Chapter 445: Calamity Crystal
Seeing Vivian’s somewhat hollow gaze, Jia Na silently gripped her unusually cold hand.
However, Vivian did not respond to Jia Na’s caring gesture; instead, she lowered her head even further. “Alright, let’s just have a quick bite here.”
After the carriage had traveled for about twenty minutes, White Bone Sage Gu Shan-Laifu had the Alchemy creature stop in front of a roadside restaurant on the outer ring of the city center.
Seeing this, everyone followed Gu Shan-Laifu out of the carriage and into the restaurant, where they were led by the staff to a private room on the second floor.
“You two must not have eaten much these past two days. Take advantage of today to eat more, so you’ll have the strength to return later.”
It was still Gu Shan-Laifu speaking. After saying that, he handed the menu in his hand to Lei Man-Tuo Lan, who was beside him.
On the other side, Anthony-Black Sparrow also casually handed the menu to Jia Na.
“Thank you, Principal Vivian, do you see anything you’d like to eat here?”
“Jia Na, just order whatever; I don’t have an appetite.” Seeing Vivian still in a low mood, Jia Na quickly ordered two dishes and then handed the menu to Suoluo-Flame, who was beside her.
As expected, Suoluo-Flame, who also failed the White Tower Trial, said he had no appetite and handed the menu back to Jia Na.
Thus, after a back-and-forth of “humble refusals,” Jia Na and Gavin-Tuer eventually ordered several main dishes and side dishes together, while He Sai-Jin ordered a dessert, bringing the ordering to an end.
The dining atmosphere remained heavy. Although Gu Shan-Laifu spoke a few times during the meal, it did not lighten the mood at the table.
During the meal, Jia Na also roughly understood the entire process and final outcome of the White Tower Trial through private communication with Gavin-Tuer.
Under the new rules, 1,140 Wizard Apprentices participated in the White Tower Trial. Half of these Wizard Apprentices came from large Wizard Gathering Places ranked higher.
In addition to the fact that large Wizard Gathering Places had more Trial slots than medium-sized Wizard Gathering Places like Turin, another reason for their higher numbers was that the overall strength of their Wizard Apprentices was generally higher.
Compared to the 1,140 participants, the White Tower ultimately admitted fewer than 40 people, with five of those slots specifically reserved for “pre-selected Apprentices” like Gavin-Tuer, who possessed a Wizard Invention.
Given this extremely low acceptance rate, this year’s White Tower Trial was particularly competitive.
Especially under the new rules of the White Tower Trial, without the “interference” of Wizard Apprentices who had mastered Law Fragments, most Apprentices could maximize their strength.
However, the Apprentices from the Turin Wizard Gathering Place ultimately fell short due to being less skilled.
Even Suoluo-Flame, the strongest among them, did not secure a spot in the top forty.
“Jia Na, come out for a moment.”
Just as everyone had almost finished eating, Vivian, who had barely spoken throughout the meal, suddenly stood up and called Jia Na out of the restaurant’s private room.
“Vivian—”
“Jia Na, I’m fine now; you don’t need to worry about me.”
Seeing Jia Na’s hesitant expression, Vivian interrupted her and forced a smile that was uglier than a cry, as if nothing was wrong.
“That’s good—after all, with your ranking this year, you’ll definitely be fine next year.”
In this White Tower Trial, although Vivian ultimately did not pass, her ranking was in the top fifty. This was higher than Suoluo-Flame and even Lei Man-Tuo Lan.
Therefore, Jia Na believed that with Vivian’s diligent cultivation, she would absolutely have a chance to push forward next year—
“Yes, I also believe I will definitely pass next year! Absolutely!”
Jia Na, who had originally been worried about Vivian’s state, felt relieved when she saw the burning flame in her eyes as she spoke the last sentence.
“Jia Na, here, take this.”
“Hmm?”
Jia Na, who was about to encourage Vivian a few more words, suddenly had a golden crystal, about the size of a baby’s fist, placed in her hand.
“This is—Calamity Crystal?”
The moment she touched the golden crystal, the hidden aura of the two Laws—Fate and Space—contained within it caused Jia Na’s eyes to widen involuntarily.
“That’s right, I asked my father to buy this for me before. It’s perfect, one for each of us—”
Hearing Vivian’s words, Jia Na still had a look of disbelief and bewilderment.
The Calamity Crystal is a magical item that possesses the ability to predict good and bad fortune and warn of danger.
Before the crystal’s owner encounters a “dangerous event,” the Calamity Crystal will turn Blood Red, signifying ill omen.
As the “degree of danger” deepens, the warning color of the Calamity Crystal will also deepen until it becomes as scarlet as fresh blood.
In addition to its warning function, the Calamity Crystal also has spatial positioning and spatial teleportation functions.
Of course, this function is limited to the primary and secondary Calamity Crystals. Once one Calamity Crystal turns red, the other Calamity Crystal will also receive a warning.
At this point, the owner of the other Calamity Crystal can activate the Spatial Teleportation function, directly teleporting their body to the side of the Calamity Crystal owner who is enveloped by danger.
Because of this, Calamity Crystals are often used by the direct descendants of Wizard families to prevent them from encountering danger.
As a special magical item possessing both Fate and Space attributes, its price is extremely high.
If Jia Na remembered correctly, the market price of a Calamity Crystal should be around 30,000 jin sule, making it an extremely expensive and rare magical item.
“Vivian, this item is too precious; I cannot accept it—”
“You must accept it.”
Without giving Jia Na any chance to refuse, Vivian forcefully pressed the Calamity Crystal into Jia Na’s hand.
“I know that many tasks in the White Tower are very dangerous, and every year some Wizard Apprentices die during the execution of tasks—so, for your own sake, and for me, your friend, you must accept this item!”
Looking at Vivian’s firm gaze, Jia Na still shook her head.
“Vivian, among my contracted creatures, there is a Dream Realm creature that already possesses the ability to foresee danger, and I myself have an extremely keen perception of danger—”
“This is different!”
Before Jia Na could finish speaking, Vivian interrupted her again.
