Chapter 65 - 65 65 The Presence of a God_1
Chapter 65 - 65 65 The Presence of a God_1
?Chapter 65: Chapter 65: The Presence of a God!_1 Chapter 65: Chapter 65: The Presence of a God!_1 Undead Tower, second floor.
An alchemy room fashioned out of what was once a guest room.
On the long table, a soccer ball-sized furnace crucible roared to life with a fire lit underneath.
Beside it, an “Origin Energy Steam Engine” that had been charged with Origin Energy was in operation, transferring some of the heat energy transformed from Origin Energy to the furnace crucible via resonant crystals.
Soon, the fluffy flames inside the crucible had morphed into dense, sharp jets of fire as thick as a thumb, shooting up over two meters high.
Tuck looked curiously at the “Origin Energy Steam Engine” in front of him, about the size of a computer tower and exceedingly complex in structure.
Its body was a matte black, equipped with six small Origin Energy absorbers on the outside.
Inside, there must be a “magic closed-loop” for high-pressure activation of Origin Energy, maintained by solid Transcendent Characteristics.
Once activated, it generated Origin Energy Steam which, through the industrial-grade magical conduits, performed various forms of energy output.
The energies it could transform were manifold; it all depended on which device with Transcendent Characteristics was used in tandem.
Heat, ice, wind, kinetic, flight, invisibility, and beyond were all possibilities.
All this was made possible thanks to the Origin Energy Steam Engine.
The roars of steam trains, steamboats, and even steam airships were nearly ubiquitous at every corner of the world.
In those prosperous and highly-ranked Transcendent Worlds, it is said.
Marvels like ‘Floating Steam Islands’ had already been realized by humans there.
The world outside seemed to be wonderful.
Yet, chaos was always an inherent thread woven throughout the world.
Pirate groups, sky pirate gangs, were emerging all over the place.
In “Duchy Cerion’s” Steam Daily.
Every once in a while, they would publish the results of their crackdowns on pirates and sky pirates.
And together with the hefty bounties on pirates and sky pirates.
One could surmise that the outside world was not as splendid as one might imagine.
“The essence of alchemy with Transcendent Materials is to remove harmful impurities from the materials and even to replenish their beneficial Transcendent Characteristics to an extent,”
Having assessed the flames, “Alchemy Apprentice” Taniru took the opportunity to impart the basic knowledge of alchemy to Tuck.
“Remember, high temperatures can melt the material itself, while also greatly activating its Transcendent Characteristics.”
“If not handled properly… it could lead to…”
“Explosion!” Tuck replied from the side.
“Yes, explosion,” Taniru nodded.
“Precise control of the fire is a prerequisite for alchemy.”
“Many people jest that alchemy is just about stoking the furnace, but I can tell you with certainty, this is no jest; the essence of alchemy is stoking the furnace.”
“All those complex processes, techniques, methods, and everything else are for the sake of refining the essential Transcendent Characteristics of the material.”
“Or to blend more perfectly proportioned Transcendent Characteristics.”
“And all of this demands that the temperature of the flames be just right.”
“Sometimes it even requires the use of special [Transcendent Flames], condensed from various Transcendent Characteristics, to assist in the melting process.”
“If you can’t precisely control the temperature of the flame,”
“even with the best process flow, you’ll never become an alchemist.”
Tuck nodded.
Although Tuck had learned this information from Eden Glaston’s alchemy notes and corresponding books on alchemy,
which points were key, what one needed to pay attention to, and many little tricks and experiences,
all required the direct, hands-on guidance of an alchemist to truly master.
Even though Taniru was only an apprentice, his free teaching was more than enough.
“Spiritual Perception!”
Tuck placed one hand on the Origin Energy storage chamber’s touchpoint.
“Precision Correction”
The Origin Energy Steam Engine, slightly antiquated and thus a bit disorderly and noisy in its supply of Origin Energy, instantly smoothed out and flowed naturally.
“Eh?”
Taniru noticed what had happened.
Upon closer examination,
he saw that the internal operations of the Origin Energy Steam Engine, such as inner furnace function, Origin Energy supply, resonance vibration, and energy conduction, were all nearly perfect.
“This…”
Taniru looked at Tuck with a face full of astonishment.
“This small, precise Origin Energy Steam Engine was an old cast-off from Undead Tower that had passed through who knows how many hands.”
“I wasn’t even sure if it could be used.”
