Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 321 Summoner and Awakening Temple

An hour later, the carriage caravan arrived in front of a tall stone temple.

This stone palace seems to have been built for giants; the palace gate alone is at least five meters high.

The crowd dismounted from the carriage in an orderly fashion, then lined up in order to wait for the middle-aged priest to give his instructions.

Once Su Nan and the others had lined up, they nimbly jumped down from the top of the carriage.

The middle-aged priest glanced at Su Nan with suspicion. "You are...?"

"How come I've never seen you before? And you even jumped off my carriage."

He felt that he had never met Su Nan.

Su Nan used a virtual machine to transform herself into a vampire count, and then looked at him, their pupils meeting.

The other person's pupils dilated without them even realizing it.

Hypnotizing someone with a mental strength of only 3 is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut for someone like Su Nan.

Su Nan said, "You've seen me before."

The middle-aged priest nodded, looking puzzled. "Hmm, I suddenly remember you. You're such a naughty child; how could you get on the roof of my car? That was too dangerous."

"Furthermore, if other priests see you doing this, you'll be scolded, and might even have your awakening qualification revoked. Alright, everyone, let's enter the Awakening Temple. You little rascal, the other priests aren't as easy to talk to as I am."

"You need to follow the rules."

Su Nan glanced at him in surprise. He hadn't expected that the first summoner priest he'd encountered in this world would be such a kind-hearted person.

Some teenagers were whispering that Priest Uru was as easy to talk to as ever.

The priest Uru led them into the Temple of Awakening. Inside the Temple of Awakening, there were stone slabs, each covered with many strange and grotesque creatures.

Su Nan was very curious about this.

When he entered the temple, he sensed that there was a barrier inside. It seemed that one could only enter the barrier by wearing badges made of some special substance that the boys and girls wore.

The barrier was surprisingly complex, and both the AI ​​and Su Nan noticed that its style was completely different from the magic found in mainstream wizarding society.

This meant that Su Nan needed to spend more time analyzing the barrier.

All the boys and girls went inside, but Su Nan was still standing at the entrance of the Awakening Temple. Inside, a priest was looking at Su Nan with a questioning gaze.

If it weren't for Su Nan's age, which is exactly the age for awakening, or even a little younger, this priest would probably have thought Su Nan was a spy or something.

When Priest Uru saw that Su Nan was not coming in for a long time, he grabbed Su Nan's arm.

"Hey kid, this is the day when we ordinary people have the best chance to defy fate. Why aren't you coming in yet? Don't anger those high-ranking officials of the Awakening Temple."

Did your parents leave you any instructions today?

Su Nan raised an eyebrow. In the Prime Material Plane, he was a high-ranking first-ring wizard and the Storm Lord, yet no one dared to speak to him in such a tone.

But considering how much he cared about her, she decided to forgive him.

"My parents are both dead," Su Nan said truthfully. He was trying to break the temple's barrier as quickly as possible, so he was doing his best to delay.

Su Nan suddenly looked at the priest holding his arm, his eyes brightening slightly. Taking advantage of the priest's momentary distraction, he grabbed his hand and entered the temple.

"So that's how it is. When two people make contact, as long as one of them holds the special badge for entering the temple, they can enter the temple," Su Nan thought.

Father Uru seemed lost in thought, and sighed, "He was a pitiful child too."

He looked at Su Nan and said, "Then I need to give you a few words of advice."

"First, most people fail to awaken, so even if you fail, it's not a big deal. There are many other jobs in this life for us to do, and being a priest is not the only job worth our effort."

"Secondly, during the awakening ceremony, try your best to remain fearless. Otherwise, it will increase the chance of failure."

"Third, what is the Summoner's motto?"

Su Nan listened attentively, after all, he was completely unaware of this flat and round world, and Father Uru in front of him probably did not expect that he was talking to an "alien".

Su Nan shook his head.

Father Uru sighed. "You don't even know that? Well, let me tell you, the summoner's motto is—a summoner's power comes from willpower! We use courage to resist fear!"

