"Ian!"
Lucy stood amid the crowd, watching Ian in the distance with a complicated expression.
She had never imagined that the one advancing to Intermediate Potion Master this time would be him.
The Wizard her Lineage had once abandoned.
Yet Hyde and Vivian were both standing nearby, and judging by the scene, this did not look like a joke.
"If he really makes it, he'll be an Intermediate Potion Master."
Lucy drew a deep breath.
Even within the academy, there were only around twenty or thirty Intermediate Potion Masters.
Every one of them was considered a pillar of the Potions Department, even of the academy itself.
Even the Silver Wolf Family she belonged to would actively seek to befriend such figures. After all, potion resources were relatively precious.
"Make it!"
Vivian wore an expectant look as well.
"I put a thousand Magic Stones into this." Hyde narrowed his eyes, looking somewhat nervous instead.
The Wizards of the Secret Source Department were also watching this advancement.
If he passed, he would be the only Potion Master in recent years to advance through an intermediate profession. Its significance would be considerable.
Elsewhere.
Ian began the preparation process as well.
Zero-ring Lower Grade basic potions posed no problem for him; they simply took quite a bit of time.
Several hours later, eighteen bottles of potion stood arranged in neat rows.
Next came the Advanced Potions.
Although Ian could now achieve an almost one-hundred-percent success rate, there was no need to display it so exaggeratedly.
He would generally fail one bottle or so.
This made the Wizards watching nearby ride a wave of emotions.
By the time Ian finished preparing the Zero-ring Lower Grade potions, half a day had already passed.
He took out the Energy Potion and Stamina Potion he had prepared in