novelraw Chapter 1356 684: A Chorus of Dogs Barking, Part 3
Chapter 1356 684: A Chorus of Dogs Barking, Part 3
He's even brought out Fluid Alchemy!
And he's not even the least bit reluctant, he doesn't care.
You know, even just fragmented content, if you piece it together and compile it, you might manage to publish a paper with an A-Class rating. But he just casually threw it into a reference compilation, made it public, didn't even register a patent, and didn't hide any backdoors!
He really knows how to teach!
But since you've really taught it, no one feels embarrassed anymore.
Just as countless craftsmen were poring over the supplementary content in the compilation day and night, preparing to come up with some results, Ji Jue casually released a new paper on Tianshu, which genuinely caused an uproar.
This time, the reviewers who were just here for entertainment were completely astounded.
A paper with only tens of thousands of words felt light in hand but looked like a damn fantasy novel, inside and out, top to bottom, making everyone wrinkle their brows into a frown.
Damn it...
What's this "Method of Quantity Reduction and Quality Enhancement"?!
Are you telling me, just like this, you can inexplicably upgrade a creation's rank by greatly consuming its quality and durability all of a sudden?
No, is this reasonable?
——And also, this Three-phase Alchemy you talk about, what on earth is it?!
From start to finish, he held nothing back, even the theories and principles were explained clearly, all written out on the paper, afraid others wouldn't learn it.
But ironically... there's no way to verify it.
Because the conditions and premises he describes are so complex and harsh that no one else can accomplish them!
Without the support of Fluid Alchemy, you can't even accomplish the first step; without the terrifying Control Power from Non-Attack, the creation remains unexploded while the furnace does first.
At the same time, it's impossible to falsify.
All principles and details are rooted in modern alchemy's foundation, seamlessly coherent, devoid of contradiction, making it naturally believable upon reading.
So everyone stopped laughing.
They were no longer amused.
Heads started to go bald with stress.
Whenever faced with such odd situations, the review team usually dismisses it as crazy talk and sends it back with 'pending verification,' but Ji Jue is anything but ordinary.
Not to mention that Ye Xian has his back, he has two golden ribbons on him, and with Gustav's full support, he's got a respectable position even in the council.
In the end, for this paper, the review team expanded twice, inviting experts from relevant fields to review, but the invited masters were at a loss as well.
After several furnaces exploded, the final conclusion was ambiguous.
It might work, it might not work.
The logic is sound, but reality is still reality.
Anyway, you get it...
Let's not call this alchemy anymore, call it an Immortal Technique instead!
So, in helplessness, the review team started to get astounded too.
Over the years, they have reviewed groundbreaking S-Class achievements, have seen weird and shocking stuff, but they completely faltered before this thing.
They couldn't even falsify it.
Out of options, it went up the chain.
From the review team to the council, then to Gustav, yet Gustav was astounded too, stared at it for a long while, signed it, and moved it up the chain...
Until it reached the Grandmasters.
Among the three Great Grandmasters, Heavenly Furnace was still recovering from injuries, Plowsmith was still busy with his own things and ignored it, only the Carrion Eater lady glanced at it during her rehabilitation.
And then she laughed.
Reportedly, she hadn't laughed this happily in years.
From start to finish, she only said two sentences.
The first was shocked amazement at the young person's wild imagination and peculiar thinking—'Very interesting ideas, but perhaps you shouldn't have them.'
The second was an acknowledgment of the paper's results.
She said, 'It works, as long as you have hands.'
Which means, if you're not a Grandmaster, only Ji Jue's hands are capable.
Thus, under the backing and endorsement by a Great Grandmaster, the Association for the first time in centuries witnessed an unprecedented anomaly — a paper that no one else could recreate or understand correctly, not even slightly, was unprecedentedly rated as A+!
Meanwhile, Three-phase Alchemy, even without foundational theories, was registered within the Association...
This even before the end of the year!
This means... another damn golden ribbon is secured!
Just like that, almost like a horror story, after becoming a craftsman, Ji Jue took less than a year to get the three golden ribbons — the gateway to Master Rank!
It can nearly be described as set in stone.
More terrifyingly, when everyone started to review, they found... among the ten golden ribbons this year, Ji Jue nearly claimed four of them on his own!
Numerous craftsmen lined up to build seniority, were grief-stricken without tears.
Yet, they had to thank Mr. Ji...
Because any bit of thought would make it clear he genuinely held back.
Remember, regardless of what kind of Immortal Technique Three-phase Alchemy is, Fluid Alchemy is still in this guy's hands!
Just look at Ji Jue's paper level, and you know it wouldn't be complete without modernization adaptations and revisions.
The fact that it's withheld means only one thing... he's waiting to achieve Master Rank to vie for the lifelong laurels!
It's known, just as golden ribbons are a threshold for masters, having laurels is also a rigid standard for aspiring for a council seat...
This shouldn't be overthought, the more you ponder, the scarier it gets, and the harder it is to move on!
Back in the day, when Ye Xian debuted and went on a rampage, achieving Rank Master unimpeded by his accomplishments was already terrifying, wasn't it just a few years ago?
Now there's another Ji Jue, who's taking bites and barking like a dog, making those who lived through Ye Xian's era feel a bit strained.
Come on, big brother, please restrain your divine powers!
How long has it been anyway?
.
"How long has it been?"
Under the afternoon sun, the 'bedridden' Heavenly Furnace slumped in a rocking chair, shaking his head, moving the hole on his forehead, sighing in disappointment:
"Ultimately, these young people, progress is a bit slow."
"..."
Beside him, Marvellous Old Deng, who was weaving a yarn doll, suddenly clenched his fists. Silently, he turned his head to look at him—why didn't White Owl's shot kill you?
If you're really bored, why not slit your throat or hang yourself to amuse everyone!
Meanwhile, after commenting on Ji Jue's paper, Heavenly Furnace leisurely picked up the phone, skillfully dialed a number.
After a long busy signal, the call dropped.
Did not connect.
But he was undaunted, continued to redial, dropped again, and dialed again...
Until on the other end, overwhelmed!
The call finally connected.
"Hello, Ah Yuan, have you eaten?"
Heavenly Furnace grinned, ignoring the gloomy malice on the other end, casually asked: "Has your unit been overdoing things over there recently?"