Su Nan raised an eyebrow. This kind of basic education in this plane actually best reflects the characteristics of the power system in this plane.

Willpower?

Su Nan had some guesses.

This plane has undoubtedly remained unaffected by external influences for thousands of years, and has been developing independently ever since.

Therefore, this plane, spanning three million square kilometers, with its abundant magical tides, unique geographical environment, and special plane products, may have already developed its own distinctive civilization system.

This system should be called the Summoner System.

Su Nan also noticed that the monster stone slabs in this Awakening Stone Hall were not ordinary stones.

From a spiritual perspective, these stone slabs all possess a special spirituality.

After Father Uru finished explaining himself, he left. Su Nan then looked at the young man participating in the awakening in the stone hall.

All the youths went to the altar in the center of the stone hall and placed their hands on a blank stone slab. It seemed that nothing would happen to those without the necessary aptitude.

For qualified individuals, a bright blue light will appear on the stone slab; the more dazzling the light, the higher their qualification.

However, after observing the aptitude tests of the previous thirty-odd people, Su Nan discovered that this aptitude is absolutely positively correlated with the level of innate mental strength.

Basically, to be considered a potential summoner, one must have a natural mental strength higher than 1 by the age of eighteen.

If it's only 1, then it just means that one has relatively good mental strength among ordinary people, but cannot become a summoner.

Su Nan noticed that this proved that in the Summoner society, there weren't many proactive methods to improve one's mental strength; there were only passive methods. Otherwise, simply giving these commoner teenagers a rudimentary meditation method would have raised their mental strength to over 1.

This summoner society, even compared to the wizarding civilization of more than two thousand years ago, is as rudimentary as the difference between the agricultural and industrial ages.

However, what Su Nan was concerned about was that whether it was the flower dragon protecting this plane, the being that prevented him from receiving feedback from magical fluctuations, or the barrier at the entrance of this temple, which was also very complex... their power levels were all quite good.

This indicates that the upper echelons of this summoner society possess power comparable to, or even equal to, a first-ring senior wizard, or even a second-ring wizard.

Soon, Su Nan realized that it was her turn.

He stood before the blank stone slab, without using hypnotic magic to hypnotize the priests and escape unscathed.

After all, by blending into the crowd, one has the idea of ​​making contact with and awakening the fundamental power of this world through a ritual.

Under the watchful eyes of the Uru priest and three other priests of the Awakened Temple, Su Nan placed his palm on the blank stone slab, allowing the AI ​​to perform a test, while also suppressing most of his mental energy.

Even so, the blank stone slab still emitted a dazzling light.

The entire blank stone slab was shaking violently. At that moment, many images appeared in Su Nan's mind: human-faced lions, harpies, moth demons... and other monsters.

All the stone slabs in the Temple of Awakening even showed a tendency to vibrate.

Su Nan raised his eyebrows. He even saw a vision: a firebird burning in the sky was bound by chains, and after discovering itself, it cried out, seemingly asking him to help it break free of its restraints.

But soon, the illusion vanished.

The priest Uru and three other priests looked at Su Nan in disbelief, then they were overjoyed.

"That radiance... he's a born summoner genius."

"All the stone slabs just now vibrated, which means that he can establish a mental connection with most of the magical beasts and share their power."

Su Nan finally understood; this was the power of this society and this civilization. Summoners could draw upon the power of their summoned beasts, therefore willpower was the most important attribute.

However, this system is even more susceptible to having its power usurped than the shamanic system I encountered back then.

It's rather rudimentary.

Su Nan felt that if this system encountered a slightly more mature civilization, it would be easily crushed and humiliated.

But this is none of my business anymore.

All I need to do is find the resources in this dimension that can help me break through to the second ring; everything else is fine.

Su Nan looked at the priests with delighted smiles on their faces. It seemed that he had successfully infiltrated the temple.

Finding resources on your own is too slow. You can directly display your "talent" and make the temple mistakenly believe that you are a genius, so that you can understand the world through the temple.

(End of this chapter)