Wizard Bloodline.

Chapter 78 Soul Breath
"I found the secret book of [Austerity Body Building] at the Hoddam Wizard Market. I thought I was cheated at first, but now I know that I picked up a real treasure."

"I don't know where the apprentice wizard who sold me the secret book has gone now. But even if we find him, he may not have the follow-up parts."

"Perhaps we can only start with Angele."

Ronan's eyes flickered slightly. When he broke through to become a formal wizard, he used the unique soul-burning potion that Angele gave him.

The extra mysterious ingredient completes the last bit of proficiency at the expert level of [Austerity Body Tempering].

If we can figure out what this mysterious ingredient is, maybe we can find the direction for subsequent master-level practice of [Austerity Body Tempering].

Of course, finding Angelet and forcing him to reveal clues is a big challenge for Ronan now.

Laura is a mad dog and has pushed Ronan into desperate situations several times.

But in fact, in Ronan's heart, the one who threatened him the most was Angele, even though Angele was quite "friendly" to him and even "helped him".
This is a moody person. He can sense the shadow cast by Angele's smile. Angele's heart may be more damp and indifferent than those crows pecking at carrion. He may kiss your cheek in the last second and peck your eyes out in the next second.
Now, he could only try to find clues in the Silver Ring.

As his mental power seeped into his body, Ronan saw a fist-sized white ball of light floating quietly in the center of his chest.

Many white spots of light emerged from various parts of his body and merged into the light ball like moths to a flame.

This is the product of the powerful vitality that is now condensed in Ronan's body, and is also the energy driven by the active activation of his talent [Immaculate Body].

It will consume and slowly replenish itself.

But when it recovered to the size of a fist, it stopped growing. This should be related to the proficiency of [Austerity Body Tempering].

Anyway, Ronan would never give up on the path of [ascetic body building].

The appearance of [Immaculate Body] is the first change to his character panel talent column, and the improvement it brings is far greater than any other extraordinary power obtained when the spell breaks through to the master level.
This is a path with huge potential.

Although wizards pursue the immortality of the soul, Ronan is really looking forward to what kind of person he will grow into in the future if he continues along this path!
"The most urgent issue to be resolved now is the soul seal and the inheritance of first-level spells."

Ronan walked to the desk in the room and sat down, tapping the table lightly with his fingers out of habit, making a crisp and rhythmic sound.

Because of the lack of these two things, Ronan still cannot be considered a true first-level wizard.

This is also the sadness of being a group of wandering wizards.

There is no systematic inheritance, no one to guide, every step needs to be explored by oneself, sometimes even the next step can not find the stone where to land
to be frank.

Ronan's requirements for the soul seal are actually very low.

As long as he is suitable and not too bad, that's enough.

Because Grace told him that the soul sigil can be replaced and more than one can be condensed.

A wizard who has just entered the first level, when his soul power is not that strong, cannot condense a very high-level and powerful talisman.
In fact, Ronan has a soul seal and a corresponding first-level spell inheritance.

It was found in Laura's storage waist bag.

The name of the talisman is——【Bloodthirsty】.

Ronan has personally experienced the effect. It can make the plant servants summoned by plant spells enter a state of bloodthirsty frenzy, and their abilities in all aspects are nearly doubled. The duration depends on the mental strength. The disadvantage is that they will fall into a "weak period" afterwards, and the power of the plant servants will be greatly reduced.

If he chooses the [Bloodthirsty] sigil, Ronan will have to switch to studying plant magic.

The good thing is that Laura's storage waist bag contains many things that a plant wizard needs, and there is even an Invulnerable Leaf that greatly increases plant spells.

If plant magic was not a completely unfamiliar field to Ronan, and he himself had no interest in plant magic, perhaps Ronan would have already begun to condense the [Bloodthirsty] rune.

Now, the [Bloodthirsty] sigil is just the last option in Ronan's mind. He may consider taking this path only when he really has no other better choice.

Ronan's current plan is to join the Silver Ring and obtain inheritance through the Silver Ring if the recruitment standards of the Silver Ring are not so high.

"The Silver Ring is probably more than ten times stronger than the Hoddam Academy. If I can rely on such a powerful force, it will be good for my future."

Ronan still remembers vividly the scene of the destruction of Hoddam College. As soon as he closes his eyes, he can remember the scarlet blood cloud that covered the sky so thick that it seemed like a blood clot and could not be dissolved.

"Scarlet Tower..."

He whispered the name, "I wonder what the situation is like in Hoddam now."

In the small room, the lighting crystal emits a bright but not glaring light.

There were two ultra-micro rune arrays on the wall, glowing faintly and operating silently.

Ronan sat in front of the long table, holding a carving knife in one hand and a blank rune stone in the other, quietly engraving with a focused expression.

