Modern Alchemy had many classifications.
Though it had a relatively short history compared to the millennia-long legacies of ancient traditions and the many great lineages and noble houses, it had become mainstream because it stood upon the foundation of Ancient Alchemy and opened up entirely new paths and directions. It not only unified standards and measurements, making it easier for later generations to enter the hall, but its openness and inclusiveness also far surpassed Ancient Alchemy.
Over several centuries of development, it had absorbed the essence of much Ancient Alchemy, discarding the dross and retaining the essence, blending it all into one. On the four foundational disciplines of Elevation, Purification, Extraction-Transformation, and integration, it had developed more than a dozen classifications and fields of study.
Life Studies was undoubtedly one of its major branches. It was inextricably linked to the Vortex Lineage and equally inseparable from the popular field of pharmacology.
For such a profound and lofty discipline, Ji Jue, merely an apprentice, naturally did not dare claim proficiency. In truth, even with the cheat-like advantage of inhaling the Deus Ex Machina storm, his current level could only be called barely initiated.
In terms of skill, he was not yet capable of turning the dead into the living, but he was quite skilled at accidentally turning the living into the dead.
That was precisely why making a "human-skin mask" had turned out rather horrifying and brutal.
It was like buying something—you could not always expect it to be fast, effective, and cheap enough to seem practically free.
There had to be trade-offs.
That was why this awkward situation had arisen.
To avoid any loss and preserve the disguise's realism as much as possible, a living-body transplant had been necessary. With the Bone Blade, it had naturally been no challenge.
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