Don't disturb the sorcerer's scientific research

Chapter 156 Jia Xiu is truly making healing magic great again.

For a high-ranking druid to be turned into a raven by a healing spell is indeed a bit unbecoming of an elf.

But Gillianice believed this was understandable.

If she doesn't turn into a crow soon, she'll start cawing.

That shout meant giving up alcohol for a year, although a year isn't a long time in objective terms.

But a year without alcohol felt like an eternity to her, subjectively speaking.

Gillianice took a while to recover after turning into a raven.

Although crows don't actually have teeth and don't experience toothaches, she still vaguely felt a throbbing pain in her head.

Phantom Pain!

The intense pain she had just experienced left a deep impression on her.

Who knew that when you have a toothache, it's not just your tooth that hurts?

It's a pain that comes from the inside out, penetrates the entire head, and covers the whole head.

Thinking about this, I felt the phantom pain intensify.

She flapped her wings, fluttered onto her wine bottle, and poked her beak into the mouth of the bottle.

Alcohol-induced pain relief.

This was the first time Jia Xiu had observed birds drinking alcohol up close. They would scoop up a little with their beaks, tilt their heads back, shovel it in, and then scoop it up again. It looked exhausting to watch.

After scooping it up more than ten times, Gillianis finally let out a long sigh of relief and managed to say in very unclear words, "What was your purpose in researching such an outrageous 'healing spell'?"

In most cases, after transforming into Wilderness form, it cannot speak, but the crow's vocal structure can support imitation speech, although not as clear as a parrot's, it can still manage to speak.

As for why Gillianis had to learn how to speak after transforming into a raven.

Just for fun.

Being so bored that they look for things to do is the norm for elves; living too long means having long stretches of boring time in their lives.

"Just undo it already, you're ruthless."

"Um... I don't have a way to undo this yet?"

"Gah?"

Jia Xiu answered very honestly: "Because this healing technique is not a continuous state, it only allows the nerve to grow back and fill the pulp cavity. As for how to shrink back the nerve that has already grown back, it is not possible at present, but I have an idea. I should be able to figure it out in ten days to half a month."

Gillianice the raven stared intently at Jia Xiu with her two bird eyes, her neck tilting to the side, seemingly only a step away from fainting from anger.

I regret it, I really regret it.

Is she so drunk that she has to use herself as a target to test her magic? Did she drink fake alcohol?

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"You didn't ask, and I thought that someone as skilled as you as a druid could definitely handle it yourself."

Gillianice wanted to say something more, but she stopped herself at that point.

If she says she can't solve this herself, where will she put her dignity as a great druid?

Face, the constraint on every elf's life.

She couldn't cast spells in her crow form, and turning back into her original form caused a toothache, but this didn't stump her cleverness.

"Where's the magic book?"

Gillianice asked.

A moment later, a large raven was seen standing on the spellbook, its beak pointing at the runes as it studied the magic.

While studying it, he muttered to himself, "Is this magic that humans could come up with? It's insane, but... it seems quite ingenious..."

After studying it for a while, Gillianis picked up a pen and began drawing a magic circle.

"This is it, use it on me."

She successfully devised a reverse-solution technique, a magic array that caused the dental pulp nerve to retract.

It has an extremely narrow application scope and was designed entirely to counter Jia Xiu's magic.

Although this magic array was designed in response to Jia Xiu's work, making it somewhat simpler than developing a spell from scratch, the fact that he was able to create a counter-spell in such a short time speaks volumes about his research capabilities.

The spellcasting went very smoothly, and a refreshing green light enveloped Gillianis.

"Is this good?"

"It should be fine now. You created the anti-resolve spell yourself, so why are you asking me?"

Next, Gillianis carefully deactivated her Wilderness form.

I've never been this cautious in my entire life when I transform back into human form.

Be vigilant at all times. If you feel anything is wrong, and there is even the slightest sign of pain, immediately turn into a crow.

One second passed, then two seconds passed.

“It seems, it seems to be better,” Gillianice even tried biting down. “Phew—I really am a genius. You’ve been researching for days and all you’ve figured out is hypersensitivity and toothache? Don’t you have anything more normal? I saw in your magic book that there should be more to it than this.”

