Chapter 339 The Blue-robed Mage’s Achievement

Although Shaoke felt that this space was vast, he knew that the space of the Eighth Tier Blue-robed Mage was dozens of times larger, as she had advanced hundreds of years earlier than him. Moreover, after reaching the Eighth Tier, the expansion or contraction of the Meditation space could be entirely controlled by its master, provided one possessed sufficient spiritual power and magical power to infinitely enlarge the space.

Now, Shaoke could be considered a successfully promoted Eighth Tier Mage, but there was still a great deal of work to be done, work that would directly and visibly impact his abilities at the Eighth Tier. However, this work could not be completed in a short time; it would take him a hundred years to accomplish one by one.

The first thing Shaoke did was to take medications. He consumed auxiliary drugs like they were going out of style. These drugs formed cloud-like shapes in the air, constantly refining and enhancing his spiritual power and magical power. Then, using a special method, he pinched seeds and placed them into his vast meditation space. Only when these plants entered his meditation space could his promotion be considered truly concluded for the time being.

The Blue-robed Mage had prepared a large number of plant seeds for Shaoke. The common ones were weeds and seeds of ordinary trees from this world; slightly more special were plants that could refine spiritual and magical power; finally, there were some extremely precious plants. However, we will not detail them all here and will mention them gradually in the future.

Using an Arcane Secret, he planted the seeds in a specific order and positions. After that, Shaoke began meditating to recover his recent consumption. When he fully recovered, he used a special method to convert spiritual power and magical power into rain, allowing it to fall on the land of the space, thereby promoting the germination and growth of these plant seeds. Of course, this was a relatively lengthy process, as his spatial construction had only just begun. If the space were fully built, the growth rate of plants would greatly increase.

After Shaoke exited the meditation space, he rested briefly and then sought out the Blue-robed Mage. This time, upon seeing him, she was not too surprised but instead asked in detail about his insights during the promotion, then sincerely congratulated him. "Mage Xueye, you should build the final promotion magic array and altar to the Eighth Tier within the shortest time. Only then can you learn Eighth Tier spells; otherwise, your meditation space cannot support the release and study of those spells." The Blue-robed Mage carefully explained to him the precautions after reaching the Eighth Tier. Finally, she hoped Shaoke would finish this work quickly and, after learning enough spells, go explore the ancient relic.

Shaoke humbly accepted the Blue-robed Mage's advice. After conversing with her, the Blue-robed Mage suddenly changed the subject. "Would you like to see my research?" As she spoke, the Blue-robed Mage seemed to think of something and added with a slight blush, "It's about crops. I hope you can give me some different insights after watching."

Shaoke thought for a moment. He knew that the work after promotion would take many years to complete, so he didn't mind spending some time watching others' research. He agreed readily. His agreement made the Blue-robed Mage noticeably excited.

Since Shaoke had not yet learned the Flight spell, the two took a carriage and sped out of the Fallen Imperial Capital. At this time, Shaoke realized that the Fallen Imperial Capital was many times more prosperous than before. A large number of merchants and mercenaries gathered there, and some ordinary low-ranking mages and warriors patrolled the streets. Everything seemed peaceful.

Of course, this was in comparison to Shaoke's time. The current security conditions still couldn't compare to the Imperial Capital.

Along the way, Shaoke seized the opportunity to discuss his insights on advancing to the Eighth Tier with the Blue-robed Mage. Through such conversations, he gained a lot from her, which increased his confidence about his future path. Although he didn't show it, the Blue-robed Mage sensed this.

Perhaps because Shaoke's organization had disbanded, or because many high-rank mages gathered here, there were no bandits outside the Fallen Imperial Capital. So the coachman safely brought Shaoke and the Blue-robed Mage to a small hollow. That was where the Blue-robed Mage conducted her experiments.

After giving the coachman a large amount of money, Shaoke told him to wait, since they would need him for the return trip. Then, he followed the Blue-robed Mage into the hollow.

On nearly a hundred acres of level ground, seven or eight commoners were busy at work. Not far away, some wooden houses stood, and young children played carefree outside. A few young women sat under a large tree, sewing items. Everything looked so serene.

