The Synthesis Wizard-Chapter 313:Focusing on Overall Development
Chapter 313 - 313:Focusing on Overall Development
The laboratory was brightly lit.
On the spacious workbench lay a massive golem. Xieman focused intently as he controlled the wizard's hand, carefully inscribing runes on the golem's body.
After spending nearly half an hour, he finally finished drawing the last rune.
As the rune took shape, a faint glow flashed across the golem's surface, and a lifelike vitality suddenly appeared out of thin air.
Xieman let out a long sigh of relief. He took out a soul crystal and embedded it into the indentation at the center of the golem's chest. With a click, the soul crystal sank into the golem's body, fitting perfectly.
Hum! The golem came to life, sat up, and jumped off the workbench, landing with a thud. It spoke in a muffled, mechanical voice:
"Awaiting orders."
"Go stand over there and enter standby mode," Xieman said, pointing to a corner of the laboratory where over a dozen shadow steel golems were already standing in a row.
"Command received."
The shadow steel golem walked with heavy steps to the corner, joining the queue.
Looking at the rows of shadow steel golems, Xieman's face showed a satisfied smile.
The Star Alliance was currently exploring new planes. They were just waiting for the exploration teams to return with intelligence before selecting new planes for development. Therefore, there was an urgent need to expand military power with golems, and consequently, the purchase price of golems had also risen.
This batch of shadow steel golems would be enough to exchange for a considerable amount of contribution points.
If used to exchange for Divinity Energy Crystals, it would probably be enough for him to break through to Level 2 Crystallization.
Although he was already a Level 2 Liquefaction Wizard, with strength steadily ranking in the top twenty of the entire Star Alliance, Xieman still had to work diligently to earn contribution points.
This was the daily routine of all wizards in the Star Alliance.
Even powerful wizards like Scepter, Rose, and Fakado, who were Level 2 Crystallization Wizards, also had to rush about for contribution points.
However, everyone was content with this.
Compared to wizards from other factions, Star Alliance wizards could be considered quite fortunate.
After all, other wizard factions didn't have an abundance of Divinity Energy Crystals and Elemental Crystal Cores available for exchange.
Star Alliance wizards only needed to work hard enough to exchange for large amounts of cultivation resources, allowing their strength to increase rapidly.
This treatment was unmatched not only by second-rate wizard factions but even by large wizard factions like the Wisdom Codex and the Deep Blue Alliance.
Leaving the laboratory, Xieman went straight to the logistics department. He handed over all the shadow steel golems he had recently refined, exchanged all the earned contribution points for Divinity Energy Crystals, and then left satisfied.
Next, instead of going to the cultivation room, he headed to Phantom Lake City.
After each of them had advanced to Level 2 Wizards, he and Artier, Corey, Tagiana, Ethan, and Fleming had become increasingly busy. Some were in seclusion, some were experimenting, and others were out exploring. Everyone had their own affairs to attend to.
With the Star Alliance's territory expanding rapidly, the group was scattered across different planes, often unable to gather together for long periods.
It wasn't until the last few hundred years that they had made an agreement to meet once every twenty years, both to catch up and to exchange information.
Today was the day of their twenty-year reunion.
When Xieman arrived at the meeting hall, everyone else was already there.
"Sorry, I went to the logistics department and got delayed a bit," Xieman apologized.
"It's alright," Artier smiled gently. "We just arrived ourselves."
After brief greetings, everyone began to chat casually.
Unsurprisingly, the first topic was the news that had been spreading like wildfire recently throughout the Star Alliance and even the entire wizard world.
"I heard that Lord Su Nan has advanced to True Spirit Wizard. Is that true?"
"Yes, I just returned from Lady Lize. The teacher has indeed advanced to True Spirit Wizard."
The speaker was Artier.
Having served as Lize's assistant before, her words naturally carried great credibility.
In fact, everyone present understood that if the news had spread, its authenticity shouldn't need to be questioned.
But when they actually got confirmation from Artier's mouth, they still couldn't help but feel amazed and reverent.
"Lord Su Nan's rate of power increase is still as astonishing as ever!"
"Indeed. As far as I know, none of those Descendants of True Spirits have taken less than five thousand years to go from Level 3 Crystallization to True Spirit Wizard. They simply can't compare to Lord Su Nan."
"With this, the Star Alliance has also joined the ranks of second-tier wizard factions."
"Not just that, the Star Alliance is now not far behind the Myriad-Headed Bird."
