I asked you to be a mage, not to raise a nine-tailed fox

Chapter 522 Mina didn't know what kind of play the Purple-Clad Sister wanted to play either (5k, Happy Dragon Boat Festival~)

However, Mina thought it best to discuss the guiding stone tomorrow morning.

Mina lay back down, pulled the blanket over herself, and continued.

The next morning, Mina got up early and called all the other girls over.

Little Mengmeng transformed into a cute little girl, rubbing her eyes and looking like she hadn't woken up yet.

Mi Xiaohu, on the other hand, was very energetic, or rather, full of energy.

It's obvious that he's put a cold shield on himself.

"It's about to begin."

The guiding stone in Mina's hand burst forth with a bright light, and was directly activated by Mina.

The group had successfully entered the Inheritance Planet using the guiding stone, thinking it was just a stepping stone, a direction to guide them.

But at night, Mina had a sudden inspiration in her dream.

A guiding stone is not just a stepping stone.

Early in the morning, Mina called everyone over to activate the guiding stone.

As expected, the guiding stone responded to Mina.

A hazy gray gas rippled outwards, and in the distant small square, a figure in purple robes materialized.

Her gaze softened as she looked at the palace complex, then at Mina and the others.

"It's an illusion."

Ansana exclaimed excitedly.

As expected, Mina's mind worked faster; her words were already lost in the magic staff and robes.

Why didn't I think of the guiding stone?

The purple-clad phantom took a step and arrived beside Mina and the others.

Zi Yi didn't speak, but simply glanced at Mina with a stern face before walking into the palace complex with the same expression.

At first glance, it was as if it were a completely unfamiliar phantom of Mina.

But Mina had already nodded secretly.

I understand now, it's true at a glance.

It's definitely the Purple-Clad Sister herself operating it.

It's a feeling, a feeling that's completely hard to explain, but there's definitely a sense that "this phantom is controlled by the real person."

Following the purple-clad sister's illusory figure, they walked deeper into palaces that were completely inaccessible to Mina and her companions, yet the doors were opened for them.

I stood still in a spacious courtyard surrounded by all sorts of bizarre and wonderful elements.

A wave of his hand.

The entire courtyard seemed to extend outwards invisibly.

On the earth, small hills rise abruptly.

The water element transformed into a trickling stream, which cascaded down the hillside.

Flames rose, and a bonfire was lit.

Along the stream, lush vegetation and blooming flowers abound.

Just a few dozen small courtyards have undergone a dramatic transformation.

Lucia held her breath and looked up at the sky.

There, magical dragons formed from various bizarre and wondrous elements roam the sky.

At the center of those magical dragons, a small, gray sphere was spinning.

In just a few minutes, the purple-clad phantom transformed the entire courtyard.

Mina took a deep breath.

Mina once thought that reaching the Legendary level would bring her one step closer to the Purple-Clad Sister.

But after reaching the level of a demigod, he realized that he was still very far from being as good as the woman in purple.

Now, he already possesses combat power no less than the sixth level, but looking at the purple-clad sister, this one phantom, which has traversed countless distances and countless worlds, is far beyond Mina's imagination with just a casual wave of her hand.

Think back to before, back in Ansu, it was just a book that caught the attention of the Purple-Clad Sister, who pulled Mina's consciousness to the Elemental Land where she was.

How can I catch up with Sister Purple?

Eight floors?

Ninth floor?

What a joke.

this moment.

Mina's eyes held an unprecedented seriousness.

Zi Yi turned around and looked at the five little guys who were deeply shocked by her little display of skill. Especially when she saw Mina's shocked mouth agape, the corners of her mouth unconsciously curled up.

But he held back.

Hold on!

"What do you want to learn?"

She spoke softly, her gaze fixed on Mina.

What do you want to learn?
Can you learn whatever you want?

Mina thought about it again and again.

He wanted to learn the methods to reach higher levels.

It's not the eighth floor, not the ninth floor, but a higher floor.

