55 – Inner Court

After a small celebratory dinner, Yang Feng went to his study, took out the copy of {Soul Attributes and Warlock Path’s Choices} and read it carefully.

The more more he read, the heavier was Yang Feng’s complexion.

Yang Feng’s face was gloomy for a long time, then he put down the book and slowly sighed: “If one’s soul aptitude hadn’t reached inferior level-4, then it was impossible for one to promote until official level-1 Warlock via Orthodox Warlock’s secret methods.

Orthodox Warlock’s secret methods continuously strengthened one’s physical constitution and raised one’s spirit force at the Apprentice Warlock stage. After one’s physical constitution reaches one’s limit of tolerance, the soul force would be condensed by means of the secret method, forming a soul seed that acted as the core in the sea of spirit force within the sea of conscience – moreover, the sea of spirit force would solidify into a level-1 spell, becoming one’s instantaneous innate spell.

Once the soul seed acting as the core of the see of spirit was formed, then an Apprentice Warlock would turn into an official level-1 Warlock, one’s soul would then be nourished by the see of spirit force, continuously thriving and growing. After one’s soul force was strengthened, a Warlock could then proceed with the strengthening of their physical constitution via various means, enhancing their life span and continuously changing into an extraordinary life form.

Turandot Subcontinent’s Warlocks and other planes’ Wizards, Magi, etc., their fleshly bodies were extremely formidable and comparable to that of many extraordinary life forms. As long as one was promoted to a level-1 Warlock, even if one didn’t use any defensive spells, pistol bullets would simply be unable to penetrate their bodies. Those pinnacle level-1 Warlocks, their fleshly bodies were continuously strengthened, to the point that even rifle bullets wouldn’t be able to penetrate them.

Those formidable level-1 Warlocks and level-2 Warlocks, the reason why they were disposed of by Yang Feng, was because his mechanical legion was too large in numbers and it was too strong.

With a soul aptitude less than inferior level-4, the soul force would be too frail, the soul would be unable to condense into a soul seed, once one forced the condensation, only death would await.

Yang Feng said in a heavy voice: “Nr.3796, immediately carry out an analysis, after I use Mermaid Tears, whats the highest extent to which my soul aptitude can promote to.”

<Initiating modeling! Carrying out the analysis! The results will be obtained after 10 seconds.>

<Analysis completed, the highest soul aptitude that the Host can promote to by using Mermaid Tears is superior level-3.>

Yang Feng’s eyebrows furrowed as he murmured: “Superior level-3? What about the analysis of Siren Tears? Can it be synthesized?”¹

<Currently, the analysis’ progress is at 24.5%! Unable to be synthesized.>

Yang Feng’s eyebrows furrowed as he contemplated: “Blue Mirage and Mermaid Tears, relatively speaking, they were among the most ordinary elixirs capable of promoting one’s soul aptitude in Turandot Subcontinent. Apart from those, there aren’t anymore easy to get soul aptitude promoting elixirs. Do I really have to tread the Blood-Meridian Warlock Path?”

Orthodox Warlock Path was a Warlock Path that rejected a lot of people with lacking soul aptitudes. Prior to Second Warlock Dynasty, the entire Main World only had Orthodox Warlocks.

Second Warlock Dynasty’s founder The Great Taboo Emperor, was a person with only an inferior level-3 soul aptitude. The Great Taboo Emperor, during the period when he was still weak, exchanged knowledge with a formidable existence from a strange plane, then transplanted formidable blood-meridians of a strange species and broke the myth that people with lacking soul aptitudes were unable to promote until Warlocks. The Great Taboo Emperor, via taboo research, strengthened himself step by step and then finally founded Second Warlock Dynasty. Blood-Meridian Warlock Path became very popular from the times of The Great Taboo Emperor, it became one of the two mainstream Warlock Paths.

In addition to Orthodox Warlocks and Blood-Meridian Warlocks, in order to promote to an official Warlock, there were still other paths. For example, one could carryout a transaction with powerful existences from strange plains such as devils, fiends and gods, then because of the other party forcing the promotion of one’s soul aptitude, one would promote to a Warlock in one fell swoop. However, by doing so, one would be reduced to being the other parties puppet – furthermore, the residual effects were severe, Yang Feng merely contemplated for a while and then chose to give up on it.

Blood-Meridian Warlock Path was also not too good to tread on. To become a Blood-Meridian Warlock, the first step would require the blood-meridians of a formidable life form. In order to become a Chief Giant Dragon Blood-Meridian Warlock, one would need to massacre 3 Chief Giant Dragons and extract their blood-meridian essence, then after making use of all kinds of extremely precious materials and countless purification, only then could one refine a bottle Chief Giant Dragon Blood-Meridian Essence that could be transplanted. The second step would require to practice a secret method compatible with the blood-meridians, without the secret method, even if one had blood-meridian essence, one still wouldn’t be able to use it.

However, once one becomes a Blood-Meridian Warlock, then one’s cultivation would advance by leaps and bounds, one practically wouldn’t encounter any bottlenecks while practicing cultivation and continue without stop until depleting the evolution potential of the life form’s blood-meridians. After a White Dragon grows up, it’d possess the battle prowess of a Great Warlock rank. If one transplants blood-meridians extracted from a White Dragon, then once a White Dragon Blood-Meridian Warlock became a Great Warlock, then one’s evolution potential would be depleted, one would be unable to advance once again by even one iota.

Yang Feng contemplated: “Without a top-notch life form’s blood-meridian essence, even if one obtained the secret method, practicing it would be useless. No wonder Blitz would so readily agree to allowing me to choose a secret method that could be practiced until Great Warlock. Even if I got the secret method, it would be useless, unless I’m willing to merely become a level-1 Warlock or level-2 Warlock, then randomly hunt some extraordinary life forms comparable to a level-2 Warlock and extract their blood-meridian essence.”

After truly setting a foot on the Warlock Path, only then did Yang Feng discovered how important aptitude was. His inferior level-1 soul aptitude was indeed too horrible. If he originally had a superior level-3 soul aptitude, then he basically wouldn’t need to worry about it.

Warlock College Antalya only accepted those students that at least had a level-4 soul aptitude, that was because only those students who at least had a level-4 soul aptitude might be promoted to a level-1 Warlock, only they were worthy of being groomed.

The remaining small forces of Turandot Subcontinent would accept some students with level-2 soul aptitudes and level-3 soul aptitudes to be groomed into Apprentice Warlocks, then make use of them for some miscellaneous jobs, without taking them seriously.

The next morning, from outside the door of Yang Feng’s dormitory, came knocking noises.

“It’s you?” Yang Feng opened the door and found that it was precisely Anya who stood outside the door.

Anya said with a slight smile: “Hello, Yang Feng, I’m Anya! I’ll be the one to lead you into the inner court.”

Yang Feng said with a polite smile: “Sorry for troubling you!”

Warlock College Antalya’s inner court was the place were Apprentice Warlocks as well as a lot of official level-1 Warlocks dwelt, it had a lot of taboos. After each outer court student was promoted to an Apprentice Warlock, an experienced inner court student would be sent to welcome the new inner court student.

At the junction of Warlock College Antalya’s inner court and outer court, there was a gate, before the gate was a boulder in the form of a giant wolf.

Anya arrived before the boulder in the form of a giant wolf and said respectfully: “Hello, Dulimuk Daren! This is Yang Feng, who just recently promoted to an Apprentice Warlock.”

1 – Siren Tears was the elixir formula that Steel Lord Yang Ye bought from Eudorax, the formula was ‘useless’ because of the constrain of ingredients