Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 202 - 32 The Secret of Dragon Blood

“The Dragon Blood Species, a research topic that has thrived among Alchemy Wizards for ages.

Before the Wizard World was known as such, Giant Dragons and Sea Monsters ruled the skies, the land, and the oceans of the Wizard World. During that period, every mountain peak on the Wizard Continent was adorned with glittering Dragon Nests.

Thereafter, Wizards wrested control of the Wizard World from the Giant Dragons and reached an agreement with the Sea Monsters, becoming the new Dominators of the Wizard World.

And the Giant Dragons, naturally, became objects of study for the Wizards.

The bloodline of a Giant Dragon is incredibly formidable; any Giant Dragon that reaches maturity can become a Level 1 Creature. With age, as new heads grow on a dragon, its Life Level would increase by one for each additional head.

In the heydays of the Giant Dragons, the Wizard Continent was home to five Six-headed Giant Dragons, which later became trophies for five different Schools.

Besides being powerful, the bloodline of a Giant Dragon has an extreme erosive quality. Any creature in the Wizard World that breeds with them tends to produce offspring with strong Dragon Species characteristics, and even bathing in Dragon Blood can lead to bloodline erosion, transforming the individual into one of the Dragon Blood Species.

Although the Dragon Blood Species’s strength pales in comparison to Pure-blooded Giant Dragons, they inherit certain traits from the dragons, possessing combat abilities that are quite formidable.

Moreover, after Wizards stepped out from their cradle to compete in the starry skies, they discovered that Giant Dragons weren’t limited to the Wizard World alone.

In the worlds that Wizards have explored thus far, only a few have no trace of Giant Dragons. In the remaining worlds, traces of Giant Dragons or the Dragon Blood Species can be found, more or less.

Even though these Giant Dragons vary greatly in their specific characteristics, with some being creatures of flesh and others plants, including even hybrid elemental beings, the upgrading traits of the dragons and the strong erosive nature of Dragon Blood indicate that these seemingly different Giant Dragons actually belong to one Race.

And this has led to the emergence of a group of Wizards within the Alchemy Wizard community who specialize in the study of Giant Dragons.

However, when Richard saw these Dragon Blood specimens, what he thought of was the three-headed Giant Dragon in the Black Stone Mountain Range.

“Is that dragon considered an employee of the Academy, or is it a pet kept by a Great Wizard?” Richard mused.

Yelena, hearing Richard’s question, smiled shyly and replied, “It’s not really research. I just happen to need Dragon Blood for my own research, so I took the opportunity to study it as well.”

Richard walked up to a glass capsule and carefully observed the Dragon Blood creature inside.

Before it was eroded by Dragon Blood, the creature inside the capsule must have been a rabbit, but now it had grown sharp fangs and scales, with a pair of fierce Dragon Horns on its head that emitted a bone-chilling cold light.

“Studying the Dragon Blood Species is a good research direction,” Richard remarked offhandedly. “Giant Dragons are very strong creatures, even a little success could greatly enhance Synthetic Beasts.”

Hearing this, Yelena responded with some excitement, “Senior, do you have research on Dragon Blood?”

She quickly walked over to Richard’s side, pointing to the Dragon Blood rabbit in the glass capsule.

“I’ve been studying the bodily transformation of creatures through Dragon Blood erosion. Even a rabbit can turn into a murderous beast after the erosion, but I’ve run into some troubles recently. Could you take a look for me, senior?”

Yelena looked at Richard with caution; she had heard from Jolod that this senior, Richard, was a highly talented individual who could often come up with solutions that others couldn’t fathom.

But being a Wizard, Yelena was somewhat concerned, for Wizards were very protective of their knowledge, making asking questions a sensitive matter.

Even as his junior, her actions were somewhat presumptuous, especially since no offer of an exchange had been made.

But Richard’s next words dispelled all her concerns.

“I’ve never studied Dragon Blood; I’ve only heard about the stuff,” he replied.

Hearing this, whether Yelena felt relief or disappointment was unclear, but as she was about to change the subject, she heard Richard say:

“However, you can tell me about your problem. Maybe I can provide a different perspective for a solution.”

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Faced with Richard’s kindness, Yelena was somewhat taken aback.

She thought back to her initial worries and couldn’t help but feel that she had been overly suspicious.

“It’s like this: while studying Dragon Blood erosion, I accidentally found that sometimes the erosion doesn’t lead to dragonization, but instead causes cellular collapse and the entire body to disintegrate.”

Yelena took out an Image Capturing Crystal Ball and let Richard witness the scene.

Inside the Crystal Ball, a rabbit’s body was rapidly liquefying, its blood and body fluids streaming out. In just tens of seconds, a rabbit that seemed perfectly alive melted into a puddle of blood.

Yelena explained, “Three minutes after injecting one milliliter of Dragon Blood, this rabbit began to show signs of dragonization, which is quite normal. But after thirty seconds, those signs began to deteriorate, followed by the disintegration of the whole rabbit.

