In the early hours of the morning, Li Yao got dressed and quietly left the tavern.
After thinking it over, he returned to his studio apartment in University City.
Li Yao had moved all the alchemy equipment and magical materials there into the tavern laboratory, leaving the apartment empty. It was perfect for the advancement. He called a car through a ride-hailing app and soon arrived at the studio. It had been unoccupied for so long that a layer of dust covered everything. Li Yao used Mage Hand to fetch water and a rag from the bathroom, quickly cleaning the small living room.
After finishing that, Li Yao began taking things out of his Space Ring.
Array Carving Stone Slabs, Magic Powder, Crystalline Marrow Stones, and other materials needed to construct the Advancement Magic Circle. Most of them were related to mental and soul attributes.
Through the formation of the magic circle,
this energy would flow into the mage's body, following the prescribed array patterns to carve Spirit Marks onto the soul, ultimately condensing into a "Magic Spirit Pool" fused with the soul.
And that was only the first step.
Even after the "Magic Spirit Pool" was successfully condensed, a mage could continue adjusting and refining it in later cultivation according to their chosen path.
It could be embedded into Spell Circuits, and it was also the foundation for comprehending the soul and grasping the laws.
It was an unavoidable step toward becoming a Formal Mage, and an absolutely crucial one.
After arranging the materials, Li Yao began using magical ink mixed from Magic Powder to draw the magic circle. A Seven-Pointed Star was inscribed within concentric circles... Originally, mages had used a Five-Pointed Star, representing wind, fire, water, earth, and spirit respectively. Later, after extensive research by the Association's