Netherworld Soul Summoning! Corpse Digger!

After Levi finished what he was doing, he came to Teacher Mai Lin's room.

"Teacher, I'm going on a long trip soon, and I probably won't be able to teach for the next two or three months," Levi said.

"Is it the Yellow Earth Continent you mentioned before?" Mai Lin asked softly, her head down as she read.

"Yes, teacher. I have a friend over there. I'm going to see him and take care of some things there."

Mai Lin looked up and asked, "I know. By the way, the Tower Master has come out of seclusion and is looking for you. Go and see him."

Levi nodded as he arrived at the seventh floor of the White Tower.

The tower master was fiddling with a small box that looked a bit like an airplane black box.

Levi knew that the Tower Master seemed to be researching some kind of soul transplantation technology from the Death School, wanting to upload souls into a casket similar to a lich's, and through this method, transform into a complete Alchemy creature, completely abandoning the human brain.

This was certainly a dangerous attempt, but the tower master was extremely stubborn and could not be persuaded no matter what he was told, perhaps because of the person he kept hidden in his memory.

"Levi, how are you doing with your Alchemy and magic array studies lately?" the tower master asked.

"Tower Master, I have mastered all the First Ring Alchemy and Alchemy runes you gave me before. As for magic arrays, I can only refine some Zero Ring arrays at the moment," Levi said truthfully.

"Excellent, you've done a great job with the magic arrays. I've also heard about the magic arrays you installed in the Little Garden inside the tower; that was very well done. Once you advance to First Ring magic array wizard, you'll be able to help the tower refine and set up some useful First Ring magic arrays. You'll be well rewarded then," the tower master said.

"Yes, Tower Master," Levi said.

Although he has been busy with Breathing Technique and Meditation Technique in recent years, his speed of gaining experience with magic arrays has slowed down a lot.

However, his spell array skill is only one or two thousand points away from the Fourth Order. He can basically grind it to the Fourth Order by the end of this year or the beginning of next year. At that time, he can become a genuine First Ring spell array wizard and learn several key spell arrays, such as the "Shadowless Trail Array" which can ambush enemies and evade tracking.

"However, the reason I asked you to come here this time is because I heard you are going to the Yellow Earth Continent, and I would like to ask you to do something for me while you are there," the Tower Master said.

"Please speak, Tower Master. I will do my best to accomplish anything within my capabilities," Levi said.

In the Gray-White Tower, the Tower Master holds absolute authority, and Levi has no right to refuse. Moreover, the Tower Master himself treats Levi well, so Levi finds it difficult to refuse.

However, he naturally cannot make promises that are beyond his capabilities.

"My wife is from the Yellow Earth Continent. Her family is a powerful local wizarding family. I met her when I was a Wizard Apprentice. However, her family did not agree to our relationship, believing that I had no future with her and wanted to marry her off to the Flame King · Aisi Di Family, one of the three great families of the Yellow Earth Continent."

In the end, my wife betrayed her family for me, which led to a break with her clan. She never returned to her clan on the Yellow Earth Continent until her death.

Later I heard that my wife's family had declined due to some changes. They used to be a Second-Ring Wizard organization with a second- Second-Ring Wizard in charge, but now they probably don't even have First-Circle Wizard left. Perhaps it won't be long before the family is wiped out.

I don't care whether they perish or not, but I learned from my wife that although her family is small, they secretly possess the coordinates of the entrance to a small resource-rich secret realm that opens once every two hundred years.

When it opened last time, she went in with her people. However, due to an attack by extraordinary creatures, she and her people separated and fled. She acted alone and accidentally discovered an extremely rare [Seven Day Soul Return Grass] in a deep valley and cold pool in the secret realm. It is a seven-ring herb that is a true treasure that High-Rank Wizard would go crazy for.

