Wizard's Journey

Chapter 161 The Penitent Prison

Ten days later.

In the empty laboratory, Green sat quietly under the magic lamp, his eyes focused and calm, while the intermittent scratching sound of pen tip on paper came from the experimental table.

Activating the silence barrier of the Demon Hunter Castle isolated him from the colorful and chaotic sounds of the outside world, and Green's heart also became peaceful and completely calmed down.

Green sat at the experimental table, holding a quill pen. His mental energy, like a tendril, entangled around the quill pen as he traced the words of the devil's contract. At the same time, he controlled himself as an observer, recording the strange emotions that stirred his soul, hoping to use the wisdom of a wizard to piece together and decipher the wonders of these soul words.

After his soul underwent a qualitative change upon advancing to a formal wizard, Green discovered that the soul characters on the Devil's Contract could indeed influence the soul fluctuations of living beings, allowing them to discern the true meaning within. Some hidden soul information would change in various ways depending on the combination of the characters.

It's like...

This is another runic civilization with a different way of understanding and interpreting things from a different place.

These runes are not a combination of runes used by wizards to study the rules of the endless world, but rather a combination of runes used by a civilization from another world to study the soul. They must contain some knowledge and theoretical systems belonging to a unique soul civilization from that other world.

Green was somewhat excited. If he could find the otherworld of the Dark Flame God, and if he could follow the wizarding world's demon-hunting expedition to invade it, he would do everything in his power to collect the knowledge of the soul runes of that otherworld.

Right now, Green still plans to focus on his research and see if he can find any unexpected insights.

Three hourglasses later.

A slave dressed in neat white clothes gently knocked on the door of Green's laboratory and whispered, "Master, your dinner is ready."

Green stopped what he was doing and said softly without turning his head, "Okay, I understand."

Then, without expression, Green walked past the lackey and ascended the stairs to the first-floor hall of the Demon Hunter Castle. A lavish, exotic dinner was laid out on a long table with two sets of cutlery. Little Eight was pacing restlessly across the narrow table, sternly directing the two Dewdrop Flower spirits to arrange all the delicacies and wines neatly, behaving like an unconventional version of the Viscount's head steward.

"Cough cough."

Green coughed twice, and the little myna on the dining table immediately looked up at Green, who was walking slowly down the stairs. The myna spread its wings and flew into the dimensional gap, appearing on Green's shoulder the next moment. To outsiders, the whole process seemed as if it had appeared out of thin air.

The myna bird flattered, "My great master Green, these dishes were all prepared and cooked under your loyal supervision. There was absolutely no skimping on the ingredients, and they suit your taste perfectly."

"Hmph, I suppose it suits your taste." Green sat at the table, chuckling as he wrapped a napkin around his neck.

"Ah... Haha, Master, you're really joking."

The myna bird glanced awkwardly at Green, then, seeing Green's strange half-smile, it spread its wings and flew towards its cutlery, choosing to ignore Green altogether to escape its embarrassment.

Green shook his head and said nothing more. After drinking half a glass of appetizer juice, he picked up his utensils and began to eat.

Seven days ago, Green had successfully used the properties of the Soul Seed to subdue the green-skinned minion soul slave. This was Green's first time subduing a soul slave who was completely subordinate to his will through his own independent will, unlike Xiao Ba who relied on an accident.

Through this subjugation of soul slaves, Green could clearly sense that he should be able to split his soul seed four more times. In other words, Green could at most have five soul slaves completely under his control at the same time, and the strength of the soul seed was closely related to his own mental strength.

Lou Ken stood quietly behind Green and Xiao Ba, his withered green face devoid of any emotion, displaying only absolute obedience.

As for the two Dewdrop Flower Spirits, Green merely used wizarding methods to control them, indirectly having Little Eight keep them in check; they were not soul slaves.

After finishing his simple meal, Grimm glanced at Little Eight, who was sprawled out on the chair with its eyes closed, looking utterly unrefined and stroking its green belly fur, appearing extremely content after a full meal. He smiled. Quietly wiping the food crumbs from the corners of his mouth with a napkin and rinsing his mouth, Grimm got up and walked towards a laboratory he had set up in the Demon Hunter Castle specifically for the passive evolution of his delicious captives.

After the two owners finished eating, Lou Ken dutifully cleaned up all the tableware and began preparing the food for the next meal.

squeak...

Green opened the door and turned on the magic lamp next to him, instantly illuminating the entire room with bright light.

This is a six-star magic circle filled with strange runes. The six energy nodes of the magic circle are six high platforms with grooves for embedding energy stones. At the center of the magic circle is a stone chair that resembles an interrogation room, where numerous magical runes converge.

Green walked to a long table on the outer edge of the laboratory's magic circle and opened the experiment log. There was a red cross next to the fire element symbol.

