Mage And Wolf
Chapter 229

Chapter 229: Chapter 229

The tricky part of this process comes first, opening up enough mana veins that these neophyte cultivators can start circulating mana to enough of their body to make the cultivation techniques necessary for the experiment viable.

Karl takes one, while I take the other. With my enhanced senses and ability to see the flow of cultivation energy, this should go much more smoothly than before. Even if it didn’t, I can likely repair any damage I cause and try again. The volunteer has naturally opened the path from her mind to her heart, which is enough to show potential as a mage. so I start from there, opening the pathways through all her organs, to her core, then down every limb until the entire body is opened to the flow of mana, or her choice of cultivation energy, were she not cultivating as a mage.

The process is quicker than expected and Karl is still working, so I take a while and clear the last of the blockages and pour just a hint of energy through her system to stretch the mana veins a little, saving her a lot of time doing it herself later. There’s a lot of lingering Divine Energy in her body, left from a lifetime in a Divine Plane, which should work out very well once we get to the ’feed her pills to speed up the cultivating process’ stage. Compared to Mortal Realm Cultivation Energy, Divine Energy is hundreds of times as dense, giving a reliable supply of energy for the process.

There is much more energy on Earth than there was even a few months ago, but I’m still limited to somewhere in the Core Formation Realm. I can draw a lot more than that in pure Death Energy to cheat the limits, but the planet certainly isn’t done adjusting yet.

I stop tweaking my test subject when Karl finishes up with his. He might have taken a long time, but it looks like he did an excellent job of it in the end.

The next step is to have Elder Song cast a memory transfer on them with all the essential knowledge. He’s written out a list of what they’ll need to know. Specific meditation and circulation techniques, mana manipulation, cultivation essentials, merging with and controlling their Elemental, how to Reinforce their foundation. That one is extra important since I’m going to be speeding up their cultivation by a lot.

With the list written and checked, Elder Song casts the spell on both at once, giving them an identical set of memories. I also notice that Hui’Jin looks startled, so he must have given some or all of that knowledge to her too.

The others will need a short rest to assimilate the flood of knowledge, so I pull Hui’Jin to the side to tweak and enhance her mana flow. Even if she wasn’t part of today’s experiment, she deserves it. She’s been a good and loyal friend, plus she enjoys blowing things up just as much as me and Karl. That’s a hard quality to find in a friend.

Compared to the humans, her mana veins are more easily cleared, and feel more flexible. There’s an odd reaction when I add hints of death and Divine Energy to expand them though, her body simply absorbs everything I send instead of circulating it. I can fix that though, it’s just a matter of volume. Increasing the amount increases the amount absorbed until I reach a limit and her mana veins begin to expand.

But that’s only a side effect, her body is rapidly forming the most magnificent and dense core I’ve ever seen. Forget actually leveling through the Core Formation stages, she’s going to have a fully formed core in about six minutes, assuming her cultivation base stands up to the change.

As I’m working, Beta John hands her something and Karl has her cast a spell. The flood of energy I’m pouring in rushes out, then returns, containing a glowing red energy. It feels like it belongs here, so I don’t think too hard on it and continue my work, incorporating the new red thing into the core and letting it become one with every cell in her body as it circulates.

As I go, the feeling of burning intensifies, and I realize that they really did find her a Fire Elemental Shard. Beta John must have brought an assortment with him in case of compatibility issues. It’s not as strong as the Arcane Elemental that has become one with Karl, but he’s been nurturing his for decades.

Since we’ve gone this far, I add the prepared concoction of pills, placing them directly in the Dragonewt’s mouth. One to fortify her soul, one to provide extra natural energy, and finally the one I developed in the Divine Realm to enable her body to use all forms of energy as if they were the most efficient sort for her body to absorb.

The Rank 1 version was still pretty strong when I tested it on myself, but the Fire Elemental Shard seems to love it, absorbing the pill in seconds and beginning to rapidly grow in strength. So I add another, then another, until the Elemental is sated and the rest of her body is gaining the benefits.

Either the pill or the amount of Death Energy flowing through the Priestess have begun to change the Elemental. No longer are the flames bright red, more and more they’re becoming black and white flickering flames as the Merger continues. I keep going until I feel a wall, like an immovable barrier stopping me from outside her body. The limit of this world’s cultivation strength.

The Fire Elemental energy now looks more like a burning form of Death Elemental energy, but it’s fully merged with both her core and her body, every bit is integral to her nature as Karl’s Arcane Elemental is to his.

Hui’Jin opens her eyes and they’ve become black orbs much like mine, but with flickering flames in them instead of stars.

"This is incredible, I can see everything, and feel everything. I can’t even describe this experience. I can literally see your Immortality just by looking at you. The flow of life and death around you makes it clear. I think I need to sit down." Sit down is more like collapse, but I catch her and guide her to one of the nearby couches.

"You guys got notes on all that right? I’ll write a report later, but it would be best if I wasn’t the only one." I say, looking at a smiling Elder Song and a room full of shocked faces.