Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 656

Chapter 653: Reversing Alchemy! King Otto’s Eternal Wisdom!

Chapter 653: Reversing Alchemy! King Otto’s Eternal Wisdom!
A golden finger pierced the sky. This celestial golden finger broke through the barriers left by ancient time and space. Locke transformed into a golden-green spiritual torrent and headed towards King Otto’s location.

When King Otto saw the spiritual torrent circling above the golden palace in front of him, a strange look flashed in his eyes.

A half-formed dragon spirit crawled out from the spiritual torrent. The dragon looked at him with hostility, but soon merged back with Locke’s spiritual torrent.

A second-ring wizard is someone who breaks through the limits of his soul for the second time.

Even in the endless void, they are considered to be a very small minority, and they cannot be ignored wherever they walk in the world.

Such a huge and high-quality spirit was not worn out too much after breaking through the barrier of time, and it re-aggregated into Locke’s body.

But Locke’s mouth was bleeding, and his magic power was in turmoil at this moment.

Breaking through this barrier by force would also be a huge loss for oneself.

However, the loss of this spiritual power can be compensated by the spiritual improvement gained from the breakthrough of the pseudo-second ring.

Anyway, even if you don’t pay it off, after your magic level drops, this part of the increased spiritual power will evaporate and disappear on its own.

Locke felt his damaged spirituality and found that when he temporarily reached the second ring level for the second time, the quality of his spirituality was even higher than the last time.

This was mainly due to the fact that the second great magic he constructed was more reasonable than the last time.

Moreover, by integrating his Overlord Sea Sand into the Moon Growth Spell Model, he gave his Mirror Moon certain attack characteristics.

At the same time, this time’s great magic is different from the last time. He is exploring the truth of history, so he can’t help but integrate some historical magic spell models into it to stabilize himself after breaking through the obstacles and stabilize his spirituality.

Therefore, I combined some of the core spell models of [Historical Reproduction] into Jingyue’s spell model.

However, even this second construction of great magic has been greatly improved, and to some extent, it can be considered average.

It was even slightly better than the average level, but Locke still had many complaints.

This great magic did not reach the level he had imagined.

At this time, Locke looked at King Otto.

King Otto seemed oblivious to the dragon’s spirit. “Are you the messenger from the Tower of the Black Sun… No, are you the one who attempted to communicate with me?”

“This… is the past?”

King Otto glanced at Locke.

The two of them traveled across 70,000 years and were able to meet here thanks to the magic of the founder of archaeology.

King Otto said, “You look very young.”

Locke raised a brow. “I can come back in ten years, my lord.”

King Otto smiled. “You’re quite humorous, much more so than the wizards in my court. It seems that wizards of later generations, unlike those of my time period, are mostly nobles and princes. They tend to be much more staid.”

“I can tell that you come from an era completely different from the present. I can see in you a vitality that this era doesn’t have, and I can feel that your power is completely different from that of the wizards of this era.”

Locke said, “Seventy thousand years from now, very few wizards will be nobles or princes.”

King Otto’s eyes flickered. “Seventy thousand years? That’s a long time. No wonder the Black Sun Tower’s curse of expulsion weakened after seventy thousand years.”

“Are power and strength separated? Never mind. It’s no longer important to me now. Wizard of the future, I know why you’re here. I sense the curse of expulsion is approaching here.”

“Time is running out.”

“I can roughly guess the reason why you came here. I can give you the formula of the Zero Potion, or rather, this is my only choice now.”

King Otto waved his hand, and the lid of the bronze cauldron suddenly floated up.

A blank spirit is placed inside.

“What should I do?” Locke asked.

King Otto said, “Put the weapon of kingship in your hand into my bronze tripod!”

Locke did so immediately.

Suddenly, the iron ball and the blank spirit merged into one, and then fell in the middle of the bronze tripod. Then the next moment, the iron ball was embedded in the bronze tripod.

Locke said: “My king, what happened?”

King Otto looked at the bronze tripod and said, “The King’s Instrument can be combined with this Zero Potion I have refined, and the two will become one.”

