boyutpedia Chapter 307 Modifying Marvelous Objects, Instructor Xinyan's Secret Stash of Money
Chapter 307 Modifying Marvelous Objects, Instructor Xinyan's Secret Stash of Money
Chapter 307 Modifying Marvelous Objects, Instructor Xinyan's Secret Stash of Money
The strong members of the Human Alliance do not have a clear explanation of how to solidify their innate skills.
Based on the experimental experience of the current pioneers of the Human Union, the probability of solidifying innate skills may be closely related to the professional's mastery of the skills, the knowledge reserves of related skills, the length of time for inspiration to strike, and even the elusive luck.
However, no one can explain exactly how it works.
Many young professionals aspiring to become strong are tirelessly seeking ways to solidify their innate skills, hoping to further enhance their abilities.
However, to Ark's knowledge, there is no universally applicable method that can guarantee success.
Among all the professionals in the Human Alliance, very few people are able to solidify their innate skills when breaking through the bottleneck of a major realm. Their numbers are so small that they can be described as extremely rare.
If calculated using probability, this number is probably less than 5%.
After all, apart from prodigies like Fang Zhou who can deduce new skills on their own, most professionals inherit some skills from the pioneers and strong individuals in their profession.
Without special talent or opportunity, it is difficult to master these skills, which are deduced by others, to an instinctive level of proficiency.
This condition itself excludes the vast majority of professionals.
Clearly, the senior sister Liu Diewu in front of her was not one of the lucky 5%.
When she broke through the Iron level this time, she was unable to solidify her talent skills as she wished, which was undoubtedly a great pity.
Thinking of this, Fang Zhou comforted him, "Talent skills are something that you can either have or lose; there's nothing you can do about it."
However, I believe that with this experience, when you, Senior Sister Butterfly Dance, advance from the Iron rank to the Bronze rank next time, you will definitely have a greater chance to solidify your talent skills.
Liu Diewu nodded. She didn't delve into the matter further, but chose to accept reality and move on.
Liu Diewu was actually very curious.
When Ark breaks through the bottleneck and advances to the Black Iron level, will it be able to successfully solidify its innate skills, given its monstrous talent and incredible luck?
In her opinion, the Ark is very likely capable of doing this.
However, since there is an element of luck involved, she couldn't guarantee anything, so she naturally wouldn't mention it to Fang Zhou to avoid putting unnecessary psychological pressure on him and affecting his performance.
Over the next period of time, the two talked about the recruit competition.
As a top-ranked second-year student, Liu Diewu also participated in the recruit competition among the top ten military academies last year as a representative of Haicheng Military Academy.
In a sense, Liu Diewu's fifth-place ranking at Haicheng Military Academy is also partly due to her contributions last year.
Therefore, she naturally had a lot of valuable experience to share with Fangzhou regarding the new recruits' skills competition.
The two discussed for a long time, sharing everything from the format of the competition and teamwork strategies to the application of individual skills and even the adjustment of mental qualities with Fang Zhou without reservation.
She explained in detail the advantages and disadvantages of each type of competition, and how to respond flexibly to different situations.
Fangzhou listened with great interest, nodding in agreement from time to time, and felt he had benefited greatly.
As the sun set, Liu Diewu reluctantly managed to control her desire to share.
She smiled a little embarrassedly at Fang Zhou and said, "I'm so sorry for taking up so much of your time without realizing it."
Fangzhou waved his hand and said gratefully, "I am so grateful to Senior Sister Diewu for sharing her experience with me."
How could it be considered a waste of my time? It's me who wasted your time.
It's getting late, Sister Butterfly Dance, I need to rush to the necromancer research group.
We'll talk again tomorrow.
Liu Diewu nodded, stood up, looked at Fang Zhou, whistled, and summoned the pearl bird Gu Gu, which was circling high in the sky, back.
Gugu flew happily to Fangzhou's shoulder, and Fangzhou gently stroked its feathers, his heart filled with warmth.
After resealing the little sprite within the sealing bone bell, Fangzhou saluted Senior Sister Liu Diewu and turned to leave the greenhouse garden.
