Wizard: I Can Refine Everything

The development of the city required time, and after stabilizing the city, research naturally became Richard's daily routine.

Richard had flipped through the "Evolution Road" given to him by Jimmy so many times that he had lost count.

But each time, he could discover something that he had previously overlooked.

This "Evolution Road" contained almost all of Garon the Great Wizard's understanding of Physique Evolution over several epochs.

Conclusions that would normally have taken untold ages and resources to derive were often summarized in just a few sentences within "Evolution Road."

Garon the Great Wizard had almost single-handedly forged an almost complete Evolution Road. Richard was almost certain that if Garon Great Wizard had achieved Truth, the Five Major Schools would have immediately become the Six Major Schools.

Unfortunately, there is a set path to becoming a Great Wizard in the Wizard World.

But to achieve the status of Truth Wizard, there really are only a few who know how.

At the end of the Wizard Great War, the leaders of the Five Major Schools achieved Truth almost simultaneously. What secrets lie within remain unknown to this day.

With the help of "Evolution Road," Richard quickly determined his research direction—Enhanced Cells.

The Mutated Rules allowed Richard to rapidly mutate a variety of cells. As long as he used targeted screening methods, he could always select the cells he desired.

…

On the experiment table, a faint blue light shot out from the crystal, exactly covering an indescribable chunk of flesh.

Behind that faint blue light was a hemispherical crystal cover. Inside the crystal cover, a dark blue flame burned fiercely.

Richard stood by the experimental table, quietly observing the chunk of flesh covered in blue light.

Under the blue light's irradiation, this chunk of flesh, seemingly cut from some ancient ruler, began to disintegrate, eventually dissolving into a pool of thick liquid.

"Sigh!"

Richard walked forward, turned off the blue light, and then conjured a fireball, burning the dense liquid on the experimental table to ashes.

"Another failure?"

A voice came from behind Richard. He sighed heavily and said:

"Yes, another failure."

He turned around and saw Ali lazily holding a Magic Book and leaning against another experimental table, watching him.

"For over thirty years, since I came, you have been failing continuously. All these years and not a sliver of success," Ali said as she shook her head, walking towards Richard.

When she reached Richard's side, she suddenly said, "Why don't you put this experiment on hold for now, and switch to studying something else?

I fused with that Bloodline, aren't you quite interested in it?"

Richard, leaning against the experiment table, had a flash of confusion in his eyes.

Over thirty years of failure made Richard wonder if there was something wrong with his experiment.

He had conducted at least over a hundred thousand experiments over the years, but without exception, they all failed, without a single sign of progress.

The cells under the blue light only disintegrated faster; there was no slowing down.

If even one cell capable of slowing the disintegration had appeared among these cells, Richard would not be so baffled.

A hundred thousand experiments— even the greediest gambler would expect a payout after such numbers.

Unless there was nothing to win in the first place.

Richard shook his head, clearing the chaotic thoughts from his mind.

"You're right, I do need to rethink this."

Richard left the laboratory, standing on the balcony of the Wizard Tower, letting the cold wind buffet him.

He pondered over the experiments of these years and the "Evolution Road."

"Evolution Road" was the crystallization of Garon the Great Wizard's knowledge of Physique Evolution. For someone like him, who had just transitioned into the field of Physique Evolution, almost all answers to his questions could be found in this book.

But after much thought, "Evolution Road" did not provide Richard with any new insights.

Richard was becoming agitated, a normal state for any wizard whose experiments hit snags, especially when the wizard believed they were on the right track.

The bitter cold wind did not serve to calm Richard down. On the balcony, the more he thought, the more irritated he became.

He didn't understand what he was missing.

Suddenly, Richard flew out of the Wizard Tower, turning into a streak of light and flying off into the distance.

He didn't know where he was heading, but he knew that he needed to calm down.

And this flight lasted for two months.

Two months later, Richard, staring at the towering Ice Wall in front of him, stopped—he had reached the end of the world.

But this was not enough to satisfy Richard. Looking at the Ice Wall, he suddenly wanted to see what lay beyond its end.

So, waving his Magic Wand, a series of powerful Fireballs pummeled the Ice Wall like machine gun fire.

But this Ice Wall was not a simple Ice Wall; it was actually an external manifestation of the Wizard World's rules, representing the edge of the Wizard World.

So no matter how far Richard progressed into the Ice Wall, what awaited him was an endlessly unreachable barrier.

Finally, his Magic Power depleted, Richard collapsed weakly to the ground.

Richard made no attempt to restore his Magic Power, and looked with lifeless eyes at the ice, his mind a blank slate.

But without his restoration, his parched body would not allow him such freedom.

