Chapter 186: Runwu City Spirit Card (Three-in-One)
Although a person becomes stronger, his hair is still luxuriant.
Her slightly naturally curly brown-black hair is parted to both sides at an angle of 37 to 70 degrees. With her handsome facial features and fair face, she has both the vigor of a young man and the free and uninhibited look of an adult.
Arcanist robes are not often worn, and Duke prefers to wear hand-cut work clothes.
In those factories with billowing black smoke, workers also wore work clothes, hard work clothes made of coarse linen.
The work clothes on Duke's body have a satin-like texture, which is woven from the finest fire silk.
It not only has the stiff and tough effect of work clothes, but also has the loose, breathable and soft skin-friendly effect of cotton clothes. It is the best material.
Wearing this kind of fire silk work clothes is very comfortable regardless of spring, autumn, cold or heat.
"Sir, the ten newly recruited spiritual apprentices have joined the research team. According to your instructions, four sets of experiments will be started at the same time." Mulali came to the office to report.
After learning how to make cards, Duke's mind began to wander, and he didn't care much about the topics in the tower.
So I plan to finish the current project as soon as possible, and then apply for a new project from Tutor Penrose.
"Is the spell model in the steady-state ring position meter still enough?"
"It seems a little insufficient."
"Yeah." Duke went to the laboratory on the fifth floor.
I have been busy for a while, drawing and carving two spell models of mage hand and arcane shield for all the steady-state ring positioners for use by the research team.
"Dras, you are my deputy now. You have to take care of the test progress of the four groups." "
Please rest assured, sir." Dras responded respectfully.
Duke turned around and saw that everything was going on in an orderly manner, and there was no need for him to intervene, so he left the laboratory.
All experimental data are delivered to his office every morning.
He would read it carefully and give it to Xiaoyi to summarize it into a part of the thesis. He would then type this part out on a typewriter and wait until the project was over to summarize it into a paper paper.
"This kind of paper is just 'coolie', without any technical content."
Putting the newly typed paper into the drawer, Duke was about to read today's newspapers and journals when Mulali knocked on the door again.
"Sir, Boss James is here."
"Invite him here."
After a while, James, a potbellied man, walked into the office and said happily: "Sir, the farm is ready."
Duke James Farm is near Master Penrose Tower. We purchased 1,500 acres of land and converted it all into greenhouses. Our business scope is succulents and mushrooms.
"Really, Gyokuro has been planted?"
"This season happens to be the peak growth period of Gyokuro. I have purchased a large amount of mature Gyokuro and handed it over to my workers to divide the plants. At the same time, I will use cuttings and leaf cuttings to spread the seeds as soon as possible. Five hundred acres of greenhouses,” James said.
Duke nodded: "Okay, I'll take you to move Ji Yulu."
The second-level elf's spiritual plant-Ji Yulu can infect the same kind of plants, and the infected area is basically five hundred acres of land.
After telling his assistant Vikas, Duke asked for leave and left the Mage Tower.
Instead of returning to the villa, go directly to the Duke James Farm, which is very close and can be reached in a matter of minutes.
"This place is a little out of the city, a little further than the suburbs, so I put up a spiritual pressure net outside the farm." James introduced, "There are many spiritual beasts around here, and the city's patrol knights check it regularly. , but it can never be completely destroyed."
Spiritual beasts are like weeds, they can't be burned out and they will grow again.
Humans can only ensure the absolute safety of cities, market towns, and shipping routes. Outside the city is still the habitat of spiritual beasts.
Of course, in the entire Black Dragon River area, all spiritual beasts with levels above level 3 have basically been plowed through by arcane mages. And every few years, manpower will be organized to plow it again to ensure that these areas will not breed powerful spiritual beasts.
As for the weak spiritual beasts, they are just grazing in the countryside, and mercenary groups will go in to harvest them every day.
"In your name, sponsor a mercenary group and let them hunt around the farm." Duke directly ordered.
Ji Yulu will be placed on the farm and continue to infect the same kind of plants.
In order to ensure Ji Yulu's safety, it is necessary to sponsor a mercenary group, and Duke does not want Ji Yulu to be harmed in any way.
Although the chicken has been separated from Ji Yulu, that is still its foundation. Once Ji Yulu is damaged, it will have a negative impact on the chicken - they will not live and die together, but without Ji Yulu, the chicken may never be able to survive again. Chance to evolve into a Great Elf.
