Magic Core Conversion Array

Wesport smiled slightly, as if he were sitting firmly on a fishing platform. He picked up the teacup on the table, took a gentle sip, and waited for Jonathan's answer.

Jonathan paced back and forth in the living room, thinking over and over again.

Though he seemed hesitant, he had already made up his mind in his heart.

He would fleece the Dark Church one last time before leaving!

There was also the Bred Family's estate; he would exchange everything that could be exchanged into gold coins.

After a while, Jonathan put on a look of having made a firm decision. "Since you think so highly of me, sir, then I shall respectfully comply."

The smile on Wesport's face deepened; it was just as he had expected.

"However, I have heard that there is a treasure in this world called a spatial ring. A force like the Dark Church should have one, right? I want one."

"Hmm?"

Wesport's brows suddenly furrowed. Asking for a spatial ring was something that greatly exceeded his expectations.

Although spatial rings were rare, the Dark Church still possessed quite a few, though most were in the hands of Saint-level experts.

"A spatial ring? What do you need that for?"

Jonathan spoke bluntly: "For convenience. During my previous trips to the Magical Beast Mountain Range for training, I felt it was a pity that I couldn't bring back some materials, so I could only pick up the important ones."

"It would be much more convenient if I had a spatial ring, don't you think, Lord Wesport!"

Wesport chuckled. It was truly the temperament of a child.

"Spatial rings are extremely rare. Even a king of a nation might not necessarily have one. I must report this matter to the Pope before a decision can be made."

"That's fine. However, I am still young, and it wouldn't be good to take on such a heavy responsibility all at once. Besides, I need to focus on my cultivation. It wouldn't be too late to officially take up a post in the Dark Church in a few years. What do you think, sir?"

After pondering for a moment, Wesport said, "I understand."

"We have chatted enough for today. I will come to visit again next time."

As Wesport led his people away, a grey-robed priest beside him said, "This Jonathan is too ignorant of the situation. You visited and invited him personally, yet he still dared to set conditions."

"It would be strange if he didn't!" Wesport glanced at the grey-robed priest. "Such an outstanding magical genius will be treated with courtesy wherever he goes. The four great empires and the three great merchant guilds would certainly offer him extremely generous terms if he were willing."

"What I said at the beginning was actually quite average. After all, he is a member of my Dark Alliance. If he has to choose, he will naturally prioritize us. If he refuses..."

"However, what surprised me was that he chose to ask for a spatial ring. It is truly strange."

"A spatial ring is certainly convenient, but apart from its storage function, it is useless to the user themselves."

"Not to mention that he is a marquis with a massive fortune; even without that status, with his strength as a seventh-rank dual-element mage, he would never lack money."

"Then, sir, how should we treat him? He seems willing, yet also somewhat unwilling."

"I cannot make the decision regarding the spatial ring; I must ask the Pope. As for his attitude, he is indeed still young and has great potential. Waiting a few years is fine. As long as he does not betray our Dark Church, everything is negotiable."

"Let's go. We return to Fulai City first."

Fulai City was the headquarters of the Dark Church, at most a five or six-day journey from Black Phoenix City.

After they left, Jonathan gave a cold smile, returned to the cultivation room, and continued to study the magic array.

Time passed in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye, half a month had gone by.

After initially completing the magic array, Jonathan began to set it up. This magic was exceptionally complex; even though he was an eighth-rank magus at this time, it consumed a significant amount of his spiritual energy.

Six fourth-rank magic cores were placed at the six corners of the magic array, and then he used his spiritual energy to activate it.

The magic array began to glow with bursts of light, and a moment later, the magic cores also flickered on and off.

Of the six magic cores, three were earth-attribute and three were dark-attribute.

At this moment, Jonathan could clearly feel the power within the magic cores being drawn out by the array, constantly converging toward the center.

In addition to drawing out the magic power from the cores, this magic array could also purify it, allowing it to be quickly absorbed and refined by human mages.

An hour later, Jonathan entered the magic array, sat cross-legged, and began to absorb the abundant, pure elements within.

In less than half a stick of incense's time, the elements in the magic array were completely absorbed and converted into his own magic power.

Jonathan opened his eyes. "The research into this magic is truly astonishing. In just a moment, it is equivalent to several days of my accumulated magic power."

"However, the utilization rate of the magic cores seems to be not very high. At most, it only converted sixty percent. It's a bit wasteful."

Jonathan stood up and began to replace the magic cores.

He only possessed affinity for earth and dark elements, so he could only refine these two types of natural elements into his own magic power.

However, Jonathan had long ago sent Hilton to have people purchase earth and dark magic cores, as well as exchange them for cores of other attributes.

He had accumulated quite a lot by now.

Another half a month passed in a flash, and most of the earth and dark magic cores had been converted into magic power within his body, raising his accumulation to the peak of the eighth rank.

"The magic power in my body is already saturated. What remains is to fully enhance my spiritual energy."

"However, when I broke through as an eighth-rank mage, after the Dao Fruit strengthened my soul, my spiritual energy actually reached the mid-eighth rank all at once. That saved me quite a bit of time."

Jonathan faintly felt that as his realm grew higher, the Dao Fruit's effect of strengthening his soul was also constantly increasing. It was truly inconceivable.

Without realizing it, the year had reached 9998 of the Yulan calendar.

On the day of the Yulan Festival, the entire Black Phoenix City was quite lively; it was equivalent to the Spring Festival of his past life and was the most important holiday across the entire Yulan Continent.

Jonathan had Hilton generously reward the servants, guards, and maids in the mansion, and he took the opportunity to give them three days off.

Everyone was filled with gratitude.

However, Hilton did not leave and remained in the mansion to attend to Jonathan.

Jonathan felt quite gratified.

Aside from cultivation, he did nothing but cultivate; given his current progress, if he wanted to reach the level of a ninth-rank Grand Magus within two years, he could not afford to slack off in the slightest.

In the cultivation chamber, there were piles of magic weapons, most of which were inscribed with a single miniature magic array, though there were a few with two.

As for those with three, currently, there was only the dagger that Jonathan used frequently.

That dagger was a gift from Xue Yan and was a top-tier weapon, not inferior to the ones he usually used himself.

However, even a weapon of this quality could barely withstand three miniature magic arrays.

According to Jonathan's long-term experimentation, there was no doubt that as the number of magic arrays on a weapon increased, it required weapons forged from increasingly sturdy materials.

The floor of the chamber was littered with weapon fragments, all of which had shattered directly after the miniature magic arrays were activated because their material quality was insufficient.

Jonathan inscribed these miniature magic arrays primarily for the sake of his own spiritual energy cultivation; as for whether they shattered or not, he did not care too much.

Just like Linley carving stone sculptures, the primary goal was cultivation, and the fact that the finished sculptures could be sold for money was merely an extra bit of wealth.

On the second day of the Yulan Festival, Ford, Collette, and Charles came to visit.

He rarely stopped his work, taking the time to chat and dine with them.

The book is currently in its first round of recommendations, so brothers, please give me some support; I feel like I'm going to be eliminated in the first round again, boo-hoo~