While studying the toothache cure spell, Gillianis discovered that beneath Jashu's tricky and outrageous casting ideas lay a solid understanding of runes, extremely strong fundamentals, and, while somewhat unorthodox, undeniable creativity.

That's why she believed that Jia Xiu must have researched more than just these two things.

"Uh, there's also an allergy healing technique that can be used in conjunction with activation techniques."

"Let me guess, although it's called the Allergy Cure Technique, it doesn't actually cure allergies, but rather causes them."

Margaret said from the side.

"Strictly speaking, this cannot be called causing an allergy; I just provided an opportunity for an allergy."

"Your words sound like you're trying to excuse your underworld magic."

"No, it's true. I just used healing magic to increase the immune system on the surface of my body and in my upper respiratory tract, and then used activation magic to strengthen it even more."

"Lamu doesn't understand why boosting the immune system would create an opportunity for allergies."

"Because that makes the immune system more susceptible to stress, well, how should I put it, a supermale immune system! Turning the immune system into a honey badger, it bites anything that might or might not cause disease, and symptoms just follow."

Ram still didn't quite understand, but he knew what a honey badger was.

That thing is a bit mentally unstable.

They don't even consider whether it's worth fighting or whether they can win; they just start fighting first and think about the consequences later.

If the immune system becomes like that, it does seem like a big problem.

"Wait, what if the allergy is too severe? It could be fatal, right?"

Mia asked.

"Theoretically, that's true, but it's uncontrollable. I can't control exactly what causes allergies; I can only make the target extremely prone to allergies."

Hearing Jashu say that, Mia and Margaret exchanged a glance.

It has appeared; a healing spell that can actually kill people has appeared in his hands.

But here comes the problem.

Toothache won't kill you, but if all your teeth hurt, it's not hard to drive someone to suicide.

Severe allergies can be fatal, even if they only affect the skin and upper respiratory tract. Mild allergies may cause redness, swelling, itching, and runny nose, but severe allergies can lead to asthma and even death.

The effects they bet on, the potential benefits of Jia Xiu's healing technique, all came true.

Then whoever guessed correctly is right.

"Which one did you figure out first?" Margaret asked.

"Did I figure it out first?"

Jia Xiu smiled mysteriously.

Everyone in the living room shrank back onto the sofa, feeling as if the most terrifying thing was about to happen. "The first thing I researched was a modular, adjustable, self-selectable basic healing spell!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the friends looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Do you understand?"

"I didn't understand, but it sounded really scary."

"I second that. With such a long modifier, I'm afraid that even a simple treatment will result in bleeding from all seven orifices."

"Yeah, wait, I feel like my tooth still hurts a little..."

"No, what do you mean?" Jia Xiu said. "Do you all think I only know how to use torture spells?"

Margaret shook her head. "No, but you were laughing very confidently just now, and the best spells you've developed are all a little bit perverse."

The others immediately nodded.

"But this is a very proper spell, because in that crystal, I learned something that goes straight to the essence of healing spells and found a way to make healing spells easier to use."

Previously, when modifying the healing spell, due to a lack of understanding of the parent class, we could only make specific modifications to specific effects, without a unified solution.

Simply put, it lacks scalability, requiring a lot of rewriting every time.

After learning a lot about the healing skills, he found a way to avoid rewriting them every time.

"See, that's it."

Jash once again displayed his magic book.

The page above was covered with runes, which together formed a basic healing spell whose effect was truly only to heal.

"Um..." Gillianis was the first to understand what this "hug" of runes represented. "Is it really necessary to make it this complicated just for the sake of healing?"

In the world of magic, the pursuit of magic has always been to keep it as simple as possible, as long as the effect can be achieved.

Jia Xiu's spell completely reversed the pursuit of simplicity, being more than three times more complex than a normal beginner healing spell, but ultimately achieving the same effect.

To be honest, at first glance, it seems like a pointless exercise.

If we consider magic as a program, then it's like choosing a much more complicated algorithm when there are clearly simpler and more efficient ones available.

“Of course there is,” Jia Xiu explained. “The complexity here is for the convenience of actual use. The problem that the basic healing spell has always faced is that, in theory, it can heal all minor injuries, but because it is not targeted enough, the healing effect on all kinds of minor injuries is not good unless it is modified.”

