Chapter 13 Alchemy
Click.
He took off his monocle, revealing his eyes that were as sharp as a hawk.
Without using any additional tools, he reached out and picked up the irregular gold as big as an adult's fist and displayed it in front of the many apprentices.
"I'll be demonstrating next, so pay attention!"
As he spoke, Clark deliberately released his mental power, causing the piece of gold to break away from his hand and float in the air.
Jemin could clearly sense that Clark's mental fluctuations were extremely stable, like a trickle of water, but it contained strong resilience.
Under the guidance of Mentor Clark's spiritual power, the irregular piece of gold seemed to come alive.
It did not melt, nor did it deform too quickly. Instead, it changed its shape little by little at a slow and steady pace under an invisible force field.
Surface irregularities are smoothed out and edges are shaped, creating a smooth and stable process.
After more than ten seconds, the irregular piece of gold turned into a standard cube with clear edges and smooth surface, as if it had been cut by the most precise machine tool. The surface was so smooth that it could even reflect the scene like a mirror.
Mentor Clark withdrew his mental power, and the cube of gold lay quietly back on the table, emitting a faint luster.
"This is the most basic shaping in alchemy. You need to master the precise control of material form through mental power through repeated practice." He put his glasses back on. "Now, collect your materials and tools and begin practicing."
With a wave of Clark's hand, the supplies stored in the laboratory cabinet flew out one after another, and everyone received an irregular piece of gold about the same size as the one in the instructor's hand, as well as a basic tool box.
In addition to the basic crucible, tweezers, protective gloves and goggles, the toolbox also contains a metal disc engraved with complex runes.
Benjamin also collected his materials and tools and returned to the workbench.
He clearly felt that the moment he touched the disc, the runes of truth in his spiritual sea quickly became active, and the small rune in the center representing alchemy echoed with the many runes on the disc.
"Because your meditation method hasn't yet completed the first three runes of truth, you can only use the alchemy disk as an aid. Once you have carved all three runes of truth representing alchemy into your spiritual sea, you can then perform alchemy with your bare hands without this device."
Clark calmly reminded everyone, "The alchemy disk is very expensive. The first one can be considered a free teaching material, but if you break it, you can only buy the next one with points..."
Jermyn put on protective gloves and goggles and placed the gold in the groove in the center of the metal disc according to Clark's instructions.
"Using mental power to control the form of matter... This is incredible. Is this a system unique to wizards?" Benjamin pondered.
The spiritual consciousness of immortal cultivators is more about perception, scanning, attachment, and direct mental impact. They can also take objects from a distance by controlling their true essence.
Although it is possible to directly change the physical form of matter, that is just using a stronger external force to forcibly suppress it, which is completely different from alchemy, which seems to make the matter change its form by itself.
Benjamin took a deep breath, sank into the sea of spirituality, probed out his spiritual power through the rune of truth, connected it to the alchemy plate, and carefully wrapped the gold.
Buzz!
He felt a weak but obvious "repulsive force" coming from the gold, as if resisting his mental power.
He tried to guide the elemental energy in the same way as meditation, condensing his mental power into a beam to "press" a bulge on the surface of the gold, trying to make it concave.
result……
Click!
Because of the excessive force exerted in an instant, the gold not only did not dent, but instead a small piece of debris peeled off from the surface.
Jieming was shocked and quickly adjusted himself.
He tried again, this time carefully directing a stream of energy to focus on one corner of the gold, trying to round it off.
result……
Sizzle...
The local temperature rose instantly, and the surface of the gold began to melt slightly, turning into a flowing liquid.
"Damn! It feels completely different..." Jieming cursed inwardly.
I am used to using the mental control method of the immortal cultivation system to perform operations in the wizard system, and I feel very uncomfortable.
It's like a stonemason who is good at carving sculptures with a chisel is suddenly asked to embroider. Both the way of applying force and the technique are completely different.
He looked at the apprentices around him; most of them were in the same miserable state as he was.
Some of the metal blocks had pitted surfaces, some had melted into a pool of liquid, and some were even broken into pieces when attempts to decompose them were made.
Of course, there are exceptions.
Benjamin saw that although Amy next to him was not fast, her power fluctuations were relatively stable. The golden block was slowly changing shape under her control. Although it was still rough, at least traces of shaping could be seen.
Jemin took a deep breath and forced himself to forget his habitual method of manipulating mental power, and instead imitated the way Mentor Clark demonstrated the fluctuations of mental power.
He wrapped the gold with his mental power again. This time, he did not rush to shape it. Instead, like a cultivator "nurturing a magic weapon", he used a gentle and continuous method to allow his mental power to "interact" with the gold, sensing its "nature" and "resistance".
Failed... tried again... failed...
A piece of intact gold became more and more deformed in the hands of Jemin, but he gradually grasped the key points of alchemy.
"Understand, decompose, and reconstruct...I see."
The most important thing is "understanding", and the remaining two steps are based on "understanding".
The so-called "understanding" means knowing the internal structure, properties and characteristics of matter and even energy fluctuations, and then being able to change the form of matter accordingly, rather than relying on brute force.
After several attempts, he finally managed to shape a piece of gold into a shape that could barely be called a "cube".
It was crooked, its surface covered with traces of attempts to melt and solidify, its edges and corners blurred, and it was a world of difference compared to the standard cube of the mentor.
"Is this my first alchemical product?" Benjamin looked at the ugly piece of gold in his hand, feeling both amused and helpless.
Just then, mentor Clark came down from the podium and patrolled among the apprentices' workbenches.
His sharp eyes lingered on every failed or successful work, occasionally giving a brief evaluation.
He walked to Benjamin's workbench and looked at the crooked piece of gold. Benjamin felt unusually uneasy.
Mentor Clark's hawk-like eyes carefully examined the gold nugget, then glanced at Jermyn.
"The mental control... is fairly stable." Instructor Clark said in his usual calm tone, "but the energy output is unstable, and the temperature and force field control are terrible."
He pointed to the melt marks and twisted edges on the gold block:
"Go back and practice more basic meditation to enhance your mental stability. Get used to the feeling of manipulating elemental forces, and pay more attention to the structural details of matter when practicing alchemy." He gave his advice and then walked towards the next apprentice's workbench.
Benjamin agreed in his heart. Mr. Clark pointed out the key point right away.
The unstable output of elemental power is actually caused by the fact that he has been maintaining an internal cycle. Of course, this result will occur because he has to close himself off and output energy at the same time.
At this moment, a painful scream and a loud sound of metal breaking suddenly came from the other side of the laboratory.
boom--!
(End of this chapter)
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