Marked

At the very least, up until now, the Flower Country's officials have not abandoned any of their own members.

Even tourists who had given up on themselves were given relevant solutions by the Flower Country, their difficult situations not being ignored.

Many were incredibly surprised by the official recruitment announcement.

[Is this real or fake? Can I apply then? My wife just praised my cooking.]

[Yes, you can, but only if you're already a formal Sorcerer. Only Sorcerers can manipulate Spiritual Energy to create dishes with special effects.]

[Then it's no use. I was mistaken, I thought good cooking skills would give me a chance. Unfortunately, my Spirit Attribute is only 2 points, sigh.]

[Hey upstairs, your Spirit Attribute is too low! My kindergarten daughter has 3 points, and she'll at least have 7 points when she grows up.]

[Get lost, don't show off, okay?]

[Don't be discouraged with 2 Spirit Attribute points, there's still a chance. You can add points after leveling up. The most important thing now is to increase your strength.]

[I'm a university student, a formal Sorcerer, studying clinical medicine. I wonder if I meet the recruitment requirements?]

[Clinical medicine has nothing to do with pharmaceutical manufacturing, right? You can go ask the officials.]

[Sigh, I don't think it's likely either. I should have studied traditional Chinese medicine, that would definitely work.]

Yun Xi stopped reading the various online discussions. She continued to focus on her own important matters, studying the 'Immobilization Technique' and 'Counterattack Technique'.

The Immobilization Technique and the Healing Technique had similar levels of complexity in their spell patterns; it would take about ten days to learn them.

However, the Counterattack Technique was different. Like the Light Control Technique, it was a long-lost light-element spell technique, and equally difficult to learn.

In the following days, Yun Xi put all her effort into learning both spell techniques, taking a total of one and a half months.

[Basic Counterattack LV1: Consumes 10-100 Spiritual Energy, can condense a counterattack light screen, capable of reflecting up to 52-142 (Spirit * Skill Level + Consumed Spiritual Energy) damage from an enemy. Can be permanently stacked infinitely. Casting cooldown: 4h.]

[Basic Immobilization LV1: Consumes 10-100 Spiritual Energy, can immobilize and lock onto all life forms. The caster's Spirit Attribute and consumed Spiritual Energy will determine the success rate and duration of the immobilization.]

Like the Light Control Technique, the Counterattack Technique could be stacked infinitely.

Yun Xi couldn't help but marvel more than once at how exaggerated these two spell techniques were.

As of now, the halo shield stacked by the Light Control Technique had reached around 24,000.

This was roughly equivalent to the health points of a high-level Warrior.

The Constitution Attribute of a level 30 high-level Warrior was basically between 60-100 points, which included allocated free attributes and Constitution enhanced by consuming rare treasures.

Their health points = Constitution Attribute * 1000, which was 60,000-100,000.

The Constitution Attribute of a level 20 intermediate Warrior was basically between 40-60 points. Their health points = Constitution * 100, which was 4,000-6,000.

Although Yun Xi's current halo shield couldn't compare to the health points of a high-level Warrior, it far surpassed that of an intermediate Warrior.

The Counterattack Technique, like the Light Control Technique, was also a defensive spell technique. However, it was even more powerful than the Light Control Technique as it could reflect damage.

Correspondingly, its cooldown time was twice that of the Light Control Technique.

Calculated this way, the Light Control Technique could be cast 8 times a day, while the Counterattack Technique could only be cast 4 times.

With half a month left until the Goddess of Freedom's mission, Yun Xi had already learned all the combat spell techniques in her plan. The remaining task was... to upgrade and transfer to an Intermediate Sorcerer!

After a two-month interval, Yun Xi once again went to the various local malls for some 'shopping spree', especially for consumable resources. Yun Xi directly cleared out the inventory.

Along the way, Yun Xi also went to the Enchanting Accessories Shop and handed the prepared 100 Green Crystals to Yu Nanfei.

"Didn't we agree you'd transfer the money to me in a month? Why so late?" Yu Nanfei glanced at her, his tone remaining calm and steady.

"Something came up, sorry." When the month was up, Yun Xi was at a critical stage of learning the Counterattack Technique, her mind too strained, so she had put his matter out of her mind.

"Mm... alright, here's your item." Yu Nanfei took out a small brocade box and handed it over.

Yun Xi took it and opened it.

It was also an earring made of Black Mist Stone material, identical in appearance to the anti-detection equipment... perfect, one for each ear.

[Black Mist Stone Earring (Advanced): Adds the 'Information Extraction Technique LV30' spell. Applying 'Information Extraction Technique' to a life form or non-living object will randomly obtain a piece of hint information.

Each use requires charging. For every 10-30,000 Spiritual Energy consumed, 'Information Extraction Technique' can be applied to the target. The success rate of 'Information Extraction Technique' will be affected by the consumed Spiritual Energy and the target's level.]

Information Extraction Technique?

Another unfamiliar and novel spell technique.

But...

"This detection equipment can only extract random information?" Yun Xi asked Yu Nanfei.

"As long as you're willing to spend money to charge it, you can get key information," Yu Nanfei replied.

Yun Xi understood. Another money-draining machine.

The maximum consumption of 30,000 Spiritual Energy, which was the energy contained in 3 Green Crystals.

No wonder Yu Nanfei was so short on money. If she didn't have her treasury, she'd be short too.

What surprised Yun Xi the most was that this was actually a LV30 spell technique.

LV21-30 was the level range for advanced professions.

Yun Xi had originally thought that with her friendship price of 100 Green Crystals, Yu Nanfei would be lucky to craft equipment around LV25 for her.

He didn't hold anything back.

Because of this, Yun Xi could see his strength. He was at least an LV30 Intermediate Sorcerer…

"Oh right, do you need this little trinket? I made it from scraps earlier." Yu Nanfei took out another teardrop-shaped pendant and handed it to Yun Xi.

[White Crystal Pendant (Low-grade): Can detect the concentration of Strange Energy in the air. The darker the color, the higher the Strange Energy concentration.

Note: Can detect up to LV10 Strange Energy concentration.]

Yun Xi's eyes lit up. The pendant's function was exactly what she needed. It would be useful for leveling up in the wild and finding Strange Creatures.

"How much?"

"No need, it's a gift for you. Just focus on leveling up and try to complete that quest. Consider it my repayment."

"Why are you so confident in me?" Yun Xi was taken aback.

"To be honest, I have a passive piece of equipment that can detect some hidden information. For example, you have a mark on you left by an existence of a higher level than the Goddess of Freedom."

Yun Xi's heart tightened.

A mark from an ancient God Race? No, if it was left by a 'higher-level existence'... the ancient God Race is all dead.