Xia Duo was very satisfied with the test results of the constancy test of the statue's materials. There were almost no obstacles to the connection of the Magic Network's strings, and there were many nodes for linking or energy flow.
Perhaps this material was specially sought by the ancient Saluk witches for the purpose of constant magic.
Now it is difficult for Xia Duo to imagine how that ancient race found this material from the almost vast sea of earth element transformation products.
But he just used what was available.
In fact, if it is just for constant magic, then any material can be used, even a dead branch or a stone picked up casually in the forest.
But if you want to make the constant magic more stable and longer-lasting, you need to find some suitable materials.
The method of making ioun stones includes the process of finding materials. In addition, the different forms of ioun stones with different functions are also designed to match the different linking methods of different magics at constant times, making the finished product more stable.
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"Let's make a sample first!"
As Sha Duo made his decision, the bloodline power immediately responded, and a huge water ball appeared out of thin air in the alchemy laboratory.
This is not an illusion of elements, but real water.
Among the four elements, only the water element can manifest pure water. The other elements, such as the earth element, can manifest almost all kinds of substances. There is no fixed formula, or more generally speaking, there are too many impurities.
For example, the fire element does not even have a material form. If the concentration of the fire element is too high, it will only ignite or heat nearby normal substances. If it is higher, it may open a passage to the fire element plane.
For example, the wind element, or air element, is similar to the earth element and is not pure.
As for positive and negative energy, their essence can be seen as the generation and destruction of the four elements, and there is no specific embodiment.
Although Xia Duoke needs to use a large piece of wood to transform stone, the wood is not a dense structure, and the quality of the transformed stone may be compromised.
In addition, the wood needed to be moved from the warehouse or outside the Tower of Time, but water was readily available, so he tried to convert it with water first.
First, use the bloodline ability to control the water ball to elongate and turn into a cylindrical shape, and then——
——6 rings [Element Transformation·Earth]
This spell is not the original version on the Saluk Witch-cat Statue, but a petrification spell compiled by Shado after studying the statue and the petrification samples of Jabas and his son.
Some of the elements are consistent with the statue. If he knows the elemental nature of mithril, he can even directly transform mithril into it through this spell!
In fact, "being able to transform substances" and "being able to transform a specific substance on demand" are completely different concepts.
This is actually very similar to material science on earth. Human beings can often discover some weird formulas that can be used to produce materials with various special functions.
But if you want to determine the material properties first and then find the composition formula, it will be much more difficult.
In the magical world, the foundation of matter is elements. As long as the elemental nature of matter can be understood, then there are no secrets in the material world (in a narrow sense).
Obviously, this is a systematic and difficult research topic. Chateau's research on element transformation is still very superficial and has not gone deep into this level.
Human energy is limited and must make choices, but the potential of civilization is unlimited. In the future, relevant research institutions may be established to conduct organized, planned and systematic research.
Forget it now, even if something is really researched, it may not bring benefits but disasters.
Given the current social state of Netheril and even the elven kingdoms of the North, no matter which party masters the secret of the essence of the elements, it will be a disaster rather than a blessing.
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In an alchemy laboratory on the public floor of the Tower of Time, Xia Duo looked at the blue-black stone pillar in front of him that was as thick as his waist but a head taller than him, silently lost in thought.
"It seems that the Saluk Witch and Snake Statue must have been underground for so long that it turned almost 100% pure black!"
But the color is not the main point. There are too many magics that can change the color. What he really cares about is the properties of this new material.
Regardless of waiting a week for the stone pillar to completely stabilize, Xia Duo immediately started a new round of constant testing.
First check the open nodes used to connect the chords of the magic web and to divert the elemental energy. This work only requires magic vision to directly see and get the results.
The most essential difference between ordinary matter and living things in the Magic Network is that there is a natural closed loop in the connection between living things and the strings of the Magic Network, while ordinary matter is a completely open node that can be passed through by the strings of the Magic Network.
The number of nodes is related to the number of strings that can be linked to the magic network, or the complexity of the constant spell.
For creatures, especially humans, the number of open nodes determines the number of synchronized magic equipment that can be linked, as well as the complexity of the spells that are constant to themselves.
Magic items with passive characteristics, such as robes, basically need to be in sync with themselves to be effective.
As for magic items that only have the function of active use, such as ordinary spell books, fireball rings, staffs, and magic wands, most of them do not need to be linked to synchronization. They can be used basically as soon as they are available, and there is no limit on the number that can be carried or even used at the same time.
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Xia Duo only glanced at it and saw that the open nodes of the blue-black stone pillar in front of him had exceeded his own, which also meant that this stone pillar was theoretically an excellent base material for constant magic.
The reason why it is said to be theoretical is because of rigor, after all, it has not passed the constancy test yet.
Although it is a proofing, and the statue samples have been tested before, the required process is still indispensable. This is also the reason why Xia Duo is consciously cultivating his magical literacy.
After some simple but rigorous constant tests, he finally determined that this stone pillar was very suitable as the base material for constant magic.
However, because the transformed materiality of this stone pillar has not yet completely stabilized, after the test, the stone pillar began to reverse itself.
The surface became pitted and pitted, and there were many cracks that penetrated deep into the interior. On the ground near the base of the stone pillar, pure water flowing back from the stone was flowing.
The stone pillar was not completely reversed in the end, but it was basically unusable.
Xia Duo found that the current stone pillars no longer had as many open nodes as he did, which also meant that it was almost impossible to use them to make high-end magic equipment.
At the same time, this also proved one of his previous conjectures, that is -
Non-densified structural stone converted from wood is not as useful as a base material for constant magic as dense structural stone converted from pure water.
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After that, Xia Duo transformed the six stone pillars again according to the previous method, but this time he did not do any more tests, but left them alone.
He planned to wait until the material properties of these stone pillars were completely stabilized before proceeding with the prototype and trial production of the physical code.
As for now, he is ready to think about the specific functions that the physical code needs to realize, as well as the order in which these spells are executed, and the arrangement of nodes.