Chapter 36 The Life of a Garbage Man
"My aunt is busy with a military project recently and doesn't have time to take care of you for now, but the information and teaching materials are ready, and you can study on your own."

Early the next morning, when Ji Jue arrived at Professor Ye's workshop, what he saw were three full cabinets filled with various materials and books, as well as the warehouse at the back of the factory that was opened by Ye Chun, and the mountains of waste inside!

God knows how many years it has been since it was cleaned.

There were so many large and small items inside that even the shelves couldn't hold them all. The boxes were piled up on the ground almost to the ceiling.

Including but not limited to various machines and parts of unknown meaning, a huge bronze tree as tall as three Ji Jue, hundreds of swords that looked like they could kill ten Ji Jue without bending, strange pottery jars with blood oozing out of the cracks, hideous masks whose eyes seemed to move, incomplete armor, bronze statues that had been burned into a pool, and so many fragments that they were completely impossible to count...

After just two steps inside, Ji Jue was choked by the dust.

Ye Chun, who was gloating over the misfortune, said, "Auntie said that you can practice whatever is in it. If you don't understand something, you can look it up yourself. If you have any questions, she will come back between 5 and 6 pm if she is free, and you can ask her.

Don't worry, although they are all scraps and leftovers, they have all been processed and are completely harmless. They are just right for newcomers like you to practice.

According to my aunt, when you have used up all these things, you will be able to stand on your own."

But this scale is a bit too exaggerated!
Ji Jue held his breath and looked inside. He was shocked by the terrifying number of people, which was enough to drown him ten times. With this scale, I am afraid that he will spend his whole life in it, right?

The first obstacle that stood in front of Ji Jue was the big bronze book he saw yesterday.

It’s not thick. After removing the front and back covers, there are only twelve pages left... twelve emblem totems of the Supreme Good!
All relevant information and indexes are in the cabinet.

The first step in Ji Jue's alchemy learning is to re-engrave the twelve emblems of supreme goodness on any material within a month.

This not only meant that he had to have a basic grasp of the Twelve Supreme Virtues from scratch, it also required him to be up to par with various materials, various spiritual engraving methods, and all basic techniques.

Yesterday it was EASY MODE, and I learned to sing and dance rap. Today it’s hell difficulty, and I have to fight the salary king!

The days are hopeless.

"Something's wrong. Doesn't the book say that beginners are recommended to start with the basic engraving of runes and spiritual circuits?" Ji Jue flipped through the book for the entire morning before he realized something was wrong.

Why did it suddenly become more difficult?
He immediately began to have a headache: "If we keep doing this, we'll never be able to finish it until we die, right?"

"Alas, young people nowadays are all lazy and hate work..."

Ye Chun, who was lying on the sofa watching the fun, shook his head pretentiously and sighed like an old man: "How could I have such conditions at that time?
"Don't be ungrateful for what you have, classmate Xiao Ji! Nowadays, almost all apprentices out there work with loans and pay for their studies. In some places, even learning to cook requires the efforts of a master. For someone like you who doesn't spend money, you have something to learn, classes to attend, and so many free leftovers to practice with. That's pretty good!"

Ji Jue just wanted to roll his eyes when he heard this: "I understand the truth, but can you please stop acting like a senior."

"Do you understand that an elder sister is like a mother? If we round it off, am I not half your elder?"

Ye Chun stood up in anger, hugged the cat pillow and stroked it, "I know that you have become the chosen one, you have a bright future, and you have an aunt who believes in you, but you are not even willing to call me senior sister... Go, bring me the potato chips next to the refrigerator!"

Ji Jue rolled his eyes as he took two bags of potato chips and shared half of them without any hesitation. He also took out some iced happy water from the refrigerator, drank it down, then turned around and walked back to the center of the workshop.

The huge furnace was still operating silently. Thousands of spiritual circuits extending from the furnace overlapped each other like a giant net, converging and gathering at his feet.

This is the tool he uses to practice.

There are countless ways to process materials and items in alchemy, and flame and temperature are just the most common and widely used ones.

Under high temperatures, the physical properties of most materials will be stimulated, and their spiritual properties will be further enhanced, making them more suitable for alchemical operations.

For a beginner like Ji Jue, such a high-end model is actually not worthy of him. However, apart from the simple probe set from yesterday which can only be used for getting started and is not of much help in improving skills, the only high-end set in the entire workshop is the one that Professor Ye usually uses.

It was so advanced that Ji Jue couldn't understand most of its functions and didn't even dare to touch them. Even most of the settings would not be open to apprentices who had not passed the spiritual essence verification. The basic functions alone were enough for Ji Jue to figure out for several months.

The master-level high-temperature reactor was too luxurious for a novice like him. What was even more luxurious was the scraps, leftovers and garbage that Professor Ye had already dealt with in advance.

Even if it is garbage, it is the garbage left over by the master. Even if it is scrapped, most of them are because the strength or function does not meet the requirements or there are some defects, so they are decisively destroyed and discarded.

