Chapter 57: The First Elemental Creation

It had been half a month since Wang Daoyi and Zhongli started drinking tea and listening to stories together.

After understanding that Zhongli had decided to retire, Wang Daoyi suddenly felt a sense of urgency.

Even though he knew that Zhongli would fake his death and retire, Wang Daoyi didn't feel anything at first. But when the time suddenly became foreseeable, Wang Daoyi began to feel uneasy.

Zhongli's retirement meant that Liyue would lose the protection of a god on the surface. Some demons and monsters would definitely emerge, especially those top-tier powers who knew that Zhongli's death was fake. However, those remnants of wild gods, those powerful beings who were not qualified but possessed great strength, would surely come to provoke Liyue.

As for the Qixing, Wang Daoyi didn't understand how much power they truly controlled or if they were truly capable of dealing with everything.

Even for Xiangling's sake, and for the friends he had made during these days, Wang Daoyi felt that he needed to take things more seriously.

In the wilderness of Liyue, in the Tianqiu Valley.

According to records in some ancient books, the ruins in Tianqiu Valley used to be a prosperous town in the distant past.

The reason it became what it is now seemed to be related to the turmoil caused by a God .

Although there weren't detailed records of that turmoil, legend had it that in the end, it was the Emperor and the immortals who imprisoned it in a cage in a hidden realm. Its descendants fled underground and fell into a deep slumber, waiting for the day when the ancient Godwould awaken.

Wang Daoyi knew that the destruction of Tianqiu Valley was related to the Osial, that powerful elemental who fought all the way from the Guyun Stone Forest to this place, and was finally sealed by Morax under the Fuling Tree in the hidden realm.

However, Wang Daoyi didn't come here to find the Osial, nor was he looking for its companion, the Geovishap Hatchling. Wang Daoyi came here because this place was already dilapidated and rarely visited, making it suitable for some significant experiments.

Finding a relatively flat area, Wang Daoyi first surveyed the surroundings, confirming that there were no traces of Hilichurls or Geovishap Hatchlings, and then, relying on his experience as a thief, confirmed that there were no treasure hunters around because there were no ruins here.

Taking out a large number of elemental fragments, all of them wind elements, nowadays commonly referred to as Vayuda Turquoise Fragments.

As for why he used these Anemo fragments, it was because the records on wind elementals in the alchemy books were the most detailed. Wang Daoyi wasn't Morax; he didn't have Morax's profound understanding of geo elements, so he could only follow the textbook obediently.

These elemental fragments were generally produced in places with abundant elemental energy. In Wang Daoyi's hands, this full package of Vayuda Turquoise Fragments was almost nonexistent in Liyue. He had to purchase them from Mondstadt, spending all his previous savings and borrowing quite a bit from Xingqiu.

"No wonder Zhongli doesn't fancy this elemental creation alchemy. With this kind of investment, only a national-level entity can afford it!"

Flattening the ground, then communicating with the geo elements, Wang Daoyi melted a large amount of Mora, using these molten Mora to cast the foundation on the ground, and then depicted complex ascension arrays on the golden foundation.

Although Zhongli could form ascension arrays and descension arrays with just a wave of his hand, Wang Daoyi had to use a large amount of Mora to cast the foundation first, and then slowly depict the arrays himself. Moreover, he could only depict one type of array because his control wasn't enough to manage two types of arrays simultaneously.

With a heartache, he scattered the elemental fragments onto the arrays on the golden foundation. Underneath the elemental fragments, above the foundation, in the center of the array, a blue elemental core shimmered faintly.

Zhongli could use his powerful control to keep the elemental power from dissipating, but Wang Daoyi didn't have that kind of control. He could only use the geo core to suppress the elemental power.

It had to be said that the more Wang Daoyi learned, the more he felt the gap between himself and Zhongli, the ancient god.

As Wang Daoyi scattered the fragments, the rich elemental anemo power began to condense, and the arrays depicted on the ground emitted a faint green light.

After throwing the last elemental fragment into the array, Wang Daoyi connected with the geo core at the center of the array. Originally powerful suppression began to release some gaps.

The alchemy arrays on the ground immediately activated, and the scattered elemental fragments dissolved one by one, turning into pure elemental anemo power, and then, under the influence of the arrays, began to ascend.

Like boiling water, the anemo elements continued to rise, but under the influence of the geo core, it couldn't escape the range of the array and could only continue to ascend within this "narrow" range.

