I have to get lucky right away.

Chapter 258: Training Every Player into a Craftsman
"Please wait a moment." Hearing the jar's response, the wooden man took out a stack of cardstock that was twice the size of a normal deck of cards and quickly began to shuffle and cut it. With practiced fancy cuts, it pulled out ten cards and placed them face down on the table. Then it took out a small deck of cards and said:
"The color will be determined by the deck of cards in my hand. As you flip over the cards, I will draw the color card, and the timer will start at the same time. I suggest you adjust your mindset first. Also, this trial allows for a certain degree of error. I will give you a reminder when the requirements are met."

"I understand." Guan'er really wanted to complain about whether the time spent flipping through the cards could be deducted, but after thinking about it, he decided not to make that clever joke.

At this moment, he was very fortunate. In order to adjust the colorless magic power to the azure color of the animation, he had specially studied how to make the magic power change color. Otherwise, he might have been completely at a loss.

"Shh!"

A piece of cardstock was flipped open, and seeing the regular hexagon on it, the jar felt a slight sense of relief. Almost simultaneously, the color card from the wooden figure landed in front of it—

"red!"

"Red! Red! Red!"

The jar stared intently at the bright red color on the color card, while simultaneously channeling its magic power. Filling a palm-sized hexagon with magic power wasn't particularly difficult, but taking color into account made it a different story.

In the folk world, magic appears to be "one spell, one ritual," meaning that one spell corresponds to one complete ritual. To learn a spell, one must first master its ritual. However, this is not actually accurate.

Take the Yin Thunder Spell as an example. Its function is to transform magical power into lightning, but where the lightning strikes and in what form is controlled by the person.

But can this be solved with rituals? Of course, it can. Lightning can be condensed in the form of javelins, which is the Lightning Spear spell. Lightning can be circulated in the form of shields, which is the Lightning Shield spell. However, while this increases the accuracy of casting, it also reduces the variability of the spell, confining a versatile spell to a specific template.

Feng Xue's serialized spell units represent the pinnacle of this approach. By using numerous detailed rituals, she meticulously defines every detail of a spell, from its range of effect to its form, thereby reducing the burden on the micromanagement of the mind and soul.

The exhaustive method of the little bell is also based on this theory. By splicing and combining a large number of modular configurations, various spells with different effects can be created. Then, as long as they are disassembled into modules and integrated into the belt, they can be released with one click through different activation sequences.

But what they teach the players is a completely different approach—

In other words, it is the ultimate "simplification," simplified to the point of being even simpler than the four spells in "The Secret Manual of the Mortuary," so simple that there is only one basic structure. This is the four elements summarized by Feng Xue: [Transfer], [Fix], [Transform], and [Filter]. They can also be called [Move], [Still], [Spell], and [Flow] according to the players' naming method.

Of course, there is a price to pay for doing this. Take clay sculpting as an example. Ritual objects are the molds for clay sculpting. For finished products of the same precision, the more refined the mold, the fewer parts need to be manually modified. Conversely, if the mold is too simple, then it will require manual refinement later.

Feng Xue's serialized spell units are high-precision, one-piece molded magical artifacts that come out as finished products. What the players receive, on the other hand, are not molds at all; they are simply given a lump of clay, and how it turns out depends entirely on how you mold it.

In other words, the players' bodies are game characters, and with the attribute boosts from leveling up, their precision is even much stronger than Feng Xue's lowly divine soul; otherwise, they simply couldn't withstand such damage.

In fact, the standards that Feng Xue set for the four trials were not set randomly, but were estimated based on the data feedback from the first generation of talismans. Basically, any max-level player who has mastered the corresponding ritual can meet the standards.

Meanwhile, the jar had finally dyed the magic covering the hexagon bright red. With the wooden figure's soft reminder, he didn't even dare to ask how much time had passed before immediately flipping to the next card.

"Damn!" Looking at the five-pointed star on the card, the jar felt a chill run down its spine, but it still quickly filled the card with magic power while also paying some attention to the color card given by the wooden figure.

"Blue! I know this one well!" As the jar breathed a sigh of relief, its magic power had completely turned blue.

He continuously released magical power, which he then kneaded into specific shapes. Just as he was about to fill in the pattern on the fourth card, the wooden figure suddenly interrupted him, saying:
"Time's up, trial failed."

"Wow, the difference is that big?" Only now did Guan'er feel a sense of suffocation. She quickly gasped for breath and even felt a little short of oxygen.

However, the wooden figure clearly had no intention of comforting him, and simply asked without any emotion:

"Should we restart the trial?"

"No, not yet! I need to calm down a bit more." Guan'er shook his head. Although practicing more wouldn't hurt, at his current level he was still far from clearing the game. Compared to grinding away in the basement, he felt that creating spells while practicing would be more cost-effective.

At least that way it won't feel boring...

"Come out, come out!"

As soon as Guan'er stepped out of the trial room, he heard a series of exclamations. Looking up, he saw a group of people blocking the wall. Before he could speak, they began chattering amongst themselves:
"How was it? Was the trial difficult?"

"Did you pass?"

What kind of trial is it?

"Is the examiner a new NPC or an old acquaintance?"

……

A barrage of questions flooded Guan'er's mind. He seemed to have overused his brain during the trial and was even a little dizzy. Startled by this, he immediately raised his hand, pinched the bridge of his nose hard, and found Ba Bi in the crowd before speaking:
"It's hard to explain in a short time. I have a video recording, and I'll post it on the forum after I've edited it! Erbi, come offline with me to edit the video!"

"How many times have I told you, my name is not Erbi!" Babi's protest was obviously ineffective. Seeing that Guan'er directly activated the dimensional magic called "going offline", Babi could only go offline as well.

"Well, looks like he didn't pass." Seeing Guan'er log off so decisively, those who knew his temper immediately knew the answer, and at the same time became even more curious about the so-called trial.

Just as everyone was leisurely returning to the square, Baolong suddenly slapped his forehead: "Speaking of which, since Guan'er qualified by using the Rasengan, does that mean that as long as we master the Rasengan, we can enter the [Trial of Techniques]?"

"Possibly, but we can't rule out the possibility that 'a spell that meets the basic requirements must be created to meet the standard.'" The research fanatic shrugged, while the Tyrannosaurus Warrior shook his head.
"That's too outrageous! That Rasengan from the jar looks pretty powerful, and it can even train [Transformation]. Even if I can't get into the trial, it won't hurt. I'm not very bright, so I'll just follow along and learn it!"

The research fanatic thought it made sense and nodded, saying, "That's true. But I just had an inspiration, so I'll go develop the spell first. This time I'm planning to make a [screening] type spell. If anyone else wants to pursue this development path, they can try teleportation and fixation. Of course, this is just a suggestion..."

(End of this chapter)