Early the next morning, Feng Chou went to the Earl's mansion with the excuse that Earl Patrick wanted him to be his assistant.
Arriving at the count's residence and entering the magic lab, Feng Chou transformed into Count Patrick again and left the lab. He walked around the count's residence, dealt with some matters, and then returned to the lab.
Feng Chou completely sealed off the laboratory. Only then did he begin to quietly inspect his harvest.
Inside the Universe Tower, the Universe Tower Spirit was reporting to Feng Chou about his harvest this time. "… The magic materials in the library are mainly focused on necromancy, incantation, and evocation. Among them, incantation and evocation have a complete set of materials from level zero to level seven. In necromancy, in addition to the complete set of materials from level zero to level seven, there are also some materials on level eight necromancy spells."
According to the classification of spells in this world, level one and level two were low-level spells, level three to level five were mid-level spells, level six and seven were high-level spells, and level eight and nine were master spells.
"Apart from these three, there are only mid-level and low-level materials about other magic, and they are not as complete as the ones in the Arcana Tower."
"The high-level materials about evocation, incantation, and necromancy, plus the master materials about necromancy … If all of them are turned in to the Reincarnation Mirror, I will get 84 merit points and 4,378,967 points of soul power."
"Do you want to turn them in?"
Feng Chou waved his arms excitedly and said, "Yes!"
After turning them in, the Reincarnation Mirror appeared at the right time, reminding him that he had completed the compulsory task of getting 50 merit points in ten years. At the same time, it reminded him that he had to get 500 merit points in the next 20 years!
Although he had already expected it, the 500 merit points required for the new compulsory task was still a huge blow to Feng Chou. The joy of the harvest suddenly disappeared.
Feng Chou took a deep breath, cheered up, and called out the attribute upgrade interface of the Reincarnation Mirror.
Feng Chou (Master)
Constitution: 177 +
Strength: 175 +
Agility: 96 +
Intelligence: 35 (+ 10) +
Perception: 31 (External) 67 (Internal)
Spiritual Power: 138
…
Feng Chou was shocked to discover that after his Intelligence exceeded 35 points, every point required 5 merit points!
After 40 points, it would take 10 merit points to increase one's intelligence by 1 point!
Just increasing his Intelligence from 35 points to 45 points would cost him 75 merit points!
However, Feng Chou still pressed confirm without hesitation!
According to the records of the Arcane Tower, geniuses with more than 40 points of Intelligence were almost unimpeded on the path of a mage. To them, becoming a Legendary-mage was not too difficult a task.
To Feng Chou, intelligence was the foundation of everything. Even if he had to spend all his contribution points on it, he would not hesitate.
After clicking confirm, the Reincarnation Mirror flew to the top of Feng Chou's head, and a purple light shrouded him …
…
After increasing his Intelligence to 45 points, Feng Chou did not hesitate to fully accelerate Qiankun Pagoda's time and began to study advanced necromancy spells.
The reason why he first studied advanced spells instead of all intermediate spells was partly because of Qiankun Pagoda's suggestion. Qiankun Pagoda had observed and speculated that if Feng Chou first mastered advanced spells of one element, and then went back to study intermediate spells of other elements, he would have a better perspective and his research speed would be greatly improved. He suggested that Feng Chou first study advanced spells of one element, and then go back to study intermediate spells of other elements, saving a lot of time.
Feng Chou decided to study advanced necromancy spells first, and then go back to study intermediate spells of all elements, in preparation for the next upgrade of Qiankun Pagoda.
The reason why he chose necromancy was partly because Feng Chou had chosen necromancy at the intermediate level, and partly because necromancy was the prerequisite for studying Golem technology.
Just in order to control those powerful Arcanite and Thengsteel Golems one day, Feng Chou had to master Golem technology first.
Golem technology originated from the Flesh Golem, which was actually a special type of artificial undead.
If Feng Chou hadn't raised his Intelligence to 45 points, he would have found that it would take years or even decades for an advanced mage to advance. For a mage with only 35 points of Intelligence, it would often take decades to fully master a series of advanced spells. Therefore, most advanced mages would find ways to perform life rituals to prolong their lives. Some mages would even turn themselves into Liches just to gain more time. Studying spells was really too time-consuming.
But when Feng Chou raised his Intelligence to 45 points, it only took him three years to master all the advanced spells of necromancy. This was because Feng Chou had to spare some time to meditate and train his spiritual power to reach the basic requirements for casting advanced spells.
This was the horror of high Intelligence.
To ordinary people, 45 points of Intelligence was basically a legendary thing. With such a high Intelligence, it was not impossible to become a legendary arcanist with extremely high Intelligence requirements, let alone a Legendary-mage.
Although he had spent 75 achievement points, Feng Chou felt that it was completely worth it.
In the past three years, apart from the gains in spell knowledge, Feng Chou also raised his spiritual power to 166 points, reaching the basic requirements for mastering level 7 spells.
Feng Chou (Master)
Constitution: 177
Strength: 175
Agility: 96
Intelligence: 45
Perception: 31 (External) 67 (Internal)
Spiritual Power: 166
… …
In the process of studying the basic knowledge of spells, Patrick's subordinates continuously sent Feng Chou the experimental materials he needed. With the help of Qiankun Pagoda, Feng Chou used three months to complete all the experiments for advanced necromancy spells with a 100% success rate.
During these months, Feng Chou also used Patrick's private property to purchase large amounts of low-grade alchemy materials through the channels of Patrick's company. He had Qiankun Pagoda fully open up the production capacity to produce + 2 magic equipment.
The magic equipment produced was secretly piled up by Feng Chou in Patrick's exclusive warehouse at the docks.
After more than three months in the real world, Count Patrick finally finished his crazy magic research and walked out of the laboratory.
This was because the large armed merchant ship under Count Patrick's name, the Patrick, was about to return.
The Patrick was a 6,000-ton magically armed merchant ship.
An armed merchant ship was actually a cheap version of a magically powered warship.
A real magically powered warship was made of mid-grade or higher magic wood and reinforced with mid-grade or higher alchemy magic. Not only was it as hard as black steel, but it also had a strong magic defense.
These large warships used elemental pools as their power source and had the ability to fly in the air. They were also equipped with powerful alchemy cannons and magic cannons with automatic aiming capabilities. They were worthy of their name as naval fortresses.