My health recovery is incredibly fast.

A series of bright red lights flashed in her eyes, and her body stiffened as if she had been electrocuted.

A few seconds later, Xia Zuo received the message that the bloodline mark had been successfully implanted.

He brought up the Bloodline Scroll interface, shared 30 points of vitality with Audrey, then dispelled the Blood Guardian and summoned a mirror that floated in front of Audrey.

"Look, you look different." Xia Zuo pointed to the mirror.

Audrey shifted her gaze blankly to the mirror facing her, then raised her hand to touch the corner of her eye and her cheek.

Wrinkles disappeared, sagging skin regained its smoothness and elasticity, and multiple eyelids were transformed into clearly defined double eyelids.

For women, nothing is more amazing than regaining their youth.

Audrey stared at her young and beautiful self in the mirror, two tear tracks sliding down her cheeks.

Xia Zuo sat down in the chair and waited quietly.

About 1 minutes later.

Audrey wiped her eyes twice with the back of her hands, then turned to look at Xia Zuo with a strange smile on her lips. "I know, Xia Zuo. I know. You actually awakened your bloodline power back when you were living in the circus. Your ability is to enhance your body's vitality, right?"

“That’s right.” Xia Zuo nodded frankly. “Let me tell you about the arrangements for the rest of the trip.”

Audrey sat down, took a sip of tea to calm herself, and smiled knowingly as she saw her reflection in the water.

“Alright, I’ve calmed down.” Audrey put down her teacup. “Tell me what you need me to do.”

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"First, go back and arrange things at the martial arts school. Whether you disband it, find someone to manage it, or transfer it, it's up to you. But you need to understand that once you enter the academy, anything unrelated to your studies will become a burden," Xia Zuo said.

“Okay.” Audrey hesitated for a moment, “I will transfer the martial arts school.”

Xia Zuo continued:

"The second step, after settling things at the martial arts school, is to go to the monitoring station in the city to test your bloodline power. The staff there, authorized by the academy, will guide you through the process, and then you will be eligible for admission."

"The third step is that after you enter the academy, you will meet Anruer, who is my fiancée and now the new professor of Elemental Servant Studies. You will become her student."

“Anru…” Audrey tried hard to recall, and finally remembered the thin girl who had dragged a large suitcase onto the academy carriage alone. “What a lucky little girl… Was she also a bloodline awakener?”

“Yes. I gave her better physical vitality and also taught her a spell,” Xia Zuo said.

“Spells?” Audrey asked. “Spells related to bodily activity?”

“Yes. We’ll talk about that later.” Xia Zuo shook his head. “When the time is right, I’ll have An Ru’er teach you.”

"Mmm." Audrey nodded.

“Once you enter the academy, don’t worry about falling behind in your studies.” Xia Zuo smiled. “There are legal procedures for all of this. An Ru’er will arrange it for you; just listen to her. I may rarely show my face in the future, so if you have any questions, you can ask her.”

“Okay, I understand.” Audrey nodded repeatedly.

"That's all I need you to do for now... Hmm... I have a question for you." Xia Zuo rubbed his chin and asked, "Do you remember when Van Ers left without saying goodbye at Piek Fortress?"

“Vanles?” Audrey showed a fleeting look of disgust. “Of course I remember. That guy almost ruined our show, thank goodness you took over the fire-breathing performance.”

"Could you tell me the specifics of what happened? Did Vanss say or do anything before he left? Did anyone meet with him?" Xia Zuo asked.

“Let me think…” Audrey leaned back in her chair and rubbed her hair on her forehead. “I remember Snake came to me early that morning. He said that Vans was packing his things and insisted on leaving the circus. He wanted me to persuade him. When I got there, Vans was already gone. I saw him leave the tavern with his suitcase and get into a carriage parked on the street. At the time, I thought he had found another job, so I didn’t chase after him.”

"Did he appear in any other circuses after that?" Xia Zuo thought for a moment. "As far as I remember, he didn't seem to join any circuses, right? Otherwise, we should have received the news."

“Yes, yes, that’s the strange thing.” Audrey clapped her hands. “After that incident, I went to the Warriors’ Guild to inquire. Vans just disappeared like that. He never showed up again, and his name wasn’t even on the Warriors’ Guild’s visit log.”

Xia Zuo asked, "When you register your mercenary status with the Warriors Guild, do you need to provide identification information? For example, your place of birth, your parents' names, etc."

“Not necessarily. Registered mercenaries only need to give their name. But those who have exchanged for the fire-breathing book, like Vans, will definitely need to register their detailed identity information,” Audrey said.

"Okay, fine." Xia Zuo nodded. "Let's leave it at that."

Audrey wisely refrained from asking further questions. After thanking Chazo again, she pulled her hood over her face and left the small house.

Xia Zuo tidied up the house, erased any traces of human intervention, and used his Windwalking Technique to fly towards the academy.

...

As evening fell, Xia Zuo arrived at Xingye Academy.

He first went to Beatrice's study and told her about Audrey.

“Teacher, Audrey already possesses my bloodline power.” Xia Zuo placed the contract on the desk. “My conversation with her went smoothly, and she is willing to cooperate with our plan.”

“Excellent, Xia Zuo, excellent. This further strengthens our control over those with awakened bloodlines.” Beatrice flipped open the contract, glanced at it, and then put it in the drawer. “What are your plans now?”

"Hmm... I'll leave the matter of the sub-plane passage to you, and Anru will be in charge of guiding Audrey. I plan to focus my time and energy on building the tower and condensing the elemental body."

