There was silence in the apothecary room for a while.

Mo Weng and Yin Xueju both stared at Pei Ze intently, waiting for his answer.

Pei Ze didn't hide it, and admitted calmly: "Yes, teacher, just yesterday, I just reached the standard of condensing spiritual crystals. ”

As soon as these words came out, Yin Xue couldn't help but take a light breath, and her eyes widened to reveal a look of disbelief.

No wonder she reacted so violently, it was just too shocking.

You must know that it has only been more than two months since Pei Ze got the Moon Ring Meditation Method.

In such a short period of time, Pei Ze actually succeeded in constructing the next twelve will runes?

What speed is this?

Yin Xue once again deeply realized the terrible qualifications of her junior.

Mo Weng was silent for a long time before he breathed a sigh of relief and nodded heavily.

"Good."

The tone revealed relief and joy that was difficult to hide.

At this moment, Mo Weng looked at Pei Ze's eyes as if he was looking at a gem that had been carved and exuded a magnificent light, and his expression was extremely gentle.

When he first accepted Pei Ze as a disciple, he only took a fancy to Pei Ze's talent in pharmacy, and did not have too high hopes for the latter's qualifications in the wizard industry.

Even at that time, Pei Ze had already begun to emerge.

After all, he had seen many civilian geniuses rise as quickly as stars, only to fall quickly and disappear from everyone.

Not to mention that there is a genius like Yin Xue who has a deep background and excellent qualifications by his side, so he naturally doesn't expect too much from Pei Ze in this regard.

Who would have thought that in the time after that, Pei Ze showed his talent and strength again and again that surprised him.

First, he shines in the operation of encircling and suppressing the hands of deep resentment, killing Honan and Rick one after another.

And now it has reached the standard of condensing spiritual crystallization early.

This talent is already even better than Yin Xue!

Even among the many geniuses he had seen, it was enough to be called shining.

At this moment, Mo Weng re-positioned Pei Ze's position in his heart.

"Now that you've reached the standard of condensing spiritual crystals, it's time to understand this aspect."

Mo Weng groaned slightly and began to speak.

"The reason why spiritual crystallization is difficult to condense mainly lies in two points."

"The first point is that in the process of condensing spiritual crystallization, it will sharply consume the vitality of the human body, and once the vitality loss is too heavy to continue to maintain, it will lead to the failure of condensation, and in severe cases, the vitality will be drained and die."

"More than ninety percent of the wizard apprentices who died because of condensing spiritual crystals were due to this cause of death."

"The role of these auxiliary agents is to replenish vitality, protect the human body, and prevent excessive loss of vitality and death."

Pei Ze nodded slightly, he had already seen this in the books in the library.

But Mo Weng's subsequent words stunned him.

"The second point is that the process of compressing mental power will produce severe pain, this pain from the soul level is enough to make people with weak wills collapse, and many wizard apprentices can't bear the pain and interrupt the compression process, which leads to ultimate failure and mental damage."

Pei Ze hadn't seen this in books.

Obviously, the information on this in the library is not very comprehensive.

After listening to Mo Weng's explanation, he couldn't help but think thoughtfully.

"The five-standard amount of Lixin Water solves the first problem and increases the success rate to more than 50 percent."

"Does that solve the second problem and increase the success rate to 80 or 90 percent?"

Thinking of this, Pei Ze's eyes suddenly lit up slightly, and he hurriedly asked:

"Teacher, how do you solve the painful problem?"

Pei Ze didn't think that the pain in the process of compressing mental power could be solved by relying solely on willpower.

If it were that simple, there wouldn't be so many wizard apprentices who would fail to advance in tens of thousands of years.

Mo Weng smiled faintly and said, "There are many solutions, but the best way is to find a stand-in spirit to bear the pain for you." ”

Stuntmann?

Pei Ze searched in his mind, but unfortunately he couldn't find any relevant knowledge.

It was Yin Xue who intimately answered his doubts.

"The stand-in spirit is an artificially bred ghost creature, a technology that belongs to the category of puppet making."

"The general principle is to intercept a piece of your soul breath and cultivate it into a ghost creature that has soul fluctuations and is consistent with you, and can withstand all damage from the soul level for you."

And this kind of puppet?

Pei Ze was suddenly amazed.

The puppet making is really broad and profound, and even this kind of ghost puppet can be made.

But when I think about it, even a terrifying war weapon like a god-body golem can be made, and a mere stand-in spirit doesn't seem so unusual.

