Fang Heng tried to quickly set up a small magic array on the ground based on his memory.
Fang Heng channeled his mental strength into the magic array, and immediately the surrounding Black Fog aura surged toward it.
The concentration of Black Fog around the magic array increased dramatically, forming a visibly high-concentration zone of Black Fog.
It worked, but how could it be used?
Fang Heng shook his head.
Forget it—just grind first and figure it out later!
He stopped thinking too much and controlled the zombie team to sit down on the spot, laying down basic alchemy magic arrays to farm experience.
The zombie clones worked on alchemy, while he used the time to grind Occult.
After setting up the zombie clones’ idle tasks, Fang Heng also sat down cross-legged in the basement, controlling Abe Akaya to release natural energy.
Pale green natural energy was released through Abe Akaya’s vines, gathering in the basement and quickly forming a dense emerald-green hue.
Natural aura energy and Black Fog were completely different types of energy and did not interfere with each other.
As the natural energy activity in the villa’s domain increased significantly, both Abe Akaya’s output speed and Fang Heng’s absorption rate improved greatly.
Fang Heng’s eyes lit up.
The natural aura was so active that he could easily control it and absorb it into his body.
Fang Heng roughly estimated that his absorption rate had more than doubled compared to before.
Lines of small text rapidly scrolled across Fang Heng’s retina.
[Hint: The player has absorbed Occult attribute energy. The player gained 8,723 grandmaster-level Occult experience points.]
[Hint: The player’s zombie clone completed an alchemy magic array (poor quality). The player gained 0.6 transcendent-level alchemy experience points...]
[Hint: The player’s zombie clone...]
In the basement, just as Fang Heng was immersed in leveling up, his phone suddenly rang.
His cultivation was interrupted. Fang Heng suppressed his irritation and picked up the phone to check.
Hm? An unknown number?
Fang Heng was puzzled, but answered the call anyway.
"Fang Heng, my brother, it’s me, Nasir. I got your number from An Qian."
"I didn’t see you today—did you finish your closed-door cultivation? How’s your progress?"
Nasir cared a lot about Fang Heng and would often visit the Alchemy Society to check in.
Today, when he didn’t see Fang Heng and heard he had already left, he immediately called to ask about the situation.
Nasir was a little worried.
Could it be that the difficulty of advancing to the transcendent level in alchemy was too much, and the kid gave up?
It would be a real shame to lose such a talented alchemist.
"Yeah, I made some breakthroughs. Once I was done, I left the society early. Haha, I forgot to greet you, that’s on me—sorry, sorry."
"What?! You broke through?!"
Nasir, on the other end of the phone,e was shocked.
He had completed a transcendent-level alchemy advancement in just a week?
Nasir opened his mouth but quickly said, "Fang, are you at home right now? Stay put, don’t move—I’m coming to see you right now!"
Fang Heng was a bit stunned and then noticed that the call had already ended.
He could sense Nasir’s excitement through the call.
Was it because he advanced too quickly?
People outside the Black Fog Game probably couldn’t comprehend this cultivation speed.
Nasir was likely also at the transcendent level and would be very sensitive to the surrounding laws. He might even be able to sense the presence of Black Fog.
Fortunately, Fang Heng had reinforced the basement’s seal recently, or there really could have been a risk of discovery.
Fang Heng closed his eyes again and resumed grinding Occult experience.
Over an hour later, Nasir arrived in a hurry at Fang Heng’s villa.
Before even reaching the door, Nasir stopped in his tracks.
Why was the natural energy fluctuation in this area so high?
A chilling premonition suddenly rose in Nasir’s heart. He closed his eyes to sense.
The natural energy fluctuations in the environment were definitely being affected by an alchemy magic array!
Did Fang Heng set this up?
Transcendent-level alchemy scholars weren’t exactly growing on trees—if it wasn’t Fang Heng, who else could it be?
Nasir suddenly felt a chill down his spine, like he had seen a ghost.
Even after completing law-type magic array trials in the Alchemy Society’s training hall and reaching the standard of transcendent-level alchemy, it still took him over a year to finally set up his first law-based alchemy magic array out in the field.
And this kid actually...
D*mn it! This talent was downright terrifying!
Nasir was secretly shocked. He took a deep breath, walked up to the villa, and—
What he saw made his eyeballs nearly pop out of their sockets.
The garden encircling Fang Heng’s villa was covered with one alchemy magic array after another.
Even the exterior walls of the villa had densely engraved compact magic arrays.
He had clearly asked around—Fang Heng had just left the Alchemy Society two nights ago. And in just over two days, all these alchemy magic arrays were already in place?
And they were all law-based magic arrays!
It was known that the more law-type alchemy arrays there were in a domain, the greater the disruption to the environment. Planning the later stages of the array layout would become more difficult.
Just looking at this dense spread of magic arrays gave him a headache.
Nasir took a deep breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and rang the villa’s doorbell.
"Nasir, you’re here. Come in."
Fang Heng was already waiting in the villa’s hall and gestured for Nasir to enter.
Though Nasir had already guessed it, he still couldn’t help asking, "Uh, the alchemy magic arrays outside... You laid those out?"
"Haha, sorry you had to see that."
Fang Heng gave a somewhat embarrassed laugh. After finishing the arrays, he also noticed that the thick layer of alchemy magic arrays outside didn’t look very pretty.
"After advancing, I got a bit itchy-handed and couldn’t resist trying things out."
"You..." Nasir was momentarily speechless. He was truly impressed. Shaking his head with a sigh, he said, "Fang Heng, my brother, to be honest, you’re the most talented person I’ve ever seen in alchemy. Even the president doesn’t have your level of talent."
"You flatter me. If not for your guidance, I wouldn’t have made it this far."
Fang Heng cupped his fists in gratitude again toward Nasir.
"Hahaha." Nasir laughed heartily. "That’s great. When you become famous one day, I’ll be able to brag that I once taught you alchemy."