"Teacher."
In the study, Sheman and Coley bowed respectfully to Su Nan.
Even though they had both advanced to Wizard, they still maintained the respect and admiration they had held as Apprentices.
"Not bad; you two have not disappointed my expectations."
A look of appreciation appeared on Su Nan's face.
Currently, among the seven Wizards in the Star Alliance, the other five had advanced from Level Three Wizard Apprentices recruited from elsewhere. Only Sheman and Coley were truly products of Starlight Academy, which illustrated the effectiveness of the academy's training system.
"As your Teacher, I shouldn’t be stingy either; these two Wizard Tools will be your rewards."
With a wave of his hand, a ring and a pitch-black spearhead appeared out of thin air, floating into Sheman's palm.
On the other side, Coley received the same item.
Considering that the two had not been promoted for long, Su Nan gave them first-order Wizard Tools that had been synthesized and enhanced only four times. Their power was comparable to the Wizard Tools Su Nan had first synthesized upon his own advancement.
Even so, these Tools were much better than the lowest-level Wizard Tools listed on the Star Alliance exchange that had not been synthesized or enhanced.
"Thank you, Teacher!"
Sheman and Coley beamed with joy, fully aware of the value of Wizard Tools.
Those like Scepter and Rose, who had advanced to Wizard decades earlier, now possessed only one Wizard Tool each, which they had painstakingly exchanged for by accumulating Contribution Points.
In comparison, it was incredibly fortunate that Sheman and Coley received two Wizard Tools right after their advancement.
"Regarding matters concerning Wizards, you can consult Scepter and Rose. It's time you two learned a few things."
Facing the confused expressions of Sheman and Coley, Su Nan didn’t explain much. After encouraging them a few times, he allowed them to leave.
"As the Dimensional Barrier gradually recovers, the concentration of Energy Particles will increase, and more and more individuals will advance to Wizard."
"It's a pity the recovery of resources on the Starlight Continent takes time. Relying solely on myself, even with the Magic Cube, isn't enough to provide the resources needed for cultivation for so many Wizar. Without sufficient resources, I estimate that very few in this group of Wizards will be able to break through to the First Order Liquefaction, let alone reach First Grade Crystallization.
Su Nan can still provide resources like the Crystal Soul Potion, but other items are impossible to obtain.
For example, the Elemental Crystal Core. If he were willing to open up the exchange for Elemental Crystal Cores for the Wizards, while achieving First Grade Crystallization might be uncertain, the emergence of a batch of Level One Liquid Warlocks before the Plane blockade is lifted would definitely be feasible.
But now, he himself does not even have enough Elemental Crystal Cores to distribute to other Wizards.
If other Wizards want Elemental Crystal Cores, they will have to enter the Elemental Plane themselves to hunt Elemental Giants.
However, the strength of Level 1 Gaseous Wizards is clearly not enough to challenge Elemental Giants in the Elemental Plane, creating a vicious cycle.
They can only wait for the Plane blockade to be lifted. Then, the Star Alliance and other planes can trade, and the situation of resource scarcity can be improved.
"With the addition of Sheman and Coley, the collection speed of Elemental Crystal Dust can be accelerated," he mused.
"If this momentum continues, perhaps it will only take two or three hundred years to break through to Level Two Liquefaction."
Su Nan stretched his body and teleported back to his cultivation room to continue his daily routine of absorbing divine energy.
Time flies like flowing water. It would be more accurate to describe it as cultivation without day or night.
Originally, Su Nan didn't pay much attention to the matters of the Prosperous Star Empire. After Ke Yi passed away, he completely stopped monitoring imperial affairs, leaving everything for Lize to manage.
As long as the Imperial Royal Family remains in the Anest Family and no chaos arises, he doesn't concern himself with it.
Of course, the commitments made to Ke Yi still need to be honored.
Under Su Nan's orders, the Star Alliance would provide the Imperial Royal Family with a yearly supply of resources at no charge, specifically for cultivating Wizard Apprentices.
As for how the Imperial Royal Family chooses to distribute these resources internally, he no longer inquires.
In the decades following Ke Yi's passing, the Imperial Royal Family has produced several Wizard Apprentices.
With more support compared to others, the Royal Family's Wizard Apprentices have grown remarkably fast.
The Anest Family has gradually begun to trend towards developing into a Wizard Family."
Starlight Calendar Year 1447.
After more than a decade of experiments, Su Nan finally synthesized a substitute for Aukin, the materials.
