The Era of Gods-Chapter 612 - : Parents Offering Sacrifices to the Heavens, Boundless Mana

Chapter 612: Chapter 612: Parents Offering Sacrifices to the Heavens, Boundless Mana

To become a wizard, one needs an extremely rich knowledge base. There is a saying that “knowledge is power,” which is implemented to the fullest in this world. Every official wizard is a scholar with extensive knowledge, and any powerful wizard is a great scholar versed in countless areas of knowledge. This holds true even for bloodline wizards, often derogatorily called brutes by orthodox wizards.

At this time, the subjects that Lin Xiao was studying were all kinds of basic knowledge, including basic biology, basic anatomy, basic potions, basic physics, basic neuroscience, Basic Medicine, principles of everything, principles of spell models, and so on. He had to master dozens of basic disciplines.

If one wishes to learn advanced knowledge, they must go to the various Schools or the Official Academy of the Wizard Empire. Although the wizard family he was born into possessed advanced knowledge, it was not complete, not even enough to cultivate an official wizard.

All higher knowledge in this world has been monopolized by the Empire or the higher Schools. To become a high-level wizard, one must join a School or the official academy.

To gain focused cultivation from his clan, Lin Xiao began to showcase his excellent talent early on.

After roughly understanding the normal pace at which a wizard advances, he began to display a speed of advancement far surpassing that of a normal wizard.

Just two years after being exposed to meditation, he was able to meditate on twelve characters clearly and sense the omnipresent energy particles in the Void, successfully promoting himself to a Level 1 wizard apprentice.

Afterward, by continuing to meditate and absorb the most intensely sensed energy particles from the Void, he would decide the path to follow; he chose the Wind Energy Particles.

A wizard’s method of training is by strengthening spiritual power through meditation, then using this powerful spiritual power to capture energy particles from the Void, which are used to fortify one’s body.

When one’s spiritual power is sufficiently strong and the meditated runes are sufficient in number, these runes can be combined into different spell models in one’s Psychic Sea, solidified, and thus corresponding spells can be cast.

This spell is not that spell; the difficulty of casting spells in the Wizard World far exceeds that of other worlds, and correspondingly, the power far exceeds spells of other worlds.

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In other worlds, zero-level tricks are truly just tricks, but here, zero-ring magic spells all possess powerful lethality.

Just five years after becoming a Level 1 wizard apprentice, the thirteen-year-old Lin Xiao had successfully mastered a zero-ring spell and enhanced his constitution to a certain extent, promoting himself to a Level 2 wizard apprentice.

By this time, his performance finally caught the attention of his grandfather. After an assessment, he obtained the qualification to study at the Official Academy of the Wizard Empire.

Half a year later, the fourteen-year-old Lin Xiao left the clan to study at the Morning Star Spire of the official academy.

The Morning Star Spire is located on the border town of the Wizard Empire, mainly responsible for guarding the border between the Empire and the northern Other Races. The students it gathers are mostly offspring of various sized wizard families from the border provinces.

After entering the academy, Lin Xiao remained low-key as ever, diligently studying advanced knowledge that his clan couldn’t provide. Given the clan supplied tuition and various expenses, he could continue his studies until graduation.

He was prepared to lay low until he became an official wizard, then serve the Empire for a while. He had even considered what to do after graduation.

Either stay on as a teacher or become a civil servant stationed around the Empire, content to lie low and develop until he had enough strength to protect himself in this world.

However, one day, a year after enrollment, Lin Xiao, while reading in the library, suddenly received news that hit him like a bolt from the blue. The wizard family he was born into had been wiped out by a southern-raiding Other Race, and all the civilians in the castle and nearby clan territories had been slaughtered.

He immediately asked for leave to return home, only to see the castle in ruins and countless spirits of death bound by witchcraft which had turned his family’s territory into a place of Death. Even during the day, numerous ghosts loomed under the shroud of deathly aura.

Lin Xiao stayed in the ruins of the castle for several days, filled with anger, sorrow, and hatred in his heart.

Gods have emotions too, after all. His mother had given birth to him and raised him for many years. Hearing of her death so suddenly, he was extremely angry, and in his heart, he silently made a decision—he would seek revenge for her.

After paying his respects, he returned to his School to continue his studies.

To exact revenge, one needs strong strength; only wizards of at least Level 2 or preferably Level 3 and above are qualified. Right now, he wasn’t even a Level 1 official wizard.

But now, without his family supplying tuition, living expenses, and most importantly, the expenses for learning various materials, he had to set aside time to earn money, and a lot of it.

Previously, with his family providing for him, he did not realize how much it cost to study at the wizard academy. With the family’s support cut off, he quickly became aware of the steep expenses.

There are two types of currency in this world. One is Gold Coins, silver coins, and copper coins, commonly used by Humans, which are in a hundred-base system—one hundred copper for one silver, one hundred silver for one Gold.

However, wizards use Magic Stones and Magic Coins. Magic Stones are the essence extracted from magic stone mines, capable of directly restoring mana and very valuable.

Magic Coins are mostly made from the byproducts of magic stone mines mixed with rare metals. Generally, a thousand Gold Coins exchange for one Magic Coin, and ten Magic Coins exchange for one Magic Stone.

While studying in the academy, most transactions are done with Magic Coins, occasionally buying daily necessities with gold coins. When purchasing spell models, advanced knowledge, or some high-level potions, they generally trade directly with Magic Stones.