Time passed like water, and no one knew how long it had been before a blinding light burst out from Ronan's hand. With a slight "puff" sound, white smoke rose up, then quickly rose and was all sucked into a small vent on the wall.

"call--"

Ronan crushed the scrapped rune stone in his hand and threw it into the waste rock basket beside him. A deep blue light disappeared in his eyes. He then patted the dust and powder on his hands and stood up from the table.

First-order [Flying] rune, first-order [Speeding] rune.

Ronan has been studying the two most core runes of a first-order flying tool recently, preparing to settle down in the Silver Ring.

With the help of [Basic Meditation - Clear State] and the flying ring from Laura as a physical reference, his progress was pretty good. Although he failed many times, he was almost able to master the [Flying] rune.

Ronan had a brief understanding. In the Silver Ring, a [Flying] rune was sold for ten intermediate magic stones. As a private rune master, he might get a lower price by selling it to rune shops. But as long as he was diligent enough, he would have no problem supporting himself.

Looking at the time, it was almost six in the morning and the free breakfast service of the Blueberry Hotel was about to arrive, so Ronan simply stopped practicing and walked out of the room.

Ronan was quite satisfied with the training room that came with this suite. Although the space was a bit small, it had built-in sound insulation and vacuuming functions. There was also a long table inside. In addition to meditation, he could also conduct some simple alchemy and potion experiments in it.

After washing his hands in the bathroom, Ronan strolled into the living room.

The early morning sunlight penetrated the half-closed blinds, leaving mottled shadows on the carpet in the living room.

A glass vase was placed on the small round table in the middle of the living room, with a few beautiful pink and purple flowers in the vase.

Ronan sat down on the sofa, then took out a black metal box about the size of his palm and a half from his storage waist bag, placed it in front of him, directly penetrated his mental power into it, and then began to crack the rune lock on the box with ease.

It is the mysterious metal box obtained from Linus. The rune lock on the box requires the mental power of a first-level wizard to open it.

Unlike the universal rune lock on the storage waist bag that Ronan had cracked before, this rune lock has a complex structure, and if you try to "violently unlock it", the entire rune lock and the box inside will be destroyed. This is the main reason why Ronan has been patient until now.

He was really curious about what kind of precious legacy Linus's rumored senior apprentice mentor had left him that was worth preserving so carefully.

It took more than two months from Hoddam to the Silver Ring, and Ronan was almost completely cracking the rune lock, probably within three to five days.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"

A crisp knock on the door broke the long-lasting silence in the room, and a girl's voice came from outside the door.

"Lord Ronan, your breakfast is here."

Ronan withdrew from the work of cracking the rune lock and put the metal box away again.

"Come in."

The door opened from the outside, and a young girl with beautiful blue wool curls walked in quickly, pushing a dining cart. She first laid a clean and tidy tablecloth on the table, placed the knives and forks neatly, and then served today's breakfast.

"Lord Ronan, you may begin your meal."

The girl greeted Ronan respectfully.

Ronan nodded and sat down at the table.

Today's breakfast is baked lamb rolls, cream of mushroom soup, and a small plate of fruit platter with a mixture of several raspberries.

Ronan had hardly slept the whole night, and as his appetite was the best, he ate very quickly. While eating, he could clearly feel the blue-haired girl's eyes staring at him.

The girl's name is Alida. She is the only daughter of the owner of the "Blueberry Inn" and the childhood sweetheart of Jacob, the young guide who introduced him to the Blueberry Inn.

The two have been childhood sweethearts, but Alida's father has always disapproved of their relationship. He has always hoped that Alida can marry a real first-level wizard, even as a mistress.

It is said that Jacob worked hard to become a formal wizard for this reason.
These are the information that Ronan "eavesdropped" on in the past few days.

In fact, it was not really eavesdropping. After his physical rebirth, his already excellent five senses became even more outstanding. Occasionally when he went out for a walk, he would unconsciously hear people in the hostel chatting and talking.

He even knew that the blue-haired girl, Alida, had always boldly called him "handsome sir" in private, and that the business of the Blueberry Inn had not been very good recently, and it was all maintained by the few orders that Jacob helped to bring in from time to time. However, the rental price given to Ronan at the beginning was indeed very fair.

"Alida."

As he was thinking, Ronan suddenly called out the blue-haired girl's name, which scared the girl who had been staring at him.

"Yes, I am here, Lord Ronan."

Alida quickly stood up straight, "Do you have any instructions?"

"Do you have a date with Jacob this morning?"

Ronan cut off a small piece of lamb chop and put it in his mouth.

"Not at all, sir."

Alida blushed and said quickly, "In fact, we don't have many opportunities to meet each other. Jacob is busy enough with his part-time job and meditation every day. He has been working hard to save money to become a formal wizard..."

"is it?"