When these commoners saw the Blue-robed Mage arrive, they immediately stopped their work and came to pay respects, but the Blue-robed Mage declined, since this time she had come for them.

"Wheat?" Following the Blue-robed Mage's indication, Shaoke looked questioningly at the crops. They looked very similar to wheat, but the grains were more than twice as large.

"Yes, this is an improved variety of wheat." The Blue-robed Mage handled the wheat ears and quietly explained how she had improved them. Finally, she sighed. "Those families and royalty have focused their main energy on bloodlines. If they had invested more effort in crop improvement, I believe the Blue Feather Empire would have a higher chance of producing professionals." As she said this, the Blue-robed Mage stared blankly at the wheat, lost in thought.

Shaoke rubbed some grains, performed a magical detection, then tasted them. "Long-term consumption can really improve one's constitution? But this cultivation method is too wasteful. Using elemental water as irrigation water cannot be promoted within the Empire." After a pause, he added, "Even small or medium families lack this capability."

"Yes," the Blue-robed Mage took off her cloak, revealing her pale face. "I just want more people to join this kind of research. Unfortunately..." She trailed off, then began explaining in detail how she grew these crops.

Thus, the two sat comfortably on a nearby slope, looking at the improved wheat and discussing various matters. Not until nightfall did they take the carriage back to the Blue-robed Mage's manor. There, Shaoke saw the Eighth Tier chain-hammer warrior he hadn't seen for years, waiting in the Blue-robed Mage's living room.

The warrior immediately saw that Shaoke had advanced to the Eighth Tier, warmly congratulated him, then signaled he needed to speak with the Blue-robed Mage and asked Shaoke to leave them alone. Taking this opportunity, Shaoke returned to his room, entered the meditation space, and began modifying the altar and the seven-pointed star magic array for the Eighth Tier.

A month later, when Shaoke successfully rebuilt the altar into three layers and changed the seven-pointed star to an eight-pointed star, the Blue-robed Mage suddenly said she would leave for a while, as she and the warrior were going to explore the ancient relic again. Finally, the Eighth Tier female mage asked Shaoke to take care of the crops and keep detailed records.

Shaoke agreed.

On the second day after the Blue-robed Mage left, Shaoke prepared some items and went to the small hollow. He built a new wooden house with the commoners and settled there for a long time. There, he immersed himself in researching Eighth Tier spells.

Since he had only obtained a limited number of Eighth Tier spell knowledge from the Death Mage Corps back then, most of which were advanced versions of the spells he already knew, he successfully learned those spells based on his previous experience and could release them smoothly.

Notably, he successfully embedded the advanced version of Death Gaze into the Eight-pointed Star Magic Array. Now, when he used Death Gaze, weaker creatures would be directly petrified into statues, which would remain in this world forever until destroyed by external force.

More importantly, after spending nearly three months, Shaoke finally learned the spell most essential for an Eighth Tier mage: Flight. Just after learning this spell, he floated alone hundreds of meters in the air, remaining motionless for an entire day. At that moment, he recalled what he had said to Mage Roman in the Bloody Fortress. He could not forget Female Mage Roman standing on the city wall, spreading her arms as if wanting to fly.

"Perhaps I should go back to the Imperial Capital to take a look," Shaoke thought. But he couldn't do it now because he had promised the Blue-robed Mage to explore the ancient relic with her. Now, he wondered why the people of the Esuoer Empire had not discovered this ancient relic despite being so close to it. Shaking his head to dispel these irrelevant thoughts, he closed his eyes, releasing his spiritual power into the air to sense information in the atmosphere.

This kind of sensing had appeared only after he advanced to the Eighth Tier. He could occasionally perceive in the air the structure of spells or fragments of spellcasting from unknown eras. However, such occurrences were rare. In the two or three years he had practiced this sensing, he had only discovered two images, and each time the image appeared briefly. Nonetheless, he continued this practice during his leisure time, as he found it somewhat relaxing and reduced mental fatigue.

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