"Hmm, is today's dessert the Power of Thunder...?"

Green muttered a half-joking remark to himself, first checking the energy levels of the six energy nodes of the six-star magic array in the laboratory, then taking a deep breath and removing all his clothes. His wild and strong body was exposed to the air, his fiery and vibrant life force radiating outwards. Then, with a cruel and resolute look in his eyes, he sat down on the stone chair.

Almost simultaneously, Green pressed a button on the armrest of the stone chair without hesitation.

Squeak!

Lightning currents coursed across the stone chair.

"Hmm..." Green let out a long, soft moan.

After a dozen or so breaths, Green finally released the button. The sparks flashing on his skin and his wildly frizzy hair drastically altered his appearance, and his body trembled instinctively. Taking a deep breath, Green mentally prepared himself and then pressed the button hard again.

Squeak...

……

Half an hourglass time later.

After enduring three electric shocks, Green finally awoke from his unconscious weakness, and his blurred vision gradually began to clear.

Green felt that every cell in his body was struggling desperately, constantly training and regulating itself.

She shook her head, and her frizzy golden hair slowly fell down as the electricity dissipated.

After tidying himself up, Green dragged his weak body to put on his clothes, then sat quietly on the ground and began to meditate.

Breathing gradually became steady.

After the "passive evolution," Green's weakened body undergoes meditation, which is the most time-efficient and effective time management strategy. This is because after the passive evolution, Green's body will experience a brief period of weakness, similar to the effects of poison-based body tempering, before the cells gradually replenish their energy and begin self-adaptive evolution.

Two hourglasses later.

After finishing his meditation, Green's body had recovered from its weakness. He felt that his body cells had become slightly more resistant to the power of lightning. Satisfied, he left the laboratory called "Torture Prison".

Alchemy Laboratory.

Grimm's Elemental Staff 1.0 Enhanced Version: Grimm's staff was designed and made according to the most basic alchemy process of traditional elemental wizard magic staffs, and then some self-adjustments and enhancements were made.

An elemental wizard's wand is generally divided into two parts: the wand body and the wand head.

The purpose of the magic wand is to guide the power of nature. When elemental wizards use the magic wand to cast spells, they can more easily communicate with the power of nature, thereby conserving their magic power and even accelerating their own magic power recovery.

This contains the wizard's deepest understanding of alchemy.

The magic wand with the dragon head is a magical artifact created by wizards through the guidance of magic circle runes and the purification of precious magical materials. It seals and fixes magical spells and enhances the attack power of elemental magical spells. It contains the wizard's knowledge of magic circles, alchemical material combinations, and magical spells.

After observing the smelting reaction of the magic wand's body for a while in the alchemy furnace, Grimm nodded, replaced it with a magic stone with sufficient energy, and sat down in front of the experimental table. He picked up a carving knife from the table, dipped it in a pool of red, unknown blood ink from a sealed container, and began to carve the magic circle rune design on a purple gemstone no bigger than a fist, according to the design of the magic circle runes on the huge scroll on the table.

Green needs to use his knowledge and rune design to permanently inscribe a sealing magic circle on the Purple Flame Stone, based on some of its natural patterns and materials.

This Purple Flame Stone will be the key to the future enhancement of the Grimm Elemental Staff 1.0.

After an hour and a half, Green, having completed the task as stipulated, gently put down his carving knife, rubbed his slightly sore eyes, stretched, and his bones made a series of crisp "crackling" sounds.

After checking that there were no problems with the smelting materials in the alchemy furnace, Green thought for a moment and then flew directly out of the laboratory.

As he flew, Green pondered his plans.

"The Face of Truth Project needs to begin forging after the Elemental Staff 1.0 Enhanced Version is completed, and the research on lightning patterns can only proceed after the Endless Eye of Truth sorcery is incorporated into the Face of Truth. The research on the power of annihilation requires purchasing the designed experimental materials and constructing experimental equipment before preliminary research can be attempted. However, if we want to truly begin the in-depth analysis of the power of annihilation, the water-fire clash annihilation magic array must be set up in reality, which is unlikely to happen in the next few years."

I hesitated for a moment.

Green pondered, "However, as a base for the wizarding world's external conquests, the knowledge of voodoo here should be much more comprehensive than in Blacksota. I could even consider using my magic essence to temporarily exchange for some voodoo recipes with other wizards. And coincidentally, my absolute advantage in mixing poisons to refine my body lies in not requiring the accuracy of the voodoo formula. In this way, buying non-toxic recipes without spending a long time researching them myself is a feasible way to save a lot of time in the short term."

"At least, it's a viable path during the low-level demon hunter wizard stage. It will save you a lot of time to study advanced elemental knowledge and also increase your ability to survive during the downtime of your elemental magic skills," Green added.

(End of this chapter)