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Chapter 96 Spirit Summoning Ceremony_1

Chapter 96: Chapter 96 Spirit Summoning Ceremony_1

"...We are short on time, let’s continue with the meeting."

Seeing everyone heatedly fix their gaze on him, Mu You had to change the subject, forcibly bringing the meeting back on track.

The trading round for Sagittarius was over, followed by the last two, Capricorn and Aquarius.

Unfortunately, neither of them had suitable cards to trade.

Capricorn didn’t bring any significant cards to this round as he only intended on making an obligatory presence alongside Libra.

Aquarius, on the other hand, had spent all of last week wholly committed to tasks and had no time to make cards.

Fortunately, she completed her tasks successfully!

"Thanks to your Youth Restoration potion, it helped me overcome a crisis at the critical moment, and I successfully completed the task. Here is the promised Red Dragon Blood!"

Aquarius said, cautiously placing a bottle on the emblem before her.

Mu You took it over and looked at it.

At the bottom of the bottle was a single drop of deep red blood, extremely viscous as if it had congealed into a sphere in the bottle, not sticking to anything no matter how much he shook it.

Only when the Red Dragon Blood was truly in his possession did Mu You breathe a sigh of relief.

Now, his trading for today could be said to have been complete success. Even though he only traded two cards, he got three new practical cards in return: Tenacious Light, Dark Transfer, and Summon Zombie, plus the most important, Red Dragon Blood.

Then Mu You witnessed the trade of high-level cards between Leo and Gemini. Afterwards, all the trades among those present were completed, and it was time to chat leisurely again.

But this time, Mu You lost interest after listening for a while. Now that he had a forum, he had a lot more channels to gather information, and there was nothing particularly special about what everyone was discussing.

After a short wait, the meeting time was up.

Black fog filled the palace again.

"Well, everyone, see you next week!" Mu You looked at everyone. Together with Taurus, who was absent, eleven people had gathered. He wondered if everyone would be present for the first time at the next meeting...

"See you next week!"

"See you next week!"

...

Everyone, one after another, bid their leave and disappeared consecutively.

A few seconds later, the scene shifted before Mu You, and he returned to his own room.

Looking at the clock, it was exactly one in the morning.

But Mu You did not have time to rest. He took a syringe into his bag space and stifling his ears, forcefully extracted a tube of juice from the Mandrake.

The Mandrake had begun to let down its guard around Mu You these past few days, no longer hiding from him as it used to, even dare to occasionally mischievously spin around him a few times, and play hide-and-seek with him.

But tonight, the Mandrake, who was sleeping soundly, was suddenly pulled out and jabbed in the butt with a sharp object, and a large tube of blood was drawn that made it feel faint!

The previously accumulated goodwill towards Mu You instantly evaporated. Looking in horror at the syringe in Mu You’s hand, it quickly escaped far away, burying itself deep in the soil, never daring to show its head again.

Mu You didn’t have time to deal with it now. Drawing blood had wasted another half hour, he needed to hurry up.

Silver powder, iron powder, crystal powder, and 100 milliliters of his own blood... all the materials were laid out on the stove.

Mu You held a Poker Flying Card between his fingers, input his magic power, and flicked it.

The Poker began to fly in an arc, with the Fool’s Boundary automatically appearing in front of him.

Mu You took a breath and immediately began his attempt to refine it.

He adeptly processed all the materials and added them to the crucible one by one...

Thanks to his countless experiences refining ointment, this time his actions finally resembled those of a Magic Potion Master.

Of course, it was impossible to succeed in one go.

Without surprise, the first attempt ended in failure within five minutes.

Mu You was not discouraged. He immediately traveled back in time and started over...

What followed was an endless cycle of failures.

The third time...

The tenth time...

The fiftieth time...

The hundredth time...

Finally, on the 321st attempt, the first successful potion was completed.

Unfortunately, the quality was only Black Iron Rank, and that was after adding the ingredient Spring Wind to enhance its quality...

What Mu You needed was at least Excellent Grade Spirit Calling Potion. He had no choice but to continue traveling back in time.