"How large a mercenary group to sponsor?" James asked, "I have a small group under my command, which is placed over at Snakehead Town."
According to the level of hunting spiritual beasts, mercenary groups can be divided into three levels.
Small groups mainly hunt 1st ring spirit beasts; medium sized groups can hunt 2nd ring spirit beasts; large groups can hunt 3rd ring spirit beasts.
The Broken Sword mercenary group sponsored by Duke is a medium-sized group.
"It doesn't matter if it's expensive to sponsor a medium-sized group. Ensuring Ji Yulu's safety is the most important thing." Duke had no idea of saving money.
As for large-scale regiments, they rarely move around the city and basically go to the frontiers of the war.
Of course, among the mercenary groups, there are also super large groups that can hunt spiritual beasts of level 4 and above. These super-large mercenary groups are basically assisted secretly by arcane mages, and they even operate throughout the Seven Towers Federation in search of special prey.
"I will contact a medium-sized group as soon as possible. However, my status is a little low, and I would like to ask you to come forward when signing the contract." "Well, let me know when the time comes." As he spoke, the car drove directly along the gravel
road
. In the center of the 500-acre greenhouse field, after parking the car, James led him into one of the greenhouses.
This greenhouse doesn't look like much from the outside, but inside it is supported by a metal frame, with a fine metal mesh between the frames.
"This is a spiritual gold frame and spiritual gold gauze that was customized at a large cost. Sir, what you see is only the exposed part on the ground. There are also frames and gauze underground to ensure the safety of the entire greenhouse." James patted the frame and said, The greenhouse was motionless.
Moving forward, there is a huge metal cage in the center of the greenhouse.
James took out the key and opened the cage door: "This is also an all-round spiritual gold cage. It cannot be chewed by 2-ring spiritual beasts. Ji Yulu is planted in it. It is absolutely safe." "Not bad." Regarding James' preparation, Duke
said satisfy.
This defense system is enough to ensure that spiritual beasts cannot threaten Ji Yulu and can grow here safely.
After waving the others out, Duke only left James behind.
Then he patted his belly, and Little Chicken slipped out, curiously looking at the greenhouse made of Lingjin: "Where is this, Duke?" "What do you think of Ji
Yulu's new home?"
"Not so much." Little Chicken He flattened his lips and said, "If you plant Ji Yulu here, then there will only be the Mysterious Vine in the air sea."
"You must have a seed." Duke touched the chick's head. The texture was as warm as jade. "If you want to evolve into a great elf, it's definitely not enough to just eat some spiritual crystals and rub some spiritual seeds on your own. You have to follow Ji Yulu feeds each other back."
"Yes, Mr. Chicken." James nodded in agreement, "Mr. Duke is right. Ji Yulu must use infected spiritual plants to establish a wide range of breathing resonance in order to continuously refine the essence of nature. Strength, strengthen one's own spirituality."
Little Chicken rolled his eyes: "Damn Fatty, who are you? Do you have the right to interrupt here?" "
Little Chicken, apologize to Boss James, haven't I taught you manners?" Du Ke scolded.
James was not angry at all. He waved his hands repeatedly with a smile on his face: "No, no, no, Mr. Duke, Mr. Chicken is so sincere. It's not too late for me to like him! It's so beautiful. Mr. Chicken is simply beautiful. It's natural." The embodiment of strength!"
"Ugh!" Chicken pretended to retch, "I have goosebumps all over my body, Duke, hurry up, beat this damn pervert to death!"
One has a bad mouth, and the other is a pervert.
The corner of Duke's mouth twitched, he stopped the bickering between Xiaoji and James, and said solemnly: "Everyone be quiet, I'm going to plant Ji Yulu." His
thoughts communicated with Qi Hai.
The spiritual power quickly locked on Ji Yulu on the clouds of the sea of qi, and then relied on his thoughts to drive it, projecting a target in the real world.
The next second, Ji Yulu appeared at the place he chose - the soil in the cage.
"It's really magical!" Boss James was deeply amazed, but his movements were not slow at all. He bent down and planted Ji Yulu carefully.
The little chicken was inexplicably sad: "My Ji Yulu, Duke, are you really willing to let this damn fat man take care of you?" "
He is James's boss, please be polite... I work at the nearby Penrose Master Tower. , will come here once a day to cast spells for Ji Yulu." Duke not only appeases the chicken, but also promotes Ji Yulu's infection effect.
