Chapter Twelve Discovery!

  It wasn't until ten minutes had passed that Xiao Hong's tears finally stopped.

  He had a good cry, as if he had thoroughly vented his emotions, and suddenly felt much calmer, without anxiety or restlessness, his mood as calm as water.

  Like a pitiful child, he wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes. Xiao Hong once again placed a new uncarved stone in front of him and picked up the engraving knife, starting to repeat the actions from before, his moist red eyes appearing especially focused.

  After a while, clear and distinct patterns were formed on the stone, although the knife work was still slightly rough, but finally completed once again.

  Xiao Hong's expression remained unchanged as he picked up the V-shaped engraved knife, dipped it in the magic liquid, and used his control to slowly guide the liquid into the patterns on the stone.

  A sense of calm in one's heart, and naturally, the manipulation of power also becomes much more relaxed.

  Soon, the stone's texture was filled with a pale blue, viscous **.

  He carefully put the carving knife in his hand to one side, and Xiao Hong slowly opened his hands, covering the magic pattern in front of him, preparing to complete the final task, using the driving force to activate the magic pattern.

  As Xiao Hong slowly covered his hands over the pain-relieving tattoos, his hands began to emit a soft glow. The magical tattoos in front of him also emitted a gentle light, like human breathing, gradually brightening and then dimming.

  At this time, Xiao Hong was still calm and composed, gradually releasing the driving force bit by bit, trying to thoroughly activate the pain-relieving magic tattoo.

  Wow!

  A bright light, a dazzling light suddenly flashed on the medicine demon pattern in front of Xiao Hong, and then gradually dimmed down, eventually infusing into the dense state between the lines, slowly solidifying and forming crystals.

  "Done?" Looking at the changes in front of him, Xiao Hong blinked his eyes, stopped transmitting the driving force, stretched out his hand, and carefully picked up the pain-relieving magic pattern in front of him. He turned it over and examined it carefully, although the workmanship was a bit rough, but everything met the conditions for a successful magic pattern.

  With great care, he mobilized the remaining energy within his body and infused it into the pain-relieving magic rune in his hand. In an instant, the stone that held the magic rune suddenly vanished into thin air, and the magic rune itself transformed into a swirling energy mass that encircled Xiao Hong's right wrist.

  "It's done, it's a success." Seeing such a scene, Xiao Hong's eyes flashed with a hint of light, and his face also suddenly lit up with a hint of joy, just like a child seeing birthday gifts.

  At this moment, Xiao Hong only felt that there was an extra thing on his forearm, which allowed him to manipulate it, and the feeling was very strange.

  Slowly raising his hand, he aligned his five fingers with his own chest, and then Xiao Hong shot out a faint cyan light towards his own chest. In an instant, Xiao Hong only felt a sudden surge of coolness in his chest, and the dull pain that had been lingering there immediately stopped.

  Valid!

  Such a discovery undoubtedly elevated Xiao Hong's originally excited mood to another level, and for a moment, Xiao Hong was like an innocent child, cheering and jumping around the room, his usual calmness nowhere to be found.

  Although this is only a small success, it has extraordinary significance for Xiao Hong, because at this moment, he finally officially stepped into the ranks of tattoo artists, and also took a solid step on the road to self-rescue. At this moment, Xiao Hong saw hope.

  He cheered and jumped for joy for half an hour before Xiao Hong gradually calmed down, then slowly withdrew the driving force from the pain-relieving magic rune on his forearm. At this time, when he looked again at the pain-relieving magic rune's loadstone, it once again condensed out of thin air, restored to its original form, and fell into Xiao Hong's hand. This was also the loadstone's greatest characteristic.

  Her gaze was fixed on the audio tape on the table, which had just finished playing. The image froze on the last frame - a white dress and long hair slightly curled up by the gentle breeze.

  "Thank you, Muxi'er." Xiao Hong gazed at Muxi'er's image and said softly. He was well aware that if it hadn't been for Muxi'er's singing just now, he would still be a distance away from success.

  After the excitement, Xiao Hong also felt extremely tired, with only a little usable energy left in his body, and his stomach started to growl loudly.

  He rummaged through the porcelain bowl and picked up a red flower fruit, Xiao Hong directly threw it into his mouth, just wanting to chew a few mouthfuls and swallow it down. But Xiao Hong suddenly discovered that what was in his mouth wasn't a red flower fruit, but a hard object.

  At this moment, Xiao Hongcai suddenly realized that he had just casually thrown the two mysterious magic beads into the porcelain bowl.

  He hastily spat it into his palm, Xiao Hong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If he had swallowed the whole thing, heaven knows what kind of consequences there would be.

