My health recovery is incredibly fast.

[Perception] 12

[Willpower] 14

【Charm】12(9)

Currently sharing the Charm attribute value of your blood relative, Anru. The value in parentheses is your actual Charm attribute value.

[Mental] 14.36 (25.36)

There are two blood relatives, mental level -2

There are 5 Blood Elemental Minions, with a Spirit of -9.

The values ​​in parentheses are your actual mental attribute values.

【Spirit Gauge】22.5/56 (100)

The 15 adorable elements, which can be accommodated using the basic meditation method, occupy a total of 15 slots.

One docile element, contained using the [Poisonous Crystal] meditation method, occupies 0.5 slots.

The Meditation Alchemy Table occupies 4 slots.

Intermediate curse signs occupy 2 slots.

One light element occupies one slot.

[Free Attribute Points] 11

[Elemental Traits] Each of the 16 elemental traits has one minor element.

[Spell Power]

【Elemental Power】Each of the four elements has 4 points of power, for a total of 16 points.

【Non-attribute power】4 points.

【Curse spell power】8 points.

...

Before leveling up from lv.31 to lv.32, Xia Zuo had 6 points each in Strength, Agility, and Stamina.

At that time, in order to have more free attribute points from the upgrade, he invested 3 free attribute points into each of the three numbers, raising them all to 9 points.

Since the Winter Veil holiday, my Strength, Agility, and Endurance have improved to 10 points. My Agility and Endurance have reached the minimum requirements for using the Elemental Chain Hammer, but my Strength is still 5 points short, and there is also a significant gap in my weapon specialization.

Considering how busy I'll be in the future, I'll have to postpone picking up the Energy Chain Hammer again...

On the day he was promoted to Master-level Poison Alchemist.

In his dormitory at Boying Academy, Xia Zuo condensed a Blood Element Servant with 5 points of Spirit attribute value.

This reduced his available mental slots from over 50 to 33.5.

The mental medium requires 40 to 50 mental slots.

By investing 2 to 5 free attribute points in [Spirit], you can meet the requirements for imparting knowledge.

Having been a slacker for so long and completely accustomed to a life of low spell power, he genuinely felt that even if all his free mental slots were temporarily filled with infused knowledge, it wouldn't pose a problem for him.

After adding 5 points to [Spirit], he still had 6 attribute points left unused.

Before the experience bar is full, allocate 2 free attribute points to each of Strength, Dexterity, and Stamina to raise them to 12 points, which is equivalent to your current Charisma attribute value. This will prepare you for the next level up.

This approach ensures that knowledge is imparted without delay, while maximizing the benefits of the next upgrade.

Overall, while the operational space is not as large as it was when I had dozens of free attribute points, it is more than enough to handle the side effects of imparting knowledge.

Since Sylvia was in charge of guiding Xia Zuo and Anruer to study in the temple, she must have some understanding of their basic situation.

She knew that both of them possessed a light element; Xia Zuo's light element was stored in his spiritual ocean, while Anru'er's was on her pendant.

Regardless of the method of holding it, it means that the expansion speed of the spiritual ocean will be much faster than that of an ordinary mage.

Without exception, both of them would choose to impart knowledge.

After Xia Zuo finished reading the content related to "imparting knowledge," she said:

"Xia Zuo, the enlightenment spell for imparting knowledge comes from the enchanting school. If you want to use this method to acquire advanced knowledge, I suggest you use both advancement opportunities at the same time and impart two sets of knowledge at once."

If you use both opportunities at once, you'll have to stay in the temple for two months.

Continuous high-intensity practical training is much more tiring than identifying toxins or training during regular work.

If Xia Zuo's body hadn't undergone data-driven modifications that allowed him to repair bodily damage through blood regeneration, he would have definitely fallen into a short-term state of exhaustion after spending more than 20 consecutive days in the alchemy room crafting items for his promotion assessment.

Upon hearing Sylvia's suggestion, Xia Zuo looked at her and asked, "Why is that?"

“This is related to the spell principles of the enchanting school,” Sylvie explained.

"The spell to impart knowledge is essentially an enchantment that modifies memories. If the caster and the recipient are disturbed during the spell's execution, the outcome will become uncertain."

"A milder consequence is memory distortion, such as memory confusion, memory loss, or memory reversal."

"In severe cases, it can affect the patient's personality, character, habits, self-awareness, and so on."

“In extreme cases, the spellcaster himself may also be affected.”

"To minimize the potential harm of this enchantment, the Mage Temple will place a spiritually rich [spiritual medium] between you and knowledge."

"After you take the secret medicine containing the spiritual medium, the caster infuses the spiritual medium with knowledge."

"You can access knowledge in the spiritual realm through shallow meditation, or quickly memorize knowledge in the spiritual realm during deep meditation."

