Ian's eyes Blink stared at the clear water in front of him with purple light. At first, he did not detect any abnormalities, so he waved his arms and tried to change the frequency and method of detection.
Since this thing can give people eternal life, Ian speculates that the water in the pool may contain huge vitality, which can give bathers a long life through some method similar to baptism.
However, the results showed that there was no life force here.
If you think about it carefully, this seems reasonable. In the movie, this pool of water can not only grant eternal life, but also remove the curse in some way. Thinking of this, Ian thought of the "Moon's Tears" tree.
Based on the previous speculation that Divine Tree may be related to Divinity, since this pool of water has similar abilities, he and Hermione conducted a series of targeted basic tests.
Sure enough, they discovered an extremely weak trace of Authority and Divinity power.
Unfortunately, the power of that thread of Authority was too weak to allow in-depth detection or experimentation. As for the power of Divinity, Ian compared it with the data previously obtained from Herpo the Foul.
The conclusion is that compared with Herpo's Divine Power which is full of impurities, the power of Divinity here is so pure that there is no will or spiritual imprint in it. To be honest, Ian believes that this kind of purity is almost impossible to achieve through acquired means.
To give birth to such a pure Divine Power, it is most likely that the god himself created it and deliberately stripped off his own imprint.
In his opinion, even if one day he could analyze Divine Power 100%, he might not be able to purify it to this level.
However, he did not dwell on this issue for too long.
With this pool, his understanding of Divine Power and the gods will be greatly improved.
Once you return to the Empire, it shouldn't be a problem to completely drain Herpo of its energy and dispose of it.
Ian turned on the communicator on his wrist. "Morgana, I will send you a sample and help me do some basic tests."
"No problem, boss."
A few hours later, Morgana called back, with excitement in his voice. "Master, master! This pool of water can increase magic power!"
"Really? How much more can it increase?"
"There is not enough data at the moment, but it should be enough for all four of you to be promoted to Sixth Tier·Planetary Level. If some auxiliary herbs can be added to enhance the efficacy, the effect will be even better."
"That's great," Ian said with a smile on his face; this is definitely great news.
According to previous tests, with his talent and step-by-step practice, it would take 73 years to reach Sixth Tier.
This is because of his extraordinary talent and the fact that the magic power in his body has been processed by "Crystallization", which greatly reduces the total amount of magic power required for promotion.
What's worse is that most - if not all - potions that can increase magic power are no longer effective on him.
Therefore, he can only rely on the body's natural recovery and daily meditation to accumulate magic power, which is a boring and slow process.
In this case, blood warlocks have an advantage over ordinary Arcanist, because their blood itself can produce magic power.
The thing about Luck is that ordinary Arcanist is usually more sensitive to magic in the environment and absorbs it faster.
The next day, Ian and Hermione returned to Amazon Rainforest and joined Lily and Snape.
In the laboratory, four people held a meeting.
"Did you find anything?"
"Yes. When researching Imhotep, we found that he used a magic similar to Horcrux," Lily reported. "A certain powerful curse was used to create an indestructible body, and then his complete soul was bound to this body, just like Horcrux."
Ian nodded. With this knowledge, Empire mastered an "alternative version" of immortality - although this method would be classified as a forbidden technique and subject to strict supervision.
People can apply to study it, and if they want to use this method, they must submit an application and register.
Necromantic magic has a huge advantage in war. Being able to use the enemy's corpses to deal with them can not only reduce one's own casualties, but also greatly damage the enemy's morale.
"I thought the necromancy magic in our world was already very developed," Hermione said.
"However, compared to Yin Corpse or Haitian Zombie, the necromancy magic of this universe is indeed more advanced."
"Indeed," Ian replied, "Okay, we need to allocate the work in the next few years. I will be responsible for using the three books we obtained to study necromancy and spirituality in depth."
"Lily, you are responsible for analyzing the Elementalization abilities of Aguirre's gang and Imhotep. You can focus on Imhotep, because he can turn into sand. But be careful, he may be a chess piece of Bleach Anubis."
"So now, five or six years later, you have to kill him and put his body back in the grave."
Ian doesn't want to interfere with the plot of <The Mummy 2> because he wants to verify some conjectures during that time.
"Hermione, you are responsible for translating the magic system of this universe into Gate of Truth Alchemy. I hope to be able to identify different types of energy and use them to cast various spells. You can use <Oracle Bone Scripture> as a reference."
"I must remind you. Some of the spells in the book need to borrow the power of the gods. Therefore, in the process of analyzing them, you may get a glimpse of the essence of the gods, which will attract their attention. Be careful."
"As for you, Severus, you are responsible for researching 'Moon's Tears' and 'Fountain of Youth'. Both of these things may involve Divinity energy and gods, so be careful."
"A lot of our research is interconnected, so ideas can be exchanged at any time during the process."
"Boss, what about me?" Morgana asked.
"Give them all access to the highest level of computing authority to assist their research."
"Understood."
"There is one last thing," Ian said. "Evelyn's soul is very special. She reincarnated successfully. In a few years, she should regain the memory of her previous life."
"Reincarnation Magic is extremely precious to the Empire, so someone must monitor her at all times. It is best to place some kind of means around her to collect data about her soul."
Ian wants to create a reincarnation spell. In this way, if something unexpected happens to him and his family, this spell will become their life-saving charm.
If they can be reincarnated with the memories of their past lives, they can not only escape the enemy's pursuit, but also use the knowledge of the past to develop secretly until they are strong enough to take revenge.
In addition, some universes are too powerful for him to break into directly. However, using the reincarnation spell, he can separate a small part of the soul with memories and reincarnate into those universes.
In this way, infiltration becomes much easier, and he can also obtain legal citizenship of that universe, and maybe even solve the problem of world suppression.
Of course, Ian also knows that this tactic is not perfect, because Underworld in some universes are controlled by powerful beings.
"Wouldn't it be better to cast spells directly on her soul to collect data?" Snape asked.
"That's a bad idea," Lily retorted, "It's impossible for a mortal to successfully reincarnate with memories. Therefore, only the power of gods can do this. This means that her soul may be marked; if we act rashly, we may alert the existence behind it."
Ian nodded in agreement. "So, who is going to monitor her? It is best to maintain a certain degree of friendship with O'Connell's family so that we can act accordingly."
No one answered. Everyone here is a scientist. Once you enter the research mode, the most annoying thing is to be interrupted - let alone such a task that requires long-term investment.
Therefore, although Lily and Hermione have a good impression of O'Connell and his wife, they do not want to take this job.
Not to mention Snape and Ian, they still have a holiday with Rick.
"In this case, let's use Rune Carving to decide."
"Absolutely not!" The other three refused in unison.
Rune Carving is a new popular game among the Empire, where young Arcanist compete to see who can draw the same rune faster and more perfectly.
The person who draws the fastest and best quality wins.
This kind of game has begun to replace Wizarding World's "rock, paper, scissors." As the creator of Arcane Runes, no one wants to play this with Ian because his advantage is too great.
"Rock, paper, scissors?" Ian suggested helplessly.
"With all due respect, Your Majesty the Archon, my intuition tells me that you will cheat," Lily said casually, which made the corner of Ian's mouth twitch.
"In this case, as your emperor, I order you to go."
Lily started to whistle and looked around, pretending not to hear anything, and even hummed a tune softly.
"Okay. Morgana, randomly generate a name among the four of us; you have to be impartial."
Ian then gave the other three a stern look. When he saw that they wanted to object, he forcefully forced them to swallow their words.
In the end, Snape was selected, and he reluctantly accepted the task.