Richard's body cells began to involuntarily absorb Energy from the surroundings to maintain bodily functions.

Suddenly, a spark of inspiration flashed through Richard's mind.

He suddenly stood up, looking at his own arms with some surprise.

"I'm such an idiot!"

He had finally discovered the problem. All these years he had been using mutated rules to mutate cells, and then using blue light to screen them.

The essence of what he was doing was to find enhanced cells more quickly.

Because for the past few centuries, inside the World Mushroom, he had been conducting blue light irradiation experiments, but those experiments also yielded no results.

However, the complexity of the Life Core was far beyond his imagination, and his hundred thousand experiments had only shown a tiny fraction of what the Life Core was capable of.

So the idea of directly using mutated rules to mutate cells was also wrong.

He should not use mutated rules to directly mutate cells, but should use mutated rules to help cells mutate.

In the face of crisis, life will find its own way out!

And all he needed to do was to help the cells find their way more quickly.

Richard took out two pieces of Magic Essence and quickly rebuilt the Magic Rebound.

After the rebuild, he immediately returned to the Wizard Tower and plunged into the laboratory.

A shift in thought is crucial for an experiment, as wizards often believe they are on the right path.

If they cannot realize that they are on the wrong path, success will always be out of reach.

After changing his thinking, Richard redesigned the experiment. He no longer used mutant rules to directly mutate cells, but instead shook the Life Core with the mutant rules to make it more likely to mutate.

Then came the energy supply problem. Richard transformed the experimental platform to allow magic power to penetrate into the flesh more efficiently, providing the energy needed for evolution.

These modifications were simple, but the effects they brought were completely different.

Under the blue light, the cells continued to disintegrate.

But Richard could see that these cells were constantly searching for a way to counteract the blue light.

"No, this still isn't fast enough!"

Richard watched the cells collapse under the blue light and a flash of insight crossed his mind.

The cells he used for experiments were all First Level lifeform cells. According to the records of the Evolution Road, the higher the level of life, the more stable the Life Core of the cells.

And this was not a good thing for inducing cell mutation.

So, Richard had been using cells of First Level lifeforms for experiments all these years.

But he had just realized that the records of the Evolution Road were meant for ordinary wizards.

He possessed the Mutated Rules and could completely ignore this.

Moreover, the cells of higher-level lifeforms could resist the external environment longer, and combined with the Mutated Rules, the cells of higher-level lifeforms were actually more likely to evolve in Richard's hands.

Understanding this, Richard immediately cut a large chunk of flesh from his own body and restarted the experiment.

Time flew, and a week passed in the blink of an eye.

"Experiment number three hundred and seventy-two, material quality: two thousand five hundred grams, irradiation intensity First Level, energy supply Third Level, no pharmaceutical assistance."

In front of the experimental platform, Richard was recording his work calmly and fervently, quietly watching the piece of flesh under the blue light on the platform.

The cells continued to disintegrate, but Richard remained composed.

He was certain that he was on the right path.

Suddenly, one cell caught his attention.

As a Three Rings Wizard, Richard's spiritual power was not inferior to some optical microscopes.

He could clearly "see" every cell on the surface of the flesh.

He quickly stopped the irradiation and carefully used magic power to cut off this cell, along with the surrounding flesh, from the main body.

Just now, this cell had resisted the blue light irradiation.

Richard fused this piece of flesh into his body with an irrepressible ecstasy on his face.

He had finally found it!

Three years later, this cell had multiplied to a sufficient quantity in Richard's body.

And Richard had confirmed Ulysses' initial speculation that cells able to withstand blue light were indeed more robust.

Then he began to turn these cells into stem cells and gradually replaced his body's old cells with them.

Another ten years passed, and Richard completed the cell renewal.

[Spiritual Power: 217.5, Physique: 213, Magic Power: 87000, Rating: Three Rings Wizard]

Looking at the data, Richard drew a breath of cold air and couldn't help but feel ecstatic.

He had been focused on research for hundreds of years, so his Physique had only increased by three points due to the action of the Physique Enhancement Gland.

And this cell renewal alone had increased his Physique by a full ten points.

And the time he had spent, including the early failures, was just over fifty years!

And more importantly, he had found the correct path!

This type of body enhancement wasn't just a one-time occurrence!

"From now on, I don't have to worry about my Physique," Richard murmured to himself as he looked at the Crystal Ball, "Now it's time to improve my combat skills."

Speaking of combat skills, his mind suddenly flashed back to the Mountain Secret Realm he had entered before.

If he remembered correctly, he could exchange Contribution Values for the opportunity to enter the Secret Realm.

"It looks like I need to check out the mission board."