Fortunately, since he had succeeded once, it indicated that he was at least on the right track. What remained was to strive for perfection in the details.

Mu You engaged in the refinement process step by step, following the instructions on the parchment...

Failing hundreds or thousands of times didn’t matter. Within the confines of the fool’s boundary, he had unlimited opportunities. Unless he psychologically ceased to endure, he was theoretically bound to succeed.

At attempt number 2445, he managed to concoct his first ordinary grade elixir!

But it was still not enough, so without further ado, Mu You reversed time and continued to revise the details...

After that came another thousand or so trials, during which time he was increasingly able to produce ordinary potion.

It wasn’t until the 3450th attempt.

Finally, a shimmer of light appeared, revealing a lustrous liquid like quicksilver inside the crucible. Its surface radiated a greenish glow, its quality: Excellent Grade!

"Success!"

Mu You couldn’t conceal his excitement, but there was no time to celebrate. He hurriedly poured the potion into a pre-prepared glass bottle.

He sprinted downstairs and went to the aviary, picking off the best-looking, healthiest canary and placed it in a cage.

"I hope you don’t mind sharing your body with someone else..."

Mu You preemptively apologized to it in his heart, then headed down to the basement to retrieve a barrel of chicken blood he had sealed in advance.

Packing everything into his backpack, Mu You wrapped himself in the Invisibility Cloak, grabbed the birdcage, and walked out the door.

The spirit summoning ceremony needed to be conducted in an open area under the moonlight. But Mu You was unsure of the noise it would make, so opting to keep away from the city was the safest choice.

Mu You ran all the way to a hill several kilometers away from home. He summoned a battle eagle to survey around and make sure no one was on the mountain. Then, he found a spacious grassland on the hilltop.

It was already four in the morning.

Looking up, he saw the moon was gradually tilting westward. The dawn was approaching and Mu You hastily got to work.

After clearing dry grass and twigs, Mu You used chicken blood to draw a circle on the ground, three meters in diameter. Inside was a hexagram formation, another circle inside that, and within it, a small hexagram.

Mu You placed the birdcage at the center of the hexagram formation and carefully backed away from the formation.

Standing at the edge of the hexagram, he unscrewed the cap of the spirit calling potion bottle and dripped the potion onto the formation, one drop at a time. At the same time, he began to mutter a spell in a steady tone.

"Proclaim!"

"Named the Lord of Calamity, Anseni Vivian."

"Life that kills nothing."

"Name that dominates nothing."

"Soul that harms nothing."

"Heart that heals nothing."

"Now I kneel before you as my teacher, calling back those who receive no oracle, the decadent, the aged, and the burnt."

"From hell it comes, led by the bloody path, lit by the bright moon."

"Repeating cycles at the crossroads of the underworld, starting again outside the mirror door."

"When the bondage is lifted, it is the chance to resurrect..."

With the continuous dripping of the potion, the formation under his feet began to glow.

The faint red light, akin to a setting sun, lit up the surrounding darkness. The nearby birds and animals scattered, and the previous incessant chirping of insects suddenly went silent.

Only the bird in the cage was left, apparently sensing what was coming and desperately flapping its wings to escape. Regrettably, it couldn’t get out of the cage.

"I swear here..."

"I will carry your burden with my ease..."

"Led by blood..."

"Bound by the soul..."

The light became increasingly intense. The dazzling red light penetrated through the forest, scaring off more flocks of birds and animals.

A gentle wind blew from the center of the array, blowing away all the debris in the vicinity.

Mu You was relieved he had chosen not to summon directly in the city. If not, the attention drawn by this tremendous activity alone would have distracted him and stopped him from completing the ceremony.

Mu You tried to calm himself down as he finished the last few lines of the spell.

As he finished, he suddenly felt his magic power being depleted abruptly. His body started to weaken, and his arms and hands began to tremble.

He hurriedly gripped his arm, insisting on dripping the last few drops of potion, while pronouncing the last lines of the spell.

"...Link the world of star spirits, descend yonder!"

Accompanying the last drop of potion, the light of the formation reached its peak at this moment.

The light emanating from it was as intense as the sun, to the extent that Mu You had to shield his eyes with his hand.