowledge that was both familiar and alien.

Past accumulations, upon his touch of the Rubber Man Secret Medicine, had successfully transformed, propelling him into the Realm of "apprentice."

"Wind’s Secret Medicine, Spirit Communication Secret Medicine, or other Secret Medicines, they are all for accumulation, until one compounds the Rubber Man Secret Medicine, touching the core lineage of the School... That secret of replicating and transforming Nature had always been hidden within familiar Knowledge. Shattered and rebuilt, it then reveals itself. A Secret Alchemist unready in accumulation, unable to successfully compound Rubber Man Secret Medicine, might also have their skull crushed before success."

While recalling the mysteries of progression within the Original Secret Medicine School, he did not forget to mock the absurdity of the process.

Apart from the change in the Profession slot, on the Skill Bar.

[Secret Medicine: Knowledge of the Original Secret Medicine School, Realm: Apprentice; Progress: 0%.]

Unsurprisingly, after being promoted to the Apprentice Realm, the progress was reset.

An apprentice of the Original Secret Medicine School is, in fact, equivalent to the "Professional Level" of other Secret Medicine Schools.

Because in this School, the next Realm is astonishingly "Secret Medicine Master," where, according to the Knowledge within the School, each Secret Medicine Master has a profound understanding of Nature, and even with empty hands and a naked body, they could concoct High-level Secret Medicines deep in the jungle.

Such power was somewhat similar to "Wilderness Favored," only directed differently.

"Let’s not think about the Secret Medicine Master for now. After the Promotion to apprentice, the range of Secret Medicines I can compound has expanded by several times. Some Secret Medicines, even to the current me, are of no small help. Although I’m reluctant to say it, the bait that these bizarre Evil Seeds sent to me is indeed..."

"Delicious!"

With a pleased exclamation, Tang Qi casually stuffed the "Rubber Man Secret Medicine" into Gluttony’s appetite.

He had plans for how to deal with the Secret Medicine; there was no need to rush.

His gaze returned to the Medicine Room.

To one side, in a corner, a mountain of various precious materials piled up, including plants, Fruits, seeds, and some corpses of Extraordinary Creatures, only a small part of which related to the "Giant Demon’s Sleep" Secret Medicine.

Tang Qi had no intention of checking to decide how much to "embezzle." He intended to pick out the materials needed for the preparation of Giant Demon’s Sleep and then let Gluttony swallow all the rest.

But just as he was about to act, a pale green twisting ripple spilled out from the void, condensing into a bizarre symbol.

The corresponding meaning emerged in Tang Qi’s mind.

"An invitation?"

Tang Qi muttered slowly, his eyes seemingly piercing through the ripple, glimpsing behind it a vague, pale green World where several blurry but familiar figures sat, all watching Tang Qi, waiting for his decision.

"Sooner than I expected!"

Tang Qi spoke calmly, as if he had anticipated this.

Then, he extended a finger and touched the symbol.

In an instant, the ripple spread silently, pulling Tang Qi into that blurred World.

In a setup similar to a "Council," the other seven Transcendents invited by Numba were all present. As the last to be invited, Tang Qi, seemingly because of the "Weak Chicken Alchemist persona," only garnered a wink from the female adventurer; the rest just glanced at him briefly before turning their heads to look at the initiator of the invitation.

The presence has always been very low, even lower than Tang Qi’s—that Witch, always shrouded in a green robe, coming from a faction known as the "Earth Mother Witch" School.

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