paranoianovel Chapter 229 Changes, Improved Staff, Possibility of Advancing to Scholar
Chapter 229 Changes, Improved Staff, Possibility of Advancing to Scholar
Chapter 229 Changes, Improved Staff, Possibility of Advancing to Scholar
laboratory.
The bright light of the alchemical lamp shone down, and Ian held a carving knife in his hand, with a white crystal staff in front of him.
All that could be seen was the carving knife slicing across the staff, and a faint rune slowly appeared.
Energy gathering.
One of the three core runes of the White Crystal Staff.
However, the runes before me are slightly different from those before.
The original energy-gathering runes were square and upright, but now they appeared somewhat rounded.
The details have also been slightly adjusted.
After quickly inscribing this rune, Ian continued to imprint other runes.
All have been slightly modified, and these modifications are more suitable for the white crystal staff.
Just half an hour later.
With the final rune inscribed, all the runes merged into one, and the white crystal emitted a soft glow.
"This staff can be considered an excellent staff."
Ian took a deep breath.
The staff before him was at least half again as strong as the one he had forged six months ago.
"And with the completion of this crafting, my Alchemy Rune Adjustment Technique has finally reached the Master level."
Ian looked at the 100-point increase in his talent value and smiled with satisfaction.
Open the panel.
Name: Ian Green
Age: 23
[Talent: 5800]
[Strength: First-Ring Wizard (Second Crystal 30/100), Steel Muscles (20/100)]
【技能：一环中等：四象共鸣法（二层—专家级100/400），恆固锻体法（二层—精通200/300），显微之瞳（二层—熟练100/200），熔铸之手（二层—熟练130/200）.....
Lower Ring 1: Hand of Blazing Flames (Master Level 2), Four Symbols Meditation (Master Level 2), Darkfire Rune (Expandable), Fire Pattern Rune (Expandable), Rune Carving Knife (Master Level), Fire Mark Forging Method (Master Level), Rune Adjustment (Master Zero Ring: ...
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[Talents: Photographic memory, multitasking, elemental affinity (Tier 1), insight into principles (Tier 1)]
Looking at the panel.
Ian's expression was complicated.
The changes he has undergone in the past six months have been quite significant.
Age goes without saying.
He has been involved in Elemental Mystic Arts for over four years and is now 23 years old.
It's not far from 24.
The changes to other talents and skills are enormous.
In terms of skills, he has already reached the master level in the wizardry and meditation techniques he chose six months ago.
The missing parts have been added.
The number that appears after reaching the Master level in Meditation on the panel indicates the number of times you can replenish your Meditation Skills.
Each of them has already done it twice.
Although the meditation method is a supplement to the first level, it has increased his overall benefits by nearly 40%.
The same applies to the Hand of Fury, which underwent a second upgrade.
Its power has greatly increased.
Ian stretched out his hand, extending a wisp of flame. In the next instant, the flame's range increased tenfold.
This is the change brought about by the new supplement, allowing him to become larger.
The area covered is wider.
Besides this, he also learned the second level of the two core magic spells of alchemy.
However, because Ian is currently honing various alchemy skills, these two are not improving quickly.
Instead, his alchemy skills improved significantly. At this point, he could be considered a qualified first-level alchemist, and a rather experienced one at that.
There are many others, such as the Darkfire Rune, which is actually a series of runes and is a collective term for the runes extracted from the Lava Armor.
Most are at the beginner level of the first ring, and a very small number are at the intermediate level of the first ring.
Most of them are at a level of proficiency and mastery.
In summary, all of the above factors combined to boost Ian's talent by 700.
The number is quite large.
It's almost at 6000.
"But let's make up for that first."
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Ian shook his head.
Looking at the crafting of the white crystal staff, the next instant, the rune adjustment skill disappeared, which was precisely the master-level knowledge he had just acquired.
next moment.
Ian's mind raced with knowledge as he quickly learned how to adjust the crafting of the white crystal staff.
"Add some zero-ring runes and adjust the structure of the first-ring runes."
Ian pondered.
So they quickly took out new materials and tried it.
Just half an hour later, a new staff appeared, with no change in appearance.
"However, the effect is at least 30% faster in gathering magic power than before, 20% less mental energy consumption, and about 10% more power."
Ian squinted.
The white crystal staff is the standard staff of the academy; at least one-third to one-quarter of the wizards in the early stages of the first ring use this.
This adjustment is already a tremendous discovery.
"Interesting, interesting."
Ian remarked with a sigh.
He even wanted to give it to Augusto right now, but unfortunately he couldn't.
Because he had no experimental process whatsoever.
It's obtained directly through skill enhancement and submitted directly, which definitely requires data.
Otherwise, it would be very strange.