“How… did you do it?”
After a moment’s thought, Tuck replied truthfully.
“I have the Talent for Precision and the ability of Spiritual Perception.”
Precision? Spiritual Perception?
Taniru’s brows furrowed slightly.
“Touch the Origin Energy Steam Engine, conduct Precision Attributes?”
“But that wouldn’t be enough to make an old Origin Energy Steam Engine operate so perfectly!”
“This kid is really unscientific!” Taniru muttered darkly to himself.
“Spiritual Perception combined with Precision Talent is indeed more suitable for alchemy.”
At this moment, Taniru became somewhat serious.
“So, you must teach well,” Tuck said with a smile.
“After all, when he leaves Ramore and walks through the Transcendent World and even explores Different Domains, it never hurts to have more skills.”
Looking at Tuck and then at the Origin Energy Steam Engine that Tuck controlled, which had been revived to run smoothly, no one knew how much longer it could last.
Taniru did not waste time and began to elaborate carefully.
“Control the supply of Origin Energy well, and you can raise or lower the temperature of the fire.”
“Right, that’s the way to do it.”
“Don’t suddenly release a segment of energy, smooth it down. This will make the temperature change of the fire appear very natural.”
As Taniru explained,
the temperature of the flame soon came perfectly under control in the hands of Tuck.
Seeing that it took only a few minutes for Tuck to almost perfectly control the fire’s temperature, Taniru was somewhat dumbfounded.
“Could he really be a genius?”
You have to understand,
When he himself had been trying to master fire, he had spent half a year just burning the stove.
Even now, he might not be able to achieve Tuck’s level of control.
“So, what comes next?”
Feeling the temperature that he controlled precisely, Tuck was quite calm.
“Take out some of the Wizard Traits and put them into the Furnace Crucible.”
“Keep the temperature at the critical melting point of the materials, and maintain it.”
“This can melt away certain impure Attributes and non-Wizard Traits.”
“Making the essential nature of the Wizard Sequence pure and natural.”
“By the effect of the Origin Energy temperature on the Sequence, non-Wizard Traits are eliminated.” Tuck naturally expounded on the basic tenets of alchemy regarding Sequence smelting.
“Yes!” Taniru nodded.
Tuck’s eyes narrowed slightly as he scrutinized the gradually revitalizing Wizard Sequence Crystal before him.
Indeed, a part of the contamination was burned away, and at the same time, some non-Wizard Traits were eliminated.
But…there were still many stubborn Transcendent Characteristics that were entrenched and couldn’t be removed.
Even a part of the source of contamination was entrenched within, unable to be expelled and burned for the time being.
After about five or six minutes, looking at those non-Wizard Traits that seemed impossible to remove with the fire,
Tuck finally spoke up slowly.
“Some of the harmful Attributes can be expelled, but what should be done about those harmful parts that cannot be burned away by the power of the Origin Energy Fire?”
“That’s beyond the scope!” Taniru looked at the Wizard Traits burning in the flames and replied.
“To remove those minutely harmful Transcendent Characteristics requires the work of real Alchemy Masters.”
“And as an Alchemy Apprentice, what you need is good control of the flame.”
“Perfecting the basics of smelting will essentially qualify you as a Level One Alchemist.”
“Hmm… It seems your batch of Wizard Traits is pretty much melted already.”
Tuck’s eyes narrowed, and he said calmly, “It looks like it’s about done, but… far from enough.”
Taking a deep breath, Tuck began to quietly influence the trajectories of those harmful substances.
With a gentle stroke from Tuck,
a particularly stubborn harmful characteristic was extracted.
At a microscopic level, that Transcendent Attribute was instantly swept away by the flame.
“Interesting!”
Tuck chuckled lightly.
[Precision Correction].
It allowed Tuck to perfectly align with the world’s trajectories, thereby making modifications.
Previously, Tuck’s rougher use consumed a lot of energy, and the effects were not very good.
But now,
it seemed Tuck had found the correct way to use [Precision Correction].
“Precision Correction is inherently about precise and meticulous operations.”
“Clearly, the effects on a macroscopic scale cannot compare to these meticulously detailed manipulations.”
“I should have understood this when I was exploring the Original Dark Sea on a microscopic level.”
“With alchemy, which demands understanding and observation of Transcendent Characteristics as well as detailed control over the entire process, my Precision Correction is simply— god-like.”