He is a level 2 elf user, so the breathing method is more effective and may greatly shorten the time for Ji Yulu to be infected with the same plant.
James said happily: "With your constant help, adults, our farm will definitely be prosperous!"
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After Ji Yulu was planted, Duke would come to the farm during his lunch break and let Xiaoyi hang up for a while to practice "Rainfall Breathing Technique" to promote The growth of Ji Yulu.
At other times, work as usual.
Unconsciously, time has entered March, and the "Analysis of the Modeling Effects of Different Spiritual Materials on New Spiritual Beasts Collected from the Cuihai Valley Development War" project team has quickly entered the end of the experiment after expanding the number of spiritual apprentices.
Twenty-eight kinds of spiritual beasts unique to Cuihai Valley, and the spiritual materials that can be collected from their bodies, all have their spiritual power extracted, mixed into two spell models, and compared in detail.
By March 7, the experiment was confirmed to be complete.
"Thank you for your hard work. I'll treat you all tonight. Let's enjoy delicious food in the Venus Restaurant in the castle." Duke decided to reward the group members with a meal.
Mulali made arrangements for him in this regard, so Duke didn't have to be present in person.
After the experiment, he took the last part of the data to his office, read it page by page, and then gave it to Xiaoyi for analysis and summary.
Then began printing on a typewriter, printing out the paper in ink.
Bound into a book.
He took the spiritual staircase upstairs, went to Counselor Vikas' office, and knocked on the door.
"Your Excellency Duke, please come in." Vikas' assistant opened the door.
Duke took a thick stack of paper and walked to the desk of Director Vikas: "In just half a year, I finally completed the topic you assigned me." "Has it been
sorted out?" Director Vikas Suke was surprised, "Didn't you just finish the experiment today and the paper is so fast?" "
The experiment is very simple and the data is not difficult. I followed the previous paper format and wrote it very quickly." "
It's true, this paper The content is quite solid and detailed..." Tutor Vikas flipped through it briefly, "That's what the topics in the tower are like. Many of the topics are data collection at the lowest level, which is not difficult, but takes a long time." Duke followed
. One sentence: "Not challenging."
"Haha, most of the research we do is not challenging, but often as long as we encounter one or two challenging research, maybe we can get the title of scholar." Director Vikas As he spoke, he shook his head regretfully, "It's a pity that we arcane mages, who have stayed in the Mage Tower for so long, have never successfully challenged once." He sighed again: "In the field of card making,
every challenge is too difficult. "
Is there any new topic suitable for me?"
"Don't worry, I'll go back and help you look for it. I have a lot of topics inside and outside the tower. The instructor has told me to help you get familiar with the field of card making. So the topics still have to be the most basic type, and they won't be as challenging as you expect." "
It's okay, I'm a beginner, and I can't challenge even if you give me a really challenging topic." Duke smiled.
He didn't think about learning to run now. He learned to walk first, and then ran after he was able to walk steadily.
"Oh, by the way, do you have a copy of this paper?"
"There is one more copy."
"It's not enough. Find a spiritual apprentice to copy one more copy. I'll keep one copy here and send one to the instructor, and you can do the same for yourself. I want one."
"What do you mean?"
"Wouldn't it be a waste to just write a paper on a single topic? Moreover, it is difficult to publish such a long main paper in a journal. It will usually be published by Ofata and Falingta. The database has been collected and populated in the past and can only appear in the index of the data." "
In other words, I have to write a paper?"
"Yes, you can simplify this paper and summarize the twenty-eight kinds of spiritual beasts. The most valuable spiritual materials. Especially spiritual materials that have outstanding effects on certain attributes and are more suitable for card making. After summarizing, it is a good paper." "I understand." Duke understood
quickly .
He spent less than half a year researching the subject and experimented with all the spiritual materials of the twenty-eight kinds of spiritual beasts. However, most of these spiritual materials had negative effects and were not worth refining spiritual power to make cards.
Therefore, this part of the content has no publication value.
"Select the most useful spiritual materials and publish a separate paper. Only in this way can we help card makers choose spiritual materials for card making." He returned to his office and quickly asked Xiaoyi to establish a new process and summarize a new paper. paper.
By the time I get off work, the new paper has been written.
"Xiao Yi, you are awesome!"
"Thank you for the compliment, Master. Xiao Yi's heart is sweeter than eating honey." Xiao Yi's intelligence has improved again, and her anthropomorphic function has been further improved.
