295 Recreation Magic 2 (2/2)

Zeffery frowned and got off his chair to grab some spare paper and a pen. He scribbled something and shoved it at Zero. \”This is what it looks like in a normal cultivator and magician.\”

Then the gnome drew another diagram. \”This is what I see in you. Where do you store all your mana and qi?\”

Zero compared the drawings. The cultivators kept their energy in the dantian area while the magicians stored them nearer to the heart. Zero blinked. He didn't actually store the energy in his vessel.

The young doctor picked up a pen and drew an arrow out of the man's figure on the paper and pointed it at a box he drew outside of the man before drawing a circle around that box. \”I keep mine here.\”

Zeffery looked at the drawing and raised a brow. \”What's this supposed to mean?\”

Zero shrugged. \”I don't keep it in the dantian or the heart. After all, this is my second body. As I grow, I'll need to change bodies to keep up with my abilities. The first body didn't have any chakra networks or meridians. I created them with Tanya's help and Buddha's help for this vessel.\”

Hearing that, the gnome laughed. No wonder Tanya sent this boy to him. He was special. \”I understand now. You're probably a soul abnormality. Tell me, do you have memories of your past lives?\”

Zero thought about it. He had memories of Solo's past and some memory fragments of a few divine entities. \”I guess you can say that. I don't recall everything but I will eventually.\”

Zeffery nodded. \”I guess no normal medicine would suffice now. our powers come not from the vessel but the soul. Thankfully, you've come to the right gnome for this. Souls might be Tanya's speciality but I know a thing or two about it. I may not be as skillful when it comes to piecing broken soul fragments or mending them like the gods but I have supplements.\”

The claim piqued Zero's interest. \”Supplements? Does it mean I can recover qi and mana at the same time?\”

Zeffery shook his head. \”Not exactly. The soul is not particular about energy types. It feeds on mana, qi, sins, anything that possesses life and I think you're the same.\”

Zero didn't say anything and allowed the gnome to search. he was deep in thought about the gnome's words. The young doctor knew that he didn't have a soul. It was relatively different but it wasn't too far off the mark. Zero fed on anything that was living. He was the void. However, it never crossed his mind that he could use mana and qi simply because they broke down to a simpler form of energy that's consistent.

While Zeffery dug around trying to find some pill samples, Zero troubled Lily to search something up for him using the system.

\”Lily, can you find out if there is a way to convert mana and qi into energy? Can everything in my inventory be converted into energy? Also, what can energy be converted into?\”

The flower fairy worked quickly and came back with an answer that made Zero thrilled. Recreation magic might be easier to use than he expected.

\”According to the system, energy is the base value of anything that you want to store. Anything that exists in your storage will lose their form and special abilities when converted into energy. It is the reason why the system chose not to liquidate everything. The clothes that the Great Gods gave you can be converted to energy just like the seawater. However, the properties of the blessings and enchants on the clothes would be lost once it becomes energy. The same goes for the seawater, it will no longer possess the imbued properties of Sedna's life energy and purification.\”

Zero's mind worked in overdrive. Sins were unique as well which is why the system stored it separately. Why didn't he think about it before?

\”What about chaos energy and miasma?\” he asked. \”Can I convert them to energy if I can absorb and store them?\”

Lily paused and searched the system for an answer. \”Theoretically you could. However, the vessel might not be able to withstand the miasma and chaos energy for prolonged periods of time.\”

Zero grinned. There was no problem. If he didn't use his vessel and used something like a spare golem or actually created an armour of mana or qi around him while he absorbed the miasma and chaos energy, Zero would be able to resolve the first problem in inventing recreation magic.

\”Found it!\” Zeffery cried out in triumph. It had been way too long since somebody actually visited his shop to purchase something so it took him a while to find this pill.

Zero ended the private call with Lily and turned his attention back to the gnome who revealed something in a glass jar.

\”What's this?\” he asked and pointed at the floating orb in the glass jar.

Zeffery looked proud. \”This is something I created for the soul. It's a supplement that is created by condensing all kinds of energy into a living soul fragment. Unfortunately, due to the intense time and effort required to make even one of it, this is the only soul supplement that I have. It's been declared as a highly dangerous object so I couldn't sell it but there was no way to destroy it either so I've been letting it collect dust in my shop. Not even Gods are able to use this thing because of how potent the effects were. However, I think it'll be fine if it was you.\”

\”What kind of effects does this supplement have?\” Zero asked out of curiosity.

The gnome smiled. \”Nothing you'd need to worry over. However, I won't give it for free. You said that you were pen pals with Tanya.\”

Zero nodded. \”What would you like me to do? Also, this soul supplement you said was created by condensing all kinds of energy. Can you elaborate a little more about the kinds of energy that are in here?\”

Zeffery grinned. \”Short of chaos energy, everything else is in there. I travelled to different planets and planes to make this. It's something like a hobby. I was hoping to be able to use it to help Tanya break free from the curse of her position but it's too strong even for her. Tanya said that this pill could even rip the soul of a God to shreds because of how much energy is inside it. Many broken souls and spirits in the Elemental Plane were attracted to it but they perished as soon as they touched it so we had to seal this away.\”

Zero nodded. \”Understood. This might be just what I needed to understand the principles of energy for recreation magic. What's the price for it?\”

Zeffery smiled. \”Won't you help me find a way to contact Tanya? Even for a short while, I'd like to hear her voice again.\”

\”That can easily be arranged,\” Zero said and told Lily to extend a friend's invitation to Zeffery.

The gnome was startled by the strange window that appeared before him but didn't hesitate to accept it. Zero then asked for an object that Zeffery used often. the gnome passed him a pen and Zero started drawing runes on it to turn it into a device that allowed the gnome to contact Tanya whenever he wanted to.

\”I programmed this to use mana for activation. There's only one caller on the list so it should connect automatically to Tanya. You can give her a call now to try. I'll be taking this with me.\”

Zeffery nodded and activated the pen that was now transformed into a communicator. It startled the gnome when Tanya picked up the call. Her voice directly connected to the gnome's mind and Zero smiled, knowing that it worked. The star-crossed lovers should have a lot to talk about so the magician's student took the soul supplement bottle and waved to Zeffery before taking his leave.

Now that his errands were settled, it was time to return to Arabesque and analyse this soul supplement for different types of energy.