novelraw Chapter 580: Longevity Potion
Chapter 580: Longevity Potion
Chapter 580: Longevity Potion
Jie Ming stood before his workbench, dozens of research notes spread out in front of him.
This was the result of an entire month he had spent systematically organizing the gains he had obtained from the Information Plane.
“So far, the spoils from the last planar war have basically been sorted out…”
Jie Ming counted through the stacks of notes, a thoughtful gleam flashing in his eyes.
During this period, he had categorized and properly stored over five hundred Entropy Brains, repeatedly practiced the casting process of the Annihilation Form hundreds of times, and standardized the manufacturing process for fourth-ring rune-inscribed wizard artifacts before handing it over to the Black Giant priests for mass production.
Everything had gone smoothly.
However, once he finally had some free time, Jie Ming noticed something he had previously overlooked:
His Alchemy Technique was on the verge of a breakthrough.
Jie Ming closed his eyes and sensed the Ring of Truth deep within his spiritual sea. When he had advanced to formal wizard, the three core spells he used to construct his Ring of Truth came from the most fundamental three major schools: the Alchemy Technique from the School of Alchemy, the Analysis Technique from the School of Rune Studies, and the Extraction Technique from the School of Potionology.
Back then, Jie Ming had been wildly ambitious, attempting to master all three foundational schools of wizardry in one go.
As he delved deeper into his studies, he realized how laughable that idea had been.
That didn’t mean he had given up on learning from these three schools, however.
His main subject, Alchemy Technique, had continued to advance. It had already reached the level where he could synthesize simple organic compounds and, to a certain extent, influence the soul.
Later, using the Analysis Technique as the core and combining it with Alchemy Technique and Extraction Technique, he had sublimated a new spell—the All-Purpose Eye.
It had become his most important auxiliary ability.
And now, he could clearly feel that, with the support of the Fate Subsystem, his Alchemy Technique had finally touched the edge of a breakthrough.
The sensation was wondrous. Whenever Jie Ming used the Alchemy Technique, he could distinctly sense that he still had strength to spare, yet he simply could not push any deeper.
“Just a little more…”
Jie Ming opened his eyes, his brows slightly furrowed.
Under normal circumstances, an ordinary alchemy wizard would need to reach the level of a high-ranking wizard, sixth ring or above, before they could master the highest-tier Alchemy Technique.
The hallmark of that level was the ability to easily create complete living bodies and souls.
Creating life from nothing.
That was the ultimate realm of alchemy.
With the assistance of the Fate Subsystem, Jie Ming’s current computational power had already reached the standard of a sixth-ring wizard.
Logically speaking, he should have been capable of touching that level.
Yet every time he actually attempted it, he always felt powerless.
“It’s a deficiency in my knowledge.”
He quickly reached this conclusion.
His computational power was sufficient, his experience was sufficient, but his relevant knowledge reserves were still lacking.
Alchemy was unlike other disciplines; it was far too vast and complex.
Material conversion, energy balance, life structure, the origin of the soul… every single branch required an enormous amount of knowledge to support it.
Although his gains from the Information Plane had been rich, they had mainly been concentrated in the two fields of “entropy reduction” and “information manipulation.”
The knowledge that Alchemy Technique required – he still needed to supplement it.
“So what should I learn next?”
Jie Ming paced back and forth inside the laboratory, rapidly searching for the weak points in his knowledge system.
A moment later, he stopped.
“Longevity Potion.”
The Longevity Potion was one of the most classic, ancient, and complex potions in wizard civilization.
Its effect was simple: to fix the state of the body and soul, and even, to a certain degree, reverse aging and restore youth.
For wizards, lifespan had never been a major issue.
A first-ring formal wizard had a lifespan of one thousand to one thousand five hundred years.
As one’s rank increased, lifespan would continue to extend. It was not a problem for high-ranking wizards to live for over ten thousand years.
But compared to cultivators, it was far inferior.
In the immortal cultivation system, Golden Core stage cultivators could achieve physical immortality, while Nascent Soul stage cultivators possessed virtually unlimited lifespan.
That realm of “sharing the same lifespan as heaven and earth” was something wizards could not even imagine.
Yet wizards were not troubled by lifespan either.
Those proficient in biochemical techniques could perform bodily modifications on themselves, replacing aging organs or even transforming their entire bodies into elemental or mechanical forms, to greatly extend their lives.
As for those wizards who disliked modifying their own bodies or were not particularly skilled in biochemical techniques, they would choose the Longevity Potion. Taking it once every thousand years was enough to keep both body and soul in peak condition.
If they suffered major damage, they could simply take another dose.
For many alchemy wizards above sixth ring, refining Longevity Potions was their most important source of income.
“Since it can affect both body and soul at the same time, the refining techniques of the Longevity Potion are indeed suitable for me right now…”
The refinement of the Longevity Potion involved knowledge of both the body and the soul.
Body structure, cell division, soul solidification, stabilization of the spiritual sea… these were precisely the parts most lacking in his current Alchemy Technique knowledge system.
If he could learn to refine the Longevity Potion, not only would he supplement this weakness in Alchemy Technique, but he would also gain another profitable skill.
Killing two birds with one stone.
Jie Ming no longer hesitated. He raised his hand and opened the magic network terminal, entering the internal trading platform of the expeditionary army.
He searched for “Longevity Potion refining knowledge.”
Results appeared instantly.
【Longevity Potion Refining Guide (Basic Edition) — Price: 8 million low-level military merits】
【Advanced Longevity Potion Refining Tutorial (Includes Failure Case Analysis) — Price: 15 million low-level military merits】
【Longevity Potion Raw Material Identification and Procurement Guide — Price: 3 million low-level military merits】
【Sixth-Ring Alchemist’s Longevity Potion Refining Insights (Handwritten Manuscript) — Price: 50 million low-level military merits】
【Complete Longevity Potion Refining Knowledge Package (Includes Extra Gifts) — Price: 100 million low-level military merits】
Jie Ming’s mouth twitched slightly.
It wasn’t that the price was too high; rather, it was a little too low.
High-tier techniques of this level would normally only be purchasable with high-level military merits.
Yet now they could be bought with low-level military merits, and at such cheap prices…
It seemed the senior wizards had already mined the profits from every aspect of the Longevity Potion to the extreme. However, this suited Jie Ming’s intentions even better. Such a mature technique meant that the corresponding prerequisite disciplines had been prepared extremely thoroughly.
“Alright, I take back what I said earlier. It looks like I won’t be able to count on this to make money in the short term…”
Fortunately, Jie Ming was not short on low-level military merits.
Buy!
He clicked on the “Complete Longevity Potion Refining Knowledge Package” and paid.
【Payment Successful】
【Deducted low-level military merits: 100,000,000】
【Remaining low-level military merits…】
Jie Ming glanced at the number and directly closed the interface.
The knowledge package was transmitted over very quickly.
A massive amount of data flooded into his magic network terminal. Just the table of contents already displayed several hundred pages.
Jie Ming casually opened one file titled “Comprehensive Overview of Longevity Potion Raw Materials.” Dense text and images instantly filled the light screen.
“This will take quite a while to study.”
He smiled and buried his head in reading.