Lin Xiao sat on his dormitory bed, tallying his possessions. He now had twelve Magic Stones and twenty-one Magic Coins, as well as a hundred or so Gold Coins left over from before.

Truth be told, the purchasing power of twelve Magic Stones and twenty-one Magic Coins was quite high, but it definitely wouldn’t last long, especially since he now needed to promote himself to a Level 3 wizard apprentice, which required buying an Awakening Potion to stimulate spiritual power. This would directly cost a good portion of his Magic Stones.

After advancing, learning various new spells and advanced knowledge would definitely not be enough with just these Magic Stones.

“Once I’ve promoted, I’ll have to start making money!”

Lin Xiao put the Magic Stones into a small bag and tied it securely, then went out toward the academy’s trading area. On the way, he occasionally passed by other apprentices, who looked at him with different eyes, some with sympathy, some with schadenfreude.

The students studying at the Morning Star Spire mainly come from various sized wizard families of the Empire’s border provinces. How could they not know of the downfall of the Lin family? In their eyes, Lin Xiao, having lost the support of his family, had an uncertain future.

After all, Lin Xiao’s performance this past year has been quite exceptional, practically the epitome of a genius in the eyes of ordinary people.

But even geniuses need resources, and now that he has lost his clan’s support, many are eager to witness the downfall of a prodigy.

Schools have specialized places that sell various potions, including those developed by faculty members and others crafted by Level 3 wizard apprentices specializing in medicine.

The potions made by the teachers are of high quality and stable, while those made by apprentices are cheaper—you choose based on how fat your wallet is.

Lin Xiao arrived at a shop he often visited, which was owned by an alchemist instructor of the School; the shop was manned by a beautiful, blonde apprentice in a black robe that failed to conceal her exquisite figure, a Level 3 wizard apprentice and a student of the shop’s owner.

In the School, one must be promoted to a Level 3 wizard apprentice before being accepted as an apprentice by an instructor; before reaching Level 3, one can only attend public classes or pay for private tutelage, and cannot formally become an instructor’s disciple.

However, it’s often the case that many apprentices are too outstanding and are noticed by instructors early on; although they can’t be officially taken as disciples, they’re treated no differently than one.

Lin Xiao’s talent is considered above average among the apprentices in the academy, and coupled with his once-respectable family background, he had already caught an instructor’s eye, occasionally being invited to sit in on lessons the instructor gave to other disciples.

However, upon his return this time, he no longer enjoyed this privilege, aware of several occasions when the instructor held classes without calling upon him as before.

Just as in cultivation, where wealth, companions, law, and location are important, wizards also value these aspects. Talent determines one’s ability to embark upon this path, while other factors, of which wealth is especially critical, influence the growth ceiling.

After all, even a pig, if placed in a blessed land of immortals for long enough, could transform into an immortal pig.

The blonde apprentice looked at Lin Xiao as he entered the door and showed a hint of pity, saying,

“I’ve heard about the situation with your clan, and I’m truly sorry!”

“Thank you!”

Lin Xiao keenly noticed a hint of distance in her eyes that hadn’t been there before when her demeanor towards him had been quite warm.

But he didn’t take it to heart, and instead pointed to one of the cabinets in the shop and said,

“I need a bottle of the Awakening Potion!”

The blonde apprentice looked at him in surprise and asked somewhat unexpectedly,

“Are you advancing to a Level 3 wizard apprentice?”

“Yes.”

The pity in her eyes deepened as she said,

“There are three kinds of stable Awakening Potions: the Graphite Potion, the Morning Potion, and the Ghost Potion. Which one do you want?”

“The Morning Potion.”

The blonde apprentice took out a small jade bottle labeled with a paper tag and placed it on the counter; a waft of cold air slowly spread across the surface as she said,

“Actually, the Graphite Potion is the best of the Awakening Potions, being seventeen percent more effective than the Morning Potion. Are you sure you don’t want the Graphite Potion?”

Lin Xiao shook his head.

“Alright then!”

Without further comment, the apprentice slid the potion across and said,

“Eight Magic Stones.”

Lin Xiao took out eight Magic Stones, slightly larger than thumbnails, handed them over, picked up the Potion, and left.

He dared not use the Graphite Potion, having seen the formula which required a pregnant woman of eighteen, five months into pregnancy, a small amount of the Soul Eating Worm, and a large quantity of unknown ingredients.

The production process was even more disturbing: the pregnant woman had to die suddenly from extreme terror, her body preserved, and then an ooze called graphite would be injected into the fetus within, causing it to completely dissolve into liquid while in the womb. This fluid would then be extracted and blended to create the Graphite Potion, with one set of ingredients yielding five bottles.

Although the Graphite Potion’s effects are the best, just thinking about its ingredients and manufacturing process made him nauseous, let alone daring to consume such a potion.

Returning to his dormitory, he hung a ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign on the door, locked it, and set the Morning Potion on the table.

The potion’s ingredients were relatively normal, the main material being dew accumulated from high-grade Magic Medicine, along with a fluid extracted from the dung or urine of a higher-level devil, mixed with other ingredients. Equally revolting, but not anti-human.

He sat cross-legged on the bed to adjust his state, invigorating his spirit, and, once he felt at his peak, he uncorked the potion and drank it down in one go.