Duke simply asked Mulali to entertain the members of the research team, while he stayed in the office and worked overtime to print out the new paper.
The old paper is one hundred and forty-two pages long.
The new paper is only thirteen pages.
After binding it, he smelled the scent of ink on the paper. Duke was in a good mood and wrote two papers on one topic.
Full sense of achievement.
I had never experienced anything like this in my previous life. Even my college graduation thesis was copied online.
Therefore, writing two papers by himself in this life really made him addicted to this sense of accomplishment, as if he was also a scientific researcher.
"When I was on earth, I lived in a hazy way, only eating, drinking, and having fun. But now, I have a higher pursuit!"
Duke looked at the paper in his hand, and his heart was surging: "I want to understand the spiritual arcana, and in the supernatural world Enjoy all the magnificent scenery here!"
The paper was locked in the drawer, and Duke went downstairs to the castle to have a drink with the members of the research team.
…
The next day, Duke turned in a new paper.
"Analysis of practical spiritual materials for novel spiritual beasts in Cuihai Valley".
"Did you finish it so quickly?" Tutor Vikas was surprised again, "You are writing the paper too fast, right?" "I
remember the data and everything in my mind, so I wrote it very smoothly." Duke laughed. road.
While flipping through Duke's new paper, Vikas said: "I read the thesis you left yesterday. It is well written in all aspects, but there is one thing. The article needs to be beautified. Some words and sentences seem too dry. ."
"My literary talent is indeed a bit lacking." Duke agreed.
The paper was written by Xiaoyi. As a model of artificial intelligence, Xiaoyi can ensure rigorous wording and smooth sentences, but there is no way to ensure graceful writing.
Duke added: "I'm going to take time to read some books on poetry, songs, and poetry to improve my writing skills." "Read
more books. We can't just immerse ourselves in the field of spiritual arcana, but we must also raise our heads. Look at the beautiful scenery of nature and cultivate your personal sentiment. I personally believe that spirituality and beauty are the same, and you must be good at discovering beauty." "
I will try to discover the beauty of life."
"Look at your paper, and The same as the previous article, the writing is relatively dry, and it reads like... reading a news report." "
Um... do you think my paper can be published in a journal?" Duke asked.
"There is a chance. I can only say that there is a chance. It should be qualified to appear in local academic journals. The probability of appearing in the "Runwu City Lingka" journal should be the highest." Then Vikas told Duke about the academic affairs of the
Seven Towers Federation. Journal classification.
They are roughly divided into three levels: core academic journals, general academic journals and local academic journals.
Local academic journals are the lowest level. They are published by a mage tower somewhere in the federation and assisted by the local magic spirit tower. For example, the "Runwu City Spirit Card" is co-sponsored by the Magic Spirit Tower of Runwu City and the Sage Mage Tower of Malotav.
Malotav was a card-making sage hundreds of years ago. He initiated the local academic journal "Runwu City Lingka".
Although he has been dead for many years, the Sage Mage Tower of Malotav has been passed down and has become the holy place for card making in the entire wind breath field.
Most card makers in the field of wind and breath like to submit "Runwu City Spirit Cards".
General academic journals are sponsored by Offa Tower in Offa Holy City and are distributed to the entire Seven Towers Federation. They focus more on research results in a single field.
Higher-level core academic journals are also sponsored by Ofata, but are published to all mankind and are comprehensive academic journals.
"I suggest you just vote for the "Runwu City Spirit Card". You are a card maker in the field of wind and breath, and your hometown has extra points, so you have a high chance of passing. If you fail, just vote for the city together with the previous paper. Magic Spirit Tower, please back up the index."
The Offa Tower contains all the knowledge of the Seven Towers Federation, and a copy of the papers of the arcanist mages will be stored in the Offa Tower for easy retrieval.
But over the thousands of years, the Arcane mages have published countless papers, and it is impossible to display them one by one in the Tower of Offa. Therefore, it was stored in Magic Spirit Towers in various places, and only a directory index was kept in the Offa Tower to facilitate the Arcana Master to find the location of the paper.
"Okay." Duke responded.
"By the way, you should wait for your tutor to read it first. If the paper is good, your tutor may be able to recommend it to you to increase the probability of passing." Tutor Vikas explained, "Teacher Penrose is the author of "Runwu City Ling Card" One of the reviewers."
Duke followed the advice of instructor Vikas and first went to find instructor Penrose.