This new type of material, which he named Soul Gold, possessed extensibility and magical conductivity comparable to Aukin. The only drawback was its slightly higher cost.
Following this, Su Nan spent over seven years developing substitutes for the remaining materials, ultimately gathering everything needed to convert his Alchemy Body.
On that momentous day, Su Nan began the conversion of his Alchemy Body.
The conversion process was exceptionally slow, taking nearly forty years to complete.
Starlight Calendar Year 1509, Xia Long Month (June).
Su Nan finally completed the conversion of his Alchemy Body.
In the laboratory, he focused intently and sensed the changes within him.
"There is no obvious enhancement in my physique, nor any increase in spiritual power."
"However, my affinity for energy particles has increased considerably—likely by about 5% in spiritual condensation."
"This aligns with the information I gathered; it seems my elemental resistance should have increased as well."
Su Nan then tested his elemental resistance.
The results did not disappoint him; his elemental resistance had indeed grown.
Although the increase was modest, ranging between 5% and 10%, it was enough to leave Su Nan feeling satisfied.
After all, the primary goal of converting his Alchemy Body was to engrave the Alchemy Imprint, and the boost in affinity for energy particles and elemental resistance was a pleasant bonus; he couldn't ask for too much.
"Next, it's time to engrave the Alchemy Imprint."
The engraving of the Alchemy Imprint is meticulous; simply converting to an Alchemy Body does not guarantee infinite engraving.
Every wizard's Alchemy Body has a load limit.
The total of engraved Alchemy Imprints cannot exceed the load capacity of the Alchemy Body, or it will lead to failure.
Just as a scroll has limits on the spells it can contain, there is always a boundary.
Moreover, the load limit varies among wizards, depending on their spiritual power and physique.
The maximum number of Alchemy Imprints that can be engraved relates not only to the wizard's load limit but also to the types of Alchemy Imprints chosen.
Different Alchemy Imprints carry varying burdens once they are imprinted. For instance, the burden of the 【Talent Specialization】 is considered one of the highest among all Alchemy Imprints. With the same Alchemy Body, one could imprint three other Alchemy Imprints, but if you choose the 【Talent Specialization】, you can imprint, at most, only one additional Alchemy Imprint.
Therefore, selecting Alchemy Imprints requires careful consideration of one's own capacity. Su Nan had already made his decision; he definitely wanted the 【Spirit Storage】 and the 【Talent Specialization】. After imprinting these two Alchemy Imprints, if there was still enough capacity remaining, he would contemplate other options. It was preferable for this endeavor to be refined rather than plentiful; the most crucial factor was that it suited his own combat style and maximized his combat potential.
The materials for imprinting Alchemy Imprints and transforming Alchemy Bodies had a high degree of overlap, so there was no need to gather more materials, which saved Su Nan a lot of effort. He immediately began preparing to imprint, choosing the 【Spirit Storage】 first.
In the laboratory, a profound and intricate Magic Array was drawn on the clean floor. Su Nan sat cross-legged at the edge of the Magic Array, reached out, and pressed down on one of the corners, slowly injecting his Spiritual Power.
Buzz! The Magic Array gradually emitted a hazy light, and a strange wave spread out. Su Nan instantly conjured a Mage Hand, picking up the materials next to him one by one and casting them into the Magic Array. As soon as they touched the light of the Magic Array, the materials melted rapidly, like butter exposed to heat.
Once all the materials were cast in, a layer of silvery-white liquid formed inside the Magic Array, resembling mercury while faintly emitting light. Under Su Nan's control, the liquid levitated in the air, rapidly shaping into silver needles, which then quickly imprinted Runes onto his skin.
These Runes appeared small but were extremely profound and complex. A Rune the size of a fingernail contained at least a thousand intersecting lines. Not a single step could go awry; if fortune smiled upon him, it might merely lose its effect and become an ordinary line, but if luck was not on his side, it could 'bang' and explode.
One of the functions of the Alchemy Body was to ensure that the physical form would not suffer too much trauma in the event of a failed inscription.
With a level 5 Magic Item Creation skill boost, Su Nan completed the inscription smoothly.
The instant the final stroke landed, his entire upper body almost turned silver-white, countless silver lines winding like snakes around his chest and back.
The mysterious rune emitted a faint light, strange yet beautiful, like the ultimate work of art.
In times of crisis, these lines could be instantly activated with a mere thought, granting the inscriber powerful abilities.
Su Nan gazed at the Alchemy Imprint on his body with satisfaction.
With a flick of his mind, the silver lines quickly dimmed and faded; with another thought, they reappeared—an incredibly convenient ability.
