2 Enhancement of Potionology

If the increase in skill levels could bring about such a huge change, then what about the subject experience?

As a Mage Apprentice, in order to achieve the advancement of the Sorcerer level, other than the most basic meditation, the research of the subject must not be put aside.

This was the experience of countless predecessors.

The academy respected this very much. All the level 3 acolytes would have to undergo an examination every year. If they didn't pass, they would be expelled from the academy.

For an ordinary level 3 acolyte, being expelled from the tower in the middle of the Berserk Sea was a death sentence.

Thus, most of the acolytes did not dare to slack off.

Even so, it was said that every year, there would still be a few unlucky people who became the sacrifice.

Dave chose Potionology as his main subject, and Water and Dark Elementalism, which he had a good affinity with.

These three subjects were all within the scope of the assessment soon.

He had also learned a little about potionology because Mrs. Izu taught Potionology. David had learned a little when he was working as an assistant in her laboratory.

And these 100 free subject experience points…

The subject that he chose would kick it up to level 2.

Dave didn't hesitate.

He had already thought about it and directly added 100 points to Potionology.

He was still quite confident in this year's assessment. Even if he was not the most hardworking among all the Level-3 Sorcerer Apprentices, he could still be ranked in the top ten.

There was no need to worry about the assessment for the time being.

However, he had to consider his other needs.

For example…Magic Stones.

In order to complete the mission, Dave had to rent the spell range every few days.

Even though he shared the rental with the two apprentices to save on magic crystals, the magic crystals in his pocket had been rapidly depleted in the past three months.

Magic crystals meant money in the magical world. Even if it was for the sake of the future, he had to find a way to earn more magic crystals.

Potionology was undoubtedly a path that could be taken.

Useful potions were quite popular in the academy. There was a huge market for them.

Dave was very curious. He had only reached Level 1 (22/100) in Potionology after studying for a year and working for half a year. What would happen when he reached Level 2?

Dave could feel that something had been injected into his brain.

Moreover, as his Potionology reached Level 2, he felt an explosion in his brain.

It was as if some unknown change had happened to him.

A sense of joy that came from the inside out was triggered in his mind and could not dissipate for a long time.

"... Strange."

After a while, Dave came back to his senses and looked confused.

"Why do I feel that there are changes, but I don't receive any specific subject knowledge?"

According to his previous assumption, the increase in subject experience should be the same as the increase in skill experience. It should directly give him obvious enlightenment.

But now… Other than those strange changes, it was as if nothing had happened.

At the very least, he did not feel that there were any new experiences or memories in his mind.

"It seems that the increase in the level of the subject is different from what I thought. There should be other effects….

"As for the effect… Could it be that it can lower the threshold for me to learn Potionology?"

Dave could only guess.

This was the only reasonable guess he could think of.

Mages studied extraordinary knowledge.

Unlike ordinary knowledge, Extraordinary knowledge could not be recorded in ordinary books. It could only be taught by words and examples or recorded on special paper that contained magic power.

Regardless, it was extremely difficult to understand Extraordinary knowledge.

This was because it would consume a lot of spiritual energy during learning, which was a huge burden for sorcerer apprentices.

Dave had a copy of Introduction to Potionology, which Mrs. Izu had sold to him for a magic stone when he became her laboratory assistant.

It was really cheap. This book would sell for at least three magic crystals in the library.

However, it had been a year now, and he had barely flipped through two-thirds of the book.

As for the later parts of the content, it was fine if he read a few sentences, but if he read more than two sentences, he would feel his mental power rapidly depleting and his head splitting.

The words that he could normally recognize would turn into mosquitoes and flies flying in the air, causing him to hallucinate…

This was the norm in the magical world. Knowledge was not only expensive but also difficult to absorb.

And if this increase in subject level could really lower the learning threshold...

Dave couldn't sit still anymore.

Looking at the time on the wall, there was less than half an hour left in the spell Range.

Since his mana was exhausted, he couldn't care less about wasting time. He hurriedly walked out.

When he passed by the bakery, he bought a cheap loaf of bread and returned to his residence on the 32nd floor.

Level 3 students only had a small room that could fit two beds.

Other than a bed, there was only a table and chair in the room. It was very simple.

There were a few books on the table, a few stacks of Dave's notes, pens, and ink.

Dave closed the door and sat down. He picked up the thick book," Introduction to Potionology."

However, after hesitating for a moment, he flipped to the page he last read.

During this period of time, he couldn't read any further. He felt that the things that came after were not only obscure and difficult to understand but also placed a great burden on his mind.

It was probably because he had not reached the level to digest the knowledge truly. He would need to attend at least two more Potionology lessons first.

This time, when he flipped through it, he realized that the lines of text that seemed to be very difficult to understand before were actually very easy to understand.

Moreover, he did not feel any mental burden at all.

"This..."

Dave felt his whole body tremble. It was the second time he was so excited today.

He flipped to the next page. It was as if he was reading an ordinary book. Understanding these words and knowledge became extremely easy.

One page, two pages…

Dave didn't close the book until he had finished reading it and let out a sigh of satisfaction.

It felt so good!

It had been a long time since he felt the pleasure of absorbing such a large amount of knowledge.

Parsing a third of the book's knowledge did not cause any negative feedback to him.

He even felt that he had become more energetic after reading it, and even his mental strength seemed to have increased by a little!

Dave opened his attribute panel and was shocked to find that it was not his imagination.

His spiritual power, which was originally 2.75, had actually risen to 2.77.

It had increased by 0.02 points!