My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Each level increases the life cost of casting by 1%, with the maximum level remaining at lv.10.

[Bloodline Affinity]: When attacking a Blood Mage with Blood Magic, there is a certain chance to gain the target's Bloodline Mark. The initial chance is 0%, increasing by 1% with each level gained.

[Flesh and Blood Control] reduces the degree of bodily damage with each upgrade, decreasing by 1% per level.

[Blood Pouch], a life-saving skill. Upgrading it increases the amount of health restored per blood pouch created. For the same cost of 100 health points, a level 1 blood pouch restores 20 health points, while a level 2 blood pouch restores 21 health points.

The [Bloodline Language] ability is now in its full version, reaching lv.ax.

Just like alchemical languages, Xia Zuo can now decipher all known bloodline characteristics. The only thing he can do now is add new findings to them.

[Blood Curse] reduces backlash damage by one-tenth for each level up. At level 10, it is equivalent to casting the curse remotely without taking damage.

Xia Zuo focused his mind on the plus sign on the [Blood Breath Pouch] and tapped it five times to inject five blood patterns.

lv.0→lv.1 (0/5)

Oh?

Does upgrading not increase the number of Blood Runes required for the next upgrade?

If that's the case, it would take 5 Blood Runes to upgrade a skill to level 10.

Right now, there are just enough points to max out two special skills.

Xia Zuo stood up and paced around the study, rubbing his hands excitedly as he pondered the most cost-effective way to improve his skills.

Rexol brought him back tonight.

The bald man relayed the arrangements for the Temple of the Mage on the way.

Shazo will remain in the Category 3 Disaster Response Department until he is able to use the Crimson Emblem.

During this period, as long as he does not break the law, no one will disturb him from awakening blood magic. The only people who know his identity are Lady Starry Night, who is stationed in Poseidon City, the two Demon Hunters, and the inner sanctum members of the Mage Temple.

He will live a relatively comfortable life for the foreseeable future, but there is also the possibility of facing enemies alone.

The possibility of encountering the enemy is low, but it does exist.

Therefore, survival is the best policy.

The [Blood Breath Sac] perk should definitely be maxed out.

It is directly related to survivability and can also provide more health to cast [Blood Rage Spell], so it can be said to be a win-win situation.

The remaining specializations are all of similar priority, making it difficult to decide which one to upgrade first.

Xia Zuo decided to hoard the Blood Patterns for now, and then decisively invest in them when he needed to use a particular skill in the future.

He put 45 Blood Runes into the Blood Breath Pouch, instantly leveling it up to lv.10.

On the character template, the recovery amount from existing health packs remains at 20 points.

This means that upgrading a skill will not affect existing products, and new blood packs will need to be made.

Let's extrapolate from this logic.

If the quality of the Bloodline is improved, the maximum amount of health provided by each point of Vitality will increase, but the points already added to Vitality will not be recalculated to increase the maximum amount of health.

My past experience with skill point allocation serves as proof.

In the future, I should try to improve the quality of the bloodline first, and then add points and upgrade.

Xia Zuo activated his eight-dimensional attributes.

..

[Strength] 5

[Agile] 5

[Endurance] 5

[Vitality] 100

[Perception] 12

[Willpower] 13

【Charm】7

[Mental State] 25.2

..

Strength, agility, and endurance are easy to obtain; you can simply train your body or practice breathing techniques.

How can I increase my charm attribute?

Xia Zuo thought for a few minutes, then suddenly snapped his fingers.

Got it, got it.

First, improve strength, agility, and endurance using conventional methods.

For example, raising it to 8 o'clock.

Use another free attribute point to increase charm by 1 point, bringing it to 8 points.

This not only increases the number of free attribute points gained with each level up, but also allows you to get free charm attribute points.

You can earn back the free attribute points you invested in Charm by leveling up just once.

"Hmm~" Xia Zuo nodded in satisfaction.

That's how it should be done.

Tomorrow, I'll go to work as usual. In the afternoon, I'll find some time to go to the 17th Action Team to exercise. After receiving my first month's pay, I'll go to the Warriors' Guild in the city to exchange for breathing techniques and improve my strength, agility, and endurance as soon as possible.

I won't drink the breathing technique elixir anymore.

It's true that hidden injuries can be repaired using [Immortal Body].

However, the hidden injury itself is caused by the symbiotic ring-breathing worms living in the body. Repairing the hidden injury means expelling the ring-breathing worms and removing the special effects brought by the secret medicine.

I'm not sure if this is correct.

Xia Zuo didn't intend to verify it either.

First, I dislike the presence of strange things in my body.

Secondly... breathing technique elixirs also cost money. We haven't even renewed our "Windwalking Technique Usage License" yet, so every penny saved counts.

and also.

After obtaining the light element, cultivation efficiency increased significantly, and it was able to accommodate a large amount of elements.

Exchanging for Unruly Elements is another huge expense.

Finally, Anjou needs to take a regeneration potion to prolong her life.

The thought of this gave Xia Zuo a headache…

He himself will live a long life, but what about Anjou?

Rexor said that after becoming an archmage, it was only a matter of time before he advanced to the next stage.

Judging from his tone, it seems that someone who has reached the level of a Grand Master will have a very, very long lifespan.

"That's right!"

Xia Zuo clapped his hands, searching through his mind for the memories of when he first obtained the Tivanas Windwalking Technique.

He remembered Beatrice mentioning:

Tivanas was originally a member of the High Tower scholars, but joined our alchemy school thousands of years ago and is now an archmage.

Have they lived from thousands of years ago to the present day?

It seems that the Grand Master truly has no need to worry about his lifespan.

As long as Anruer successfully advances to the rank of Archmage, this relationship can continue indefinitely and won't end prematurely.

But... how does one advance to become a Grand Mage?

Xia Zuo scratched his head, temporarily putting the question aside. He wasn't even a high-level mage yet, and it was too early for him to be thinking about this.

Let's try out the effects of the light element first.

He returned to his bedroom, lay down on the bed, and used meditation to calm his mind and enter a deep state of meditation.

In the ocean of the spirit.

Pure white light elements floated quietly in the air.

The element of light was surrounded by 23 other elements, while the element sealed by the poisonous crystal sank alone at the bottom.

The 23 elements followed the light element closely, like followers.

Xia Zuo used basic meditation techniques to control the elements to cut through the surrounding walls.

The light element, like the vanguard of a charging formation, immediately rallied its followers to carve through the walls, increasing efficiency several times over.

Chapter 65 Winter Veil Approaches

Monday morning.

After meditating with the element of light for one night, my spirit, which hadn't improved in a long time, actually increased by 0.01 points!

With that kind of cultivation speed, no one would betray the Temple of Mages.

"Get up quickly~" Anru patted her lover who was lost in thought on the bed.

Xia Zuo grinned at her, then got out of bed.

As usual, Anru was taken to the Energy Research Institute first, and then they went to the Demon Hunter's manor.

Yesterday, three blood addicts were killed, and the Poseidon Evening News used it as a case to warn citizens. Other blood addicts lurking in the city are not stupid; they must have already found out what the patrol convoy looks like.

We'll have to find a different way to patrol today.

Originally, they were supposed to split into two groups: Ceres, along with Dunk and Lisa, would pretend to be a convoy in the city to attract attention, while Shazo, Leonard, and Lanlot would follow Rexor to collect blood runes using the crimson crystal.

But just before they were about to depart, the command center of the Category 3 Disaster Emergency Response Department issued an urgent order: the 17th Action Team had to rush to a small town in the south to join the main force, and Serites was also going.