Starting with summoning the succubus

The sudden conflict between these two rules left Catherine completely bewildered, unsure which rule to follow first.

"Okay, stop fooling around."

Qi Lin walked forward helplessly, pulled Elena away from Catherine, and then looked at Catherine, chuckling, "I didn't give such an order, and I would never give such an order to force you. Elena was just joking with you."

"Huh? Really?"

Catherine was taken aback and looked up at Qi Lin in surprise.

Upon receiving this answer, the succubus knight was unsure whether to breathe a sigh of relief or feel disappointed.

So...she doesn't have to break the precepts anymore?

But at the same time, we can't do that kind of thing in advance?

"You!"

At this moment, Qi Lin looked at Elena, pointed his index finger at her forehead and said, "Stop making fun of Catherine, okay? At least show some respect for her clan rules."

"Tsk." Elena curled her lip. "What's the point of respecting these anti-succubus rules? Making succubi abstain from sex is no different from making humans forbid eating meat."

Qi Lin was taken aback.

Wait a minute, that makes some sense.

“Catherine.” Qi Lin looked at the blonde succubus with curiosity. “As far as I know, if magical runes are not properly activated for a long time, the body will suffer serious problems, right?”

"No, it wasn't always banned!"

Catherine quickly waved her hand and explained, "It's just before the third level. The rules require us to abstain from sex before the third level and to cultivate to the third level entirely on our own. In this way, we can control our own nature instead of being enslaved by it."

“Nonsense, utterly absurd.” Elena shook her head.

"So you don't have to abstain from sex anymore after you reach the third level?" Qi Lin asked curiously.

"correct."

Catherine blinked, two blushes rising on her cheeks. She lowered her head, raised her hand to tuck a strand of golden hair behind her ear, and said shyly, "Master, after I reach the third level, I can... I can... if, I mean if, if you really want to, please wait until then... can you do that?"

"Huh?!"

Upon hearing this, Qi Lin quickly waved his hands in protest, "No, no, that's not it! That's not what I meant! Really, you misunderstood. I was just asking out of curiosity!"

However, the more she explained, the redder Catherine's face became, until she couldn't help but cover her face with her hands.

"hey-hey……"

Elena stood to the side, watching this scene, her pink eyes shining, and a smile unconsciously appeared on her face.

"I...I'll go sweep the floor..."

Catherine was so ashamed she couldn't stay any longer. She grabbed a broom, rushed into the bedroom, and slammed the door shut.

"Look, you're always talking nonsense and scaring people away."

Qi Lin raised his hand and flicked Elena on the forehead.

"Ow!"

Elena winced in pain, clutching her head, her face full of indignation: "What nonsense did I spout? I was just helping her establish a proper succubus worldview, okay? Always so shy, it's a disgrace to all succubi if word gets out. She's a disgrace to succubi!"

"Alright, stop fooling around, let's get serious."

Qi Lin smiled helplessly, embraced the little succubus, and said, "Our next goal is to advance to the third tier as soon as possible."

"Uh-huh!"

Upon hearing this, Elena wrapped her arms around Qi Lin's waist, pressed her face against his chest, and said with an extremely serious expression, "From now on, I will also work hard to cultivate and stop being playful! Qi Lin, I will try my best to raise my magic power to the second tier, 9 stars, and I won't hold you back!"

"Ha, there's no need for that."

Qi Lin smiled upon hearing this, looked down at the little succubus in his arms, and pinched her smooth cheek. "Really, there's no need. If you like to play, then play. Do whatever makes you happy. Don't worry about working hard to cultivate. I'll find a way to help you increase your magic power later."

"Just like how you helped Avan?" Elena looked up curiously.

“Yes.” Qi Lin nodded with a smile. “But don’t ask too many questions, okay? I still don’t know where that ability comes from, and I don’t know if telling you would be good or bad, so… Elena, as I said before, let’s keep it a secret, okay?”

"Uh-huh!"

Elena nodded emphatically, a sweet smile spreading across her face. "Let's leave it at that for now. Let's not talk about this now. Let's discuss the water ritual again. This ritual is more demanding for you than for me, and it costs a lot of money. The ritual materials are very expensive."

Chapter 123 The New Ritual

"I will take care of the ceremony materials."