Unfortunately, the Seven Day Soul Return Grass wasn't mature back then. Now, two hundred years later, the herb should be fully grown, and the gate to the secret realm will open in three months. When you go to the Yellow Earth Continent, please also visit the Ke Lin Family, where my wife resides. Whether by coercion or bribery, you must enter that secret realm and retrieve the Seven Day Soul Return Grass."

Upon hearing this, Levi's expression changed, and he asked, "Tower Master, do you want this to resurrect your... lover?"

As a pharmacist, Levi had naturally heard of the legendary Seven Day Soul Return Grass, a magical plant that almost only existed in legends. He never expected it to grow in a small secret realm.

This seven-ring herb is more precious than many eight-ring or even Ninth Ring herbs because it has a legendary function: to bring the dead back to life.

So Levi immediately thought of what the tower master wanted to do.

The tower master nodded. "That's right."

"Tower Master, it's not that I don't want to help you, but this task is too difficult. It's more appropriate for you to go yourself for such an important matter. After all, you are Third Ring existence, while I am just First-Circle Wizard ..." Levi said with some difficulty.

After all, if he failed, wouldn't it mean that the Tower Master's failure to revive his lover was due to his own incompetence?

Levi could not bear such consequences.

Even if we assume the Tower Master doesn't blame him, Levi would still feel guilty if he failed.

The tower master seemed to have anticipated Levi's words. "The Seven Day Soul Return Grass only increases my chances of reviving my wife; it's not absolutely effective, nor is it necessary. Don't feel too much pressure. Besides, we don't even know if there's still any Seven Day Soul Return Grass left in that secret realm. After all, two hundred years have passed; it might have been eaten by some extraordinary creatures in the secret realm."

I have another, more important thing to do. During the years I've been in seclusion, I've been studying the legacy of the Death Faction that I received from Harant, and just a few days ago, I mastered the method to enter the Hell Plane.

The reason I recently emerged from seclusion is for this reason. I'm about to enter the Hell Plane to search for something else: the [Other Shore Soul Summoning Flower]. With this, I'm much more confident that, using the knowledge I've acquired over the past two hundred years from various schools of thought, I can summon my wife's soul from the legendary Underworld.

I have already prepared a physical body for her from an Alchemy creature, and I have also prepared Soul Box to hold her soul. As long as we can summon her soul from the Underworld, we can be reunited!

The tower master became more and more excited as he spoke, rolling around on the ground and circling around Levi. Then he even showed Levi the Alchemy body he had made for his wife.

It was another ball... only much smaller, standing next to the tower master like the moon orbiting the earth.

Levi thought to himself, "Tower Master, what's with your unique aesthetic sense? Do you really like being a ball? Even if your wife were resurrected, she probably wouldn't be satisfied with the body you created..."

However, since the tower master had already put it this way, Levi couldn't refuse.

"After I resurrect my wife, I might go to the Starry Sea Area with her. You can be the tower master then, hehehe," the tower master laughed.

"No, no, no, Tower Master, you must be joking. I'm not suited to be the Tower Master." Levi thought to himself that he wouldn't take on such a heavy responsibility.

But he still had a question in his mind, so he asked.

"Tower Master, summoning souls back from the Underworld is something even High-Rank Wizard might not be able to do. This is probably a realm that only Great Wizard or even Legendary Wizard can reach. Are you confident in your abilities?" Levi asked, full of doubt.

The tower master said, "I certainly can't perform a normal Underworld soul summoning. The legendary Underworld is a place on the same level as the Astral Realm. The powerful beings there are no weaker than the gods. With my meager knowledge and realm, how could I possibly summon my wife back from the endless Nether Mother River the Underworld? Even with the Seven Day Soul Return Grass and the Other Shore Soul Summoning Flower, it wouldn't work. But my wife's soul is different."

The tower master, unaware of when, pulled a fragmented brain from his chest, near his heart, as if it were sealed within Amber.

When Levi looked over, the brain... was actually trembling slightly, which was extremely strange.