Everyone's faces bore smiles, and even the usually cold and solemn Corey had a faint smile at the corners of his mouth.
The stronger the Star Alliance became, the more they could benefit from it.
After marveling for a while, Xieman suddenly turned to Corey and changed the subject: "Corey, didn't you participate in the plane exploration? How did it go?"
Everyone turned to look at Corey.
Most of those participating in plane exploration were Level 1 Wizards, with very few Level 2 Wizards. Among those present, only Corey had participated.
As it concerned the expansion of the Star Alliance's territory, they were all very interested and curious.
"The exploration is basically complete," Corey said.
He didn't keep everyone in suspense and concisely reported the exploration results.
"This time, we explored a total of fourteen unknown planes. Six of them had environments that were too harsh and resources that were exceptionally scarce, basically having no value. Lady Lize has already decided to abandon these six planes."
"Among the remaining eight planes, five have relatively scarce resources, but the advantage is that the environment is suitable, with quite a few geomantic node points. They can be used to open sub-grade magic stone veins."
There are countless planes in the multiverse, but only one or two out of ten truly have value.
Most planes not only lack resources but also have very harsh environments where life forms cannot survive. These are worthless abandoned planes with no development value.
Among the planes explored by the Star Alliance this time, only six were abandoned planes, which was already considered quite lucky.
Xieman and the others understood this point, and their eyes all lit up upon hearing this.
Corey's next words made them even more delighted.
"The other three planes have relatively abundant resources and environments very suitable for life forms to survive. The indigenous forces are not strong, and although they are not human planes, they all have the potential to be transformed into human planes."
Valuable planes were few and far between, and among these, human planes were even rarer.
The probability of finding a human plane in one exploration was extremely low.
Finding three planes with the potential to be transformed into human planes was already very fortunate.
Xieman smiled and said, "Lady Lize recently ordered the transformation of the Yake Plane and the Bear Eye Plane. If we add these three planes and complete the transformation of all of them, the number of human planes owned by the Star Alliance will soar to nine, which would be unparalleled even among second-tier wizard factions."
"Indeed," Artier nodded in agreement. "However, I heard Lady Lize say that the teacher is planning to build a sky city, which will occupy some of the Star Alliance's manpower and resources. It's likely that we won't have the extra capacity to simultaneously transform other planes before the Yake Plane and Bear Eye Plane transformations are completed."
Transforming a plane into a human plane is invariably a time-consuming and resource-intensive project.
Even a powerful faction like the Myriad-Headed Bird could at most transform two planes simultaneously.
The Star Alliance was only able to undertake the construction of a sky city while simultaneously transforming two planes because it had the financial support from synthesizing magic stones.
"A sky city, huh." Tagiana's eyes gleamed slightly.
The others also showed expressions of pleasant surprise.
A sky city was the top strategic weapon in the wizard world. Once successfully built, the Star Alliance's combat power would immediately rise to a new level.
In addition, the sky city itself was also a super-large-scale interstellar fortress that could accommodate millions of people, with numerous high-specification laboratories, cultivation rooms, workshops, and so on. It was equivalent to a super version of a wizard tower.
It would be more conducive to their experiments, manufacturing, and cultivation.
It's worth noting that even today, the cultivation rooms of the Starlight Wizard Tower were still quite popular exchange items in the Star Alliance.
The cultivation rooms in the sky city would undoubtedly be even better than those in the Starlight Wizard Tower!
"Speaking of which, hasn't your wizard tower been upgraded and renovated?" Artier looked at Xieman.
He smiled slightly and nodded, "It was just completed recently."
Fleming's face showed a trace of envy as he sighed, "People who are good at puppet refining techniques really do earn contribution points faster."
Xieman laughed, glancing at Corey and saying, "Corey is much better than me in this aspect."
He was skilled in making potions and refining puppets, but because he focused on both areas, his energy was divided, so his attainments in both areas were not particularly outstanding.
At least in terms of puppet refining, he was not as good as Corey, who specialized in it.
The others looked at Xieman and Corey with envious gazes.
Among all those present, only Xieman and Corey's wizard towers had reached the large-scale level, and many of their core facilities had been enhanced.
Compared to the others, these two were clearly wealthy.
While Xieman and the others were chatting and exchanging information, in another hall, Rose, Scepter, Fakado, Tulio, and others were also conversing.
