Chapter 161: World Arcana

The flames in the fireplace crackled softly.

After a long moment, Guné withdrew his slightly wandering thoughts.

When he looked at Weiya again, she was curled up in the corner of the sofa.

Absorbed in reading a thick steampunk knight Mary Sue novel.

"By the way, I haven't had a chance to thank you for lending me the spirit helmet last time."

Guné spoke softly, pouring himself another cup of coffee.

"If it weren't for your spirit helmet, I might have been in danger that day."

"Protecting you is part of my duty, and besides, without the spirit helmet, you wouldn't have gotten so close that day." Weiya glanced at Guné, then returned her gaze to the book.

"Even so, I still want to thank you very much."

With that, Guné lowered his voice.

"Once the Soul Arcane Tincture and Dragon Blood Arcane Tincture are ready, I'll give you some."

"Enough to elevate your soul transcendent traits by a rank."

"And as a contractor, you also need to greatly improve your physical strength!"

"The Dragon Blood Tincture is very suitable for you as well."

Guné's words made Weiya look up, her expression quite serious and formal.

After a moment of stunned silence, Weiya said softly,

"Then thank you very much."

Her voice was low but full of sincerity.

As a transcendent, the importance of transcendent traits could not be overstated.

Weiya understood this deeply.

Her archrival in the Vanguard Corps, because of possessing the bloodline of the 'Dark Fiend God,' had exceptionally robust physical transcendent traits.

And the effect of these robust transcendent traits was that during training,

Weiya had to put in twice the effort to enhance her physical strength.

Yet that archrival, merely completing normal training, surpassed her in speed, explosive power, agility, muscle reaction, and even physical toughness.

The advantages brought by transcendent traits meant that one unit of effort yielded two or even three units of return, and the ceiling was higher.

Now, with the advent of arcane tinctures,

she too would finally acquire more robust transcendent traits.

Enhancing soul transcendent traits would allow her soul to more deeply resonate with the spirit realm, thus summoning more powerful spirit equipment.

Even those chieftain-level spirits she had previously struggled to reach.

With the enhancement of soul transcendent traits, she could now touch them.

Before, as a transcendent master, she could not contract with 'chieftain-level spirit equipment.'

But now, the impossible would become possible.

After all, chieftain-level spirit equipment brought a qualitative leap in strength.

At the same time, if the enhancement of physical transcendent traits from the Dragon Blood Arcane Tincture was robust enough,

then the ceiling of her physical strength would be greatly elevated.

She could even become like her archrival with the 'Dark Fiend God Bloodline,' possessing a physique at the fourth transcendent rank comparable to that of the fifth transcendent rank.

Under normal circumstances, when the arcane tinctures were developed, she certainly wouldn't be among the first to receive them.

Moreover, for a long time, these tinctures wouldn't be available on the market; even if you wanted to buy them, you couldn't.

After all, the priority of personnel in the Vanguard Corps and the Transcendent Association far outweighed that of the market.

Her position in the Vanguard Corps was not low, but there were many, many people with higher ranks.

Even if she applied, she would have to wait a very long time.

Even if she got her hands on them, it would probably be just one or two bottles.

At this moment, Guné's direct gift became especially precious.

Guné, sipping his coffee, also took out the thick "Rune Analysis."

Of the thick book "Rune Analysis," less than a tenth remained in Guné's hands.

In fact, Guné's progress in the "World Framework Rune Arcana" far exceeded what the ninety percent completion of "Rune Analysis" could describe.

Normally, after studying and fully understanding this explanatory book "Rune Analysis," one could

barely grope for the door to "Rune Arcana."

Combined with the mentor's test of "Arcane Talent," it determines which type of arcane is easiest to resonate with.

"Rune Arcane" is merely a general term for the many types of arcane.

In fact, in the vast world of arcane, various kinds of arcane are classified in great detail.

For example, the "Elemental Arcane" that exists in nature in the form of elements includes Wind Arcane, Fire Arcane, Lightning Arcane, Water Arcane, and so on.

Mastering these arcanes greatly enhances one's control over the natural elements of that series of spells.

An ordinary wind elementalist could originally only resonate with elements within a dozen meters around them.

But a wind elementalist who has mastered Wind Arcane, even if only at the entry level of Wind Arcane,

would have the resonance range expand to thirty or forty meters, significantly increasing the coverage.

This would dramatically boost the wind elementalist's lethality.

Another example is "George Derrick," who once collaborated with Gune.

This time hunter should have mastered Time Arcane.

It's just unknown how deep his mastery is.

However, judging from the damage he inflicted on the Death Beast, his mastery of Time Arcane should not be weak.

Another example is the "World Arcane," which Gune himself felt most clearly.

Back when Gune's talent explosively increased,

Gune faintly sensed the runic fluctuations of the "World Arcane" blooming in his perception as a framework system.

Naturally, Gune then began to comprehend and cultivate the "World Framework Rune Arcane."

The World Framework Rune Arcane is essentially the "World Arcane."

"Rune Arcane" is a general term for all arcanes.

Including Elemental Arcane, Time Arcane, Space Arcane, and even the World Arcane that Gune comprehends, among all arcanes.

However,

rune analysis itself is extremely difficult to learn and comprehend.

And fully absorbing and understanding rune analysis before knocking on the door of Rune Arcane is even harder.

Below the rank of Grandmaster, those who can knock on the door of Rune Arcane are already considered geniuses among geniuses.

Even at the Grandmaster level, to achieve deep accomplishments in the world of Rune Arcane requires decades or even centuries of painstaking comprehension and effort.

Fortunately, Gune's talent was high enough.

At the second rank of transcendence, he was already able to embark on the path of comprehending World Arcane, and his progress was not slow.

More importantly, Gune's talent was not static; with each reincarnation,

Gune's talent would continue to grow stronger.

...

Over the next few days,

while normally studying and comprehending World Arcane,

Gune also waited for the establishment of the potion chamber and the results of Dr. Gillard's experiments.

Besides that, Gune spent more time doing

selling the materials in his hands, converting them into gold pounds, and then purchasing the materials he needed.

These spoils in Gune's hands could also be sold through the Pioneer Corps channel.

And Gune had already planned to sell most of his items through the Pioneer Corps channel.

But for now, Gune urgently needed gold pounds.

And the Pioneer Corps channel took at least a week or even longer for a round trip.

Distant water cannot quench immediate thirst, so Gune could only quickly liquidate easily sellable items and then buy materials.

Additionally, Gune discovered an unpleasant fact.

That was, with Gune purchasing large quantities of such materials recently,

these materials had all increased slightly in price.

Originally priced at a flat twenty-five gold pounds or thirty gold pounds,

they were now twenty-five gold pounds and five silver dragons, or thirty gold pounds and six silver dragons.

Although the increase was only five or six silver dragons, it was indeed a price hike.

Mind you, these items had not changed in price for over a year before.

"These damned profiteers!"

Faced with this price increase, Gune expressed great indignation inwardly.

Fortunately, Gune had stocked up enough materials during this time.