(Thanks to alliance leader Feng Mo S)
It was indeed Fluid Alchemy.
Every theory, Spirit Essence Circuit, Material Property Interference, and Spirit Essence Refinement technique it employed came from the foundations of Fluid Alchemy, or from further extensions incorporating Modern Alchemy.
Of course Professor Ye knew it.
After all, Ji Jue had already submitted everything he knew. Yet she had merely skimmed through the foundational theories and applications, dismissing the later material with complete disdain. Once she confirmed there were no hidden dangers, she tossed it back to Ji Jue and never bothered with it again.
And just like that, through mere analogy and a superficial taste of it... she had casually left Ji Jue a hundred thousand streets behind!
While Ji Jue was still immersed in the basics of Fluid Alchemy, Professor Ye had already begun "cultivating the divine art in reverse"!
Since the essence of Fluid Alchemy was to elevate the intrinsic nature of a material, thereby raising its form and vessel, then why couldn't it be used in reverse?
As long as I lock down the restraints of a substance's external form, then no matter how pure or powerful its internal essence may be, won't it still have to submit to the vessel's limitations?
In practice, it resembled a seal—using an ordinary vessel to imprison and restrain a spiritual entity.
This could no longer be called Fluid Alchemy. Perhaps a new school could be developed on this foundation—perhaps it could be called Solid Alchemy?
It was merely that, in Professor Ye's eyes, the lofty path before Ji Jue lacked research value, so she could not be bothered to pay it any attention.
"Did you see it clearly?"
Professor Ye held out the hardened mercury bead before him.
Ji Jue pondered for a long while. "A little."
"Did