An Exceptionally Large Undead Space (Seeking Follow-ups!!!)

"What a shame. The ancient texts don't contain detailed records of these secret techniques," Qin Yun said, his expression filled with regret and disappointment.

If those secret techniques could have been recorded in detail, he could hardly imagine how many times stronger humanity would have become.

Leaving aside other secret techniques for the moment, just look at the Soul Extraction Secret Technique.

It could obtain a Soul Essence from a demon with a hundred percent success rate.

The value of that secret technique was simply immeasurable!

If this secret technique had not been lost, Soul Essences would never have been scarce. Everyone's magic could have been strengthened to level five, even level six!

From that alone, one could better imagine just how many powerful secret techniques and forbidden arts humanity had once possessed.

Powerful enough to leave those Totem Beasts that ruled the world either dead or wounded, almost vanishing without a trace from the face of the earth.

In the future, if not for Mo Fan's deep investigation into totems, most people would probably never have known that totems existed.

Seen this way, history was like something deliberately erased by an invisible hand, becoming fragmented, incomplete, and full of gaps.

Whenever Jiang Yuan thought of this, he always felt a chill run down his spine.

There were far too many secrets in this world.

"Forget it. Let's not talk about these depressing things. You haven't contracted an undead yet, right? I'll explain Undead Contracts to you."

Qin Yun composed himself and changed the subject.

Jiang Yuan had told him before that he had not yet formed an Undead Contract.

"An Undead Contract is actually similar to a Summon Contract, but there are also differences. You can create undead yourself, and undead you create yourself are not restricted by contracts. It's just that the creation process is extremely complicated, and the cost is quite high."

Only those Egyptian Undead mages, with their abundant undead resources, had the ability to create undead.

Qin Yun said, "For the current Undead element, the most typical feature at the Intermediate level is opening the Undead Space and being able to sign Undead Contracts."

"The names Undead Space and Summon Space are very similar, and their functions are similar too, but in reality, they're very different."

"The size of the Undead Space expands as your magic level rises, so even if you contract more undead, a second Undead Space won't appear. This is one of its fundamental differences from the Summon Space."

"Generally speaking, an Intermediate level mage's Undead Space is about the size of a basketball court. At the Advanced level, it can reach the size of a soccer field, and at the Super level, it's about the size of ten soccer fields."

These words left Jiang Yuan silent.

He quietly glanced at his own Undead Space.

Good lord!

His Undead Space was fully the size of twenty soccer fields.

Twice the size of a Super-level Undead Space!

It seemed the Undead Space granted by his Innate Talent was indeed very different from an ordinary Undead Space.

Jiang Yuan understood that at a time like this, it was better to keep quiet.

"The Undead Space is filled with undead aura. This aura not only nourishes undead, but can also repair the injuries they suffer to a certain extent. As long as it isn't a fatal wound, they can basically recover," Qin Yun continued.

After finishing his explanation of the Undead Space, Qin Yun erased the writing on the blackboard and began explaining the Underworld.

"The Underworld belongs to the Dark Plane. The source of black magic comes from there, and the entire Dark Plane is ruled by the Dark King."

"No one knows just how powerful the Dark King truly is. Among Forbidden Curse Mages, there are black mages. As the birthplace of black magic, one can imagine that the Dark King's strength is far beyond anything we can comprehend."

The chalk in Qin Yun's hand stopped on the words "Underworld." After a moment, he crossed out "Underworld." "Unfortunately, we know very little about the Dark Plane. We haven't even figured out our own plane, so we're in no position to talk about exploring other planes."

After writing "Dark Matter" on the blackboard again, Qin Yun said, "In a while, you'll be coming with me to the Ancient Capital, so let me tell you about Dark Matter."

"All black magic relies on Dark Matter for enhancement. This is just like elemental magic relying on an Elemental Seed. How much do you know about Dark Matter?"

Qin Yun remembered that Jiang Yuan had brought up Dark Matter on his own before, so he assumed he should know quite a bit.

Jiang Yuan replied, "If you want to absorb Dark Matter, you have to sign a contract with it. Afterward, you can obtain some special abilities."

Qin Yun shook his head. "You only got half of that right."

Only half right?

Jiang Yuan was a little puzzled. Was there something he did not know?

Qin Yun continued explaining.

"What you said earlier is correct. Absorbing Dark Matter is, in essence, signing a contract with it, exchanging a certain price for power. But the latter part is wrong. Special abilities aren't that easy to obtain."

"After many black mages sign a contract, what they obtain is nothing more than an enhancement to summoned creatures or contracted undead. Special abilities are extremely rare. Only people with excellent luck can possess them."

"Mm?"

When Jiang Yuan heard this, his pupils shrank slightly.

In that case, after signing a contract with the Dark Matter Dean Xiao had given him, had his luck basically gone through the roof?

Qin Yun noticed the change in his expression and asked with a smile, "Judging by your expression, did some black mage around you obtain a special ability after signing a contract with Dark Matter? Haha, that person's luck is really good."

"Me." Jiang Yuan raised a finger and pointed at himself.

"What?" Qin Yun failed to react for a moment.

Jiang Yuan explained, "I mean, I obtained a special ability."

"Huh?" Qin Yun's eyes widened, his face full of shock. "Where did you get Dark Matter? I haven't even given you any yet, have I?"

Dark Matter was worth a fortune, with a price as high as tens of millions. How could Jiang Yuan have the money to buy it?

Jiang Yuan quickly reminded him, "The reward from the King of the Hill Match."

Only then did realization dawn on Qin Yun. "So Dean Xiao gave it to you. I almost forgot about that. But you actually gained a special ability the very first time you signed a contract. Your luck is way better than mine was back then."

Dark Matter was similar to absorbing an Elemental Seed in that neither could be stacked.

Dark Matter absorbed later would overwrite the previous one. Though the boost gained would definitely be higher, no one knew exactly how much higher.

And the probability of gaining a special ability would only increase slightly.

Qin Yun thought back to himself. He had only managed to obtain a special ability after much difficulty when he reached the high tier.

Although Dark Matter was relatively easier to obtain over at the Ancient Capital, the price was still extremely expensive.

Just thinking about it made Qin Yun's heart ache.

Unable to suppress his curiosity, he asked, "What special ability did you gain? And what price do you have to pay?"

Jiang Yuan explained, "It's called Undead Tentacle, and the price is mana. How about I demonstrate its effect?"

After getting Qin Yun's permission, Jiang Yuan circulated his aura of undeath and condensed an Undead Tentacle, displaying it in front of Qin Yun.

The power of this Undead Tentacle was truly impressive.

But Qin Yun's attention was not on its power at all. Instead, he was drawn to the price Jiang Yuan had mentioned.

"You're saying the price you pay is just a bit of mana?"

"Yeah."

"Hiss!" Qin Yun sucked in a cold breath. "Looks like you still don't understand. In the eyes of black mages, a contract that uses mana as the price is practically a top-grade contract!"

A little thought made it clear why it was top grade.

Mana could recover, making it almost equivalent to an inexhaustible, endless resource. Using mana as the price was simply too worthwhile!

"You have no idea. The price of my contract, your teacher's contract, is Soul Essence!"