Chapter 322: Promotion: Third-level Wizard Apprentice!
“Whoosh—”
Inside the library, Jia Na, who had been casting Reading Magic for several hours, slowly closed the last book in her hands.
As a pleasant system notification sounded, Jia Na, whose eyes were bloodshot from prolonged reading, quickly opened her quest panel.
Today's Quest: Read ten or more books (Completed);
Quest Reward: 100 Talent Experience, 500 Skill Experience, +0.1 Spirit
“It really is Spirit.”
Upon seeing the quest reward, a hint of excitement flashed across Jia Na's tired face.
In the past few days, through Jia Na's continuous meditation, she had not only successfully upgraded her Wizard Level to level 30, but also,
also increased her Spirit attribute from the original 29.7 to 29.9.
And it was precisely this last 0.1 point of Spirit attribute that felt like a spiritual barrier; even after days of effort, Jia Na couldn't budge it.
Although Jia Na knew that this was a hurdle all Second-level Wizard Apprentices had to face when breaking through to Third-level Wizard Apprentice, it was inevitable that she would feel a bit impatient. “If I didn’t have the system’s help, I estimate it would take me a few more weeks—or even a month—of meditation to successfully break through this last bit of Spirit.”
There are generally two ways for ordinary apprentices to break through bottlenecks.
The first method is to spend a high price to purchase a Barrier Breaking Potion to increase the chance of breakthrough. The second method is to rely on persistent effort, slowly grinding until the Spirit breaks through.
If Jia Na didn’t have the system, her choice might have been the second method, relying on time to break through the Spirit barrier.
It wasn't that she couldn't afford a Barrier Breaking Potion now, but rather that the circulation of this potion was simply too low. Even if it did appear, Wizard families would buy it through internal channels. Even through Jarvis Roland's auction channels, it was difficult to come across one—
Fortunately, in addition to these two methods, Jia Na had a third method—adding points.
“Phew—” Jia Na, having completed the task, habitually let out a long breath and then cast Wizard's Hand to return the ten thick books on the table to the bookshelf.
“I wonder how Senior Gawen-Tuer is doing now.”
Just as Jia Na was about to go downstairs and leave, her gaze involuntarily fell upon the unfamiliar face at the library's front desk, who had replaced Gawen-Tuer.
Just five months ago, with the conclusion of the Dordogne-White Tower Trial, third-year apprentices also ushered in a graduation wave.
This year, a total of two people from the entire Turin Wizard Gathering Place passed the final White Tower Trial: Richard-Eva, who had already mastered the Law, and Pading-Green, codenamed Ghost Child from the Black Bone Forest.
As for the other Third-level Wizard Apprentices who had graduated, some chose to join local Wizard organizations in Turin to make a living, while others chose to sign loyalty contracts with the Wizard families that had supported them earlier.
And a small portion chose to go to other Wizard Gathering Places to seek opportunities to join more powerful Wizard organizations.
and continue to accumulate strength.
And Gawen-Tuer belonged to the third type, leaving the Turin Wizard Gathering Place alone after graduation—but even Jia Na was not entirely sure where she went.
“Every opportunity in Life is extremely precious. A slight misstep can lead to a completely different future.”
Jia Na, who had already gone downstairs and left the library, looked at the darkening sky outside. She did not choose to return to her dormitory to rest, but instead resolutely walked towards the Magic Tower. The next day, in the early morning.
After a full night of rest, Jia Na looked at the Flame Guard and Thundercloud still curled up in a corner. She observed them for a moment, then ignored them and stood up, arranging the promotion materials neatly on the ground.
When a Second-level Wizard Apprentice advances to a Third-level Wizard Apprentice, in addition to the requirements for magic power and Spirit, the most important aspect is the transformation of Life essence.
As a Plant-based apprentice, Jia Na's first step in transforming her Life essence was to infuse herself with elemental power,
and complete the elementalization of her body, thereby truly evolving her flesh and blood body into a semi-elemental Life.
“This should be about right.”
Looking at the elemental array on the ground, formed by twelve Plant-based elemental magic stones and six spiritual candles arranged in a hexagram pattern, a hint of nervousness appeared on Jia Na's face.
“Hoo—inhale—she took a long breath and slowly exhaled. After clearing her mind of distractions, Jia Na, sitting in the center of the array, once again picked up the mithril dagger placed beside her thigh, and then gently cut a small opening along her left wrist.
“Three, three have three, six return to nine, seven speak left, ten speak end—”
Drip—drip—
Blood drops fell, flames ignited.
As long incantations poured from Jia Na's mouth, the blood drops falling to the ground quickly coalesced. In a moment, several hair-like blood threads, as if imbued with sentience, followed the direction illuminated by the candlelight and merged into the twelve Plant-based magic stones.
“Buzz—”
The moment the blood threads merged into the magic stones, the twelve Plant-based magic stones suddenly emitted a dazzling light.
“Now!”
Clearly feeling the sudden surge of Plant-based magic power around her, Jia Na continued to keep her eyes closed, and once again picked up the mithril dagger, cutting a similarly sized blood-opening on her other wrist.
But this time, no blood drops fell from the wound on Jia Na's wrist. Instead, it transformed into a deep green opening, frantically absorbing the surrounding elemental power.
“Sizzle—”
As the Plant-based magic power became increasingly violent, the six spiritual candles surrounding Jia Na also burned rapidly, flickering with a ghostly green light.
At the same time, Jia Na, still with her eyes tightly closed, had no mind to pay attention to the surrounding anomalies. Instead, she controlled her consciousness to sink, passing through the Sea of souls, and once again arrived beneath the Wizard Tree deep within her soul.
“Split—”
Looking at the “lush” Wizard Tree, Jia Na did not hesitate. She directly projected her consciousness onto the Wizard Tree,
and enduring the pain of soul tearing, she forcibly split a second branch from the trunk of the Wizard Tree with the help of Spirit power, extending it towards the boundary of her soul.
“Whoosh—”
The moment the second branch reached the soul barrier, the Sea of Spirit enveloping the soul also violently churned in Jia Na's soul vision, transforming into silver-white chains that fixed themselves to the tree trunk.
“Crack—”
With a crisp sound, the second branch of the Wizard Tree successfully broke through the soul barrier, officially completing the connection of the third soul circuit between the Wizard Tree and the Wizard ecosystem.
“Finally—success.”