Ten floors?

Do not!
It is a true star field, ten levels above, the height of the purple-clad sister.

He wanted to stand beside the woman in purple and see the same scenery as her.

"I want to relearn the basics."

That's right!

It's the basics.

Mina said directly, without any hesitation.

The basics are the basics.

If you want to reach higher and go further, you absolutely cannot do so without a super solid foundation.

Now, Mina has reached the sixth level, the pinnacle of the Heavenly Realm.

It can be said that his foundation is extremely solid among the many celestial realms, and even among most of the starlight.

But for Mina, who wanted to reach even higher levels, even the star systems...

These basics are still far from enough.

"Basic?"

Upon hearing Mina's answer, the corners of Ziyi's mouth could no longer be contained and a smile appeared on her lips.

Sure enough, every answer from this kid surprised her.

However, the answer that is "basic" is also the best answer in her mind.

“Everything’s foundation,” Mina said. “Let’s start with the very core.”

"it is good."

The woman in purple nodded.

Her gaze returned to the others.

Ansana, Lucia, Mi Xiaohu, and Xiao Mengmeng.

The four children nodded in unison, showing no objection whatsoever to Mina's words.

"Good foundation!" Lucia is the typical submissive type.

Ansana had no objections: "Sister Purple Robe, please re-establish our foundation!"

Although Mi Xiaohu and Xiao Mengmeng didn't understand why they had to relearn the basics instead of learning the more advanced Six-Stage Secret Technique, they understood Mina.

Let's start with the basics!
"Then everything begins with magic."

With a wave of her hand, the purple-clad phantom summoned countless magical powers.

"As the most fundamental power of the strong in this world, magic is actually one of the myriad energies in this world."

"Long, long ago, when this world was first created, magic did not exist. The power wielded by the strong beings of that time, the gods, was later called divine power. This divine power was transformed from the gray gas."

"Later, the god of magic created magic, further modifying the gray power and also altering divine power to make it more suitable for elemental fusion. Thus, magic was born..."

The woman in purple talked about the evolution of magic and the condensation of magic.

He then personally demonstrated to Mina and the others how to condense magic from the gray power.

And this was the first time Mina had learned about the rules by which this world operated.

Elements have their own rules, magic has its own rules, and the power of eccentricity also has its own rules.

In fact, these may all be branches of a single force.

But now, they have formed their own power system in this world and have taken a different path.

The five-stage elemental power involves continuously integrating elements into magic.

And that's basically the limit.

Simply incorporating elements is almost impossible to break through to the sixth level.

Some catalyst is needed for a qualitative change to occur.

And this trigger is the power of the gray mist.

It possesses some elemental properties and is the ancestor of magic, but it's not entirely accurate to say that it surpasses magic.

Under the same origin, all are equal.

Moreover, none of the three forces reach the level of the origin.

Only by completely fusing these three powers into one can one become a sixth-level being, and this is the first path to the star field.

Of course, there is more than one path to the star system.

Mastering the skills will break through those five barriers, allowing for a breakthrough as well.

Similar operation, mastering the three powers of magic element and gray mist.

By perfectly combining the three forces and unleashing their respective characteristics, it is also possible to break through that limit.

This world has an origin.

The origin of the world, the origin of the elements, and also the origin of magic.

The essence of the star field is to search for the origin.

If one can fuse the grayness, elements, and magic, there will naturally be a chance to find the source and complete a true transformation.

That was the beginning of the real change.

The so-called divine nature is also transformed from the origin.

The gods of the past could freely draw power from that source to refine their divine nature.

But the divine realm collapsed, and the origin was also hidden.

People can only search for it in vain.

Some say that the sacred spring is a continuation of the origin.

Some say that the sacred spring is the source of all things.

The Holy Spring in the Void Tower is indeed far more developed than that in Sin's Hill, which is probably related to its proximity to the source. Purple Robe spoke as her thoughts wandered.

