Above the mage!

Chapter 189: Ring Upgrade
Master Rachel had said that the Spiritual Water would be available in three days at the earliest and a week at the latest. However, Gao De had to wait until the 20th day of the Misty and Frost Month before he was notified to go and claim it.

"It was supposed to take a week at most, but something unexpected happened."

Commissioner Rachel handed the Spiritual Water to God and explained:

"It seems that some movements of the Holy Empire have been discovered on the border. The capital has been very concerned about this matter for the past ten days, so it has no time to review the application of the academy."

"The Holy Empire?" Upon hearing this, Gao De frowned subconsciously.

After a year of study at Ceres College, he was no longer the ignorant "country bumpkin" he had been before, and he understood clearly what this meant.

"It should be that some mages from the Holy Empire Legion happened to pass by. After the border reconnaissance mages discovered it, they were too nervous and reported it directly."

Commissioner Rachel spread her hands and said, "After all, this is the Holy Empire. It's not too nervous."

"But the capital lifted the alert two weeks after the alarm was sounded."

"It must be a false alarm."

"No matter what, Sean is one of the principalities that is farthest from the border of the Holy Empire."

"Even if the Holy Empire is really planning to expand its influence to the borders of the Plantagenet Dynasty, Sean should not be its first target."

"There are still several principalities between Sean and the Holy Empire."

It is for this reason that the alert was lifted so quickly.

No matter how you look at it, even if the Holy Empire takes action, the Principality of Sean will not be the first to bear the brunt.

Gao De, who had taken the course "Geography of the Nolan Continent and Geography of War", thought the same thing. He nodded in agreement and took the Spiritual Refining Water from Commissioner Rachel without thinking any more.

At the registration counter in the training building.

The staff here today is a young female mage wearing a student uniform. It seems that she has accepted a task from the academy and is here to "work and study".

Gao De handed over his identity badge together with the application form given by He Xi.

"Help me open a third-level training room."

The female mage, who had not taken it too seriously, was suddenly shocked when she heard the words and looked surprised.

"Level three training room?" she confirmed.

"Yes," Goder nodded, "Here is the application form."

The female mage took the application and took a look at it. The reason was written on it: upgrading the ring.

No wonder. She suddenly understood.

After checking the application, the female magician took Gao De's identity badge, flipped through the booklet, and arranged a training room for Gao De. She said, "Training room No. 3 on the fourth floor. After entering, swipe the identity badge to activate the magic node array."

Gao De nodded slightly, then followed the stairs and for the first time reached the fourth floor of the training building which belonged only to high-level mages.

He found his own training room No. 3 and skillfully activated the magic node array.

The concentration of magic power in the training room suddenly soared at a speed visible to the naked eye, and only stopped when it reached the threshold of 1034.

In the small training room, the magic power is so strong that it is visible to the naked eye.

Gao De decisively sat down cross-legged and took out the water to raise the spirit.

The Spirit-raising Water potion is dark red and as viscous as magma.

Gao De's eyes were slightly stern, and he opened the medicine bottle directly.

Although the color of the spiritual water is very strong, its smell is very light, almost non-existent.

He took a deep breath, put the medicine bottle to his mouth, tilted his head back, and drank it down in one gulp.

The viscous liquid did not get stuck in the bottle and flowed directly into Gaode's mouth.

A cool and smooth jelly-like taste quickly filled Gaode's mouth.

Then it slides down the throat and into the stomach.

A moment later, the viscous spiritual water erupted in Gaode's stomach like magma.

The cool feeling instantly turned into heat, penetrating into every blood vessel of Gaode.

Gao De knew that this was the medicinal power of the Spiritual Uplifting Water, which was helping him to complete the first stage of the spiritual uplifting cycle: cleansing his blood and increasing his life vitality.

The powerful medicinal power flows throughout the body through the blood vessels.

Under the effect of the medicine, Gao De's body seemed to have turned into a furnace, and his blood was gurgling like boiling water.

His body twitched involuntarily due to the high temperature. Gao De's skin was burning red at this moment, and steam was constantly evaporating from his pores.

These are the impure factors in his blood, which are now being excreted from his body.

The whole process lasted about a quarter of an hour.

Except for the extremely high temperature which was a bit unbearable, everything went smoothly.

Gao De is only fourteen years old this year, which is the time when his blood is at its most vigorous, and he is in the golden period for promotion to a first-ring mage.

Even without the assistance of the Water of Ascension, it would be difficult for him to fail in the first stage of the upgrade.

The powerful medicinal power of the Spirit-raising Water was not consumed too much in the first stage.

Soon, they gathered together again, turning into a surging hot current that rushed directly into Gaode's lower abdomen.

That's where the magic power lies.

After the influx of heat, the magic power in Gaode's body suddenly became uncalm, and it actually formed a magic power vortex that began to spin violently.

Every time this vortex rotates three hundred times, a drop of clear liquid mana will seep out from the bottom of the mana vortex.

The rich magic power in the training room, like clouds and mist, was guided into Gaode's body and continuously replenished into the vortex of magic power.

The second drop of liquid mana began to condense.

Then came the third drop, the fourth drop, and the fifth drop.

Soon, Gaode condensed the twenty drops of liquid mana needed to upgrade the ring.

He could clearly feel a full and heavy feeling in his lower abdomen, which was filled with magical power.

This shows that the liquid mana has reached its limit at this stage and cannot be increased any further for the time being.

With the dual assistance of the soul-raising potion and the third-level training room, the mana liquid was transformed extremely smoothly without any accidents.

Gao De had no intention of being happy, but instead worked hard.

The medicinal power of the Spirit-raising Water left the lower abdomen and continued to flow, heading straight towards Gaode's mind.

Boom!
There was a loud bang in my head, and the top of my head suddenly became clear, and my mind became active at this moment.

Countless thoughts came flooding in, messy but clear.

A feeling of déjà vu came over Gaode's heart.

——He also went through this process when he was soaking in the water of the deep sea of ​​soul.

To cleanse and sublimate the soul, isn't it just to eliminate mental distractions?
But this time, it's even worse.

Gaode's thinking became more and more clear.

Gradually, he began to experience feelings that were completely different from before.

Gao De found that his perception had been elevated to an incredible level.

It was as if everything in the world became clear.

Most importantly, he could now accurately sense the total amount of mental power he possessed.

100.

This is the starting standard mental power value for a first-level mage.

As if it were a God-given inspiration, when Gao De tried to describe the strength of his mental power, this number emerged from his perception.

And this is the sign of the completion of the third stage of the ring upgrade: "precise perception".

Because the soul had been soaked in the water of the deep sea and cleansed, this step was much simpler than Gaode had imagined, and even went more smoothly than the previous two steps.

The medicinal power of the Spirit-raising Water only required a slight push, and Gao De was able to easily eliminate the distracting thoughts in his mental power.

This level should actually be the most difficult one among the four steps of upgrading.

Because generally speaking, most mage apprentices will progress faster in guiding the practice of magic than in meditation.

Therefore, when they were upgraded to the next level, their magic power had already reached the limit of the apprentice stage for a long time and had become perfect.

However, his mental strength had just broken through to the level of a third-class mage apprentice, so his foundation was more or less unstable.

Three of the four steps of upgrading the ring have been completed, and only the last step remains.

Open up a ring of starry sky!
(End of this chapter)