A few days later, in the alchemy workshop of the necromancer research group.
Under Su Xinyan's careful guidance, Fang Zhou is meticulously modifying the Fire Ring on the experimental table.
The light inside the workshop is soft and steady, shining through the transparent dome at the top and illuminating every corner.
Various alchemy tools were neatly arranged on the worktable, next to which were various materials and reagents arranged in an orderly manner.
The alchemy task that Su Xinyan had assigned to Fang Zhou was to enhance and modify the two gray-quality artifacts, the Burning Fire Ring and the Rock Shield Crystal, so that their performance could match Fang Zhou's current combat strength.
After carefully analyzing the existing items on the Ark, he decided to start by strengthening the Ring of Fire.
The Ring of Fire was a gift from Shen Ziwei to Fang Zhou in gratitude for saving his life.
This extraordinary object was crafted by Shen Ziwei's mother, Instructor Shen Hongyu, using standard human alchemy methods.
In contrast, the Rock Shield Crystal was a crude creation made by the cave dweller elder encountered by the Ark in Cave 1, using a bloody sacrificial method based on the ancestral sacrificial techniques of the cave dweller race.
Considering the characteristics of these two wondrous items, the Burning Fire Ring, crafted by Instructor Shen Hongyu, would naturally be easier for Fang Zhou, a beginner in alchemy, to master.
In addition, there is another important reason: Instructor Shen Hongyu specially crafted this Fiery Ring for her adopted daughter, Shen Ziwei.
Therefore, she selected only the finest materials and even reserved space for future enhancement.
For Ark, this Ring of Fire is undoubtedly the best object for practice.
Of course, Instructor Shen Hongyu is a Silver-rank fire mage, while Fang Zhou is currently only an apprentice-level necromancer.
Therefore, his first step was to modify the internal magic circle of the Ring of Fire, transforming the original fireball spell circle into one suitable for necromancy spells.
At this moment, Su Xinyan said to Fangzhou, "Fangzhou, which spell's magic array do you plan to inscribe?"
You should know that the materials we use here are all extremely active and precious high-quality materials.
Therefore, I suggest that you should inscribe necromancer skills that deal direct damage.
This not only increases the success rate of engraving but also allows for better utilization of the energy in these materials.
Upon hearing this, Fangzhou fell into deep thought.
He was aware of his own abilities and understood Su Xinyan's concerns.
So he replied, "Instructor Xinyan, I don't currently have many direct damage skills for necromancers; there are mainly two types."
One type is the "Bone Spear" skill, which deals single-target damage.
It aims for maximum single-target damage, and I usually use it to deal with the strongest enemies.
Sometimes, to ensure a fatal blow, I will use a charged scroll to enhance the spell's effect.
However, if the 'Bone Spear' is engraved in the ring, its power may not exceed that of the 'Bone Spear' I personally cast.
Therefore, doing this doesn't make much sense.
Fangzhou paused for a moment, then continued, "Therefore, I prefer to inscribe the 'Death Ripple' area-of-effect damage skill into this ring."
After all, "Death Ripple" is a skill that consumes a great deal of mental energy.
"If I release the 'Death Ripple' through the magic circle in the ring, even if its power is reduced, as long as it saves me mental energy, it will be enough for me."
After listening, Su Xinyan nodded in satisfaction, agreeing with Fang Zhou's analysis.
She gently moved aside and picked up a small, exquisite bottle from the lab table. The bottle contained a liquid that exuded an aura of desolation and death.
She explained, "Then we will do as you suggest."
It's important to know that modifying the original fireball spell circle into one suitable for 'Death Ripple' requires the use of this necromantic alchemical essence.
As she moved, the liquid in the bottle shimmered eerily in the dim light, appearing particularly strange.
A hint of lingering satisfaction flashed in Su Xinyan's eyes.
She looked at Fang Zhou with a hint of smugness in her voice: "This bottle of apprentice-level alchemical essence is something I had left over a long time ago. I'm giving it to you now, since the logistics department of Haicheng Military Academy doesn't have this kind of resource in their resource library."
But you'd better use it sparingly, because if you run out, you won't find a place to replenish it in a short time.
