These motes of light can be said to be fragments of fragments. Elder Priss herself was originally only a soul fragment, but she used power that was beyond what she could naturally handle.
As a consequence, this soul fragment used up everything it had and would soon vanish. However, before the soul fragment vanished, she transmitted a stream of information using what was left of herself to Sage Stormbringer.
At first, Sage Stormbringer didn’t think much of it, but soon, his whole body trembled.
One piece of information after another entered directly into his soul. His eyes constricted as he digested every single piece of information he received.
"I see! I see! So this is the reason why there are no seventh-rank beings or above in the Four Domains."
After some time, Sage Stormbringer let out a long breath. What he had learned today was extremely shocking. If what he had learned were to spread, it would surely cause chaos in the Four Domains.
"This reward is indeed something that a Sage Mage would be satisfied with," he muttered before waving his hand.
The isolation of space ended, and Sage Stormbringer’s eyes turned to look at the two people that the mysterious soul fragment had asked him to take care of.
His gaze lingered on the unconscious Headmaster Triss as if he was trying to see through her.
"To think that one of the people she wants me to save is also someone born from a soul fragment. And judging by her aura, they should have come from the same source..."
His gaze was extremely complicated as he stared at Headmaster Triss, but since he had already received his reward, he had no intention of going back on his promise.
After some time, Sage Stormbringer also turned to look at his disciple, who had no idea what had just happened.
"Something is abnormal with him, with how realms are acting as if he were their child, and now I have even met a mysterious soul fragment that can help me reach the seventh rank. I have lived for more than a million years. Who would have thought that the last few thousand years of my life would be this eventful?"
Sage Stormbringer couldn’t help but sigh again. To reach his realm, a lot had happened in his life. However, his previous life experiences were simply standard experiences that everyone encountered.
The things he had experienced with his disciple and the mysterious soul fragment were not within the realm of ’normal.’
One was a favored son of the heavens who had never appeared in the past, while the other was a mysterious soul fragment from the Central Domain.
Just who exactly were these people he had met?
"Master, what are you thinking about? Did she really give you the chance to become a seventh-rank mage?" Claude asked after seeing his master’s complicated gaze.
He naturally hoped that the mysterious woman hadn’t lied and that she had indeed provided help to his Master. After all, as his disciple, Claude didn’t want his Master to run out of lifespan and die.
If he could reach the seventh rank, then that really would be for the best.
"Yes, but it is complicated, and I will need your help in the future."
"Master, I am willing to sacrifice my life to help you!"
Looking at his disciple, who was even willing to use his life to help him, Sage Stormbringer threw away all the complicated thoughts he had.
At the moment, other than making his disciple strong and happy, nothing was more important.
In any case, Sage Stormbringer had already accepted his upcoming death. If he failed to break through due to the various abnormalities he had encountered, then so be it. That was simply his fate.
"Silly boy. What would I want your life for? I am already this old while you are still young. Don’t recklessly throw your life away," Sage Stormbringer scolded, but the corners of his lips were still slightly raised.
After all, who wouldn’t want such an outstanding disciple?
In order to fulfill his end of the bargain, Sage Stormbringer brought Claude with him toward Treen and Headmaster Treen. These two were to follow them and be well protected.
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Three Sun Realm
As soon as the Nine Sun Bloodwood entered the farm, the mysterious power of the farm immediately engulfed it.
Although the farm still couldn’t allow the tree to cultivate nonstop, at the very least, it had brought it back from the brink of death.
As long as the farm improved a few more times, it should be able to fully sustain this greedy tree.
Just as Rezen was about to start his next plan after successfully obtaining the Nine Sun Bloodwood, he suddenly noticed a familiar aura coming from the tree.
This aura was very familiar to him. After all, he had killed quite a number of living beings from the Savage Beast Realm to extract this very aura.
"T-this is... this is fortune aura!"
Golden fortune aura suddenly seeped out from the tree and was then absorbed by the farm.
Even after absorbing the majority of the fortune aura from the Nine Sun Bloodwood, the farm didn’t stop. It continued to absorb even more.
At first, Rezen thought all the fortune aura of the tree would soon be sucked dry, but it turned out that actually wasn’t the case.
He could sense that the Nine Sun Bloodwood was actually replenishing its fortune aura. Granted, the amount was pitifully low and nowhere near the amount of fortune aura it had in the past, but it was indeed being replenished!
"You... you can absorb fortune aura this way? Then why did I have to kill and perform a ritual in the past?" Rezen questioned.
In the past, he had always needed to perform a painful ritual, and he had to kill the target that possessed fortune aura. But now, fortune aura could actually be extracted from a lifeform that possessed it and absorbed without killing it or forcing Rezen to perform such a ritual?
"That was in the past, before our enemy noticed us. But things are different now," Ivy’s response came soon after, but she didn’t bother explaining things further, continuing to leave Rezen in the dark, which made him even more displeased.
"Do you think it was always wise to hide things from me?" Rezen questioned again, his tone tinged with annoyance.
"I am not keeping things secret from you just because I want to. You have already lived in this world for years.
"In a world where magic is possible, do you think that all words and information are just words and information?
"Some words, once spoken, will make you be noticed by some people, and some information cannot be given to those without enough strength. Otherwise, there are terrifying consequences.
"Instead of wanting to know what you currently can’t, you should focus on reaching the Noble Rank as soon as possible. Only in that way will you be qualified to know more things."
After saying her piece, Ivy didn’t pay attention to Rezen anymore.
"Fine."
Considering that he was still weak, Rezen had no choice but to focus on getting stronger. To do that, he needed time to cultivate as well as enough resources.
He also needed to continue upgrading his farm so that he could have more means of protection.
Fortunately, he had already formulated a plan, and he started planting the seeds of some special Spirit Plants that he had saved from the Savage Beast Realm.
Only with enough power could he obtain more resources!
Over the course of more than a week, Rezen planted one Spirit Plant after another, and they had one thing in common: they could fight!
Not all Spirit Plants were stationary and simply plants to be picked. Some Spirit Plants could be classified as magic beasts.
In the past, due to being in a human civilization, Rezen couldn’t create an army of Spirit Plants. He could only use the Ghost Berries to be of some help.
After all, it was easy for people to notice his abnormality, and they might capture him to obtain his secrets.
However, things were different now. He was in the wilderness, and he hadn’t entered a human society or any society of intelligent lifeforms yet.
This was his chance to create a plant army and sweep through his surroundings.
Whether it be resources or magic beast carcasses, Rezen wanted them all!
Cultivation resources could be used by him, while magic beast carcasses could be sacrificed to the farm to help it level up.
With this simple but effective plan in motion, in just a little over a week, Rezen’s plant army was ready for its first mission.
Looking at his army, Rezen couldn’t help but smile. He finally didn’t feel so restricted anymore.
It really was hard to have a golden finger but be unable to fully utilize it. Building a plant army to fight for him was the best way to go.
He could focus on planting and cultivating while his army handled fighting and resource collection for him.