area51novel Chapter 99 Gaining Knowledge of Necromancy
Chapter 99 Gaining Knowledge of Necromancy
Picking Huo Yuhao up, Long You dialed He Caitou's number to ask his senior brother to come and pick him up.
Although He Caitou had mentioned the location of his mobile alchemy workshop during their previous conversation, there were plenty of paths along the edge of the forest. Furthermore, the outer walls of the mobile alchemy workshop were specially inscribed with magic array runes to prevent the detection of soul-guided devices, making it too much trouble for Long You to find. It was better to have He Caitou come out and meet him.
Upon entering He Caitou's mobile alchemy workshop, Long You immediately grabbed Bai Muyang by the back of the neck and took him to take a bath. Tang Ya and Bei Bei had a lot to say, so Zhang Lexuan and He Caitou excused themselves and took the opportunity to have He Caitou press the sword of judgment tattoo on the back of Zhang Lexuan's hand to complete the oath-taking process.
After Long You restored Xiao Muyang to its original clean and fluffy state, he washed away his sweat and then emerged from the bathroom.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao had regained consciousness. After a brief exchange, Long You learned about Huo's mother's death and that Huo Yuhao in this life was found by Tang Ya before entering the Star Dou Great Forest because of the aroma of grilled fish.
Without a doubt, the Tang Clan leader, who was short of manpower, accepted the spirit-eyed youth who came to Longyou for help, and passed on the Tang Clan's special enrollment quota and sect techniques to Huo Yuhao.
After a short rest, reflecting on all that had happened during this trip, everyone was eager to return to the academy. Therefore, the mobile alchemy workshop, which had been operating there for over half a month, officially closed.
Having reaped a bountiful harvest, the group embarked on their return journey. Since it was already afternoon when they set off from the Star Dou Great Forest, despite using their flying soul tools, they still had to travel through the night for a portion of the journey, and they were unable to enter the academy's gates.
Although it wouldn't have been impossible to contact one of the fellow disciples in the Soul Guidance Department and ask someone to open the door, Long You and his companions ultimately found an inn in Shrek City to stay temporarily.
At night, after putting Xiao Muyang to sleep, Long You went to Huo Yuhao's room. Just like in the original story, Huo Yuhao was still a weakling who could only rely on hard work to close the gap with genius soul masters.
Since Long You already knew Huo Yuhao, he now needs to take Bei Bei's place and help Huo Yuhao master the cultivation method of the new version of Xuan Tian Gong as soon as possible.
To be honest, the new version of the Mysterious Heaven Skill is not difficult to cultivate, especially the initial process of nurturing the martial soul consciousness. Huo Yuhao's comprehension was already quite good, and he quickly understood the key points emphasized by Long You.
Just as Long You was about to leave, Huo Yuhao suddenly called out to him: "Senior Brother Long, Brother Tianmeng said that you saw what happened back then?"
“I did see it, but don’t worry, I won’t tell anyone. But there’s one thing I need to remind you: Shrek Academy is a place where the strong prey on the weak. The strong get stronger and the weak get weaker – that’s the unchanging theme here.”
Here, if you have the ability, you should show it. Showing weakness to the enemy won't work at all. I know that the "Brother Tianmeng" you mentioned is actually an Ice Silkworm Soul Beast from the far north. This Soul Beast has an extremely useful skill called Simulation, which can change the color of its Soul Rings.
I understand that your first spirit ring must be very special, and neither you nor that Tianmeng brother want to reveal this specialness. I imagine that Tianmeng brother will use a simulated spirit skill to cover up the special nature of your first spirit ring, but remember, simulate a hundred-year spirit ring, never simulate a ten-year spirit ring.
Because having a ten-year spirit ring as one's first spirit ring makes one a true anomaly at Shrek Academy. Not only will one have to endure all sorts of stares, but there will also be busybodies trying to find out if there's anything special about this ten-year spirit ring.
"This... thank you very much, Senior Brother Long. Brother Tianmeng said he understands."
"Okay, take a rest. Shrek Academy's new student registration is underway, I'll take you to school tomorrow."
Back in his room, Long You, now with some free time, immediately crawled into bed and channeled his consciousness into the Pearl of Imagination. He wanted to see what exactly the Pearl of Imagination had gathered when the rift in the alien spacetime opened during the day.
As soon as Long You's consciousness entered the Imagination Pearl, Xiao Yan greeted him with a scroll in hand. Since the Soul Master and Martial Soul were one, Xiao Yan knew best what Long You was thinking.
After taking the book and glancing at it briefly, Long You's eyes started to glaze over; this major didn't seem to be a good fit for him.
The Pearl of Imagination was cunning; it didn't take in Electrox's remnant soul, but it did gather back Electrox's spiritual essence that had spilled out when the remnant soul traveled through time and space.
These spiritual origins have no consciousness. Once refined, they become a great tonic to replenish Long You's spiritual power in his sea of consciousness. However, during the process of refining these spiritual origins, the knowledge engraved within them will also be directly released and received by Long You.
The Pearl of Imagination, in conjunction with Xiao Yan, is essentially a knowledge collector. All the knowledge released after refining the spiritual essence is compiled into books, waiting for Long You to peruse and learn from them.
Long You had just finished reading the scroll in his hand and confirmed that the knowledge contained information about necromancy.
Is knowledge of necromancy useful? Absolutely. If Long You wants to create artificial souls, this knowledge is essential. However, the disciplines are too broad, and Long You feels he doesn't have the ability to understand them.
At this moment, Long You suddenly felt a little envious of the spirit of Ilex in Huo Yuhao's sea of consciousness. Although Long You was relieved that the Pearl of Imagination hadn't absorbed the spirit of Ilex into his sea of consciousness, he was still quite wary of another soul inhabiting his body.
However, looking at the obscure knowledge recorded in the scroll in front of him, Long You really didn't want to put in the effort.
[Tsk, greed knows no bounds! Oh well, you can't have your cake and eat it too. At worst, I'll just learn the basics, come up with a preliminary plan, and then hand it over to Xiao Yan to optimize.]
If it's too slow, I can just ask Xiao Yuhao. I can just say I need to borrow his super brain as a mental-type Soul Master and ask him to help with the research; there's no need to mention Ilex's existence.
Since the newly acquired knowledge of necromancy is not yet systematic, Long You plans to refine all the spiritual essences seized by the Pearl of Imagination before starting to study this otherworldly knowledge.
At this time, Long You still needs to focus on overcoming the difficulties on the path to becoming a Soul Master. Judging from the fact that the Soul Guidance Department of the academy specifically asked Elder Mu to create Radiant White Iron, the Soul Guidance Department must be planning something big.
Long You knew that with his current level, he probably couldn't participate in the Soul Guidance Department's major operations, but Long You himself also had major plans to make.
With the Soul Forging technique now fully mastered, it's time to move towards creating Battle Armor and Gundam-style mecha.