Penrose simply flipped through the topic paper and commented that it was very solid, so he put it aside and picked up Duke's new paper to read.
It took about ten minutes to read the thirteen-page "Analysis of Practical Spiritual Materials for New and Strange Spiritual Beasts in Cuihai Valley".
Then he commented: "Yes, there are several kinds of spiritual materials in the twenty-eight kinds of spiritual beasts, which can reduce the cost of making arcane cards. I think the value of this paper is enough to be published in "Runwu City Spirit Cards" If you go, I will write a letter of recommendation for you."
"Thank you, supervisor."
"The paper is very mature, and it seems that I have worked hard in private." Penrose praised again.
Duke smiled modestly: "The writing style is still a bit lacking, and the writing is rather boring."
"Not all reviewers attach great importance to writing style. As long as it is meaningful and can be read smoothly, you will naturally know how to polish it if you write more in the future."
Penrose quickly took out a piece of letter paper and wrote his own recommendation on it.
Stamping a special seal and injecting a trace of spiritual energy into the special ink pad is a signature method exclusive to arcane mages.
The anti-counterfeiting effect is first-class.
After Duke collected the letters of recommendation and papers, Instructor Penrose began today's lecture, explaining the process of making arcane cards.
"The biggest difference between civilian cards and arcane cards is whether spiritual materials are added to the spell model. Energy lines drawn solely by spiritual energy do not have elemental attributes or special effects. They are acceptable for civilian use and can be used to cast arcane cards. Skills are not enough."
Penrose spoke eloquently, and Duke listened carefully.
Spiritual energy is a changeable power in the hands of arcane mage. Once it is fixed into the spirit card, it loses this change.
For simple spiritual cards like civilian cards, the arcane mage's spiritual power alone is enough.
However, arcane spells are complex and sophisticated, and there are many changes in the spell models required for arcane cards. It is difficult to ensure the stability of arcane spells by relying on psychic energy alone.
At this time, it is necessary to use the spirituality extracted from different spiritual materials and inject it into the energy line to exert influence to ensure the stable activation of arcane magic.
"How to inject the spirituality extracted from different spiritual materials into the energy line, and how to integrate it with the card materials. This is what the Arcane Master has to think about..." Duke recorded all of Penrose's lectures in Xiaoyi's database
.
After finishing the lecture, he left with his thesis and recommendation letter, went directly to Faling Pagoda, and submitted the thick thesis directly to the thesis department - the thesis department would then send it to Faling Pagoda in another city for delivery. Let the arcane mage over there review it.
After passing the review, you can put it into the database and apply to Offata for indexing.
If an arcane mage finds Duke's paper through the index of the Tower of Offa and wants to read it, he can spend money to purchase it.
As for the thin new thesis and recommendation letter, Duke used the thesis department's mailing service to send them to the headquarters of "Runwu City Lingka" - the Tower of Sage Mage Malotav.
The journey from Shenjiao City to Runwu City is so long that the postman owl can no longer deliver the letter.
Faling Pagoda will have special airline cars and even airline airships to communicate with various cities, deliver letters, deliver goods and send people off.
"Duke, you came to Faling Tower, why don't you come and sit for a while." Director Filibre asked his assistant to invite Duke to the office.
"I just came here to do something, I didn't expect to alarm you." Duke smiled.
Filibelle was once a student of Suktala. She had worked hard to win over Duke, hoping to win Duke to Suktala Mage Tower.
But after Duke decided to go to Penrose Mage Tower, he didn't see Felibelle much.
"Are you here to submit a thesis?"
"Yes."
"It seems that you have studied well in Master Penrose Tower. You have completed the project and published the paper."
Duke said modestly: "It's just in the tower arranged by the instructor. Let me use this topic to practice my proficiency in spell models. I still have a lot to learn." "
You are too modest. I heard that you have learned how to make cards. Even your instructor thinks you are making cards. He has outstanding talents in this field." Philiber said with a smile, "I have a project here, related to card making, do you want to take a look?" "Is
this a project outside the tower?"
"Of course."
"Please tell me. "
We at Faling Tower are preparing to customize a batch of knight medals. The 0-ring knight squire-green medal, the 0-ring knight-green medal with blue stripes, and the 1-ring grand knight-blue medal all have special symbols, so I need a card maker to help me design it." Philiber said, "You should be able to do it, right?"
Please vote~
(End of this chapter)