Sylvia paused, then raised her index fingers. “To instill one set of knowledge, you need a mental medium. You cannot be instilled with another set of knowledge until you have fully memorized the knowledge in that mental medium. However, you can instill two sets of knowledge in one mental medium at the same time, treating them as a whole. Similarly, you cannot receive new enlightenment spells until you have fully memorized them.”

"I understand." Xia Zuo nodded, and An Ru'er, who was standing next to him, also seemed to understand, shaking her head up and down.

Illusion, Transmutation, and Enchantment are spellcasting styles that can only be learned by high-level mages.

Normally, only high-level mages have the opportunity to enter the temple for further study, so they are naturally quite clear about the characteristics of the enchanting school.

Xia Zuo and Anru'er were special cases, so Sylvia specially explained the principles of magic to them.

Xia Zuo flipped through the manual, and on one of the pages it read:

[Students may not leave the temple during their studies.]

Xia Zuo unfolded this page for An Ru'er to see, and at the same time asked using [Bloodline Sensing]:

"If I were to leave for two months at once, what are your plans?"

"Hmm... I'll go ask the supervisor for permission to take a retreat. I can now take a retreat for 3 months every year, but it must be done in the safe house of the research institute," Anru thought to herself.

"Then I'll use both of my study opportunities."

"Mmm." Anruer responded in her mind and nodded.

“Sylvia, I think your suggestion is very good.” Xia Zuo flipped through a few more pages of the manual and found that there was no information on optional courses of study.

He asked Sylvia, whose fingers were interlaced on the table:

"So what subjects can I choose? Or am I limited to studying poison alchemy?"

“The courses are semi-public,” Sylvia said.

"According to the temple's regulations, once you are promoted to the Master Alchemist level in a particular alchemy field, you can only study the corresponding alchemy field."

"When you are promoted to a master-level poison alchemist, you will be given the opportunity to further your studies, but you can only exchange it for a course in poison alchemy."

"But the study opportunities you get on Starry Night Island are not limited to any particular subject."

"You can choose any alchemy that is recognized within the alchemy school."

Sylvia took a thin booklet out of the file folder. "I have a catalog of alchemy here. Take a look and then tell me your decision."

Xia Zuo took the booklet and asked, "Do you know what you'll learn when you study poison alchemy?"

“I’m sorry,” Sylvia shook her head. “I don’t know. And even if I did, I couldn’t say. After completing my studies, I need to swear an oath in the temple before I can leave.”

"Oh, okay, I apologize for my intrusion," Xia Zuo said apologetically.

“Before you make your decision, there’s something I’d like to remind you of,” Sylvia said in a somewhat serious tone.

"Rexol told me that you are very interested in elemental hulls made from monster materials, is that right?"

"Yes," Xia Zuo nodded in response with a calm expression.

"If you want to study at the Temple because of your interest in monster materials, I suggest you be more careful when choosing your major. Put aside your interest and curiosity for now and take a calm look at the various alchemy disciplines."

Sylvia spread her hands and said:

"Because the opportunity to study at the Temple of Mages is extremely rare. It cannot be exchanged for currency such as citizen points or federal banknotes. For you, only by advancing to the level of a master alchemist in another alchemical discipline can you obtain a third opportunity for further study."

“That could be years, or even more than a decade from now.” Sylvia crossed her fingers. “It’s not worth wasting a study opportunity and a long period of time because of a momentary interest, is it?”

Xia Zuo pondered for a few seconds, then nodded. "You're right, Sylvia. I will look at this decision from a long-term perspective."

"That's good." Sylvia smiled slightly.

Chapter 28 Finalizing the Subjects of Further Study

The manual Sylvia handed over contained an introduction to the discipline of alchemy.

There are a total of 20 alchemical disciplines within the alchemical school.

There are nine disciplines named after alchemical products; these disciplines are collectively known as "Advanced Alchemy".

All seven subjects at Xingye Academy are on the list.

The disciplines of wondrous objects, the disciplines of figurative elements, and the disciplines of colossal creations are branches of wondrous alchemy, but because of their well-developed internal structures and large amounts of knowledge, each can be considered an independent alchemical discipline.

Weapon alchemy, taught at the Federal Academy, is also included.

The remaining subject is Bioalchemy - Biotransformation Branch, or simply Biotransformation.

Its alchemical products are living organisms, but the raw materials for alchemy are not necessarily living organisms, so it is classified into a discipline named after alchemical products.

There are 11 disciplines named after alchemical raw materials; these disciplines are called "Basic Alchemy".

Herbs, ores, grains, wood, gases, liquids, solids, and so on—behind almost every object we encounter in life, there are contributions from several branches of alchemy.

They study both the most primitive raw materials, such as unrefined ores and unscreened rice, and also develop unique intermediate materials for advanced alchemy.