My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Perhaps because he had never seen an art exhibition before, he found it very difficult to understand the appeal of art paintings.

It wasn't until he stepped into the historical art museum and stood before the giant paintings that he truly felt the awe-inspiring power of oil paintings for the first time.

On a 3-meter-high, 10-meter-long wall, an artwork covers the entire surface, with figures on it in life-size proportions.

A group of loggers wearing brown overalls are cutting down trees in the forest.

The shadows and sunlight are clearly defined, and the painting style is meticulous; even the wood chips from the axe hitting the tree trunk are clearly visible.

Xia Zuo stood two or three meters in front of the painting, gazing at the lumberjacks' expressions and postures, feeling a deep sense of emotion.

When appreciating vivid and realistic paintings, with just a little imagination, static images can come alive like VR videos.

Anru stood to the side and whispered:

"Isn't it beautiful? My teacher also brought me to see historical paintings first."

She tugged at Xia Zuo's sleeve and drew an oval shape under the lumberjack's feet with her finger. "Look at the shape of these weeds, and then look at the wildflowers in the bushes behind the lumberjack."

Xia Zuo's gaze lingered between the weeds and wildflowers. He crossed his arms, propped his chin up, and frowned, feeling that there was some connection between the two.

The weather in the painting is light rain turning to sunshine, with many wet mud imprints on the grass, and wild grass leaning haphazardly in the muddy footprints.

The wildflowers in the bushes had some bright spots on their petals, which were raindrops that hadn't yet fallen, and the flowers were slightly tilted to one side.

Xia Zuo's eyes lit up—it was Feng!

He closed his eyes and visualized this historical scene in his mind.

Three or five lumberjacks swung their axes in turn, shouting slogans as they chopped down the giant trees. Their movements stirred up gusts of wind, tearing apart the natural breeze drifting through the forest.

Xia Zuo opened his eyes and suddenly realized that the way the wild grass lay flat was not without reason.

They were trampled to the ground, but the tips of the grass could still sway with the gusts of wind created by the loggers.

To use tangible things to depict intangible things.

The poses of lumberjacks and wildflowers are used to depict different wind directions.

A glint of understanding flashed in Xia Zuo's eyes, and he squinted in appreciation:

"This painting is absolutely a masterpiece; no wonder it's placed near the entrance of the history museum. Although the diagonal lines symbolizing wind direction aren't depicted, it still conveys the interaction of different winds. Truly amazing."

Anru raised the corners of her mouth, gently blew on Xia Zuo's neck, causing him to involuntarily shrink back and cover his mouth with a soft laugh, saying:

“As long as it’s not a portrait or still life, the wind is the soul of the painting. If it’s a landscape, then water and wind are equally important.”

Xia Zuo released his detection spell on Anruer once again.

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Character name Anru

Identity: Servant of the Mage at Starry Night Academy

Blood volume? Health?

Resistance

Wind resistance: 3

Water resistance: 0.5 0.5

force 2

Agility 3

Stamina 2

vitality2

Perception 5

Willpower 5

Spirit 11

Charm 6

Character strengths:

Alchemy Linguistics, Oil Alchemy Apprentice Level

Master-level painting skills

Painters can perceive changes in wind direction and depict them with their brushes.

A painter can perceive changes in water flow and depict them with a brush.

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Anru's mental strength improved from 10 to 11 points, which should be attributed to reading alchemical books.

Like the miller's daughter, Clémüller, she awakened resistance to wind and water, both of which stemmed from observing changes in wind direction and water flow.

With sufficient mental attributes, to awaken fire resistance, one can learn artifact alchemy, and by the furnace, learn from Little Moben Riley's special skill of forging and mastering the fire, or other similar special skills.

To awaken earth resistance, learn poison alchemy and, in the process of creating and detoxifying poisons, comprehend Kulov's special skill of mastering compound toxins.

Xia Zuo discovers that he is different from others.

He did not acquire these resistance-related talents through normal means!

Instead, they obtain rewards from the cheat system by selling their blood.

It eliminates the need for a lengthy accumulation process that can take years!

Just like a fire-breathing performer, lung capacity, toxin resistance, and fire-breathing skills all require long-term practice to achieve.

However, by using his high health regeneration and high-intensity, highly toxic flamethrower, he forcibly gained fire resistance due to his status bonus.

Elemental resistance is defined by Beatrice as acquired affinity.

Whether it is acquired affinity or innate affinity, as long as one has affinity with all four elements at the same time, one can practice the beginner-level meditation method and eventually become a mage.

Learning alchemy is just one way to acquire these acquired affinityes.

It simply develops affinity with things much faster than through painting, gathering herbs, or blowing on a stove.

However, none of these avenues accessible to ordinary people are as fast or convenient as selling blood for rewards.

Is it

A strange idea surged from the depths of Xia Zuo's mind!

He might be able to use his special ability to create a completely new way of advancing in status.

Energy flow!

Sell ​​blood, get rewards, recover your losses, then sell blood again.

If the requirements for promotion can be met by selling blood, then wouldn't he become a perpetual motion machine?

Chapter 15 Four-Element Resistance

What are you thinking about?

Anru'er's delicate hand waved lightly in front of her eyes.

Xia Zuo came to his senses:

"Let's go see the next painting."

“Okay, let’s go this way.” Anru’er took the other’s arm and walked deeper into the exhibition hall.

Xia Zuo temporarily put aside his idea of ​​a perpetual motion machine through blood selling and focused on accompanying the other person to tour the entire art exhibition.

Historical paintings showcase the charm of the artwork from a grand perspective. Landscape paintings are slightly inferior; even realistic works are not half as impactful as historical paintings, and they also offer much less insight into wind direction.

Around 5 p.m., the two came out of the exhibition hall.

Looking at the bustling streets and the surging crowds, Xia Zuo felt that it would be better to take a stroll by the lake inside the academy, where it was both leisurely and quiet, much better than the chaotic streets.

“Let’s go back to the university. After dinner, I plan to visit my advisor.”

Anru smiled and looked up at the other person, "Then I'll stay in my dorm and study. Let's meet at the cafeteria tomorrow morning."

It was 7 p.m. that evening.

Xia Zuo escorted Anruer into the corridor of the girls' dormitory and then walked alone into the poison alchemy area.

Every night from Monday to Thursday, he was preparing white palate poison and antidote, repeatedly testing the poison and its antidote.

Kulov lay on the soft sofa, occasionally putting down his book to take a look.

This gray-haired mentor spent almost every moment reading in the alchemy room.

But tonight is different.

Xia Zuo was surprised to find that his mentor was not there.

Just as he was hesitating whether to turn around and leave, a letter drifted in from the doorway.

In his letter, Kulov said that he was discussing some things with other professors, allowing Shazo to try out trainee-level poisons on his own, provided that it was safe for him.

Xia Zuo was delighted and looked at his character template.

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Level 9

Experience 230803101000

Soil resistance: 0.5 0.5

Willpower 30.373.37

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The closer the Earth resistance is to 0.5, the less extra experience bonus the White Palate Poison and Antidote provide, as well as the bonus Willpower and Resistance.

Its efficiency in converting experience into practical applications is rapidly decreasing, and it's clearly becoming ineffective. It's a good time to try out a new poison.

Xia Zuo opened the poison encyclopedia and found another apprentice-level poison formula.