Chapter 74: The First Synthesis

Seven-colored light washed over A Dai again and again like ripples of water. If there were a delicate Goblin alchemy microscope, one could see that this light was not only washing the surface of A Dai’s skeletal frame but also slowly penetrating into the interior of his body. Everywhere it penetrated, a faint glow appeared, and the bone structure became as crystal clear as glass.

This was a manifestation of magic element resistance. However, it was currently at a level invisible to the naked eye, and the resistance effect was probably only one ten-thousandth or even one hundred-thousandth. But if it could be maintained consistently, it was theoretically possible to achieve complete immunity to elemental magic.

Hmm… well, he did not know if that would take another hundred years, so Luo Yan did not consider it at all right now. He did not even care about A Dai’s reinforcement and simply let him stand in the magic circle—of course, Luo Yan’s order was that he could sit cross-legged on the ground if he felt tired, but did a skeleton know what fatigue was?—while Luo Yan himself stood at the desk on the other side, seriously preparing various necessary materials.

What currently attracted Luo Yan’s attention was, of course, the “Magic Core Refining and Synthesis” magic circle. For Luo Yan, the difficulty of a third-order magic circle was not much different from a first-order one, but the requirements for materials were more detailed. Additionally, because it concerned his series of future plans, his level of psychological concern was naturally different.

He very seriously used an alchemy pen to draw the final magic rune, took a deep breath, and showed a satisfied smile. To be honest, he still deeply admired the god-gifted genius who invented the “Magic Core Refining and Synthesis” magic circle—this person was not the same as the super-rank Magister Evan Johnson, who discovered the “Law of Conservation of Mass.” Luo Yan admired him not because he invented the “Magic Core Refining and Synthesis” magic circle, but because he actually achieved this effect using only a third-order magic circle. Luo Yan himself was an Alchemist, and an Undead Alchemist who had almost made a name for himself in history, so he naturally knew how difficult this was.

After daydreaming for a moment about the brilliance of his “predecessor,” Luo Yan’s attention quickly returned to the parchment scroll in front of him. The most frustrating thing about alchemy materials was that if they were not written or drawn on a specially treated magic scroll, they would quickly lose their effect. Unfortunately, these specially treated magic scrolls were often very expensive… For example, Luo Yan did not spend much money buying alchemy materials today, but this parchment scroll completely emptied his pockets. Moreover, this parchment scroll was only the lowest grade of magic scroll and could not stop the decay of alchemy materials at all; at most, it could delay it to some extent.

While complaining secretly in his heart about the stinginess of the God of Magic, he placed the three selected Magic Cores onto the three nodes of the magic circle. Luo Yan took a light breath, then waved his hand to activate the magic circle.

Suddenly, milky-white light began to overflow, quickly enveloping the three Magic Cores completely. When a nearly silent but real humming sound arrived, Luo Yan’s face finally relaxed.

The arrival of such a sound meant that the Magic Cores had begun to “synthesize.” Luo Yan did not “refine” these Magic Cores because he did not intend to use them for cultivation or to power alchemy equipment, so he did not care about the purity and stability of the magic elements within them. In fact, refined Magic Cores would have been harder for him to sell.

A moment later, the milky-white light on the magic circle became denser, looking like freshly squeezed milk. As the light “pressed,” obvious abnormal phenomena appeared in the three nodes. It was as if three miniature tornadoes were spinning there nonstop, or like three whirlpools of light, constantly attracting light to flow in from other parts.

This continued for more than half a Magic Hour, and Luo Yan stared fixedly for more than half a Magic Hour as well. This could be called a human trait; even though he knew the success rate was guaranteed and he had done similar things countless times before his rebirth, Luo Yan still felt a strange wave of nervousness facing the first synthesis after his rebirth.

Finally, along with a rising hot wind that seemed to blow in his face, the light vanished instantly. What appeared before Luo Yan was now an irregular red crystal the size of an adult’s thumb.

“A fire-attribute Magic Core?!” Seeing this, Luo Yan picked up the crystal with some pleasant surprise. If they were not refined, there was a fifty percent chance that Magic Cores of different attributes would form a non-attribute Magic Core after synthesis, a thirty percent chance the attribute would be the same as one of the synthesized cores, and a twenty percent chance a random attribute would form.

Earlier, because he was not using them himself, Luo Yan had not cared and just placed three random Magic Cores. There had been no fire-attribute Magic Core among them. Who would have thought he would hit that twenty percent random chance? This truly brought Luo Yan a sudden sense of surprise.

One should know that if they were sold, fire-attribute or lightning-attribute Magic Cores were the most popular right now, because these two attributes had the strongest offensive power. Additionally, perhaps due to their personalities, Elemental Mages who practiced fire and lightning attributes seemed to be more aggressive, and naturally, their demand for Magic Crystal Stone Magic Cores was greater.

Anyway, regardless of the reason, he encountered a random attribute in his first synthesis, and it happened to be one of the two best-selling attributes. Luo Yan felt that this was truly a symbol of his luck. It seemed there was money to be made in this business!

At this moment, Luo Yan’s spirits rose. He immediately picked up three more Magic Cores from the bed. As the saying goes, “pursue the enemy while you have the advantage.” Since his luck was so good now, he naturally wanted to synthesize more.

In fact, during the next few Magic Hours, Luo Yan’s luck was indeed good. By the time the sky turned slightly white, Luo Yan had finished synthesizing all the Magic Cores. After subtracting the two already used and the four prepared for A Dai, the remaining twenty-seven Magic Cores were successfully synthesized seven times. Only twice did the synthesis fail and the Magic Cores get destroyed. Luo Yan obtained seven Second-order Magic Cores in total!

A success rate of nearly eighty percent made Luo Yan’s joy visible on his face. This result had already exceeded his limit from his previous life. He had originally worried that his techniques would be affected after rebirth, but now it seemed they were even better. This might be related to that powerful Mental Strength… Luo Yan told himself.

But this fellow seemed to forget that his current Mental Strength was apparently the same as his Mental Strength before his rebirth; at least currently, there should be no difference in this regard. (Oops)