Miss Witch Doesn't Want to be a Diva

In the laboratory, Tilan was carefully operating the equipment in her white coat, sitting in front of the desk. Before her, within the vacuum flask, a turquoise substance was boiling and then precipitating into fine crystals.

Generally speaking, not many experiments could be conducted in high school, and the experiments she was currently doing were normally only touched upon at university. However, such a scene was not unusual within Edith Academy.

Within the federation, the high school textbooks varied slightly from one Star Domain to another, but they were mainly based on an average standard, taking into account the condition of most students.

Although this was good, to certain particularly smart students or those with too much talent, it was too simple; spending four years studying these materials would undoubtedly be a waste of time.

Therefore, it wasn't rare for students in the first and second tiers of high schools within the Star Domain to be exposed to university knowledge ahead of time. It was less common, though, for students like Tilan to start experimenting in their first year of high school. Most Edith Academy students would complete the simple high school curriculum in their first year and then gradually dip into higher level knowledge based on their interests.

"Add the Clarium-8174 mineral, then utilize its high temperature and abundantly active magic power to purify and separate..." the girl murmured to herself, then watched the slowly condensing, glistening granules on the other side of the rainbow-neck flask.

If elementary knowledge is categorized as Level 0-3, middle school knowledge as Level 4-6, and high school knowledge as Level 7-9, then the experiments Tilan was currently performing were of university Level 11 content. The process was relatively complex, requiring an understanding of the reaction formulas for each step and handling all sorts of unexpected situations during the process.

Transcendent materials were different from natural materials born from nature; due to the different environments in which they were produced, their properties had subtle differences and could not be processed as stably as common chemical reactions. Often, manual adjustments were needed during the process, making it difficult to scale up for automated production. The process was more akin to ancient alchemy.

Thus, even in today's industrial fields, there was still a significant demand for Transcendents to assist in production; the whole process could not be fully replaced by machines.

Fortunately, with the assistance of AI and machinery, this work has become easier. Transcendents often only needed to inject magic power and then manipulate according to various instrument readings, sparing them a lot of effort.

This crude industrial production was feasible, but higher-ranked Spiritual Medicines and Transcendent Potions still required the delicate operation of some masters to complete. Otherwise, materials would be wasted, and the quality would often be mediocre.

The blue flame burned quietly, the substance inside the vacuum flask gradually transformed, and after a series of new materials were added and reacted, the various impurities were slowly filtered out, then transformed into a new substance time after time.

Only after five such changes and transformations did the final product slowly take shape.

A drop the size of a thumb fell and instantly condensed into a transparent, pale ruby.

'Fire-Calling Spirit Medicine (Natural Sequence)' [Rare Radiant Gold Level]: It facilitates the creation of 'High-Rank Flame' related branding patterns during life's advancement, making ascension easier.

During life's advancement, it is necessary to create relevant branding patterns within the Transcendent Core to acquire the abilities of those professions. To form these branding patterns, special magic power that has been refined is needed. If one were to rely on the Transcendent Core to automatically condense and refine the magic power, it would require a lot of time, and some special magic powers are not even something one can converge on their own.

Therefore, in past eras, people often needed some special external resources to assist in advancement, especially after Sequence 5. Read new chapters at empire

Such materials might be the fruit of some Transcendent plant, a certain gemstone mineral, or body parts of Magical Beasts, like horns, eyeballs, blood, or some products one might produce themselves etc.

In today's era, these things are collectively referred to as 'Spiritual Medicine,' special substances that assist life in advancement.

'Spiritual Medicine' could be a vial of potion, a piece of gemstone, or even a feather, etc. It does not have a specific shape or form—it only depends on what the Transcendent Profession you are advancing in requires.

The potion that Tilan was refining today was the Spiritual Medicine needed for professions related to the 'Flame' of Sequence 4.

For others, refining magic power is a long and complicated process, but for her, it doesn't take that long. The ability that comes with her talent allows the girl to refine magic power at a speed nearly 30 times faster than the average person.

After advancing to Sequence 4 some time ago, Tilan felt she had plenty of surplus, so after reviewing the materials, she began to attempt the preparation of this Spiritual Medicine.

The most precious catalyst, which generally provides 'High-Rank Flame' refined magic power, often appears in the market as 'Red Strontium Flame Stone (Radiant Gold Level),' 'Tri-Leaf Red Lotus (Radiant Gold Level),' 'Blood Flame Snake Venom (Radiant Gold Level).' The 'Extreme Flame Bird Feather (Radiant Gold Level)' that Tilan obtained from Yuanting Academy could also achieve a similar effect, though typically three feathers would be required.

While using this feather as raw material to prepare the potion, the girl carefully added her own condensed magic power during the process. In this way, even with a single feather, she could meet the requirements for preparation. Despite some mishaps occurring, fortunately, she was able to promptly adjust and slow the progress of the reaction, giving her ample time to complete the complex operation. Furthermore, even if there were mishaps and imminent explosive magic power conflicts, she could quickly freeze the substances inside, halting the reaction and preventing the explosion from spreading.

After completing the experiment, she took out the small glass bottle containing the ruby and put it into the pocket of her white coat.

Did it go unexpectedly smoothly? The girl thought, but she also felt it was not just good luck, but rather that she had taken advantage of her talent, avoiding many pitfalls that others fall into.

For others, a single moment of negligence or poor adjustments during the process would mean failure, but for her, even with accidental oversights, she could forcefully pause and redirect back to the correct course, avoiding failure.

It seems like I'm destined for the lab, the girl mused inwardly.

If it was ancient times, opening an Alchemy Workshop wouldn't be a bad choice, but as for now, it seems I have too many things to do.

After shutting down the experiment equipment and cleaning up the tools, the girl left the laboratory. By this time, it was already evening, and the shadows of the trees outside the corridor windows fell into the room, with the lingering light of dusk scattering across the cool floor.

Although she had accomplished something remarkable, her mood was somewhat buoyant but not overly proud because current civilization was highly advanced. Who knows whether or not, light-years away, there might be geniuses equally formidable or even stronger than herself?

If given the chance in the future, she would definitely want to visit the bustling Central Star Domain to find out just how far the federation's cutting-edge technology and Transcendent creations had advanced.