In the next two days, Li Wei did not rush to do any commission tasks, but stayed in his room all the time.
On the first day, he injected that C-level gene liquid.
Of course, replacing this gene liquid is to strengthen himself. He wants to quickly strengthen his body and push his physique to the level of extreme tempering.
Originally, he was very much looking forward to directly breaking through with this injection. But it seems that the potential of his body is indeed too poor. People with average aptitude, after a certain level of physical exercise, with a few D-level gene solutions as a foundation, would have a high probability of breaking through to the limit level after a C-level gene solution injection. Yet, he has already used two D-level and two C-level gene solutions but still cannot break through.
He self-reflects and feels that his body has reached a bottleneck. It is estimated that with another injection, he should be able to make a breakthrough... right?
His mood is somewhat depressed, but talent is indeed something that leaves people with no option.
Putting this matter aside for the time being, Li Wei then took out the C-level flesh and blood core and completely absorbed it.
The Book of All Laws, which had previously absorbed a D-level gene solution, finally unlocked its fifth page.
The familiar script appeared on the originally blank pages, quite aesthetically pleasing. This time, four options appeared on the fifth page.
"Upgrade the Sharingan."
"Upgrade the Iron-Slashing Flash."
"Acquire new ability, Dark Vision."
"Acquire new spell, Mage's Armor."
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This time, the luck was quite good; all four options were very good, but it made Li Wei feel troubled instead.
Troubling happiness.
Both upgrade options were great, and the two new abilities were also very good; Li Wei wanted them all.
But unfortunately, a single page could only hold one ability.
The Dark Vision ability would be very useful in special situations, but its applicability was still somewhat low, so he ruled it out first. After upgrading, the power of the Iron-Slashing Flash would inevitably increase, but for now, it was still sufficient, and the urgency of upgrading was not high.
What truly troubled Li Wei was the upgrade options for the Mage Armor and the Sharingan. The former could provide him with decent defensive capabilities, something he was currently lacking and needed urgently, directly addressing one of his weaknesses. As for the Sharingan, it was the core power that allowed him to fight against opponents at the limit level. Without the insight ability of the Sharingan, he would lose many advantages.
After pondering for a moment and feeling quite conflicted, Li Wei ultimately chose the Mage Armor.
After all, even without upgrading, the fundamental abilities of the Sharingan were still present. By acquiring the Mage Armor and compensating for his defense deficiency, his combat effectiveness would instantly see a very intuitive improvement.
Watching the disappearance of the other three options, Li Wei felt great pain in his heart.
Closed the Book of All Laws, put it away, and Li Wei sat down at the desk, beginning to read the "Elementary Energy Bullet Carving Technology".
This is obviously a book specifically provided for beginners to learn, without involving theories, and there are no long-winded discussions about the principles of magical pattern technology and other theoretical aspects. The book goes straight to the point at the beginning, starting to explain the process of making an energy bullet in detail and breaking down the corresponding steps.
In other words, if you want to make an energy bullet? Just follow the steps in the book step by step. Smart people may be able to learn quickly, and even if they are not smart, practice more, they will eventually learn. It's just a matter of time.
Oh, and the issue of money.
Li Wei bought a lot of materials. The most expensive one is the pattern carving knife. Such a small knife costs 50 blue crystals. In addition, there are some physical white crystals and an energy converter.
The total value of these things is worth two pieces of purple crystal, which almost exhausted his savings.
The preparation work was not difficult; he quickly connected the carved knife with the energy converter using the power cable, then inserted standard-sized white crystals into the energy converter.
The next step was to follow the content of the book and the design blueprint, and use the energy-filled carved knife to characterization the white crystal's energy onto the bullet. There can be no pause, no break; everything must be done in one stroke.
However, Li Wei failed on his first attempt. Before he even had time to engrave, at the moment the knife became energized, he felt the phenomenon of loss of control and the energy could not be condensed at the tip of the knife.
The book explained the reason for this: it is the manifestation of the user's insufficient control over energy. Users must concentrate and control the energy within the knife, guiding it all the way.
Li Wei huddled in the room, trying for an entire day, but still could not successfully gather his strength.
In between, Judith came to see him once; Li Wei still remembered what she said.
"These are the lowest-grade engraved blades. Ordinary people can master how to control energy for condensation in half an hour to an hour. Those who have completed extreme forging learn even faster, considering it slow if they can't learn it in ten minutes. Li Wei, why can't you get it even after a whole day?"
At that time, the expression on Judith's face was very puzzled. In her heart, Li Wei was a genius who had mastered two innate abilities. How could he not even be able to do this?
In response, he could only remain silent.
Judith also comforted him by saying that maybe Li Wei's talent was not focused on the will chain. After all, controlling external forces requires a strong will. Advanced Rune Masters were those who had developed sufficiently in the exploration of the will chain.
But the strong look of disappointment on her face when she left still made Li Wei feel very uncomfortable inside.
He hated this feeling too much.
So that night, he didn't sleep at all, under the desk lamp, he tried again and again to control the energy inside the white crystal with his own will.
Unconsciously, he had burnt over three hundred white crystals, and these were all money.
Finally, at the break of dawn, he could barely complete the condensation of energy.
His exhausted mind was about to explode, so he just lay down and slept straight away. On the next day, he spent the entire day to practice before he could reach the standard of maintaining the energy condensation for ten minutes.
This was the minimum requirement to make an energy bullet; otherwise, if the energy was cut off halfway through engraving, all previous efforts would go to waste.
Although he finally succeeded, Li Wei did not feel happy at all in his heart.
Compared with others who could finish it within ten minutes, he spent two whole days. How could he be happy about that?
With a heavy sigh in his heart, he put down the engraving knife and placed a new white crystal into the energy converter.
While doing these things, he felt slightly disheartened and had a fleeting thought of simply giving up.