I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world.

Chapter 13 Alchemy

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He took off his monocle, revealing eyes as sharp as a hawk's.

Without using any extra tools, he reached out and picked up the irregularly shaped piece of gold, about the size of an adult's fist, and displayed it in front of the many apprentices.

"Next, I will give a demonstration. Please observe carefully!"

As he spoke, Clark deliberately projected his mental energy, causing the piece of gold to detach from his hand and float in mid-air.

Jemin could clearly sense that Clark's mental energy fluctuations were unusually stable, like a gentle stream, yet containing great resilience.

Under the guidance of Clark's spiritual power, the irregular piece of gold seemed to come alive.

It did not melt, nor did it deform too quickly. Instead, within an unseen force field, it changed shape little by little at a slow and steady pace.

Uneven areas on the surface are smoothed out, and sharp edges are shaped; the whole process is smooth and stable.

A dozen seconds later, an irregular piece of gold transformed into a sharp-edged, smooth cube, as if it had been cut by the most precise machine tool. The smoothness of its surface was so great that it could reflect images like a mirror.

Mentor Clark withdrew his mental energy, and the cube of gold lay quietly back on the table, emitting a faint glow.

“This is the most basic shaping in alchemy. You need to practice repeatedly to master the precise control of your mental power over the form of matter.” He put his glasses back on. “Now, collect your materials and tools and begin practicing.”

With a wave of Clark's hand, the supplies stored in the laboratory cabinet flew out, and everyone received an irregular piece of gold about the same size as the one in their mentor's hand, as well as a basic toolbox.

In addition to basic crucibles, tweezers, protective gloves, and goggles, the toolbox also contains a metal disc engraved with intricate runes.

Jemin also collected his materials and tools and returned to his workbench.

He clearly felt that the moment he touched the disc, the runes of truth within his mind became active, with the small rune representing alchemy in the center resonating with the many runes on the disc.

"Because your meditation method has not yet completed the first three Truth Runes, you can only use the Alchemy Disc as an aid for now. Once you have inscribed all three Truth Runes representing alchemy into your mental sea, you will be able to perform alchemy with your bare hands without this thing."

Clark calmly reminded everyone, "The alchemy disks are very expensive to make. The first one can be considered a free tutorial, but if you break it, you'll have to spend points to buy more later..."

Jemin put on protective gloves and goggles, and following Clark's instructions, placed the gold in the groove in the center of the metal disc.

"To be able to control the form of matter with mental power... that's incredible. Is this a system unique to wizards?" Jemin pondered to himself.

A cultivator's divine sense is primarily used for perception, scanning, attachment, and direct mental impact; they can also manipulate true essence to retrieve objects remotely.

While it is possible to directly alter the physical form of matter, that would simply be forcibly compressing it with a stronger external force, which is completely different from alchemy, which seems to allow matter to change its form on its own.

Jemin took a deep breath, sank into his mental sea, and used the Truth Rune to extend his mental power. After connecting with the Alchemy Disc, he carefully wrapped the piece of gold.

hum!
He felt a faint but distinct "repulsive force" emanating from the gold, seemingly resisting his mental power.

He tried to guide elemental energy through meditation, condensing his mental energy into a stream to "press" a protrusion on the gold surface, attempting to make it sink in.

result……

Click!

Because of the excessive force exerted in an instant, the gold not only did not dent, but a small piece of debris was peeled off from the surface.

Jemin was startled and quickly adjusted himself.

Try again, this time carefully guiding a stream of energy to concentrate on one corner of the gold, trying to round it off.

The result... *sizzle*...

The local temperature rose instantly, and the gold surface began to melt slightly, turning into a flowing liquid.

"Damn! It feels completely different..." Jemin cursed under his breath.

I feel very uncomfortable using the mental power control methods from the cultivation system to perform operations in the wizarding system.

It's like asking a stonemason skilled in carving sculptures to do embroidery; both the way he uses his strength and his skills are completely different.

He looked around at the apprentices, most of whom were just as disheveled as he was.

Some of the metal blocks had pitted and uneven surfaces, some had melted into a pool of liquid, and some were even broken into dust during attempts to decompose them.

of course there are exceptions.

Jemin saw that although Amy was not fast, her power fluctuations were relatively stable. Under her control, the gold nugget slowly changed shape. Although it was still very rough, at least the traces of shaping could be seen.

Jemin took a deep breath, forcing himself to forget his habitual methods of manipulating mental energy, and instead imitated the way his mentor Clark demonstrated mental energy fluctuations.

He enveloped the gold with his spiritual energy again. This time, he did not rush to shape it. Instead, like a cultivator nurturing a magical treasure, he used a gentle and continuous method to allow his spiritual energy to "interact" with the gold, sensing its "nature" and "resistance".

Failed... Try again... Failed again...

A whole piece of gold became increasingly deformed in Jemin's hands, but he gradually grasped the essence of alchemy.

"Understanding, decomposition, reconstruction... I see."

The most important thing is "understanding," and the remaining two steps are based on the premise of "understanding."

The so-called "understanding" means knowing the internal structure, properties, and even energy fluctuations of matter, so that one can change the form of matter in a way that is appropriate to the circumstances, rather than relying on brute force.

After several attempts, he finally managed to shape a piece of gold into a shape that could barely be called a "cube".

It was crooked and twisted, its surface covered with traces of attempts to melt and solidify, its edges blurred, a world apart from the standard cube of the mentor's.

"This is my first alchemical creation?" Jemin looked at the ugly gold nugget in his hand, feeling both amused and exasperated.

Just then, mentor Clark came down from the podium and began to walk among the apprentices' workbenches.

His sharp gaze lingered on every work, whether successful or unsuccessful, occasionally offering a brief critique.

He walked to Jemin's workbench and looked at the crooked gold block. Jemin felt a rare sense of unease.

Mentor Clark's hawk-like eyes carefully examined the gold nugget, then glanced at Jemin.

“Mental control… is fairly stable.” Instructor Clark’s tone was as calm as ever, “but energy output is unstable, and temperature and force field control are terrible.”

He pointed to the molten marks and twisted edges on the surface of the gold nugget:

"Go back and practice basic meditation more to enhance the stability of your mental strength. Get used to the feeling of manipulating elemental forces, and pay more attention to the structural details of matter when using alchemy," he advised before heading to the next apprentice's workbench.

Jemin wholeheartedly agreed; his mentor, Clark, had immediately pinpointed the key point.

The unstable output of elemental power is actually caused by his constant internal circulation. He has to seal himself off while simultaneously outputting energy, which naturally leads to this result.

Just then, a painful scream and a loud shattering sound of metal came from the other side of the laboratory.

boom--!
(End of this chapter)