Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 494 - 39: The Path to the Transcendent

"Handing over the matter of the nationalization of wizards movement to others, Richard immediately began his research on the biological limits of third-level creatures."

According to Garon the Great Wizard, after being nourished by the Mayfly Essence, the cell viability of his body had significantly increased and was now almost comparable to that of Jimmy.

This was unexpected for Richard.

Although he had noticed the changes in cell viability, he didn’t expect his to be almost the same as Jimmy’s.

As an important assistant of Garon the Great Wizard, Jimmy’s development in physique was naturally extraordinary. If his cell viability was close to Jimmy’s, the effects of the Heart of Mayfly in enhancing the physique were merely superficial.

Opening the scroll, Richard began to thoroughly study the materials Garon the Great Wizard had given him,

According to the statement in the scroll, Garon the Great Wizard had intermittently spent over a thousand years researching whether third-level creatures could break through their physiological limits.

During this period, even Garon the Great Wizard thought about giving up the research several times.

The reason being, every case he found had a different way of breaking the limit, without any discernible pattern.

And his own attempts were repeatedly failures, with no progress at all.

Faced with such a situation, even a Great Wizard would doubt himself.

After carefully studying the material, Richard felt that Garon the Great Wizard might have set his expectations too high for him.

A Great Wizard, almost single-handedly pioneering the path of Physique Evolution, hadn’t figured it out.

How could he, a lesser wizard who hadn’t even reached the Great Wizard level, discern it?

However, this didn’t mean the material was worthless.

On the contrary, because this issue had troubled Garon the Great Wizard for many years, causing him to relaunch his research whenever there was any breakthrough, the material contained extremely vast and complex knowledge.

Both in breadth and depth, it was immensely valuable.

If he could absorb the knowledge within, it would greatly benefit Richard.

"The Great Wizard is indeed worthy of his title. Even the unsuccessful researches contain such rich knowledge. It’s hard to imagine how extensive and profound the knowledge involved in those successful researches must be,"

After a slight exclamation, Richard started his happy time, much like a bookworm.

The contents of this scroll were enough to keep him learning for a long time.

In the fourth month after returning to the Wizard World, Richard received a letter sent by Jolod.

The letter claimed that he was now a factory manager in an Alchemy World, responsible for producing a special type of humanoid Synthetic Beast.

He couldn’t reveal specific information about the Synthetic Beasts, but Richard knew that these Synthetic Beasts were definitely going to be cannon fodder for wizards in the upcoming battles.

It was too much of a loss to exchange wizards for casualties against the Star River Mayfly.

Shifting Jolod to the rear undoubtedly eased Richard’s mind a great deal.

Although it was only temporary.

Richard knew that once the intensity of the war ramped up, Three Rings Wizards would inevitably be sent to the front lines.

Managing a factory was something mortals could do; there was absolutely no need for a Three Rings Wizard with their combat capabilities.

Apart from Jolod’s news, Richard also unexpectedly received news from Elizabeth.

According to her, due to the mobilization act of the Wizard World, she had already left and gone to another world to manage material transportation and allocation for the frontline. She had no choice but to leave the business matters to someone else.

Furthermore, she mentioned in the letter that the business of the Magic Support Vehicle was going to be worse than expected.

The upcoming wars of the Wizard World were definitely going to be defensive in nature. Even if there were attacks, they would surely be very limited.

Thus, the business of the Magic Support Vehicles was bound to be impacted.

However, Richard was indifferent about this.

His Magic Essence had already accumulated to a point where he almost couldn’t spend it all; to him, Magic Essence was now just a number.

Besides, being impacted did not mean there would be no earnings. Once the battlefront in the Wizard World stabilized and they counterattacked, they could surely make a good profit.

After dealing with these mundane affairs of life, Richard continued with his studies.

Time quickly passed, and in the blink of an eye, ten years had gone by.

In the laboratory, Richard, whose hair and beard were unkempt like dry grass, placed a piece of flesh the size of a thumb pad into a Mayfly Essence diluted a thousand times.

Under the stimulation of the Mayfly Essence, the flesh immediately began to proliferate rapidly, soon filling the petri dish.

At the same time, Richard activated the Deformation Illumination Device nearby. A dark red beam of light shone on the proliferating flesh, instantly making the originally smooth flesh start to roughen.

Under the influence of the Deformation Illumination Device, the cells began to differentiate and mutate, and then due to unstable cellular structures, they disintegrated.

Soon, the entire petri dish turned into a pool of pus.

But this clearly failed experiment did not discourage Richard. On the contrary, his eyes sparkled with spirit after observing the experiment.

During these ten years, he had been studying the knowledge in the scrolls while enhancing his own physique by consuming Mayfly Essence.

After repeatedly taking small amounts of Mayfly Essence, Richard’s physique had now reached the edge of the limits for third-level creatures, which is 299.99.

