Chapter 246: Blood Source Essence
"I know."
Richard-Eva also nodded at Jia Na's reminder.
"As early as when I discovered her, I knew that in addition to the physical Curse pollution, her soul had also been tampered with—but, this should have been her own choice."
Hearing this, Jia Na couldn't help but look at the crystal ball on the table again.
Although the Deep Sea Mermaid's appearance did not show any signs of deformity, for Jia Na, who had already mastered the Purification Law Fragment, she could still clearly feel the aura of Curse pollution from the other party.
This aura was different from the aura that Earle-Blood Red deliberately concealed. The pollution aura on the Deep Sea Mermaid had a decaying smell.
This level of pollution, if it were on a normal human, would have caused deformity long ago and there would be no way to save them.
However, for the Deep Sea Mermaid with a powerful bloodline, this could be suppressed for a long time until the pollution invaded the soul and completely completed the dark sun assimilation.
"I'll take this task. As for the reward—"
Hearing Jia Na's words, Richard-Eva quickly said:
"One top-quality Blood Source Essence, plus five thousand five hundred jin sule—but I might have to credit you the Blood Source Essence first and give it to you later—of course, all these things can be put into the contract."
Hearing this, although Jia Na was speechless at Richard-Eva's premature "big talk," she could feel the other party's sincerity when she heard that there was an additional reward of five thousand five hundred jin sule.
After all, when Jia Na treated Jarvis Roland's leg injury, her first offer was only five thousand jin sule.
However, Jarvis Roland, on the one hand, to repay Jia Na's "life-saving grace," and on the other hand, to establish a connection with Jia Na, insisted on raising the reward to thirty thousand jin sule.
Moreover, in terms of the difficulty of rescue, the Deep Sea Mermaid's pollution situation was actually much less severe than Jarvis Roland's.
Although both required a Formal Wizard to personally intervene to be cured, the Curse pollution on Jarvis Roland's leg came from an unknown Dark Sun Apostle, so the situation was much more complicated.
If it weren't for the Celestial Sparrow mastering the Holy Flame, which specifically restrains deep pollution, after its evolution, Jia Na would not have been able to cure it.
The Curse pollution on the Deep Sea Mermaid was purely due to staying outside the Wizard Gathering Place for too long. It didn't even require the Celestial Sparrow; Jia Na could complete the Purification herself, it would just take a bit of effort.
"This is the contract I just drafted. If there are no problems, sign it."
Richard-Eva, who was already prepared, saw Jia Na agree and immediately took out the pre-prepared magic contract scroll and quill, quickly writing down the terms they had just agreed upon.
"Hmm, the contract is fine."
Taking the contract scroll handed over by Richard-Eva, after confirming that the content on it was indeed correct, Jia Na solemnly signed her name.
"Swish—
As the contract was officially established, under the witness of the Law of Contracts, the contract scroll split into two, falling into the hands of the two respectively.
"Three days later, in the same place, I will hand over the purified 'crystal ball' to you."
After drinking the coffee at the bottom of the cup, and putting the crystal ball sealing the Deep Sea Mermaid and the contract scroll into her thorn bracelet, Jia Na stood up and casually removed the sound insulation barrier that Richard-Eva had set up around them.
"No problem."
Hearing that Jia Na would only take three days to complete the Purification, which was much earlier than he had expected, Richard-Eva also stood up with a smile and paid the bill at the front desk.
"I have a Dragon Language class this afternoon, so I'll be leaving now."
"Okay, see you next time then."
After saying goodbye to Richard-Eva at the entrance of the Oak House, Jia Na looked at the time displayed on the mechanical clock on the wall of the library's first floor, then quickly left the library building and walked towards the Magic Tower.
"Deep Sea Mermaid, huh?"
On the way to the public classroom on the sixth floor of the Magic Tower, Jia Na couldn't help but touch the thorn bracelet on her wrist.
In fact, if Jia Na worked together with the Celestial Sparrow, it would only take a few hours to complete the Purification of the Deep Sea Mermaid.
However, the reason she asked for a three-day time limit from Richard-Eva was actually because she was interested in the Deep Sea Mermaid's top-tier water-type creature bloodline.
As an excellent student in Metamorphosis, Jia Na was already very familiar with the "Elemental Intergrowth Theory" that Lilith-Meg taught in class.
What she currently lacked was the opportunity to try soul Transference using the Transduction Ritual, and a water-type creature that met Jia Na's Metamorphosis needs.
As the Transduction Ritual is most effective only on the first use, Jia Na had to be cautious when searching for a Metamorphosis simulation target.
After all, after completing the soul Transference through the Transduction Ritual, it would be difficult for Jia Na to have a second opportunity to experiment with water-type creature soul Transference for a long time.
Therefore, when she saw the "Deep Sea Mermaid" delivered by Richard-Eva, while agreeing to purify the pollution for her, Jia Na also had the idea of using her as her second attribute Metamorphosis Form besides Plant-type creatures.
As long as Jia Na successfully completes the soul Transference of the "Deep Sea Mermaid," then when she performs Local Deformation of the "Deep Sea Mermaid" later, she will be able to maintain it for a considerable amount of time, just like when she usually transforms into the Butterfly Wing Form.
Of course, if she wanted to completely transform herself into a true mermaid, the amount of magic power consumed would only be the same as when Jia Na usually transforms into a Grimace Treant or Ogre Flower, maintaining it for three or four minutes should not be a problem. "Ding—"
As the mechanical elevator door opened, Jia Na, who had returned to the public classroom on the sixth floor of the Magic Tower, still habitually sat in the second row.
"Today's two classes are both Professor Wuta's required courses—although there's a lunch break in between, four hours of classes are quite draining for Wizards whose time is precious."
Being a lecturer at the academy, while it sounds easy, is actually a very restrictive job.
Even though the remuneration is not low, for those Formal Wizards who naturally love freedom and dislike being restrained, it is not a good job.
Just like Grace-Eva, if it weren't for Anthony-Black Sparrow's favor and the contract restrictions with the Eva Family, she would not have chosen to return to Turin to be a lecturer.