After that, I conducted many experiments and found that this situation is not isolated. Practically every hundred experiments result in one disintegration, and the timing of such occurrences is also not consistent.”

Watching the footage in the Crystal Ball, Richard stroked his chin, feeling that he was somewhat familiar with the situation.

The symptoms exhibited by the rabbit resembled those of cellular collapse.

Richard thought for a moment, then shared his hypothesis:

“This rabbit’s situation should be cellular collapse.

Dragon Blood has a high erosive quality, and I suspect that the nature of this erosion is the integration of life information from the Dragon Blood into the creature’s Life Core. Looking at this rabbit’s condition, I would guess that the integration of life information failed, leading to the collapse of the Life Core and subsequent cellular collapse.

If you want to avoid this situation, you’d be better off starting with the test creature itself. Trying to prevent it by other means is likely ineffective and complicated.”

Hearing Richard’s speculation, a light shone in Yelena’s eyes.

“Life information integrated into the Life Core, life information integrated into the Life Core!”

Yelena rushed to the laboratory desk and recorded this sentence in her notebook as if she would forget it if she was a moment later.

“Senior Brother, your summary of dragon blood erosion is really… right to the core.”

Yelena, her face flushed with excitement, looked at Richard, her eyes brimming with thrill. She had also devoted some time to the study of dragon blood, but she had never considered that the mechanism of dragon blood’s erosion could be articulated with such succinct language.

Richard smiled but did not continue the topic.

A wizard’s research is highly confidential in nature, and if he had continued, he would have had to share the findings.

However, the properties of dragon blood had caught Richard’s attention.

The Giant Dragon itself is an exceptionally powerful creature with an adaptation to nature that almost reaches a certain limit; no matter how harsh the environment, a Giant Dragon can evolve the most suitable form for survival and maintain its core characteristics.

This trait had some unexpected congruity with the Adaptation Body.

After asking Yelena about some pointers for teaching, Richard casually obtained two vials of ordinary dragon blood from her as a form of compensation for his advice.

…

Jolod’s timing for inviting him coincided perfectly with the new students’ enrollment, so Richard’s first lecture at the Wizard Academy was to explain to these new little ones what it means to be a wizard.

Thud, thud, thud!

Following the ringing of the eight o’clock bell, Richard, with his notes, entered the classroom.

Before him, hundreds of teenagers stared at him with wide eyes. Having passed the entrance exam, these little ones had mostly shed their naivety, viewing everyone with suspicion in their eyes.

Richard stepped onto the podium, and just like Anna had done years ago, he wrote “What is a Wizard” on the blackboard.

“I am Lecturer Richard, an Alchemy Wizard. Since this is your first session at the academy, I have to add a bit more before the Introduction to Alchemy.”

Richard looked over the little ones, his gaze calm but causing every Apprentice seen by him to bristle.

Even when Richard suppressed his Life Radiation, he, as a Second-level Creature, had a fundamental difference in life essence from these little ones who did not even reach the first level.

The wizard’s unique method of spiritual evolution almost made wizards and Wizard Apprentices seem like two different species.

“So, who among you can answer this question for me: What is a wizard?”

As he posed the question, the entire classroom fell silent like a graveyard, but soon, a trembling hand rose up.

A plainly-dressed boy raised his right hand.

“Tell me your answer,” Richard said indifferently.

“I-I-I think wizards are a group of superhumans who can fly and possess transcendent powers.”

Richard nodded, signaling for him to sit down.

“That answer is good, but it lacks essence. Anyone else?”

Richard’s gaze swept over the classroom, and quickly, another hand went up.

This was a lavishly dressed noble boy.

“Tell me your answer.”

The noble boy took a deep breath and answered loudly, “I think wizards are a group of lunatics who pursue knowledge.”

Richard smiled faintly and gestured for the noble boy to sit down.

“That’s a good answer, though hardly original. That quote is from the chairman of the Truth Council.

Here I can introduce you briefly to the Truth Council.

The Truth Council rules the Wizard World, and all wizards are at the beck and call of the Truth Wizards. But because of this, the chairman’s quote is a bit too lofty for us.

So just listen to it for now, and ponder over it after you become wizards.”

With that, Richard wrote another sentence on the blackboard.

“Wizardry is a profession, and at each stage of this profession, the essence of a wizard changes.”

After writing, Richard explained the meaning of his statement to the few hundred students.

“Wizards are categorized into three stages: Wizard Apprentice, Wizard, and Great Wizard. During the Apprentice stage, you should discard those unrealistic ideas and strive to be down-to-earth, earn as many Magic Stones as possible, enhance your Spell’s power, and train your combat skills.

Knowledge is beautiful, but you need to be alive to reach it.”

“Of course,” Richard laughed, “if you intend to join the Undead School, you might as well ignore my last statement.”