In the year 766 of the Terra Calendar, it was the middle of the red leaf season.
Afternoon, teaching building.
At this time, almost all the students had left. Even Elder Puder had recently taken a test on a few knowledge points of Ian. After receiving satisfactory answers, he went to the frontline position outside the city to negotiate with the viscount on the distribution of supplies in the imperial capital.
But Ian happened to be thinking about a question about inscriptions. He didn't want to interrupt his thoughts, so he stayed alone in the classroom.
Inscription, also known as runes, is a skill that originated from the dwarves and eventually spread to all tribes of Terra.
The foundation of inscriptions, as the name suggests, is based on ‘writing’.
If you want to learn, you must first learn to read and write. This is also the most difficult problem for beginners of inscriptions.
On the continent of Terra, except for some dialects of various ethnic groups and countries, the same language is basically used, which is also called the 'lingua franca'.
It is said that this language was already commonly used in the civilizations of the previous era, so even if the ancestors of the mainland countries were scattered in various places, they could communicate normally when they met.
Even the indigenous dialect is essentially a distorted, extremely dialectal and elliptical lingua franca - at least a few words can still be understood.
The characters of Common Language are composed of various geometric figures. Compared with symbols, they are more like paintings. They are more like some kind of special codes than natural characters.
Judging from the fact that pre-epoch civilizations have used this language, Ian has a bold guess, that is, the pre-epoch civilization of the Terra continent is a highly developed and unified advanced civilization that has eliminated all kinds of primitive natural languages.
The lingua franca is exactly the ‘Esperanto’ created by the other party.
The foundation of the inscription lies on this ‘universal language’.
Specific etching patterns, raised stripe structures, and various regular and complex geometric figures can induce fluctuations in the natural psychic field. This is something that has been proven by various major scholars.
The various strange and extraordinary phenomena that can be induced by the flesh and blood structure and bone patterns of Warcraft are also powerful evidence.
Inscriptions are the art of artificially reproducing natural phenomena and the extraordinary power of Warcraft on a variety of materials by learning to engrave these lines.
Inscription craftsmen and inscription scholars are advanced professions that require skilled craftsmanship and extensive knowledge to advance.
Coincidentally, the text of the Common Language is very similar to the overall structure of the inscription - or in other words, the Common Language itself is an extremely simplified inscription with all the complicated parts omitted.
"Real inscriptions have extremely high requirements for the depth and width of the lines. Concave and convex patterns are two different research directions. Some advanced inscriptions themselves are three-dimensional structures that require various complex processes.
Hollowing out and micro-engraving, people with insufficient spatial imagination will make mistakes even when following the pictures."
"In addition, special inscriptions also require special light ink filling to work."
Ian closed his notes and fell into deep thought.
Replicating, utilizing, and learning different extraordinary structures is the essence of inscriptions. Only people with good memories have the foundation to learn inscriptions.
As it happens, Ian has a pretty good memory.
For more than a month, he has become proficient in reading and writing Terran Common Language. This is also thanks to Ian's mother in this life. She is an intelligent and literate woman who has already laid some foundations for Ian when he was young.
, which makes it easy for him to learn and does not require time to adapt.
One hundred and three basic inscription styles are also kept in mind and will never be forgotten no matter what.
But the distance between learning to read and write common language and mastering several inscription structures and truly mastering inscriptions is equivalent to being asked to write a poem in seven steps just after learning how to write from one to ten; having just learned how to add, subtract, multiply and divide, being asked to solve the puzzle
Riemann Hypothesis.
Apart from anything else, 'optical ink science' is a big problem.
If the inscription is an engine and the light ink is gasoline, the inscription can certainly induce changes in the natural psychic field, but it does not have the power itself and needs to be filled with light ink to create real effects.
The original light ink is the blood of various monsters, a liquid containing the power of source matter, but just like lighting firewood to cook food, if you want to drive a rocket ship, the fuel required must not be selected coal.
"You can only be considered an inscription craftsman if you only understand the effect of inscriptions, can only copy and depict inscriptions. Only if you master the basic structure of inscriptions, learn how to reorganize inscriptions to create new effects, and even be equipped with specific light and ink tools, can you be considered an inscription craftsman."
He is a true inscriptionist."
"However, there are only craftsmen in Harrison Port, not scholars."
After more than a month of study, Ian has mastered some basic inscription construction. If he undergoes a lot of practical practice, he can go to the front line to maintain alchemy artillery and various other equipment like his former blacksmith classmates.
Inscription Machinery.
This can only be regarded as an entry-level, barely enough to be called an apprentice, but even Elder Pude, as a teacher, has only mastered more inscriptions and is more proficient in inscription and repair than them. There is no essential difference.
Just apprentices and journeymen.
But it is enough to be treated with courtesy by the nobles.
"The course is coming to an end and there are still two weeks left, but I have nothing left to learn."
Nodding slightly, Ian stood up and prepared to leave the small building.
Although it is only the most basic part, Elder Pude's course has indeed laid a solid foundation for him. At least he no longer knows anything about alchemy and inscriptions. If he encounters relevant documents and materials in the future, he will be able to learn on his own.
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"The accumulation of source essence by source seeds is a labor of love. Inscriptions and alchemy also require a long period of accumulation. I have entered a bottleneck period."
Since the condensation of source seeds was completed, Ian's past physical deficiencies have been quickly made up. With the nourishment of food containing source essences, he can be said to be in unprecedented health.
After more than a month of exercise, he even felt that his body had completely transformed, his pores had become finer, his skin looked fair and delicate, but it was actually quite flexible, his internal organs had been strengthened, and his digestive capacity had greatly increased. Many things he could not do before were
Difficult movements have become even easier. If ordinary people want to tie him up with ropes or shackles, they will be able to break free easily.
Because he is still young, he cannot rashly strengthen his muscles, but even so, due to adequate nutrition, Ian's strength and endurance have also been greatly enhanced.
If it were him now, and he met the three indigenous hunters who attacked him and Brin, he wouldn't need Blin to attract his attention for him to sneak attack. He could suppress them head-on, and even kill one or two.
But the current level is the limit.
The sublimation of the liver is on track, but it will not be completely completed until the end of the year. At that time, Ian will have the most basic qualifications to take potions. Otherwise, many potion materials are enough to poison ordinary people like him just by contact.
of beginners.
You know, for the sake of stability, ordinary practitioners will even spend several years sublimating their internal organs before considering taking magic potions to undergo the final transformation.
Ian's ability to advance so far is entirely due to Hilliard's detailed planning for him.
"It's time to prepare for hunting, or to pick up some Warcraft materials to prepare for the future."