When he came back to his senses, Pei Ze immediately said silently in his heart: "Omniscient, five standard portions of glass heart water and a stand-in spirit, calculate the success rate of my condensation of spiritual crystals." ”

【86.31%】

Really!

Pei Ze was overjoyed.

Although I have not actually come into contact with the stand-in spirit, the success rate of the calculation may be a little incorrect, but the error should not be too large.

As long as he gets his hands on a stand-in spirit, he will have a greater grasp of condensing spiritual crystals.

Pei Ze suppressed the joy in his heart and hurriedly asked, "Then how do I get the stand-in spirit?" ”

Mo Weng shook his head: "The principle of the stand-in spirit sounds simple, but it involves the soul level, and it cannot be created by a master who has been immersed in the soul puppet for many years without being a skilled master. ”

"And such a master-level person, the entire Dawn City can count them on one hand, at least there is no such figure in the Tower Academy."

Pei Ze was suddenly disappointed.

Even Mo Weng said so, so you can imagine how respectable the status of a puppeteer who can create a stand-in spirit is.

Such a big man also knew that it was impossible to easily refine a puppet for a wizard apprentice.

Even if he wanted to, he was unlikely to be able to afford it.

Yin Xue saw Pei Ze's disappointed face, and comforted softly: "Senior brother, in fact, you don't have to be a substitute spirit, it's not bad to replace it with a calming elixir, although the effect is worse, but with two standard portions of glass heart water, the success rate of condensing spiritual crystals is at least seventy percent." ”

Pei Ze glanced at Yin Xue, and his heart suddenly became clear.

Yin Xue must be the spiritual crystallization of the successful condensation with the combination of the Tranquility Elixir and the two standard portions of glass heart water.

It's just that she doesn't know that the will runes that Pei Ze constructed are not 24, but 32.

The same auxiliary scheme works for her, but it can't be used on Pei Ze.

The final success rate is likely not even 50%.

However, on the bright side, Pei Ze still nodded helplessly, pretending to have an expression that could only be like this, and planned to use the omniscient eye to calculate other methods when he went back.

At this time, Mo Weng suddenly spoke.

"Actually, it's not impossible."

Pei Ze and Yin Xue were stunned.

However, both of them are quick-witted people and reacted quickly.

"What does the teacher mean by the competition with Red Lotus City?" Pei Ze groaned.

Mo Weng bowed his head lightly and said, "As long as you win that competition on behalf of Dawn City, let alone a stand-in, there is no problem in wanting both." ”

Pei Ze asked curiously: "Teacher, what is the form of the competition?" ”

"For the sake of fairness, this competition specially invited a notary from the Astral Alliance, and the form of the competition was also set by the notary, before the competition began, neither we nor Red Lotus City knew the specific situation."

"But no matter what form it takes, it's still bigger than anyone's fist."

Pei Ze nodded clearly, what he said was reasonable.

"Teacher, how is the Dawn Council going to decide on the candidates?"

Hearing Pei Ze's words, Mo Weng immediately knew that he had made a decision, so he said: "Half a month later, the Dawn Council will hold a trial, and the three wizard apprentices who have passed the trial will represent Dawn City in the competition. ”

"Are there any restrictions on who can participate in the trial?"

"As long as you are a third-level wizard apprentice, you can participate."

Mo Weng glanced at Pei Ze, his expression slightly solemn.

"In order to win the competition, the Dawn Council will definitely spare resources to vigorously support the three wizard apprentices who participated in the competition."

"Just for this point, there will be no shortage of wizard apprentices participating in the trial."

"Not only the four major academies, but also many veteran wizard apprentices who serve in the military and major wizard families must participate."

"Although their qualifications are not as good as yours, but after so many years of precipitation, I don't know how many hole cards and back hands have been accumulated, and you must not relax against these people."

"Yes, Teacher." Pei Ze bowed his head solemnly.

Mo Weng nodded, and suddenly threw something to Pei Ze.

Pei Ze subconsciously stretched out his hand to take it, and looked down, but it was a bottle the size of a thumb with a silver liquid inside.

"This is glass heart water, a total of one standard amount, as a gift for you."

"But that's all my help to you, if you need more auxiliary resources later, try to pass the trial and become one of the three people who participate in the competition, even if you can ask the Dawn Council, even if you want three or five bottles of glass water, they will satisfy you."

"Yes, Teacher."

Pei Ze bowed gratefully.

No matter what Mo Weng's purpose was for suddenly accepting him as a disciple in the first place, the help he received during this period was really good.

He still remembers this kindness very much.

