Wizard: My magic facility can be upgraded!

Chapter 224 Preparatory Work

Chapter 224 Preparatory Work

The two puppets stood quietly in a corner of the workshop, like the most loyal guards.

Li Ang controlled the floating workshop, moving deeper into the ruins along a passage opposite to the one he had come from.

The passage initially slopes upwards before entering an area filled with groundwater.

The pale blue force field membrane outside the workshop perfectly isolated the groundwater, allowing the workshop to continue moving steadily in the water.

After an unknown amount of time, a faint glimmer of light finally appeared above the dark water.

Li Ang immediately manipulated the workshop to rise towards the faint light, and finally, with a "splash," the workshop broke through the water's surface.

Through the window, Li Ang noticed that it was already bright outside the ruins, and what came into view was a wide lake, with rolling hills and forests in the distance.

Li Ang recognized the place at a glance. It was an unnamed lake about 80 kilometers northeast of Riley City, and he patrolled this route almost every few days.

Having determined the current location, Li Ang did not rush to drive the workshop back to Riley City.

After all, he had only just proposed the idea of ​​repairing the workshop to his mentor, Eve. If he were to build a floating workshop and bring it back to Lelita the very next day, it would be too shocking and would easily attract unnecessary attention and suspicion.

So he gave the two puppets the order to standby and guard the workshop, leaving them inside. Then he walked out of the workshop and remotely controlled it to slowly sink into the depths of the lake.

The next moment, a dark shadow shot from the distant shore and hovered precisely in front of him; it was his [Swift Wind 200].

With numerous upgrades, today's brooms can reach an astonishing top speed of 190 kilometers per hour, far exceeding that of ordinary brooms.

Li Ang straddled the broom, a thought forming in his mind.

"Whoosh!"

The broom transformed into a blurry gray shadow, skimming across the lake's surface before soaring into the sky and hurtling towards Riley City.

The strong airflow was blocked by the gentle breeze barrier that Li Ang had opened, leaving only the whistling sound of the wind passing by his ears.

In less than half an hour, the familiar silhouette of Lelita, towering into the clouds, appeared on the horizon.

Li Ang quietly landed on the flight platform inside the tower. He put away his broom and returned to his dormitory as usual.

"My lord, you're back." Nelson greeted him immediately upon his return. The blond youth seemed to have grown accustomed to Leon's occasional unpredictable appearances and disappearances.

"Hmm. Nelson, I have a task for you." Leon sat down and casually took the herbal tea that Rodney handed him.

"I'll go to town later and ask how much it would cost to purchase a complete set of potion-making workshop facilities."

He needs to have a general idea of ​​the fixed assets he is about to invest in.

"Yes, sir, I'll go right away." Nelson noted it down carefully.

In the days that followed, Li Ang's life returned to a regular routine.

The first task was to carry out the daily patrol missions of the law enforcement team. Although one person was missing, and the team was not supposed to be able to carry out the missions according to the team's regulations, his team was strong enough, so the higher-ups allowed him to continue carrying out the missions.

In his spare time from patrols, he would go to his mentor Eve's top-of-the-line potion workshop during the day to continue mass-producing [Targeted Tissue Regeneration Potions] using the various advanced facilities that had been bound and upgraded.

With the support of various advanced facilities, he single-handedly stabilized the daily output at twenty doses, and maintained a top-quality rate of over 90%.

In the evenings, he continued his meditation, striving towards the tenth star.

Meanwhile, for several days, Nelson shuttled between the market and various merchant guilds, finally bringing back detailed information: "My lord, I've inquired. A basic potion-making workshop set, including a standard crucible, extraction equipment, distillation equipment, grinding tools, a basic constant-temperature cabinet, a material processing table, and a ventilation and purification system, etc., costs approximately 48,000 gold coins. This is just the equipment; if you include the cost of decorating a dedicated workshop room..."

The total cost, including setting up protective magic arrays, will reach 50,000 gold.

"As for more advanced equipment, equipment at the level you currently have in Eve's Grand Workshop—managers from several major trading companies have stated that many key pieces of equipment are limited in supply and are usually only available to major wizard towers or potion masters with deep connections. Even if you could buy them, the overall price would be at least five times that of the basic model."

Listening to the report, Li Ang felt more confident. Fifty thousand gold coins was not an unbearable sum for him now. Although it was just some basic facilities, he had system upgrades, and even if it was just infrastructure, he could upgrade it to top-level facilities.

The next two weeks passed quietly in a cycle of refining potions, meditating, and patrolling.

Li Ang figured the time was about right. The floating workshop had been sitting at the bottom of the lake long enough; it was time for it to appear in a reasonable way.

That day, Li Ang once again came to his mentor Eve's living room.

He stood outside the living room door, gathered his thoughts for a moment, and then gently knocked on the door.

"Come in." Eve's languid and aloof voice came from inside the door. The living room door opened automatically, and Li Ang walked into the room. He saw Eve reclining on the sofa by the window, holding a knight novel in her hand. Her light blue eyes glanced at him with a hint of inquiry.

Li Ang then realized that his novel had been on hiatus since he went to the Dwarf Kingdom and returned.

Li Ang felt a little guilty and immediately decided that once he was done with this busy period, he had to set aside some time to at least finish writing the sequel.

"Mentor." Li Ang bowed respectfully, and then, at Eve's prompting, sat down on the sofa opposite him.

"Regarding what I mentioned last time about establishing our own potion workshop—" Leon began cautiously.

Eve raised an eyebrow, as if remembering something. She put down her novel and looked at Li Ang, her tone carrying a hint of concern that she herself might not have realized: "Hmm, I remember this. What difficulties did you encounter? But then again, repairing the ancient floating core is extremely difficult, even with the assistance of dwarven craftsmen. Don't be discouraged. If it really doesn't work, as I said before, we can customize an airship as a mobile workshop. Although it will be more expensive, it's a safer option."

She thought Li Ang had come seeking comfort or new advice.

Li Ang shook his head slightly, a perfectly measured humble smile on his face: "That's not the case, mentor. I've come to report that the floating core—has been repaired."

"Hmm?" Upon hearing this, Eve sat up almost imperceptibly, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.

"The repairs are complete? Your dwarf friends are incredibly skilled!"