All of this was something that Mina and the others had never heard of before.

His eyes lit up as he listened, as if he had finally grasped the underlying "code" of this world.

The world, elements, magic... what else is there besides these?
Is the origin beyond the star field?
Are the divine essences all refined origins, so they are not recognized by the ancient Ta'on and are refused entry through the passage?
Are star field powerhouses without godhood fragments more likely to find the origin and gain its recognition? Are they more efficient at absorbing the origin, so at this stage in the star field, those who have absorbed fewer godhood fragments grow faster?

This is completely the opposite of what happens under the star field.

Mina understood somewhat.

Sister in purple, An, none of you have absorbed any divine essence, so that's how it is.

Indeed, one should have a longer-term perspective.

Two days flew by.

Mina and her friends have learned so much in the past two days.

Start by learning the basics of magic and elements.

The six-stage overclocking and gray power techniques I learned from Sister Purple Robe in the Shattered Void Ruins were just the very basics, not even scratching the surface.

What we need to learn now is how to truly use these three powers.

Only after mastering the basics and becoming familiar with it can you integrate elements at will.

This is a gradual process.

This is a realm that most level-eight experts cannot access, but Mina and the other five have already begun the process of familiarizing themselves with it from the purple-clad phantom.

The six-stage meditation method allows you to overclock and perceive that hazy power.

The Mina Seven Stages can be activated at will, reaching a level that others cannot perceive, yet for the Seven Stages Meditation Method, it is as easy as breathing.

The power of grayness.

what exactly is it?
Mina was very curious.

Mina once suspected it was evil energy, demonic energy, or many other kinds of power.

But all of them were rejected by Ziyi.

The power of the gray mist is just that—the power of the gray mist. It is not all the powers that Mina was familiar with in Gutaorn.

Simply listening in class is not enough.

What you learn from books is never enough; you must put it into practice.

The magical dragons in the courtyard are no good; they lack wildness and must be hunted.

Moreover, all the fusion techniques used by everyone must contain the power of the ethereal realm; this is a prerequisite.

It's all about practicing the basics.

Start with the three forces, familiarize yourself with that rhythm, until it becomes instinctive.

Mi Xiaohu's instinct is to charge forward, but that's not going to work at all.

Even when using the power of the gems to unlock the full potential of its eight tails, it still requires the power of the gray mist.

This is especially true when using Blitz Charge.

Mi Xiaohu didn't understand at first.

Is it really necessary?
It's just activating the power of the tail gem, why use the power of the gray mist?

However, by sheer chance, she accidentally found the right ratio and activated it once, and the little fox became completely different.

It was a feeling of being one with the whole world.

Power surged forth continuously from her body, from her tail, and from the very depths of the world.

That feeling is different from absorbing and guiding external elements with elemental power.

The world is different.

It turns out that she was just a frog in a well all along!
boom!
A violent surge of power erupted.

It's still the power of five stages, the lightning strike of five stages.

But its power is completely different.

The magical dragon, which was originally invincible, was like a piece of paper in front of her.

With just a reach, he grabbed it.

With a gentle squeeze, the magical dragon burst into magical energy with a loud bang.

Infused with the power of the gray mist, it truly feels different.

Mina is studying the wind and thunder.

The Void Wind and Thunder Technique, which was originally used for traveling in the void, is no longer effective on this planet.

At the time, he thought that this thing could only be used in a near-vacuum environment.

On this planet of inheritance, the gravity is so strong and the gas is so abundant that, for various reasons, the Void Wind and Thunder Technique should no longer be used. But now it seems that this is not the case.

I'm just too bad at the game.

Does a change in energy structure prevent the smooth release of skills?
how is this possible.

Mina appeared kilometers away in a flash.

Not enough! This is still not enough.

The true nature of the void's winds and thunder is far more complex than this.

It contains too many mysteries...

However, Mina knew that there were many things she hadn't grasped simply because her understanding of the power of the gray mist was too shallow.

