As he became familiar with the abilities of the [demon clown], Zhao Mu gradually grasped the pattern of its operation.
When raising proficiency, the simpler the skill, the faster the proficiency increases.
For example, if you want to increase the proficiency of the [Spirit Pattern Drawing] skill, directly raising Spirit Pattern Drawing initially will be extremely slow.
However, if you start drawing a specific Spirit Rune Diagram Path, as the proficiency of that path increases, the major skill of [Spirit Pattern Drawing] will also be enhanced.
Therefore, Zhao Mu's plan is to repeatedly draw these thousand-plus first-grade Spirit Rune Diagram Paths to increase the proficiency of the [Spirit Pattern Drawing] skill until it reaches max Rank, and then achieve a Breakthrough to a higher stage!
Before starting the formal drawing, Zhao Mu activated the [Turtle Breathing Technique] as usual.
This made his Breathing slow and steady, calming his mind and body, preventing emotional fluctuations. Only then would his hand be steady.
"Swish!" "Swish!" "Swish!"
Zhao Mu sat at the desk, drawing furiously. [Unrestrained], being a first-grade Spirit Rune Diagram Path, was the simplest, consisting mainly of straight lines and broken lines.
Zhao Mu had already mastered the skills of [Quick Draw Straight Line] and [Quick Draw Broken Line], allowing him to draw perfect straight lines and broken lines in a single stroke, and at an astonishing speed.
With a solid foundation, drawing felt like divine assistance!
As his pen tip moved across the paper, he could control the angles and lengths as he wished, without any dimensional errors.
As a result, he finished drawing this [Unrestrained] Spirit Rune Diagram Path in only half an hour!
The panel held by the demon clown, [Unrestrained Drawing], saw its proficiency increase to 1 point.
"At this speed, I need to draw 100 copies to completely master this entire Spirit Rune Diagram Path. But what if I Breakthrough past 100 copies?"
Zhao Mu was very curious. He quickly put away the finished diagram and spread out another blank sheet of paper.
The second sheet of [Unrestrained] began to be drawn!
"Swish swish swish!"
With the experience from the first drawing, the speed of the second piece was even faster!
This time, his drawing time was reduced to 20 minutes, a direct reduction of one-third of the time!
[Unrestrained Drawing]: Proficiency 5.
The success of the second attempt directly increased the proficiency by 4 points!
Zhao Mu was overjoyed.
"I understand now. Unlike skills I already had a foundation in, such as Breathing and Walking, the drawing of Unrestrained started with a foundation of 0, so the proficiency increase is faster in the initial stage!"
During the first drawing, he had to stare at the sample diagram and slow down because he was afraid of making a mistake.
But by the second attempt, a fixed memory had formed in his mind, and his speed naturally increased.
Zhao Mu locked himself in his dorm room and drew eight more copies in one go!
By this time, the proficiency of [Unrestrained Drawing] had already reached 25!
His drawings became better and better, faster, and smoother, and the quality of the Spirit Rune Diagram Path showed significant improvement.
It was countless times better than the copy he made during the assessment.
"As expected, Teacher Liang's assessment requirements weren't high. It's just that Jinhai Manufacturing itself is an incredibly complex task."
Zhao Mu took a deep breath and decided to take a temporary rest. Concentrating for such a long time was truly exhausting.
While his roommates hadn't returned yet, he decided to look through the other books Liang Gongchi had given him.
Zhao Mu lay on his chair and opened the books he received on his electronic wristband.
They turned out to be introductory Materials on the basic knowledge of ember remains.
To understand how to manufacture ember remains, one must first grasp its principles, so Zhao Mu began flipping through the pages.
According to the book's introduction, ember remains are a special substance existing between life and death.
Because only life forms can draw Spirit Energy from Subspace, inorganic matter cannot provide any augmentation to a Spirit Energy User.
Even the A-Rank Rare Alloys, representing the Peak of current human technology, are merely tough enough. But for an Advanced Spirit Energy User, their effect is negligible.
Thus, throughout history, humanity invented the weapon known as ember remains.
Powerful Spirit Energy Users are Sealed, or their remains, which retain Spirit Energy, are Sealed and crafted into weapons capable of absorbing and releasing Spirit Energy.
This is what ember remains are.
However, in the human world, using humans as Materials for ember remains is an absolute taboo.
This is because it would lead to some Jinhai Masters, unable to manufacture ember remains due to a scarcity of raw Materials, secretly harming their own kind.
The types of ember remains are divided into four categories based on the characteristics of the Sealed object.
The first type is amplification jinhai, which carry the lowest risk when used and can enhance various attributes of the user's abilities: speed, strength, Perception, and Spirit Energy Intensity. They are the most common type of ember remains.
The second type is weapon jinhai, which, as the name suggests, can summon weapons for combat and are also one of the most common types of ember remains.
The third type is guardian jinhai. This type of ember remains can summon an ember remains Puppet that fights according to commands.
The fourth type is Consumable ember remains. These ember remains have a limited number of uses but possess immense power, making them a luxury item among ember remains.
Higher Rank ember remains are not necessarily better to use.
This is because powerful ember remains retain part of the original owner's will, and failure to control the ember remains could lead to a Backlash and death.
Therefore, someone without the ability to control it, even if they obtain Divine Domain ember remains, would be completely unable to use it and might even lose their life.
Precisely because of this, an ember remains that matches the user's Compatibility is exceptionally expensive. And Jinhai Masters who can specifically forge ember remains based on the user's Compatibility are even more sought after!
Zhao Mu flipped through the information in his hand: "But because the manufacturing of ember remains is too complex, Jinhai Masters can usually only specialize in one type of ember remains. This is why Teacher Liang said that mastering 10 first-grade Spirit Rune Diagram Paths is enough."
"If I could master all types, wouldn't I be able to forge any ember remains I wanted?"
However, Zhao Mu ran into difficulty in another area next.
There is one other major reason why Jinhai Masters are rare.
That is: the raw Materials are too expensive!
The Materials used to forge ember remains, such as Mithril, mysterious gold, and Blazing Gold, are Advanced Materials that are virtually impossible to buy on the market.
Furthermore, one needs to obtain the bone remains of powerful Alien Beasts and the Dark Race.
All of this requires a lot of money!
While he was contemplating these issues, the dorm room door was pushed open, and Meng Qiuqiu and two others returned to the dorm.
Meng Qiuqiu was carrying a plastic bag in his hand.
"Xiao Mu Ge, are you busy? I brought food back for you."
Meng Qiuqiu walked over with a Friendly, Prosperous Smile, and when he reached Zhao Mu's desk, he immediately saw the [Unrestrained] Spirit Rune Diagram Path Zhao Mu had just finished drawing.
The incredibly neat, huge, and complex pattern, comparable to machine work, left him dumbfounded.
"Holy crap! Did you just draw this?"
Zhao Mu said plainly, "Just drew it casually."
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