Li Aili casually remarked, "I'm struggling with how to turn stones into gold."
Hakin immediately looked at her warily. "You're not going to pay my salary with gold that turns stones into gold, are you?"
Li Aili: "It's alchemy."
"In fact, my alchemy has reached a new stage."
"And I've only just touched the threshold of entry..."
Ha Jin's pointed ears twitched as he listened attentively to Li Aili finish speaking.
"I feel like you're a bit like us Druids~"
As he spoke, Hajin transformed into a cat and jumped onto the table, then into a nightingale, and finally into a small red snake about the thickness of a thumb.
"Hiss hiss~"
[Look at us Transformers, don't we look a lot like the 'Midas touch' you described?]
Hajin transformed back into a little girl, sitting on the table and swinging her little feet back and forth.
"So, I think your extraordinary profession is somewhat similar to our druids."
Li Aili choked on a mouthful of blood.
"I don't even know how to turn a stone into gold, so how can I share my professional insights with you?"
Hakin looked at Li Aili in surprise.
"Didn't your previous alchemical potions already reach this level?"
"Now all I'm doing is telling you to throw the pot away."
Li Aili was completely stunned.
Seeing her reaction, he said seriously, "Those magical potions you concoct, when I use the same method to boil them, all I get is a pot of soup."
Li Aili: "!"
Hakin analyzed, "When you put water and grass in a pot and concoct an alchemical potion, doesn't that break the inherent form and properties of the object?"
Ha Jin's words were a wake-up call.
Li Aili suddenly realized.
Why is herbalism apprenticeship a foundational discipline in alchemy?
Because it has the lowest barrier to entry in the alchemy system.
In the alchemical system, specifically the science of metallurgy, the requirement is to move away from the crucible and complete the transformation of matter.
This is the true essence of the Golden Stone Academy: turning stone into gold.
Li Aili subconsciously raised her hands.
If Hakin hadn't pointed it out, she wouldn't have known that she now possessed 'supernatural abilities'.
The next question is how to change the nature of an object by hand, without the aid of a crucible.
Li Aili was lost in her own thoughts, completely oblivious to Ha Jin standing to the side.
She picked up the teacup on the table and began to study it with fascination.
What does it feel like to refine gold in a crucible?
When she first started practicing alchemy, she was only focused on figuring out the recipe.
She would be happy as long as she could successfully refine the leveling potion.
Then, after becoming proficient, one begins to explore how to pursue higher quality.
At this level, she "sees mountains as mountains," because she was still stuck at the very beginning of alchemy.
Then, we arrived at this current stage.
Suddenly, I realized that there were so many intricacies involved in the alchemical potions I had concocted before.
At this point, one begins to see mountains as not mountains.
There's a feeling of not knowing where to start.
So, here's the question.
How can she break through this barrier?
Hakin is right, it's just that we're missing a crucible.
A crucible is missing...
Li Aili closed her eyes, held the teacup, and imagined that her hand was a crucible.
It wraps around the teacup.
The teacup is made up of those magical plants.
Put the magical plant into the crucible.
First, understand its current composition, then destroy its current inherent form.
Immediately afterwards, Li Aili's hand went empty.
Then, add the other ingredients and mix them together.
Define the new component it should become!
Li Aili felt as if a heavy object had been placed in her hand.
When she opened her eyes, there was a ball of glittering gold in her hand!
Li Aili: "!!!"
Hajin, standing to the side, was speechless. "Ahhh! Cup, cup, cup! Gold! It changed in an instant!!"
"Thump thump thump," Li Aili could feel her heart beating faster.
Li Aili herself was completely bewildered.
That's it!?
The alchemy workshop promptly sent a message: [You have successfully completed the 'transformation of matter'!]
You have completed the entrance test for Jinshi Academy.
You have now become a student of Jinshi Academy.
You have obtained the beginner-level professional title at the Goldstone Academy: Junior Goldstone Apprentice.
Li Aili: "!"
Intermediate-level Essence Master: 0/10
Li Aili: "..."
Is this to allow her to transform 10 kinds of metal and stone materials?
Great, I've got work to do!
Just as Li Aili was about to press on, her stomach made a "gurgling" sound.
Li Aili's vision went black, and she felt extremely dizzy, with the world spinning around her.
Fortunately, Joanna walked in at that moment carrying a food basket.
"Your Highness!?" Joanna rushed over and helped Li Aili up.
Without thinking twice, she fed Li Aili a bottle of healing potion.
Li Aili had recovered somewhat, but a strong feeling of hunger was rising in her stomach.
"I'm hungry, Joanna, I'm so hungry!"
Joanna had come to deliver dinner to Ellie.
Upon hearing this, she immediately took food out of the food basket.
Pumpkin pie, mashed potatoes with chicken gravy, salt-baked monster meat, and a plate of small berries.
Li Aili picked up her knife and fork and began devouring the delicious food on the table.
I put the food in my mouth, chewed it a few times without really tasting it, and then I was so hungry that I hurriedly swallowed it down.
Ha Jin made several attempts, barely managing to snatch a bite of bird food from Li Aili's jaws.
Joanna felt a pang of sympathy watching this.
What kind of life did the former lady lead in Constantinople?
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