Spirit condensed, introspecting the soul.
As Jia Na's spiritual power gradually condensed, a vibrant green seed appeared in Jia Na's soul vision.
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"Why does the system exist in the form of a seed? Why does it appear in my soul? Where do these daily tasks come from?"
A series of questions were stuck in Jia Na's throat, but she couldn't voice them.
...
The original Jia Na before rebirth had the talent of Soul Projection because of her naturally high soul perception.
Later, because the original host was "scared to death" and her soul will dissipated, the reborn "Jia Na" who took over the body merged with the original host's soul fragments and inherited the talent of Soul Projection.
Furthermore, due to soul Swallowing, Jia Na's soul strength significantly increased, and her Soul Projection, which was originally detected as C-level, was directly upgraded to B-level.
This change even caused the old Wizard who first tested Jia Na's talent to feel a sense of bewilderment.
What the old Wizard found most difficult to accept was that he had not only misidentified the talent level initially but also missed Jia Na's second talent - B-level Plant Affinity.
The academy's explanation for this was: the magic concentration in a Level 3 Wizard Gathering Place far exceeds that of the Lower City, and when Jia Na came into contact with the rich magical particles, the hidden talent within her was reactivated, displaying its true state.
Such cases had appeared in the history of Wizards before, so the matter of Jia Na's "talent mutation" was quickly forgotten by everyone.
However, as the person involved, a reborn individual who inherited the original host's memory fragments and Soul Projection talent, she clearly understood the full picture of the entire matter.
Besides the Soul Projection talent that luckily upgraded to B-level, the Plant Affinity talent, also B-level, truly appeared only after Jia Na's rebirth.
The reason for this was entirely attributed to the vibrant green seed that suddenly appeared in Jia Na's soul, which is the "daily task system".
Compared to the rarity of the Soul Projection talent, the Plant Affinity talent is much more common. Moreover, the level of this type of talent is often D-level, it's difficult to even reach C-level, let alone B-level.
Furthermore, what Jia Na found most miraculous was that whenever she entered meditation and communicated with magic using her spiritual power, she often had the illusion of becoming a mysterious great tree.
The canopy reached the sky, and the root network spread throughout the earth, like a martyr sowing Life, extending branches and nourishing the ecosystem.
And whenever she had this illusion, Jia Na would resonate with all the surrounding plants, achieving a wonderful synchronization.
It was precisely because of this that when the Magic Tower's "guardian" Black Cat Bei'er felt strange about Jia Na's Plant-based talent, Jia Na felt a sense of tension as if a secret was being peeked into.
Fortunately, although the black cat showed confusion, she did not delve into it further.
"Exhale—"
Gently exhaling, looking at the disappearing magical plant anomaly around her, Jia Na's attention refocused on meditation.
"Although meditating in a place with lush magical plants will inevitably cause anomalies. However, the more magical plants there are around me, the faster I will enter deep meditation, which will in turn allow my speed of absorbing magic to reach an exaggerated level..."
Inhale—Exhale—Inhale—Exhale—
Her consciousness gradually returned to peace, and as Jia Na's breathing rhythm lengthened again, vibrant green light spots once again surrounded Jia Na...
...
"A 15-centimeter-long spiritual candle, a silver-faced round mirror, a bottle of spiritual blood, ten grams of bay leaf powder, a soul crystal, a short knife made of mithril, a sea beast skin..."
Looking at the various materials before her, Jia Na, whose amount of jin sule in her money pouch rapidly dwindled, couldn't help but show a pained expression.
"I hope this Elf Summoning Ritual is worth my efforts..."
Even with the advantage of dual talents, the current Jia Na actually doesn't possess particularly powerful combat methods.
The Celestial Sparrow, an auxiliary creature, and the Plant-based talent, which also doesn't have many powerful Witchcraft spells at the apprentice level, both prevent Jia Na from choosing tasks that offer high academic credit rewards but also carry certain risks.
For example, "Hunting Gold Devouring Ants" is an example of a high-risk, high-reward task.
Gold Devouring Ants, as swift, small, and incredibly biting gregarious magical beasts, are not affected by Jia Na's most proficient Vine Entanglement Witchcraft.
However, their weakness to fire and cold makes this task practically tailor-made for Wizard Apprentices with Fire Affinity and Ice Affinity.
"Of course, all difficulties are only temporary."
Remembering some not-so-happy memories, Jia Na simply shrugged casually, but when she looked at the spiritual candle in front of her, her eyes were full of determined certainty.
"Exhale—"
Taking a deep breath, looking at the hazy daylight outside the window, Jia Na, who had rested all night, gradually cleared her mind, composed herself, and focused all her attention on the mithril carving knife in her hand.
"Rip—"
The knife moved with her will. As Jia Na lifted and brought down the knife, the sea beast skin, originally as large as a person, was quickly cut into a neat square with sides of 60 centimeters.
Immediately after, the mithril carving knife emitted a faint white light, and a large amount of spiritual power quickly spread throughout the entire blade under Jia Na's deliberate control.
At this moment, Jia Na, whose eyes were also covered with a layer of white light, quickly dipped the tip of the knife into the spiritual blood and, according to the magic circle content in the Low-Level Elf Summoning Ritual, methodically drew on the sea beast skin.
As if she had practiced thousands of times, the rise and fall of every stroke were full of smooth and fluid beauty.
"Done."
With the last gentle stroke, a complex magic circle pattern formed by densely connected spiritual threads appeared on the sea beast skin. Seeing this, Jia Na, who had been in a state of high mental concentration, couldn't help but show a smile.
"The spiritual network is stable, and the magic circle is completed in one go. It looks promising."
Gently placing the mithril carving knife aside, Jia Na then picked up the glass bottle containing the bay leaf powder. Tilting her right hand, the pearly white powder with a faint sweet scent of bay leaves was evenly poured onto the silver-faced round mirror by Jia Na.
"Drip, drip—"
Picking up the carving knife again, she gently slit the palm of her left hand. Crimson blood beads dripped from Jia Na's excessively pale hand onto the surface of the mirror.
Until the blood beads gradually blended with the bay leaf powder, the spiritual candle, which had already been lit, was placed by Jia Na in the center of the round mirror. Her right hand, stained with blood, held the transparent soul crystal, slowly absorbing the abundant soul power within the crystal.
"Great Spiritual World Lord, You are the ruler of the vast star realm, please listen to my will and bestow Your boundless power—Spirit World Gate, open!"