Chapter 2312

Su Xiao held the heavy metal book. One look at this book and you knew it had some age to it. There were obvious wear marks on the black cover, and near the top, there was a line of text that looked distorted but was actually arranged neatly.

【You have obtained Alchemy Codex.】

This codex couldn't be used directly; the knowledge recorded on it was where its value lay. But the problem at hand was that Su Xiao couldn't understand the text on it at all.

Opening the Alchemy Codex, on the metal pages, there were many cumbersome characters, somewhat similar to cuneiform, carved into the metal pages.

Stroking the text on the pages with his fingers, he could feel a distinct raised texture. Each metal page wasn't thick, but the characters carved on them were very clear.

Su Xiao began to study the text on the Alchemy Codex. Upon initial inspection, he found that he couldn't understand the meaning expressed by these characters.

The Alchemy Codex was precious enough, but the problem at hand was that Su Xiao couldn't understand it at all.

Su Xiao tried to activate his 6th-tier authority, paying a certain amount of Paradise Coins to master the text on the codex. Unfortunately, Reincarnation Paradise's hint was that he couldn't master non-existent text.

Seeing this hint, a flash of inspiration struck Su Xiao. He had been a bit rigid in his thinking just now. Who said that what is written in a book must be text? If it records text, it means the recorder wanted to pass this knowledge down and wouldn't use text that was too rare.

Determining that what was recorded on the codex wasn't text, Su Xiao began to try various methods to interpret the codex. He first tried reverse replication. After determining that this interpretation method was wrong, he picked up a test tube from the experimental table and poured the solution inside onto the page.

As soon as the solution was poured onto the page, it flowed along the carvings. Su Xiao discovered that each carving on it was connected to each other, until the last carving at the end of the first page.

There were hundreds of carvings on the first page. The composition of these carvings was cumbersome and arranged neatly. No matter who saw them, the first thought would be that this was some kind of cuneiform. In reality, they were interconnected carvings, not text.

The solution on the page evaporated, leaving no trace. Su Xiao hesitated for a moment, pointed his finger at the first carving, and tried to pour his mental power into the carving.

Hum~

As Su Xiao's mental power was injected into the carving, the first carving on the codex lit up with blue light. After the blue light slowly filled the first carving, it spread to the second carving.

The focus in Su Xiao's eyes blurred. He felt as if he had arrived at a mystical realm. There was nothing here, but there were infinite possibilities.

A large amount of knowledge merged into Su Xiao's brain. Fortunately, his Intelligence attribute was high enough to make his mental power strong enough, otherwise, receiving so much chaotic knowledge at once would have caused him to instantly break away from this wonderful state.

The carvings on the codex lit up with blue light one by one. Su Xiao felt the flow of time become very slow. Strangely, this long duration wasn't agonizing; even if he was immersed in it for a long time, he wouldn't get tired of it.

When the 32nd carving on the codex lit up, Su Xiao couldn't hold on. The knowledge pouring into his brain was simply too much, and he needed some time to digest it.

Su Xiao moved his finger away, and the blue light on the codex gradually dimmed. The first 32 carvings appeared light blue, while the ones behind appeared gray, representing that Su Xiao hadn't yet obtained the knowledge on them.

How many pages the Alchemy Codex had, Su Xiao didn't know. He could only see the content of the first page and couldn't turn it.

Only when he finished interpreting the content of the first page with his mental power could he turn this page; he could clearly feel this.

Each page recorded alchemy knowledge, insights, etc., on the front, and formulas on the back.

The Alchemy Codex was a treasure trove of knowledge, waiting for Su Xiao to discover it bit by bit. The problem at hand was that the tier of this thing was very high. Just interpreting the 32 carvings on the first page with mental power made Su Xiao feel fatigued, and the large amount of knowledge that appeared in his brain also needed to be organized.

There were a full 275 carvings on the first page. Su Xiao needed to use his mental power to turn these carvings from gray to blue before he could turn the first page and see the formulas on the back, as well as the content recorded on the second metal page.

This would take quite a bit of time. Su Xiao could clearly feel that he needed at least 5 days before he could continue to use his mental power to interpret the carvings on the codex, otherwise, it would cause permanent damage to his brain. While this codex was precious, there were also some risks when using it.

Closing the codex, Su Xiao sat in front of the experimental table, rubbed his forehead lightly, and began to organize the knowledge in his brain.

More than an hour passed, and the knowledge in Su Xiao's brain was gradually sorted out, becoming things he had mastered. Reincarnation Paradise's hints appeared continuously.

【Alchemy Bomb Manufacturing has been upgraded to Lv. 23 (upgraded by Lv. 3).】

【Alchemy Potion Manufacturing has been upgraded to Lv. 23 (upgraded by Lv. 3).】

【Alchemy Creature Manufacturing has been upgraded to Lv. 23 (upgraded by Lv. 3).】

【Plant Harmonization Chapter has been upgraded to Lv. 37 (upgraded by Lv. 4).】

Alchemy Bomb Making, Pharmacy, and Creature Manufacturing had all been stuck at Lv. 20 before, and no matter what, they couldn't be improved further. For a time, Su Xiao even thought that these three branch abilities would be stuck there forever.

After 'reading' the Alchemy Codex with mental power, these three branch abilities broke through their shackles, and each improved by 3 levels.

The Plant Harmonization Chapter was also a branch of alchemy; it was related to pharmacy, but there was a difference between the two.

Pharmacy is for concocting recovery potions, short-term buff potions, etc., while the Plant Harmonization Chapter is for concocting permanent buff potions.

Su Xiao's hand pressed on the Alchemy Codex. If he could interpret the entire codex, his alchemy would reach a very high level.

You have to know, he had only interpreted the first 32 carvings now, and alchemy had already improved so much. It wouldn't take much; he only needed to interpret a few more pages, and he would at least reach the level of the Tree Sage, becoming a master in the field of alchemy.

This gave Su Xiao some understanding of different existences. The different existences in the Void should be the type that basically never shows their faces, drifting in various eerie realms.

If this was the case, then there wouldn't be too many different existences in the Void, or perhaps they had some kind of restriction and couldn't easily reveal their true forms.

Regardless, as long as he had the Book of Gates, Su Xiao could trade with these different existences a few more times. In the near future, he didn't intend to use the Book of Gates to trade again. As the saying goes, rarity makes things valuable. Trading with those different existences continuously would inevitably lead to being suppressed in price by them.

Just like this time, the value of the Alchemy Codex was clearly higher than a 'Tree Life Page'. During the transaction, several different existences tried to trade, and the result was that the different existence with the highest offer reached a deal with Su Xiao.

There were nine pages left in the Book of Gates. Whether to continue trading with different existences or consume pages to enter a designated world would depend on the situation.

Putting away the Alchemy Codex, Su Xiao was in a very good mood. He wouldn't have to worry about the improvement of alchemy later. Every few days, he could interpret the Alchemy Codex once, and alchemy would improve. And he was very much looking forward to the alchemy formulas on the back of the first page.

Knowledge = Wealth, Powerful Combat Power = Status, Knowledge + Powerful Combat Power, however, equals the kind-hearted Alchemist Saint Flame. This is very wonderful.