Wizard Genius Whose Legends Were Everywhere

This Fish-Fragrant Herb showed no signs of wear on the surface.

Its color and size were normal as well.

Leo watched Chris make his choice right away and shook his head slightly.

Not to mention that fake materials had been mixed in.

Even when selecting materials of different qualities, one needed patience.

Chris was in such a hurry that he definitely would not be able to pick out one of better quality.

And indeed, that was the case.

Leo could tell that although this Fish-Fragrant Herb looked appealing on the outside, it was actually of inferior quality.

Chris eagerly carried the Fish-Fragrant Herb to the counter and said, "B-beautiful miss, I'd like to buy this."

The elf looked at Chris and revealed a faint smile. "One Magic Stone, thank you."

After completing the transaction, Chris wanted to continue talking to the elf, so he asked, "Miss, may I ask if you can tell what quality the herb I picked is?"

The elf said, "The quality of herbs must be revealed by your instructors during class."

"I-is that so?" Chris was disappointed, though he was not disappointed that he could not know right now, but that he could not keep talking to the elf.

Listening to their conversation from the side, Leo secretly shook his head.

Chris's attention had been completely captured by the beautiful elf. Even matters concerning his Potionology studies had been forgotten completely.

Among the herbs on the shelves, excellent-quality ones were half price, while perfect-quality ones were free. Yet the elf had charged Chris a full Magic Stone, which meant that the Fish-Fragrant Herb in his hand was, at best, ordinary quality. In a worse scenario, it might even be inferior.

Leo was still examining the herbs, selecting them according to the standards in the Codex.

For him, this selection was still difficult.

He could distinguish inferior-quality herbs from ordinary-quality ones.

However, Leo could not tell the difference between excellent-quality and perfect-quality herbs.

Leo carefully studied the Codex back and forth.

What the Codex taught was actually also mentioned in the book Basic Potionology: one had to remember them through the fluctuations of mental energy.

Some materials looked exactly alike, but there were differences in their mental energy fluctuations.

Wizard books contained not only illustrations and text, but also mental fluctuations.

Those mental fluctuations were the true core of wizard books.

On the other side, Molly looked at the feathers on the shelf before her, and a mental fluctuation swept past her fingertips.

Although Molly's Mental Power Talent level was quite ordinary, her comprehension was actually rather good.

With only a cursory glance, Leo could tell that she had already begun to grasp the basics of selecting materials.

Molly's gaze settled on a feather.

After hesitating for a moment, she reached out and grabbed it.

Molly handed over the Black-Tailed Crane Feather. The elf smiled and clapped her hands. "Congratulations, guest. You selected an excellent-quality Black-Tailed Crane Feather. This purchase only costs half price."

Hearing that, Molly's little face flushed red, and she was delighted.

Chris said as well, "Congratulations, Molly."

Leo also smiled. "Congratulations, Molly."

Molly nervously patted her chest. "I was agonizing over my choice just now. If I had picked low-quality material, I might have had to consider switching to another subject."

"Miss, here are five Magic Stone fragments. Please keep them."

One Magic Stone was equivalent to ten Magic Stone fragments.

After quite a while, Leo finally finished selecting his herb as well. From the shelf of Fish-Fragrant Herb, he chose one portion.

The quality of this Fish-Fragrant Herb was different from both inferior quality and perfect quality.

Moreover, according to Leo's observations,

there were seven portions of Fish-Fragrant Herb that appeared to be of excellent quality, but only this one differed from the other six excellent-quality portions.

Leo could not distinguish excellent quality from perfect quality, but he wanted to gamble on this small detail.

Of course, even if he failed, it did not matter. He would only lose five Magic Stone fragments.

Leo handed over the Fish-Fragrant Herb.

"Congratulations, guest. The Fish-Fragrant Herb you selected is of perfect quality. No Magic Stones will be charged for this purchase."

Hearing the elf's words, Chris and Molly both looked at Leo in surprise and envy.

Chris said, "It's over. Looks like not only with Arcane Hand, but in Potionology too, I'm going to get utterly crushed by you, Leo."

Molly said enviously, "Leo, your talent in Potionology must be stronger than my talent in Prophecy Studies."

The elf also said in a surprised tone, "The quality of Fish-Fragrant Herb is harder to distinguish than that of other materials. Every year, we leave one perfect-quality material among them."

"As for the perfect-quality Fish-Fragrant Herb, the last person to find one was Wizard Nova, when he had just arrived at the Tower of Dawn five years ago. Before that, it was twenty years earlier."

Leo had not expected to hear Nova's name here. He asked, "Is Wizard Nova very famous?"

"Of course he is." At the mention of Nova, the elf was like a girl chasing a star, her eyes sparkling as she spoke with boundless admiration. "He is one of the Tower of Dawn's famous star wizards."

"Wizard Nova was a super genius with Level 6 Mental Power Talent. By the time he took the wizard ship to the Tower of Dawn, he had already become a Wizard."

"During the first month's Comprehensive Assessment, Wizard Nova scored 100 points in the Arcane Hand test. His overall Comprehensive Assessment score even reached an unprecedented 500 points."

Hearing this, Molly's eyes widened.

They were still working their fingers to the bone just to earn one year's tuition.

Yet Wizard Nova, under the same circumstances, had obtained a scholarship worth five years of tuition in his very first month.

"The first subject Wizard Nova chose was Potionology, and in his first month, he was noticed by the laboratory of an S-grade research project and joined it as a member."

"Afterward, within one year, Wizard Nova conquered twenty S-grade research projects in succession."

"In his second year, Wizard Nova became a teaching assistant. He spent only one year before being promoted to a seminar instructor."

"Over three years, Wizard Nova trained quite a number of outstanding wizards."

"Wizard Nova was a wizard genius so legendary that he could not possibly be more legendary."

Leo's expression turned strange.

He felt that Wizard Nova was probably the sort of person whose legends were everywhere throughout the Tower of Dawn.

This made Leo feel even more strongly that the favor he owed from back then would be hard to repay.

The elf picked up a book and handed it to Leo. "Sir, as the customer who obtained the Fish-Fragrant Herb, you may also receive this Grand Compendium of Potions as a prize."

"This is a Grand Compendium of Potions written by a Formal Wizard. It records several simply brewed potion formulas written by that Formal Wizard."

"Furthermore, at the end of the Grand Compendium of Potions, there is a question left by that Formal Wizard. If you can answer it, that Formal Wizard will grant you a generous reward."