Chapter 229: First Star Sacrifice (First update 3500)
In the dark basement of the Hanning Mansion, six candles suddenly lit up.
The dim candlelight reflected on a figure wearing a camel-colored hooded robe and leaning on a black staff. The stern face flickered in the flickering candlelight.
In addition to this figure, one can vaguely see that the central part of the basement has been inlaid with silver metal to form a magic circle consisting of a hexagram and a circle with an area of about ten square meters.
There is a strange symbol on each corner of the hexagram.
These symbols represent the six major schools of thought: change, enchantment, life, evocation, spell, and prophecy.
In the center of the hexagram formation is an altar more than one meter high. On the altar are six small golden bottles. In each of the small bottles, there is a misty golden light band flowing through it.
The atmosphere was solemn and eerie, as if some evil ritual was being performed.
"Let's start." A calm and steady voice sounded in the basement.
Then the man took out a one-dollar coin and placed it on the symbol representing the school of enchantment.
Then, the man took out several other things and placed them on the symbols of each school.
"Master... isn't it a bit far-fetched to say that this coin represents the school of enchantment?" When only the last symbol had been placed on it, a weak voice sounded from the corner.
"How is it far-fetched?" The voice just now sounded, arguing confidently.
"This coin is just nickel-plated steel. Why is it worth one dollar? Isn't it the value humans have given it? Once a nickel-plated patch is made to look like a coin, everyone starts to think it's not a piece of iron, but money. What better representation of the school of enchantment than a coin?"
The hooded man reached out and took off his hood. It was Fang Yu, the only remaining arcane wizard in the world, the heir of Lorin Tower, the founder of Yuzu Technology, and the conqueror of multiple anime dimensions.
"B-but, even if the coin's meaning is correct, then this compass, playing cards, lighter, and Transformers..." Colorful spots of light appeared on Yuzu's body, and she was obviously very confused.
Fang Yu was very proud: "Of course Transformers represent transformation. Besides, where on Blue Planet can I find slimes as sacrifices?"
"The compass symbolizes direction and guidance. It can lead people to the right path, and it's a perfect match for the school of spells."
"Playing cards themselves can be used for divination, so why can't they represent a school of linguistics?"
"Lighters need no introduction, right? Energy conversion, of course, is the school of transmutation."
At this point, Fang Yu finally remembered and couldn't help but slap his forehead: "It's all your fault. I still have the last one left. Fortunately, I didn't forget, otherwise the spell failed because of your interruption."
After saying that, Fang Yu took out a small paper box from his pocket, and took out three small pieces of square plastic packaging connected together. He first placed all three pieces on the symbol of the School of Life, then thought about it, tore off two pieces and put them back in his pocket, leaving only one piece on top.
And on the plastic sheet, there are a few big letters printed: DUREX.
"Okay, everything is here. What should we do next?" Fang Yu patted Youzi, who was still confused beside him.
The colorful light on Yuzu's body lasted for three or four seconds before gradually disappearing. "It's very simple, Master. Infuse the altar with magic power, then chant the spell to summon the astral channel. The spell was given to you earlier."
Fang Yu nodded, took a deep breath, placed his hand on the magic circle in the center of the altar, and began to inject magic power into it.
Magic power continued to flow in, and the large magic circle made of silver metal on the ground lit up from the inside out.
This light is not just illumination, but it is as if the magic circle suddenly comes alive.
"Stellae deorum, audite vocem meam, Per caelos et terras, potentiam tuam voco. Lux et tenebrae, conjunctae in harmonia, Adveni et dona tua impartire." (Note 1)
Obscure spells echoed in the basement where the walls had turned to stone.
As Fang Yu chanted, the symbols representing the six schools in the outer circle of the magic circle also lit up at the same time!
The Transformers representing change and the playing cards representing prophecy suddenly caught fire with blue flames, followed by the coins, compass and lighter as well!
The newly bought disposable lighter did not explode in this blue flame, but melted slowly like other objects, like a candle!
Why is this Durex Life Capsule I just bought not working? If this doesn't represent life, what else can?
Just as Fang Yu was feeling anxious, a blue flame also appeared on the square-shaped life bag!
Even more intense than the others!
Fang Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, how could my judgment be wrong?
This is the bag of life. Over the past few decades, countless seeds of life have been buried here.
As the Transformers, lighters, playing cards, compasses, coins, and Durex burned, blue smoke continued to gather above the altar. As the smoke grew thicker, the energy fluctuations of the magic net above the altar became more intense, enveloping the blue smoke and forming a blue vortex!
"Buzz~" After the vortex was formed, the violent energy of the magic net seemed to begin to stabilize, maintaining the rotation of the vortex. Looking up from below, there were flashes of silver light in the blue smoke vortex. Apart from the silver light, it was impossible to tell what color was inside.
This feeling is like being born blind. A born blind person cannot imagine any color, including black.
If you want to experience this feeling, you can cover one eye with your hand. What the covered eye feels is what a person born blind feels.
nothingness.
But the difference here is that even if Fang Yu observes with his eyes, he still can't see any other colors except for the silver light, just like a blind person with his eyes open.
So this is the astral passage.
"Master, the sacrifice is ready."
