Chapter 51 Top Torture
“It’s bitter, bitter.”

In the workshop, Ji Jue opened his eyes with a dusty face, climbed up from the floor, and wailed: "It's so hard, I am so miserable."

To be honest, he had already prepared himself for hardship, but he didn't expect it to be so hard.

In just one week, it was like hell.

Professor Ye did not organize any cramming training camps. On the contrary, she was very particular about combining work and rest. In addition to asking Ji Jue to continue his previous practice and continue to consume the pile of waste and scraps in the warehouse, she only added two fixed courses every day.

This one-hour basic course describes the specific classifications, branches, and various areas of alchemy of the four elements, from the highest good to gifts to the application of various runes in different situations.

Pure theory.

Ji Jue learned eagerly.

And then, it was... a disastrous practical class.

Under the guidance of Professor Ye, he analyzed and practiced on the waste and scraps in the warehouse. Professor Ye would describe in detail the process and problems encountered in the creation of this piece of waste, and accurately and in detail evaluate Ji Jue's ability, and then give a problem that just reached Ji Jue's limit or slightly exceeded Ji Jue's ability, and let him practice it.

The depiction of spiritual circuits, the engraving of multiple runes, the connection between the attached emblems of the Supreme Good - all of these are problems and areas that are not in the textbooks but are extremely difficult or prone to errors in practice!

To the point that Ji Jue began to fall into a mad cycle of failure, trying, failing, trying again, failing again, and then trying again, until he finally succeeded once, then he would change the problem and start failing again.

Excessive consumption of spiritual essence was secondary, but the psychological blow was endless and could not be stopped at all. As a result, Ji Jue could not help but feel the hook clamped tight just by getting close to the furnace.

Scared.

Even if I let this broken stove come alive and fight with me, it would be better than torturing me like this!

Although, under this kind of pressure, my level has indeed improved by leaps and bounds, the process is really too torturous.

And just when Ji Jue finally managed to light up all the emblems of the Twelve Supreme Virtues by eating dog food, a new course began.

"As a craftsman, you must have some understanding of alchemical products, especially the things you use."

Professor Ye said calmly: "Generally speaking, an aspiring craftsman will not use other people's works, not only because of trust in his own level, but also for more practical reasons."

On the one hand, you will definitely know more about the things you make yourself than others. You will know exactly how to use them, when to overclock them, and where their limits are.

On the other hand, it’s because... other people’s things have too many landmines!

Things in modern times are not so bad, at most they can install monitoring and backdoors for you, and your spiritual fluctuations, conditions, specific physical conditions, and detailed ability effects when you use them are all recorded, so that people can see everything... This is still good. If one day someone suddenly shuts down the machine through the backdoor during a fight, and it doesn't work anymore, you can only wait for death.

And going further back, to the era of catastrophe, or even earlier... that would be a thrilling competition in the world of quality!
Before the Taiyi Ring was created, the industry environment was terrible and the quality of the craftsmen was even worse. On the one hand, they were unethical and were constantly innovating. Judging from the things unearthed today, some of them started to kill you while you were using them, some of them suddenly turned evil while you were using them, some of them cursed your relatives and friends to death while you were using them, some of them had a thousand-year-old ghost inside them that would crawl out at night to kill your entire family, and some of them had a thousand-year-old ghost inside them that would corrode your soul day by day and want to be reborn in your body...

It really opened Ji Jue's eyes!

Professor Ye pressed his head and engraved caution into his heart. In the ancient tomb, the rift world, and the time ruins, if you encounter something that you have never seen before and seems very powerful, if you don't understand it, just walk around it and stay away from it. No matter how powerful it is, don't touch it. Some lucky people can touch it a thousand times without any problem, while some unlucky people will die without even touching it.

Therefore, the current priority is to understand the principles, materials and effects of the alchemical items that are carried on the body, such as the fragment of the emperor's figurine hung around Ji Jue's neck - the Mouth of the Ancient One.

Of course, as a statue of the emperor and an official authentic model of the Eternal Empire, no craftsman would be so bold as to tamper with it. But at the same time, in order to highlight the majesty of the empire and the dignity of the emperor, it must be made with great care and without any flaws.

This is where hell begins...

In the thumb-sized fragment, there were actually thousands of spiritual circuits, hundreds of miniature runes and more than nine emblems of the Supreme Good... Most of them had been scrapped, and the other blessings contained in the runes and emblems had also all been lost, leaving only the single blessing.

According to Ji Jue's estimation, if it were in a complete state, its complexity would be a hundred or even a thousand times more than that of this fragment!
In a workshop, there may be dozens of craftsmen who spend decades creating such a symbolic object at any cost. This shows the extravagance and madness of the Eternal Empire.

With Ji Jue's current level, let alone imitation, just the interpretation and analysis of the structure would almost cost him his life.

How is this different from asking a junior high school student who has just taken a few math classes to analyze a high-level math paper? And it's just two pages of fragments, and you have to figure out what it means, how it is calculated, and why it is calculated in this way?

"You better let me die..."

Ji Jue lay on the table, groaning in despair.