Mo Weng waved his hand calmly, signaling that the two could leave.

Returning to the entrance of the plantation, Yin Xue said with a smile: "Junior brother, this is a good opportunity for you, if you can win the competition on behalf of Dawn City, you don't have to worry about the resources of promoting wizards." ”

Gathering the resources needed to advance as a wizard is a huge challenge for any wizard apprentice.

Whether it's an auxiliary potion that replenishes life force or a strange thing that weakens the pain of the soul, the value is extremely precious, and it is not easy to collect them.

This is true even for a child of a wizard family like Yin Xue.

Although the wizard family has a lot of resources, they will not give it to their children in vain.

There are many people in the family, and they all need resources to cultivate.

On the other hand, gathering promotion resources is also a test for wizard apprentices.

They have to put in the effort to get resources, not sit back and wait for the family to feed them.

Cultivation is smooth sailing, resources are needed, and the wizards cultivated in this way are just flowers in a greenhouse, unable to withstand wind and rain.

Maybe the early stage will be smooth, but without the resilience and will to face difficulties, it will inevitably not go far in the wizarding team.

Only wizards who overcome all difficulties and promotions can shine on the wizard's road.

This is true even for the children of the family, let alone the average wizard apprentice.

When it comes to gathering resources for promotion, they face far greater difficulties than the former.

The reason why many apprentice wizards are not promoted to wizard is not entirely because of insufficient qualifications, but also because of the lack of sufficient resources.

Listening to Yin Xue's words, Pei Ze smiled slightly: "It's a pity that Senior Sister broke through early, otherwise you would definitely be one of the three places participating in the competition." ”

"You have so much faith in me." Yin Xue smiled with crooked eyebrows.

"Of course." Pei Ze replied with a serious expression.

So far, among the third-level wizard apprentices he has encountered, Yin Xue is the only one who makes him feel pressure.

And at the moment when he was promoted to wizard, Yin Xue was like a bottomless pool in his perception, and he couldn't see through it at all.

Even if you use the omniscient eye to probe, the information that comes back is 'insufficient mental power and failed to be analyzed'.

It can be seen how amazing Yin Xue's true strength is.

As for Moon, that's a different level.

"You." Yin Xue nodded Pei Ze's forehead affectionately, and gently instructed, "Prepare well during this time, if you encounter difficulties, come to me, I will try my best to help you." ”

Hearing this, Pei Ze's heart moved, and he hurriedly said, "I just have something to trouble Senior Sister." ”

Yin Xue chuckled and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"I need as many knight breathing methods as possible, it doesn't matter what level I have, can I trouble Senior Sister to help me find it?"

Yin Xue was a little surprised, she didn't expect it to be such a request.

But she didn't ask much, nodded and agreed.

On the way back to the apartment, Pei Ze thought about the next arrangement

Now that you have decided to compete for a place in the competition, you have to go all out.

Whether you can scrape together the resources you need to promote to wizard depends on this time.

There is still half a month before the trial, and the next strength will be improved as soon as possible.

"The lightning rune and the flash magic tattoo must be completed as soon as possible, with these two means, my combat power can also be improved a lot, if time permits, it is best to analyze a few more elemental runes."

"Silver Star's metal combination recipe should also be made as soon as possible, and strive to fuse it a few times before the trial."

Strengthening Silver Star's offensive and defensive capabilities is still secondary, and Pei Ze hopes to reduce Silver Star's consumption of mental power.

Only in this way can the Silver Star be used more than just as a hole card.

Once the Silver Star can become a conventional weapon, his combat effectiveness will be greatly improved.

"There are also spells, and you need to master a few first-ring spells."

The devil knows what form the trial will take, and if you master a few more spells, you will be more comfortable dealing with emergencies at that time.

"And the fog feather, we have to continue to transform the fog crow."

During this time, the number of fog crows in the fog feather's body has increased to more than three thousand eight hundred.

Now there is only the southern district of the outer city that has not been searched.

Pei Ze estimated that after the search in the southern area was completed, the number of fog crows should increase to about 5,000.

No, this should be the limit.

If you want to increase the number of fog crows, you can only go to other places to catch crows.

However, this matter is not in a hurry, and it is not too late to deal with it after being promoted to wizard.

"Let the little ones go out hunting on their own these days."

Thinking about it, Pei Ze found that he needed to improve a lot.

Fortunately, in another ten or so days, it will be the day when the Truth Secret Realm will be opened, and when the power of the rules will be harvested, the strength will be improved much faster.

(End of chapter)