Full-Time Magister: My Little Furnace Refines All Things

Suddenly, a small, bright ball of light floated out from the charred wolf carcass.

"This is... a spirit essence!! Holy crap, the very first demon I killed actually dropped a spirit essence! Is this what they call the newbie bonus period?!" Zhang Mo was overjoyed.

This single essence is worth around 600 million, which is equivalent to an ordinary person's lifetime income. How could Zhang Mo not be excited?

Suddenly, the small furnace in his mind trembled slightly, emitting a soft white light that absorbed the essence and the demon wolf's corpse into the furnace's internal space.

The small furnace vibrated slightly, as its initial level was relatively high and the servant-level essence had almost no effect on its recovery. It is recommended that the host refine and use it directly.

【Ding】

Slave-level essence: ① When supplemented with some simple materials, it can be used to forge Stardust-level magical artifacts and other magical tools.

② It can be refined into pure spiritual energy to enhance the host's spiritual realm.

③ Refining can help the host break through the initial stage barrier.

Slave-level demon corpse: Refining it yields pure blood energy (which can be used to enhance the host's physical strength) and 2 exotic bones (slave-level).

"Wow, this little furnace is amazing!" Zhang Mo was stunned by the refining effect of the little furnace.

Putting aside the super-powerful effects of the essence in the previous part, Zhang Mo was already extremely envious when he saw that he could refine the corpses of demons to improve his physical strength.

In the world of Full-Time Mages, mages are generally characterized by high attack but low defense. Therefore, without the support of special resources like spirit seeds and soul seeds, ordinary mages are simply no match for demons of the same level.

Improving physical strength can greatly enhance Zhang Mo's combat power and the margin for error in battle.

Back home, Zhang Mo took a shower, changed out of his dirty clothes, and couldn't wait to sit cross-legged.

"Little Furnace, begin refining the demon's corpse," Zhang Mo instructed Little Furnace in his spiritual world.

Upon receiving the order, the small furnace began to refine the wolf's body. The extremely hot flames of refining heaven began to rise inside the furnace, and the one-eyed demon wolf's body was continuously refined and shrunk, eventually leaving only a ball of pure blood and qi and the strange bones that had not been removed from its body.

Looking at that pure and refined energy, Zhang Mo felt an intense longing in his body, like a poor old drunkard smelling the finest imperial wine.

"Then let's do it. Infuse the small furnace with qi and blood," Zhang Mo commanded.

As the small furnace rotated, the power of qi and blood flowed into Zhang Mo's body. With the infusion of qi and blood, Zhang Mo's body began to turn visibly red, like a fully cooked shrimp.

The muscles and bones began to be slowly modified and strengthened, without the intense pain and black, smelly sludge described in the novels of my previous life.

After the enhancement was completed, Zhang Mo felt his body filled with power.

Xiao Lu provided his current data.

Host: Zhang Mo

Age: Sixteen

Magic: Fire (Level 1, 80%), Space (Level 1, 50%).

Physical strength: Early stage of servant level.

Mental strength: Peak of the first realm.

Magical items: Heavenly Flame Sub-Fire (top-tier spirit seed), 1 Servant-level Essence, 2 Strange Bones (Slave-level).

"A servant-level physical body, does that mean I can fight demons hand-to-hand?" Zhang Mo thought. Although he felt his body had improved greatly, he didn't know to what extent. He never expected that he would directly break through the mortal body and reach a level where his physical body was comparable to that of demons.

After a few minutes of excitement, Zhang Mo gradually calmed down.

He sensed something very wrong with his encounter with the demons today. The abandoned construction site was located in the southern region, and the one-eyed demon wolf he killed was at most a mid-stage servant-level creature; it was impossible for it to have broken through the defenses of the Snow Peak Mountain Inn to get here. Therefore, there was only one possibility: there was a demon passage in or near the construction site that led directly from the wilderness into the heart of Bo City.

"Most of the demon passages in the original novel are located in the Mingwen Girls' Middle School area of ​​the Mingwen District, but there are several other smaller passages that were not mentioned in detail. So this neighborhood is most likely one of them," Zhang Mo deduced in his mind.

"It's highly unlikely we'll encounter any general-level demons in this small passage. I can explore it after I, Huo Zi, break through to level two, and then use that opportunity to remind Uncle Zhan Kong to be on high alert. Because this kind of long-distance demon passage from the wilderness to the city couldn't possibly have been dug by the demons themselves; it must have been guided by someone. And whoever would guide the demons to do this is self-evident."

"It's alright, there's still plenty of time before the disaster in Bo City, we can slowly plan and warn them," Zhang Mo thought as he lay in bed.

"Ah~" Zhang Mo yawned, two tears welling up in the corners of his eyes.

Having experienced battle for the first time, Zhang Mo was already exhausted, both physically and mentally, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

Zhang Mo's specific data one month later.

Host: Zhang Mo.

Age: Sixteen.

Magic: Fire (Level 2, 8%), Space (Level 1, 88%).

Physical strength: Early stage of servant level.

Mental strength: Early stage of the second realm.

Magical items: Heavenly Flame Sub-Fire (Top-tier Spirit Seed), Strange Bone *2 (Servant Level).

