Under the attention of the elves in Angstrom City, Abel was sitting in the center of his retreat room. There was a straw mat in front of him.
When he sat on the mat, he could feel the coolness of the grass. Only then did he notice that the grass used to weave the mat was actually Soul Stabilizing Grass, a special kind of herb that could only grow in a magical environment.
Because the growth cycle of the Soul Stabilizing Grass was as long as five hundred years, no human would plant this kind of herb that had an obvious calming effect on the soul because no human would be willing to sacrifice five hundred years of a magical environment just to wait for a herb.
Only the elves, a race that lived in nature and focused on alchemy, would cultivate this kind of Soul-stabilizing Grass.
Also, the elves' lifespan made it easier for them to wait for a long time. At least they would be able to see soul-stabilizing grass mature in their lifetime.
It was easy to imagine how precious a cushion woven with such medicinal herbs was. It was not something that could be measured with money.
After sighing at the generosity of the Alchemy Union, Abel calmed down and prepared to become a Master Alchemist.
Alchemists had many inheritances, and potion alchemists were only one of them. However, all alchemists had the same alchemy pattern inside their bodies. Alchemy patterns were the foundation of all alchemy.
In this world, alchemists relied on alchemy patterns to transform and sublimate materials to get the results they wanted.
First, he needed to return the elite alchemy pattern inside his body to its liquid state. This process required the power of the will, and the power of the will would play a decisive role.
Therefore, he took out the invisibility cloak and put it on. The headband inside the cloak doubled his power of the will. It was a full 600 points of power of the will. In an instant, his power of the will was beyond that of a normal elite wizard.
This was because he needed to use his power of the will to perform precise operations. If other alchemists had doubled their power of the will, they would have a hard time controlling their power of the will to not make any mistakes, let alone precise operations.
However, Abel had enough advantages. No matter if it was because he was a rank 10 wizard or because he had the data analysis ability from the world stone, he could still control his power of the will perfectly.
The Soul Stabilizing Grass cushion on his body also provided some help, making his mind clearer.
The advanced alchemy pattern slowly melted in his body. The advanced alchemy pattern was different from the intermediate alchemy pattern. It had a closer connection with the soul, and the melting process of this alchemy pattern brought about intense pain.
This kind of pain came from the depths of one's soul. Most Advanced Alchemists couldn't perfectly control their mind during this process, which caused their Advanced Alchemy Rune to collapse.
Abel was also in great pain, but he used a trick. He used the Druil soul to replace his main soul to resist the pain. The Druil soul had no intelligence, so the pain was completely useless to it.
Meanwhile, his main soul was slowly melting the Advanced Alchemy Rune. Just like that, he had broken through the first hurdle of becoming a Master Alchemist.
The Advanced Alchemy Pattern turned into a golden liquid under the effect of his power of the Will. During this process, he forgot about time and everything around him.
Time passed by little by little. For an entire day, many elves in Angstrom City did not sleep. They were all waiting for a result.
"Master Bennett has broken through the Soul Torment stage!" Master Peter lowered his voice.
At that moment, Master Peter and Master Alfred were sitting on the ground without caring about their image. They had not left since Abel entered the retreat room.
Master Peter had spent a lot of time researching the process of leveling up, so he was very clear about the Soul Torment process. The most difficult time was the first 10 hours. After 10 hours, the soul would start to adapt to the pain.
Although this adaptation would not reduce the pain, it would bring hope to those who were in pain.
"Yeah, 24 hours have passed. He should have passed the first stage. I thought he couldn't even pass the first stage!" Master Alfred did not hide his initial thoughts. He was against Abel entering the retreat room.
"Master Bennett has already passed 50% of the people who leveled up. He is the only one at his age!" Master Peter nodded.
The 2 masters had different feelings. Master Peter wanted to verify Abel's theory, and the person he was looking for was Abel himself.
Abel mentioned that elite alchemists had lost their drive, and that was why they kept failing to level up. Master Peter saw that Abel had passed the first stage of leveling up, and he felt a little more hopeful about Abel's leveling up.
On the other hand, Master Alfred's heart was filled with pity for Abel. Such a genius was about to die. He was here to comfort Abel when he came out of the retreat room after his failure. He could also use the power in his hands to better arrange Abel's future path.
Inside the retreat room, Abel's Advanced Alchemy Pattern had completely disappeared. It was replaced by a golden liquid.
His power of the will turned into a rune pen, and a 3D Master Alchemy Pattern appeared in his mind.
All of the golden liquid was sucked into the rune pen. Now, Abel had to use his power of the will to control the drawing process of the Master Alchemy Pattern. He had to use the golden liquid as ink, and he had to use just the right amount of ink, no more, no less.
This process was the second hurdle of leveling up. If one used too much of the golden liquid in the middle of the drawing under the control of the power of the will, they would run out of ink before they could finish drawing the Master Alchemy Pattern. Then, the leveling up would fail.
If the golden liquid wasn't completely used up during the drawing process, then it would collapse due to insufficient energy when activating the Master Alchemy Pattern.
Abel's data analysis ability helped him. When he drew the first stroke, his power of the will accurately controlled the amount of golden liquid ink.
When he drew the first stroke, he could not stop. If he paused for even a second, the pattern would fail, and the leveling up would fail.
The rune pen formed by his power of the will kept moving. The weight of the strokes, the thickness of the strokes, and the curve of the strokes were constantly changing.
When he was halfway through the drawing, a trace of the world's suppression appeared. Abel finally understood why so many Advanced Master Alchemy Patterns had failed.
The difficulties in the beginning were not difficult for all geniuses. There were many geniuses in this world, and the elves were more talented than the humans. It was hard to believe that in the past 1000 years, there had not been a single genius who could perfectly complete the first few steps.
When the world's suppression appeared, Abel knew why he had failed. A Master Alchemy Pattern was a profession that could make the world worry. Although it was only a trace of the world's suppression, it was enough to make countless genius alchemists unable to control their power of the will perfectly.
When Abel became an official wizard, he was also suppressed by the world's power. It was just that the suppression was much more severe than this time. Therefore, he did not feel any pressure from the world's suppression this time.
He continued to draw the Master Alchemy Pattern. Every stroke was extremely precise, just like when he had just started drawing.
The world's suppression did not increase. It seemed like this suppression was more of a test for a Master Alchemy Pattern. Of course, this test was enough to make most Advanced Alchemists despair.
When the rune pen formed by his power of the will completed the last stroke of the Master Alchemy Pattern, a strong suction force emerged from the pattern. The target of this suction was his power of the will.
At that moment, his power of the will was like a bottle with a hole in it. It kept draining away. The power of the will was the foundation of all his professions. If his power of the will completely disappeared, then Wizard, Knight, Blacksmith, and even Alchemy would disappear if he failed.
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