“Ziyu, is Ye Ling your girlfriend?” Lan Bing'er asked tentatively.
The two of them were still pretending that nothing was happening...
“No, we are already married. She is my wife,” Ziyu replied, then smiled a little, “But we haven't had children yet, so it seems this matter will be delayed for a while.”
“Ah... I see...” Lan Bing'er sat in her chair, fiddling with her clothes, unsure of what to say next.
“You need to be careful. In this world, there are many handsome guys, and... there are plenty who are stronger than you,” Lan Bing'er suddenly laughed.
“Yeah... I know that, but I will definitely reach the top,” Ziyu said firmly, as he couldn't give up because he still had goals.
That Solar Divine Essence is definitely not something a weak person can obtain.
“Do you know what Solar Divine Essence is?” Ziyu asked. Before searching for it, he needed at least some information.
“I don't know... I've never heard of it, but it seems very powerful,” Lan Bing'er said. “If there's nothing else, I'll head back now. I need to get up early tomorrow. See you tomorrow.”
“Okay, see you tomorrow.” Ziyu saw Lan Bing'er off and waved goodbye.
“Fortunately, nothing unusual happened,” Ziyu sighed in relief, thinking that everything was fine.
In the next two days, Ziyu studied and practiced normally, and finally on the third day, he condensed his first Spirit Essence.
On the fourth day.
“Does anyone have any questions?” Ouyang Qiu stood at the Reception, addressing the nearly hundred people present.
“Teacher!” Ziyu raised his hand and stood up.
“Go ahead,” the teacher smiled slightly.
"Master, I want to know if Mystical Arts can be modified? That is, optimized, to adjust the use of spiritual power, its strength, and so on to a better state?" Ziyu asked.
A silence fell Nearby, even Lan Bing'er couldn't help but turn to glance at Ziyu.
"Um... Ziyu, theoretically it is possible, but in practice, it's basically impossible for us. We need to condense the Golden Core first before we can optimize the most basic Mystical Arts," Ouyang Qiu said. "Because your control over energy is still not very high, for various reasons, you cannot modify Mystical Arts."
"To modify Mystical Arts, one must have sufficient comprehension; otherwise, the spiritual power will operate in incorrect ways. If you're lucky, nothing will happen; if you're unlucky, injuries, loss of power, or even death could occur."
This situation is like playing with fire; if done well, it can be used for attack or warmth; if done poorly, it can backfire. Only those who have condensed their Golden Core can control it better.
"Alright... thank you, Master." Ziyu slightly bowed and sat down.
"This guy still wants to modify Mystical Arts..." A man in a corner scoffed.
Not far behind Ziyu, Li Xuan looked at Ziyu with a serious expression.
"Are you crazy? You can't mess with Mystical Arts!" On the way back, Lan Bing'er said to Ziyu with some confusion, "The Mystical Arts are already quite good. If you can learn it, you'll become a great Transcendent. Why are you thinking about modification?"
"Um..." Ziyu was at a loss for words. What could he say? That he used to be in research and couldn't resist developing something he saw potential in?
"Ziyu, promise me you won't try to modify Mystical Arts." Lan Bing'er stopped and lowered her head. "Because I've seen someone who modified Mystical Arts. When they tried to use the new Mystical Arts, their body was ruined and they couldn't move."
"I don't want to hear one day that you've become like that."
"Um... okay, I promise you." Ziyu felt a headache coming on, unsure how to face this matter.
"That's good. Don't lie to me," Lan Bing'er continued walking forward with her head down and said no more.
"I wonder how Ye Ling is doing..." Ziyu suddenly thought of Ye Ling. "She should be in tutoring now; I won't go. I'll talk to her another time."
“Ziyu, I have finished calculating. Take a look at the data.” Ziyu and Lan Bing'er returned home, and Di walked out of the room, handing Ziyu a thick document.
Di was here with nothing to do, so he could only work on deciphering the mysteries of Mystical Arts. In this process, although he was unable to crack Mystical Arts, he discovered some flaws in the Ling Kong Seal and believed that it could be improved.
It was also because of Di that Ziyu had those questions.
“Is it done?” Ziyu felt a headache looking at the document because the Ling Kong Seal was stored in a Crystal, and the data was directly infused into the soul, which was much more convenient. However, once it was converted into written documents… it was practically a book.
“Here’s the change,” Di pointed at the wall, and an image immediately appeared projected on it.
In this world, the conversion of matter into electrical energy had slowed down significantly, and Di did not dare to use void projection directly; everything now had to conserve energy.
The projection on the wall showed a simulation video of hands forming seals, with streams of Spiritual Energy extending from the arms to the hands, highlighting many differences in detail.
“The difficulty should be one hundred and fifty percent of the original, while the power should be three times that of the original,” Di said.
“Hmm, it seems much harder,” Ziyu nodded.
“Why don’t we conduct a practical test?” Di suggested.
