ALL NOVEL Chapter 65 Difference between East and West
Kulov stood up with a smile, pulled the students who were bowing to thank him, and walked towards the small door on the wall of the large alchemy room. "Let's go, I will take you to cleanse the toxins, and then go outside and wait for a while."
A few minutes later, Xia Zuo put on a clean starry night robe and followed his mentor to the corridor.
Kulov closed the door behind him and said:
"Perform well. When you checked the alchemy equipment, I knew you would definitely pass the test. With your level of caution, it's easy to discover the unique poisonous effect of that bottle of poison."
Xia Zuo smiled humbly, "Thanks to Professor for your good teaching."
"Hoho." Kulov smiled and stroked his beard, "You are so tactful sometimes, and you don't even blush when you compliment me."
The two came to the terrace where they were standing before and looked at the prosperity of Starry Night City.
"I discussed with my teacher, Master Adanawados, and decided to use a master-level element bottle as a reward for passing the test. In addition to helping you complete your first meditation, the master-level element bottle has another function..."
Kulov introduced the concept of innate spells, which sounded similar to what Senior Mars said, but in more detail.
Kuruf specifically mentioned that the innate spells that can be obtained through master-level element bottles will be one of the spells that the maker of the element bottles fully masters.
The master-level elemental bottle that is about to be obtained is made by Master Adanavados.
He himself had experienced the dark days before the emergence of Black Eye Poison, a rugged period when poison alchemists could only improve elemental resistance in pain and explore unknown toxins.
Master Adanawados thus mastered many auxiliary spells for detection, self-preservation, and other effects.
If you are lucky enough to get a gifted spell, it will definitely come in handy.
The producer himself does not know which spell will be obtained specifically, and it is related to the specific production process.
Kulov did not explain much, but said that once the master-level element bottle is made, it will be completely sealed.
Only the user can know the specific conditions in the element bottle during use.
The teacher and student were chatting, and the topic gradually turned to the Eastern Continent.
Kulov pointed to the urban area lined with stone houses in the distance and said:
"You have read a lot of books related to the Eastern Continent recently. What do you think is the difference between Starry Night Kingdom and the Eastern Continent?"
"Hmm..." Xia Zuo thought for a few seconds and said:
“I feel that the Eastern Continent has more strange things.
"In comparison, Starry Night Kingdom here is more like a pure civilian country. It is not disturbed by Warcraft and monsters, and there are almost no magic grasses and magic mines produced by the natural environment. If it were not for rogue bandits, Starry Night Kingdom would be very peaceful. "
Warcraft and monsters are collectively called monsters.
Strange resources refer to monsters, magic grass and magic minerals.
Xia Zuo discovered this while shopping.
Starry Night Kingdom only produces ordinary ores and herbs. The general course textbook mentions magic grass, magic mines, magic beasts and monsters. These strange things are all unique to the Eastern Continent.
To the locals of the Starry Night Kingdom, strange things are more like illusory things in legends.
"That's right, the place where Starry Night Kingdom is located, we call it the Western Continent..."
Kulov stood with his hands behind his hands and introduced the history of the Western Continent in a calm tone.
A vast ocean lies between the two continents, dividing the east and west continents.
The Eastern Continent is the birthplace of human civilization.
About a few hundred years ago, someone first crossed the ocean and discovered the western continent where the Kingdom of Starry Night is located.
The natural environment here is completely different from that of the eastern continent.
Wild animals are just ordinary tigers, forest wolves, forest bears, etc.
There is no monster that spreads its fangs and claws and exudes the smell of blood. There is no magic grass that will jump out of the earth and run away from humans. Instead of devouring corpses, he went underwater to escape the chasing monsters...
Even the indigenous people on this continent are just a group of ordinary people wielding knives, forks and sticks and screaming.
Visitors from the Eastern Continent were reluctant to leave here due to all the strange phenomena they discovered when they first came to the Western Continent.
Compared with the turbulent and monster-infested Eastern Continent, the Western Continent is truly a place suitable for human life.
The news of the discovery of the Western Continent was immediately blocked by the Mage Temple and other schools, and several mages were sent to investigate.
Many beings in the temple want to figure out the reason for the obvious differences between the two continents. In order to prevent large-scale migration and turn the Western Continent into another place where monsters are rampant.
The mages responsible for the reconnaissance found that there were unruly elements here, and there were many of them.
