Transmigrating into a Mob Character to Rehabilitate the Villain Plan Volume 1 Chapter 23
Aug 10, 2017
Cultivation terms were everywhere this chapter. Reminded me of how Iâve read more cultivation-related novels in Chinese than I have in English, and thus am woefully ignorant on how to translate them.
Luckily, this novel is very light in the cultivation aspect. I decided to use Augustâs suggestion and use âartificerâ instead of âartifact refinerâ. Thank you for the help!
Chapter 23:
This kid,ihonestly⌠Ling Xiashedsilent tears. His monthlyjpay comparedtolYu!ZhiJueâs was probably like the difference between a village teacherâs and a city officialâs, huh⌠âŚi
âSince Iâve handed the things over, Iâm leaving.â Yu ZhiJue glanced at Ling Xia and directly headed outside.
LingiXiaihurriedly calledlout, âWait,iIâllisendlyoulback.âiHe!fished out!ajpaper lantern fromithe cornerjandlcarefully lightediitup.jEveryltimelheiwent tofindithese twolkids, theyiwerelboth eitherlbusyicultivatinglorjcompleting variousiassignments with basicallyjnofreeltimeatlall.!Afterjtheboy returned, there were definitelyimore tasksiwaiting.iHisiheartlached quitelajbitithatlalchildithis young hadtojwalkiback alone!at night.i
Yu ZhiJue looked at the dusty lantern with scorn, took out an artifact for illumination from inside his sleeve, pulled open the door, and refused, âNo need. I just learned the Flash Step Technique, so I can go back very quickly.â
Although he feigned a calm composure, his tone still faintly divulged his happiness. After saying so, he vanished from his original spot without a trace.
Watching the small body that momentarily disappeared and then reappeared ten meters away, Ling Xia inwardly sighed; as expected, a genius was a genius! He waited until Yu ZhiJueâs silhouette faded into the distance before closing the door and opening his new book, diligently thumbing through its contents.
Earlier today,lforthejsake ofjcompletingitheimaskedmanâslassignment,ihe hadjjust givenjthis aicursoryjread. Onlyjnowldidihe discoverithatjthis booklwaslvery unique, quite unlikeithosejcryptic andidifficultitolunderstandjtomeslthat populatedlthejlibrary. Thellayoutjwas considerably!lively and!fascinating,!andlit includedidetailedldescriptions on variousjtypeslofartifact!refinement equipment,imaterials, and other related subjects.!
Moreover,jwhat pleasantlyjsurprised himthe most was that onjevery page, possibly because some magic was applied, picturesjof energy stones that were nearlyias clear and detailed as photos would replacejthe text that it corresponded to, andjafter he finished!viewing them, the images would morphlback into words.
Dipping his own specially created quill pen in ink, Ling Xia took notes in a journal while he read.
With regards to refining magical artifacts, aside from the matter of gathering materials, the elements that were equally indispensable were luck, oneâs innate talent, and the artificerâs proficiency and experience.
Refining artifacts couldibe considered a magical art.jChoosingjdifferent types ofjenergy stones, varying the degrees of heat, and even how one was introduced to the field were all factorsithat could change an artifactâs capabilities during its refinement. A singlemagicallartifact!could even simultaneouslypossess multiple functional orientations, like offensive, defensive,lsupport-based,etc.iThe Shang!Yanitheylmet beforelhad usedja lightning attribute offensive artifact.iLightning offensive types were formidable in their!power, but the success rate ofjtheir refinement was extremely low. The onejthat boy had could be consideredjalmasterpiece.
When refining, high-level artificers were capable of carving their own divine sense onto their creations, using psychical energy to mold the artifact into any shape they wanted, and even designate user limitations.
LingiXia became completely absorbed!injsoakinglupithislknowledge. Injmiddle school,ichemistry wasihisibestisubject,landlheliked hands-on!experimentsthe most.Observing howithelcombinationlofldifferentlreagents!caused varying chemical reactions!toloccur alwaysjgavelhim!a heartfelt sensejofithrill.jDue to hislgrades in highischool, hejstudied computer programminglinstead of chemistryjinicollege, andalwaysfound that regrettable. He!feltithatiartifact refinement andjchemistry experimentsjactuallyhadlcertain minute pointsjof!similarity.l
It wasnât until!the sky started!to brighteniand the familiar sound of ajbell chimed outside that Ling Xiafinally became aware thatihe had ended up pulling an unexpected all-nighter.
Without his notice, Ling Xiaâs impression of the masked man had once again increased by an unknown percentage. In the short 6 hours he spent there, the other was able to determine which areas were best suited for him to pursue. Compared to those ancient, fogey guys who solely relied on the results of an exam, he was indeed a lot more reliable and could absolutely be praised as a teacher who taught to his studentâs strengths.
