Chapter 338: The Alchemy Hand

The opinions of the group of high-level Mages did not make Faluo feel any difficulty; in fact, he himself had similar thoughts, only—

"Everyone, the full scope of the Ascension Plan is something even I cannot know; it is decided by the Main God! We only need to execute it."

Mentioning the Main God, the previously somewhat noisy conference hall fell silent in an instant, and no one raised any further objections.

Although the group of high-level Mages had vaguely guessed it before, it was only now that it was finally confirmed: it really was related to the Main God.

Otherwise, who else could produce so many long-lost Spell Scrolls!

Even that Ascension Ritual—if not for the Main God's consent, who would dare to discuss it so openly!

It was just that this matter still held secrets; even if the high-level Mages had the ambition of Ascension, they would not try it easily. Furthermore, even if they wanted to try, the conditions were extremely harsh.

Thinking of this, one Mage proposed, "I agree with this agenda, and I will push for this negotiation to be reached within the country, but as compensation, I need a Betis Scroll."

"That is impossible!" Faluo screamed immediately. He had to reject the other party mercilessly; otherwise, more high-level Mages would make such demands.

"The Betis Scroll is the foundation of us gathering together; no one should harbor any delusions of tearing it apart. I can promise you all: anyone who suffers losses in this negotiation with the Netherese, I will definitely pay double the compensation."

Silence, but the fluctuations of Magic wandered within this conference hall. After a long time, that high-level Mage who had stood up sat back down.

"Next, we begin the second agenda: the issue of whether to accept the new member, the high-level Mage Jielinisi. Before discussing this issue, I must remind you: even if not to complete the Main God's plan, an organization that transcends nations needs more power."

"I object. I didn't object when Weilanse joined before, but now if Jielinisi joins as well, you Cormanthor Elves will occupy too large a proportion. This goes against the philosophy I held when I first joined."

"I also object! If Jielinisi joins, I quit!"

"Me too!"

Tower of Time.

It had been exactly three days since Xia Duo formulated his Advanced Arcanist plan and began executing it.

Above the Advanced Arcanist plan was the overall strategy of "relying on a powerful backer externally, accumulating strength internally." He was already doing the internal accumulation—the Advanced Arcanist plan was exactly that—but this required time, and it could not be rushed for the moment.

As for relying on a backer, it was naturally relying on the Princess, this Great Arcanist. As the saying goes, what the superior does, the subordinate follows; since the Princess was pushing hard for the expansion movement, he had to follow closely.

It was just that Aiboke had gone to Seventon to scout for information and hadn't returned yet, so he couldn't just suddenly abandon Savile Territory and the Tower of Time to run off to Daxia Territory.

The expansion of Daxia Territory would definitely require the support of Savile Territory and the Tower of Time. He could not slack off on this part either; he had to arrange things here properly before he could set off.

Therefore, even though he was somewhat anxious, Xia Duo still acted methodically according to his plan.

Public Level, workshop.

This was one of the few workshops in the Tower of Time that still possessed an intact Alchemy Bench; others had been damaged to varying degrees in the previous incident and were currently under repair.

Although Xia Duo's original residence had a General Laboratory, it did not have an Alchemy Array set up, and he didn't want to go to Niya's room, so he could only come to the Public Level to use one for now.

Anyway, he was just practicing his hand.

The "Psionic Creation" in Xia Duo's Advanced Arcanist plan did not refer to creating things out of thin air, but rather the manufacturing of Magic Items. This was a task he had planned long ago, but due to time constraints, it had been delayed.

After studying the advanced materials Niya left behind in detail, Xia Duo discovered that manufacturing Magic Items was actually closely related to becoming an Advanced Arcanist.

If an Advanced Arcanist needs to give birth to Arcane Fire, if you look at it from another angle, isn't that just manufacturing a humanoid Magic Item that carries Arcane Fire?

The facts were indeed so.

It was just that the most critical step of this very special "Magic Item" could only be manufactured by oneself and could not be borrowed through the hands of others.

This kind of very special practice, because it involved the Soul, naturally could not be attempted with one's own body every time.

But before that, one could hone their skills by manufacturing Magic Items.

Xia Duo had leveled up too quickly in the past, and now he needed to spend more time practicing.

There are generally two methods for manufacturing Magic Items.

One is to use 【Permanency】 to fix one or more Spells onto an object, or even a human body.

This method does not have major restrictions on materials, but it has almost no fixed formula; every time one casts a spell, one must judge based on the specific material.

And most crucially, the Magic Items manufactured through this method seem to exist permanently, but their stability is poor.

After multiple uses, or when the Magic Net environment fluctuates violently, they are very easy to collapse. If it happens to be a damaging Spell, that would be interesting.

The second method is more universal. To summarize in one sentence: it is similar to a Magic Scroll, fixing the Magic Net String in a more stable form.

This kind of Magic Item is much more stable than one made using Permanency!

The one Xia Duo was going to adopt this time was the second one. The first one was of course also very useful; although the threshold was higher, it was also more flexible, but he didn't need it for the time being.

Referring to the Operating Manual, Xia Duo started the Alchemy Bench quite clumsily. After waiting for the Alchemy Array to run steadily, he casually tossed out a palm-sized Mithril Ingot.

This was stock from the Tower of Time. Although repair work was still ongoing, the work intensity had decreased quite a bit, and the Tower of Time had largely returned to its usual operation; his little bit of consumption didn't count for anything at all.

Soon, the Mithril Ingot suspended in the Magic Array began to melt. There was no need for purification; neither he nor the Tower of Time had the ability to purify Mithril.

Fortunately, Mithril never rusts; it is the same as when it was bought, and as long as no foreign matter is mixed in, it can even be reused repeatedly.

The melted Mithril still maintained a silver-white luster. When a slight amount of heat reached Xia Duo, it was already neutralized by the weak elemental balancing ability of the 【Crimson Shelter Robe】.

—【Mage Hand】

This Transmutation Spell did not manipulate the object through some external force, but rather controlled the object itself directly. Under Xia Duo's control, this mass of melted Mithril was constantly twisted and deformed.

Xia Duo first tested the "feel" a few times and found it was passable, then took out the Parchment he had prepared in advance and, following the Arcane Geometry Diagram calculated on it, began to construct the "sinews and bones" of the Spell within the Magic Item.

—【Prestidigitation】 auxiliary lines.

Soon, a series of square, round, straight, or curved light-quality lines appeared on the Alchemy Bench, dense and numerous, almost covering the entire molten Mithril.

At this step, if there were no auxiliary lines, a Spellcaster could only operate based on experience, which greatly lowered the yield rate.

Up until now, Xia Duo hadn't heard of anyone who made a large number of auxiliary lines like him; they all relied on experience.

Perhaps this was the advantage brought by more mature geometry.

Previously, when Xia Duo was making Magic Scrolls, he also discovered that his success rate was much higher than others.