My health recovery is incredibly fast.

He first went to the bathroom, took a comfortable shower, and then lay down on the bed to enter a deep meditation.

He carefully examined the spiritual medium, which resembled a parchment scroll, and indeed found content related to maintaining the connection point of the transit plane.

This content is located at the end of the entire textbook and belongs to the teaching guidance on the application of erox.

Xia Zuo read it through briefly, then calmed down and began to memorize the knowledge on the mental medium in the normal learning order.

...

Noon 15 days later.

Xia Zuo sat in the observation chair and released a detection spell on the cut bait in front of him, receiving feedback that "completion rate is 95%".

He picked up his pen and made a checkmark on the study manual beside him.

This concludes the course on imitating bait.

Over the past ten days, he has been replicating an average of two types of bait every day, completing all the replication assignments at twice the speed of ordinary students, and replicating more than 30 types of bait in total.

As the grade of the object being imitated increases, the difficulty of imitation also increases, and the experience and perception attribute rewards gained also increase, totaling 4400 experience points and 0.44 perception points.

Now, we can move on to the next step.

Xia Zuo needs to develop a type of alchemical substance that has never appeared in the alchemical school before, and its grade must be at least proficient.

Before that, he had to report the experimental results to his supervisor and obtain the specific requirements for the self-developed erox.

He placed the bait he had made into a highly sealed metal box, then carried the box to his mentor, who was fiddling with an alchemy table in his office.

When Adanavados saw Shazo approaching, he put down the stirring stick in his hand, waved away the pen that was writing words in the air, and wiped the water off his hands with a cotton cloth.

He glanced at the metal box in the student's hand and asked with a smile:

"Have the imitation processes for all 32 types of bait been completed?"

“Yes, Master.” Xia Zuo handed the metal box to the other party.

Adanavardos opened the box on the desk, his eyes gleaming with emerald magical light, and carefully examined the bait inside the box with a higher level of poison perception.

“Not bad, the quality is all above excellent.” He picked up a glass bottle from the bottle. “Oh, there’s even a superior quality bait. It was cut off almost without any damage. Perhaps I should have you learn the art of magical alchemy. The bait you mass-produce will definitely be of good quality.”

Excellent quality refers to a completion rate between 90% and 95%.

Excellent means a completion rate of 95% or higher, but not 100%.

Product quality will affect the experience rewards gained.

In Xia Zuo's eyes, if he could mass-produce high-quality bait... wouldn't that mean he could quickly gain a lot of experience?

He had to admit that he was somewhat tempted.

"Master, do you mean that I should study the sub-disciplines of artifact alchemy after I advance to the master-level biomaterialist?"

Adanavados looked at Shazo, who spoke of advancing to the Master level so casually, and smiled warmly, saying:

"The advancement test in the art of magical artifacts is no easier than that in the art of poisons. It is impossible to pass without years of accumulation. If you are willing to dedicate yourself to alchemy, then you can certainly do it, just like me. Learn each advanced alchemy discipline in turn: poisons, biological alchemy, magical artifacts, and oils, and finally devote yourself to basic alchemy to develop new basic alchemical materials."

After he finished speaking, he waved to Xia Zuo, signaling the other to follow him.

The two walked past several rows of glass display cases and stopped in front of a culture tank displaying ape-like creatures.

"This is the V-shaped alchemical bio-armor of the Enraged Giant Ape from the Church of the Otherworld. The experimental sample you encountered in the third stage of your promotion assessment came from its left forearm."

Adanavados pressed a few buttons on the control panel in front of the culture tank.

The octahedral crystals surrounding the jar projected white beams of light onto the alchemical suit, splitting it into several pieces and revealing the scarlet flesh inside.

"The V-type alchemical implant is completely different from the IV-type. The IV-type alchemical implant will only replace a part of the user's body."

Adanavanados took a retractable staff from the sleeve of his robe, pointed it at the giant ape's limbs, and said:

"There are two installation methods for alchemical implants—attachment and coupling. Regardless of the installation method used by the user, when the alchemical implant is activated, a part of his body will be replaced with the alchemical implant with the help of the secret rituals of the Church of the Otherworldly Demons."

"Type I to IV Raging Giant Apes, once activated, will replace the user's arms and legs. Type V Raging Giant Apes, when first installed, will only replace the user's chest and abdomen, but as its completion level increases, it will eventually replace the user's entire body."

The pointer tapped the giant ape's head.

"Wrap this up, the brain. After the brain is replaced by the V-shaped enraged giant ape, the user will become a puppet of the Church of the Otherworldly Demons, turning into a semi-finished mature convert."

Xia Zuo had already learned this information through the Blood Element servants' adventures in Stillwater Town.

The mentor's words undoubtedly confirmed that his initial deduction was correct.

Xia Zuo pondered for a moment and asked:

"Master, what is the Secret Ritual of the Dark Chamber?"

Adanavaldos patiently explained:

"The Dark Chamber Ritual is a form of shadow magic."

"The Shadow Demons of the Church of the Otherworld can use the Dark Chamber to teleport specific items to specific locations."