Xia Zuo paused for a moment, then added:

"If you need help with mass production of elemental golems, just let me know. I'll make time to refine the bait."

This was mainly to lighten Professor Kurov's burden... In the Starry Night Kingdom, only Xia Zuo and he were capable of refining bait essence.

“Okay, no problem, I won’t be polite,” Beatrice said with a smile.

"Then I'll take my leave now, teacher."

Xia Zuo turned and left the study, returning to the guest room to rest for a while before An Ru'er arrived, having finished her first day of work.

"How are the students? Have they caused you any trouble?" Xia Zuo put down his book and looked at his fiancée who was changing clothes by the door.

"Hmm~ It's not bad. There will always be a few mischievous individuals." Anruer took off her professor's robe and changed into her home clothes.

"I'll go test the tower tomorrow. Once I've settled things with the tower, I'll come back and meditate in seclusion to begin condensing my elemental body," Xia Zuo said.

Anru walked over, cupped Xia Zuo's face in her hands and rubbed it a few times, "Then you have to be careful. I heard that the first test flight of the tower is very likely to cause an explosion."

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Xia Zuo patted the back of her hand. "Wait for my good news."

...

The next morning.

Anru went to teach her students.

Xia Zuo then left the academy alone, following the pendant's guidance, and headed to a mountain peak in the northern part of the Storm Mountains.

Test-flying a high tower is not as simple as just piloting it off the ground and flying it around in the air a few times.

Xia Zuo needs to use large alchemical instruments to monitor energy readings during test flights and find subtle anomalies that occur during the tower's flight from a third-party perspective.

Any minute, almost imperceptible, abnormal energy fluctuation will be amplified dramatically due to the unique environment at the boundary of the starry sky, ultimately leading to the destruction of the tower and the loss of life.

The test flight platform built by Dim is located inside a cave on a mountaintop.

The cave ceiling has been modified so that it can be pushed open to both sides, revealing a circular skylight with a diameter of nearly 100 meters.

Xia Zuo's tower was launched from this skylight.

Below the skylight, a ring of sophisticated alchemical instruments is placed close to the wall, surrounding the entire test flight platform to observe and record the test flight process from various angles.

Chapter 11 is gone.

Xia Zuo carefully inspected the alchemy equipment, then summoned his tower to check its energy field and alchemy device.

The inspection was not completed until late that night.

Xia Zuo wove a sofa out of silver sand, took a short rest in deep meditation, and then began his first test flight.

Upon entering the tower, ignite the energy circuits, monitor the energy readings, and enter a shallow meditation state to synchronize with the tower's central nervous system.

After going through the entire standard startup process, Xia Zuo sat in front of the control panel and saw images from six different perspectives outside the tower through the holographic device: front, back, left, right, up, and down.

He pushed the lever, increased the energy output, and maneuvered the tower smoothly to fly off the platform and into the star-studded night sky.

Doing work against gravity is a painful thing.

The tower's internal structure is under pressure, causing the tower to tremble and sway like an old man with mobility issues.

Because no hard alchemical materials were used as internal supports, Shazor's tower is far less stable than conventional towers when ascending.

Moreover, his mind must connect with tens of thousands of energy sensors on the tower to sense the energy distribution in the energy field in real time, and guard against the collapse and damage of the field caused by energy imbalance.

The high pressure during the ascent transmitted energy signals through the sensors throughout Xia Zuo's body, and he instantly felt as if countless heavy lead balls had been added to his body.

At an altitude of approximately 200 meters above the test flight platform, the tower stopped climbing and became airborne.

Xia Zuo needs to stay at this altitude for as long as possible until he is fully adapted to the airflow and gravity before he can challenge himself to go to higher places.

After the ascent stopped, the tower's shaking amplitude rapidly decreased, and the power of the energy pulse engine on the tower dropped from full load to about 50%.

Whenever a gust of wind blows, the energy pulse engine in the opposite direction will immediately increase its power, striving to control the tower's displacement within a certain range around the current spatial coordinates.

The energy mobilization for this stress response does not need to be manually controlled by Xia Zuo; it can be handled by the corresponding module integrated into the energy pipeline system, saving a great deal of effort.

It has to be said that the top-of-the-line energy piping system, which cost 2 million, was absolutely worth the money.

The tower structure, which is dominated by a beam energy field, demonstrates its advantages at this moment.

The weight of the binding energy field can be adjusted through a gravity array. Compared to towers built with alchemical materials, Shazo's tower is more flexible in terms of weight adjustment, and energy consumption can be reduced by appropriately lowering the weight.

Xia Zuo now only needs to monitor the energy readings on the control panel and continuously supply energy to the beam energy field.

From launch and ascent to reaching the designated altitude, the energy in the beam field decreases from the maximum of 360 million points to 340 million points.

After adjusting the weight of the tower, the energy consumption during levitation was reduced to 2 points per hour.

After reserving the energy needed for a safe landing, Xia Zuo could easily hover in the air for hundreds of hours.

Now that he had some free time, Xia Zuo decided to carry out a secret plan.

He summoned a blood elemental servant, disguising it as an inconspicuous speck of dust.

The Blood Element servants flew out of the tower, braving the gale to land on the Storm Mountains, and flew along the mountainside to the foot of the mountain.

Xia Zuo's plan was to use the Blood Element servants to check the Warriors' Guild's archives and find Vans's records.

The Warriors Guild of Starry Night City has recently been active, but they still need to think twice before casting blood magic under Beatrice's nose.

To be on the safe side, Xia Zuo chose to bypass Starry Night City and head to Rosac City to check the mercenary files there.