After carefully studying the classics, Ji Jue made a sad discovery: if these "garbage" thrown in the warehouse were really brought to the market in good condition, a poor guy like himself would not be able to buy a set even if he sold his blood or kidneys.

But think on the bright side, if I'm really lucky enough to become a master in the future, wouldn't it be enough for me to eat and drink as much as I want for many years just by selling scraps?

When he thought of this, he became motivated again.

Thinking about the student loans, the shitty employment environment in Yacheng in recent years, the prices, and the boiled chicken that Little Sheep eats every day, he already wished he could lie on the stove for 24 hours.

With such good conditions and such luxurious configuration, if you don’t work harder, you will really be punished by God!

Bang!
After a muffled sound, Ye Chun looked up from the sofa, looked at Ji Jue's dusty face, sighed, and looked away, not surprised at all. This afternoon alone, it had been scrapped dozens of times.

The work of an alchemist is a delicate job, and the consumption of spiritual essence is not serious. But Ji Jue, a complete newbie, failed so many times in just a few hours, and he was almost drained.

He gritted his teeth, put on his fireproof suit, and used pliers to pinch the copper piece out of the furnace. After it cooled down, he discovered the problem... In fact, it was exactly the same as most of his failures.

Ectoplasmic conflict.

Using spiritual essence to simulate circuits in metal and engrave the symbol of the Supreme Good is a technical job.

After losing the absolutely isolated theoretical environment in the crystal ball yesterday, there will be numerous problems in actual operation. Every detail is a pitfall. If you are not careful, everything will be lost.

One's own will, control of spiritual essence and even emotional ups and downs must be within a certain range, and one must maintain absolute stability and concentration. More importantly, one must know how to deal with the physical changes and different conditions of the materials.

This is a purely arduous and empirical job, and there are no shortcuts.

"It would be nice if I could pull it out."

Ji Jue collapsed on the sofa and sighed tiredly.

"Ah?" Ye Chun was puzzled.

"I mean, it would be great if we could extract the other spiritual essences or impurities before the spiritual essences collide." Ji Jue said, "In this way, it wouldn't be so troublesome."

"...Why don't you listen to what pig talk you are talking about?" Ye Chun didn't know whether he should laugh or not.

"is it hard?"

"..."

Ye Chun sighed, got up, picked up the blackboard again, adjusted his glasses, and said seriously: "First of all, you have to understand that spiritual essence is a very complex and changeable thing. Although the properties are generally the same, there are almost hundreds of major classifications. The difference between each type is sometimes greater than that between humans and pigs.

In theory, the absolutely pure and conflict-free spiritual essence almost all comes from the time sand, which is not something you can care about at your current level.

Secondly, even absolutely pure spiritual essence will undergo different changes after being interfered with and processed by physical properties.

It's like when you mix the paint and dip the brush into it to paint on the canvas. Before you put pen to paper, you must understand the consequences of the fusion of different colors and brushstrokes, instead of regretting after you finish painting a stroke and wanting to peel off every drop of turpentine and every molecule of paint from the canvas.

To extract the spiritual essence after it has been fused with the material, the control required is ridiculous. It cannot be said that it is completely impossible in theory, but in practice it is simply a dream.

This is an incredible thing, even the contemporary Grand Master Tianlu may not be able to do it. "

Before putting down the blackboard, she concluded: "Instead of dwelling on this, it would be more realistic to dream that if everyone in the federation gave you one dollar, you would become rich overnight."

"Is it so... outrageous?"

Ji Jue was stunned and tried hard to remain calm.

He was not surprised by the difficulty, but horrified by the discovery just now... If it was so difficult to just separate the reacting spiritual essence from the carrier, then, after being eroded by the dragon blood, he could actually return to his original appearance. Isn't it as outrageous as turning back time?

He slowly lowered his head and looked at his watch. The watch was still ticking as if it would never stop.

After it was about to be transformed, it was able to accurately peel off all the transformed structures and parts, and restore it to its original state without any consequences... What on earth is this thing?
No wonder Sister Wen looked like she had seen a ghost after she found out she could reverse her evil transformation!
I'm afraid it would be more acceptable for him to say that he could really go back in time.

When faced with such an outrageous thing, Sister Wen did not kill herself without thinking and study it carefully. She is truly compassionate and has a heart of a bodhisattva!
Ji Jue couldn't help but want to set up a longevity tablet for her at home.

only……

He lowered his head and looked at the time. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that this watch was not simple, and it might be even more awesome than he had originally thought and now thought.

So the question is, if this watch is so awesome, how outrageous must the maker behind it be?
After thinking about it for a long time, he finally mustered up the courage to peek at Ye Chun's expression from the corner of his eyes. While browsing his phone, he pretended to be casual and asked curiously: "Senior sister, do you know the Sky Track?"

"I know."

Ye Chun nodded without hesitation.

While speaking, he was chewing on potato chips, and his mouth was bulging like a hamster.

A hamster that was enough to scare Ji Jue to the point of cardiac and respiratory arrest.

(End of this chapter)