Itâs said that ShaoYang Sectâs best spiritual herbs were not at Immortal Welcoming Pavilion, but with a high-level wood attribute divergent-skill elder called Mu QingHe. Ling Xia decided that if he ever got the chance, he must go there to study.
If he became a famous artificer or a wood attribute divergent-skill cultivator in the future, then he wouldnât need to worry about dragging those two kids down. Haha, those kids can be in charge of laughing hand-in-hand across the lands, and as for him, heâd be their personal artificer slash horticulturist that hid behind the scenes, and maybe even double as an alchemist. Just the money heâd make from selling his creations would be enough build an entire country!
The little guy inside him was already howling with delirious laughter in a hands-on-hips pose. The more he fantasized, the giddier he became, full of energy despite not having slept last night.
Ling Xia had thought that the masked man would drill him on the bookâs contents, but who knew the other would directly take out a jumbled pile of disorganized energy stones from his space and dump it on a table instead.
Now this was a hard test. Ignoring that Ling Xia only had three days to read, even if he did memorize the info of every energy stone in the book, accurately telling them apart would be difficult to achieve without at least a year of practice.
Ling Xia only blanked out for a second before meticulously starting to inspect the heap. Heâs a quite optimistic person, so heâd just have to try his best regardless.
Soon, he pickedioutlfour pieceslofienergy stonesjthat!hejfeltlconfidentiabout, andjonebylone,introducedtheirlorigins.!
Ling Xia cautiously reported,iâThis onelis!called FlamingiCloud Rock, ajlevel-2 fireiattributejenergy stone.lThat oneis a Merry Gate Stone,ja!level-1 earth attributeienergyistone⌠âŚâAfter that, he picked outifivejor six more stones, ones his memory was a!bit fuzzyjon, andifollowing the differentiation method presented inlthe book, did a few simple tests to determine their attributes. Nevertheless, by the end,he stillifailed to identify over half of theistones.
Fortunately,lthe masked man didnâtlreprimand himjandjonlysmiled,lâYouâve alreadyidoneiquite well.!Nowitell!me,of the energyjstonesiyou sorted out, whichiones canbeicombineditogetherltoirefine into a!magicaljartifact?â!
LingiXiagingerlyjplacedjtwolstones together and respondediwithjalgrin,âIf youiput this pieceofllevel-2!waterattribute energyjstonejinto acharacteristically!mild beryl,lthen you!canirefinelaisupport-typelartifactlforlwaterlattribute divergent-skilljcultivators.âj
Due to Yu ZhiJueâs attribute being water, plus wanting to give the boy something of his personal creation, he had reread the section on water attribute energy stones a few extra times, thus his memory on it was particularly vivid.
The masked manileisurely lied backidown again. âYepyep, not tooibad of an answer. Since itâsilike this, whyldonâtlyou go and refinejit.â
Currently, he couldnât even be called a novice low-level artificer yet, and without any psychical energy, he have no other choice but to depend on manual heat control and fire attribute artifacts. However, without a shred of experience, how should he start? One should know, disciples taken in by ordinary artificers generally spent at least 3 years doing odd jobs.
The masked man shot him a glance, closed his eyes once more, and supplemented while rocking his leg, âThe tools I used in my youth for artifact refining are placed in the third room from the left. You can use those. Studying theory without actual practice is useless, so go try it out for yourself!â
BeforeLingiXiaicould voice!the rest!ofihismisgivings, a familiaricrackjappeared below and downihe fell.!Hehelplesslyjshookjhisihead;jwaslthismaster!not afraidjofhim wasting!preciousienergyistonesâŚiâŚIt should belnoted thatlsome naturalimaterials couldnât bought nojmatterhowjhighlaipriceionejoffered.j
He opened that roomâs door, the inside indeed full of books, equipment, and materials related to refining artifacts, and from the shelf with energy stones, found the two kinds he needed. Although these two types werenât considered valuable, but if he had to buy it himself, he reckoned that one piece alone would burn through half his monthly salaryâŚ
Ling Xia bitterly wept inside. Looking at it this way, the masked man was really a generous and big-hearted master!
Helcarefully weighed!theitwolstones,!ofteniconsulting thelartifactirefinement book,iandfollowinglthejratioslgiven,usedla!smalljknife toiscrapejofflthe extras.iHe placed them insidejthe refiningfurnaceiandjlitla!smalliflame, then slowlyland mindfully increasediitsjheat in accordanceito theimethod recordediin theibook.i
Except, he!triedjthree times and failedlthem all. Notjonly did the end resultnot have ajrecognizable shape, it was defectiveitolthe extent that not a spec of theistonesâ original colorslremained. In hishand, therejwas just a lumpiofiblack, indistinct,garbage-likeâŚthing.
What a complete and utter waste! Ling Xiaâs heart was in anguish seeing that water attribute support-type artifact being treated like trash, and answered with a nod, âJust a little bit⌠âŚHowever, this disciple does not yet possess psychical energy.â