Chapter 409 - 211: A New Member for the Mansion, An Invitation from the Society

Chapter 409: Chapter 211: A New Member for the Mansion, An Invitation from the Society

The cost of deducing a formula had always been low. Pei Ze consumed his elemental source without hesitation, completing the analysis in an instant.

A torrent of information instantly flooded the depths of his mind.

A moment later, after Pei Ze had digested all the information, he couldn’t help but be taken aback.

’So expensive!’

Although he had long suspected that the metal combination to evolve a Tier Six Witchcraft Artifact would be incredibly valuable, the price tag of over seven hundred Magic Crystal Stones was still a shock.

And that was with one main ingredient excluded from the cost.

’The core of a level-four Thunder Elemental Giant Spirit... I didn’t expect the Tier Six metal combination to include this.’

Pei Ze frowned slightly.

But on second thought, it wasn’t so surprising. The core of a Thunder Elemental Creature could already advance his elementalization, so it made sense for Silver Star’s evolution to incorporate a Thunder Element Core to be compatible with him.

This just meant that the value of a single metal combination was now extremely high.

More importantly, Silver Star needed to fuse with a full one hundred and twenty-five of these metal combinations to evolve into a Tier Six Witchcraft Artifact.

Pei Ze had mixed feelings about this.

The more demanding the evolution, the more powerful the evolved Silver Star would be.

The problem was that building a Wizard Tower already cost a fortune, and now with Silver Star’s needs, the financial gap was growing ever wider.

In comparison, the cost of Wuyu’s evolution was a minor issue.

Pei Ze looked at Wuyu on his shoulder.

The little guy still needed to consume just over twelve hundred more crow-type Magical Creatures to evolve to the level-four stage, which would probably take another month or two.

’As for the Alchemy Engraving...’

Pei Ze grew pensive.

To be honest, the Alchemy Engraving was far less useful to him now.

Of course, burning the Alchemy Engraving was still a viable trump card.

He just wasn’t satisfied with that, however.

’Once the matters of the Stone Monument Patterns and the Divine Blood are settled, I’ll gather more information and see if I can further improve and strengthen the Alchemy Engraving.’

Pei Ze quickly formed a plan.

Although an Elemental Mage’s power primarily depended on the progress of their elementalization, the role of external items could not be overlooked.

Pei Ze suddenly remembered the Memory Crystal Ball that Mo Weng had given him.

In addition to information about Elemental Mages, that Memory Crystal Ball also contained the cultivation method for Dawn Star Knights.

Only after truly advancing to become an Elemental Mage did Pei Ze discover that this cultivation method was completely useless to him.

The cultivation of a Dawn Star Knight, in essence, was about guiding elemental energy to temper the body and cause it to elementalize.

Compared to an Elemental Mage, it simply lacked the step of elementalizing the Spirit.

This was the main reason why an Elemental Mage was, in essence, also equivalent to a Dawn Star Knight.

The process by which an Elemental Mage increased their elementalization progress already encompassed this cultivation method.

Training like a Dawn Star Knight on top of that would be completely redundant.

Shaking his head, Pei Ze brought his thoughts back to the matters at hand.

Besides increasing his strength, there was the matter of building a Wizard Tower.

The knowledge needed to build a Wizard Tower wasn’t hard to obtain; the library in the Inner City had it.

If he wanted more detailed and specific knowledge, he could also obtain it from his teacher.

The key was still the cost of the resources required to build it.

’Silver Star’s evolution, plus the construction of the Wizard Tower, will require at least 1,300,000 Magic Crystal Stones. And that’s just the bare minimum.’

Pei Ze frowned, deep in thought.

’To make money quickly, I still have to rely on potions.’

’With my current Spiritual Power, I should be able to try crafting Tier Six Potions.’

The moment the thought appeared, Pei Ze immediately rejected it.

In alchemy, Tier Five was a major threshold.

Above Tier Five, both the effects and the crafting difficulty of Tier Six Potions skyrocketed.

Many Tier Five Alchemists were stuck at this hurdle their entire lives, unable to break through and become Tier Six Alchemists no matter how hard they tried.

In all of Chenxi City, the number of Tier Six Alchemists could be counted on two hands.

Even Mo Weng had only advanced to become a Tier Six Alchemist just two years ago.

If he suddenly became a Tier Six Alchemist, it would absolutely cause a massive uproar.

The resulting impact would likely be even greater than that of him becoming an Elemental Mage.

Besides, the materials for Tier Six Potions were generally extremely rare and precious; just collecting them would take considerable effort.

Crafting a few bottles might be feasible, but mass-producing them for sale was undoubtedly a pipe dream.

Therefore, relying on crafting Tier Six Potions to make money quickly was not very realistic.

’If Tier Six Potions are out, then I can only craft Tier Five Potions.’

Pei Ze thought for a moment, then shook his head again.

If he crafted and sold Elemental Affinity Potions, he could earn twenty to thirty thousand Magic Crystal Stones a month, at most.

While other Alchemists would find this profit incredibly generous, it wasn’t enough for Pei Ze.

That would be three to four hundred thousand Magic Crystal Stones a year. It would take three years just to gather enough money to build the Wizard Tower, which was far too slow.

’It looks like I’ll have to sell potion formulas.’

A sharp glint flashed in Pei Ze’s eyes.

In fact, he had entertained similar thoughts before.

He had just been concerned that rashly selling improved potion formulas would draw too much attention and easily attract unnecessary trouble, so he had never acted on the idea.

But now he was an Elemental Mage, firmly in the upper echelons of Chenxi City. Even if he attracted some covetous attention, he had enough power to fend it off.

’I’ll just sell the improved formula for a Thunder Element Potion. Since I’m a Thunder Element Mage, it won’t seem too out of place.’

Pei Ze quickly made his decision.

A single bottle of a Thunder Elemental Affinity Potion sold for about 1,800 Magic Crystal Stones.

And the price of a potion formula was usually several dozen times the price of the potion itself.

To be honest, this price wasn’t considered high.

After all, with Wizard Civilization having developed to this point, many potion formulas were already public knowledge.