"Hmm! The effect seems good! You can try increasing the quantity next time!"
A milky light appeared in Leilin Farell's hand, sweeping over each soul-bound orb on the table. A satisfied smile then appeared on his face.
"Alright! Then, I'll take these. I'll bring your share of the potions within ten to fifteen days at the latest!" Leilin made his promise.
"I naturally trust you. After all, didn't we just sign an unbreakable oath under the Eye of Judgment..." The old witch seemed to trust Leilin, but he still sensed the underlying distrust in her heart.
However, this was to be expected.
He believed that after this transaction succeeded, her mistrust would diminish significantly, and the mutual benefits between them would become much closer.
After leaving the old witch's small shop, Leilin immediately rushed back to his villa.
His spiritual power hadn't grown much for a long time. He was now impatient to brew the ancient potion—Maria's Tears—and once again enjoy that exhilarating sensation of his spiritual power soaring.
After activating all the defensive magical arrays, Leilin went alone to the villa's basement.
The area had been renovated and was now very orderly. At the very bottom was a magic testing arena, with enhanced energy-absorbing runes carved on all four sides.
In a side chamber was a specially modified alchemy laboratory, fully equipped with various advanced instruments.
These items, of course, Leilin had acquired and traded for using the resources he had plundered, through the old witch's connections.
Otherwise, based on his current finances, even if he brewed potions every day, it would have taken at least over two years to purchase all these instruments.
After all, he couldn't spend all his magic stones on this; he still needed some for daily living expenses and to purchase other materials.
The recent raid had allowed him to establish this laboratory from scratch in one go.
"Chip!" Leilin issued the command silently.
"Commencing brewing of the ancient potion—Maria's Tears. Subject authorization received. Will monitor the entire experimental process and provide timely alerts, coordinating with the subject's spiritual power fluctuations..."
The chip's mechanical voice sounded.
"Begin!" Leilin took a deep breath and picked up a soul-bound orb containing an enclosed spirit...
Time passed in a flash until dawn the next day.
Leilin was panting, sweat beading on his face, but his spirit was extremely excited. He stared at the transparent liquid in the tube in his hand and smiled.
The potion tube was made of specially crafted nitrided crystal glass—incredibly durable and capable of preserving potion efficacy for a long time. Therefore, alchemists often used it to store extremely important potions.
Looking at the completely transparent, crystal-clear liquid in the tube, a complicated expression appeared on Leilin's face.
Thinking carefully, it had been three or four years since he obtained this potion recipe from his mentor, Guofate.
During that same period, he had already brewed the Azure Potion, but this ancient recipe had remained stalled. Even after simplifying some steps to brew the Blood Grudge Potion, it was only useful for apprentice-level wizards.
However, the potion now in his hand was a finished product brewed entirely according to the ancient recipe! Even for the spiritual power bottlenecks faced by ancient wizards, it had a very significant breakthrough effect!
"And, the success rate is quite good too!"
Leilin looked at the three shattered soul-bound orbs on the floor, a look of satisfaction on his face.
He had deliberately added several steps at the end of the recipe that could only be completed with the Chip's assistance. This not only encrypted the potion but also increased the success rate. His success rate in brewing this ancient potion had actually reached an astonishing thirty to forty percent!
That meant out of the sixteen soul-bound orbs he had obtained from the old witch, he could produce five or six finished potions.
This discovery delighted Leilin.
After all, the source material for this potion was very evil and hard to come by. He wanted to maximize its utilization as much as possible.
Due to the Eye of Judgment's restrictions, he truly had to follow the treaty and give the old witch forty percent of the finished product.
Although this share was somewhat high, Leilin felt it was completely worth it.
Also because of the Eye of Judgment's restrictions, if the old witch were caught, she absolutely couldn't reveal a single piece of information about Leilin. This transferred all the danger onto her.
"Chip! How is the potion efficacy analysis coming along?"
Leilin looked at the tube in his hand and suddenly asked.
"Beep! Analysis complete. Efficacy analysis spectrum recorded and stored in the database."
"Ancient Potion—Maria's Tears. Raw Materials: Powerful spirits filled with pain and despair. Effect: Greatly increases the spiritual power of a formal wizard. Has a certain possibility of helping to break through a wizard's spiritual power bottleneck!"
The Chip's analysis was very specific, and the final sentence sent Leilin into deep thought.