Chapter 39: Magic Potion, Rune, Supernatural Item

Gao De, who had figured out the secret of the wooden box and unexpectedly received Pierre's help, did not leave immediately.

He suppressed the complex emotions in his heart and asked Pierre again: "Boss, do you know if there are any external objects that can assist mage cultivation?"

Cultivating the guidance method step by step, the progress is really too anxious.

If possible, it is necessary to borrow some external objects to speed up the cultivation progress.

Gao De also knew in his heart that such items must be expensive, and it was highly likely that it was not something he could afford, but it didn't hurt to understand the market first.

Pierre was indeed very knowledgeable; after thinking for a while and organizing his language, he said: "Mage cultivation, one is guidance method, the other is meditation technique."

"Meditation technique cultivates one's own mental power, without the participation of external energy, so its cultivation depends more on oneself; auxiliary objects are extremely rare and extremely precious, so ignore them for now; there are more auxiliary objects for cultivating guidance methods."

Fortunately, my current progress in cultivating meditation techniques is not slow... Gao De rejoiced in his heart.

Compared with his predecessor, his cultivation speed of the guidance method had not changed at all, but the cultivation progress of the meditation technique had been greatly improved.

On this side, Pierre had already sat down behind the counter, "There are many auxiliary objects for guidance method cultivation, but if you classify them specifically, there are actually only three categories: magic potions, runes, and supernatural items."

"The essence is two ways: one is to improve the efficiency of the mage's own guidance of magic power to convert into mana, and the other is to improve the concentration of magic power in the cultivation environment."

"For magic potions, the most common cultivation magic potion is magic potion."

"Magic potions contain powerful magic power; after mages drink them, they can directly absorb the magic power in the potion, thereby replacing the magic power that should have been guided into the body through the guidance method.

This is equivalent to omitting the step of guiding magic power in guidance method cultivation; mages only need to convert and polish this magic power into their own mana."

"In this way, the cultivation speed naturally becomes faster."

"It's just that the price of magic potions is too expensive; for example, the basic magic potion used by mage apprentices, a set (3 small bottles) sells for as high as 6 gold.

And a set of basic magic potions is only enough for a first-rank apprentice to cultivate for six days, while a second-rank apprentice consumes a set every three days."

"So generally, only when the guidance method is about to break through will mage apprentices buy a set of magic potions to assist in breaking through the bottleneck."

"If it is used as a daily cultivation aid, it is too extravagant and not something ordinary people can afford."

A set of 6 gold, 6 days to consume a set, one year is 360 gold, equivalent to 360,000 in the past life... Gao De calculated in his heart and knew that what Pierre said was true.

An expenditure of 360,000 a year, how many people can afford it? This is just the magic potion expenditure for a first-rank apprentice; if it is a second-rank apprentice, one year is 720 gold.

Of course, if one is really willing to spend this much, I think one can push the apprentice guidance method to the perfection realm in a short time.

There must be many so-called geniuses who are fed by this kind of "magic potion."

It's just that this is not a way Gao De can afford.

Pierre could naturally see this and soon continued: "If the auxiliary method of magic potions tends to the first type, runes tend to the second type—improving the concentration of magic power in the cultivation environment."

"Multiple runes combined can build a magic array to improve the magic power concentration in a specific area; the two most widely known auxiliary cultivation magic arrays are the Magic Crystal Matrix and the Magic Power Node Array."

"The former needs to consume magic crystals continuously, improving the magic power concentration in the environment by releasing the powerful magic power in the magic crystals, while the latter gathers the magic power around into a small area."

"Both have their own advantages and disadvantages; the former improves the magic power concentration higher, but because it needs to consume magic crystals continuously, the cost is also high."

"The latter is the opposite; although the improved magic power concentration is far inferior to the former, once the magic array is successfully built, it can automatically gather the magic power around, without any consumption, and the magic power in the world is constantly regenerating and flowing, which is equivalent to a one-time investment for a lifetime of profit, much more cost-effective."

