Chapter 191: Chapter 191

At evening, Locke found Zack and submitted a report to the academy's combat department about participating in the targeted magical plant competition.

Jade Iris Lichen and related research had finally exploded with results after accumulating for such a long time.

Competitions, potion shop orders, and treatment center treatments could all make use of Jade Iris Lichen and Bear Spirit Bile Detoxification Potion.

His personal pharmacy and three botanical gardens could also develop rapidly.

And he could obtain more magical resources to provide for his meditation method cultivation.

At the same time, Locke returned to his residence and began preparing for the infiltration operation three weeks later. After all, that operation was extremely important for his teacher, Witch Sophia.

It was the key to whether she could break away from Lilith's Cottage and free herself from the contracts binding her.

In the simple laboratory of Locke's three-room suite, Locke stared blankly at a Three-Eyed Tiger Cat fossil before him.

This fossil had cost him 1200 magic stones.

One could imagine how enormous the real Three-Eyed Tiger Cat's size was. Its body size was probably comprehensively larger than modern magical creatures.

Locke snapped his fingers, and immediately the Tome of the Tombstone floated automatically before his eyes and turned pages by itself. The edges of the entire grimoire emanated an eerie dark magical radiance.

"Let me see how archaeologists on the black wizard side would handle fossil bones. First, the first step is preservation, preventing the fossil bones from being further damaged."

"Even just placing fossil bones in air could potentially destroy the negative energy particle information stored within, or damage their physical structure."

"Therefore, preservation and maintenance are very important. When preserving, two points need to be considered: first, how to reinforce vulnerable points; second, the reinforcement method cannot affect the negative energy particle information stored within."

Since he was learning from the beginning, Locke's eyes sparkled with wonder at this moment. The archaeological inheritance from the black wizard lands opened his eyes, this was a knowledge system he had never encountered before.

Locke read through this Tome of the Tombstone and saw that handling this type of fossil bone actually required reading the [Anatomical Structure Chapter], [Burial Stress Analysis Chapter], [Negative Energy Particle Preservation Chapter], and [Storage Temperature Control Chapter] of the grimoire.

Locke applied Memory Ointment to his temples, enhancing his memory, then quickly began reading these four chapters.

Archaeology was undoubtedly one of the most complex fields for black wizards. Just the fossil bone preservation method alone required extensive study.

Archaeological scholars needed to learn how to handle and identify the structure and shape of fossil bones, how to repair and find missing parts of fossil bones.

They also had to learn at what temperature and how to preserve them without damaging the negative energy particle information they contained.

With Locke's current first-class wizard apprentice level, learning from a superior position naturally made his learning speed somewhat faster.

Moreover, since he was working for himself and not others, some operations didn't need to be so precise, as long as they worked adequately.

Locke followed the grimoire's instructions, processing the fossil bones on the workbench bit by bit. "Preservation requires using a special amber formed from Ephemeral Seal tree resin. Ephemeral Seal tree resin is one of the few substances that won't affect any negative energy particles and can also isolate negative energy particles from reacting with the outside world."

"It's a material commonly used by archaeologists for preserving bone fossils."

"Ephemeral Seal tree resin can be bought at Chimera Trading Market, and it's not expensive." After thinking for a moment, Locke went out, riding Engel Swift Snail to Chimera Trading Market.

He spent 50 magic stones to buy enough Ephemeral Seal tree resin to cover the fossil bones on his laboratory workbench.

When Locke returned to his laboratory, half an hour had already passed. He sighed, "When I have time, I still need to hire an assistant. I can't do everything myself. My time has become precious now too."

"It's a pity that Teacher Sophia's three students have too low magical levels, otherwise I could have them help me with assistant work, which would also save some funds."

Following the operational instructions in the Tome of the Tombstone, Locke gradually applied Ephemeral Seal tree resin to the fossil bones, forming a transparent gem-like amber that wrapped around the entire fossil.

Its shape was like an egg, but with enormous volume.

"After proper preservation, according to archaeological scholars' procedures, one would generally use Historical Projection spell models to preserve its negative energy particle field model, storing it in alchemical items similar to True Sight crystal balls."

"This way, in the future, if the fossil bones are lost or damaged, I would still have recorded copies to study, and could even use the recorded copies to repair the fossil bones to a certain degree."

Locke shook his head slightly. "However, I haven't learned Historical Projection spell models yet. That spell is not just 0.8-circle, it also requires me to have a certain familiarity with the negative energy particle periodic table."

"So I'll skip this step for now."

The core of archaeology still lay in memorizing the negative energy particle periodic table, and distinguishing 210 types of negative energy particles and their subspecies in an extremely short time, then mastering the so-called Mordo language by identifying them.

Only by mastering the Mordo language proficiently could one master archaeological spell models.

So Locke's biggest difficulty now was how to master this special language.

Locke looked up at the fossil bone specimen he had made and nodded slightly. Although there were still many inadequacies, for a beginner, this was already decent specimen creation. ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by NoveI[F]ire.net

Of course there were definitely still some shortcomings. For example, he hadn't used the small techniques that all archaeologists knew, using dark energy particle knives to remove dust from fossil bones and other miscellaneous elemental particles that had settled on them, all of which should have been cleaned off.

Because they would have slight effects on the negative energy particle field.

For archaeologists, the quality of specimens they personally processed could well demonstrate their archaeological skill level.

Locke tried to learn the dark energy particle knife. This spell would form several knives wrapped in dark energy particles around his fingers. Because they were pure dark energy particle knives, they wouldn't destroy the negative energy particle field on the surface when contacting fossil bones.

Unfortunately, because Locke's mastery of the Mordo language was still far from sufficient, after trying briefly, Locke discovered he currently had no way to use dark energy particle knives at all.

"The first step is to create qualified specimens from fossil bones and record them."

"The second step is to investigate the fossil bones. I need to read the negative energy particle information covering their surfaces, using this method to read the historical memories remaining on this fossil's surface, and improve my Mordo language proficiency."

Locke read the Tome of the Tombstone while staring at the fossil bone specimen, but after just five minutes, Locke rubbed his eyeballs.

"No good, this efficiency is too low. McCarthy was right, I have absolutely no talent in the field of magical discrimination. I'll learn very slowly. At this rate, my accuracy in learning the Mordo language won't be too high either."

Locke's eyes changed slightly. "So I can only use a different method, I can only... take drugs."

Locke took out a bottle of Beholder Potion from his hand.

Previously he had bought three vials of Beholder Potion and had already used two during this period, but now he needed to use another one.

After using this one, his meditation efficiency would improve for the recent period, so it couldn't be considered a waste.

Moreover, Locke extremely suspected that the abyssal energy contained within the Beholder Potion, with its increased mental sensitivity, could improve his discrimination of negative energy particles.

It was just that this kind of improvement was basically dancing on a knife's edge. One careless move and his spirit would be left with serious side effects.

If he didn't have the Deep Purple Jade, he wouldn't dare to take drugs while improving his archaeological skills.