  However, just as Xiao Hong was about to spit out the cyan-black magic bead into his palm, Xiao Hong's expression suddenly changed. The golden pattern on the surface of the cyan-black magic bead in his palm had become dull, just like when it was first discovered in the fifth layer of the mine, and once again looked extremely old.

  "What's with the golden pattern above? What's going on here?" Xiao Hong muttered to himself, his expression becoming puzzled once again.

  "Huh?" Suddenly, Xiao Hong felt that his body was somehow different, as if it had appeared in a different place. Just now he was extremely tired, but now he only felt refreshed and rejuvenated. Once again using the breathing technique to sense the energy within his body, Xiao Hong was shocked to discover that the remaining usable energy, which had been almost depleted, was suddenly full again, instantly returning to 202 units.

  "Full?" For a moment, Xiao Hong was somewhat dazed, but soon he realized that the true purpose of this seemingly useless cyan-black magic bead was to instantly replenish his driving force.

  For a moment, Xiao Hong felt somewhat surprised, as he had never heard of such a thing before.

  Looking at the darkened cyan-black magic bead again, Xiao Hong was very clear that such a supplement was not unlimited.

  However, even so, being able to discover the use of this dark green magic bead, Xiao Hong was overjoyed, because with extra control power, he could do many more things.

  Without thinking too much, Xiao Hong carefully put the magic beads back into the porcelain bowl, aimed at the red flower fruit, ate a few, and then picked up a piece of loadstone again, preparing to make new magic beads once more.

  With his spiritual power fully replenished, Xiao Hong's mind was crystal clear. Some ingenious ideas emerged in his mind. This time, he decided to create a detection magic pattern, which was usually a must-have for novice alchemists. The main function of this magic pattern was to detect the patient's condition, but Xiao Hong planned to modify it so that it could not only detect the body but also explore rock formations. In this way, finding white jade in the future would be much easier.

  Just thinking about it made Xiao Hong extremely excited.

  He took out the oblique pointed carving knife, and Xiao Hong began to carve on the stone slab without stopping. Because of his previous successful experience, this time Xiao Hong's knife became more decisive and smoother. Every turn of the knife tip seemed to have endless thoughts.

  Until 4 am, a glimmer of dawn appeared in the sky again, and Xiao Hong also generously replenished his depleted energy.

  In front of him, three brand new magic tattoos had appeared. In addition to the pain-relieving tattoo from before, there were also detection and healing tattoos.

  In the meantime, Xiao Hong had also tried to infuse a cyan-black magic bead, but it was ineffective. However, upon closer inspection, he noticed that the golden patterns on the magic bead were slowly reappearing. Xiao Hong realized that it seemed to be recovering, and roughly estimated that it would take around twenty-four hours, or one whole day.

  As for the other dark blue magic bead, Xiao Hong also tried to hold it once, but there was no effect at all. It seemed that it should be controlled directly through willpower as previously thought.

  Carefully putting the two magic beads into his pocket, Xiao Hong directly lay down on the bed and fell fast asleep.

  When I woke up, it was already past 10 o'clock in the morning. The sky was bright and sunny, with a slightly scorching sun that made the air feel dry and hot.

  He rubbed his eyes, and Xiao Hong came up with a carp jumping motion, sat up from the bed. The stoppage medicine magic pattern of Sang Hongyun, combined with his own pain-relieving magic pattern, had now made Xiao Hong's body no different from that of an ordinary person. Moreover, due to the enhancement of his driving force, his physical condition was even better than that of an ordinary person.

  He washed his face with clear water to keep himself awake, then changed into new clothes and put everything on the desk into the drawer. He brought the necessary tools and the magic detector, and Xiao Hong quickly walked out of the house towards the direction of the mine.

  Xiao Hong's expenses can be said to be at a money-burning level, with configuration, training, and manufacturing magic patterns all costing money. Just yesterday, he spent 10 days and burned through 5 gold coins, which is clearly unrealistic.

  Once again at the fourth level of the mine, at this time according to the burst cycle calculation, there is only one hour left before the heat wave erupts. According to common sense, time is already very tight, but now Xiao Hong is not in a hurry at all.

  Extend two fingers, gently pinch out the probe magic pattern, learn from the high-handed image magic pattern, lightly toss it in the air, and then pour the driving force into it.

  Hiss.

  In an instant, the detection magic stone dissipated, and then a pale red magic pattern appeared, encircling Xiao Hong's small arm.

  His arm stretched out flat, his five fingers spread apart, and on the rough rock wall, a bright red light bar was instantly formed. As Xiao Hong continued to move forward, the light bar also moved and scanned between the walls.

  This principle of light strip is not complicated, it's just converting the driving force into a wave and going deep into the rock. Because the density of white jade stone and other precious rocks are quite different from ordinary rocks, the reflected waves are also different. Xiao Hong relies on this point to find white jade stones and other precious materials.