They planted magical grass from the Eastern Continent on this land, tried to breed magical beasts, and even brought monsters for experiments.
Without exception, all successful.
The results of these tests triggered heated discussions within the temple.
Is it the monsters that cause the turmoil in the Eastern Continent, or is the Eastern Continent itself a breeding ground for monsters?
The mage tames the unruly elements and collects the well-behaved elements into the spiritual ocean.
Is it because too many elements are plundered from nature that monsters continue to appear in the Eastern Continent?
But... didn't the sages try to contain elements and become mages just to fight monsters, and then evolved many schools of thought to fight monsters?
In short, this great debate, full of affirmation and denial, persistence and criticism, continues to this day and has not ended yet.
But the schools of thought agree on one thing:
There will be no large-scale migration until the cause of the monster's appearance is completely understood.
So, who is best suited to explore the Western Continent?
Undoubtedly the Alchemy School and the Fighters Guild.
There are no warcraft and monsters in the Western Continent, so the school of demon hunting has no place to use. Tower scholars are not interested in anything other than magic.
Many branches of the Alchemy School are closely related to the lives of civilians and can function normally without exotic resources, improving the productivity and living standards of civilians.
The warrior guild has a low threshold, which helps to cultivate armies and city guards, use ordinary weapons to fight against stubborn natives and wild beasts, and prevent spells from intervening in violent conflicts.
The journey of exploration began with the establishment of the Starry Night Kingdom by Lady Starry Night, and it has been 200 years since then.
The Alchemy School's permission for Starry Night Academy to recruit acquired affinity students is a signal that the exploration work has entered the second stage.
At the same time, the Alchemy School wants to take this opportunity to prove to other schools that learning alchemy is the best choice for those who acquire affinity to become a mage.
After listening to his instructor's description, Xia Zuo felt that his vision suddenly broadened, and it seemed as if a big chess game of a school competition appeared in front of him.
The winner of this game of chess can lead mankind to spread its branches on the Western Continent!
Kulov pointed in the direction of the large alchemy room:
"The inspection team has other things to do when they come to the school this time. They want to go deep into the interior of this continent and carefully investigate the situation there."
He paused, looked at the student and asked, "You should know the kingdom's plan to expand its territory, right?"
"Well, yes, Anru'er mentioned it to me." Xia Zuo nodded.
"This plan still needs the approval of the Mage Temple, which will be at least five or ten years from now."
Kulov reached out and put his hand on the student's shoulder, patted it twice and said:
"I'm telling you this to tell you that even if you don't succeed in practicing meditation for the first time and your spiritual ocean is severely damaged again, you can continue to stay in the academy to study poison alchemy. Once your spiritual ocean is repaired, you can try practicing again. Meditation method.”
"Yes, Professor. I won't let you down." Xia Zuo responded with a solemn nod, feeling that the school valued him.
"This is the treatment you deserve." Kulov patted the student's shoulder again:
"Poison alchemy is in urgent need of young expert alchemists, otherwise Starry Night Kingdom's plan to expand its territory will be disrupted. Speaking of which, how is your self-study going? Have you conceived the characteristics of the elements?"
"It will probably take me another two months to master all the entry-level recipes."
Xia Zuo drew a rhombus shaped like a four-pointed star in front of him:
"I have conceived the sixteen elemental qualities. But I am not 100% sure yet."
Kulov pinched his beard:
"Try to improve it as much as possible and then tell me the answer.
"Elemental traits are related to which spells you can learn in the future. The more comprehensive your conception, the more spells you can learn."
Xia Zuo asked: "Professor, are you saying there is no single correct answer?"
"Yes." Kulov nodded, "Each element has hundreds of qualities. But a mage apprentice can only have 16 element qualities."
Behind the two of them came the figure of shaking paper, and a letter flew from the big alchemy room.
Kulov opened the letter, read it once and said:
"The inspection team has concluded your test. I will help you put away the master-level element bottle first. You can go do your own thing. I have to stay here for a while."
"Yes, Professor. I'm leaving first."
Xia Zuo walked towards the corridor and turned into the stairs. He was still recalling his mentor's previous words in his mind and ignored the artworks passing by.
Halfway through the walk, he touched his somewhat dry belly and planned to go to the poison refining area to refine poison after having lunch with Anruer.
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