Chapter 663 Fairy of Flowers <TOC> Chapter 665 Appraising the Diamond-Shaped Crystal
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The Month of Gentle Rain had finally passed, and the Month of Flowing Fire arrived quietly.
Angel, immersed in remembering various alchemical materials and related reactions, finally reached the minimum knowledge required to learn the Eye of Nalda on the first day of the Month of Flowing Fire.
However, as Sanders said, the Eye of Nalda is a third-level trick after all. Even with the corresponding knowledge, it is not easy to learn and master.
Tricks and spells are generally a way of expressing magic with the magic source as the core, magical power as the kinetic energy, and knowledge as the structure. It is specifically manifested as: leveraging and interfering with the material world.
In other words, the magic source, magical power, and knowledge are the three components of a spell.
The Eye of Nalda is no exception, but its most important aspect is not the magic source or magical power, but the knowledge foundation. However, even with the knowledge foundation, it is not easy to see through the truth of an object at a glance. It still requires a certain algorithm to connect various knowledge foundations.
This algorithm is the secret core of this trick.
This algorithm is called the Nalda Algorithm. It is named after a mysterious alchemist from ancient times who first created this algorithm.
In other words, this Nalda Algorithm is the trick model that Angel needs to build.
However, why is this trick called the Eye of Nalda instead of the Nalda Algorithm? It is because once the trick model is built, the final release channel for this trick can only be through the eyes.
Even though it is not an “eye” type spell.
So, the final name is called the Eye of Nalda or the Eye of Alchemy.
The records in the book are very cumbersome, but according to Angel’s understanding, the Eye of Nalda is actually building a server specifically serving the “Nalda Algorithm” in the thinking space.
For example, if you want to identify an item.
Without using the Eye of Nalda, you can probably only see its basic material. But with the Eye of Nalda, the Nalda Algorithm can quantify all possible combinations and effects of the corresponding materials, and then gradually refine them to quickly select the most reasonable possibility.
In other words, find the order within the chaos.
It is extremely difficult for the human brain to find variables in this non-linear system. It requires extraordinary insight and computing power. Therefore, ancient alchemists developed such a trick.
By building a “server” in the thinking space to promote the Nalda Algorithm.
This “server” is actually the core of the Eye of Nalda And also a trick model.
What Angel needs to do now is to successfully build this “server” once. This trick model is extremely complex, surpassing most of the current third-level tricks.
For any aspiring wizard, constructing this spell is no easy feat.
Starting from the beginning, one has to painstakingly experiment with every line of the formation model to see if it’s correct, a laborious process that could take a month or more if one is lucky, or even years without progress if unlucky.
However, for Angel, the computing power of the holographic tablet can greatly accelerate this construction process.
Furthermore, the formation allows his mental space to become a coordinate quadrant. Relying on the holographic tablet to calculate the hundreds of spatial coordinates needed for the spell model, he should be able to construct the spell model quickly.
“Calculation goal: Spatial coordinates with the formation as the quadrant.”
“Calculation starts, estimated time needed: 41 hours, 42 minutes, and 51 seconds.”
After confirming that the holographic tablet has started its background calculation, Angel finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Nearly 42 hours is not a long time.
During the time the holographic tablet was calculating, Angel continued to study various alchemical reactions and materials.
The effect of the Eye of Nalda is to discern the truth of objects, commonly known as appraisal. However, constructing the Eye of Nalda does not guarantee a 100% appraisal success rate.
Only by accumulating more knowledge can the success rate gradually increase.
For example, if you appraise an item and you don’t recognize or understand some of the materials, it is impossible to deduce its effects, resulting in an uncertain appraisal outcome.
Therefore, the Eye of Nalda is a process of gradual accumulation.
All alchemists spend their lives accumulating knowledge, and the Eye of Nalda grows with experience and never reaches an end.
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When the countdown on the holographic tablet reached 0 seconds, the 42 hours had passed in the blink of an eye.
The holographic tablet displayed 27 sets of formations, each with 612 spatial coordinates, resulting in nearly 20,000 spatial coordinate points in total.
These 27 formations are all correct. Once constructed, they can all become “servers.”
However, to determine which formation is most suitable for Angel, he still needs to experiment with each one.
For most other alchemists, having just one set of formation methods is enough, but with the holographic tablet’s computational assistance, Angel wants the best.
