Zhua looked at the students who were watching him, offered them a polite smile, and headed towards an empty seat.
He pushed the white chair aside and sat down.
Madame Zeuna said,
“Alright, let’s begin the lesson. Today’s chapter concerns artifacts and ‘bodies.'”
She quickly acknowledged the children’s presence, then began the lesson, saying in an authoritative but slightly gentle voice,
“Artifacts can be obtained in several ways.
One way is through the death of a monster, which will yield an artifact linked to its power—this is random.
The second way is to create them from certain physical characteristics of monsters, then perform a ritual that corresponds to the artifact you are going to create and the materials you have.
You can mix several physical characteristics of monsters to create a hybrid artifact, but the ritual will be even more difficult, bizarre, and complex, with a lower chance of success.
Also, the higher the desired artifact, the greater the risk of the ritual failing.
The third way is to find artifacts in ruins, the ‘caves’ of the tower, or…
via the black market.
“The mixing thing is similar to the potion or equipment creation mechanic in a video game, except this time the variety is almost infinite.”
Zhua thought, and Madame Zeuna continued in a somber tone,
“While the ‘bodies,’ also called receptacles of authority, are different, receptacles of authority require many things to be created, but people more often use the corpses of others to create them.
Those who do this are considered to be part of a demonic cult or are unorthodox.
An assimilated receptacle of authority grants powers to those who use it, but the spirit of the receptacle of authority is born from desires or ideals, also giving it a consciousness that risks possessing you.
You must fight against this consciousness and reduce it almost to nothing, but not entirely, because if the consciousness is destroyed, the ‘body’ is too.
You can possess several ‘bodies,’ but the risk of expulsion and losing your own body becomes greater.
The rank of Artifacts, from weakest to strongest, are graded 9 to 0, with zero being the strongest.
Now, after the break, we’ll move on to the section on willpower, unique attributes, heritage, and transcendental art.
the part of murim and cultivation was the core part of the next chapter