No, it's not just the three powers, but also the elements and magic; we have far too superficial understanding of them.

Only four paragraphs? That's too superficial!

However, if one continues to comprehend the elements, one will inevitably break through the Star Radiance and lose the benefits of the Celestial Realm.

Do we need to break through?

Mina suddenly hesitated.

If it were before arriving here, Mina would definitely have stopped the breakthrough without hesitation.

But now, Mina's mindset is different.

What is his current goal?
Eight or nine floors?

How could that be? It's a star field!
All the basic training they're doing now is aimed at the star field, or even higher levels, eight or nine layers. How could they possibly be satisfied with just that?

You can try suppressing it first...

Mina's eyes flickered.

He had already made a decision in his heart.

Continue to suppress it.

But this time, it's not for the so-called bonus drop rate.

But...

I want to see how much his combat strength has improved after these days of basic training.

Is the limit of the Heavenly Realm only six layers?

Seventh floor, eighth floor, or ninth floor!

Mina was eager to see how far he could go using the power of the Heavenly Domain.

Another two days passed.

Mina casually drained a magical dragon dry, and the woman in purple called him to her side.

"Sister, what can I do for you?"

The purple-clad phantom still refused to admit that it was a projection of the real purple-clad figure. Mina didn't know what kind of game her purple-clad sister was up to, but the sensible younger brother decided it was best not to expose her.

Zi Yi glanced at Mina, then said calmly, "Go to the canyon three hundred kilometers to the west, and use your epic staff to take down the monsters there in one blow."

Mina's eyes lit up. An epic staff?

Has the woman in purple finally allowed him to use epic equipment?
For the past four days, all of Mina and her companions' battles were fought without the use of equipment, relying almost entirely on their own physical strength to fight those monsters to the death.

But now, finally, an opening has been made, allowing Mina to use weapons.

Will you annihilate the monsters in the valley with a single blow?
300 meters to the west.

The void stirs with wind and thunder, open!

Wind and thunder swirled around Mina, and in the blink of an eye, Mina appeared dozens of kilometers away.

After three flashes, we arrived at the so-called canyon.

Looking down, the valley below was filled with magical energy.

Mina's lips curled into a smile.

Surprisingly, we encountered a monster that uses magical energy here.

He held his staff high in the air; normally, he wouldn't mind playing around with these magical creatures.

But now that the task has been given to resolve the issue in one strike, Mina has absolutely no chance of using a second attack.

Upon activating the Seven-Stage Meditation Method, the power of the Gray Mist was almost instinctively mobilized.

Although Mina and the others have approached or even surpassed Xinghui, their own cultivation time is still relatively short.

Many powerful beings have been using elemental power for tens of thousands of years or even longer.

That instinct is almost impossible to change.

But Mina was not like that.

In just four days, he had become familiar with the rhythm of that gray power.

Sometimes, it's even ingrained in one's instincts.

It was an ordinary little round ball, about the size of a ten-pound watermelon.

It was pitch black and had no luster whatsoever.

Mina didn't say anything and simply threw the small black ball out.

Then... he turned and ran.

The small black ball fell freely into the canyon and was seen by many monsters. Because it had no energy aura, it was not taken seriously by the monsters in the canyon.

Until, a mischievous monkey reached out.

The ape-like monster reached out and grabbed the small ball, scratching its head and trying to figure out what was inside.

But in that very instant...

A beam of light shone on the small sphere.

Red, blue, gray, earth tones.

Various colors lit up on its surface, piercing the surface of the small ball.

The energy within the canyon suddenly stagnated, collapsing towards the small sphere in an instant.

then……

It exploded with a bang.

The shockwave tore the monkey's body apart in an instant.

The body of that monster, comparable to a level seven monster, was reduced to dust.

The shockwave struck relentlessly in all directions, impacting all without discrimination.

It tore apart all life within a hundred meters.

But this is just the beginning.

(End of this chapter)