Chapter 15 - Rising rapidly, skill upgrades!

Chapter 15: Rising rapidly, skill upgrades! [You’ve successfully completed a ‘basic material transformation’ on the lava crystal, activating the source’s blessing and achieving a successful transformation. This triggers a 1% increase in attributes and a 5x boost in skill proficiency.].

Zhao Xing’s initial material was a fiery red lava crystal, approximately the size of a fist. The ‘Basic Material Transformation’ skill in the toolbar emitted a faint glow. After about 30 seconds, the lava crystal before his eyes underwent a subtle change. Upon seeing the notification, Zhao Xing couldn’t contain his joy.

Using a level 13 primary enchanter to transform a level 40 purple material should likely result in a low success rate. Failure would significantly diminish the properties of the material, possibly rendering it completely useless. However, against the odds, it succeeded. A 1% increase in attributes might seem modest, but in the realm of enchanting, it was a substantial improvement.

This demonstrated that ‘basic material transformation’ fell under the enchanting category, allowing the simultaneous triggering of source blessing and multiplier effects. Even though the attributes only increased by 1%, the impact was significant. Normally, a level 13 enchanter, even with luck on their side, would only achieve a minute enhancement in the material’s properties.

“A 1% increase is equivalent to a 20-fold effect. An average junior enchanter, even with a stroke of luck, could only boost this lava crystal by 0.05%? Enchanting truly lives up to its reputation as a money-burning profession. It’s not for the faint-hearted,” Zhao Xing mused, experiencing firsthand the financial challenges of the enchanting profession.

While early-stage enchanting might seem like a drain on resources, the skill of basic material transformation could be developed. As one progressed from primary to intermediate and top-level transformations, success rates and attribute values would undoubtedly increase. However, the initial stages proved costly. Low-level enchanting skills also had an advantage when paired with high-level materials, offering substantial skill proficiency gains. Zhao Xing tested this by transforming a piece of ordinary level 10 white material, earning a proficiency of 1. In contrast, a level 40 purple material should yield a proficiency of at least 5.

Zhao Xing experimented with various series of materials, discovering distinctions even among purple equipment materials. Psychic materials provided the highest skill proficiency, followed by ability-based materials. Whether Mechanics, Martial Arts, or Magic, there was little difference. Supernatural power and mind force, the two major categories, not only were rare in occupation but also produced stronger materials, reflecting their value in enchanting.

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A series of notifications echoed as Zhao Xing dedicatedly pursued his skill upgrade plan. None of these materials failed, preserving their properties and avoiding wastage. He skipped the lower-level materials and directly practiced with the highest-level purple equipment materials in the laboratory.

Guan Ya, diligently assisting in the process, found herself struggling to keep up with Zhao Xing’s rapid enchanting speed. The staff from the Education Department, delivering goods at the door, were perplexed. Wasn’t there a level 13 enchanter inside? Why did the requirements, apart from the initial low-level white and blue materials, exclusively involve purple materials?

Without attempting again, these staff members also found it somewhat absurd. Low-level enchanters utilized purple materials for practice. With such a low success rate, could it contribute to training? Wasn’t this troublesome?

“Director, who on earth is in there causing such a drain on the country’s resources?”

“In an hour, 10 boxes of purple packaging materials were brought in, and all of them were level 40.”

A young man finally couldn’t bear it and complained to the director.

The director glared at him: “Don’t ask if you shouldn’t ask. Did you forget the instructions before you came?” Sёarch* The NôvelFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

The young man shivered in fright: “Understood, won’t inquire, won’t interfere, and will fully cooperate.”

“Good to know!” The director said in a low voice: “Many people in the Education Department want to get in. That’s why you’re here. I’ll let it slide this time. Don’t mess up. Just keep quiet, talk less, and do more, go.” …

[You have completed a ‘basic material transformation’ on the void crystal fragments, triggering the blessing of the source. The transformation is successful, the multiplier is triggered, the attribute is increased by 1%, and the skill proficiency is x5.] [Congratulations, your basic material transformation skill has been upgraded to the elementary level!] Hearing the prompt, Zhao Xing finally stopped. The elementary level was reached so quickly? Zhao Xing looked at his panel. At this point, the basic material transformation skills disappeared, replaced by elementary material transformation skills. [Elementary Material Transformation: 5/10000] [You already have a preliminary understanding of the nature and structure of enchanting materials, and you can make the materials exhibit their proper properties. You are no longer a novice in the extensive and profound science of material enchanting!]

“It’s just out of the novice category,” Zhao Xing deeply agreed with this evaluation. He had the specialty of [Element Perception].

In the training process, it wasn’t merely placing hands on the material and reading an article. Instead, a vast miniature world would appear in his mind! In the miniature world, the sky was filled with stars and boundless. Probing the stars with mental power was the transformation process. And any slight change would affect the properties of the material itself. Elementary material transformation skills could only influence those inconspicuous dim stars now. Indeed, they could only be said to have just left the novice category.

“The material modification skills have been satisfied, and the next step is material fusion.” “Elevate the fusion of basic materials to the elementary level.”

“If you master energy structure and elementary equipment analysis, you will be able to master the skill [Permanent], making the enchanting effect permanent.” Glancing at the time, more than an hour had passed. Zhao Xing was full of fighting spirit and continued to devote himself to the great cause of skill training. With the blessing of the [Hat of the Scholar], his current physical and mental strength could fully keep up.

Although his stomach was in habitual memory, making him feel a little hungry, his body could actually endure it. “Let’s start with basic material fusion.” [You have integrated a small amount of gold sand (purple) into cold iron (purple), completed a ‘basic material fusion,’ triggered the blessing of the source, the fusion is successful, triggers a multiplier increase, the attribute of cold iron increases by 1%, and gains skill proficiency X20.] [Your mental power -100, -50…] [Your physical strength -100, -50…] [Warning, your mental strength and physical strength are both lower than 50, and you are in a state of extreme fatigue! 】

Zhao Xing felt dizzy, even with the Hat of the Scholar emitting a cool feeling. After completing the first purple material fusion, he felt very tired for several minutes. His eyes were struggling, and he felt like his body was being emptied!

“I was careless!”

“Material fusion is more challenging than material transformation. Although I have a talent bonus, I still succeeded, but it consumes too much mental and physical energy!”

The inherent properties attached to different materials sometimes had serious conflicts. It was like water and fire, which couldn’t mix. When Zhao Xing started to use purple materials for fusion, the process was extremely difficult. It was not that it couldn’t be successful, but that it would cost a lot! Even doing the simplest gold-plating test on the main material once made Zhao Xing’s mental and physical strength bottom out. Fortunately, the Hat of the Scholar was recovering well. Otherwise, he could go into a coma. And looking at the time, this fusion took a full 15 minutes!

“Zhao Xing, what’s the matter with you?” Guan Ya noticed Zhao Xing’s abnormality and hurried over, holding his hand.

“Ah, why are your hands so cold and your face so pale…”

“It’s okay. I just overused my skills and consumed too much mental and physical energy…”

“I’m fine, Sister Ya… huh? Growling…”

Guan Ya immediately opened a bottle of magic potion and quickly poured it down for Zhao Xing.