“Reshape spirituality. Therefore, the framework of the furnace that I have painstakingly crafted can be reshaped into a blank from this past information flow and taken back by you.”

“Although everything here is from the past, the iron ball in your hand is from the future. Even though it’s only one thing, it’s enough for a master potion master like me.”

Locke raised his eyebrows. Only a three-ring alchemist could call himself a master.

King Otto tossed the bronze tripod to Locke. “I’ll give this to you. I sought out numerous alchemists to create this [Bronze Tripod Magical Artifact].”

“Once it’s fully formed, it should be a second-level magical weapon. It will be one of the best crucibles for a potion master! Moreover, every time you use it to mix a potion, the bronze tripod will absorb the remaining spiritual energy emitted by the potion.”

“And evolve slightly.”

“In other words, this is a prototype of a magic weapon that can grow to the third ring.”

Locke looked at the bronze tripod in his hand, which had shrunk to the size of an incense burner. He never expected that he could obtain such a treasure.

“It’s just that my king, I want to obtain the formula for the Zero Potion.”

King Otto said, “Young friends of the future, there’s no need to be so anxious. However, to prepare the Zero Potion, you need at least an expert level of Alchemy and a second-level magic skill.”

“Your current level of magic is indeed safe to listen to. Listen carefully, young man. I may be a failed king, a failed ruler of this era. I admit it.”

King Otto waved his hand, and a map made of spirituality appeared in the air.

This map is in the shape of a maple leaf.

Among them, the territory of the [Heliotus Royal Court] occupies almost 70%.

Locke frowned as he looked at the map. “My Lord, this is a map of the wizarding world? But why is it so damaged, as if it had been gnawed by a dog?”

“Devastated?” King Otto looked back at the maple leaf in the air and smiled. “The wizarding world has been like this since the Age of Empires. The Age of Empires suddenly collapsed, and the wizarding world was shattered. And in the Age of Stars, the wizarding world suffered repeated blows.”

“My dream was to bring a new era to the wizarding world, to restore our Empire to its former glory, and to reclaim our lost lands. Lands that had been lost to our world for so long.”

“Before the Heliotus Court, during the Age of Stars, there were three other magical kingdoms of similar size and scale. We almost completely unified the wizarding world, but ultimately failed.”

Locke said, “That’s a shame. My king, when I was exploring the ancient tomb of your wife, Princess Loom, I kept coming across a piece of information – there are four problems in the Age of Stars, and I also heard that there are 300 million magical kingdoms.”

“Now that I know all this, I have many questions I want to ask you. I have finally had this opportunity to speak with you, an ancient being. This is truly invaluable to me.”

King Otto looked surprised. “My wife’s tomb? Are you a tomb robber in the future?”

The Loom Princess, who was hiding behind the throne of the Golden Palace, suddenly showed a strange expression. She heard with her own ears that a wizard came out of her ancient tomb, went back to the past, and came to see her.

This feeling is so strange.

Although she couldn’t be sure whether this place was the past or just a reappearance of the past.

Locke coughed. “No. In my later life, I was a botanical wizard, breeder, potion master, and archaeological wizard.”

“I’ve been doing some research on ancient breeding. Of course, this time I’m collaborating with three archaeology professors to explore the ruins of the Abyss.”

“The duty of an archaeological wizard is to unearth those secrets that have long been forgotten in the past, so that future generations will not forget the painful lessons that occurred in history. I also want to unearth the buried secrets and knowledge of the ancient times so that they can be revived in my time and develop new vitality.”

King Otto nodded. “Yes, I understand. Well, it’s definitely not a tomb robber. But I’m sorry to disappoint you, there’s not much I can tell you.”

King Otto said, “Don’t underestimate me, as I am the ruler of the Heliotus Court, the king who almost opened up the mortal age. But my knowledge is very limited.”

“You seem to have received a good education. But for me, apart from the necessary magical knowledge, I have not been exposed to much other knowledge. In my time, it is very difficult to acquire knowledge.”

