It's time to improve the strength of the infinite world

Chapter 24 Picked up on the road

It seems easy.

Am I really a genius?
Xia Zhi raised a smile and his eyebrows slightly.

He originally thought that this attempt would not be very smooth, and that he might have to go through several setbacks and failures before he could find the way. However, he did not expect it to be so smooth, as if it was a natural process.

Ahem, don't be proud. According to a magician, real magic does not require any special talent, effort, place, or time. It can be used by anyone regardless of gender, race, wealth, or preparation.

Picking up a stone or a branch at random can create a miracle. That's magic.

Although it sounds a bit whimsical, considering the original plot, Kamijou Toya is an ordinary person who knows nothing. He just brought back some travel souvenirs from all over the world and put them together at home and accidentally formed a magic circle.

This triggered a world-scale magic called "Angel Fall".

From this perspective, the magician's discussion of the nature of magic may not be nonsense, and its credibility and rationality have been confirmed to a considerable extent in the face of real cases.

Maybe Kamijou Toya was just a blind cat catching a dead mouse, but his record is there for all to see.

Compared to great magic like "Angel Fall", Xia Zhi is currently just trying to cook some leftovers while boiling the pot. It can't even be considered real alchemy... He can't be satisfied with this.

Restraining his smile, Xia Zhi stretched out his hand calmly, and the several Qi pills containing pure power in the "Dan furnace" seemed to be attracted by an invisible force, rising leisurely from the furnace and falling into his palm accurately and without error.

There are four Qi Dan in total, each of which is perfectly round and about the size of a human thumb, like a work of art condensed from the essence of heaven and earth.

They lay quietly in the palm of his hand, their surface as smooth as a mirror, just reflecting the moonlight shining in the night sky, with the faint light flowing between them, crystal clear and sparkling.

"Colorless and transparent..."

Examining the pure and flawless texture of the Qi Pill in his palm, Xia Zhi was slightly surprised. According to the stone boiling technique, the Qi of the earth veins was directly cooked into the pill. The quality of the Qi Pill was deeply affected by the original properties of the earth veins' Qi.

However, the condensed Qi pills in his hands at this moment are crystal clear. Does this mean that they originate from a colorless force without any tendency?
Perhaps - this is what's so special about the entire Holy Grail system?
It is precisely because this power itself does not have any inherent tendencies that it has broad and unlimited possibilities for shaping. It can guide and shape it to develop in any direction, thus creating the universal cauldron that is said to be able to fulfill wishes?

Such thoughts naturally emerged in Xia Zhi's mind. Relying on his extraordinary perception of magic power, he conducted a detailed exploration of each Qi Dan.

Although the stone had been refined through the stone-boiling technique, theoretically removing impurities and retaining the essence, he still decided to act with extreme caution.

After checking and verifying that everything was correct, he thought deeply and swallowed a Ground Vein Qi Pill resolutely. After all, this was the purpose of this trip, and he had to be decisive when it was time to act.

The Earth Vein Qi Pill melted as soon as it touched the tip of his tongue, and the pure power contained in it quietly spread out. With the natural flow of magic power in his body, it quickly penetrated his body like a torrent, flowing through his limbs and bones, and penetrating into every tiny place.

The magic furnace core in his body, which was operating on its own, was absorbing this invisible force at an extremely fast speed and converting it into magic power that he could use...

The whole process is as smooth as flowing water, without the need for complicated refining steps. This pure power without any attributes or tendencies is naturally absorbed and integrated into oneself.

Xia Zhi was extremely focused and attentively observing the changes within himself. After some introspection and estimation, he confirmed that his magic power limit had increased significantly, and he felt it had increased by more than half a percent.

Although it was probably because his own magic power base was relatively small, he could only feel the obvious increase. But considering that it only took the time to swallow a Qi Pill, such efficiency was undoubtedly amazing.

Moreover, the Qi Pill is colorless and has no properties, so even the refining process is unnecessary.

Although it is a bit cliché, and it sounds a bit like a classic quote from a villain, but at this moment, Xia Zhi really wants to say one sentence - "It's simply God helping me."

In this case, what is there to hesitate about the next choice?

That’s right, I just eat eat eat –!!

Taking a glance at the sky which was already darkening, Xia Zhi decided to continue the construction overnight.

