Chapter 50: The in of Arists

  "Ding, you have successfully brewed a high-quality Blood-Replenishing Potion. Alchemy level +1, current level: 99."

  The rea of the potion's raw solution slowly subsided, transf into the final stabilized product.

  With an 80% pletion rate, the excellent-quality potion was highly petitive in the market.

  Achieving higher quality ossible, but not particurly meaningful—Matthew was clear that alchemy and potions were merely tools.

  He divided the refined potion into 40 bottles, having brewed a total of 80 bottles today.

  Twenty bottles were stored as military supplies, while the remaining 60 would be sold as goods.

  "Adam Smith o arrive soon..."

  Matthew g the two rec trolls. These two mao survive, but the alchemical materials were running low.

  After tidying up the b, Matthew sent the two trolls aced the sleeping Yaya among a pile of rare metal ores.

  "She’s going to sleep for two whole weeks this time. Hopefully, after this transformation, Yaya will be able to speak clearly."

  Matthew meticulously doted Yaya's reas and ges, as this would be a very important and long-term research subject.

  In the adjat room, Liana had already fallen asleep. Matthew observed her mother, Soren, but there were no signs of any bloodline anomalies or information from her.

  "Spontaneous mutation?"

  He created a file for Liana as well before heading to the basement, which the former lord had used as a training area. He set up a few warning spells.

  0-Level Spell: Light!

  0-Level Spell: !

  The basement became bright and fresh, refleg Matthew’s tall and slender frame.

  He pulled out a hardwood bed, spread a b over it, and y down, clearing his mind of distras and slowly closing his eyes.

  His sciousness entered his body, and Matthew "saw" a dense array of glowing dots—elements that made up all things.

  Some elements were steady and heavy, some lively and eic, others fiery and passionate, and still entle and fluid.

  The purpose of a caster’s meditation was to train their mental power so that its frequency gradually aligned with the surrounding elements.

  The goal was to incorporate more elements into the caster's essence, slowly f a unified whole tered around the soul.

  This process strengthehe soul, allowing it to bear more mental power.

  Ohis step was pleted, usial power to trol and manipute elements or objects marked the beginning of a mage's journey.

  However, reag this point only made one a 0-level apprentice mage.

  Tress further and truly step onto the path of a mage,

  One had to tinuously strehe soul, traial power, and absorb aablish more mana nodes.

  The tangible requirement was learning at least five 0-level spells!

  Ohe soul was suffitly strong and stable, aal power—or mana—was abundant, one could attempt to struct a more powerful and stable mana structure and model that could el more elements.

  This structure formed the foundation of a 1st-level spell!

  Only upon achieving this could one officially bee a Level 1 mage.

  However, the path of the mage inated from elven teags, and its development and growth heavily depended on the Weave, a magietwork that permeated the Material Pne and the entire universe.

  Should the Weave bee unstable, or if faced with an enemy who had deeper trol over the Weave, a mage could instantly lose their bat ability, rendered defenseless.

  The elves, having explored this path further, enjoyed unparalleled advantages.

  Thus, they had no qualms about teag humanity the path of spellcasting, creating more allies to bat the massive orc hordes.

  When early human mages realized this, they sought ways to ge the situation.

  After all, while retioween humans and elves were good at the time, the proud elves never really valued human opinions, ideas, or is.

  Moreover, mages were limited to a certain number of spells per day, and during their daily meditation, once spells were selected, they couldn't be ged for the rest of the day.

  This was inve and rigid.

  Thus, mages began searg for a way to break free from their deep dependen the Weave and create a new profession that did not rely on the Weave for casting spells.

  Ideally, this new profession would also remove the limitation on spellcasting.

  The goal was to allow them to cast any spell they had learned, anytime and anywhere!

  After turies of effort and the sacrifiany pioneers,

  Two thousand years ago, the first Arist, Ion, emerged!

  Ion drew on the lessons of those who had failed before him and expanded upoh of the mage, creating the path of the Arist.

  Unlike mages, who had a fixed number of spells they could cast each day, an Arist could cast any spell they had "learned" as long as they had suffit mana.

  By using their soul as the core, they could simute the structure and fun of the Weave, allowing them to cast spells freely.

  The rise of Arists led to a signifit increase in humanity’s mid-level bat power.

  However, as a newly developed profession, each step forward for Arists required pioneers willing te ahead.

  Breaking through the limits of extraordinary power and reag the legendary tier remained incredibly difficult.

  After a thousand years of development and tless sacrifices from previous geions, the Arist system was gradually perfected.

  Eleven hundred and twenty-nine years ago, Iolem shattered the curse that prevented Arists from being legendary, being the first-ever Grand Arist!

  From then on, alongside the title of Archmage, Grand Arist became the new mark of legend.

  Iolem, hailed as one of the greatest Arists, taught many Grand Arists.

  Moreover, 129 years ago, Iolem created one of the heril Empire's most powerful ons—the floating city!

  Humanity had finally filled the gap in top-tier bat strength. Though they could not yet rival the elves’ thousands of years of accumuted power, they had begun to show the ability to survive indepely aablish their own influence.

  Finally, humanity had taken the first step toward breaking free from the elves’ deep trol and influence!

  Typically, an Arist could only be born from a mid-level mage who successfully pleted an adva ritual.

  The earlier one became an Arist, the greater the ce of being a Grand Arist.

  At just 22 years old, Karsus of the Karl family, known as the most talented genius in history, had already asded to bee a Grand Arist!

  Matthew, who possessed parable talent, had only retly "repaired" the damage to his soul, being a Level 2 Arist.

  Now, Matthew had to carefully sider which path of the Arist to follow!

  This decision would have an immensely profound impa the future of the Arist profession and the development of his territory.

  After all, Matthew was the only Arist ierritory, and the future of the territory’s growth could rely entirely on his power alone!

  That’s right, in this world, iheril, Arists are the primary driving force ress!

  FAL