Fang Zhou took the bottle of precious liquid, feeling its cool touch in his hand, and a warm feeling welled up in his heart.
After obtaining the Black Gem Dragon Egg in the Ark, they had long understood the rarity and preciousness of undead attribute materials.
Therefore, when he received that small bottle of precious alchemical essence from Instructor Su Xinyan, he couldn't help but sigh deeply.
"This is not good news for the alchemy I'm about to practice."
As an apprentice alchemist with undead attributes, Fangzhou is naturally more skilled at crafting undead artifacts.
Aside from inscribing necromancer skills into artifacts, he can generally only choose to inscribe some common spellcaster skills into artifacts.
However, among the general skills for magic users, not many have a strong practical effect in actual combat.
At this moment, Instructor Su Xinyan heard Fang Zhou's words and her eyes held a meaningful look.
She said softly, "That's why you must go all out in the upcoming recruit competition and strive to win a good ranking for our Haicheng Military Academy."
This will be of great benefit to both elite trainees like you and instructors like me.
Fang Zhou nodded. Instructor Su Xinyan had emphasized this point to him many times before, and these words had already left a deep impression on him.
He shook his head, trying to dispel the turbulent thoughts, and then focused all his attention on the flaming ring on his hand.
Following the previous teaching instructions from Instructor Su Xinyan, Fang Zhou skillfully operated the alchemy equipment, slowly opening the Burning Ring to reveal the complex and intricate alchemy array inside.
Every node and every line on the magic circle shimmered with a faint light.
Then, he carefully dripped a few drops of the glowing necromancy essence from the bottle onto the surface of the ring.
Those few drops of essence instantly merged into the metal, as if greedily devoured by the ring.
Then, Fangzhou closed his eyes, concentrated his mental energy, and as if holding an invisible paintbrush, outlined and painted on the original alchemy array, just like a painter splashing ink on a canvas, and began to transform the original array.
Mental energy dances in the void like fine threads, and every subtle adjustment requires extremely high precision and control.
Every modification to a node, every extension of a line, is a re-creation of the original magic array structure.
Finally, after about ten minutes, Fangzhou slowly opened his eyes and let out a long sigh of relief.
Thanks to his efforts, the original Fireball Alchemy Circle has been successfully modified into the "Death Ripple" Circle.
However, Ark was not satisfied with this. Due to the power limitation of the ring itself, the new Death Ripple magic circle could only release energy attacks at the lower level of the Apprentice.
This is clearly insufficient for the current state of the Ark.
He needs to further increase the output power of the magic array, ideally to the level of an apprentice-level expert.
Only in this way can this modified Ring of Fire truly become a great asset to him in battle.
Instructor Su Xinyan had taught Fang Zhou many times that alchemy is not only a perfect combination of matter and energy, but also an art, a creation based on a profound understanding of the laws of creation.
Now, Ark is preparing to use the necromantic alchemical essence given to it by Instructor Su Xinyan to try to increase the output power of the "Death Ripple" magic circle in the Ring of Fire.
The Ark's spiritual power was like a precise scalpel, cutting and reshaping the original magic array structure, embedding the power of death ripples into every node bit by bit.
As the alchemical essence was consumed, the output power of the Death Ripple Array steadily increased until it reached the level of an advanced apprentice.
As the last wisp of spiritual energy was withdrawn and the magic circle was completed, a hint of satisfaction flashed in the beautiful eyes of Instructor Su Xinyan, who had been observing silently.
She said to Fangzhou, "Congratulations, you've succeeded."
Ark, you really have a natural talent for alchemy.
"To perform such a perfect upgrade and enhancement on the very first attempt."
Su Xinyan picked up the brand-new ring on the alchemy lab table, examined it carefully from all angles, and then said, "Since you have completely modified and upgraded the alchemy array inside, the previous name 'Burning Fire Ring' is no longer suitable for it."
You should change its name, what do you think? Any ideas?
After a moment's thought, Fang Zhou smiled and said, "Since it's inscribed with the 'Death Ripple' magic array, let's call it the 'Ripple Ring'."