Chapter 327: The Great Flame
“Lynn?”
“Yes.”
“Come with me.”
A middle-aged woman with a pale face called out to Lynn, leading him toward the area where the wizards resided.
“I have good news for you.”
The middle-aged woman said:
“You have been exceptionally recalled to the academy, becoming a formal academy apprentice, without needing to take the re-examination. You can go directly to collect your apprentice robes later.”
“Oh!” Lynn’s eyes lit up.
Although he was confident about the re-examination, it would still take a few months. Joining the academy now meant saving a few months, which was definitely a good thing.
“Wizard Gito is very optimistic about your future potential and has specifically taken you as his disciple, which is why you have this privilege.” The middle-aged woman turned to look at him, her eyes revealing a deeper meaning:
“You must be grateful.”
“Yes.” Lynn nodded, his eyes slightly shifting:
“Are you a puppet?”
He had thought her face was too pale earlier, and upon closer inspection, it was not human skin at all.
It was more like some kind of white tree bark, with subtle wooden textures, and her movements were stiff.
“A puppet person.” The middle-aged woman said expressionlessly:
“I was once a mentor’s apprentice as well, but unfortunately, something went wrong during my cultivation. To save me, the mentor replaced my body with a puppet…”
“I’m sorry.”
“No need to be sorry.” The middle-aged woman’s lips seemed to twitch:
“I am fine this way. As long as I replace the materials on my body in time, I might live even longer than a formal wizard.”
“We’re here.”
There was a man and a woman in the room.
Gito and Natalie.
Both of these wizards had taught at the academy, and as an apprentice, he had of course attended their lectures.
One of them had a somewhat special relationship with him.
Lynn lowered his head, his attitude respectful, without revealing any unusual expression on his face:
“Greetings, Wizard Gito, Wizard Natalie.”
“Call me mentor.” Gito was tall and had sharp features, giving off an impression of a straightforward personality.
He smiled and waved:
“Come here.”
“Yes.” Lynn hesitated for a moment before saying:
“Mentor.”
Insight Technique!
Gito raised his hand, and a wizard’s aura immediately fell on Lynn, his mental power directly probing deep into his bloodline.
“Good!”
“Very good!”
His eyes shone, his voice trembling:
“It’s simply a perfect bloodline modification, without affecting the physical body at all. Instead, it has increased his physical fitness in all aspects. No wonder you could break through so quickly from an ordinary, low-level wizard apprentice.”
“I’d guess…”
“Even the wizard who performed this modification for you wouldn’t be able to reproduce this experiment. You have good luck.”
“Yes.” Lynn nodded:
“My luck has always been good.”
The Heart of Flame was created by Karl’s original body based on what he had learned, incorporating cultivation methods from several worlds.
In terms of level, it could directly reach the fourth order.
For a first-circle wizard, it was naturally perfect.
“Since you have chosen bloodline modification, I assume you don’t have much resistance to Bloodline Magic.” Gito withdrew his hand, smiling as he said:
“The magic I inherited is related to Bloodline Magic. You can try cultivating it first, and you can ask me if you don’t understand anything.”
“Hmm…”
“My course is one magic stone for three lessons. As my disciple, you’ll get a discount.”
“One magic stone for five lessons!”
Karl’s eyes slightly shifted.
He had no interest in the wizard’s lectures, as the memories in his mind were enough to support him in becoming a third-order wizard.
But this was a shortcut to delving deeper into the wizarding world.
“Yes.”
He nodded in agreement, accepting the wizard’s crystal:
“Thank you, mentor.”
The wizard’s crystal contained Gito’s lineage of magic inheritance, which his disciples could cultivate for free.
Of course,
it could not be leaked or taught to others, and asking for guidance on things you didn’t understand required magic stones. These were the rules.
After Wizard Gito finished explaining everything, Natalie, who had been silent the whole time, stood up and nodded at Lynn:
“Come with me.”
Lynn subconsciously looked at his newly recognized mentor.
“Cough cough…” Gito coughed lightly:
“Because Weir Town was attacked by abyssal creatures, many places were damaged. As an exchange for being exceptionally admitted, you will need to follow Wizard Natalie to help repair the town for a while.”
“Go and do it well!”
“Yes.”
Only then did Lynn bow and retreat, catching up with Natalie.
The two walked along the street, their footsteps intermittent, until the figure in front suddenly stopped.
“Why did you undergo a bloodline experiment?”
