Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1040

Xia Duo was very satisfied with the test results of the permanence technique of the statue material. There are almost no obstacles to the connection of the magic net strings, and there are many nodes available for connection or energy flow.

Perhaps this material is what the ancient Sarukh shamans specifically sought out for constant magic.

Now it is difficult for Xia Duo to imagine how that ancient race found this material from the almost vast sea of ​​transformation products of earth elements.

But he used what was available.

In fact, if it is just for constant magic, then any material can be used, even a dead branch or a stone picked up in the forest.

But if you want to make the constant magic more stable and longer, you need to find some suitable materials.

The production method of the Ion Stone includes the link of finding materials. In addition, the different forms of the Ion Stone with different functions are also used to match the different linking methods of different spells at constant time, so as to make the finished product more stable.

……

"Let's make a sample first!"

As Xia Duo made a decision, the blood power responded immediately, and a huge water polo appeared in the alchemy laboratory out of thin air.

This is not an elemental illusion, but real water.

Among the four elements, only the water element can manifest pure water, and the rest, such as the earth element, can manifest almost all-encompassing substances without a fixed pattern, or more generally speaking, there are too many impurities.

For example, the fire element, which does not even have a material form, if the concentration of the fire element is too high, it will only ignite or heat the normal matter nearby, and if it is higher, it may open the passage to the plane of the fire element.

For example, the wind element, or the air element, is also similar to the earth element and is not pure.

As for positive and negative energies, their essence can be regarded as the generation and demise of the four elements, and there are no specific manifestations.

Although Xia Duoke needs to use a large piece of wood to transform the stone, but the wood is not a dense structure, and the quality of the transformed stone may be reduced.

In addition, the wood needs to be moved outside the warehouse or the Tower of Time, but water is readily available, so he tried to transform it with water first.

First use the bloodline ability to control the water polo to elongate into a cylindrical shape, and then——

——6 Rings [Element Transformation·Soil]

This spell is not the original version on the statue of Sa Luke, but a petrification spell compiled by Xia Duo after studying the statue and the petrified samples of Jabas and his son.

Some of the elements are consistent with the statue. If he knows the elemental nature of Mithril, he can even directly transform Mithril through this spell!

In fact, [capable of transforming substances] and [capable of transforming a specific substance on demand] are completely two concepts.

In fact, this is very similar to the material science on the earth. Human beings can often discover some weird formulas, which can be used to produce materials with various special functions.

But if you want to determine the properties of the material first, and then find the composition formula, it is much more difficult.

In the magic world, the foundation of matter is elements, as long as the elemental essence of matter can be penetrated, then the (narrowly defined) material world will have no secrets.

Obviously, this is a systematic and difficult research topic. Xia Duo's research on element transformation is still very simple and has not gone deep into this level.

Human energy is limited, so we must make choices, but the potential of civilization is unlimited. In the future, relevant research institutions may be established to conduct organized and planned systematic research.

Forget it now, even if something is really researched, it may not bring benefits, but disasters.

Given the current state of society in Netheril and even the northern elves, no matter which side has mastered the mysteries of the essence of the elements, it will be a disaster rather than a blessing.

……

In a certain alchemy laboratory on the public floor of the Tower of Time, Xia Duo looked at the blue-black stone pillar in front of him that was as thick as his waist but taller than his head, and was silently fascinated.

"It seems that the statue of the Sa Luke witch must have been in the ground for too long, so that it has become almost 100% pure black!"

But the color is not the point. There are too many magics to change the color. What he really cares about is the nature of this new material.

Regardless of waiting for the last week, when the stone pillar was completely stabilized, Xia Duo immediately started a new round of constant testing.

First check the open nodes used to link the strings of the magic net and to divert the energy of the elements. This work only needs to be directly seen under the magic vision and the result can be obtained.

The most essential difference between ordinary matter and living things in the magic net is that there is a natural closed loop in the connection between living things and the strings of the magic net, while ordinary matter allows the strings of the magic net to pass through, which can be regarded as completely open nodes.

The number of nodes is related to the number of strings that can be linked to the magic net, or the complexity of the constant spell.

For creatures, especially humans, the number of open nodes determines the number of magic equipment that can be linked and synchronized, as well as the complexity of spells that are constant on themselves.

Magic items with passive characteristics like magic robes basically need to be in tune with their own link before they can function.

As for magic items such as ordinary spellbooks, fireball rings, staffs, and magic wands, which only have the function of active use, most of them do not need to be linked and synchronized. .

……

Xia Duo only glanced at it, and saw that the open nodes of the blue-black stone pillar in front of him had surpassed his own, which also meant that this stone pillar was theoretically an excellent base material for constant magic.

The reason why it is said in theory is out of rigor, after all, it has not yet passed the constant test.

Although it is proofing, and the statue samples have been tested before, there are still necessary procedures, which is why Xia Duo is consciously cultivating his magic literacy.

After a simple but rigorous constant test, he finally determined that this stone pillar is very suitable as a base material for constant magic.

However, since the transformed materiality of this stone pillar has not been completely stabilized, after the test, the stone pillar began to reverse.

The surface became potholed, and many cracks penetrated into the interior, while the ground near the base of the stone pillar was filled with pure water that reversed from the stone.

The stone pillar didn't completely reverse back in the end, but it was also basically unusable.

Xia Duo found that this kind of stone pillar now has not as many open nodes as his own, which also means that it is almost impossible to use it for high-end magic equipment.

At the same time, this also proved one of his previous conjectures, that is——

Non-dense structured stone converted from wood is not as good as a base material for constant magic than dense structured stone converted from pure water.

……

After that, Xia Duo re-transformed the six stone pillars according to the previous method, but this time he did not do any tests, but left them alone.

He was going to wait for the materiality of these stone pillars to be completely stabilized before proceeding with the trial production of the physical code.

As for now, he is ready to ponder over the specific functions that the Entity Code needs to achieve, as well as the order in which these spells will be executed when they are constant, and the arrangement of nodes.

(End of this chapter)