Therefore, he needs to supplement some experimental data first, and these estimates will take a lot of time.
Fortunately, there are still three or four months left to submit articles for the next round of Elemental Latitude and Longitude, so we can publish them together then.
The alchemy department, the journal, he hoped he could eat it twice.
"However, it's time to seek out new knowledge to fill the gaps."
Ian shook his head.
He's currently missing one meditation technique, and he's really looking forward to seeing what changes will occur once it's completed.
"Ian, your modifications to the Drywood Staff have passed the department's assessment, and the teacher wants to speak with you."
At that moment, a voice came from outside the door; it was Thea's clear, melodious voice.
"Okay, here it comes."
Ian quickly put away the white crystal staff and walked outside.
To pave the way for his modification of the alchemical staff, he hasn't been idle for the past six months.
While practicing various alchemy techniques, he refined many alchemy recipes to the master level.
Naturally, we can also see the conditions that need to be supplemented, and I supplemented a few of them in the process of learning.
The withered wood staff is one of them.
Therefore, he is not entirely unknown in the Alchemy Department now.
open the door.
I saw Thea.
"Let's go, the teacher is already waiting for you." Thea looked at Ian, her lips curving slightly.
"Senior, you look better when you're cold and aloof," Ian replied.
Thea glanced at him, then resumed her elfin-like coldness.
He turned and left.
Ian followed.
Thea's changes were naturally related to what he had done in the past six months; at least she had become much more familiar with him.
soon.
The two arrived at the Alchemy Department.
"You're here?"
Augusto waved his hand, signaling Thea to go out first, before looking at Ian.
The door behind him closed.
Augusto, holding a new withered wooden staff, said, "Regarding this staff, you improved one of its shortcomings, reducing its consumption by 10% and slightly increasing its power, which is of considerable help to zero-ring wizards."
The departmental rewards have been distributed; it's approximately 3,000 contribution points and 2,000 battle merits.
Ian's eyes lit up.
He has been improving himself at any cost over the past six months, which is why his mental strength has reached nearly 30.
Keep in mind that only about a year and a half has passed.
Not to mention, even with the academy's help, he still spent a huge amount of money to learn alchemy.
Don't underestimate alchemy; this discipline is even more ferocious at absorbing magic stones than any other discipline.
Such a huge expense.
Ian was able to continue to improve because of the improvements made to his alchemical equipment.
He still has 10,000 contribution points and 5000 battle merits.
Four thousand of them came from rewards, three thousand of which were the withered wood staff this time, and the remaining one thousand were his modifications to another extraordinary material.
"Thank you, Minister," Ian said.
"You deserve it."
Augusto looked at Ian with a complicated expression.
He originally thought Ian was no match for the other two, but his talent for alchemy exceeded his expectations.
One material, one staff.
Although it's only at level zero, it still offers some help in the academy's war effort.
He has even surpassed one of them.
Thinking about this...
He looked up and asked, "That's good, but don't be arrogant. You have more battle achievements than Walsh, but still far fewer than Connor."
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Ian nodded.
The latter's father was a second-level alchemist and had connections with various alchemy departments.
Even though his father was not present, his military achievements continued to grow.
There were more than seven thousand at this time.
"However, I have a war mission here. The front line needs an alchemist who can earn a lot of battle merits. Do you want to give it a try? You might get several thousand battle merits, and the danger is manageable," Augusto asked.
"A war mission?"
Ian only thought about it for a moment before deciding to give up instantly.
The risk is manageable, but that does not mean it is completely safe.
There's no need to take that risk. By the time his staff modification is published, it will be worth at least several thousand.
The reward for one ring is not the same as that for zero rings.
"You'll regret this. Walsh has his own ideas about this mission and might surpass you in the end," Augusto continued.
Ian remained resolute.
"Do you think you can continue to improve on more things?" Augusto thought to himself, looking at Ian.
But these improvements are not so easy to come by.
The reward for a zero-ring is not much, and a one-ring reward is even more difficult.
But he respects Ian's choice.
After all, he had only recently advanced to the mid-stage of the first ring and needed to develop properly at the academy.
Moreover, being only a beginner alchemist, it's true that going out on missions will be quite difficult.
"You can start trying out intermediate-level materials now. Once you've advanced to the intermediate alchemist level, you can start actually trying out some of the project team's tasks."
Augusto said.
Ian nodded.
The project team faced various problems related to Crimson Eye, but it actually had little to do with Ian.
Because he's not skilled enough.
However, these very tasks often come with many rewards and a large amount of combat merit.
"Thank you, sir."
soon.
I left this place.
Ian continued to the Alchemy Department Library and spent 1,500 contribution points to exchange for a copy of "Choosing Refining Materials, From Beginner to Expert".
