Lord of Mysterious Wizard

Chapter 129: Chapter 129: Promotion of the Artifact Forger (3rd Update!)

Inside the small living room of the brick-and-stone mansion, a burly figure was in motion, managing to perform complex movements within the cramped space, with each action appearing both eerie and filled with primitive beauty.

Chaga Fighting Technique!

Although Tang Qi did not often practice this fighting skill, it did not mean his mastery in it was low.

In fact, by leveraging his special ability to “skillize” it, as long as progress kept increasing, Tang Qi’s fighting skill would become increasingly terrifying, especially when combined with the Fog Body, instantly elevating Tang Qi’s combat power to a fearsome level.

However, at this moment, the one practicing the fighting skill was not Tang Qi’s high schooler face.

He had changed into a new outfit, similar to a hunter’s clothes, paired with his burly figure and a weathered, fierce face, perfectly matching the identity he had prepared for himself.

Whoosh!

After a moment, Tang Qi stopped.

By now, he no longer felt that sense of discrepancy and walked straight to the floor mirror, looking at his “Second Body”.

With a thought, a miraculous scene occurred.

A ring of misty green light spilled out, then suddenly retracted, and upon looking again, Tang Qi’s “True Form” appeared in front of the mirror.

Tang Qi moved around a bit, felt it again, and then said, “It took less than a second, no sense of alienation, doesn’t affect combat power.”

As his words fell, Tang Qi performed several switches in front of the mirror.

The rapid switching between the True Form and the Second Body, despite the stark contrast in appearance, his essence remained unchanged—it was still him, unchanged. Whether in any form, nothing hindered Tang Qi from deploying all the tricks he currently had.

This was consistent with his previous contrivances; after experiencing it several times, Tang Qi was relieved.

At last, he switched back to the Second Body form, wearing the suitable hunter’s clothes, for if he switched to his True Form, he would have to repeat the comical scene of the Second Body wearing high school clothing.

After all, his plan for tonight was to use the Second Body; he might as well get used to it in advance.

Tang Qi put much effort into finding Old Coulson to trade Mysterious Materials and concoct the “Second Body Secret Medicine,” mainly for tonight’s endeavor… the Extraordinary Market.

One of the gains from killing Abu!

That Mysterious Seal, leading to a market of the Transcendent.

For Tang Qi, it was an opportunity not to be missed.

Although he now possessed many tricks, including the “Judgement,” a one-strike lethal tool, ultimately, he was still an unaffiliated wild wizard with unstructured cultivation, and he didn’t know how to handle the Curios he acquired.

Moreover, he was a Secret Alchemist; it couldn’t be that he should drink all the concocted Secret Medicine himself—that would be a shameful waste.

He needed to communicate, and without joining any official organizations, sneaking into an Extraordinary Market was the best approach.

However, he couldn’t possibly go there in his True Form, so the Second Body became quite essential.

Now, almost everything was ready.

Tang Qi deliberately practiced a rough, unrefined demeanor, once again arriving at his workbench.

His gaze, however, fell upon the gray-wood box–inside should be the orders from the Ancient Castle Bureau.

It was probably still those exaggeratedly large-caliber hand cannon bullets, just half the quantity.

The Second Body could also use the Soaking Method.

Tang Qi planned to complete the orders first, as he didn’t know how much time he’d spend tonight in that mysterious “Extraordinary Market.”

To avoid breaking trust with the Ancient Castle Bureau, it was best to be ready in advance.

However, as soon as he opened the gray-wood box, what first caught his eye, besides the large-caliber bullets, was an additional small booklet.

“Hm?”

Tang Qi was momentarily surprised, and that’s when he remembered the small gift mentioned by Old Coulson during their trade.

“This is?”

First, he took over the booklet; below the cover, it still read, “Internal Communication, Please Do Not Leak.”

Tang Qi carelessly opened it; at first glance, it seemed no different from the booklet Old Coulson had given him last time. It contained some introductions to extraordinary professions and some general information about the mysterious side.

But upon closer inspection, Tang Qi’s eyes lit up, his interest piqued.

This booklet seemed to be a completed version of the last one, compiled by the Ancient Castle Bureau based on constantly occurring phenomena and data handed down from the Dark Age.

Inside, it seemed to generally categorize extraordinary humans into levels.

For instance, those at the very bottom, who had just sensed the extraordinary power, were termed “Contactors.”

Those who began cultivating extraordinary power were called “Transcendents.”

Then there were the extraordinary humans with professions, called “Pioneers” by the Ancient Castle Bureau.

Tang Qi didn’t care about these terms; they were merely a few titles.

What really captured Tang Qi’s attention were several exceptionally vague terms that seemed to have been directly extracted from ancient tomes, like promotion in profession, extraordinary titles, legendary… master of the world!

Those words, which appeared very mysterious, did not come with detailed explanations.

Others, however, had plenty of notes.

As he continued browsing, Tang Qi quickly understood why Old Coulson called this a little gift.

Because the last few pages of the booklet recorded some common professions’ “Promotion Path.”

The first one was the Artifact Forger.

According to the experience and ancient tomes collected by the Ancient Castle Bureau, those who practice the Path of Casting, if they want to truly earn the title of “Artifact Forger,” must start from scratch and personally forge an extraordinary artifact.

It couldn’t be modifying existing mysterious items or assembling them. It must involve extracting those extraordinary powers bit by bit and then forging an artifact that meets the requirements; only then one is considered a qualified artifact forger.

It sounded rather simple.

But the reality is, even the Ancient Castle Bureau hasn’t produced a true artifact forger to date.

Although the booklet states that in other major states or the central Federation, true artifact forgers exist, even some at higher levels.

But that is another path, just like with the secret alchemists; a wild secret alchemist, to promote to “Secret Alchemist,” must start from scratch, invent, and formulate a completely new secret medicine.

However, if it’s a secret alchemist from a school, they don’t need these steps; they only need to learn systematically, then formulate three basic secret medicines, aim for “apprentice,” and repeat the process to challenge for secret alchemist.

Like Tang Qi himself, he has a complete set of rules for the promotion of secret alchemists.

Of course, even if reaching the peak, Tang Qi could only be considered a “Secret Medicine Master” of the Original Secret Medicine School; facing a stronger school, maybe just one secret alchemist could overcome him.

“So, to sum up… wild ones have no rights, connections are most important?”

Tang Qi very accurately summarized the implicit message of these rules.

It looked like, once again, advice from Old Coulson.

Meaning to say, young man, aimlessly wandering has no future, quickly join us.

Especially under the Artifact Forger section, there was a small line clearly noted.

Ancient Castle Bureau, possessing all the knowledge of a “Caster School,” just lacking a smart heir.

Seeing this line, Tang Qi couldn’t help but smirk a little.

He had to admit, for a moment, he was quite tempted, but he was well aware of his own situation.

“I’m not really a wild artifact forger, after all, I can’t just take the ‘Soaking Method’ to Old Coulson for promotion knowledge, I’d definitely be kicked out.”

Tang Qi struggled to turn the page about the artifact forgers, silently mumbling in his heart.

ps: Third update, promise fulfilled. I almost always fulfill my promises, it’s just that sometimes I’m slow at updating, so don’t worry. Also, seeking votes!