"However, you don't need to consider this method; magic arrays don't have 0-rank, the lowest is 1st-rank, and the construction cost of a 1st-rank magic array is over a thousand gold coins."

"General mages borrow magic arrays for cultivation through renting." "The problem is that there is no magic array allowed for rent in our Hogen City." Pierre spread his hands.

Hogen City is still too small, and the number of mages is too small, which is not enough to support the operation of a magic array.

"Finally, there are supernatural items."

"Some supernatural items are manufactured to assist cultivation and can automatically absorb magic power to assist the owner in cultivation."

"Of course, the effect of these supernatural items is definitely not as obvious and direct as magic arrays, but they can be carried with you and play a role every moment, unlike magic arrays that are fixed in position once established and cannot be moved, let alone carried."

"Clearly, the value of supernatural items that assist cultivation is far higher than other categories of supernatural items."

"Similarly, for 1st-circle supernatural items, those that assist cultivation, even if the effect is not particularly significant, can often sell for a high price of hundreds of gold coins, and they are always in short supply."

Pierre's meaning is also very straightforward; regardless of whether Gao De has this financial ability, even if he does, there is nowhere to buy it.

After saying a lot, none of them are things he can use... Gao De is also very helpless.

Looking for the root cause, it is still one word:

Poor! Leaving Pierre Grocery Store, Gao De, holding 1 gold and 15 silver, headed straight to a medicinal herb shop located at the end of the street.

The formulation of primary spider venom potions requires three main ingredients: 1 stalk of snake-tooth grass, 1 stalk of wormwood, and 1 portion of green spider sac.

Among them, snake-tooth grass and wormwood can be produced by the herb garden itself, only the green spider sac needs to be purchased from the medicinal herb shop.

Although Phil Magic Potion Shop's main business is magic potion sales, it also sells medicinal herbs, including green spider sacs, and the quality is guaranteed.

The problem is that in the past, when Master Seda was still there, the purchase quantity was based on half a month or more; Gao De is now short of money and can only buy one or two portions.

It is not appropriate to go to Phil Magic Potion Shop to purchase medicinal herbs in this situation, as it is easy to arouse the suspicion of interested people.

Adhering to the concept of being careful, Gao De had to go far away and change to a small medicinal herb shop for procurement.

"A portion of green spider sac over one year old is 12 silver coins?! Isn't it 10 silver coins a portion at Phil Magic Potion Shop? Why is yours 20% more expensive than theirs?"

In the medicinal herb shop, Gao De faced the price stated by the clerk and frowned subconsciously, asking.

"Guest, this shop has been an old shop open for decades on this street; what has allowed it to stand for so long is the word 'integrity'; no matter what identity, as long as you enter this shop, you can get the same respect and fair treatment."

"Hogen City is only so big; if this shop cheats customers, once the reputation spreads, the business won't be able to continue; how could this shop be short-sighted and cheat you."

The owner of the medicinal herb shop heard Gao De's questioning, stepped forward lightly, and said sincerely with an unquestionable tone: "These days, the number of people going out of the city to hunt has increased significantly, and the price of primary spider venom potions has also risen."

"Green spider sacs, as one of the main ingredients of primary spider venom potions, have also become in short supply, so the price has naturally risen; not only this shop, but all medicinal herb shops in the city now have this price for green spider sacs."

"If the guest doesn't believe it, you can go to other medicinal herb shops in the city to see if it is consistent with what I said."

"Okay... then give me two portions." Gao De couldn't stop the heartache.

Although this medicinal herb shop is not particularly large in scale, it is indeed an old shop that has been open for nearly twenty years; it is impossible to tell such a lie that destroys its own reputation.

The "little rooster" that hadn't been warmed up yet left Gao De again; enduring the heartache and finishing the payment, his deposit shrank to 11 silver again.

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