This new knowledge is applied to the white crystal staff, and the difficulty is still very high, representing intermediate-level knowledge in the first stage.
I probably won't need it when I publish my next paper.
But he wasn't in a hurry, after all, there's always next year after this year ends.
He wants to eat it every year.
Then he went to the library.
Prepare to seek new knowledge that can complement meditation and witchcraft.
They easily found the spell to complement the Flame Hand, called Fire Rhythm, at the mid-stage of the first ring.
Next, it's about finding complementary skills for meditation.
But after he had walked around all the areas...
He frowned.
He watched as the red line flew out from the later part of the first ring, an area he didn't have permission to access.
"Can't get in."
Ian frowned, as if the level of knowledge access was higher than he had imagined.
What should I do?
Should we wait for him to advance to the late stage of the first ring? Or should we wait until he enters the elite sequence?
It's too late.
He needs it right now.
He took a deep breath and thought of another place.
Leave the library.
He quickly arrived at a ruined area and took out a ring belonging to the Silver Society.
The passage slowly appeared.
As the largest academy in the college, the Silver Society might have something he needs.
As soon as I went inside.
Diana lay face down on the table, her chest pressed against it as if it were about to burst.
"It's Ian. Long time no see. Your articles on Spark Collection are quite good."
Diana stood up, her chest regaining its shape, and stood up with a smile.
Over the past year, Ian has not published any articles in Element Latitude and Longitude.
However, he has recently published many articles about alchemy on Spark Collection.
He can still be considered an academic genius.
After all, how could anyone possibly publish articles on Element Latitude and Longitude every year?
More often, they are published in miscellaneous journals that may or may not be published by academic institutions.
Although the latter did not greatly help wizards' development in the academy, scholars disregarded it.
"A small achievement is not worth mentioning."
Ian said.
This is just a side trip, to grab a little more rewards.
"So what brings you here this time?" Diana asked.
"I want to see if I can learn the knowledge I need," Ian said.
"Then come with me."
Diana nodded.
Ian followed behind him and soon arrived at the academy's archives.
Ian was staring at the panel.
I randomly selected a few skills and found that they all seemed to have knowledge gaps to fill.
Sure enough, the knowledge I learned here was much more in-depth than the general knowledge in the library.
That's normal, though; truly valuable knowledge is almost never found in libraries.
To Ian's surprise, however, was...
He found the last piece of knowledge that was missing in the first level of the Four Symbols Resonance Method.
"Ms. Diana, this?" Ian stopped in front of a file.
It is not a meditation method, but a witchcraft called harmonic self-shaping.
Diana walked over and took it out, saying, "You mean this? Harmonic Self-Shaping is something a scholar from the Silver Society discovered when he entered a secret realm. It's not knowledge developed by our academy itself."
"Knowledge within the secret realm?"
Ian was taken aback.
He always thought that the secret realm was all about experience, right?
Tell Diana about his question.
She shook her head and said, "That's how it is on the surface, but if you go a little deeper, you might gain some new knowledge. A lot of the knowledge about elements in the academy comes from there. Otherwise, why do you think there's a restriction on entry?"
"I see. Then I'll take this knowledge."
Ian nodded.
Diana shook her head and said, "No, this knowledge level is level 2. You currently only have the authority to access three level 1 materials. You'll have to wait until you advance to the level of scholar."
Ian raised an eyebrow.
Have you encountered permission issues again?
So we can't get it again?
Ian frowned, but then realized that wasn't the case.
Learning how to publish articles is definitely too late, but it seems there's another direction.
"Ms. Diana, how many credits do I have now?"
"Ian asked."
"Seventeen thousand? Do you want to advance to the scholar level based on three thousand? That's quite a distance."
Diana shook her head.
Ian raised an eyebrow again.
Academic credits are often earned by publishing papers, but also by leading research and contributing knowledge, among other things.
"Wait... contribute knowledge?"
Ian's eyes lit up.
With his vast master-level skills and the ability to see how to fill in the gaps, he could certainly submit many conjectures.
So he looked up at Diana.
"Ms. Diana, may I ask if I wish to advance to the rank of scholar by contributing my knowledge?"
"sure!"
Diana nodded, but didn't care. Credits weren't like contribution points or battle merits.
Every minute is precious.
Even though journals are the easiest way, contributing knowledge is actually very difficult.
She didn't think Ian could achieve that.
"Okay, Ms. Diana, I'll get it sorted out. It should be quick."
Ian left in a hurry.
Diana didn't take it seriously.
However, a few days later...
When she saw Ian again, and the thick stack of documents he brought with him, she was stunned.
"These are all my guesses, and I want to earn credits from them!"
"All of them?"
Ian nodded. "Yes."
Diana: ? ? ?
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