After all, he doesn't have much time left. According to the Master, the Holy Grail War usually doesn't last too long. According to past experience, it will probably last no more than a week.

So how much time does he have left except today?

Of course, I can only work hard and eat dirt overnight...

Just eat dirt. After all, eating dirt is like spending money on krypton gold. Besides, eating dirt can make you stronger, while others can’t eat it even if they want to!
Therefore, Xia Zhi acted decisively. He carefully examined the surrounding terrain and environment and chose a more hidden location that would not only avoid the prying eyes of nearby residents but also ensure that the people on Yuanzang Mountain would not notice any unusual movements.

Well aware of the principle that "sharpening tools is the first step to doing a good job", he went to a nearby convenience store alone and bought a large stack of sticky notes. He spent a lot of time processing them into rune engravings and carefully pasted them around.

This is a technique called "Disperse Idlers" -

The main effect is to make people nearby feel like they don't want to get close to this place for some reason, thus achieving the purpose of dispersing idle people.

This can effectively prevent some unexpected situations, for example, everything is going well, but due to accidental mistakes, some irrelevant people inexplicably break in and happen to break into the villain's conspiracy or something...

Of course, this technique is not a panacea. It works very well for ordinary people, but it may not be the case for extraordinary people.

Therefore, the scope of the technique must also be considered. It is best to limit it to a certain range and not expand it indiscriminately. Otherwise, it will not be about dispersing idle people, but will specifically attract enthusiastic citizens from all walks of life to come and investigate the situation.

After careful adjustments and operations, Xia Zhi felt that he had temporarily achieved the desired goal, so he stopped what he was doing.

He suddenly realized that after such a busy time, the night was getting darker, so he hurriedly began to boil stones to make pills, constantly casting magic, cooking the earth, and cooking the earth's energy into pure energy pills.

Next, he savored it as if it were a snack.

He absorbed these Qi Pills one by one and transformed them into his own surging magic power, thereby nourishing and strengthening his root source.

Although it is called alchemy, it is not really alchemy. After all, although the technique of boiling stones is alchemy, and can cook five metals and eight stones, as well as the energy of the earth's veins, it does not mean that what is cooked directly will be a "real elixir".

The actual situation is more complicated. Real alchemy requires following strict recipes, selecting various medicinal stones, following the principle of compatibility of monarch, minister, assistant and guiding ingredients, and skillfully combining a variety of materials. Only after going through hardships can one finally refine an elixir with specific effects.

In those dozens of pages of wisdom chapters that are regarded as forbidden by the world, in addition to detailing the essence of the application of the stone boiling technique, Index also silently recorded the secret methods of preparing several elixirs.

For example, Xia Zhi used the stone-boiling technique to cook the earth and then swallowed the Qi Pill. This was completely a waste of natural resources. It was equivalent to eating the medicinal materials raw after processing them without taking them to the stage of refining the pill...

However, what can he do?

Xia Zhi is not unaware that this practice is undoubtedly a huge luxury and waste, but faced with the current demand dilemma, he can only cope with it by taking this seemingly ridiculous approach.

If one really wanted to follow the procedure to collect many rare medicinal materials and then steadily start refining the alchemy furnace, not to mention the success rate, the idea itself seemed quite unrealistic. I am afraid that even after the Holy Grail War was over, there would not be enough to refine a few waste residues.

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As the night deepens.

From dusk till now, Xia Zhi could no longer count how many times he had refined the "Qi Pills". Each furnace might only produce a few pills, which seemed insignificant in number, but he could not help but refine them quickly.

The art of boiling stones seems to have almost natural power to plunder the earth's veins and energy, and can take whatever it wants. It is worthy of being a forbidden knowledge from a magic book that teaches people how to achieve immortality and become immortals. It also has some meaning of seizing the fortune of heaven and earth.

After all, even stones and soil need to be squeezed out of spiritual power. If this is not considered seizing good fortune, then what is considered seizing good fortune?

Frankly speaking, this kind of highly repetitive operation is generally very boring, but the situation now is completely different, because the progress bar that can be seen with the naked eye and the considerable growth rate are both exciting.

It's like playing those idle cultivation games. In the early stages, as long as you keep clicking, you can see various values constantly breaking through...

The positive feedback brought about by the ever-increasing values is indeed addictive.