"This is my wife's brain. After she was murdered, I picked up her severed head from the enemy and collected the only remaining piece of brain lobe, sealing it in this container made of special material. Originally, I just wanted to keep it as a memento, but many years later, I discovered that this brain was still trembling slightly... The fact that the brain of a person who had been dead for so many years was still moving undoubtedly shocked me."

After in-depth research, I discovered that a wisp of my wife's soul remained in this brain. According to many scholars in the Death School, as long as the soul is not dead, the person is not dead. So, in a sense, my wife did not die; she left a trace of her soul in the Mortal World.

After observing her for the past century, I have discovered that the residual soul fluctuations within her brain are becoming increasingly faint, like a candle flame in the wind, which may be extinguished at any moment.

If this wisp of soul is extinguished, then unless I become Legendary Wizard, possessing the qualifications and power to communicate with the beings of the Underworld, and openly enter the Underworld to find my wife's lost soul on the [Nether Mother River], no one will be able to summon it.

So I can't wait any longer. Whether it succeeds or not, I have to give it a try.

Now that I have clues about the Seven Day Soul Return Grass and the Other Shore Soul Summoning Flower, with these two rare treasures and the help of my most respected teacher Salman, I feel that success is not impossible.

It is extremely rare for a person to leave behind a remnant soul in the Mortal World after death. Before reaching the High-Rank Wizard and before the birth of Origin Soul, physical death means that the soul must leave the Mortal World and enter the Underworld.

The soul can only linger in the Mortal World for a mere seven minutes. I believe my wife may possess some undiscovered secondary talent or special constitution; otherwise, this situation is impossible. No one can forcibly keep a dead person's soul in the Mortal World.

Therefore, while others may not be able to perform the act of summoning a spirit, perhaps under these favorable circumstances, I can!

The tower master said excitedly, his entire sphere trembling and emitting a buzzing sound of steam. He had been preparing for this day for far too long.

Levi pondered deeply, feeling that there was something else that could leave the soul in the Mortal World in another form.

That is... the Holy Armor Scorpion.

This is a strange insect that can devour souls.

In the legends of some civilizations, the Holy Armor Scorpion is intricately linked to the Scarab Beetle of the Underworld.

However, it is clear that although the souls devoured by the Holy Armor Scorpion remained in the Mortal World, it was better for them to return to the Underworld, because their souls became nourishment for the Holy Armor Scorpion's evolution, and there was no possibility of them being resurrected.

In the end, Levi could only say, "Tower Master, I will strive to complete this mission successfully! I also hope you return victorious from the Hell Plane!"

With the Tower Master's strength, he could at most venture into the Third Layer of Hell, and the Other Shore Soul Summoning Flower sounds like a very precious item; it's not certain that it even exists in a place like the third level of Hell. Of course, the Tower Master must have found some clues to dare to go in, otherwise he wouldn't have taken such a risk.

Levi finally understood that the reason the Tower Master was so eager to improve his strength, even to the point of becoming Alchemy creature, was all to revive his wife before her remnant soul disappeared.

It's hard to imagine that such unwavering love exists in the Wizard World; this is something Levi cannot comprehend at this stage.

What he considered a weakness, the tower master seemed to regard as the most precious thing...

Perhaps this is love.

Reluctantly, Levi left the Gray-White Tower. Before parting, the tower master gave Levi an extremely valuable Alchemy creature blueprint as payment for Levi mission.

When Li Wei saw the description of the Alchemy creature blueprint, Levi was slightly surprised.

"The Corpse Digger, First Ring Alchemy creature, is the strongest First Ring Alchemy creature. There is a record of First-Circle Wizard from the Alchemy School using the Corpse Digger to kill Second-Ring Wizard."

"The main materials needed for the refining are: the corpse of a powerful humanoid creature, preferably Giant Race or Troll Race; a large amount of Mithril and Sun Gold, with the higher the proportion of Sun Gold, the better; in addition, three different types of First Ring Alchemy Formula combinations are required, one defensive, one speed-type, and one offensive, as well as several First Ring Alchemy Cannon..."