"This kind of magic that uses a dark room as a transit plane to transport specific items is called the Dark Room Ritual."

"Its spellcasting requirements are very demanding, requiring a strong connection between the item and the target in order to ensure the accuracy of the teleportation result."

Adanavardos pointed his cane at the giant ape's arm, bringing the topic back to the main point.

"Look here. You've already identified the complex toxins on this arm and created the corresponding complex antidote."

"The compound toxin on this arm is similar to the erogen used in the alchemical bionic system. It is mainly used to transmit nerve signals to help the user of the alchemical bionic suit control the suit."

"Monsters have far greater vitality than ordinary people and most mages. When crafting alchemical armor using monster materials, toxins can be used as carriers of nerve signals."

Adanavardoston paused, then continued:

"The alchemy school's approach to cracking alchemical implants is very clear."

"First, poison and medicine alchemists will work together to create a compound antidote to remove the compound toxins from the alchemical armor."

"Then, bio-alchemists, using alchemical instruments made by the science of ingenious objects, separate the nervous system from the alchemical implant and study its structure and principles."

"Finally, the poison alchemists and bio alchemists used bait and alchemical biomimetic systems to replicate the scene."

Adanavardos looked at Shazo, who was standing to the side with his hands at his sides, and said, "Generally speaking, whatever complex toxins are present in alchemical bio-armor, the replicas we develop will also contain those toxins."

He gestured across the culture tank, "There are still 5 kinds of compound toxins on this enraged giant ape V-shaped body that have not been made into bait."

He took out a palm-sized manual from his alchemy pouch, opened it to a page, and handed it to Xia Zuo to look at.

"Choose one of these five compound toxins as your assignment and make it into a yakin."

Xia Zuo glanced at the contents of the manual…

Of the five compound toxins, three are at the proficient level, one at the expert level, and one at the master level.

The higher the grade of the compound toxin, the more complex its internal structure will be, and the greater the difficulty in cutting it with a millimeter knife.

Adanavardos stroked his long beard and said:

"Your learning progress is rapid, and you have a full 14 days to produce bait toxins. You can try several different compound toxins. For this assignment, you only need to submit one type of bait toxin. If you produce other bait toxins besides this one, I will give you additional rewards based on the quantity and quality of your products."

"An extra reward?" Xia Zuo's eyes lit up!

Adanavardos stroked his beard and nodded with a smile. "Every student in the program has this opportunity: exceeding the assignment requirements earns them an extra reward—a high-quality expert-level freshman potion. But you and I both know that you are different from them; the freshman potion doesn't mean much to you. So, I've thought of a reward that suits you."

He extended his index finger and pressed it on the manual, tracing the names of the compound toxins with his fingertip.

"If you produce a skill-level bait, I will allow you to stay in the temple's teaching area for an additional 3 days."

"Once you create an expert-level bait, I will provide you with a new introductory elixir and teach you the knowledge of bio-alchemy from apprentice to expert level. After returning to the Silvermoon Federation, you can prepare a little and then take the master-level biomaterialist exam."

"If you could create master-level bait..."

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Adanavardos paused for a moment, then emphasized:

"If you can produce master-level bait... I will propose at the temple's internal meeting to provide you with bait information free of charge. Even if I can't waive all the fees, I will at least give you a discount."

Actually... it doesn't really matter whether there's a discount or not... Xia Zuo is just suppressing his level by consuming experience points...

However, a discount is better than nothing.

Moreover, exchanging 500 points for a single secret medicine is indeed a huge expense. The federal points saved can be used to exchange for other secret medicines that impart knowledge, so why not?

"Thank you, Master." Xia Zuo bowed in gratitude.

"Hehe~" Adanavados chuckled. "Go and make the 'Aysu'. I look forward to your results. Take this manual with you too; it contains the formulas for these five toxins."

"Alright, Master, then I'll take my leave." Xia Zuo bowed to the other party again, put the manual into his alchemy pouch, and left his mentor's office.

...

Inside the alchemy room.

Five students in the same class are conducting their own experiments.

Xia Zuo's arrival did not attract much attention, except for Emily casting a glance at him.

Xia Zuo nodded in response, as if to say hello, then walked to the shelf, brought out a large plate of basic toxins, and began to refine five kinds of compound toxins.

The complex toxins, both proficient and expert level, were no challenge for him; he finished refining them by evening.

Master-level compound toxins are a bit troublesome.

The alchemical school named it:

Replacement toxins.

During the promotion assessment, Xia Zuo had already experienced its troublesome nature, and he once again found it difficult to refine.

However, this did not stump him.

On the morning of the second day, Xia Zuo produced three perfect-quality replacement toxins.

A yone is a small piece cut off from a toxin, much like cutting a metal sheet of a specific shape from an alloy plate. How many yone can be cut from a single toxin depends on the yone's appearance, internal structure, and volume.

Secondly, it also depends on the form of the toxin.

Some complex toxins are liquids, some are particulates, some are gels, and some are even gases.

Non-solid complex toxins obviously present a high degree of difficulty in cutting.