Throughout this process, he had attempted multiple times to enhance the efficacy of Mayfly Essence. But the outcome... Ordinary Magic Potion and Mayfly Essence didn’t react at all.

Richard could only dilute the Mayfly Essence.

And this experiment was to test the effects of diluted Mayfly Essence.

Richard exclaimed, "Indeed, Mayfly Essence possesses a certain degree of benign guidance!"

When Wizards conducted cellular experiments, they often used various primers to guide cells to mutate in the desired direction. And depending on the guidance results, guidance was divided into benign, malignant, and neutral types.

Among these, neutral guidance was the most commonly used and seen.

Malignant and benign guidance, however, were exceedingly rare.

The role of benign guidance was to make the cell mutations become stable and robust. In the recent experiment, the rate of flesh disintegration was less than in Richard’s previous experiments.

This was sufficient to prove the benign guidance characteristic of Mayfly Essence.

Having confirmed the benign guidance characteristic of Mayfly Essence, Richard’s future experiments seemed to be clear sailing.

Although he didn’t know what the mechanism was for breaking through the physiological limits of third-level creatures, he was sure that, with the benign guidance of Mayfly Essence, breaking the physical limits of these creatures was just a matter of time.

He had found a path to transcendence.

Stretching lazily, Richard straightened up and loosened his muscles. Over the past three years, he had barely rested; apart from meditation, he had always been practicing the various knowledges from the scrolls, as well as the categories of knowledge that extended from what was recorded on those scrolls.

Today marked a significant success in his experiments, and it was a good occasion to reward himself and rest.

After cleaning up his hair and beard, Richard changed into fresh clothes and decided to take a walk.

Outside the Wizard Tower, Extreme North City had drastically changed.

In the past, although Extreme North City was prosperous, it was merely a mortal city. Now, however, Extreme North City seemed magically unfamiliar to Richard.

Flying in the sky, Richard watched the Extreme North City below with a somewhat vacant gaze.

Huge Magic Mushrooms stood proudly against the snowstorm, and numerous Wizard Apprentices entered and exited them as if treating them as houses.

Richard had never seen such mushrooms before, and they didn’t seem like Wizard creations.

To Richard, they seemed very... useless.

These mushrooms likely consumed a vast amount of nutrients, yet their defensive capabilities were far inferior to traditional buildings. Besides their unique appearance, the greatest advantage of these mushroom houses was probably insulation.

Such failed creations would not be presented by Wizards.

With curiosity, Richard flew toward the mayor’s office. After ten years, Mayor Ivan had become a low-level Wizard Apprentice.

"Ivan, what’s with those mushrooms in the city?"

Suddenly hearing Richard’s voice, Ivan shuddered violently.

"Sir, those houses are Wizard Mushroom Houses, the most fashionable type of house in Extreme North City these past few years."

"Fashionable?"

Ivan explained, "Sir, although Wizard Apprentices are no longer mysterious, Biological Alchemy remains a rare object to the general public.

A few years ago, an outsider merchant created such a house as his residence. Our local wealthy folks thought the residence was quite nice, and so they followed suit."

Richard nodded thoughtfully and then praised, "You’ve managed very well over these years, turning Extreme North City into a vibrant place."

The mayor wore a flattering smile, "I have only made minor adjustments on the shoulders of a giant, sir."

Richard raised his hand to stop him, "There’s no need for that, I only care about your capabilities. No amount of flattery will help if you lack ability.

This is your achievement, and I’ll make a point to mention it in my report. Gather the systems of Extreme North City and your management insights from these years, and bring them to me in a few days."

"Yes, sir."

After strolling around Extreme North City, the various small trinkets produced with Profit Witchcraft dazzled Richard.

With the demystification of Wizard Apprentices, witchcraft was also demystified. Capable individuals who became Wizard Apprentices began using open Apprentice-level knowledge to produce various objects.

In contrast to official Wizards, whose development of witchcraft had been directed towards combat due to years of warfare, these Wizard Apprentices had instead displayed the rich diversity of witchcraft.

Looking at a somewhat silly Fortune Mushroom Man on the shelf, performing a waving action continuously with the help of a few simple Runes, Richard laughed inwardly and casually took out a piece of Magic Essence to purchase it.

"Friend, your Magic Stone is a bit different."

"This is Magic Essence, worth a thousand Magic Stones each. I don’t have smaller change, just keep this."

Saying this, Richard pocketed the Fortune Mushroom Man and vanished from the shop in a flash.

The shop owner stood dumbfounded, holding the Magic Essence in his hand. Feeling the impressive Magic Power within, the shop owner suddenly realized whom he had just encountered.

"It was Divine Son, the Divine Son visited my shop!"

The departing Richard was unaware that his identity had been recognized, nor did he know that his impulsive purchase would cause the image of the Fortune Mushroom Man to become a symbol of Extreme North City Wizards for a time.

Of course, even if he had known, nothing much would have changed.

He truly liked that goofy Fortune Mushroom Man.