Before experimenting with which formation is the most optimized, Angel must first construct the model.
Though he has the spatial coordinates, every spell needs a familiarization process during the initial stage. Moreover, this is a third-level spell, which requires a considerable amount of magic power. Even if Angel exhausted all his daily magic power on this, it would still take a considerable amount of time to become completely familiar with it.
The first construction of the model took Angel about ten minutes.
Not only did the magic consumption reduce by more than half, but the model was also not successfully built.
The second construction of the model also took close to ten minutes, but the time was too long, and it ultimately failed.
The third time… the fourth time…
After depleting his magic and meditating for several days, Angel finally managed to compress the construction time of the first formation model to five minutes. At the same time, he also successfully built the trick model of the Eye of Nalda for the first time.
Angel looked at the “server” operating in his mind space, his eyes brightening.
The server consumes magic for every second it is maintained, and the maintenance time is very short. So, Angel decided to immediately choose an alchemical work as the first experimental item for the “Eye of Nalda.”
After pondering for a moment, Angel took out the Prelude of Reincarnation from his spatial bracelet.
He performed the first appraisal on the Prelude of Reincarnation.
A faint glow emerged in Angel’s eyes.
In Angel’s vision, countless data emerged from the Prelude of Reincarnation. These data were arranged and combined under the Nalda Algorithm, eliminating various unnecessary effects. Eventually, only Five Sets of Data remained before his eyes.
When the data was imprinted into Angel’s mind, the “server” in the mind space disappeared.
The “server” is one of the most challenging trick models to construct among its peers. Therefore, almost more than 50% of alchemists choose to fix this trick in the spell position to make it a long-term existing “server” in the mind space, instead of constructing it every time for appraisal.
However, Angel did not have this intention.
Although his construction of the “server” is slow now, with the help of the Universal Axis, Angel deeply believes that even if he cannot construct the Eye of Nalda instantly, it won’t be too slow. There is no need to waste precious spell positions.
Angel began to observe the results of the first use of the Eye of Nalda for appraisal.
The Prelude of Reincarnation produced five sets of data. In terms of material, all five sets of data correctly identified the material. In the magic array, all five sets of data were the same. However, in terms of alchemical reactions and basic effects, there were some differences in the five sets of data.
Nevertheless, the differences were minor and could be ignored. For example, they all pointed out that the effect of the Prelude of Reincarnation was to eliminate ghosts, but there were some slight differences in the data on eliminating ghosts, such as the floating upper limit of ghost levels, the number of ghosts eliminated at once, and the range of impact.
But the five sets of data showed a significant difference in “special effects.”
The Prelude of Reincarnation could have become a Mysterious Object, but Isabelle forcibly took half of its Mysterious Soul, resulting in a significant reduction in its final effect. However, it is undeniable that even with only half of its Mysterious Soul remaining, the Prelude of Reincarnation still retains some special effects.
Angel chose to appraise the Prelude of Reincarnation to find out what these effects were.
But the five sets of data were all vague in describing the effect.
Some said: “Through the invisible force, a contagious ghost toxin is generated within ghosts, fundamentally eliminating a large number of ghost.”
Some said: “It can make the negative substances in ghosts disappear, turning ghosts back into pure souls.”
Others said: “It straightens out the chaotic abilities within ghosts, granting them wisdom.”
And so on…
It was unclear which of the five sets of data were true or false, or even more likely, all of them could be false.
These five sets of data were based on Angel’s own knowledge and the most probable effects deduced from it. But with Angel’s current perspective, he obviously hasn’t encountered anything at this level.
So, it’s highly possible that all five effects are false.
It seems that this appraisal has failed… but in reality, this is not considered a real failure in the Wizarding World’s appraisal process.
At least the basic effects, even with five sets of data, are all correct. As for the special effects being somewhat divergent, at least they know it has “special effects.”
If handed over to an auction house appraiser, they would come up with Angel’s five sets of data, and just need to strike a aloof pose, saying: “It has a wide range of destructive effects on ghosts and has special effects. The special effects need to be tested.”
Every word of this statement is accurate, and who could say their appraisal failed?
Of course… this is a clever argument.
Angel also used this approach to console himself that his first appraisal wasn’t a complete failure; at least… it was half successful, right?
Chapter 663 Fairy of Flowers <TOC> Chapter 665 Appraising the Diamond-Shaped Crystal