My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Rexor had already seen through Xia Zuo's strength at a glance. In subsequent training, Xia Zuo returned to his previous defensive counter-attacking style and rarely took the initiative to attack.

Rexor deliberately sped up the pace of training. His speed of building up power could be described as lightning fast. The hammer could accumulate the maximum potential energy that Shazo could withstand by swirling half a circle in his hand. Almost every strike was equivalent to Shazo's full-force blow.

From 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., the clanging of metal in the backyard of the manor never stopped.

When Xia Zuo sat down by the training field to drink water, panting heavily, his sore and numb arms trembled as he lifted the water bottle, and it took him a lot of effort to prevent the water from spilling.

"Phew~ Master, your physique is truly impressive. It doesn't look like you exerted much effort." Xia Zuo took a sip of water and said, looking at the bald man whose face remained unchanged.

Aside from a few drops of sweat that were about to dry, Rexor showed no signs of fatigue. Shazo was extremely curious about just how high his stamina stat was…

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Rexol took a swig of his drink, sat down in a chair, and said, "You won't be much worse than me in the future, take it slow."

Xia Zuo recalled his character template in his mind, glanced at his slowly increasing strength, agility, and stamina, and asked:

"Master, how can one determine whether someone is hiding a trump card or deliberately concealing their strength? Is the only way to obtain this information through repeated battles?"

"The best approach is to directly engage him in combat and gradually test his strength," Rexormo said, stroking his chin.

"Besides, some spells in the detection school can help you to roughly determine a person's physical condition, but these spells are ineffective against mages who are proficient in transformation spells, or against people like you who have special means to disguise themselves."

"If magic doesn't work, we can use some props to achieve the same goal."

"There is a kind of monster called the Rock-Sounding Killer Crab. It disguises itself as a stone and emits a sharp sound to intimidate its prey when it gets close. Then it quickly tears its prey apart with its sharp claws and pushes the pieces of flesh into its mouth."

Rexol took another sip of his drink and said:

"The stone shell of this monster can block most detection spells, making it very difficult to find them on rocky beaches or in the Gobi Desert."

"But we know its habits; it likes to eat animals with warm blood."

"To address this, we created irresistible bait for the Rock Killer Crab. This bait is alive and has a certain degree of aggression, which can deplete the Rock Killer Crab's stamina, making it easier for the Rock Killer Crab to be killed."

"Therefore, if you want to find out the enemy's strength, you have to use a tempting bait that also has a certain degree of resistance to force them to show some of their strength."

Xia Zuo nodded as if he understood.

"Alright, that concludes today's training." Rexol slapped his thigh, stood up, and walked towards the low building. "Go home early. We'll continue training at the same time tomorrow. You'd better put in more effort, or you might not be able to finish the remaining adaptation potion."

“Alright, Master, I’m off then.” Xia Zuo put down the kettle, took off his chainmail, put his trench coat back on, and used Windwalk to transform into a wisp of wind, drifting towards his home in St. York Community.

...

When Xia Zuo returned home, An Ruer had just heated up dinner.

She sat at the table, cupping her face in her hands, watching her lover wolf down his steak and pasta, and said with a smile:

"I'm going to take the Elemental Manifestation Master promotion exam next week. Today, my supervisor checked my Spiritual Ocean and it meets the minimum requirements for the exam."

Xia Zuo unleashed a detection spell on her.

...

[Mental State] 25

...

"Looks like your intensive training is going very well~" Xia Zuo cut off a piece of steak and put it in his mouth. "Did the supervisor say what the assessment would be?"

If Anru's supervisor hadn't said anything, Xia Zuo planned to use [Bloodline Sensing] to reveal the information he knew to Anru.

"Hmm... she said it will be divided into three stages, just like your promotion assessment." Anru recalled for a moment, counting on three fingers as she spoke:

"The first part is a basic knowledge test, which will be very difficult. It's not just about answering questions, because you have to cast a light spell and use the trajectory of light to write the answers."

"The second step is to try out the instruments needed for the master-level stage. I saw them when I was working as an energy researcher; they are crystal containers that help weave light. I think this step should be the simplest."

"The third step is to create an elemental golem controlled by a high-level elemental servant. The examination venue will provide the raw materials needed for the elemental golem. The supervisor didn't go into the specific examination requirements."

"You'll definitely be fine." Xia Zuo winked at her and thought to himself, "You can ask me for help anytime during the exam. I'll make sure those days are free."

“Mmm~” Anru’er squinted her eyes and nodded with a smile.

Did this corrupt her...? Xia Zuo scratched the back of his head...

Who cares...

Chapter 48 Deciphering the Shamanic Language

After passing the master-level elemental figurine master assessment, Anru could not immediately go to the temple for further study like Xia Zuo.

The advanced course in elemental representation will occupy a large part of the mental ocean to accommodate a unique and highly spiritual tool, which serves a similar purpose to the meditation alchemy table.

This prevented Anru from using mental mediums to impart knowledge, and she could only attend classes according to the normal course schedule.

The next temple session will be held in a month and a half.

