Chapter 287 - The Higher Boundary (2/2)

While Argentum looked around the room, eventually noticing that the two rooms made for him and Blob a few days ago were still there, he went ahead and replied to Felix's question with a question of his own, asking, ”Have you concocted a Heaven's Water Potion yet?”

”Uh…” At first, Felix found it peculiar for Argentum to ask about such a thing, but then remembered that he was the one who gave him the recipe. With that in mind, he nodded and responded, ”Yeah. Due to the amount of time that has passed, I've only made around 70 or so flasks of the stuff.”

Hearing that Felix had already made 70 flasks, Argentum could not help but become inwardly shocked as Felix's speed of creating the potions. Not only that, but he was also curious as to how he could make quite a decent number of batches within a few days. Nevertheless, he kept these thoughts in his mind for now as he told Felix, ”Can I grab some of your flasks? I want to increase my understanding of the Water element.”

”Hmm…” Felix pondered over the question for a bit, thinking that there was nothing wrong with Argentum taking some of his flasks as he thought of it from the perspective of investing in a being. But from another perspective, he could not help but feel like he was losing out, prompting him to ask Argentum, ”What do I get in exchange?”

”Hmm…” In response, Argentum hemmed and hawed over the question. He thought that it was reasonable for Felix to ask for remuneration as he was the one who collected the ingredients, as well as concocted them. Eventually, he found a suitable item to exchange the flasks with, replying to Felix's question with a tone of slight confidence, ”I'll give you the information you need to achieve the peak Animate level of understanding of the Water element.”

”Deal,” Felix said without hesitation as he radiated an aura of expectation and elation. The two of them then went ahead and made the transaction, with Argentum sending the information he had in his mind regarding [Animate Water Affinity]. After that, Argentum asked Felix if he could use the rooms he made a few days ago as a place where he could improve his understanding of Water silently, to which Felix replied that he had no problem with it.

Whoosh!

Soon after, Felix snapped his fingers, opening up a rift that allowed all of the Heaven's Water Potions he had crafted to drop on the ground. With a light chuckle, Felix looked at Argentum and said, ”I might go into seclusion as well, so feel free to use around 80% of the Heaven's Water Potions I've summoned. I think I'll only use a few of them for now anyway.”

”Thanks,” Argentum said in response to Felix's words before going ahead and conjuring tendrils to grab ten of the potions at once before heading towards the room where he stayed before. This time, he brought out the Tome of the Four Elements in front of him and did not use any tendrils to read through the tome at all. Since he still had the information from the time regarding [Water Affinity] in his mind, he could go ahead and dive into the world of improving his understanding.

And so, Argentum went ahead and popped a Heaven's Water Potion into his upper torso, allowing his perception of the Water element to increase. After two hours, he would then pop in another Heaven's Water Potion, allowing him to continue comprehending the intricacies of the Water element.

Eventually, there came a time when the amount of Heaven's Water Potions he had on hand was starting to dry out, prompting him to conjure long tendrils that grabbed ten more Heaven's Water Potions from Felix's room, allowing him to continue his comprehension session without being distracted that much.

And just like that, Argentum's understanding of the Water element improved at a very fast rate. After he was finished consuming the first potion, his understanding of the next level had increased to 40%, a decent improvement from the 25% understanding he had before he left the inheritance. But after that, his rate of improvement gradually slowed down, needing him to consume more and more potions as time passed by.

By the time Argentum was finished consuming his tenth potion, his understanding of the next level was now at 60%, making him a little bit disappointed at the rate of improvement, but not demotivated to continue with his comprehension spree. As thoughts of giving up surfaced in his mind, he would always think about how it would be far slower for him to achieving this current level of improvement if he did not have the Heaven's Water Potions on hand, psyching him up to continue improving his understanding of the Water element without caring about the number of potions he consumed.

Finally, by the time the effect of the 56th potion had worn out, an intrinsic change occurred in Argentum's body, as well as his aura, sending out a shockwave of energy throughout the inheritance that gave off an all-encompassing feeling. At times, this feeling would turn cold, it would also turn violent at times, but after sensing the feeling for a while, one would feel like they were enveloped in water. For those who were more perceptive, they would even feel like they have become water itself.

”I've finally done it,” Argentum opened his eyes as an aura of immense elation radiated from him. Without hesitation, he stood up and lightly stretched his body as he placed all of the empty flasks he had used inside the system inventory. While stretching, he muttered, ”5 days and 56 potions. I've finally achieved [True Water Affinity].”

Ding!

Just as he was reveling himself in the pleasure brought about by achieving something like this, a notification sound resounded from his system, prompting him to stop stretching as he opened the notification screen in his mind. After skimming through it for a while, he pondered over something for a bit and soon muttered, ”Although it's a bit detrimental in the short-term, it's highly understandable.”

”I wonder what kind of effects it would bring in the long run?”

'[Animate Water Affinity] has been upgraded to [True Water Affinity]. Due to the inherent limits brought out about by the upgraded skill, [True Water Affinity] has replaced [Animate Water Affinity] while regressing down to C-grade Mortal level.'

'Thanks to [True Water Affinity], [Water Resistance] has been upgraded to [True Water Resistance], regressing down to C-grade Mortal level.'

'Due to the user understanding more of the Water element thanks to [True Water Affinity], all active Water-based skills and spells have been considered as incredibly inferior, prompting the system to fuse the multiple skills as one with the help of [True Water Affinity].'

'The active skill [Sage's Water Magic] has been created. Due to the properties of the skill, the user is now able to create their own Water-based skills and spells, using this skill as a basis. Improving the grade and level of the skill would allow the user to craft more complex and powerful spells.'

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