Cultivating in the Wizard World

Chapter 33: Alchemy and Talismans


Thanks to the material sorting tasks conducted in the lower-level storage and his day-and-night "Refining Concept" and wizard materials comparison research in the Intermediate Laboratory, Jeming's knowledge in alchemy materials characteristics and energy structure has far surpassed his peers, even comparable to some low-tier official alchemy wizards.

This solid knowledge accumulation made the process of constructing his alchemy witchcraft model exceptionally smooth.

His first witchcraft model—alchemy, formed much faster than those of other wizard apprentices in the same cohort.

At this moment, having just broken through to the Qi Cultivation Third Layer, with both True Essence and Spiritual Power at their peak inside him, Jeming concentrated all his mind into the Sea of Spirit, making the final meticulous adjustments to the "alchemy" witchcraft model nearing completion.

This was a unique witchcraft model constructed based on his understanding of wizard world materials, his comprehensive grasp of the artifact refining principles from the Great Dao Book Pavilion, and his initial perception of "concept" power.

Since it has just been constructed, the core effect of this "alchemy" witchcraft model is similar to the regular alchemy witchcraft used by wizard apprentices—it can analyze the constitution of matter and manipulate or reconstruct it to a certain extent.

The greatest advantage of constructing a witchcraft model at this stage lies in the fact that one no longer needs to rely on external objects like the alchemy disc or specific experimental platforms to perform alchemy, unlike other wizard apprentices.

His "alchemy" witchcraft model, as long as there is enough spiritual power, can be performed bare-handed just like Professor Clark once demonstrated.

Moreover, although alchemy is categorized as logistics element witchcraft, it doesn't mean it can't be used for combat.

After all, the essence of alchemy is analyzing and controlling the constitution of matter.

Theoretically, as long as the level of alchemy is high enough, he could completely manipulate and distort the physical structure of a living being at will!

And if, aside from alchemy, he also constructs the basic witchcraft deciphering skill from the Rune Science,

then, regardless of how powerful the defensive energy covering the surface of a life form, he could directly analyze, manipulate, and operate these defensive energies using alchemy and deciphering skill!

The enemy's energy shield and physical body would directly become toys in his hands.

By then, whether it's elemental attacks, physical attacks, or other special attacks, once they enter the range of alchemy control, their constitution and energy would be commandeered by the wizard, gaining control over them.

As long as the wizard's calculation power and spiritual power keep up, there is almost no possibility of any attack piercing through the defenses!

That would be the true meaning of "impervious to all spells"!

However, the composition of organic matter is overly complex, and the amount of knowledge needed increases exponentially, which is too distant for his current alchemy model.

The "alchemy" witchcraft model he has just condensed can relatively easily control metals with not so complex structures at present.

Facing more complex inorganic substances, he needs to consume more spiritual power, with limited control effects, let alone organic matters.

As for the deciphering skill from Rune Science, that is far from being achieved.

"But... this level of alchemy is already enough for the current stage."

For the tasks Jeming plans to do next, not only is the completion of the alchemy witchcraft model necessary, but also having his cultivation immortality level raised to the Qi Cultivation Third Layer is essential.

Qi Cultivation Third Layer, abundant True Essence.

For Jeming, this is not only a power increase but also a mark of unlocking new cultivation immortality techniques.

According to the records in the Great Dao Book Pavilion, after reaching Qi Cultivation Third Layer, one can attempt another crucial cultivation immortality technique—Talisman.

Talisman is actually divided into two parts, one part "talisman", representing identification.

The other part "symbol" is a method for solidifying magic onto specific carriers for quick casting.

Its core mainly consists of two parts: the carrier and talisman (or known as runes).

The carrier is the substance that holds the talisman, usually specially crafted talisman paper, jade, or metal, while the talisman comprises specific characters or patterns that form the core of the magic. These items contain the methods for drawing and controlling Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

Following the guidance from the Great Dao Book Pavilion, Jeming started his first attempt at refining a talisman.

First, the carrier.

The most commonly used in the Cultivation Immortality Realm is talisman paper made from specific spirit plants, which is lightweight and easy to carry spiritual qi, but in the wizard world, he hasn't found a suitable substitute plant yet.

However, alchemy provided him with another choice.

Jeming took out some refined Refined Gold, mixing it with some superbly conductive and malleable metal essence from the Other Plane he found in the lower-level storage room.

According to the knowledge in the Great Dao Book Pavilion, metal carriers are generally used for crafting "talisman", not for any special reason, mainly because Refined Gold is the most basic material for talisman refining, but talismans as consumables are too expensive to be made purely from Refined Gold!

The simplest artifact refining method recorded in the Great Dao Book Pavilion requires Qi Refining Late-stage to use, so Jeming at this phase had to rely on alchemy to refine and fuse these materials.

Fortunately, thanks to Jeming's deliberate training, his alchemy is quite effective in handling metal, ultimately crafting a metal talisman paper with a certain degree of toughness and load-bearing capacity.

Although it's heavier and costlier than real talisman paper, at least it solved the issue of the carrier.

Next is the talisman.

Jeming initially didn't intend to innovate. Following the records in the Great Dao Book Pavilion about the Flame Talisman, he used True Essence as the brush, carefully inscribing those mysterious talismans onto the metal talisman paper.

Each stroke contained a specific frequency and rhythm, along with the infusion of his True Essence and Spiritual Power at different frequencies.

With the robust spiritual power provided by the Meditation Method and Qi Cultivation Technique, even without prior training, Jeming's hand movements were precise, almost like a printer, completing a talisman.

Upon finishing the inscription, a faint glow appeared on the metal talisman paper.

Eagerly heading to the lab's testing ground designed to test witchcraft potency, the Intermediate Laboratory's testing ground could withstand the impact of Tier Three Wizard, so Jeming felt no psychological pressure experimenting here.

Activating the test field's built-in record function, Jeming took out the newly made talisman, infusing a slight trace of True Essence into it following the Dharma Gate, and activated the talisman inscribed on it.

"Edict!" he exclaimed softly.

He anticipated that, as described in the tomes, a flame capable of devouring a large stake would gush forth.

However, the metal talisman paper only trembled slightly, then...

With a "poof," a thumb-sized tiny flame weakly rose from the talisman paper, flickered twice, and extinguished.

Jeming: "…?"

What kind of ghostly spectacle is this?!

(To be continued in an additional chapter.)

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