"Too slow!"
Ethan looked at the charcoal pen in his hand, then at the diagram on the ground, and was about to lose it.
After painstakingly spending a full minute drawing a formation, it could only exchange for a single air bread, and each air bread only gave 25 experience points.
How long would it take to level up to 1,000 experience points like this.
1000 ÷ 25 = 40
'I actually have to draw forty formations just to reach level 3?'
'Isn't this screwing people over!'
凸(>皿<)凸
'If only it could be faster!'
'It'd be even better if it could be mass-produced, like making ten at once, or twenty at once…'
[System Prompt: In the alchemy formula (Ksq+hxff)1 = nglm0 + hxff0.1 + jkufl25 + 1, the first number 1 represents the quantity of air bread, 0 represents energy, 0.1 represents the amount of pollen, 25 represents the required mental energy, and the last number represents the quantity.]
[PS: As long as you have enough mental energy, you can exchange for different quantities of air bread by modifying the data.]
"So that's how it is!"
Ethan's eyes lit up.
Sure enough, having a system makes things easy. It directly broke down the meaning of every part of the alchemy formula, as well as the purpose of each number.
'Doesn't this basically mean I have a convenient built-in data modifier?'
'I'm seriously amazing!'
'Hahaha!'
(๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧
While Ethan was overhauling the data in the alchemy formula.
Mr. White stood off to the side. Seeing Ethan frozen in place for quite a while, his face lit up with joy again.
'Hahaha, he's finally tired!'
Alchemy isn't that easy to practice. Alchemy apprentices are usually like this. They think they're the strongest in the world, but once they actually start exchanging things, they can't even exchange two air breads before running out of steam.
Mr. White had seen this plenty of times at the Alchemy Alliance and long since stopped finding it strange.
But crafty as he was, he naturally wouldn't say what he was thinking. Instead, he put on a kind expression and gently advised, "Lord, training isn't something to rush. Take it slow."
"If you're tired, just sit down and have some tea first."
"Actually, at your age, being able to reach this level as an alchemy apprentice is already very rare. Besides, with just a mere apprentice title, you're already able to make such high-quality air bread. That just shows how bright your future is… bri… bri… bright…"
Boom!
Mr. White couldn't finish his last sentence.
Because just as he said the word "bright," Ethan drew a formation several times more complex than before, and after an intense flash of blue light, inside the formation there appeared—
Ten air breads.
'Ten?'
━Σ(ﾟДﾟ|||)━
"Th-this…"
"How did you do that?"
"This is impossible. This isn't scientific at all!"
On the spot, Mr. White felt like he was about to lose his mind.
Even though he had lived to be one hundred and fifty years old and seen plenty of unscientific things, he had never seen an alchemy apprentice exchange ten air breads at the same time. It was impossible. It wasn't scientific.
This was something not even an alchemy practitioner could do.
At the very least, it required an alchemist of level six or higher.
To be able to exchange large quantities of items at once.
And Ethan was still so young… There was absolutely, absolutely, absolutely no way he was an alchemist. At most, at most, he could only be an alchemy practitioner.
But even then, he was way too strong.
'Could this be…'
'The legendary genius?'
[Alchemy experience: +250]
"Ten sweet-flower-flavored air breads still feels a bit few."
After rubbing his chin, Ethan decided to try exchanging twenty air breads at once to see how it went.
Anyway, he still had plenty of mental energy. And even if it wasn't enough, there was still Vitality Tea here to replenish it.
[Alchemy formula (Ksq+hxff)20 = nglm0 + hxff2 + jkufl500 + 20]
'Multiply all the data by twenty.'
Ethan continued drawing the formation, completely ignoring Mr. White's expression at the side.
（ﾟдﾟlll）
And at this moment, Mr. White… After seeing Ethan exchange ten air breads at once, not only did he not stop, he even continued drawing another formation on the ground. It almost blinded Mr. White.
'Th-this… is he even human?'
'He just finished exchanging ten air breads, and now he can still keep going!'
'No! There's no way he can succeed again!'
'If he does…'
'I'll eat all the air bread.'
But right at this moment.
Whoosh!
Another flash of blue light and this time, in the center of the formation, it wasn't ten air breads.
It was twenty air breads.
Smack!
(￣ε(#￣)☆╰╮
Mr. White felt his face burn with pain.
[System Notification: Alchemy experience +500]
After making the twenty breads, Ethan finally felt that the Vitality Tea he had just drunk was almost completely used up.
"This tea is seriously intense!"
Ethan sat down and wiped his sweat.
Seeing that Ethan had finally stopped, Mr. White let out a sigh of relief as well and sat back down on his stool, "Lord, if you're tired, just rest! If you think this Vitality Tea tastes good, I wouldn't mind giving you some more to drink."
"After all, compared to cooperation, the friendship between us is far more precious than this Vitality Tea."
Ethan laughed happily, "That sounds great."
"It's just a pity that I'm still only an alchemy apprentice right now. This Vitality Tea replenishes mental energy too strongly. If I can't use it up, it's kind of a waste."
"Once I change professions and become an alchemy practitioner, it won't be wasted anymore."
"Lord, you truly are gifted," After confirming again and again that Ethan was an alchemy apprentice, Mr. White was even more delighted inside, "You're just a mere apprentice, yet you can already exchange so many air breads at once."
"If the old fossils in the Gold Alliance found out, they'd go crazy on the spot."
"They'd definitely all rush over to take you in as a disciple."
"Haha! Being an apprentice is only temporary. It won't be long before I'm not an apprentice anymore," Ethan took another small sip of Vitality Tea and said, "Once I catch my breath, I'll officially advance. By then, this Vitality Tea of yours will really come in handy."
What Ethan was referring to was restoring mental energy to remove the curse on the witch tail rings.
But in Mr. White's ears, it sounded completely different. He instead thought Ethan was just bragging.
"Lord, this kind of thing can't be rushed," Mr. White laughed, "The road is long. I've seen the fastest ones take over ten years just to advance from alchemy apprentice to alchemy practitioner."
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