The elongated base was covered in a complex structure akin to electronic circuits, extending from the indentations at the position of both hands to the interior of the spherical crystal.

The shape and structure, unseen before, were inexplicably strange.

"Professor, this isn't the type that glows when you press it in novels, is it?"

It resembled the type described in ancient novels, where the Magic Academy tested aptitude, lighting up like a light bulb.

Ji Jue didn't hesitate; he placed both hands on it, just as he had expected, and a faint light suddenly illuminated inside the sphere.

Unfortunately, the brightness wasn't even two watts. Plugging a potato on both sides of the electrode would be almost the same, which caused him a slight sense of frustration.

Then, he felt the spiritual quality within him leaping eagerly, as if sensing some kind of attraction, feeling an impulse to flow out.

"Don't resist the rotation of the spiritual quality, input it, layer by layer, inside. You can slow down, take your time.

Its base is called a simple-type Spiritual Probe, which can help the Chosen One maintain a stable structure and state of their spiritual quality within the material. The probe allows the constant spiritual quality channel, runes, and imprints within the material, which are the basics of Modern Alchemy."

Professor Ye spoke slowly, "Yes, stabilize your spiritual quality, keep it in a fixed shape, maintain a state of convergence, stay stable."

As she spoke, threads of light arose inside the Crystal Ball, resembling flowing copper light with a subdued brilliant glow, inputted through the spiritual quality channels of her ten fingers, tiny threads of spiritual quality smoothly weaving through the crystal, following the guidance, converging in one place, forming a stable ring.

"Now, you can release your hands."

Following Professor Ye's words, Ji Jue's hands slowly lifted.

In the silence, neither of them spoke; they just stared as the ring formed by Ji Jue's spiritual quality inside the Crystal Ball slowly revolved, its faint glow gradually fading until it completely dispersed after ten minutes.

"Next, use your spiritual quality to spread, filling the entire sphere, keep it uniform," Ye Xian suddenly asked, "Can you feel anything?"

"It seems like the interior of this..." Ji Jue hesitated, "the material inside the Crystal Ball, seems to be transforming between liquid and solid states?"

"Normal, the interior is injected with high-spiritual-quality response Crystal, which liquifies after the injection of spiritual quality. Next, you need to control the proportion between liquid and solid states—move it, guide it, get it moving."

Professor Ye's voice was slow and solemn, enunciating each word, echoing in his ears.

Soon, when Ji Jue released his hands again, a golden Vortex had appeared inside the sphere, his spiritual quality guiding the liquified crystal as it started to revolve and turn.

Professor Ye timed with a stopwatch, continuing for thirteen minutes and sixteen seconds as the spiritual quality dissipated and the revolving ceased.

Next, following Professor Ye's instructions, the crystal inside the sphere was allowed to partially liquify and partially maintain a solid shape, forming standard hexahedrons, dodecahedrons, prototypes, or nested structures.

After several attempts, Ji Jue grew increasingly excited, feeling his spiritual quality, extending through the probe, sculpting various contours as if with a carving knife.

He even instinctively succeeded in techniques like turning, milling, planing, grinding, and sculpted a little sheep pattern inside the crystal.

Goodness, is there such a wonderful thing in the world?!

Ji Jue grew more intrigued.

Isn't this much simpler and more convenient than a CNC machine tool?!

No programming needed, just a movement of thought.

"Is this alchemy?" he murmured instinctively, "It seems like it's still..."

Quite simple.

That's what he wanted to say, and indeed that's how he felt, not as complicated as he had imagined, easy and straightforward to pick up.

No, mustn't be careless!

Everything starts easy and then becomes difficult; just entering the field is merely kindergarten level, and it might get so hard later that he might feel out of breath.

He was afraid Professor Ye would tell him: this is running, this is rolling, this is attacking, okay, now let's go slaughter these ridiculous enemies named Emperor of Fire, Kos Orphan, Marion... How is this different from an online game where dying in-character means actual death, overseen by Miyazaki Hideaki?!

"Very well, maintain the state."

Professor Ye, expressionless, took a thick heavy book out of a box beside her, each page was made of sharp, heavy copper foil. She opened the cover, pointing to the first embossed rune symbol at the top.

Complex and peculiar, like a blurry flame rising.

"Use your spiritual quality to replicate this rune inside the crystal as precisely as possible, starting from the left, the first stroke from top to bottom, don't be bound to the flat surface, it's three-dimensional, follow your own feelings, the spiritual quality will complete its structure on its own, what you need to ensure is absolute stability, right..."

Snap!

Ji Jue felt a shock, inadvertently letting go. His inattentiveness had destabilized the spiritual quality, resulting in the rune, only a third complete, silently shattering and completely dispersing within the sphere.

He couldn't help but want to slap himself twice!

What ghostly simplicity are you lamenting about? The difficulty just went up instantly!

"Failure is normal, continue."

Professor Ye's demeanor remained calm, without any change, "Don't doubt yourself, you need to integrate your personal perceptions and will into the spiritual quality, don't let the spiritual quality lead you, it is part of you, yes, just like that..."

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