Natalie suddenly turned around to face Lynn, her beautiful eyes filled with anger and concern:
“Do you know how dangerous that was?”
“Of the people who participate in bloodline experiments, seven out of ten die on the spot, and the remaining three all suffer from aftereffects!”
“Uh…” Lynn looked embarrassed:
“But I’m fine, aren’t I?”
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“Being fine now doesn’t mean you’ll be fine in the future.” Natalie reached out and grasped his wrist, using magic to carefully examine him.
After a long while.
The worry on her face slightly eased, and she slowly withdrew her hand.
“Don’t do such dangerous things again. If you need magic stones, you can ask me. Even if you don’t become a wizard, I can ensure you have a stable life.”
Heh…
Lynn chuckled and shook his head.
The rumors in the academy were true, the two were indeed close.
Speaking of their relationship, it started a few years ago when Natalie had just become a wizard and was responsible for teaching apprentices.
An accident.
When only Lynn and Natalie were left in the classroom, an experimental potion exploded, causing their consciousnesses and bodies to fall into chaos. By the time they regained consciousness, things had already happened.
Natalie was not a promiscuous wizard. On the contrary, she was very pure due to her constant cultivation. Especially after their consciousnesses collided, their spirits became somewhat connected, causing them to uncontrollably miss and care for each other.
After that, although they both tried to restrain themselves and avoid contact, it was inevitable that they would still show it.
They wanted to stay away,
but they couldn’t help but get closer.
This complex relationship and unique affection had continued until now.
“You need to be careful of Gito.”
Natalie took a deep breath and spoke slowly:
“He’s not a good person.”
“…” Lynn opened his mouth:
“It seems like no wizard can be called a good person, except for you, of course.”
“That’s not what I meant.” Natalie shook her head:
“Gito has taken three disciples before, but without exception, all three of them died.”
Huh?
Lynn’s expression changed slightly:
“How did they die?”
“I don’t know.” Natalie’s expression was grave:
“I checked, and all three apprentices never returned after going out to perform academy missions after becoming senior wizard apprentices.”
“The academy has their aura candles. If the candles are extinguished, it means they’re definitely dead.”
“If I keep you by my side now, you can temporarily avoid him, but that’s not a long-term solution.”
Lynn slowly nodded.
In reality,
it was not safe by Natalie’s side either. He had been ostracized in the academy because of this.
There were many wizards in the academy, and those people didn’t dare to go too far, but things would be different outside the academy.
Hmm…
The Green Dog Brothers targeted me, could it be because of Natalie?
Lynn’s eyes flashed with suspicion.
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Because of Natalie’s care, Lynn did not need to be busy for the time being, only needing to make some potions in his spare time.
Most of his time could be spent on cultivation.
Taking this opportunity,
he read through the cultivation method given to him by his ‘mentor,’ Gito.
Great Flame Bloodline Evolution Technique!
Great Flame,
the legendary ancestor of the Flame Demons, who could destroy worlds and once destroyed a divine domain with a sword.
However, although the name of this magic was grand, it was actually only at the third order, at most allowing one to transform into a Flame Demon.
Of course,
being able to evolve into a Flame Demon was still very impressive.
“So that’s how it is!”
In the room.
Lynn put down the wizard crystal in his hand, his eyes flashing:
“To modify one’s own bloodline, transforming oneself into the legendary Great Flame Demon, a creature capable of destroying worlds…”
“This magic inheritance should have a continuation, not just three orders.”
The Viper Academy’s inheritance was certainly not just one type.
On the contrary.
Over the past centuries, various scattered inheritances had gathered in the academy, and many lost inheritances had been discovered.
The Great Flame Bloodline Evolution Technique was one of them.
“For me, a third-order or even fourth-order wizard inheritance is not very useful, but this magic can actually elevate bloodlines…”
“This is a method from the second half of the Three Plates Technique, which even my original body couldn’t master. I didn’t expect to encounter it here.”
“It seems like I should cultivate it a bit.”
Bloodline magic is often limited by bloodline inheritance.
For example, the method that his original body, Karl, cultivated, the Abyssal Giant Squid’s bloodline was at the third order, so he could only cultivate up to the third order.
Unless he devoured a fourth-order bloodline, he would never be able to advance.
But this inheritance was different. It didn’t require devouring a higher-order bloodline. It only required cultivation to have a chance to elevate one’s own bloodline.
In theory,
it could indeed be cultivated from a Flame Demon to the Great Flame ancestor of Flame Demons, but for now, it was only in theory.
