My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Xia Zuo's energy level is 16!

Normal mage minions could never have such high vitality values.

Chapter 7 Maintaining Humanity

The pain emanating from my soul intensified, gradually transforming into a feeling of bitterness.

Both The Scroll and Beatrice have emphasized that once such a situation occurs, the inclusion of obedient elements must be stopped immediately, otherwise the consequences will be severe.

Professor Kulov may have faced a similar situation.

However, he did not give up absorbing the nutrients, but instead forcibly accelerated the process, which led to physical damage and premature aging of his appearance and bodily functions.

At that moment, Xia Zuo thought of a question.

He paused the process of incorporating cute elements and fell into thought.

Does the university know that I have a strong recovery ability?

They should know.

This characteristic of mine was already known to everyone in the circus. It wouldn't be difficult for the university to gather this information.

So, does the university know exactly how strong my recovery ability is?

Based on the rigor of alchemy, the academy can deduce approximate recovery capabilities by analyzing the extent of bodily damage caused by spitting out large fireballs.

Based on this deduction, the academy gave me an unknown potion to enhance my vitality before Professor Kulov allowed me to continue testing the poison.

If you think about it that way...

The academy had already determined that this attempt to practice the [Poisonous Crystal] meditation method would most likely fail.

No, no, no!

I did something stupid again!

The academy assigned me to the Department of Poison Alchemy because of my strong willpower.

All I need to do is put the blame on willpower.

After wearing nested dolls for so long, I even forgot what the outermost doll was. Luckily, my mentor's words reminded me...

Xia Zuo suppressed his emotional turmoil and made a plan in his mind.

He planned to appear before his mentor looking listless, pale, weak, and sleepy.

Instead of attracting a mentor when one is in a state of high spirits, rosy complexion, and full of energy.

This way, the possibility of being suspected can be minimized.

Let's do it this way.

Xia Zuo temporarily stopped adding points and continued to draw upon the purple mist to condense highly poisonous crystals.

Health quickly dropped below 50, and the [Emergency Hour] effect took effect, increasing the base health regeneration rate to 105 points/hour, which is exactly the same as the rate of health loss.

The entire elemental toxic crystal condensed and took shape in the ocean of consciousness.

Xia Zuo's current health is still 12 points!

In this situation where health is continuously depleted but not rapidly, the high health regeneration speed combined with the effect of [Emergency Moment] makes the body extremely resilient.

Without using a single free attribute point, the "well-behaved" element was completely won over.

Hurry, hurry, we need to call our advisor over right away.

Otherwise your health will be fully restored, and all your efforts will be wasted!

Xia Zuo suddenly snapped out of his meditation.

An overwhelming sense of drowsiness and powerlessness washed over me.

Very good.

Keep that sickly feeling!

He struggled to rummage through the table with his left arm while pulling his right arm out of the round hole in the suitcase.

His hands trembled as he fumbled on the glass ball.

A moment later, a white light appeared in my blurry vision.

"Professor, I succeeded." Xia Zuo said in a hoarse voice, speaking intermittently towards the glass ball.

The glass ball immediately floated back to the table.

About half a minute later.

The door swung open, and Beatrice cast a spell toward the desk.

Xia Zuo felt a refreshing airflow repeatedly passing through his body.

Within seconds, the dryness in my eyes disappeared completely, and the stiffness and fatigue throughout my body also improved slightly.

Once he could open his eyes, the first thing he did was look inside the suitcase.

The elemental toxins remained a black powder, but the dim elemental glow within them had disappeared.

He rubbed his eyes lightly and released a detection spell on the black powder.

Feedback indicated that this was a pool of elemental toxins that had lost their toxicity.

This indicates that the purple mist contained within the spiritual ocean is not matter, but merely the toxic effects of elemental toxins.

Can the effects of poison be contained within the ocean of the mind? ... This question popped into Xia Zuo's mind.

His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of his mentor's approaching footsteps.

"Xia Zuo."

Beatrice went to the desk, looked the person over carefully, and after confirming that the person was only extremely weak physically and extremely tired mentally, she quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Professor, cough cough, I haven't gotten old, have I?"

Xia Zuo lowered his head, supporting his forehead with his right hand, while his left hand groped his forehead, as if worried about the wrinkles that would never fade.

“You haven’t aged, don’t worry. You’re still as young as you were a couple of weeks ago. Go take a shower first, then get a good night’s sleep. I’ll clean the room,” Beatrice said gently.

She snapped her fingers lightly, and silver sand appeared on the wall, floating over to help the weak student up.

Supported by Yinsha, Xia Zuo slowly walked towards the washroom, muttering with lingering fear:

"Ah, that was terrifying. That final wave of bitterness, cough cough, it was so intense, cough cough, so sudden, cough cough, thankfully I made it through..."

The sound of a shower could be heard coming from the bathroom.

The silver sand swirled back to Beatrice and dissipated into the air.

About twenty minutes later, Xia Zuo returned to his room after cleaning himself up.

The bottles and jars on the desk, as well as other props needed for practicing meditation, had all been taken away by Bi Cui.

The dormitory suddenly felt much more spacious.

Xia Zuo slumped into the soft couch, wrapped himself in the quilt, and fell fast asleep.

...

Noon on the second day.

Strong sunlight streamed into the room through the gaps in the blinds, leaving bright horizontal lines on the wooden floor.

Xia Zuo rubbed his eyes, sat up in bed, and finally had some strength and energy to check the information about his cheat ability.

"A small fire elemental has been successfully detected in the host. Character template updated."

"Due to the use of the [Highly Toxic Crystal] meditation method to contain this element, the body has fallen into a state of mild poisoning, losing 1 point of health per hour, and the maximum health has been reduced by 2 points."

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[HP] 48/48 (Slightly poisoned #1, Level 1)

【Mild Poisoning No. 1】

This negative effect is caused by highly toxic elemental crystals within the spiritual ocean.

Each time you use the [Poisonous Crystal] meditation to contain a small element, you gain one stack of this negative effect.

Each stack of this negative effect reduces maximum health by 2 points and reduces health regeneration speed by 1 point per hour.

[Base Health Regeneration Speed]

6 points/hour

[Mental State] 15

【Spirit Gauge】15/60

Use the basic meditation method to accommodate 1 small wind elemental, occupying 1 slot.

Use the [Poisonous Crystal] meditation method to accommodate 1 small fire elemental, occupying 05 slots.

【Elemental Traits】

【Wind-type Trait】Floating x1

【Fire Trait】Burning x1

[Spell Power]

【Wind-type Power】1 point

[Fire Power] 1 point

Each elemental toxic crystal occupies only half a mental slot?

Xia Zuo stretched out his hand and gestured with his little finger, and it seemed to be true.

The highly toxic elemental crystals remain stationary in the ocean of consciousness, unlike the specks of light that drift around.

If you were to force it into the ocean of the mind, it could indeed hold more than a hundred highly toxic elemental crystals.

As for the mild poisoning caused by highly toxic elemental crystals.