Bloodline of the Wizard
Chapter 186 - 108: Brain Domain Development, Crystallization Array, Advanced Kaleidoscope (Requesting Guaranteed Monthly Tickets)_2

Chapter 186: Chapter 108: Brain Domain Development, Crystallization Array, Advanced Kaleidoscope (Requesting Guaranteed Monthly Tickets)_2

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After leaving Benny’s, Ronan was walking back to the Blueberry Inn.

He observed his surroundings; the current state of Magic Ring City was utterly different from before.

If Magic Ring was once a serene pond, it had now become a body of water in full motion.

Beneath the glow of the Silver-white Tower, one could see wizards hurrying in and out of the Magic Ring in droves.

The streets were far busier than usual, with Magic Training Rooms, Magic Tool Workshops, and Magic Pharmacies... nearly every place was packed, presenting a bustling and prosperous scene.

This liveliness wasn’t limited to the official Magic Ring wizards. Even ordinary wizards residing within the Magic Ring and common people under its vast influence were immersed in this atmosphere of intense excitement.

News about the official Magic Ring members holding combat selections in three months had already spread; those not participating seemed even more excited and anticipatory than those who were.

"Lord Ronan!"

"Alida..."

"Shut up, you coward!"

Just as he reached the entrance of the Blueberry Inn, the disheveled blue-haired Alida rushed over to Ronan with Jacob in tow.

"In three months, the wizards of the Magic Ring will hold combat selections, have you heard about this, Lord?"

People at the Blueberry Inn didn’t know that Ronan had already joined the Magic Ring; they thought he was like those Wandering Wizards enduring the "Thirty-year inspection period."

"I have a plan with Jacob. We intend to rent a hot air balloon during the combat to watch from the sky!"

Alida was extremely excited, "It’s the contest among the wizards of the Magic Ring! There will be many geniuses that we normally never get to see. Just thinking about it makes one incredibly excited!

Do you want to join? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

Jacob looked at Ronan with a face that mixed helplessness and apology. He was utterly unable to stop Alida’s antics.

"I’m sorry, Alida."

Ronan shook his head, "I might not have the time when it comes around."

"Is that so?"

Alida’s face fell with disappointment. Seeing that she wanted to persist, Ronan directly tossed a few Magic Stones her way, effectively silencing her chatter.

"While I can’t join, I still see great promise in your plan.

Consider this a little private sponsorship of mine..."

After saying this, Ronan stepped past the two and leisurely entered the inn’s main door.

Behind him, Alida, clutching the Magic Stones, beamed with joy, "I always said that Lord Ronan would like my plan. Lord Ronan is the most generous wizard I’ve ever met..."

"Alida, you might annoy Lord Ronan like this..."

"Not at all!"

...

Ronan entered his room and stood quietly by the window for a while, then drew the curtains, blocking all light from outside.

After completing these preparations, he walked to the center of the living room, took out a small silver ball from his Waist Storage Bag, and gently placed it on the table.

Transparent ripples emanated from the small silver ball, calm deep blue rose up, countless twinkling light points appeared, and everything around faded away as Ronan departed.

Schiper’s Wanxiang Treasure Pearl!

Ronan found himself amidst a mysterious expanse of deep blue that resembled a starry sky, recalling what Benny had told him.

"The legend of Schiper predates the Mirror Court..."

Then the master of the Mysterious Garden should not be Schiper but a Mirror Court Wizard who obtained Schiper’s Wanxiang Treasure Pearl.

As for the similarities between the Wanxiang Treasure Pearl and the core rune of the Mirror Magic Tool, it might be just as Benny said: The Mirror Court could be another beneficiary of Schiper’s legacy.

Thinking this, Ronan reached out to lightly touch a twinkling light point within the deep blue night sky.

In a flash, the scene before his eyes changed completely.

He found himself in a vast expanse of ice and snow, surrounded by a boundless snowfield, with steep glaciers and majestic ice cliffs in the distance, and the beautiful Northern Lights swaying overhead...

Ronan gazed entranced at all this.

As his thoughts shifted, the scenery before his eyes changed once again.

He suddenly appeared atop a blazing volcano, facing the volcano’s crater spewing thick sulfuric fumes and flames, with flowing lava at his feet, surrounded by volcanoes on the verge of erupting. As far as the eye could see, this was entirely a world of fiery red.

