As this required being Apprentice 2 in trading to buy its annoying as hell.

The way I achieved A2 in less than 30mins was buying anything I could from Bahar in Velia then rolling (Q spam) all the way to western guard camp to sell to Luke.

Using no buffs, with 2.1k weight and having the nodes connected I was able to get Apprentice 8 after selling all the stuff.

Ogre Excrement is also a trade item, so make sure it goes into your horse inventory when you're on your way to deve