Unlike a Magic Tattoo, which couldn't be concealed and whose secrets could be easily perceived by enemies.
Calming his elation, Su Nan began to test the effects of the Spirit Storage, channeling his Spiritual Power into it.
However, even when the Alchemic Seal was filled with Spiritual Power, he had only used about twenty percent of his capacity.
"So little?"
Su Nan frowned slightly, but after a moment’s thought, he quickly understood.
The reference provided in the data was based on a level two Vaporization Wizard who had constructed two Inferior Talent Crystals. In contrast, he had created Super Talent Crystals—and two of them—so the amount of Spiritual Power he possessed naturally far exceeded that reference point.
Given this, using only twenty percent of his Spiritual Power was unsurprising.
After realizing this, Su Nan felt a bit disappointed.
If it was just twenty percent, then the effectiveness of Spirit Storage on him would be significantly diminished.
Unless he could enhance the capabilities of Spirit Storage!
"Synthesize the Alchemy Imprint?"
Su Nan examined the silver lines on his body, a contemplative look on his face.
The Alchemy Imprint had no physical form but instead used the physical body as a vessel, unlike other tangible objects that could be synthesized by placing them into a Magic Cube.
He certainly couldn’t put himself into the Magic Cube for synthesis, right?
That also wouldn’t provide enough quantity.
However, this wasn't the first time Su Nan had encountered such a situation.
Previously, he had faced a similar dilemma with the Talent Crystal Model!
The Talent Crystal Model, a non-physical entity, was initially fused with the Divine Energy Crystal, gaining a physical carrier before being synthesized, thereby achieving successful enhancement. This method could also be applied to the Alchemy Imprint.
With that in mind, Su Nan took out the Elemental Crystal Core, extracted divine energy, and condensed it into a crystalline form. He then began to peel the Alchemy Imprint from his body, ultimately merging it into the Divine Energy Crystal.
As soon as the fusion succeeded, the Divine Energy Crystal erupted in a dazzling silver light, its entire body transformed into a bright silver color. A smile spread across Su Nan's face. With the fusion complete, he was confident that synthesis would not pose a problem.
After verifying the feasibility, Su Nan chose not to synthesize Spirit Storage immediately but instead focused on synthesizing Talent Specialization, as it would have a more immediate impact on enhancing his combat power. He wanted to determine the synthesis limit of Talent Specialization first.
Su Nan inscribed the Talent Specialization and conducted practical combat tests. The results were quite promising. After activating Talent Specialization, the powers of Su Nan's abilities, 'Liquid Metal' and 'Absolute Forbidden Zone,' were enhanced by just over twenty percent across all aspects. Although this was less than the data suggested, given the level of his Talent Crystal, the results were still impressive.
Following this, Su Nan successively created more Divine Energy Crystals fused with Talent Specialization and proceeded with the synthesis. Each synthesis required him to reintegrate it into his body, test his load capacity, and conduct practical combat tests. Only after confirming that there were no issues would he peel it off once more to continue the synthesis.
To Su Nan's delight, the load capacity of the synthesized Alchemy Imprint did not increase significantly. However, as the effectiveness of Talent Specialization gradually grew, the Innate Ability—greatly enhanced after activation—began to exceed his control limit. If a weapon is too sharp, it can end up harming its wielder.
After synthesizing the fifth Talent Specialization and completing the practical combat tests, Su Nan decisively halted further synthesis. Continuing to strengthen it would transform Talent Specialization from a valuable tool into a potential poison that could harm him.
"Fortunately, after strengthening, the enhancement of the Talent Specialization to the Innate Ability had surged to nearly sixty percent. The key was that the load was only about half of its maximum limit, which Su Nan found very satisfying.
With the Talent Specialization settled, Su Nan continued to synthesize Spirit Storage.
It wasn't until he had synthesized six Spirit Storage Alchemy Imprints that the load reached half of his remaining limit.
The results did not disappoint him. The synthesized Spirit Storage could roughly contain all of his Spiritual Power.
In this way, he effectively possessed double the Spiritual Power.
The two Alchemy Imprints nearly pushed Su Nan's Alchemy Body to its maximum capacity, preventing him from imprinting any more Alchemy Imprints.
However, he was already very pleased.
With these two Alchemy Imprints in hand, he felt confident in facing a Tier 3 Vaporization Wizard!
The Inscribed Gem, Wizard Tool, and Alchemy Imprints—these were his current trump cards.
Although they were few in number, each one was incredibly powerful!"
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