“Besides, there wasn’t much emphasis on ancient history and archaeology, let alone a special category of magic dedicated to it. Therefore, although I am from the Age of Stars, I may not understand this era as well as you do.”

“I only understand the period of time I live in. But the Age of Stars existed for a long time, and I don’t really know the specifics.”

Otto said, “I only know some of the more superficial things. For example, before the Age of Stars, there were three magical kingdoms that reached the same scale as the [Heliotus Imperial Court]—Aachen Imperial Court, Regensburg Imperial Court, and Liangfelt Imperial Court. I have only heard of their reputations, but their history has been buried in the past.”

“The Age of Stars is a long era. Even within this era, many reincarnations have already passed.”

“In the Age of Stars, there were 300 million magical kingdoms. The smallest of these kingdoms was the territory of a first-ring wizard, while the largest was the territory of a third-ring wizard.”

King Otto asked, “How was your education?”

Locke was stunned for a moment, then said, “In later generations, there is a complete academy system. When I was a wizard apprentice, I received education from many famous teachers…”

He gave a brief account.

King Otto seemed quite interested in the academy system. He asked a few more questions and then sighed, “In the Age of the Stars, learning magic was still done through a master-apprentice system, or by self-study through magic books.”

“The academy system of the Imperial Age has been extinct in the Age of Stars. The transmission of knowledge can only rely on sporadic oral transmission between wizards. Even the number of wizards who write books is decreasing.”

“This is an era of knowledge desert.”

“Each of us wizards can only have one teacher. Once a teacher, always a father. Throughout a wizard’s life, most of the magic is learned by reading ancient magic books. It’s great that in your time, knowledge can be acquired so easily.”

“You received a complete education during your apprenticeship. I can see that you at least have a solid foundation. You possess those basics that wizards of this era do not have.”

King Otto said, “In this era, most wizards, due to limited conditions, learned a patchwork of knowledge, without any system. However, the patents and articles of later generations have eliminated the situation where wizards only cared about their own business.”

King Otto smiled and said, “I have a friend whose family had a unique understanding of Fireball. They developed three new apprentice-level spell models for Fireball. They then kept them secret, never sharing them with anyone. Later, all of his family members died in the war, and so the three apprentice-level spell models were lost.”

Locke looked surprised. “The Fireball spell model has to be hidden?”

King Otto laughed and said, “What extravagant words! I am amazed by the wealth of knowledge in later generations.”

“Not to mention the spell model for Fireball, even if a mortal chef adds an extra spoonful of salt when cooking, it can become a secret that cannot be passed on.”

“Without the system of articles and patents, everyone would simply hide their unique knowledge, keeping it secret from everyone and allowing it to rot away in the past. But the article system of later generations, the kind you’re describing, allows a wizard to eagerly announce their discovery to everyone. That’s a good thing…”

“I can see from this the universality of knowledge exchange in the future,” King Otto said. “That was a great era, when even mediocre wizards had the opportunity to become high-level wizards. It’s my misfortune that I can’t see the wizarding world seventy thousand years from now.”

“But it is my good fortune to have met you. A person from the future.”

King Otto said, “It seems that I was worrying too much.”

Locke asked curiously, “What?”

King Otto said, “That’s a misunderstanding that I’m the only one who can do this. For a long time, I’ve felt a heavy responsibility, that I carry the future of civilization on my shoulders. Every step I take is lonely, heavy, and painful.”

King Otto used illusion to maintain his human appearance, and the middle-aged man’s eyes revealed loneliness and despair.

“After so many years, I actually forgot that I am just… a human being.”

“Now, when I hear these words, I not only don’t feel sad, but I feel lucky. People in later generations, have you ever thought about how painful it is for one person to shoulder the responsibility of an entire era?”

“With no one to rely on, no one to confide in, I rule the world alone. The burden of the times is borne by me alone. If I enter the mortal age, that is my future. Now I am actually celebrating my fate. Perhaps my failure is actually a blessing for me.”