As time passed bit by bit, fine sweat appeared on Wang Daoyi's forehead. Although he used elemental fragments and didn't need to spend his own elemental power, he still felt the strain of balancing control between the geo core and the array.

However, before Wang Daoyi reached his limit, changes began to occur in the elemental power within the array.

Threads of ascended the elements of anemo power began to condense elemental crystals under the influence of the array, which would be the core of the elemental creation creatures later on.

After the elemental crystals appeared, Wang Daoyi immediately connected with the array. He needed to control the array to influence the formation of the elemental creation creatures.

If no one specifically controlled it, in the end, there would be a super-sized Anemo Hypostasis formed.

With his mind connected to the array, Wang Daoyi began to depict the elemental creation creature he wanted. Since the attribute was anemo and it was an ascending elemental creation creature, a flying unit would be the most suitable.

Guided by Wang Daoyi's depiction, threads of anemo elements overflowed from the elemental core, and like 3D printing, a lifelike giant eagle was outlined.

With deep blue feathers and long feathers resembling ribbons on its head, standing on the ground, it was about 1.5 meters tall. With its wings spread out, Wang Daoyi estimated that it would have a wingspan of about 4 meters.

If there was a veteran trainer here, they would probably exclaim, "Wow, a shiny Staraptor!"

That's right, this giant eagle was depicted by Wang Daoyi based on his impression of Staraptor from Pokémon. And the array responded to his mind, creating a creature that truly resembled a Staraptor.

Name: Unnamed

Race: Elemental Creation Creature (Anemo)

Level: 55

Skills: Anemo Elemental Control (Lv.6), Sonic Flight (Lv.1), Storm Control (Lv.1), Elemental Creation (Lv. Max)

Story: This is an elemental creature created personally by the explorer Wang Daoyi. It has control over anemo elements and possesses the power to form storms. As a bird-type elemental creature, it can perform rapid flight. As an artificial elemental creation creature, it obeys the commands of its creator Wang

 Daoyi. Its potential doesn't stop there, as due to the alchemy arrays, it can also control more elemental powers.

Wang Daoyi nodded in satisfaction. It could be said that the experiment was very successful; he had created a very powerful elemental creature.

Wang Daoyi had almost figured out the classification of levels for the "golden finger."

For an ordinary person without training, their level would fluctuate between 1 to 10 according to their age. At this level, they could deal with some ordinary beasts like wild boars or snow hares.

Someone who had undergone training, like a novice soldier or a novice adventurer, could reach level 11 to 20. At this point, they could already deal with the most common monsters, such as newly descended slimes or Hilichurls just born from the thinnest veins of the earth.

Next would be the level around 21 to 30, generally for experienced soldiers and formal adventurers. Their life level would have reached 21 to 30, and they could already deal with normal slimes and Hilichurl foot soldiers alone.

Then there's the level around 31 to 40, which is for elite soldiers and seasoned adventurers. Their combat power was not inferior to that of most monsters in the wild, and they could easily handle Geovishap Hatchlings and Hilichurl Brutes.

Except for a few naturally gifted individuals like Beidou and Fischl, this is basically the limit that most ordinary people can reach.

And from level 50 to 60 is where true extraordinary begins, owned by those who have activated one of the visions. Like Wang Daoyi now, his level cap was 60. Most of the Geovishap Kings, Geovishap Hatchlings, and Geovishap Brutes were at this level.

After that, each activation of an vision would allow a breakthrough in level restriction, until six visions were activated, and the level broke through to 110, reaching the limit of the human world. At this point, the owner of the vision would truly be a god, and most of the demons would also be at this level.

Above this would be the domain of the Seven Rulers of Teyvat and the heavenly principles.

So, this experiment was equivalent to directly giving Wang Daoyi a helper equivalent to an vision.

In addition, before entering the realm of demons, levels were not an absolute hierarchy. When Wang Daoyi was at Stone Gate, he forcibly killed a Stonehide Lawachurl with a Rock Spear when he was only level 30.

After observing the newly born elemental creation creature, Wang Daoyi looked at the ground with a heartache. After the huge elemental ascension force during the elemental creation, the Morax-cast arrays, and the expensive geo core, all were destroyed by elemental power.

These were not disposable items; rather, Wang Daoyi's control ability was insufficient, so he could only watch as these materials were destroyed by elemental power.

Shaking his head, he gave up these things. Wang Daoyi reached out, and geo elements surged. The destroyed arrays and the geo core, along with the expensive geo core, all sank underground.

(End of this chapter)