A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 253 Rules and Laws

Rao had anticipated Jiang Shuzhou's sudden change of attitude; almost every newly promoted high-level mage would experience this.

We've all been through this, so we naturally know what the other person wants.

"By the way, has your mage tower design been completed?"

Rao asked.

"The design is almost complete, but construction will take a little more time."

"Hurry up and design and build the Mage Tower, and then build the Astral Gate and the Demiplane. Your journey has only just begun."

Rao kindly offered advice.

Jiang Shuzhou nodded to indicate that he understood.

"Let me tell you about your mission."

Seeing that Jiang Shuzhou had taken his words to heart, Rao didn't say anything else, but instead began to explain.

"Your mission is quite good. At the very least, you should gain a lot of knowledge, and it's not very dangerous."

"And...it will be very uncomfortable."

"What do you mean?"

"It means exactly what it says. You'll find out when the time comes; it'll definitely be a lot of fun."

Rao couldn't help but smile, as if he had thought of something happy.

Jiang Shuzhou was speechless. He was hundreds of years old, yet he was still so unsteady, like an old rascal.

"First of all, the Alliance doesn't have many diplomatic missions to begin with, and even fewer that require the intervention of high-level mages."

Rao took a sip of tea, poured Jiang Shuzhou another cup, and then continued speaking.

"There are four places we need to go: the Alliance of Saints, the Ovi Empire, the Silent Forest, and the Witch's Forest."

"There was supposed to be the Golden Forest of the elves, but we went there a while ago, so there's no need to go again."

Jiang Shuzhou raised an eyebrow.

"What are we going to the Alliance of Saints for?"

Upon hearing this, Rao gave him a look that said, "I knew you would ask that."

"Of course, it's about signing a contract, but it's not very useful or punishable. It just means that if one party launches an attack, the other party will know immediately. In short, it's to prevent being ambushed."

"Given that our two sides are roughly equal in strength, this can be considered a de facto peace agreement."

"What if the strength is unbalanced..."

Rao smiled slightly and nodded.

"Of course we fought. After all, our conflict with these gods has never been resolved."

"Peace between the two sides only lasts in the primary plane and some alliance planes that have been incorporated into the system; in many places, however, it is still a war zone."

"Signing this contract is partly to prevent the other side from launching a sneak attack, and partly to let you test their strength."

Jiang Shuzhou understood, but he still had one question.

"Are we just going to go there physically like that?"

"Of course not. By using a specially made puppet, we can directly inject our spiritual seed into it, which can ensure your safety to the greatest extent."

"After all, these charlatans have been shameless for quite some time now."

Jiang Shuzhou was finally relieved. If he were asked to go to the Alliance of Saints in his physical body, he would absolutely not go. What difference would that make from going to his death?

"Besides you, there are three other people together, all of them high-level mages. You can be considered to have advanced in the same batch. Get to know each other better; you might even meet again in the future."

Rao went on and on, and Jiang Shuzhou understood; after all, old people tend to talk a lot.

"By the way, how old are you again?"

"21 years old."

"Tsk tsk, the younger generation is truly formidable. Your talent is among the best in the entire Mage Alliance. Keep up the good work, and you might even become a Saint, or even a Legend."

"But take my advice: think things through. Your biggest weakness right now is your youth."

"I'm not talking about experience or anything like that, those things aren't very useful. I'm talking about accumulation."

Do you know how many rules I've mastered?

Jiang Shuzhou shook his head.

"Thirty-two in total, but that's still not enough. If you want to be able to use one or two laws when you enter the Holy Realm, then you must master at least seventy laws, and these should, as far as possible, belong to the same law."

These are the old man's heartfelt words, and also his experience.

"Under normal circumstances, how long does it take to master a rule?"

"With your talent, it should take about half a year, which is considered fast. That's why I said you have a chance to advance to the Saint Realm."

Jiang Shuzhou nodded, not daring to tell the old mage that he had actually mastered seven rules when he advanced to the next level yesterday.

On a whim last night, when I had nothing else to do, I learned another one.

So he now has eight points.

"Is there a way to speed up the process of mastering the rules?"

"Of course there are. First, there is burning divinity. The divinity that is burned will cause the corresponding rules to be revealed. For example, burning the divinity of death will cause the rules under the law of death to be revealed."

"However, you should know that the gods of the prime plane are far too powerful to hunt down."

"But other dimensions are a different story."

Jiang Shuzhou nodded; he already knew about this.

"Is there anything else you'd like to ask?"

When will the permissions be granted?

Rao smiled helplessly; most mages would ask this question at the end, and he was used to it.

"You'll receive it after you complete the task, but there will be a large reward of magic stones after you finish the task. The 500 magic stones per day during the period is a subsidy, and the final reward is the bonus."

"Thank you for your generous answer. May the light of truth shine upon you forever."

"Haha, it's nothing, just a reminder for the young people."

Rao seemed very happy.

"Then I'll get back to work. After all, I've just advanced in rank and there's still a lot to do."

"Go ahead, get busy, it's good to be busy."

After saying goodbye, Jiang Shuzhou got up and left, while Rao randomly grabbed a book from the bookshelf and began to read.

Jiang Shuzhou left the guild, a golden badge pinned to his chest, officially becoming a high-level mage.

After much deliberation, Jiang Shuzhou returned to the portable laboratory located in the Fifth Academy.

Normally, this would be a time for a grand banquet, but the problem is that Jess is the only person Jiang Shuzhou can consider a friend, and he has no family.

There are quite a few followers, so perhaps we could hold an internal banquet to celebrate.

The alchemy research has been suspended, mainly because Jiang Shuzhou has not yet gathered all the necessary rules. He is currently focusing on cultivating and comprehending them.

The eight rules he held were: Stasis, Spatial Blink, Flame Attachment, Flesh Proliferation, Flesh Mutation, Flesh Splitting, Flesh Domination, and Flame Burning.

Rules are the manifestation of laws. At the same time, a rule may be the manifestation of multiple laws entangled together. Furthermore, the division of laws has always been defined by people themselves. After all, under normal circumstances, laws do not speak or tell others what laws they are.

For example, flesh mutation can be said to be the result of the entanglement between the laws of chaos and the laws of flesh, and its effect is that it can cause unpredictable mutations in creation.

It may mutate to become stronger, or it may become weaker.

For example, a hunting dog can transform into a pseudo-human, or a pseudo-human can transform into flesh and moss.

It can be described as a rule where birth is free and death is random, which is quite interesting.