Gillianice nodded.

That's true. While basic healing spells have limited effectiveness, they are also the most widely used and accessible healing spells.

Because it has very low requirements for the spellcaster.

Most spellcasters, in fact, only master three to five spells in their entire lives.

Three or five is enough; enough to live comfortably in the village or town for the rest of one's life.

Basic healing spells are essential for priests. If a priest only knows one spell, it will definitely be this one, and it is also the only option for most ordinary people who are sick or injured.

There's no need for diagnosis or anything. Just use a basic healing spell. If it works, you're lucky; if not, you'll have to rely on yourself.

“I’m here, and here,” Jia Xiu pointed to two runes on the book, “with reserved, uh, interfaces that can be replaced.”

He couldn't think of any other words, so he could only use "interface".

In all his knowledge, no spellcaster had ever done this before.

"These two interfaces can be replaced with other runes to achieve targeted healing for different types of damage. This one is for adjusting the corresponding location, such as arms, legs, chest, back, or face, while this one corresponds to the type of damage, such as cutting, blunt force, frostbite, burns, or electric shocks... There are corresponding runes for each."

At this point, everyone understood what Jia Xiu was doing.

What he did was to create a solution that could provide better healing for different types of injuries simply by fine-tuning the basic healing spell, or even just by making the same fine-tuning.

This integrates all the previous healing techniques papers, eliminating the need for separate study of each one and unifying them under a single standard system.

“But,” Margaret asked, “after this adjustment, won’t I need to relearn spells?”

"No need. If I had to relearn it, my work would have been for nothing. After the adjustment, there is no change in the way magic is guided or controlled. You can cast it the same way as before, only the effect will be different."

"That is to say..."

"Once you learn this one, it's roughly equivalent to learning hundreds of specialized basic healing spells through permutations and combinations. You don't even need to memorize the runes for adjustments. When the time comes, a rune table will be created, and you can just look up the desired effect in the table."

"it turns out……"

Margaret exclaimed in surprise.

"It actually works!"

"You don't have to add that 'surprisingly'."

Gillianice opened another bottle. "So this is a great spell that, if it's widely adopted, can help millions of people. It's worth a bottle."

Her quantifier wasn't even a cup.

Is this spell difficult for ordinary spellcasters to learn?

"Logically speaking, it shouldn't be too difficult."

This question is truly a blind spot for everyone in this room. Everyone here, including Bubu, would be a genius if they were outside. The difference is whether they are geniuses or absolute geniuses.

This leads to their perception of the difficulty of learning magic being different from that of normal people.

They can't understand why it's so difficult for ordinary people to learn, and ordinary people can't understand why they can learn so easily.

The greatest advantage of this spell will only be realized when it is widely promoted and popularized.

If it's for elite spellcasters, elites won't need it; it's a high-level spell that's more effective against various types of damage.

“Why don’t we just get it certified by the Spellcasters’ Association? I don’t think it’ll be that difficult,” Margaret said.

"Indeed, the association has all kinds of spellcasters."

"I didn't expect it to be such a good healing spell. Oh well, let's call it a draw."

"It's over, it's over, what a wonderful spell! Where can we even begin to reason with this..."

Jia Xiu watched as his friends dispersed, utterly disappointed, and went about their own business.

"No, do my spells have to torture you to be satisfied?"

He protested, but no one paid any attention.

But it doesn't matter, there must be someone who can appreciate his great design.

Submit the modular healing technique to the sect leader...

……

[Reward: 700 experience points]

[Current Experience: 13900/14000]

[Review: A remarkably ingenious idea]

Because this spell itself is not difficult and has not been made public, its influence is very low, so it only gives 700 experience points.

However, Jia Xiu is very confident that this spell will spread throughout the continent in the future, influencing generations of spellcasters who learn healing magic.

But I'm just 100 experience points away from leveling up.

It's okay, he also has a toothache, hypersensitivity, and allergy cures.

submit!

[Evaluation: Your understanding of healing magic is extraordinary.]

Jia Xiu's lips curled into a smirk.

As expected, the sect leader did appreciate his magic.

[That's pretty inhuman.]

"..."

(End of this chapter)