Qi Lin raised his hand and touched Elena's full head of pink hair, twirling a strand of pink hair around his fingertip, while a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

However, Qi Lin felt that as long as he could demonstrate greater extraordinary potential and make the powerful and wealthy outside the city think that he was a super genius, then he wouldn't have to worry about the money for the materials needed for his promotion.

Just like Mayor Zhuo Yangping of Dawn City, who would help him purchase materials for upgrading.

He's only the strongest student in Dawn City, and he already gets this kind of treatment. What will happen when he becomes the strongest student in the upper-level city, Vast Ocean City?

And what if he becomes the strongest academy student, or even the strongest university student, in the entire Federation?

The Blue Star Federation values ​​the cultivation of young extraordinary individuals. As long as Qi Lin can demonstrate greater extraordinary potential, he will inevitably obtain more cultivation resources!

However, the Water Ritual is not just about money.

This ritual is essentially a form of magic, involving materials for the spell, the recipient, and the caster, and it has minimum requirements for the recipient (the succubus).

which is:

[Strength], [Agility], and [Defense] must reach Tier 1, 0 stars.

[Spirit] must reach Tier 2, 5 stars.

[Magic] needs to reach Tier 2, 9 stars.

Elena's attribute panel looks like this:

[Strength: Tier 1, 7 stars]

[Agility: Tier 1, 7 stars]

[Defense: Tier 1, 4 stars]

[Spirit: Tier 2, 7 stars]

[Magic Power: Tier 2, 8 Stars]

Except for [Magic Power], which is one star short, Elena's other attributes are basically above average, fully meeting the requirements for a recipient of the Water Ritual.

But this is the patient's request.

However, the standards for the practitioner who is the giver of life energy are on a completely different level.

which is:

Strength, Agility, Defense, and Magic must all reach Tier 2, 9 stars.

No "spirit" is needed.

The recipients need to have a certain level of mental strength because after the ritual is successful, they will break through and advance to the third rank, at which time their magic power will become stronger. Therefore, they naturally need strong mental strength to stabilize the magic power in their bodies.

However, the practitioners don't need to do that; they are only responsible for providing life energy, and this has nothing to do with mental strength, but mainly depends on physical fitness.

Qi Lin's current attribute panel looks like this:

[Strength: Tier 2, 1 Star]

[Agility: Tier 2, 1 Star]

[Defense: Tier 2, 0 Star]

[Spirit: Tier 2, 4 stars]

[Magic Power: Tier 2, 3 Stars]

Judging from this alone, it seems that it is still far from meeting the standards of a practitioner.

However, based on the 15,000 experience points produced daily by the three Black Blood Spider Queens, it wouldn't be long before he could accumulate enough attribute points to reach the standard of a spellcaster.

"Alright, let's talk about these things later."

"Let's take a shower now."

Qi Lin temporarily put these matters out of his mind and carried Elena into the bathroom.

……

……

In the bedroom.

Catherine sat on the floor with her back against the door, a look of reminiscence on her face.

As a member of the succubus clan, she has been bound by dogma and precepts since childhood, suppressing the nature and desires of the succubus race.

How can one completely suppress one's natural instincts?

When Catherine was 17, she couldn't resist venturing into the tribe's forbidden library and browsing through the forbidden books that she wasn't allowed to see yet.

Among those banned books was one called "Illustrated Guide to the Succubus Ascension Ritual".

It contains numerous rituals that can help succubi advance in rank, complete with textual explanations and even accompanying illustrations.

This ascension ceremony demands an extremely high level of magical power from the recipient. As a succubus who excels in brute force but not magic, achieving that standard would be incredibly difficult for her.

"Ugh……"

Catherine sighed.

After a while, she looked up at the modern-style bedroom and a hint of sadness appeared in her eyes.

"Father, Mother, I am doing very well now, living in a very beautiful world."

"I became a contracted demon of a demon tamer, and I signed a master-servant contract. But don't rush to scold me for being useless, because my master is a very good person, very gentle, and very handsome. He has never forced me to do anything I don't like."

"And I also made a life vow, voluntarily becoming his guardian knight."

"He's really good-looking."

"I think if one day he were the one to help me with my advancement, I would be very, very happy. I just don't know if my master would be willing then?"

"Hmm... I don't want to think about it anymore. I'd better go sweep the floor. The glass shards in the living room haven't been cleaned up yet."