Above the mage

Chapter 189 Ascending Ring

The Spirit Ascension Water, which Rachel had originally predicted would arrive in three days at the earliest and a week at the latest, was not collected by Gao De until the 20th of Frost Moon.

"It was supposed to take at most a week, but something unexpected happened."

As Committee Member Rachel handed the Ascending Water to Gao De, she explained:

"It seems that the Holy Empire has been discovered to be making some moves at the border. The capital has been on high alert for the past ten days or so, so they haven't had the time to process the academy's application."

"The Holy Empire?" Upon hearing this, Gao De subconsciously frowned.

After a year of study at Cyrus Academy, he was no longer the clueless "country bumpkin" he once was, and he clearly understood what this meant.

"It should just be that a few mages from the Holy Empire Legion happened to be passing by, and the border scout mages got too nervous and reported it directly."

Committee member Rachel shrugged and said, "After all, this is the Holy Empire, so it's not an exaggeration to be nervous."

"However, the alert was lifted in the capital two weeks after it was sounded."

"It should be a false alarm."

"Sean is, after all, one of the principalities that is relatively far from the border of the Holy Empire."

"Even if the Holy Empire is really preparing to expand its influence to the borders of the Plantagenet Dynasty, its first target should not be Sean."

"There are still several duchies between Sean and the Holy Empire."

That is precisely why the alert was lifted so quickly.

No matter how you look at it, even if the Holy Empire takes action, the Duchy of Sien will not be the first to be affected.

Gao De, who had taken the course "Geography of Nolan Continent and Geography of War," thought the same way. He nodded in agreement, stopped thinking about it, and took the Ascending Water from Committee Member Rachel's hand.

Cultivation Building, Registration Counter.

Today, the staff member here is a young female mage wearing a student uniform. It seems that she has been assigned by the academy to "work and study".

Gao De handed over his identification badge along with the application form given to him by He west.

"Help me open a level three cultivation room."

The female mage, who hadn't paid much attention at first, suddenly perked up upon hearing this, her face showing surprise.

"A third-tier training room?" she confirmed.

"Yes," Gao De nodded, "the application is here."

The female mage took the application and glanced at it. The reason written on it was: Ring Enhancement.

No wonder. She suddenly realized.

After the female mage checked the application form, she took Gao De's identity badge, flipped through the booklet, arranged a training room for Gao De, and said, "Training room number 3 on the fourth floor. Once inside, just swipe your identity badge to activate the magic node array."

Gao De nodded slightly, and then, following the stairs, ascended to the fourth floor of the cultivation building that belonged only to Master Gao Huan for the first time.

He found his training room number 3 and skillfully activated the magic node array.

The concentration of magic power in the training room immediately surged at a visible rate, only stopping when it reached the threshold of 1034.

In the small training room, the magical energy was so dense that it was visible to the naked eye.

Gao De decisively sat down cross-legged and then took out the Water of Ascension.

The Ascension Water potion is dark red and viscous like lava.

Gao De's eyes narrowed slightly, and he immediately opened the medicine bottle.

Although the liquid of the Spirit Ascension Water has a very strong color, its smell is very light, almost imperceptible.

He took a deep breath, brought the medicine bottle to his lips, tilted his head back, and gulped it down.

The viscous liquid didn't clog the bottle; it flowed directly into Gaode's mouth.

A cool and smooth, jelly-like texture quickly fills Gaode's mouth.

It then slides down the throat and into the stomach.

A moment later, the viscous Ascending Spirit Water erupted in Gao De's stomach like magma.

The cool sensation instantly turned into intense heat, penetrating every vein in Gaode's body.

Gao De knew that this was the medicinal power of the Ascension Water, helping him to complete the first stage of the Ascension Cycle: cleansing his blood and increasing his vitality.

The powerful medicinal properties flowed throughout the body via the blood vessels.

Under the influence of the drug, Gao De's body seemed to have turned into a furnace, and his blood was gurgling like boiling water.

His body began to convulse involuntarily due to the high temperature.

Gao De's entire body was burning red, and steam was constantly rising from his pores.

These were the impure factors in his blood, which were now being expelled from his body.

The whole process lasted about fifteen minutes.

Apart from the intense heat being somewhat unbearable, everything went smoothly.

Gao De is only fourteen years old this year, which is the time when his blood and energy are at their peak, and he is in the golden period of advancing to the first ring mage.

Even without the aid of the Ascension Water, he would have a hard time failing in the first stage of the Ascension Ring.

The powerful medicinal properties of the Ascension Water were not depleted too much in the first stage.

Soon, they converged again, transforming into a surging torrent of heat that rushed directly into Gaode's lower abdomen.

That is where the magic resides.

After the surge of heat entered, the magical power within Gao De's body instantly became restless, forming a vortex of magical power that spun violently.

Every three hundred rotations of this vortex, a drop of clear liquid magic will seep out from the very bottom of the magic vortex.

The dense magical energy in the cultivation room, like clouds and mist, was guided into Gao De's body, constantly replenishing the magical vortex.

The second drop of liquid magic began to condense.

Then came the third drop, the fourth drop, and the fifth drop.

Soon, Gao De condensed the twenty drops of liquid mana needed for the ring upgrade.

He could clearly feel a fullness and heaviness in his lower abdomen, which was filled with magic power.

This indicates that his liquid magic has reached its current limit and cannot be improved any further for the time being.

With the combined assistance of the Spirit Enhancement Potion and the Tier 3 training room, the mana liquefaction process proceeded exceptionally smoothly without any unexpected incidents.

Gao De had no time for joy; instead, he pressed on with renewed vigor.

The medicinal power of the Ascending Spirit Water left its lower abdomen and continued to flow, heading straight for Gao De's mind.

With a loud bang!

A loud bang echoed in my head, and my mind instantly became clear.

Countless thoughts surged forth, chaotic yet clear.

A sense of déjà vu washed over Gao De.

He also went through this process when he was immersed in the deep sea of ​​his soul.

Is the purpose of cleansing and elevating the soul simply to eliminate mental distractions?

But this time, it's even worse.

Gaode's thinking has become increasingly insightful.

Gradually, he began to experience feelings that were completely different from before.

Gao De discovered that his perception had been elevated to an incredible level.

It was as if everything in the world had become clear.

Most importantly, he can now accurately perceive the total amount of mental energy he possesses.

100.

This is the starting standard mental strength value for a first-ring mage.

As if by divine inspiration, this number emerged from Gao De's perception when he was trying to describe the strength of his mental power.

This is the sign that the third stage of the ring-up process has been completed: "precise perception".

Because the soul had been immersed in the deep sea of ​​spiritual waters and cleansed, this step was much simpler than Gaode had imagined, and even went more smoothly than the previous two steps.

The medicinal power of the Ascending Spirit Water was so gentle that it allowed Gao De to easily eliminate distracting thoughts from his mental energy.

This step is actually the most difficult of the four steps in the ring-raising process.

Generally speaking, most Dharma apprentices progress faster in guided practice than in meditation.

Therefore, when they were upgrading their rings, their magical power had already reached the limit of the apprentice stage for a long time and was already perfectly smooth.

However, his mental strength has only just broken through to the third-level mage apprentice level, and his foundation is somewhat unstable.

Three of the four steps of the ring-raising process have been completed, leaving only the final step.

Open up a ring of stars!

(End of this chapter)