"Where are we now?"

Ye Chun, who finally got ashore, gloated, "When I was a kid, I lived like this for more than a year."

In fact, Professor Ye discovered in the first week that his niece was not cut out for this kind of thing, but he did not stop and completely ignored Ye Chun's cries and Xiao Zhenzhu.

During that one year long period, she crammed all the knowledge that a chosen one should know, learn, understand, from alchemy to identification and all other general knowledge, and even all the courses from junior high school to university, into Ye Chun's head.

Until it is confirmed that Ye Chun will be able to support himself and live well alone in the future.

Then, she quickly degenerated into a parasite.

He idles around every day, and looks like he lives just to eat expensive crayfish-flavored potato chips. It's really enviable... and shameful!
"Here, do you want to eat some?" Ye Chun handed over the potato chips in his hand.

Ji Jue glared angrily and asked, "Am I the kind of person who is greedy for your potato chips?"
Then, he subconsciously opened his mouth.

"...Yes!" "Okay, stop crying. Your aunt is going out today, so I'll give you a day off."

After feeding half a bag of potato chips, Ye Chun, who felt that he had worked very hard today, lay back on the sofa and waved his hand: "Didn't you say you were going to the Security Bureau? Don't cause any more trouble."

"What do you mean by making trouble? I am a person who does not fight with the world. I am afraid of hurting the lives of ants when sweeping the floor, and I am careful about moths flying around the lamp. I hate making trouble the most."

Ji Jue retorted solemnly. After washing up in the public bathroom downstairs, he picked up his bag and happily went out with the calf.

The sun is shining and the wind is fresh.

Praise freedom!

If the class could be a little easier tomorrow, it would be more free!

He whistled, sent a message to Wen Wen, and then followed the address all the way to the busy commercial district in Beishan District, checking the address repeatedly.

Look up and forward.

In front of me, there is only a huge shopping mall with people coming and going.

"What the hell?"

Ji Jue scratched his head: "Is the Security Bureau so down-to-earth?"

"Because Sister Wen said that living it lively is good for your mood." Someone behind him answered.

Ji Jue was startled when he saw the child who was leaning on a cane. He had short hair and a childish face, as if he was still in junior high school. He exuded a youthful aura.

"Hello, are you Brother Ji Jue?" the visitor asked politely.

"what?"

Ji Jue was stunned for a moment, then realized that he had seen it at the scene the day before yesterday. The person following Wen Wen suddenly became enthusiastic and stretched out his hand: "What's your name, please?"

"An Ran, safe An, and then Ran, Brother Ji Jue, you can call me Xiao An or Xiao Ran." The child smiled brightly: "It just so happens that I just arrived, I'll take you upstairs, let's go."

As he said this, he walked to the front, leaning on his crutches.

Ji Jue followed behind obediently, but when he glanced at the other person's back, he couldn't help but wonder, is this... a boy or a girl?
“It’s a man.”

An Ran, who was walking in front, said without turning back.

"what?"

Ji Jue was shocked. Could it be the legendary person with the ability to read minds?
"I'm not the chosen one of Xinshu. Every generation in my family is a white deer."

An Ran turned around and smiled brightly, "However, generally speaking, people are curious when they meet for the first time. Maybe it's because I can't exercise, my skin and physique are not very good, so it's easy to get confused."

No, no, no, this is not a problem of skin and physique at all, right?
Ji Jue raised his eyes and looked at the other person's delicate face in the reflection of the window. Oh no, his thoughts started to slip... Why was his little heart pounding? !

Following An Ran, he finally got a sense of the grandeur of the Security Bureau.

Even though it was just the Beishan District branch, they actually booked an entire floor of the mall and even equipped it with a dedicated elevator. According to An Ran, there were even more outrageous displays.

The branch in Nanlu District simply found a place to build a building with more than 40 floors. Then the team leader Lu Shenzhou used public facilities for personal purposes and opened the largest, most comprehensive, and most awesome 24-hour gym in the entire Yacheng... Just thinking about it must be a kind of mental harm to the impoverished people like Ji Jue who had to take out loans to go to school.

"arrive."

In the elevator, An Ran suddenly said.

With a ding, the elevator slowly opened.

Then, a shrill scream came to my face.

Like a nightmare...
.
Half a minute ago, in the hall.

It's called a lobby, but it's actually a rest area for members of the Beishan District Security Bureau. It has sofas, televisions, and unlimited free snacks, which are enough to keep a lazy person like Tong Hua occupied for 24 hours.

"Oh oh oh, here it comes! Brother Mingyan is here!"

Tong Hua held the phone in her hands, excitedly pumped her fist, and shouted excitedly: "Gua, today I am going to perform the famous quotes of Brother Mingyan live!

My performance will definitely not disappoint Brother Mingyan!"

Camera, turn on!
Recording, start!
Her eyes were shining with anticipation.

I am Tong Hua, and today I will personally record the glorious moments of this famous brother Yan!
　Ah, please give me a monthly ticket!

　　There is also a reading theme reward in the event, but the monthly ticket gap is still a bit big. I really want it.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)