[The fourth chapter. When writing this chapter, I was thinking that emotional investment also needs to be reciprocated.]
For Cain, these dolls were crudely made. If it wasn't for Salin's request, he would rather spend a thousand years to make a level-18 doll than spend three months to make tens of thousands.
After Salin familiarized himself with the lightning mageweath, he didn't immediately refine the weapon in his heart. Instead, he continued to communicate with Cain and familiarize himself with the astrology that Cain taught him.
In the beginning, it was easy to advance in astrology, but it became more difficult later on. Therefore, those who could reach Cain's level were rare in the entire ancient times. Cain also admitted this point. There were too many people who wanted to peep into fate, but most could only drift with the current and become a speck of dust in the river of fate.
Cain told Salin that mages understood the world from a microscopic perspective, while astrologers observed the rules from a macroscopic perspective.
It couldn't be said who was right and who was wrong. The Myers Continent itself was also a star. In the end, mages and astrologers would gather together to study the same problem.
But the contradiction between the two was also very obvious. Astrologers thought mages were inflexible, while mages thought astrologers were unreliable.
Except for the fact that both sides had great power, they might not have anything in common. Now that Cain let Salin learn astrology, he didn't intend for him to become a powerful astrologer. Level-10 was already the limit.
As a mage, if he continued to practice astrology, he would completely waste his time and magic would be completely wasted.
This wasn't a problem of conflicting skills, but that the knowledge of both sides was vast and endless.
Salin himself didn't intend to make any achievements in astrology. For him, magic was the meaning of life. But the theory of astrology was still very helpful to his magic learning, just like how Cain also understood many magic skills and principles. There was no difficulty in communicating between the two sides.
Next, Salin didn't immediately refine equipment, but familiarized himself with the two dolls. The two palm-sized dolls didn't have any power inside. Salin pierced the level-16 Condensing Star Needle into the dolls' heads, and the two dolls immediately came to life. But these two dolls were for Salin to learn, and they could only act under his command.
It took Salin more than a month to finally understand how to control a puppet. During this period, the Winged Skeleton provided a lot of souls.
The reason why these two dolls were so precious was that they were like magic equipment that could be upgraded. Although their levels were very high, they could still be controlled at low levels. Some souls of Level-4 or Level-5 could still be sent into the dolls to make them move, but the limit of their power would be around Level-4 or Level-5.
This kind of doll was the most precious. It could allow a low-level astrologer to slowly learn how to use this kind of weapon. Astrologers usually carried around six dolls to protect themselves, so the importance of this thing was self-evident. If an astrologer were to use the Star Gathering Needle, it would mean that he was already risking his life.
In a month's time, thousands of souls had been consumed, and Salin did not instill energy into the puppet again. Salin was quite satisfied. There were no problems with these two dolls. They were perfect as toys for his children and could also protect them.
Salin had promised to stay here for ten months, and four months had already passed. This time, Salin had to prepare to refine equipment and leave this place. He didn't have the time to do the same thing for a few months.
Cain was still chattering with Salin, but he also began to seriously refine the dolls for Salin. If he wanted Salin to enter the palace and search for the Level-19 Star Gathering Needle, he had to have powerful equipment to protect him. Moreover, this equipment couldn't have any hidden tricks. Otherwise, if Salin discovered it, the contract would immediately become invalid, and he would get nothing.
The huge Thunder Dragon's skeleton had already been dismantled. Salin chose the softest bone on the Thunder Dragon's body — its throat.
The lightning magic pattern on this throat was the most complicated. It was close to a meter long, so it was relatively easy to refine. The Thunder Dragon's throat was also extremely complicated. Salin used six of them, and the other six were obviously not used to shoot lightning.
Salin used the six Thunder Dragon's throats as cannon barrels, refining and compressing them. It took a full two months, and after repeated refinement by Shui Yan, he finally managed to refine the Thunder Dragon's throat to a length of more than a foot.
This equipment could no longer be considered Huojinna's Spear, because this time, Salin was completely using the laws of lightning as a guide. He was preparing to refine an equipment that only he could control. This equipment would accompany him for the rest of his life.
Cain couldn't help but express admiration for Salin's tenacity. When he was Salin's age, it was impossible for him to continuously study and refine items for several months.
But Cain didn't know that Salin was using Shui Yan as a cover to recover his badge's power. Shui Yan was something that Cain's mental strength couldn't penetrate, no matter how high his level was. Within Shui Yan, Salin's family badge was constantly gathering power. Salin now had enough mental strength, so he didn't have to worry about not being able to continue his refinement.