Levi looked at the final design of the Alchemy creature on the Alchemy blueprints.

It was an Alchemy creature that was over five meters tall, weighed over fifty tons, held a giant axe in its right hand and a round shield in its left, and was covered in bloodstained plate armor and menacing metal spikes. It exuded an aura of savagery and bloodlust.

Legend has it that during the Wars of Civilization, these Alchemy creatures were deployed on the battlefield to... collect the corpses of the enemy, hence the name "Corpse Digger." They would seize their enemies, impaling them one by one on their spikes, killing them completely, and then, covered in corpses, would rampage across the battlefield, invincible in their slaughter.

The moment Levi saw the appearance of this Alchemy creature, he knew that this was the Alchemy creature he wanted! Its rough, terrifying, and ferocious appearance, resembling a Warhammer 40k mech, made Levi imagine the scene after he created it: this behemoth tearing apart First-Circle Wizard and fighting Second-Ring Wizard head-on.

Equivalent to another... monster Levi.

"I'll start refining it once I get back from the Yellow Earth Continent. With this thing guarding Black Fire Island, every one of them that comes will die. I can also innovate a bit and try to condense the Rune Words of [Power] and [Hermit] onto this big guy, giving it an even more terrifying power boost and the talent of invisibility. It would be so awesome."

After bidding farewell to Teacher Mai Lin, Levi, carrying the newly acquired blueprints, hurriedly returned to Black Fire Island.

But as soon as he returned to Black Fire Island, before Levi even set foot on the island, when he was more than ten kilometers away, he sensed something was wrong within the range of his Black Serpent's Tongue's perception.

A familiar aura was lingering in his Cave Residence.

Levi's memory suddenly went back to two years ago.

Back in Hot Wind City, he remembered that there was an aura between the First Ring and Second Ring rings beside Doge, which gave him a strong sense of danger. It was suspected to be Second-Ring Wizard. At that time, Levi Wei waited until the other party left before he made his move.

I never expected this person to actually come to my Cave Residence.

"The opponent may be Second Ring cultivator. Although my strength has increased dramatically, I should avoid a head-on confrontation until my Breathing Technique reaches the twelfth level or I advance to the Second Ring."

Reason told Levi that life is only once, and once it's over, it can't be brought back to life. Reality isn't a web novel. Even if he had many trump cards, he should leave the challenge of going against a higher level to the protagonists in the novels.

He wasn't without support; with the Gray-White Tower behind him, he could easily call for reinforcements.

No, it's shaking snakes! "I'm going to find Yolman right now! You better stay in my house and don't run away!"

Levi hid in a faraway place, speechless. He really didn't expect to encounter such a situation of being usurped, but he was also fortunate that he had gone out, otherwise he would have inevitably had a fierce battle with the Second Ring, which might have been life-threatening.

And so, Levi left the Gray-White Tower and then hurriedly ran back.

The tower master looked at Levi, who had returned, his small head filled with great confusion. "Why are you back again?"

Levi said helplessly, "Tower Master, I'd like to borrow Yolman to help me in a fight. Don't worry, it's a sure win, and Yolman won't get hurt."

"What kind of enemy?" the tower master asked.

"A Black Wizard, possibly Second Ring being, whom I can't defeat on my own, so I'd like to ask Yolman for help," Levi said.

"Should I have Mai Lin take action?"

"No need, Yolman is fine."

"Alright, go ask Yolman if he agrees. I can't make the decision for him," the tower master said with a smile.

Okay.

Levi hurriedly went to the first floor and patted the head of the resting Yolman snake. Yolman opened its eyes, its pale golden vertical pupils staring at Levi, its tongue flicking out.

"Yolman, it must be so boring staying in here every day," Levi said with a squinty smile.

Yolman nodded the snake's head in agreement.

"Then I'll take you to kill someone."

Levi grinned, flicked out his forked tongue, and spoke in a cold and cruel voice.

2nd update, 10,000 words! 4,000 extra words today, 58,000 words still owed.