By the same token, Xia Zhi is now in the early stage and is also experiencing a similar situation. He only needs to continue cooking the earth, refining Qi Pills, and then eat them one by one like snacks, and he can quickly increase his own magic power.

In such a situation, how could one feel bored and tired?

If your skills are not good enough, you can make up for it with pills!
I just eat eat eat--!!

However, as time went by, although his magic power had experienced a huge increase, the effect of taking drugs inevitably began to decline. At first, one Qi Pill directly increased his power by half, but later he gradually needed two, four, and eight...

Fortunately, the essence of the Qi Pill is pure original magic power, otherwise, he would be full just by eating it.

Although he knew this was inevitable, Xia Zhi couldn't help but sigh, and his mood slowly faded. He stood up and moved around, feeling his magic power more abundant than ever before.

After working so hard all night...

The progress seems to be quite encouraging...

No, no, these are not enough. It feels like I am just a little short of the average level of the lower-level fairies in the Fairy Kingdom. I am sure that compared to the servants who were legendary heroes in this world in the past, they are definitely far from enough.

Besides, servants also have skills and treasures, and these are differences.

After changing his mind, Xia Zhi, driven by a sense of crisis, continued to force himself to repeat the work quickly.

Keep eating dirt!

Eat as much as you can. The more you eat, the stronger you will be! The best thing would be to eat the outer earth veins, break through the defense of Yuanzang Mountain, enter the core of the Holy Grail, and then directly cook the earth vein center of Fuyuki City!

This is Xia Zhi’s strategy. He doesn’t expect to simply increase his magic power to make up for the huge gap between him and other servants. That is too unrealistic.

What he really wants is to remove the firewood from under the cauldron and overturn the chessboard directly. Since this matter is difficult to do, let's not do it!
If he can't win, then everyone loses together. This is his philosophy of action.

Considering that the efficiency of the current alchemy was beginning to decline, he also began to try to transform the "alchemy furnace" and expand the magic circle so that it could cover more areas.

As long as the cooking range is larger and the earth energy is more, the number of pills produced in the end will definitely be more.

I'll go back later and "borrow" more gems from the lovely Master.

Her gems are really useful and convenient for setting up magic circles.

Perhaps it is because the Tousaka family has inherited the "transformation magic", and the magic that Miss Tousaka is good at is also inclined towards the characteristics of "flow and transfer of force"...so the gems she prepared came in handy at the moment.

Anyway, it can provide some help for the stone boiling technique to convert the earth's energy.

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It's quiet at night.

All sounds are silent.

Fuyuki City seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep temporarily. Everything was sleeping peacefully without any accidents happening.

There were no gas leaks or gas explosions, which probably meant that the residents of Fuyuki City could still live in peace for a few more days...but this only showed that the Holy Grail War had just begun, and everyone was still relatively cautious.

The fact that there wasn't a big commotion didn't mean that there wasn't a real collision.

Just at the foot of Yuanzang Mountain, hurried footsteps suddenly were heard on the originally empty and quiet road.

A woman wrapped in a dark purple robe, with only her fair chin exposed, appeared in the darkness. She gritted her teeth tightly, as if she was insisting on moving forward, but her steps were inevitably staggering.

It was like a spent force, dying, and about to fall to the ground and die at any moment...

How ridiculous! It's so rare to be summoned, but to end up having to leave in such an embarrassing way right when the Holy Grail War just begins?
She smiled at herself, and at the same time she felt the scenery in her field of vision begin to darken. The Yuanzang Mountain in front of her became vague and blurred, and it was almost impossible to see clearly in the night...ah, this should have reached the limit.

The treasure severed the contract and also cut off her connection with the real world, causing her to rapidly lose her magic power and fall into a predicament.

Moreover, she didn't have enough time to find a new Master and re-sign the contract. That damned Lancer came to her like a sharp hunting dog. In order to get rid of him, she had no choice but to expend a lot of magic power.

This was like adding insult to injury, and the remaining magic power was no longer enough to keep her alive.

The witch eventually lost her balance after stumbling, and fell to the foot of Mount Yuanzang. She lay dying on the road, staring at the sky with lifeless eyes, not knowing what she was thinking.

Suddenly, I heard footsteps beside me.

With her remaining senses, she felt a powerful magical force approaching, which must be another Servant.

The next moment, the other party pulled her up roughly.

(End of this chapter)