I, Lord of Prayer

"An advanced secret ritual..."

Zhou Chen leaned back in his chair, lost in thought. 👮🎈 6➈𝐬𝓗у𝐱.ⒸＯ𝐦 ♘🐟

The Star Mango is precious not only because it can repair the soul, but also because it can advance an Ascended One to the next level without any side effects, with the limit being the fourth level.

This is also why the Papacy is powerful, yet targeted by various organizations. No one wants to see them become too powerful. The Papacy is in a rather miserable situation, having to sell five star mangoes every year, and secretly giving away a few more. At the end of the year, it would be considered a bumper harvest if they could keep three or four mangoes on hand.

This resulted in the Holy See not having as many fourth-tier ascendants as one might imagine, but they didn't care. The fourth-tier ascendants who were promoted by Star Mango... well, to put it simply, were mostly empty titles without the actual strength of a fourth-tier cultivator. In short, they were just imposters. They were good at putting on a show, but when it came to serious matters, they would cause trouble.

Therefore, the Holy See has now changed its focus and started using Star Mangoes to cultivate low-level geniuses. It rarely bestows Star Mangoes on third-level ascendants, unless they are just one step away from advancement. Otherwise, even if the Pope's great-uncle came, he wouldn't be able to get a Star Mango.

It's worth mentioning that the best time to use Star Mango is when you're upgrading from the first to the second tier, because at this point, nothing else matters; whether you can advance depends entirely on your mental strength.

Zhou Chen had read the information. If it was just about advancing, with his current merits and the items he had taken from the Eternal Flame warehouse, he would have enough to exchange for a complete advancement ritual.

However, this is only the basic version, not a customized limited edition. It can only be upgraded, and cannot develop additional abilities, which is a bit of a waste.

Each Ascended One's extraordinary abilities can be developed into derivative abilities through learning and growth, but this requires a certain amount of talent and a lot of time, so Ascended Ones begin to focus their efforts elsewhere.

One of the products is the Advanced Secret Ritual.

—To be precise, it is a customized advanced secret ritual.

It is described as tailor-made because the direction of the derived abilities can be chosen by the individual.

For example, if a fire-type ascendant wants to go for a violent approach, then it's best to use materials with explosive attributes as the main materials; if they want to go for a sustained output approach, they should use materials that can burn stably as the main materials.

This is the general approach. To go into more detail, if you spend enough money, you can even get the specific abilities you want.

For example, if a spiritual ascendant's extraordinary ability is merely an ordinary abundance of spiritual power, it is undoubtedly a useless ability.

However, if you add a Dementor's eyeball as the main material to the advanced ritual, along with various other materials, there's a chance to gain a mental ability such as mind control, hypnosis, or mind manipulation. This instantly transforms a useless ability into a top-tier, powerful one. •°¤*(¯`★´¯)*¤° 69𝔰𝓗𝔲𝓧.¢𝐨ᗰ °¤*(¯´★`¯)*¤°•.

—If it weren't for the fact that a Dementor's eyeball costs around nine million on the market, many spiritual ascendants would probably have already taken action.

This only includes the main materials; it doesn't include auxiliary materials or the cost of hiring an alchemist.

That's why the advanced secret rituals can bankrupt every ascendant. Although it requires spending a lot of money, who wouldn't want to have more abilities?

Zhou Chen also wanted to, but he hadn't decided which path he wanted to take.

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He scratched the orange cat on his head, looking somewhat troubled, and asked, "Do you have any recommendations for advanced training?"

"Your fire attacks are mental attacks, so I suggest you enhance your explosive power, like the bombs you created in Blue Diamond Manor, which can cause large-scale mental attacks."

Jiang Che took a proposal out of the drawer and handed it to Zhou Chen.

He opened it and saw that it outlined several advanced paths for him, listing the advantages and disadvantages in detail, and even providing recommended materials for each path.

Zhou Chen looked up in astonishment, opening his mouth to ask, "Did you stay up all night to make this?"

He felt inexplicably touched. He hadn't expected Jiang Che to help him plan his advancement, which was an extremely brain-intensive and massive project. More importantly, it was this gesture of kindness...

"It only took twenty minutes." Jiang Che took a sip of coffee casually, just like the top student in class pointing to a difficult question and saying: This question is very simple, it only took me twenty seconds.

Damn it, she got me... Zhou Chen silently finished reading the proposal, then looked at her suspiciously: "You're not an alchemist, are you?"

"No, I'm not." Jiang Che shook his head. "I just have a lot of theoretical knowledge."

"Isn't it the same thing!"

He understands the theory and is a telekinetic ascendant, so his practical skills are bound to be good. As long as he implants the conversion matrix and gets certified, he will be a formal alchemist.

Moreover, they can help him plan his advancement path and even write out the materials... This is beyond the scope of an ordinary alchemist!

"What direction are you planning to pursue?" Jiang Che asked.

"Let me think about it some more..." After reading the proposal, Zhou Chen was still hesitant. This was a life-long matter and required careful consideration.

Besides, he wasn't in a hurry. Although his soul hadn't recovered yet, it had long passed the danger period, and he could wait for a while.

"By the way, have all the people in the Eternal Chamber of Commerce building been rescued?" Zhou Chen suddenly thought of this.

"They've all been rescued, and there were no injuries. They're receiving treatment and psychological counseling, and they'll be able to go home and reunite with their families in a few days."

"It's good that they're out." Zhou Chen nodded.

If he went to participate in the mission, he would definitely be able to get a lot of wish points from those people, right? But he didn't feel that he was losing anything. He was just a weak, pitiful and helpless first-level ascendant. He was not a god and could not take care of everyone.

The most important thing is that those people escaped safely and can return home to reunite with their families as soon as possible.

At this moment, Jiang Che changed the subject and said, "This morning, I contacted Duke Elizabeth Ilya. He expressed his deepest gratitude to you, and then I hinted to him that you were preparing to advance your secret ritual. So he immediately decided to take care of all the materials you need for your advancement ritual."

Zhou Chen's eyes widened. Was this an attempt to fleece Duke Elizabeth Ilya?

No, no, no, no... How can you call it fleecing? This is Duke Elizabeth's gift of gratitude for saving his daughter!

Wait a minute, does that mean I don't have to worry about the materials for advancing mystical instruments? As long as I choose the advancement direction, I can just wait for the mystical instruments to come to me?

Is there such a good thing?

Jiang Che glanced at Zhou Chen, who was grinning foolishly, and dispelled his daydream: "Listen carefully, I have a task for you."

Zhou Chen's heart skipped a beat. Before he could ask, he heard Jiang Che say, "For a long time to come, Eileen Elizabeth will be staying in Jinzhu. You will be her bodyguard and show her modern life."

"?" Zhou Chen tilted his head, almost knocking the little orange hairpin off his head.

"The royal lady's personal bodyguard? No... why do you want me to be her bodyguard?" Zhou Chen asked, puzzled.

Jiang Che calmly said, "Don't overthink it, you're just bait."