Before that, there was enough time for the two of them to enjoy some quality time together.

Late that night, Anru was meditating in bed, while Xia Zuo went to the study to be alone.

Earlier today, he drafted an outline of a research plan to remove the toxic effects of elemental toxins.

He wanted to take advantage of the night when no one would disturb him to carefully consider the details of the plan.

To make something poisonous non-toxic while retaining its ability to be neutralized by antidotes is somewhat unbelievable to alchemists with little knowledge of toxicology…

However, the existence of eroxin proves that neutralizing properties and toxicity are not inseparable; they are two independent properties.

It is only because the two appear together most of the time that people have the misconception that neutralizing properties and toxicity are of the same nature.

Just like the body and the spirit.

Once one truly enters a meditative state, one can realize that the body and the spirit are not the same thing. The elements that mages contain reside in the spirit, not the body.

Therefore, to distinguish between neutralizing properties and toxicity, a spell or item must be invented to achieve an effect similar to "soul vision," allowing the neutralizing properties and toxicity to be presented separately.

Professor Kulov must have chosen to invent spells to distinguish between these two properties.

The reason is simple…

During Xia Zuo's time at Starry Night Academy, Professor Kurov almost always lay in a comfortable recliner meditating, never entering or leaving the Wonder Alchemy Room where he researched alchemical tools. He must have been weaving spells in his mental ocean.

The vast majority of master-level poison alchemists have likely chosen this path.

After all, the elemental toxic crystals are used in the spiritual ocean; they are rich in spirituality, and all modifications related to them are based on this spirituality.

Instead of taking a long detour to invent a spiritual alchemical tool, it's better to weave spells in the ocean of the mind, which is closer at hand.

Xia Zuo approves of this research and development approach and plans to do the same. If this path doesn't work out, he will consider inventing spiritual items.

In matters concerning spirits, Shazo believes he may have an advantage over other poison alchemists.

First, he needs to determine one thing:

Can he see or sense his blood element servants while in a meditative state?

Previously, due to interference from the protective barrier of the temple's teaching area, Xia Zuo was unable to sense the Blood Element Servant when he first entered a meditative state.

Now he wants to try again.

If it works...

Perhaps solving the problem of neutralizing properties and toxicity is simpler than anyone imagines.

Xia Zuo activated [Blood Element Servant], using this blood magic trait to easily create a Blood Element Servant with 1000 HP and 5 points of Spirit attribute.

If he had more than this much free mental attribute value, he would have even wanted to create a Blood Element servant with a mental attribute value exceeding 10 points, further increasing the possibility of him sensing it in [Soul Perspective].

Xia Zuo cast the [Concentration and Tranquility] spell on himself, closed his eyes, and let his consciousness sink down. A window popped into his mind about a cheat system…

"Host is detected to be entering a deep meditation/contemplation state. Please confirm the state you are about to enter."

Is this even possible?

Xia Zuo's consciousness froze for a moment, feeling like he had installed an operating system on a computer, and the computer asked which operating system to run when he turned it on...

He murmured to himself:

"Enter a meditative state."

"Entering a meditative state, 3, 2, 1... Successfully entered the state."

A faint light appeared before his eyes, and Xia Zuo appeared above his body in spirit form.

He immediately tried to sense the blood element servants.

“There.” Xia Zuo turned his head and looked to the side. There was nothing there, but the mental connection between him and his Blood Element servants told him that his servants were there.

This feeling is strange...

It's like a person staring wide-eyed in the dark, unable to see anything, yet able to sense the presence of another through touch or other senses.

Xia Zuo brought up the template for Blood Element Servants.

A beam of light flashed from the spiritual line connecting the spirit and the body, and a template-like cross-section appeared before our eyes, as if it had a physical form.

Everything on the panel is normal.

Is there any way to allow him to see his blood element servants and interact with them while in a meditative state?

Xia Zuo circled his body in thought, when suddenly an idea flashed into his mind!

totem!

Oh right~ How could I forget this school of magic? It's a school of magic that's related to the spirit school, and it's also related to spirits.

Xia Zuo searched his mind for knowledge related to totem schools. According to "An Introduction to Magic Schools," totems and totem poles represent the relationship between spirits and physical entities.

A totem is a symbolic representation. When a spellcaster attaches their spirit and a portion of their spiritual ocean to a symbol drawn with a special oil, the symbol acquires spirituality and can be stored within the spellcaster's spiritual ocean.

If you attach a totem to a specific alchemical tool, you can create a totem pole. This pole will also have a spirit and will usually be stored in your spiritual ocean. When you need to use it, you can summon it out.

Xia Zuo snapped his fingers, and a concrete plan was formed.

When Anru visited Janice this weekend, she went to play with the little girl, while he went to the Mage Guild to exchange for an introductory book on the Totem School. He still had a few hundred points on his citizen card, which should be enough to cover the expenses.

...

A few days later, on Saturday morning.

Janice sat in the classroom and glanced at the clock on the wall. It was 11:15 a.m. In 15 minutes, this difficult course on the principles of pharmacy would end.