A Year and a Half Later, Progress, an Unexpected Incident, the Alchemists of the Four Academies!

Ever since returning to the Alchemy Base.

Ian had felt as though time had accelerated.

By the time he came back to his senses, a full year and a half had already passed.

In the training room, Ian slowly drew a deep breath, a cycle seeming to circulate between his flesh and blood and his spirit.

The sense of incompatibility between his constitutions was gradually melting away.

"An almost Expert Level Life Ring truly is extraordinary." Ian opened his eyes.

At this rate.

In perhaps another year or two, that incompatibility would completely disappear.

It was just a pity that it was only at the proficient level. If it were Expert Level, perhaps it would not even take half a year.

But it was getting close.

"My foundation in natural knowledge is still far too weak. It's difficult to improve quickly, even with Metatron's guidance."

Ian murmured.

If his accumulation in the natural field had been on par with his elemental accumulation.

It would not have been surprising for him to have already reached Master Level by now.

Fortunately, aside from that, his progress in other aspects had been tremendous.

As for his main cultivation.

The progress of the Four Symbols Mirror Eye had now reached 60%, much faster than before.

This was mainly thanks to Ian's abundant financial resources.

His body tempering was also steadily improving, and was instead progressing much faster than the Four Symbols Mirror Eye.

Of course, the progress in those two areas was actually fairly ordinary.

Over the past half year, thanks to Ian's elevated status within the Silver Society and his occasional consultations with Metatron.

His greatest progress had been in scholarship.

Among them, Elemental Transmutation was especially astonishing. It was now only one completion away from evolving.

After completing it once, he could