“Hmm… okay…” Ziyu hesitated for a moment and decided to try using ten percent of standard spiritual power.
Because if this failed, it would be different from failures during initial practice; having gained an understanding of the original version meant that when trying out the new version, there could be deviations.
It was like a car driving on flat ground; finding the correct path during cultivation would not cause any issues no matter what.
Once cultivation was complete, it would be like a train.
If it were modified… it would be like the train tracks being slightly twisted… if not handled well, it could derail.
Ziyu knew about this matter, but her personality led to one consequence: she definitely wanted to give it a try.
Ziyu's hands formed seals, and the flowing spiritual energy surrounded her body, then gathered towards her palms along her arms.
"Yes, just like that!" The Emperor had a high level of discernment and could completely tell whether Ziyu was doing it right or wrong.
"It feels very strange; the movements look complicated, but they are very smooth to perform, even without consciously trying to do it," Ziyu thought to herself.
Could it be that the power of Mystical Arts has increased while its difficulty has decreased? Ziyu felt somewhat puzzled.
"Alright, it's done." With a thought, Ziyu pushed her palm forward, and a mark flew out.
"Pop..." A light sound echoed against the wall. Since Ziyu used little spiritual energy, the power wasn't very strong.
The power of Mystical Arts also depended on the infusion of spiritual energy. The current New Void Seal, compared to the old one, had a power increase of one hundred fifty percent when using the same amount of spiritual energy.
"It seems quite good," Ziyu said in surprise. "How about you try to modify all the Mystical Arts, Emperor?"
The Emperor couldn't cultivate due to lacking a Dantian, but there was no problem with his soul, and his computational ability was extremely strong.
"Alright, since I'm idle anyway." This also gave the Emperor something to do; otherwise, as a mere Puppet, he couldn't move around much.
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"Ziyu, you didn't modify Mystical Arts, did you...? Please don't mess with it," Lan Bing'er reminded her the next day.
"Uh-huh, I know. By the way, what level are you at now, Bing'er?" Ziyu asked.
Transcendent is divided into nine levels, corresponding to nine Spirit Essences.
"I am a Second-Level Mystic!" Lan Bing'er said proudly. "By the way, Ziyu, how far have you condensed your Spirit Essence?"
"I've condensed one, a first-level Transcendent," Ziyu replied, scratching her nose. "I just achieved it not long ago."
The fact that she had already condensed her Spirit Essence was still not public knowledge to Ziyu.
"You have Spirit Essence now?" Lan Bing'er looked at Ziyu in surprise.
"Yeah, what's wrong?" Ziyu felt something was off; Lan Bing'er seemed a bit too excited.
"I took a whole week to condense my first Spirit Essence," Lan Bing'er said.
"I'm just naturally talented, no need to say more," Ziyu chuckled.
"Just so you know, in our Class Twenty, the fastest ones took at least five days," Lan Bing'er said with frustration. "Only the classes ahead of us have people who can condense their Spirit Essence so quickly."
"Do you think you had a foundation from the start?" Lan Bing'er asked suspiciously.
"What foundation could I possibly have? I came here to learn; I really didn't understand anything at first," Ziyu said, scratching her nose. Although she had learned some information here and there, she truly knew nothing at the beginning.
"Hehe, it seems we've struck gold! You need to work hard on your cultivation. In six months, there will be a Class Competition in September, and in October, there will be a competition for all the new students. We need to achieve good results!" Lan Bing'er revealed some news.
"A competition?" Ziyu asked in confusion. Did the Mystic Practitioner Academy also hold competitions?
"That's right..." Lan Bing'er explained...
It turned out that to encourage everyone to strive for improvement, the Mystic Practitioner Academy had organized a competition.
The top ten would serve as captains, and each person's guide and lower-level members would form teams, followed by internal selection within the class.
The top three in the class will advance to this year's competition, and at this moment, the squad is facing the formidable squad of the entire academy's current year.
There will be rewards for the final rankings.
"Are you saying that after September, I might be in a team with you to participate in that competition?" Ziyu confirmed again.
"Not might, but definitely," Lan Bing'er squinted her eyes. "You, along with seven others, make up a squad."
"Uh... the captain must be really strong, right?" Ziyu asked.
"That's about the gist of it," Lan Bing'er smiled. "Every team has its weak points; as long as we work well together, there shouldn't be any major issues."
"Our team won't have any weak members," Ziyu said. "Anyway, I'm not going to be the one holding us back."
"Hmph... do you really think you can catch up to me?" Lan Bing'er said proudly.
"It shouldn't be too difficult..." Ziyu calculated briefly. "If the competition is in September, I should be able to catch up to you by July."
"If we also consider practicing various Mystical Arts..." Ziyu pondered, "I could say that by August, I would be on par with you in terms of strength."
"Hmph, just bragging. We'll see about that," Lan Bing'er waved her small fist.
[End of Chapter]
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