A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 188 Ritual and Promotion

The reason why it is called Soul Grass is because it can absorb the resentment in souls and store it as nourishment.

Soul Grass typically grows in the realm of the dead, perfectly fitting the premise that treasures are always protected by guardians.

After all, without a guardian, it would probably have been taken long ago.

It can manipulate souls through its roots, and these souls usually seek nourishment for it, generally undead creatures that have strayed into this place or creatures with souls.

In urgent situations, it causes the manipulated souls to eat its leaves, thereby gaining a great deal of resentment and turning these souls into vengeful spirits.

Dealing with resentment through it is the simplest and most reliable method.

However, remember to cut off the root before using it, otherwise you may have to fight the vengeful spirit for 500 rounds to complete the ritual.

Although Jiang Shuzhou was created by the Philosopher's Stone, it still needs to be dealt with. Otherwise, since the Philosopher's Stone can create worlds, and the created things are just like the real ones, who can tell the difference?

As the resentment was absorbed by the Soul-Controlling Grass, Jiang Shuzhou could clearly feel that the impurities in the surrounding souls had decreased significantly.

But that wasn't enough. After a moment's thought, Jiang Shuzhou used the Philosopher's Stone to mimic the Soul Filtering Cotton.

These peculiar creatures survive on impurities in their souls and live in the legendary Sea of ​​Souls, an ocean composed of liquefied souls.

According to legend, this ocean was created by humans, and it is unknown which powerful being created it. However, the Soul Sea plane can no longer be found now.

Soul-Filtering Cotton can only be produced in the Soul Lakes replicated by legendary mages.

It belongs to the purest form of luxury goods, with a collection value far exceeding its use value, so almost no one buys or sells it.

They're all meant to be given as gifts or as favors. Maybe when Jiang Shuzhou reaches the Legendary level, he'll give away a whole bucket of these things, but not now.

Unfortunately, items created from the Philosopher's Stone cannot exist for too long. Maintaining their extraordinary qualities requires a large amount of Philosopher's Stones, and if you want them to exist permanently, one stone is simply not enough.

"The stuff is good, but it doesn't last long."

Using them as substitutes for potion materials isn't a big problem, but neither of these items is required for potion recipes.

However, Jiang Shuzhou could keep those resentful thoughts. Whether he used them as casting materials to release curses, incorporated them into potions to make poison, or kept them for other purposes, the effects would be very good.

The modified magic array sealed these soul powers within its own confines, artificially creating an area filled with an extremely high concentration of soul power.

Jiang Shuzhou instinctively felt warmth and comfort, as if he had come home.

This is a comfort that comes from the soul.

Jiang Shuzhou took a deep breath and drank the Soul-Stabilizing Potion.

The moment the potion was drunk, the soul power contained within it transformed into a spring breeze, gently caressing Jiang Shuzhou. Even he couldn't help but feel a touch of drowsiness.

However, Jiang Shuzhou still forced himself not to sleep. He wasn't going to die suddenly, and he had nothing to do, so why should he sleep?

After completing the ceremony, he still needed to continue studying the rune construction; as the founder of the sect, he couldn't afford to slack off.

As for that orc shaman, all we can say is that he developed battle runes, which can be considered a primitive version of runic constructs.

When Jiang Shuzhou becomes successful in the future, we will set up a special Thanksgiving Day to thank him.

After waiting for a long time, it seemed that because Jiang Shuzhou stubbornly refused to sleep, the power had no choice but to begin stabilizing Jiang Shuzhou's soul.

Just as warriors suffer hidden injuries in battle, mages who advance too quickly will also suffer hidden injuries.

However, Jiang Shuzhou had always been cautious, and his soul was naturally much stronger than others, so his rapid advancement did not cause any major problems.

But this is a problem that Jiang Shuzhou will have to face sooner or later, and it is also the reason why he has not been promoted for so long.

The fear is that if one is promoted too quickly, their soul will be compromised.

Now it's different. As long as his mental and spiritual strength is sufficient, he can advance at any time.

For example, right now.

With just a jolt, Jiang Shuzhou successfully advanced to the sixth rank.

This is also related to his substantial accumulation over three months. After all, he had been immersed in the process every day, battling against the pollution of the abyss, and Jiang Shuzhou's spirit and will had long since reached the required level.

All of this is the result of his talent and hard work.

A large amount of elemental power was absorbed by Jiang Shuzhou, and the surrounding elements almost condensed into mist.

However, because Jiang Shuzhou absorbed it too quickly, it was absorbed before it could be absorbed.

More than an hour later, Jiang Shuzhou opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in them.

He was promoted.

As expected.

Perhaps next year, before the game arrives, Jiang Shuzhou will be able to build his own Star Gate and go see Earth first.

I wonder what he was feeling at that time.

As his thoughts returned to their source, Jiang Shuzhou didn't forget that he still had things to study.

The problem of rune construction has remained unsolved. Even though Jiang Shuzhou adjusted the rune construction based on the path of these beastmen's fighting spirit, the results of the experiments were always unsatisfactory.

However, just now, perhaps due to the improved computing power of his brain after the promotion, Jiang Shuzhou had a new idea.

As the saying goes, if the mountain won't come to me, then I'll go to the mountain.

As a new class, why should warriors be able to directly transform into rune warriors?

Ultimately, the reason why rune constructs failed was because these warriors' breathing techniques only focused on drawing qi into their bodies, and then neglected it after cultivating battle qi.

This allowed the warriors to use their battle aura to enhance wherever they wanted, resulting in all of their bodies being enhanced except for their brains.

This inevitably leads to residual fighting spirit in many parts, which is also the reason for the failure of the rune construction.

Furthermore, the circulation path of these warriors' battle qi is completely unpredictable; it may circulate to one place one time and then to another the next.

How can this be allowed?

Anything that wants to grow big must be standardized.

Jiang Shuzhou then prepared to standardize.

He wanted to create his own breathing technique and a unique energy circulation path for rune warriors.

Its name is Rune Warrior Breathing Technique.

This way, he can directly manufacture the rune constructs, standardize the production, and then let the rune warriors use them directly, saving him the trouble of personally inscribing them.

This may be the missing piece in human alchemy: standardization. After all, every warrior has their own unique energy circulation path.

Each one that is successfully made is a custom-made item, and there are not many benefits to be gained from it.

No wonder it declined.

"Bring me another orc warrior!"

Jiang Shuzhou has plenty of breathing techniques, but he hardly ever looks at them. After all, Jiang Shuzhou doesn't practice them, so why would he bother looking at those useless things when he has nothing better to do?

But things are different now. In the coming period, Jiang Shuzhou will thoroughly study and understand the breathing method by combining theory and practice.

Naturally, we should start by learning about orc warriors.

Before long, a trembling orc warrior was brought over.

He quickly lost consciousness.

I hope he's alright.