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nRezen started thinking about whether he should try to advance his rank right this instance or make some money using Maze. But in the end, his impatience won

nHe can’t wait to increase his power again!

nFortunately, Rezen was prepared for his advancement. The system shows that he has 13 mystic gems in total but the truth is, it was double that number

nRezen has 26 mystic gems, two gems for each type!

nHe was only waiting for the time that he could plant quality 4 spirit plants

nHe upgraded the farm yesterday night and he also planted the basic spirit plants that are needed to cultivate

nSpeaking of it, the price of the seeds rose greatly. Even just the vismian grass alone already costs 50,000 mana stones per seed. That’s way higher than the original x10 increase in price!

nAs he already decided to increase his rank first, Rezen went to the part of his farm where the vismian grasses are planted

nSince the quality 4 ones are expensive, Rezen doesn’t have many of them. Fortunately, a single seed still grew into ten blades of grass

n“Oh, right, system, how is my absorption talent?” Rezen asks

nHe redeemed quite a number of blessings in the past and even with the low chance of upgrading his talent, it should still increase substantially, right?

nThe Host can absorb 21% of the Spirit Plants’ effects

nA whopping 21% percent! That is certainly a huge increase!

nGranted, Rezen’s talent still falls under the Inferior grade but that is like a 2000% increase in talent!.

nThat would save Rezen a lot of resources and in the future, his talent would be better

n“Hehehe…” Rezen grinned happily as he plucked the quality 4 vismian grass and placed them inside a basket

nWhen he judged that it was enough, Rezen then moved to the second type of spirit plant which would increase his soul’s quality

nRezen now has a variety of spirit plants that can refine his soul but he still chose to use the soul-tearing peas

n“It’s definitely not because I like the side effects of these peas. After all, I am not a masochist” Rezen convinced himself while plucking the peas

nIf the vismian grass seed costs 50,000 mana stones then the soul-tearing peas on the other hand cost 60,000 mana stones

nRezen also decided to harvest the rainbow clementines though they aren’t really needed for his advancement. The rainbow clementine seeds are even more expensive at 80,000 mana stones per seed

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nAfter Rezen harvested the required materials for his ‘ascension’, he went back inside his bedroom and sat on his bed

nIn front of him was the large basket filled with Spirit Plants along with a bed table with a golden blender and three tall glasses

n“Hmm…” Rezen hummed as he grabbed the blades of vismian grasses and placed them inside the blender

nRezen pressed the button and the Spirit Plants Essence Condenser did its work of turning the grass into a… well, a smoothie-like substance

n“I think adding some sugar would make it taste better” Rezen muttered and he decided to add the sugar from his processed sugar cane

nAfter that, Rezen poured the blender’s content inside one of the tall drinking glass

n“Sigh… this blender is really efficient. Once poured, none of its content would stick inside” Rezen muttered

nUnlike the ordinary blenders that people constantly have to clean after every use, Rezen’s Spirit Plants Essence Condenser doesn’t have such a hassle

nAfter the vismian grass was done, Rezen then added the soul-tearing peas followed by the rainbow clementines, making sure to add sugar to them

n“Time for a breakthrough!”

n0)ᴠʟ When the preparation is done, Rezen called out his two sun-type mystic gems. They floated in front of him as if they were eager to fuse with each other

nRezen grabbed the glass that contained the condensed essence of soul-tearing peas before drinking it

n“KYAAAAA~”

nAn unimaginable pain instantly assaulted Rezen’s senses. His whole body trembled and his eyes almost rolled at the back of his head

nHis moan was very loud and even he didn’t expect that he could moan that loudly

nHis soul was assaulted by pain but not the kind of pain that would make people want to die

nIt was a pain that touched something inside of Rezen, awakening a desire he doesn’t know he has

nThe pain instead of being ‘painful’ was a pleasurable type of pain as if your boyfriend or girlfriend just spanked you in the ass

nOne pea alone already has a significant effect what more if the essence of more than one pea were condensed?

nRezen felt like he would die from both pain and pleasure

n“Huff… huff… that was dangerous…” Rezen mumbled after the pleasurable pain sensation subsided

nThat pain was too much but Rezen also has the urge to harvest some more peas for his consumption

n“I promise that this is the last time I will use the peas to refine my soul. I have other options after all” He vowed but deep inside him, he knew that he wouldn’t be able to keep his promise

nRefining the soul should be a long and lengthy process but Rezen did it in one sitting

nWith his soul already at the same level as the soul of 4th fusion rank mages, he can now attempt to fuse two 3rd fusion rank mystic gems

nRezen focused on his mystic gems and ordered them to start the fusion. Just like the other times, the fusion itself is easy. The hard part comes with stabilizing the gems and preventing them from exploding

nRezen condensed a yellow magic circle that he used to stabilize the mystic gems. His comprehension of the power of the sun was poured out by him as he prevent the mystic gem that is on the brink of explosion from exploding

nIt was definitely a simple process on his part considering that he already learned a sun-type spell at the 4th rank

nHis advancement was simply a breeze compared to most mages and his mystic gem evolved

nIt retains the same appearance but it definitely wasn’t the same as before

nIt’s like Rezen’s mystic gems prior to his advancement is a rock but the mystic gem he has now is a beautiful and expensive jade

nRezen can feel that the power his mystic gem could provide to him reached a much higher level than before

nUsing a large-scale magic spell would now be possible. It isn’t as exaggerated as destroying an entire city but with his new power, he could definitely destroy a large part of it only using one attack

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nRezen drove his car to the city in a good mood. Ranking up has always been uplifting since that means that there are a lesser number of people that could hurt him

nHis destination today was none other than the Ceres Family and he drove his car to reach their mansion

n“Hmm?”

nWhile on his way, Rezen saw a familiar face that he almost didn’t recognize

n“Isn’t that Neil?” Rezen thought while staring at his best friend that looks badly beaten

nEven the man’s mage robe that he loves so much has holes in them

nThere is definitely something wrong with Neil and as his friend, Rezen definitely couldn’t just drive away after seeing it

nAs such, Rezen parked his car first before running toward his best friend

n“Neil!” He called out and Neil unconsciously looked at the person calling his name

nAs soon as Neil saw Rezen, the former instantly broke into a sobbing mess

n“Rezen huhuhuhu…”

nAt first, Rezen was running towards his friend but after seeing Neil’s snot, he retreated in disgust

nA friend is a friend but if Rezen doesn’t do something, Neil would definitely hug him causing that man’s snot to be smeared on his clothes

n“S-stop! Don’t come any closer!” Rezen said as a warning but Neil didn’t stop. He continued running but it seems like he was really badly beaten since he… he fell down the sidewalk face first

n“Pff—” Rezen tried his best to stop laughing but he really can’t stop himself

nAfter all, at least 70% of humans would unconsciously laugh after seeing someone that tripped, right?

nNot to mention, Neil is Rezen’s friend which made this funnier

n“D-damn… s-**… I-I should stop but.. pfft!”

nRezen’s eyes teared up while trying to stop himself from laughing. It doesn’t help that the civilians around were also laughing

nFortunately for Neil, his friend still has some conscience and although Rezen’s chest was moving erratically from giggling, he still dragged Neil to a secluded alleyway

n“S-speak pfft… I-I mean hahaha.. what happened to you?” Rezen asks and as soon as he did, Neil broke into a sobbing mess again

n“My whole body hurts… I feel like I’m gonna die! Damn Greenwood Academy students! I wouldn’t forgive them ever!” Neil said angrily and Rezen as an act of good will slapped a recovery into his friend’s mouth to help him with his injuries

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