Ronan put down the knife and fork in his hand, picked up the napkin to wipe his mouth, and asked: "How much does he need?"

Alida was immediately cheered up when she heard this. "Sir, do you want to sponsor him? But to be honest, Jacob is really an outstanding potential stock. If you are willing to give him a little support, I think I can convince him to become your most loyal follower from now on!"

This girl is so obsessed with marrying her childhood sweetheart... Does Jacob know that you are secretly telling him to "sell himself"?
Ronan was speechless and spoke directly to break Alida's unrealistic fantasy.

"Do not."

Ronan said, “Just wanted to give him a chance to earn some tips.

I plan to go to a few places to do some things today. You know I'm new here and don't know the way, so I need a reliable guide."

When Alida heard that Ronan just wanted to hire Jacob, she was a little disappointed, but she quickly turned her eyes and said to Ronan bravely: "Sir, if you just don't know the way, I actually have a better suggestion that will benefit both of us."

"Oh?"

Five minutes later, Alida pushed the food cart out of the room in a good mood, while Ronan in the room looked at the map in his hand with some amusement.

Alida sold him the map of the Seven Rings City for two low-level magic stones, and then asked Ronan to cooperate with her when he went out later, and told her parents that she needed Alida to be his guide for a day. Alida "tricked" this day of free time, so that she could really go on a romantic date with Jacob.
"It is indeed filled with the disgusting sour smell of love."

Ronan picked up the map of the Seven Ring City in his hand and brought it close to his face, pretending to sniff it, silently complained, and then casually stuffed it into his storage waist bag.

At the counter, a beautiful female wizard handed a small square box filled with magic stones to Ronan and said with a smile, "There are two high-level magic stones and forty-five intermediate magic stones in total. Please count them."

Ronan glanced at the box and instantly counted the number of magic stones inside. With no expression on his face, he nodded and put the magic stones into his storage waist bag.

This is a beautifully decorated magic tool shop. Ronan's main purpose in coming here is to sell his discarded apprenticeship equipment, as well as miscellaneous items such as extra useless storage waist bags.

This was the third company Ronan visited and the one that offered the highest price, but what he got in the end was still somewhat different from his expectations.

The magical tools obtained from Linus alone, as well as the four level-0 storage waist bags, are worth more than three high-level magic stones in total.

But if you think about it carefully, Silver Ring is a big wizarding land after all, and all kinds of magic tool stores and rune shops are everywhere on the street. It seems normal that the price of this lowest-level apprentice magic tool is lower than that of Hoddam.

"Is there anything else your Excellency needs to see?"

After the beautiful female wizard clerk had served Ronan, a middle-aged man who looked like the store manager came over and waved for her to leave, then he took the initiative to greet Ronan with a smile.

Ronan glanced at the scene in the store, thought for a moment, and said, "Are there any weapons?"

After becoming an official wizard, Ronan needed to replace all his equipment, starting with the most important weapon.

He originally thought that the middle-aged man, who was also a first-level wizard, would take him to the area next to him where all kinds of beautiful staffs were displayed and introduce them one by one. Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man was silent for a while, and then said: "Our workshop has the most powerful first-level staffs in the entire Seven Ring City, but you should have just been promoted not long ago.

If you don't mind, please let me know the type of talisman you plan to refine and the type of spell you are majoring in, so that I can give you suggestions on choosing the corresponding staff."

Ronan's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard this, "Can you tell that I haven't condensed the soul seal yet?"

"of course."

The middle-aged wizard nodded as if it was a matter of course, "Your soul aura is as clean as a blank sheet of paper. Only wizards who have not condensed any talismans will have such soul characteristics."

"Uh"

Ronan was stunned for a moment, and after asking, he found out that the aura of a formal wizard would change after condensing the soul seal.

It will be affected by the talisman and have a mysterious and obscure taste.

And the more and more advanced the condensed symbols are, the more mysterious and complex the sense of obscurity will become.

This is also often used by wizards to preliminarily judge the strength of a formal wizard.

Because mental fluctuations can be hidden, but it is difficult to conceal the breath of the soul.

The soul sigil is the core of every wizard's spell system. The more complex and advanced the sigil is, the stronger the combat power will naturally be.

This is considered common knowledge in the formal wizarding circle, but Ronan did not know it until now.

After listening to the explanation of the middle-aged wizard shop owner, Ronan felt as if something was suddenly clear.

No wonder he always felt that every official wizard he met along the way seemed to be stronger than him. He originally thought that it was because he had just been promoted and his mental strength had not increased.

Unexpectedly, the main reason was that he did not condense the soul seal.

Ronan’s “ignorance” did not bring about a change in the middle-aged wizard’s attitude. As the shop owner, he was of good character and always behaved politely and patiently.

"Are there any melee weapons?"

After understanding clearly, Ronan changed his words.

(End of this chapter)