Chapter 61: [Craftsman Apprentice (Alchemy)]

Time passed in a flash. Because Higgins was dead and Raymond couldn't reveal any useful information, the progress of the smuggling case stalled for a while.

However, although it stalled, the members of Danika’s squad still needed to monitor Raymond day and night; after all, who knew if he would privately contact that so-called 'Razor'.

Fortunately, this wasn't a problem for Li Ang; he was just changing places to level up.

In the inconspicuous car, Li Ang opened his eyes and let out a long breath.

[Introductory Qi Refiner lv7 (14/700) / Qi Refiner (Three-One) lv5 (423/500)], [Innate Reversion (Mastery 302/1000)].

He looked at the information on the panel and couldn't help but sigh in his heart:

'Slacking off at work is called making money; working hard is just exchanging labor for remuneration.'

'In a while, [Introductory Qi Refiner] should be maxed out.'

This was already their fifth day monitoring Raymond.

At this time, Danika in the passenger seat noticed Li Ang open his eyes through the rearview mirror and said: "Awake? The Bureau just arranged for others to monitor Raymond, so we can go back and rest."

"The Chief has other arrangements for us, right?"

Li Ang didn't think their Chief was that kind.

Hearing this, Danika shrugged: "Who knows."

Then, seeing a car of the same model parked in front, she asked Cole to send her and Li Ang back to the dormitory, but halfway, Li Ang asked Cole to take a detour to buy some tools for practicing alchemy.

In front of the dormitory, Danika looked at the tools in Li Ang’s hand and said with some surprise: "You really are preparing to practice alchemy? It’s quite difficult to succeed without professional bonuses."

Then, she deliberated and said: "My suggestion is, if you have this energy, it’s better to use it to find a profession path."

"After all, your professional potential is not bad. As long as you can keep going, your future treatment might not be worse than a [Craftsman]."

Li Ang knew that Danika said these words out of kindness; after all, she didn't know that the number of profession slots he could have was unlimited.

But the key problem is...

The requirement for the profession change of [Qi Refiner (Three-One)] to [Immortal] is too outrageous; he really is powerless and can only try to act circuitously.

Li Ang said while opening the door: "Trying won't hurt. If I don't have talent, I’ll just give up."

"That’s true."

Hearing this, Danika stopped persuading. In her view, as long as Li Ang failed a few times, he would naturally give up.

Walking into the room, Li Ang didn't rush to perform his first alchemy, but first simply washed up.

After cleaning the stains on his body, he sat at the desk refreshed.

"Alchemy, activate!"

Unfortunately, because there were no alchemical items for Li Ang to depict, he could only try on the metal blocks he bought while buying tools.

Taking a deep breath, Li Ang quickly calmed down with the help of [Calm Mind], then his white palm picked up the metal block and used the carving knife to start depicting according to the [Concealment] magic array in the book in front of him.

If it were a [Commoner] without a profession who wanted to perform this step, it would clearly be very difficult; after all, depicting on a metal block still requires some physical strength.

But Li Ang didn't have this trouble. Soon, a metal block with a crude magic array appeared in his hand.

"Whew..."

Li Ang blew away the metal fragments on the surface and looked at it carefully.

After a while, he tilted his head in confusion: "Failed?"

In Li Ang’s eyes, the metal block in his hand had no change compared to before, which made him suspect whether he had failed.

With confusion, he re-read the "Detailed Introduction to Alchemy."

Not long after, Li Ang found the answer.

No energy drive.

According to the normal process, magic arrays in alchemy are only depicted on alchemical items, or at the very least, items that can provide energy, so that they can take effect.

And the metal block in Li Ang’s hand clearly didn't have this ability.

'Where should I get energy...'

Li Ang touched his chin and fell into thought.

Thinking about it, his eyes suddenly lit up, and then a bit of milky white energy appeared on his white palm, and he grabbed the metal block on the table again.

The next moment, under Li Ang’s gaze, the metal block in front of him seemed to become invisible, and its color faded slightly.

'It really works?!'

That’s right, what Li Ang just used was the professional skill [Qi Control] that came with [Introductory Qi Refiner].

He was originally holding the mentality of trying, but he didn't expect alchemy to be so accommodating.

'Am I really a genius? I succeeded on the first try.'

Li Ang didn't expect that he would succeed on the first try.

It was at this moment that his profession panel popped up with information at the right time.

[Completed an alchemical work, can take the profession: Craftsman Apprentice (Alchemy)].

[Profession taken, Craftsman Apprentice (Alchemy)].

——

[Profession: Craftsman Apprentice (Alchemy)]

[Level: 1/10 (0/100)]

[Attribute Bonus: Mental Strength 0.3 per level, Energy 1 per level]

[Professional Skill: Basic Construction (Introductory 0/100)]

[Professional Specialty: Flexible Hands]

[Profession Path: Alchemist, Pharmacist, Human Transmutation Heretic...]

——

[Basic Construction: You can perform simple analysis on raw materials.]

[Flexible Hands: Now your hands will have improved stability when performing precision work.]

Accompanied by a coolness in his brain, Li Ang successfully took the profession [Craftsman Apprentice (Alchemy)].

And when he saw the attribute bonus of [Craftsman Apprentice (Alchemy)], a thought flashed through his mind involuntarily:

'There is actually no physical strength bonus at all? It’s no wonder Raymond was so fragile.'

But that’s also true; alchemy was never a skill for strengthening oneself for combat.

At least low-level alchemists aren't.

But for Li Ang, this wasn't a very fatal problem. After all, with his current physical strength, if an opponent of the same level treated him as a little fragile, he could also let the other party see what it means to say "this poor Taoist also knows a little bit of fist and foot."

Simply tidying up his mood, Li Ang prepared to engrave the [Concealment] magic array on the firearms issued by the Public Security Bureau.

It wasn't that he didn't want to refine [Scale of Garos], but the main reason was that the materials required were a bit difficult to find.

[Scale of Garos: One dragon scale (other scales can be used as substitutes), 200 kg of any metal].

Where would Li Ang find dragon scales?

'Wait.'

'Can the carapaces of those bugs before be used?'

He suddenly remembered the strange beetle with fine scales growing on its carapace that he met in Technical Talent Placement Area 2. ===== CHAPTER 63 =====