CHAPTER 39: CHAPTER 39: SOUL SEED PAGE·FANCIFUL AND FICKLE (EXCELLENT LEVEL)_1

"Three months feel quite tolerable," he remarked.

Wang Linchi observed the additional page in his Book of Records. Instead of a memory-inscribed page, this page reflected a virtual Soul Kind that fragmented into patterns radiating out from its center.

With the slightest touch, the Thought Mirror activated, rendering a series of information from the page.

"Soul Seed Page: Fanciful and Fickle (Excellent Level)"

"Impact: Inflicting damage to the Spirit, Soul, and Soul"

"Penetration: Impact can penetrate Shields and barriers"

"Chaos: Being hit by Impact will cause a chaos effect, creating mental disarray"

Looking at the Soul Seed Page, Wang Linchi acknowledged that, as an offensive page, it contained no extra enhancements, but its effects were satisfying. He had intentionally selected tags that combined attack, shield-breaking, and control.

Of course, the total effect was dependent on his spiritual power. The more spiritual power invested, the greater the damage caused, and the stronger the shield-piercing and confusion-inducing effects would be.

In addition to his spiritual power, it also relied on the enemy’s strength, Soul Kind, Soul Resemblance, and other related factors.

If the enemy’s Soul Kind was as tough as his, the effectiveness of the Soul Seed Page: Fanciful and Fickle would be compromised. After all, it wasn’t True Damage that ignored all defenses; it couldn’t possibly be invincible.

Fortunately, the Soul Seed Page: Fanciful and Fickle had a benefit: its attacks were intangible and silent. Furthermore, because it wasn’t currently a Soul Kind, just a Soul Seed Page, it could be cast instantly and had no cooldown.

As a page of the Book of Records, it could directly mobilize the spiritual power in the Golden Core. Even though it was Wang Linchi’s spiritual power, it simplified the process. Otherwise, the normal process would be for Wang Linchi to mobilize the Golden Core and then release the power, an intermediate step. But now, he didn’t need to; it went directly from the Golden Core to the Soul Seed Page. The transmission efficiency increased because he, as the middleman, was bypassed.

"Once my Golden Core recovers and achieves the Third Transformation, I can visit the black market."

The progress was slow for the initial five transformations. Even with the abundance of White Porcelain level resources he obtained from the dean, the pace was sluggish. Real acceleration could only be expected after the Fifth Transformation.

Now, the pace was already fast. He had completed two transformations within a year without any bottlenecks and considered his cultivation speed to be very impressive.

He received resources from the dean twice. The first time, it was barely enough to break through the Black Iron Level. On the second occasion, during the fourth level grant, not only did he procure resources for breaking through his Mental Power Capacity Limit, but he also obtained vast resources.

He still hadn’t used them all.

He estimated these resources would last him until the Fourth Transfer at most, and possibly not even that long.

The speed of the first five transformations was comparable to those talents with abundant resources. The real plug-in phase started from the latter four transfers.

The further the Nine Revolutions Golden Core progressed, the faster the improvement. With the increase in the number of reformed Golden Core patterns and the assistance accumulated from previous Golden Cores, progress naturally accelerated.

Upon the completion of the White Porcelain level Nine Revolutions Golden Core, he predicted that his aptitude would likely reach 6 Potential. However, lacking a Soul Kind slot, it was as if he had artificially created such a genius out of himself.

This could be considered a hidden benefit. He had corresponding data earlier but didn’t expect such a significant improvement. After all, his creation of the Nine Revolutions Golden Core was originally meant to raise his spiritual capacity, not his aptitude.

As for Potential, for Wang Linchi, it no longer held such a strong allure. Potential, after all, only allowed him more Soul Kind locations. Now that he had the Soul Seed Page as an alternative, he was not as desperate for Potential from Soul Shadow・Book of Records. However, he wouldn’t abandon research.

After all, it was a pathway to becoming stronger.

Spiritual power was important to Wang Linchi. The higher it was, the more effectively he could utilize his Soul Kind, which could facilitate his learning and research.

"I remember the dean should be leaving these days. Should I see him off?" Wang Linchi suddenly recalled this matter.

The dean had been orchestrating his departure for a while now. Lately, he had finally quieted down. Judging by his Essence, Qi, and Spirit, it was not possible that he had failed.

Chances are, he succeeded and was now waiting for notification.

Wang Linchi suspected that the dean had probably received some news in advance. Some changes might be brewing next year; otherwise, he wouldn’t be so desperate to leave. Considering he couldn’t even wait until year-end, which was less than half a year away, he must be in a great hurry.

And this change likely involved the academy.

He had tried to approach the subject indirectly, but the dean had let out no hints.

Wang Linchi thus deduced that it must be a significant matter; otherwise, the dean wouldn’t really be running away.

Such news wouldn’t be confidential among the higher ranks, but among the middle and lower levels, not a whiff of it had been detected.

As for how the dean had learned about it, it was simple: either it was leaked by his backers or his Clan provided assistance. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to orchestrate his departure so smoothly.

Seeing how calm the dean looked right now, Wang Linchi speculated that he would be leaving at the end of the month to assume his new post.

Wang Linchi couldn’t predict anything more than this. He didn’t have omniscience, and his assumptions were based on the intel he had collected.

"I ought to see him off."

Along the way, I’ll see if I can fish out any useful news, Wang Linchi thought.

Otherwise, why would he waste his time just to see the dean off?

However, he wasn’t sure when the dean would be leaving, since the dean hadn’t said.

The dean wasn’t planning to take Wang Linchi with him, so naturally, he wouldn’t tell him his departure time.

To such an insignificant person, this information would be useless.

At this point, Wang Linchi was thinking that after he broke through to the Black Iron Level, his new Soul Seed Page type should be for reconnaissance or scrying, to help him gather intel.

Well, that was just a thought. Information was indeed important, but it wasn’t his most immediate need.

Once he had attack abilities, his ability to escape would be crucial.

At this stage, he wasn’t capable of a high-health, high-defense build, but he could become a hit-and-run assassin or Bowman. One-shot kills and kiting tactics were his primary approach. Therefore, mobility was vital.

Furthermore, if he couldn’t beat an opponent, he needed to be able to run away. Survival was key. No one liked being attacked, so his escaping abilities needed to keep up. If his first Soul Seed Page had been suitable for escape-type abilities, he would have chosen them for it.