924 Who to Finish Off First? Part 1 (2/2)
”Teacher, you can see everything clearly?” Saleen was shocked. He knew that Jason would be able to tell that he had advanced to grade-9, but he thought that he had kept his development in mental strength well-hidden.
Jason laughed and said, ”Saleen, you are my student. Can't you tell which grade your teacher is at now?”
That was when Saleen used his elemental eyes to look carefully and immediately realized what was different about Jason. Jason was also a grade-9 sorcerer, but his life power was always revolving within his body and never extended outwards. That was a sign that his soul was much more powerful than Saleen's.
”I cannot compare with your improvement, teacher,” Saleen said with embarrassment. He had thought that he was incredibly fortunate to be able to train at the Outer Nebula, but it turned out that his teacher was still improving much faster than him. It seemed that Jason was forcefully suppressing his powers and had not advance to grade-10 because he had other plans after grade-10.
”Why don't you guide your student a little? Saleen, Truman is a decent mage. Since you have taken him under your wing, you have to take up the responsibility completely. I can see that your training is drifting further and further away from my lineage. Perhaps Truman can…”
Saleen was ashamed by what Jason said. He knew very clearly how Jason treated him, while he really had not given Truman any guidance. On that point alone, he had fared poorly compared to his teacher. Besides, it was just like what Jason said, due to the magic chords, Saleen's training was drifting away from Jason's lineage. In order to continue his lineage, Truman was quite a good option. From then on, Saleen decided that he must take time to guide Truman.
”Yes, teacher. From now on, I will set aside time for Truman,” Saleen promised before continuing, ”Teacher, this time around, I discovered a warship from the first dynasty. There were many beings that exist in between a live human and a spirit of the dead. They are all grade-9 warriors. The Cloudflow forces did not know what to do with them, so they used human body alchemy to try and control them. In the end, they only managed to control a few.”
”Grade-9 warriors?”
”Yes.” Saleen introduced the ancient warship to Jason in detail and even showed him the diagram that the Grandmaster had given to him. Saleen only possessed one ancient warship, but the Grandmaster had given all 12 diagrams of the fleet. Saleen found a diagram of the ancient warship and stood up before walking to the gigantic study table. He placed the diagram on top of the table.
Jason stood up as well. The diagram was similar to a magic diagram, as both were three-dimensional and required a magic array to be activated. An image of a fearsome-looking ancient warship was produced from the diagram and filled the room. Fortunately, Saleen's room was huge enough to contain an image of such an incredible size.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.
”A magic furnace!” Jason knew his stuff. His knowledge was a hundred times richer than Saleen. He saw the motor component of the ancient warship immediately.
Saleen quickly took out the Grandmaster's magic notebook, which contained all sorts of methods to create magic furnaces.
”This is incredible!” Jason was aware of the value of the magic furnace. Although it was extremely difficult to build something like that, it was much more stable than a magic array. The diagram of the magic furnace had been lost all that while, except for some minor pieces that had been thoroughly studied by the mages. As a result, all motor components had been powered by magic arrays.
Although it was easier to build that way, its stability would not be as good as a magic furnace. Besides, the magic array required the use of magic nuclei of the same grade, unlike the magic furnace, which could still function regardless of any magic nuclei or any type of fuel. The magic furnace was simply too useful on the battlefield.
Seeing how happy his teacher was, Saleen decided to take out all of the items that he had received, except the elemental magic tower. He did not possess Gaine's capability. The elemental magic tower was even bigger than the temple so the whole room might burst if he took it out.
Jason was even more surprised when he saw the two Star Gathering Needles. He immediately threw the one that seemed to be of grade 19 back into the dimensional stone and said to Saleen, ”This thing is dangerous once it is taken out. If it's seal is broken, all of Metatrin City is finished.”
Saleen was scared out of his wits. He suddenly recalled that if the Star Gathering Needle was really grade-19, it should only be able to exist in the Imperial City of the Abyss. The ceiling for equipment in the outside world was grade 18. Professionals were limited to be within grade-10 but perhaps there might be a few who had already broken through to grade-11.
The images of Joey and Fycro flashed across Saleen's mind. How did his teacher realize that the item was dangerous?
Jason picked up the grade-12 Star Gathering Needle and looked at it intently before saying, ”Saleen, you have picked up the lineage of an astrologer?”
”Yes, but at the moment, I am only trying to understand the words and have yet to go deep into it. Teacher, is there any danger?”
”Not really. In the past, quite a number of astrologers tried to pick up magic as well, but the real astrologers would devote all their time solely onto astrology. It might seem smooth in the early stages of training in both astrology and magic, but eventually, you will realize that you don't have the time to train in the techniques of two different systems.”
Saleen recalled how he felt about the words of astrology. Indeed, they were the opposite of the words of magic, where one was clear and the other was blurry and ever-changing.