Unlike Xieman, Artier, and other young wizards who came from the academy, most of these people joined the Star Alliance later and were considered mid-way joiners.
That being said, their sense of belonging to the Star Alliance was just as high, if not higher.
After all, it was practically impossible to find another wizard faction in the entire multiverse that could provide such a vast amount of cultivation resources for its wizards like the Star Alliance did.
Admittedly, large wizard factions like the Wisdom Codex and the Deep Blue Alliance possessed more resources, but they also had more wizards. When divided among each individual, the amount was much less, and the competition was extremely fierce.
Unlike the Star Alliance, where as long as one had enough contribution points, many cultivation resources could be exchanged for almost without limit.
They didn't have to worry about resources at all.
The only things limiting their power increase were their own talents and time.
On the other hand, it was precisely because they all joined midway and their strength was already considerably higher than the academy faction that almost every one of them had reached the Level 2 tier.
Among the best of them, such as Fakado, Scepter, and Rose, had even reached the Level 2 Crystallization tier.
They were just waiting to construct their third Talent Crystal to advance to Level 3 Wizard.
"Over the years, the Star Alliance has acquired many Talent Crystal models through various channels, totaling over two hundred different kinds. Among them, there are seven high-level Talent Crystal models. However, what I want most are still those three top-tier Talent Crystal models."
Scepter's voice echoed in the hall, eliciting nods of agreement from many.
The so-called top-tier Talent Crystal models referred to the lower versions created based on the Talent Crystals constructed by Su Nan, namely the models of [Liquid Metal], [Absolute Forbidden Zone], and [Falling Star Rain].
Although they were lower versions, their power was much weaker than the real three models, but they were already a level higher than ordinary high-level Talent Crystal models, so they were internally named as top-tier by the Star Alliance.
All three top-tier Talent Crystal models were open for exchange to all Star Alliance wizards, and the required contribution points were not high. However, very few people actually exchanged for them.
This was because the difficulty of constructing high-level Talent Crystals was extraordinarily high, and the final mental power infusion was particularly time-consuming.
A slight mistake could lead to the end of one's lifespan, missing the chance for advancement.
Therefore, wizards who dared to choose top-tier Talent Crystal models were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.
Even outstanding wizards like Scepter and Fakado only dared to choose top-tier Talent Crystal models when they were sprinting towards Level 3 Wizard.
This was still because the Star Alliance had opened up the supply of Divinity Energy Crystals and Elemental Crystal Cores in recent years, greatly shortening their time for mental power liquefaction and crystallization at the secondary level, thus giving them enough lifespan to construct top-tier Talent Crystals.
"The difficulty of top-tier Talent Crystals is too high. I'll stick with the high-level ones."
"Me too. I know my own capabilities well, and I simply don't have that talent."
"If the top-tier ones are already this difficult, the real [Liquid Metal], [Absolute Forbidden Zone], and [Falling Star Rain] must be even more astonishing. I really don't know how Lord Su Nan managed it."
"Lord Su Nan is a genius who advanced to True Spirit Wizard in less than three thousand years. How can we compare to him?"
"Indeed, there's no second wizard genius like Lord Su Nan in the entire multiverse."
Listening to everyone's conversation, a hint of nostalgia flashed in Rose's eyes.
She recalled when Su Nan had just joined the Secluded Woodland Cottage, and he was still a wizard apprentice like them.
Now, years have passed, and she had become a Level 2 Wizard, striving towards Level 3 Wizard. But Su Nan had already advanced to True Spirit Wizard, stepping into a realm that countless wizards could only dream of.
It could only be said that Su Nan's talent and qualifications had far exceeded her cognition and understanding.
It was so in the past, and it remained so now.
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As Rose was lost in thought, she was suddenly interrupted by Scepter.
"By the way, which Talent Crystal model did you choose?"
Rose pursed her lips and said, "My talent is not as good as yours and Fakado's. I'm not confident in constructing a top-tier Talent Crystal, so I chose the high-level [Absolute Forbidden Zone]."
The three Talent Crystal models had versions from low-level to top-tier, emphasizing comprehensiveness.
"Speaking of which, didn't Lord Su Nan come out of seclusion recently? How com
e I didn't see Lord Su Nan at the Starlight Wizard Tower?" Fakado suddenly asked.
Rose said, "I heard from Lady Lize that Lord Su Nan went to visit Lady Meisha at the Wisdom Codex, seemingly about matters concerning the Realm of Truth."