“But after communicating with you, a person from the future, I suddenly realized that I had fallen into an illusion that the whole world must belong to me.” King Otto laughed heartily. “So, my last bit of worry has been put to rest.”

“Since the afterlife can be so wonderful and beautiful, I can die with peace of mind.”

“I’ve let go of my attachment to the world. What remains is a selfish desire for my own personal achievement.” King Otto said, “I don’t know much about the Age of Stars. It’s an era of knowledge, and I can only hear hearsay. Therefore, I can’t help you much.”

“As for the four major problems, one of them is the problem of the imperfect immortality created by necromancy, and the problem of the immortal dictator that arises.”

“I’ve solved this one. I can speak directly about it. As for the remaining three, the four major issues are all super-magical concepts. If I mention them, they will cause a reaction. And my current strength, and yours, are not enough to resist those three major issues. Therefore, it’s best for me not to mention them.”

King Otto said to Locke, “Thank you, man of the future. Then, I will tell you the most important invention of my life…”

“This is a discovery that rivals the realm of the kingdom.”

“I’ve said before that I failed as a king. I admit that. But I succeeded as a potion master. This great invention of mine certainly didn’t change anything in the original history.”

King Otto clenched his fists. “But you, a man of the future, come from a later age. You’ve experienced a time when all great inventions were rewarded accordingly. So, you also think this shouldn’t happen. This is a new theory of potion science that rivals the realm of the novice kingdom.”

“It’s just that I don’t have the time to refine it into a new system.”

“Just listen carefully.”

Behind King Otto, a series of “human” shapes composed of spiritual beings appeared. These “humans” were lifelike, with the blood vessels, muscles, and bones composed of spiritual beings intertwined to form a “human”.

Locke pondered: “Even if it is the realm of the initial kingdom, it is equivalent to something of the greatest level of magic. It is the core of the wizards of this era.”

“King Otto actually said that his new theory as a potion master is comparable to this kind of thing.”

“However, King Otto is one of the four kings of the Age of Stars, so his words should be highly credible.”

King Otto said, “Look, this is a simulated human body I constructed using spirituality and air elements. Before me, public spirituality was considered impossible, but I discovered the possibility of extracting blank spirituality from all things.”

“Furthermore, it allows a wizard to utilize this blank spirituality while also safely separating from it. Absorbing and using spirituality is not uncommon in the concept of potions.”

“There are many potions in Potions Science that involve wizards absorbing and utilizing certain spiritual powers within the potions.”

“What’s really valuable is my concept of communal spirituality.”

“In fact, in existing potion science, there is a way for a wizard to obtain the spirit of another wizard, and the two spirits will temporarily or permanently merge. It is not just a superficial swallowing.”

“And after fusion, the spirits can be safely separated.”

As a potion master, Locke raised a reasonable question: “But spirituality is the traces of a wizard’s past, present, and future existence, and something that is a combination of power. Spirituality is extremely mysterious. Even the high-level wizards of my time have not fully deciphered it.”

“Furthermore, if it’s not the spirit devouring the spirit, but the spirit merging with the spirit, doesn’t that mean that one person’s soul can merge with another person’s?”

“People can overlap with others. However, according to the non-integration nature of necromancy… this is impossible.”

“Everyone has a unique spirituality, and it’s usually their own spirituality that devours the spirituality of others. Even if they acquire some of the corresponding characteristics, it’s only the growth of their own spirituality, a corresponding supplement and transformation. It’s not the collapse of the boundary between their own existence and the existence of others, nor the fusion.”

King Otto said: “Some things do not need to be fully understood, but can still be used and their mechanisms can be exploited.”

“Also, the Love Potion in Alchemy is such a potion.”

“I’m asking you what the principle of the basic love potion is?”

Locke quickly replied, “No matter how things change, the essence remains the same. Love potion is a magical potion that makes the user emit a special scent or produce special changes in the magical pressure fluctuations, so that other wizards or mortals will like it.”

King Otto said, “Well, then, what is the basic principle of the advanced love elixir – the love potion?”