Ronan continued to rotate the Wanxiang Treasure Pearl, and the surrounding scenes kept changing.

At times he found himself in a forest filled with fantastical colors, where giant glowing plants surrounded him, vibrantly colored flowers blooming in the night, and where trees and leaves shimmered with the light of stars;

At other times, he stood in an amazing city built entirely of gems, where every building and street was the work of top-notch gems, and beside him were many delicate and pretty gem-people bustling about;

Sometimes, he stood on a massive floating island that moved swiftly, beneath which lay a white whale too massive to describe. The whale had countless pairs of snow-white feathered wings, supporting the island as it broke through layer upon layer of dense clouds...

Ronan quickly experienced one after another fantastic adventure journey, walking through places he had never seen or even imagined in wizard books, witnessing one baffling scene after another.

Until, he stopped.

The deep blue of nightfall rose once more, with countless twinkling light points swirling around him like a river, slowly circulating.

This...

is the Wanxiang Treasure Pearl.

"I never thought something I risked my life to get would turn out to be just a toy.."

Ronan looked at the Wanxiang Treasure Pearl in his hand, his expression complex.

The Wanxiang Treasure Pearl could replicate scenes seen or remembered by the beholder and preserve them in the form of light points, to be viewed at any time later, putting one right in the midst of it all, much like... an advanced kaleidoscope!

"However, for me, this feature is still somewhat useful."

The splendid and bizarre images stored in the Wanxiang Treasure Pearl could assist Ronan in comprehending the special ambience of the Extraordinary Magic Realm.

The Master Level Proficiency of [Energy Missile - Particle Torrent] had been stalled for quite some time due to Ronan’s lack of impression and understanding of the "Torrent" motif.

With the help of the Wanxiang Treasure Pearl, flipping through the related scenes of majestic torrents might help break through this bottleneck period.

Another point was the core rune of the Wanxiang Treasure Pearl.

"The Second-tier Mirror Magic Tool held by Fuling seems to have been refined under the influence of the rune inside the Wanxiang Treasure Pearl... The legacy of Space and Mirror Magic is hidden in this rune.."

Ronan’s gaze flickered.

He was close to making a breakthrough past the Late Level 1 Stage, ready to refine the third Soul Seal.

For this third Soul Seal, Ronan had always been at a loss.

Now, with the runes of the Mirror Magic Tool and the Wanxiang Treasure Pearl in hand, he might gain some inspiration and insight.

If that did not work out, his only option would be to select the rune from "Alrice’s Ice Ring Necklace" which could amplify Ice Magic spells by twice the power.

Having secured the Wanxiang Treasure Pearl, Ronan took out the Waist Storage Bag he had acquired in the "Damp Jungle" from a Second-level Green-eyed Wizard.

The storage bag had already been opened.

Ronan tallied the items inside and found that the Green-eyed Wizard was much "poorer" than he had imagined.

As a Second-level Wizard, the wizard’s personal Waist Storage Bag only contained a little over a hundred Advanced Magic Stones, a few First Rank Magic Tools, and some common Potions left.

In such a large Waist Storage Bag, the only thing that caught Ronan’s eye were a few Second-tier Healing Potions...

"Is it because of such destitution that he chose to obey Travis’ orders, humbling himself to trouble me, a Level 1 Wizard, for some resource compensation?"

Ronan shook his head, feeling disappointed but resigned to the fact.

At least the Waist Storage Bag was quite advanced; its internal space was nearly half the size of a room, and the Rune Lock was undamaged. It was just right for Ronan’s use.

Having organized his gains, Ronan sat down on the living room sofa.

In the quiet darkness, feeling the occasional surge of energy from outside the window and the tense, "lively" atmosphere, Ronan’s thoughts once again returned to his conversation with Benny.

"Brilliantly radiant in defeat..."

He repeated these words softly under his breath, extended his hand to gently pluck a beautiful wildflower from the vase in front of him, and closely examined it.

"But no matter how beautiful, how radiant a failure is... it is still a failure.."

A faint chill flowed from his slender and even fingers, encapsulating the flower’s delicacy, then dropped to the ground, shattering into bits of ice.

"I don’t want to fail."

Ronan stood up, his expression calm, and walked into the Cultivation Room.