A week later.
Inside the isolation chamber of the Sun-Chasing Silver Shuttle, a Third-Class Wizard Apprentice who had taken a potion jointly prepared by Locke and Alicia sat inside after drinking a diluted Mammon's Powder Potion.
He waited for more than ten minutes. Then his face suddenly turned golden, his pupils seeming to become gold as well. A third of a second later, the gold rapidly faded from his face, and his pupils returned to normal.
Then he rose to his feet and looked with immense delight at the Mental Power covering his palm, which emitted a faint golden glow.
Even diluted Mammon's Powder Potion caused his Mental Power to display a slight materialization effect.
Mental Power materialization was indeed a natural phenomenon that only occurred when Mental Power exceeded 3,000 and under the effects of a Permanent Defense Field.
But that did not mean Potions techniques could not be used to gain some of the traits of materialized Mental Power in advance. It was simply not particularly meaningful.
After all, what was powerful was not the materialization of Mental Power itself, but the Magic Pressure of several thousand that resulted from that materialization.
The Third-Class Wizard Apprentice from the Sun-Chasing Silver Shuttle, who had volunteered for the experiment, shouted, "My lords, my Mental Power has materialized, exactly as you told me it would."
Locke and Alicia exchanged a glance through the observation window. Alicia said, "Apprentice, there is a cognitive test on the table. Complete it."
Half an hour later, Locke and Alicia looked over the apprentice's answers to the cognitive test. A flash of joy crossed Alicia's eyes. "Locke, he has not suffered the negative effects of Mammon's Powder Potion on his personality."
"We succeeded."
"Locke, I never expected making potions with you to be so interesting."
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