Feeling the power of Flesh Conversion Wizardry, Isaac stroked his chin thoughtfully. Honestly, this wizardry was a perfect match for Demonic Heart Transplant Surgery. It even instantly made the procedure far more practical.
Originally, Demonic Heart Transplant Surgery had mainly been used on humans. By transplanting the hearts of magical creatures, it granted them magic power and strengthened their bodies. The degree of enhancement varied slightly depending on the quality of the demonic heart implanted. It was one of the methods wizards used to cultivate servants.
However, it was an ancient and primitive method. After the Knight Breathing Technique emerged, this wizardry had gradually been phased out. By the present age, it had completely lost its practical significance.
There were simply too many more efficient methods, methods that could also guarantee the loyalty of the modified subject.
But with Flesh Conversion, its significance had changed once more.
Isaac could implant different hearts and limbs into magical creatures to enhance them, then reproduce them through Flesh Conversion!
In other words, he could become a rather unconventional summoner!
He just did not yet know how fast the casting was or how much magic power it consumed...
As he pondered, Isaac turned his gaze to the modified Demonic Rats. After lingering on them for a moment, he looked away. They were good candidates, but these were his only two specimens for now, and he still needed to keep them for observation. Besides, the surgical process could use further optimization. There was no rush.
The biological template for Flesh Conversion required him to swallow a sample whole. He would consider it once the technique had matured further.
With a thought, the ferocious Demonic Claw moved before Isaac. Its savage palm clenched loosely, then opened. Three black-bound books appeared from within the Demonic Claw. Isaac took one down with great interest and opened it.
Just as he had understood, it was blank.
Once these three books were filled with content and the Mana Turbulence Period had completely ended, he could begin preparing to advance to Grand Wizard.
Unlike the primitive Witch and the intelligent Arcanist, Legendary Wizards relied neither on bloodlines nor meditation for cultivation. They relied on faith!
Legendary Wizards had only one way to increase their magic power—absorbing Faith Power!
However, unlike gods, the Faith Power drawn upon by Legendary Wizards was rather special. The Faith Power they required mainly came from awareness. Whenever people learned of an event or a story, this special Faith Power would arise and be absorbed by Legendary Wizards.
Legendary Wizards had two ways to increase their magic power. The first was becoming famous. As long as they were famous enough, with enough people knowing them and their deeds, they could gain Faith Power. The second was spreading stories. As long as a story they wrote reached a broad enough audience, they could likewise gain Faith Power.
Moreover, while acquiring Faith Power through those two methods, they could also condense special Talent Wizardry according to the contents of the stories.
Once a Legendary Wizard had acquired three Talent Wizardries and the Mana Turbulence Period had ended, they could begin arranging the ritual to advance to Grand Wizard.
Besides those two methods, Legendary Wizards had a third way to obtain powerful Talent Wizardry—rituals!
Or rather, games of chance!
Legendary Wizards could communicate and trade with beings beyond the world through rituals, obtaining specific and powerful Talent Wizardry!
Of course, that was the ideal scenario.
Under normal circumstances, whether Legendary Wizards or beings beyond the world, both sides were exceedingly greedy. Each wanted to devour the other completely while paying no price themselves!
Thus, in most cases, rituals themselves were a means for both sides to gamble against each other. The winner took all.
The ritual Isaac had performed when advancing to Formal Wizard had been the same. Otherwise, how could he have made so many mistakes during it?
Hadn't they all been guided by that demon on the other side?
This method was extremely dangerous, and it could only grant wizardry; it could not increase magic power.
Yet many exceptionally gifted Legendary Wizards still repeatedly "traded" with beings beyond the world through this method, because the power seized through plunder was indeed formidable.
Besides these three methods, Legendary Wizards could also research spells like Arcanists, but they could not increase their mental power or magic power in the process.
The three methods did not conflict with one another. They could be used simultaneously, or just one could be used alone. However, the vast majority of Legendary Wizards chose the first two, cultivating with a one-to-two ratio.
This was because the magic power brought by the first method, Self Legend, was sufficiently refined and easy to control, but its drawback was that there was little of it. The magic power brought by the second method, Fantasy Legend, was greater and inexhaustible, but difficult to control. This ratio balanced out their respective weaknesses.
As for the third method, only a handful of lunatics chose it. Yet a one-to-one-to-one ratio was also publicly recognized as the path to the strongest Legendary Wizard!
Of course, it also had the highest mortality rate!
Isaac gently stroked the black cover and smiled confidently. Naturally, he would choose the strongest path. With the Golden Finger at his side, there was no way he could lose in a contest of wits!
But before that...
Isaac took a Magic Book to the desk and sat down. He spread it open on the tabletop, picked up the quill beside it, dipped it in ink, and began writing a story.
Well, more accurately, he was copying one.
Stories that produced Fantasy Legends did not necessarily have to be original works. As long as another Legendary Wizard had not bound that story first, it would do. Thus, famous authors often went missing in this world.
Nine times out of ten, those writers had been kidnapped by Legendary Wizards and locked in the Small Dark Room, forced to update their works day and night...
Isaac did not need to go through so much trouble. He could copy stories from his previous life!
With so many classic masterpieces from his previous life, would he not be unstoppable if he picked any one of them?
For example, the story he was copying right now was the timeless classic fairy tale from his previous life—"Cinderella"!
He had chosen this story after careful consideration. After all, these were two different worlds, and many things differed. Stories could not simply be transplanted blindly; they had to suit the social circumstances.
First of all, this sort of domineering-prince-falls-in-love-with-me plot had been popular across all eras and places in his previous life. The only difference was that princes became domineering CEOs, while fairies became wealthy women. He believed this world would be no exception.
Furthermore, the message of this fairy tale was simple and carried no political undertones.
Finally, it contained magical elements. Whether it was the power of wishes or the power of transformation, both were highly practical magical powers and worth looking forward to.
Isaac bent over the desk and copied diligently. He had long since recalled the plot of "Cinderella" and had even found someone to polish the prose. Now, all he needed to do was copy it into the Magic Book.
Before long, Isaac had written it all down. After checking it for a moment and seeing that the writing had not faded, a smile slowly appeared on his face. It had worked. Next, he only needed to wait for the story to spread.
For Isaac, who came from a noble family, this was no problem. Though his branch had already separated from the family, there were no significant conflicts of interest, and the separation had not been so complete. Spreading a story throughout the territory was an easy little matter.
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