Synthetic Wizard

Chapter 397 - 237: The Alchemical Body Transformation

"Teacher."

In the study, Sherman and Cole respectfully saluted Sunan.

Even after being promoted to Wizards, the two still maintained the respect and admiration they had during their apprentice days toward Sunan.

"Not bad, you two didn’t let me down."

Sunan’s face displayed a smile of appreciation.

Currently, the Star Alliance has seven Wizards, and the other five were all promoted from Level 3 Wizard Apprentices recruited from outside.

Only Sherman and Cole are truly from Starlight Academy.

This also proves the viability of the training system of Starlight Academy.

"As your teacher, I cannot be stingy, so consider these two witchcraft artifacts as your reward."

With a wave of his hand, Sunan made a ring and a pitch-black spear tip appear out of thin air, falling into Sherman’s palm.

On the other side, Cole received the same items.

"This is [Forbidden Zone] and [Black Thunder], both are Level 1 witchcraft artifacts. The detailed usage methods are already inscribed within the artifacts, and by imprinting your spirit, you will understand them."

Considering that the two had just been promoted not long ago, Sunan gave them Level 1 witchcraft artifacts that had only been reinforced four times.

Their power is roughly the same as the witchcraft artifacts he synthesized when he first got promoted.

Even so, they are much better than the lowest level witchcraft artifacts on the Star Alliance exchange list that haven’t undergone any synthesis or reinforcement.

"Thank you, teacher!"

Sherman and Cole’s faces showed delight.

They knew how precious witchcraft artifacts are.

Even the likes of those like Scepter and Rose, who were promoted to Wizards decades earlier, currently only have one artifact, which they painstakingly saved up contribution points to exchange for.

By comparison, receiving two witchcraft artifacts just after their promotion is undoubtedly very fortunate.

"Regarding matters of Wizards, you can consult Scepter and Rose. There are some things it’s time for you to know."

Faced with Sherman’s and Cole’s puzzlement, Sunan did not explain much further, encouraging the two with a few words before letting them leave.

"As the planar barriers gradually restore, the concentration of energy particles increases, and more people will be promoted to Wizards."

"Unfortunately, the resources of the Starlight Continent take time to recover. Alone, even with the magic cube, I can’t supply the resources needed for the cultivation of numerous Wizards. Without sufficient resources, it’s unlikely that many of these Wizards will break through to Level 1 Liquefaction, let alone Level 1 Crystallization."

Things like the Crystal Soul Potion, Sunan can still provide, but for other resources, he has no means.

For instance, Elemental Crystal Cores; if he were willing to open them up for exchange for Wizards, reaching Level 1 Crystallization might be uncertain, but a batch of Level 1 Liquefaction Wizards emerging before the planar blockade lifts would definitely not be a problem.

But currently, he himself finds Elemental Crystal Cores insufficient and cannot even consider sharing them with other Wizards.

Other Wizards want Elemental Crystal Cores? They can only venture into the Elemental Plane themselves to hunt Elemental Giant Spirits.

However, the strength of a Level 1 Gasified Wizard is obviously inadequate to combat Elemental Giant Spirits in the Elemental Plane, thus forming a vicious cycle.

One can only wait until the planar blockade is lifted when the Star Alliance can trade with other planes, improving the resource scarcity situation.

"With the addition of Sherman and Cole, the speed of collecting elemental dust can increase further,"

"If this momentum can be maintained, perhaps only two or three hundred years are needed to break through to Level 2 Liquefaction."

Sunan stretched his body, transported back to the cultivation room, and continued his daily routine of absorbing divine energy.

...

Time swiftly passes by, like water.

Or, to put it more aptly, cultivation has no day or night.

Sunan originally didn’t much care about matters of the Stellar Empire, and after Kei passed away, he no longer paid any attention to imperial affairs, leaving it all to Lize to handle.

As long as the empire’s royal family remained the Yanest Clan and no chaos occurred, he remained indifferent.

Of course, he still had to fulfill the promise he made to Kei.

Under Sunan’s orders, the Star Alliance supplies the royal family with a batch of resources each year, specifically to nurture Wizard Apprentices.

As for how the royal family plans to allocate them internally, he doesn’t concern himself anymore.

In the decades since Kei’s passing, several Wizard Apprentices have emerged from the royal family.

With greater resource support than others, the royal family’s Wizard Apprentices have grown rapidly.

The Yanest Clan has gradually started to show signs of developing into a Wizard Family.

Starlight Calendar 1447.

After more than a decade of experiments, Sunan finally synthesized a substitute material for Aurum.

This new material, which he named Soul Gold, has flexibility and magic conductivity on par with Aurum, with the only downside being the slightly higher cost.

After this, Sunan spent more than seven years developing substitutes for other materials, finally gathering all materials needed for converting the Alchemy Body.

That day, Sunan began the conversion to the Alchemy Body.

The transformation process was exceptionally slow, lasting nearly forty years to complete.

Starlight Calendar 1509, Month of Summer Dragon (June).

Sunan finally completed the conversion to the Alchemy Body.

In the laboratory, Sunan concentrated on sensing the changes in his body.

"No significant enhancement in physique, nor an increase in Spiritual Power."

"However, the affinity for energy particles has improved quite a bit, roughly equivalent to a 5% increase in Spiritual Refinement Level."

"It’s much like the data stated; in this way, the elemental resistance should have also improved."

Sunan then tested his elemental resistance.

The results did not disappoint him—elemental resistance had indeed improved.

Though the extent was small, only between 5% to 10%.

But this was already very satisfactory for Sunan.

After all, the original intent of converting to the Alchemy Body was to inscribe the Alchemy Imprints; the enhancements in energy particle affinity and elemental resistance were bonuses, with high expectations not necessary.