Fang Yu nodded and began chanting a different incantation: "Spiritus sacri, offero tibi animam puram, Per flammam sacram, accipe sacrificium meum. Elementa omnia, conjungite in uno, ut crystallus astralis fiat."
After the incantation was finished, an inexplicable suction force seemed to be generated in the vortex. The six spiritual bottles placed on the altar shook slightly, as if they were about to be plunged into the vortex.
Seeing this, Fang Yu snapped his fingers lightly, and the six spiritual bottles shattered at the same time with a "pop". The light golden spirituality quickly spread and was sucked into the light blue smoke vortex.
"Virtus stellarum, descend in terram, Per hoc sacrificium, potentiam tuam exhibe. Crystallus astralis, in luce et potentia, Ex hoc die, dono meo sit."
Fang Yu chanted the third spell loudly, and each time he chanted, a large part of the magic power in his body would be consumed. After chanting three times, one third of the magic power in his body was consumed!
After the chanting of the spell ended, the starlight in the vortex fell from the air like a waterfall and gathered on the hexagon of the miniature magic circle in the center of the altar.
After about twenty seconds, the starlight in the vortex stopped descending, and the six corners of the hexagram on the altar kept flashing with crystal light. If you look closely, you can see that there is a transparent crystal as big as rice at each corner. Tiny meteors flashed in the crystal from time to time, which was very dazzling.
"Gratias tibi ago, deorum stellae, pro dono hoc mirabili, potentia tua. Cerimonia completa est, lux recedit, Crystallus astralis, nunc meum est."
Fang Yu chanted the last spell, and the blue smoke vortex in the air became smaller and smaller. Finally, with a "pop" sound in mid-air, a cluster of blue lightning burst out and then disappeared.
"Is this the Star Crystal? Sixty thousand spiritual points in exchange for six Star Crystals the size of rice grains? What's the use of this thing?"
Fang Yu picked up a star crystal out of curiosity, turned on the light in the basement, and shone it towards the light.
The completely transparent oval crystals really look a bit like completely transparent rice.
The progress of collecting spiritual energy was very smooth. In just three months, Fang Yu had collected more than 170,000 units of spiritual energy. He was not even a level five mage yet, and was still far from level nine.
In this case, let’s first familiarize ourselves with the process of communicating with the star realm and exchange some star realm specialties.
There are quite a lot of special products in the astral realm, such as the Broken Mirror. This kind of thing, which is only produced in the astral realm and is like a broken lens, can see the cracks in time and space and the intersection of time and space such as the astral realm, the main material plane, and the demiplane.
Broken mirrors can be touched and used by intelligent life in the main material world, but they cannot be processed. They are not hard. To be precise, as pure spiritual creations, they do not have the concept of hardness, and cannot be processed with any processing tools in the main plane.
Unless arcane powers are used, they will be like a phantom, visible and sensed but not touchable.
This is an item between spirit and material.
Another example is the Eye of Astor, a gem that is rarer and more precious than the Astral Crystal. It can give the holder the ability to see through any disguise and read minds for a long time.
Moreover, the holder cannot block this mind-reading ability. As long as the Eye of Astor is integrated with him, he will be forced to hear the voices of all intelligent life around him. The final result of these people is either to live in seclusion and exile themselves in the mountains, or to become an antisocial lunatic.
Star Crystal is the most important specialty of the Star Realm, and it is also one of the few specialties of the Star Realm that possesses almost all the material properties.
"Astral Crystals are a valuable commodity," Yuzu said, flitting over, her orange light flickering. "If you fuse a Star Crystal into magical equipment, it will become soul-binding. Even the Supreme Mage can't undo this binding."
"Astral Crystals can also store spiritual energy for a long time. The spiritual energy stored within them will not be lost even after tens of millions of years. However, the Spirit Bottle will experience slight leakage, and the longest storage period is only ten years. In other words, one-tenth of the spiritual energy in the Spirit Bottle will dissipate every year."
"Also, if you embed the astral crystal in a wand to solidify its properties, it can amplify most spells."
"Of course, the most important thing is that the Astral Crystal, as the most important specialty of the Astral Realm, possesses a strong spatial affinity and can resonate with almost any area of the Astral Realm. And the Astral Realm overlaps with every location on the main plane. Master, do you understand what this means?"
Yuzu kept the secret.
"What does it mean?" Fang Yu was curious.
"This means that as long as you brand a Star Crystal and drop it anywhere you've explored as a beacon, the teleportation array alchemical item you create with other Star Crystals will teleport you to the location of that Star Crystal!"
Teleport!
I'll go.
Fang Yu suddenly became excited.
Long-distance teleportation is a 7th-level spell! A 7th-level spell that can only be mastered by a 13th-level wizard!
If I had the Star Crystal and could make the corresponding alchemical items, a fourth-level mage like me would be able to teleport! ?
Although it is not as effective as the 7th-ring teleportation and can only teleport to a specific point, I don’t know when I will reach level 13, so it is obviously more practical to use the star crystal to teleport now.
It's a pity that 60,000 units of spirituality can only be exchanged for six rice-sized star crystals. If there were more, I would have more anchor points.
"Eh? Your true form seems to be the Star Crystal?" Fang Yu looked at Youzi with ill intention.
Grapefruit:? ? ?
Note 1: The spell is not a waste of words. So many letters only account for one character in the starting point statistics.
(End of this chapter)
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