Zhang Mo used the essence of the one-eyed demon wolf to enhance his spiritual realm, directly breaking through from the peak of the first realm to the early stage of the second realm. His basic bonus to spatial abilities doubled.

The fire element naturally broke through to the second level of Fire Nourishment - Burning Bones. With the addition of the Spirit Seed Fire, the power of the second level Fire Nourishment - Burning Bones, although still not as powerful as the first level of the mid-tier Fiery Fist, is very close in damage to demons. It can be said that as long as there is enough magic energy, slave-level demons will be instantly killed.

In the abandoned construction site, Zhang Mo searched for half an hour before finally finding the demon's cave entrance in a corner of the underground parking garage of an apartment building. Judging from the size of the entrance, it was probably only wide enough for a slave-level demon to pass through.

With that, Zhang Mo no longer had to worry about the lightning searchlight above his head and began to observe the depth of the cave.

This hole is about four meters deep. Among novice mages, only wind or earth mages can land here without injury using magic.

However, given Zhang Mo's servant-level physical abilities, he doesn't need any assistance or magic.

He jumped straight down.

With a "thud," it landed smoothly.

"This cave really stinks, and there's a high chance there are demons inside." Zhang Mo endured the pungent smell and slowly walked deeper into the cave.

I walked about two hundred meters.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak." A sound like a mouse came from afar.

"Giant-eyed blood rat." Zhang Mo understood.

Sure enough, four giant-eyed, fishy rats emerged from the darkness not far away, their ugly appearance accompanied by a captivating red glow in their eyes.

"Good grief, we've stirred up a hornet's nest," Zhang Mo thought to himself.

"Then let's go."

"Refining Heaven Flame - Fire Nourish - Scorch." Because Zhang Mo's mental power had reached the early stage of the second tier (intermediate mage level), his powerful mental power allowed him to effortlessly track stars with a single thought.

A ball of blazing fire rushed directly towards the giant-eyed, bloody rat closest to Zhang Mo.

In the confined space, the giant-eyed rat had no time to dodge and was hit directly.

It let out a piercing scream, and in the blink of an eye, it was lifeless, about 80% cooked.

The death of one giant-eyed rat enraged the other three.

"Don't rush, a family should die together, all together." Zhang Mo was becoming more and more adept at killing demons, and he was not flustered at all when facing multiple demons.

He ran backward to create distance, one hand connected to the star trail.

"We're both slave-level beings, so what makes you think you can catch up to me so quickly?" Zhang Mo sneered as he ran.

"One, two... seven, the star trails are connected in an instant."

Two balls of fire shot out and immediately hit the two running in front.

The two giant-eyed rats were not surprised at all by the special effects of the spirit seed flame.

They were engulfed by the flames and burned to a crisp.

The last giant-eyed rat witnessed the tragic state of its companion and realized Zhang Mo's power.

Without any hesitation, he turned and ran.

"Heh, trying to run now? Too late."

Zhang Mo picked up a piece of rebar from the corner of the cave and inscribed it with "Heavenly Flame - Fire Nourish - Bone Burning".

He twisted his body and with a sudden burst of force, threw the threaded steel bar with a secondary spark like a javelin.

The extremely fast rebar easily caught up with the fleeing giant-eyed rat.

The rebar, with its immense kinetic energy, instantly pierced through the fleeing giant-eyed rat, and the scorching flames burned its internal organs to ashes.

The Giant-Eyed Blood Rat Squad Wiped Out!

It seems the newbie bonus period is over; all the loot from the four giant-eyed blood rats came out were fragments of souls.

Zhang Mo felt a little disappointed, but even a small mosquito is better than nothing.

"Small furnace, collect it," Zhang Mo ordered.

The corpses of the four giant-eyed rats were collected in the blink of an eye.

"Refine them all."

The small furnace turned on, and the refining was completed in an instant.

[Ding] The furnace reported that the following were obtained from refining: a large mass of blood and qi (slave level), 4 fragments of soul (slave level), and 5 strange bones (slave level).

"Little furnace, I need to use my Qi and blood," Zhang Mo commanded.

A large mass of blood and qi then surged into Zhang Mo's body.

"Phew, that feels great." The gentle and pure Qi and blood power continuously transformed and strengthened Zhang Mo's body, and Zhang Mo felt that his physical strength had increased significantly.

"Little Furnace, provide the control panel."

Host: Zhang Mo.

Age: Sixteen.

Magic: Fire (Level 2, 10%), Space (Level 1, 88%).

Physical strength: Mid-stage Servant level.

Mental strength: Early stage of the second realm.

Magical items: Heavenly Flame Sub-Fire (Top-tier Spirit Seed), Remnant Soul*4 (Servant-level), Strange Bone*7 (Servant-level).

Looking at the panel provided by the small furnace, Zhang Mo saw that his physical strength had reached the early stage of the servant level.

"That's enough for today. We don't have much fire magic left," Zhang Mo thought to himself.

"I'll come back every few days to see if the demons will respawn."

Zhang Mo had already started treating this as a dungeon for grinding monsters and leveling up.

"Once the level is raised, we'll report this passage to Uncle Zhan Kong," Zhang Mo planned.

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