In the ninth month, Salin's equipment had already been completed. This was the longest time he had spent alchemy since he'd advanced to Level-9. For five consecutive months, apart from occasionally eating and drinking some necessities, Salin spent most of his time in alchemy.
Cain was now a bit jealous. Wouldn't it be great if Salin was his student?
But such a diligent mage definitely wouldn't switch to astrology. Cain could only forcefully pour power into his body to modify it, but he could only reach Level-10. Any further upgrade would depend on Salin himself.
Seeing Salin's satisfied expression, Cain sighed and said to Salin, "Salin, you've surprised me. Alright, I'll help you for free once. Take off your Demonic God Set and I'll refine it for you."
Salin was pleasantly surprised. His Demonic God Set had flaws, but with his power, he couldn't solve them.
Cain took the Demonic God Set and snorted coldly. "Grandmasters don't have good intentions. Do you know what the consequences will be if you keep using this thing?"
Salin was shocked and shook his head to indicate that he didn't know the inside story.
"It can help you understand the rules, but those rules will never be yours. If you have the chance to advance and become a Level-12 Enchanter in the future, you'll hate Grandmasters to death. Because you'll never be able to reach Level-13. "
Salin instantly broke out in a cold sweat. "Is there any trouble now?"
"Not yet. This thing can only be discovered when you reach Level-12, and you might not discover it yourself. The scariest thing is that you'll think that you've advanced to Level-13 and can control the rules. Unknowingly, you'll become a part of this set, and this set will give birth to a soul that will control your body. "
"How is that possible!"
"Why is it impossible? A Grandmaster once reached Level-17. That's an existence like a high-level god, or even stronger. "
Salin was silent for a moment before saying, "Thank you."
"There's nothing to thank me for. I need you to find that Star Condensing Needle for me." As Cain spoke, he drew a line in the air with his fingernail and grabbed a ball of starlight at lightning speed. He then put it into the Demonic God Set. The intensity of this ball of starlight was even incomparable to the nebula in the Astrology Tower.
However, although the nebula was thin, it was connected to another plane. It was probably even vaster than the entire Myers Continent. No matter how intense the starlight in Cain's hand was, it was only the size of a fist.
Cain stuffed this ball of starlight into the puppet that he had refined for Salin. The puppet was the same size as Salin, and there was no difference in body shape. After the starlight entered the body, the puppet came to life. The Grandmaster put on the Demonic God Set for it, and the Demonic God Set was instantly melted by the starlight, gradually changing its form.
Gradually, the Demonic God Set melted into a long robe. Cain smiled and said, "Although this thing is insidious, the materials are really good. Grandmaster, you've made a loss."
Salin didn't listen to what Cain said. He was surprised to see that the puppet that Cain had refined for him was also gradually melting and entering the long robe. None of the parts of the Demonic God Set were missing, but they had all turned into cloth. Cain reached out and took Salin's Level-16 Star Condensing Needle. He softened it at his fingertips and wrapped it around the Demonic God Ring.
The six elemental badges on his belt were undamaged. On the pair of black gloves, there was only an additional mysterious star pattern.
"A Mage should have the appearance of a Mage," Cain said indifferently. He didn't expect that he would have a good impression of Salin, and he even had the urge to take Salin in as his student.
However, that was impossible. Therefore, Cain emphasized the concept of Sorcerer, which touched Salin deeply and resonated with him. The original appearance of the Demonic God Set made Salin look like a Warrior.
"Let me see the equipment you refined." Cain reached out. This time, Salin didn't hesitate and handed over the equipment that he had refined for five months to Cain.
Cain looked at it and realized that Salin had refined one of the Thunder Dragon's eyes at the front of the equipment, in the middle of the six muzzles. Cain nodded and asked Salin for another Thunder Dragon's eye. Then, he carefully took out a piece of star pattern paper and cut off a piece. Then, he released a ball of starlight from his hand and threw the star pattern paper and the Thunder Dragon's eye into it.
Not long after, a paper mask was refined. When Salin saw the paper mask, he immediately thought of Jia Lin. Jia Lin's equipment was actually an Astrologer's equipment! It seemed that the Lycus family was more mysterious than he had imagined.
After making the paper mask, Cain took the Demonic God Bracelet. No, this was no longer the Demonic God Set. Hidden within the black robe were silver star patterns.
Cain smiled and thought to himself, How many years has it been since I refined equipment for a Sorcerer? He didn't expect that it would be for a little Level-9 Sorcerer. There probably wouldn't be another Star Pattern Set of this level in the entire Myers Continent.
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