Talent level increased by one, a transcendent Star Wizard

Xia Jian took out the black book and stored it in the storage container in the study, then took Westin to the basement.

As Westin removed his clothes, a large, red, swollen bag on his back caught Natsumi's attention.

『Bang~』

Just as Xia Jian was preparing to inspect the room, a strange noise suddenly came from inside.

Looking towards the incubation chamber, Xia Jian saw flesh slimes crashing against the glass dome.

Seeing this, Xia Jian frowned slightly, not understanding why the flesh slime would react this way.

Because of the protective barrier, the flesh slime cannot break through the cultivation chamber.

After examining the flesh slime and confirming that there were no problems, Xia Jian did not pay much attention to the flesh slime, but began to examine Westin's body.

Do not check, I don’t know, I’m scared.

After a round of testing, Xia Jian discovered that Westin's bones had changed, and the hunched back was caused by bone growth.

Furthermore, Westin's shoulder blades protrude slightly, his arms show signs of growth, and unknown gray scales have grown under the hair at the back of his head.

Then, Xia Jian extracted some more blood and discovered that Westin's genes were showing signs of collapse!

This discovery puzzled Natsumi greatly.

Everything was fine during the day, how did it become like this before the night was even over?

Looking at the few strands of silver-white hair on Westin's head, Natsume's eyes showed a thoughtful expression before he asked, "Is there anything wrong with you?"

"No, my head is just a little itchy. Maybe it's because my brain is growing."

Westin scratched his head and said jokingly.

Xia Jian rolled his eyes inwardly upon hearing this.

I don't know if you have a brain or not, but you're definitely doomed.

Westin's current situation is similar to that of a flesh slime, except that his genes are relatively more stable and have not yet reached the brink of genetic collapse.

In other words, the changes in Westin's body are not necessarily due to the Black Book absorbing life force, but rather a backlash caused by genetic collapse.

Of course, it must be related to the Black Book, otherwise, what kind of good person would have such a big change in their body overnight?

"There's nothing wrong with your health, just a bit malnourished. You should eat more good food to replenish your body. Don't leave for now, just stay in the Wizard Tower."

Xia Jian smiled and said, without telling Westin the specifics.

In reality, it was to let Westin eat and drink as he pleased, otherwise he might not have the chance again.

The fact that he didn't even notice such a big change suggests that Westin's consciousness has become distorted.

"Thank you, teacher."

Westin bowed his head sincerely in thanks.

Xia Jian felt somewhat ashamed after hearing the apology.

His abilities were insufficient to prevent Westin's genetic collapse.

Now we can only take it one step at a time. We'll try to save them if we can, and there's nothing we can do if we can't.

After letting Westin leave the lab first, Xia Jian turned to look at the flesh slime, which was gradually calming down.

"Looks like I'll have to take some time to investigate this properly; there might be some connection between the two."

Westin's transformation stemmed from that black book, and the lump of flesh was also related to the rune array recorded on it; it's just that no one knows what caused this phenomenon.

Xia Jian sighed, then left the basement with Westin.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night...

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The next day.

Xia Jian went to the principal's office early in the morning, but neither Heramons nor the vice principal returned, so he had no choice but to return to the Wizard Tower.

However, upon entering the house, Xia Jian discovered an uninvited guest.

In the living room, Mu Shuang was sitting with her legs crossed, leisurely sipping the tea that Westin had poured for her.

Seeing Xia Jian enter the room looking nervous, Mu Shuang smiled amusedly.

"You're living a good life, aren't you?"

Mu Shuang placed the teacup on the coffee table, but a fierce glint flashed in her eyes.

"Oh, teacher, you've arrived! Why didn't you let me know sooner? I could have prepared a delicious meal for you."

Xia Jian put on his signature fawning smile and stepped forward to massage Mu Shuang's shoulders with a fawning grin.

"I'm hungry, let's go cook now."

Mu Shuang slapped Xia Jian's hand off her shoulder and said irritably.

"How about I go? I'm pretty good at cooking."

At this moment, Westin suddenly spoke up.

Although I don't know who Mu Shuang is, as long as she is Xia Jian's teacher, then she is his ancestor, so cooking a meal shouldn't be a problem.

"Is it your turn to speak?"

Mu Shuang glanced at Westin with a slightly cold expression, and immediately a powerful pressure pressed Westin to the ground.

"Hey, teacher, what are you doing? I'll go cook for you right away."

Xia Jian hurriedly stepped forward to smooth things over, but at that moment, a sudden change occurred.

Westin knelt on the ground, his bones cracking and popping.

Then his skeleton grew larger and his body began to swell. Two huge bone spurs grew out of his shoulder blades, and countless gray scales covered Westin's face.

Xia Jian was startled. "Even if you want to die, you don't have to be in such a hurry!"

After all, Mu Shuang is a fourth-tier wizard, a super freak who can slaughter a city with a wave of her hand.

"A bloodline wizard?"

Mu Shuang frowned, carefully observing Westin's unusual behavior.

Xia Jian blinked upon hearing this; he hadn't really thought of that.

Bloodline wizards are an important branch of wizards.

Unlike traditional wizards, these wizards possess the bloodline of exotic beasts, allowing them to grow faster than normal wizards and acquire various strange abilities from these beasts.

Although bloodline wizards seem very strong, they are somewhat lacking in potential and rely on the bloodline they possess.

If it's a bloodline like the Bloodweb Red Fang Crab, then the second tier is the limit for a bloodline wizard.

Unless you trace the bloodline of the Bloodweb Red Tooth Crab back to its source, the difficulty will increase exponentially.

There are two ways to become a bloodline wizard: one is by artificially injecting the bloodline of a strange beast, and the other is by being born with it.

Artificial bloodlines, like Xia Jian's current biological research direction, have an extremely high probability of backlash.

For apprentices, without the help of high-level wizards, self-study almost always leads to certain death, which is one of the reasons why Xia Jian has never encountered a bloodline wizard.

Most of those with congenital bloodlines also fall into the first category.

However, they were fortunate enough to obtain the bloodline of the alien beasts, and this lineage has continued, which has led to the emergence of certain bloodline wizard families.

The reason Xia Jian didn't think of bloodline wizards was that there were no famous bloodline wizard forces in the Southern Alliance Domain, and very few forces would choose to take this path.

Of course, power is power, and an individual is an individual.

In a sense, those modified knights are a byproduct of bloodline fusion, and many wizards who major in biology have inevitably come into contact with such projects.

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