The Second-Ring Potion Bottleneck and the Completion of the Ancient Tree Fruit Clone Method

Three days later, in the simple laboratory inside Locke's dormitory, Locke signed a contract as a guest researcher with the New Weaving Academy of Boniface University. He received a guest researcher badge from Boniface University and gained permission to use the academy's designated breeding equipment and access the Wizard Apprentice facilities.

That afternoon, after promising Antoine that if he successfully refined it in the future, he would give him a bottle of the Doppelgänger Potion as well, Locke obtained a bottle of Antoine's blood.

At that moment, in the simple potion room inside his dormitory, Locke poured Antoine's blood into the crucible. He then followed the reaction-rate formulas he had designed in his notes, along with the corresponding procedures, adding the materials to the crucible in sequence.

Soon, after the dozens of raw materials in the crucible had undergone forty-nine consecutive changes in the types of elemental flames from the Primordial Fire, as well as rapid shifts between high, medium, and low heat, they finally turned into a pot of black paste by the end of the afternoon.

Locke thought for a moment but did not dare touch the crucible directly. After all, many dangerous items were accidentally refined by Potion Masters.

He casually constructed a First-Ring spell, [Arcane Hand]. It was a Potions spell that Locke had learned while reading articles in Golden Crown Mountain's free section.

The translucent hand of arcane energy seized the unknown paste inside the crucible. In an instant, the translucent hand of arcane energy turned purple-black.

It did not remain that way for long. The purple-black state instantly changed into black-red.

Locke sighed, his expression turning grim. The Arcane Hand was a special Potions spell formed by utilizing the sensitivity of arcane energy to reactions involving spirituality.

When the Arcane Hand came into contact