Chapter 238: Chapter 146: Advancing to Level 1 Crystallization, the Succubus Bloodline Manifests
This Mithril was clearly the fruit of the Turin People’s labor during their occupation of the mining area.
A full twenty kilograms, far exceeding the Mithril content Pei Ze had previously guessed.
Moreover, he had the Hill Dwarves survey the area, and they found that the entire silver vein was only just over halfway mined.
In other words, they could smelt at least another ten to twenty kilograms of Mithril from it.
Including the amount mined back when the resource point was still under Red Maple City’s control, the entire silver vein contained at least fifty kilograms of Mithril.
This already surpassed the vast majority of silver veins.
Pei Ze finally understood why the Turin People valued this resource point so much, even going so far as to station a Fourth-Class Priest here.
It was a pity that all their efforts had now become his spoils of war.
"One kilogram of Mithril is 2,300 contribution points, so twenty kilograms is 46,000 contribution points."
Pei Ze took a sharp breath, finally suppressing the wild joy in his heart.
According to the rules set by Red Maple City, half of all profits from developing a resource point had to be turned over.
But this twenty kilograms of Mithril was something he had obtained from the Winter Frost Priest. It was considered spoils of war and didn’t require him to hand over a single bit.
The 46,000 contribution points belonged entirely to him.
’It’s true what they say, you can’t get rich without a windfall.’
’This many contribution points is more than enough for me to break through to Second-level Wizard!’
Pei Ze was filled with delight.
’There are enough contribution points to buy the Thunder Beast, too.’
’Once the mining operations are fully on track, I’ll have Su Ya go to Linfeng City to buy the Thunder Beast. Then I can start extracting its bloodline to strengthen my constitution.’
Pei Ze’s mood brightened even more at the thought of his power about to experience another surge.
He had already worked out the technique for using the Thunder Beast’s blood to strengthen his body. He was just waiting for the blood to be ready, and he could begin the enhancement at any time.
Su Ya and Peng Yan were following up on matters at the mine, so Pei Ze didn’t need to intervene. He devoted all his attention to cultivation.
...
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, two months had passed.
Work at the mine proceeded in an orderly fashion, and the Mithril extraction was going very smoothly.
Pei Ze had originally prepared to repel the Turin People if they came to reclaim the resource point, but unexpectedly, the enemy made no move after that.
Perhaps they didn’t want to waste their forces on a resource point that was already half-depleted.
However, Pei Ze was happy with this outcome, spending all his days buried in cultivation at the mine.
Just as he had predicted, after spending two months consuming the four Sacred Spirit Buds and eliminating the corrosion from the Power of Faith, his Spirit level smoothly rose to 64, reaching the limit of the liquefaction stage.
All that was left was to condense his Spiritual Power and complete the crystallization to break through and advance once more.
’All-Knowing, check my current status.’
Inside the stone building, Pei Ze sat cross-legged on the floor, reciting the command in his mind.
[Spirit: 64.00]
[Constitution: 48.24]
A slight smile touched Pei Ze’s lips as he looked at the data fed back to him.
He hadn’t neglected his cultivation of the All-Knowing Breathing Technique during this time either.
Catalyzed by the explosive growth of his Spirit level, his progress with the All-Knowing Breathing Technique had advanced by leaps and bounds. He had already broken through to the fifth layer over half a month ago.
On the second day after his breakthrough, Pei Ze had conveniently upgraded the Energy Gathering Magic Tattoo to an Upper-Level Magic Tattoo.
’With two more points in my Spirit level, I should be able to upgrade the Aegis to an Upper-Level Magic Tattoo as well.’
Pei Ze smiled slightly, took out a Faith Crystal, and calmed his mind, preparing to condense his Spiritual Power.
Having already experienced liquefying his Spiritual Power, he was much more familiar with the process this time and smoothly consumed the first Faith Crystal.
’All-Knowing, check my current status.’
[Spirit: 64 (Crystallization Progress: 7.24%)]
[Constitution: 48.24]
’A little over seven percent.’
’At this rate, it’ll take a total of 14 Faith Crystals to complete crystallization.’
Pei Ze nodded to himself.
He had already refined the Divine Statue and the Sacred Artifact he obtained from conquering the resource point into Faith Crystals, five in total.
Including the ones he had before, he now had a total of 22 Faith Crystals on hand—more than enough to complete the crystallization.
Without hesitation, Pei Ze immediately took out another Faith Crystal and continued to condense his Spiritual Power.
The entire condensation process lasted for more than two full days.
It wasn’t until noon on the third day that Pei Ze finally completed the crystallization of his Spiritual Power.
At this moment, the Spirit Crystal deep within his mind was no longer hollow as it had been before. It had transformed into a complete crystal, radiating a mesmerizing, magnificent light within his Sea of Consciousness.
’I’m finally a Level 1 Crystalized Wizard.’
A smile appeared on Pei Ze’s face.
’Next is to continue raising my Spirit level and prepare to form the second Spirit Crystal.’
The process of forming the second Spirit Crystal was similar to the first. Ultimately, it was about accumulating enough Spiritual Power and then condensing it into a crystalline form once again.
The only difference was that this time, he wouldn’t need the assistance of Li Xin Water or a Substitute Spirit. Instead, he would need to use a wondrous item called an Energy Absorption Stone Mother.
This wondrous item was sold at the exchange.
A single Energy Absorption Stone Mother was worth 8,800 contribution points, more expensive than even a Refined Gold Golem.
However, considering that it could increase the success rate of advancing to a Second-level Wizard, the price no longer seemed so outrageous.
’The effect of the Visualization Secret Technique combined with the resonance potion has already dropped to a 0.2 level increase. I estimate that after advancing to Second-level Wizard, the resonance potion will probably have no effect at all. I’ll have to find new replacement resources then.’
’And the Sacred Spirit Buds... the last one only increased my level by 1.89. I estimate that after taking about ten more, they’ll lose their effect completely.’
Every Wizard faced this problem.
No matter how effective a wondrous item or potion was, its effects would gradually diminish with repeated use.
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