Locke was stunned for a moment, then began to think. “Love potions are quite special. They involve collecting the hair of someone the wizard truly loves, extracting its spiritual essence, and combining it with other ingredients to create a love potion.”

“In the eyes of the wizard, the user becomes his or her lover. True love will arise between the two. However, true love is simply transferred from the other couple to the user and the wizard.”

Locke reacted. “Love potions do utilize the spiritual energy of others. And drinking the love potion doesn’t mean you absorb that spiritual energy yourself, causing spiritual devouring. That would prevent the wizard from transferring their true love to themselves.”

“So, it’s just about covering the other person’s spirituality over your own spirituality.”

Locke reacted quickly.

Love potion is also a potion that can be refined in the first-ring crystallization stage. However, the difficulty of refining it is comparable to that of luck potion among first-ring potions.

Even now, when I use the primordial fire, I still need to go through a period of learning and practice before I can make a bottle of love potion.

“The love potion uses the nectar of the philosopher’s rose. It has the special effect of entwining two different spiritualities.”

Locke reacted. “So, the inspiration for the Public Spirituality and Zero Potion formulas came from the ancient Love Potion recipe?”

Indeed, if you continue thinking in this direction, you will realize that a mere love potion, which in the eyes of wizards is just a pathetic way to get the true love of others and not do their job, actually has great potential for application in other fields.

The true love potion, this potion that steals and combines the spirituality of others, does have a prototype of public spirituality.

However, this is still a long way from true public spirituality.

First of all, it is not the two spirits fitting together, but the two spirits fusing together, and after the fusion they must be deliberately separated, otherwise the result will be no different from swallowing.

There may be some differences in personal improvement.

Moreover, public spirituality also requires spiritual blankness.

But the reason why spirituality is difficult to be blank, or in other words, it is difficult for blank spirituality to exist in nature, is that spirituality itself is a mixture of the existence of all things and various inherent attributes.

If it is blank, then it does not exist. If it does not exist, how can it have spirituality?
Just like in a vacuum, there is no spirituality at all.

Therefore, the four words “blank spirituality” are illogical in themselves.

This is probably the reason why, for tens of thousands of years, King Otto was the only one who found the formula of the Zero Potion based on the Love Potion.

King Otto said, “You’ve actually given this serious thought. It seems you also believe that something can be figured out from this perspective.”

“Yes, this was the starting point for me to invent the formula for the Zero Potion. But later, I got something better and more complete.”

Behind King Otto stood a ‘man’ composed of spirits and air elements. The spirits within this ‘man’ interacted with the air elements. “I have a different understanding of potions. Unlike mainstream understandings of potions, I believe that potions is the theory of integrating and refining various spirits.”

“From this perspective, whether it’s magic or the human body, some kind of potion reaction is occurring at all times.”

“Similarly, using the methods of potions, we can simulate and create a ‘human’.”

“The traditional Potions Society believes that potions can guide and fix a certain energy or information through a series of strictly processed magical materials, allowing the user to obtain this energy or information.”

“However, conversely, can we use ‘humans’ to create the blank spirits we desire? What we create has no existential attributes, no self, and is not a true person. It is completely a ‘human’ as defined by the methods of potion science, and the spirits produced are blank!”

“This ‘person’ is the crucible, the furnace. Magical materials are poured into it, and the blank spirituality is extracted from them.”

“This is the [Reverse Refining Method] that I created!”

“In ordinary potion making, the ingredients are first refined, transformed into potion, and then consumed by the human body. My reverse refining method is to first use potion making to simulate the human body, and then refine the blank spirituality within the human body – the potion of zero!”

Locke blinked. Wow, King Otto is indeed the greatest rebel in history.

This is the reversal of Tian Gang, which directly reverses all the steps of potion learning.

Ordinary wizards would be helpless.

But he still made the way possible.

Locke gave a wry smile. “I have a feeling this thing could get much further, and it could be very dangerous. I could easily end up in wizard prison.”

(End of this chapter)