Locke looked at Witch Sophia with confusion. "Teacher, for this breeder examination, if I pass all the subjects completely, can they still prevent me from passing?"
Witch Sophia shook her head. "No. The chief examiner for this test is very principled, she absolutely would not do such a thing."
After thinking it over, Locke nodded. "Then teacher, I still want to participate."
"I still want to give it a try."
The main issue was that if he didn't participate this time, he'd have to wait another year.
Having become a first-class wizard apprentice in just two years, waiting an additional year for no reason would seem very strange.
Since the other party absolutely wouldn't deny his results, then there was no problem.
With the Memory Ointment, he had basically familiarized himself with most of the breeder knowledge.
And regarding the Mana Co-frequency Cultivation Method, he had also made some progress.
Moreover, if he could obtain his breeder certificate as soon as possible, it would also benefit Witch Sophia's resume greatly.
Locke had always known that Witch Sophia was continuously undergoing remote teaching position assessments from wizard organizations in the Star Domain Sea.
Witch Sophia nodded with satisfaction. "I guessed you'd react this way."
"As long as you can handle your own affairs well, you've already won half the battle."
"Many people just don't understand this point. They spend their time on too many meaningless things." Witch Sophia handed Locke a document. "This is the breeder industry code of conduct, memorize it."
"Remember, you must memorize it completely, from beginning to end, word for word. You'll need it during the examination."
Locke asked curiously, "Teacher, the traditional breeder examination has three rounds: the first tests theoretical knowledge, the second tests the Mana Co-frequency Cultivation Method, and the third requires completing special cultivation of a magical plant within a specified time."
"The industry code isn't part of the examination scope..."
"Alright." Locke said, "I understand, teacher. I'll memorize it properly."
With the Memory Ointment available, this wasn't difficult.
Although Locke didn't know why Witch Sophia wanted him to do this, his instinct told him it was better to memorize it.
Witch Sophia said to Locke, "Good, you may go. I have my own matters to attend to."
Watching Locke turn and leave, Witch Sophia frowned slightly. She picked up a magic book from beside her desk and began thinking in a low voice. "Lady Morgana will definitely be very strict with you."
"I wonder if having you take this examination is a good thing or a bad thing."
"But I still want Lady Morgana to meet you."
After leaving Sophia's office, Locke immediately went to his personal pharmaceutical laboratory located in another city.
The laboratory had been renovated to look quite professional, with a production line already operational, specifically for Minor Viridian Potion production.
This production line included magical centrifugal extraction, processing primary raw materials, and various reaction steps while waiting for potion preparation, all of which could be handled by the three wizard seeds Locke had brought along with his assistant Terry.
This eliminated a large amount of repetitive manual work Locke would have had to do himself, compressing his Minor Viridian Potion preparation time by half while requiring only half his energy.
Similarly, large-scale production equipment for batch-producing advanced growth hormone gel was also in the installation and testing phase.
The three wizard seeds Locke had brought were also in the learning process.
In the future, Locke planned to recruit some wizard apprentices to expand his personal pharmaceutical laboratory's production lines.
Inside the laboratory, Locke looked toward his assistant Terry, who was working at the operating station on the Minor Viridian Potion production line, using magical centrifugal extraction to separate dryad bloodline and prepare other raw materials.
Locke asked Terry, "Wasn't this afternoon supposed to be when Pierre comes for cognitive experiments? Why hasn't he arrived yet at this hour?"
Terry put down the potion in her hands, belatedly realizing, "Ah? I'm sorry, boss."
"I really didn't notice that."
"Pierre rarely arrives late, today he really hasn't reported to me yet." Terry's expression darkened, and she glanced up at Locke somewhat guiltily, afraid he might be angry about this.
Pierre was crucial to the human experimentation data for the Memory Ointment, the more critical the moment, the more attention should be paid.
A bad feeling rose in Locke's heart. "I previously reminded Pierre and Lorne not to take on academy-external undead clearing missions recently."
"Could it be they still went out?"
"Pierre's special constitution makes him easily targeted."
Especially now that he was the developer of the Crystal Palm Fire Lotus, he'd probably been targeted by Blood Curse Court operatives long ago.
Pierre's relationship with him was very close, and he'd been entering his laboratory regularly recently, it would be perfectly normal for Blood Curse Court spies to target him.
Seeing Locke's darkened expression, Terry became somewhat panicked. "Boss, I'll go find him immediately."
The three wizard seeds in the laboratory curiously stole glances over.
Locke frowned and said to Terry, "Enough, where could you possibly find him? Stay here."
"Continue producing Minor Viridian Potions. Before I go to the Healing Hand Treatment Center tomorrow, you need to prepare at least five bottles of Minor Viridian Potion."
"Terry, you lead my three junior apprentices and continue working."
Terry quickly expressed agreement, while Locke hurriedly left the laboratory.
Sitting on the back of his Engel Swift Snail, Locke looked at the Omen Mandrake Vines on his right hand and noticed their color had turned slightly red.
"Two weeks ago, I placed a leaf from the Omen Mandrake Vines on Pierre's body, that action seems very wise now."
"They must be targeting me; otherwise my Omen Mandrake Vines wouldn't turn red. The Omen Mandrake Vines can only sense hostility directed at me."
"It must be some blind Blood Curse Court wizard apprentice causing trouble."
Locke traced the faint connection between the Omen Mandrake Vine leaf and the main vine body in the void, commanding his Engel Swift Snail to race in that direction.
Riding the Engel Swift Snail was much faster than going himself.
"The route passes through Diagon Alley, where second-class wizard apprentices live." Locke pondered.
"Pierre is crucial to my Memory Ointment human experimentation data. He's about to become a second-class wizard apprentice, we can't let all previous efforts go to waste at this moment." Latest content publıshed on novel(ꜰ)ire.net
"I remember the shapeshifter Gabby also lives at 231 Diagon Alley. For finding people, I still need to rely on shapeshifters, I'll have her help me locate Pierre's exact position."