Chapter 165: Dawn of the Soul

Watching the three men lost in thought.

Gunie knew full well what was on their minds.

With the birth of the Soul Rune Potion,

something like Life Spring Water, given the ambitions of the Yulan Empire, had to be grasped firmly in hand.

"Blood Ear Elves, what awaits you is a northern expedition war that will annihilate your race."

Gunie said softly in his heart.

After a moment of reflection, Niger and the other two composed themselves.

Parks once again wore that comfortable, carefree smile on his face.

"We'll find a way to deal with the Life Spring Water issue."

"That's not too big a problem for the Pioneer Corps and the Yulan Transcendent Association."

"That leaves just one final issue with the Soul Rune Potion."

"Lord Gunie, since you personally created this Soul Rune Potion, you have the right to name it."

"Have you thought of a name for this Soul Rune Potion?"

"I have." Gunie nodded lightly.

Earlier, Gunie had considered naming it after himself.

But thinking that would be too ostentatious, he abandoned the idea.

"Over the hundreds of years since the Transcendent Steam Revolution began, countless pioneers in alchemy have continuously explored the transcendent properties and characteristics of various transcendent materials, making all kinds of attempts and experiments."

"Eventually, they compiled their findings into books, allowing me today to possess sufficient knowledge of transcendent alchemy."

"At the same time, for so many years, expert alchemists have tirelessly sought various methods to obtain the perfect Rune Potion."

"From their methods, I also summarized a great deal of experience, which saved me many detours, and even some of these predecessors' creative ideas greatly benefited me."

"On the path of the Rune Potion, through these hundred years of exploration, the road ahead has always been shrouded in mist, with everyone groping forward in the dark."

"Many alchemy masters, repeatedly struck by failure, believed that the Rune Potion could never be developed."

"Although it succeeded in my hands, it is clearly not my achievement alone."

"So, I want to name this potion 'Dawn of the Soul.'"

"May the potion live up to its name, so that when it is created, alchemy masters can see that this is a path with dawn, not one shrouded only in darkness."

"At the same time, I hope that after the birth of this Soul Rune Potion, it can change the weak state of human soul transcendent traits and bring a new dawn to the souls of transcendent beings in the human world."

"You are truly a generous alchemy master." Parks sighed, even using a respectful title.

"Dawn of the Soul, that is indeed a very good name."

At this moment, Niger stepped forward and said softly.

"You know how valuable Dawn of the Soul is, so next comes the signing of the confidentiality agreement."

Gunie was already aware of this procedure.

"These are the terms and rules of the contract to be observed."

As he spoke, Niger produced a peculiar scroll that radiated a dark golden luster throughout.

Gunie could not identify its material, but he could sense an extremely intense fluctuation of runic essence emanating from the scroll.

"This... is likely at least a forbidden-curse-level soul contract." Gunie thought to himself.

Faced with this powerful scroll radiating intense runic essence fluctuations, Gunie's expression remained calm as still water.

Gunie's talent for sensing runic essence fluctuations did not need to be known by others.

"Touch it with your medium and take a look at the terms inside."

"Mm!" Gunie nodded.

He then constructed a medium channel and quickly absorbed the many soul contract terms to be observed.

The soul contract terms

were not objective rules and regulations.

Objective rules and regulations had too much room for manipulation.

These soul contract terms were entirely a constraint on subjective soul will.

A few minutes later, Gunie cut off his medium channel.

After a brief deliberation, he couldn't help but marvel inwardly.

"Indeed... the one who drafted this soul contract is truly a devil who understands human nature."

"Once I sign this contract, I will have no possibility of actively leaking any information about this Soul Rune Potion."

In short, this forbidden-curse-level soul contract confidentiality agreement, simply put, was:

It did not restrict what Gunie did, only what he intended to do.

Actions follow will.

When Gunie's subjective soul will touched upon the idea of wanting to leak information related to 'Dawn of the Soul,'

it would trigger the high-voltage line of the forbidden curse contract.

At the least, soul flogging.

At the worst, soul annihilation.

And as long as Gunie did not harbor the intention to actively leak the formula of this Soul Rune Potion, the contract was completely worthless.

"What do you think?" After Gunie finished his thoughts, Niger on the side slowly asked.

Gunie looked up at Niger.

"Some aspects seem unclear. For instance, there is no clause restricting me from personally brewing the Rune Potion."

"If I want to brew the Rune Potion for sale, that would be entirely permissible, right?"

"Mm!" Niger nodded slightly.

"As the creator of the Rune Potion, you are certainly allowed to brew and sell it yourself."

"But remember, don't overdo it. Small-scale brewing and selling by yourself is fine, but if you try to establish a production chain, that is definitely not allowed."

After hearing Niger's explanation, Gunie thought it over and understood the deeper meaning.

"I can't set up my own production chain, but if I cooperate with you to establish one, that would probably be no problem."

"This seemingly leaves me a broad path, but in reality, it's prepared for yourselves." Gunie thought to himself.

"No problem, I agree to sign this contract." Gunie nodded.

"Mm!"

Niger began to quickly construct the activation incantation for the forbidden curse contract.

Gunie, watching the forbidden-curse-level soul contract scroll, silently pondered.

"This kind of contract scroll that follows the soul's will—once I undergo a reincarnation, my soul will will perish, and then this scroll's contract will terminate."

"Upon termination, the forbidden curse soul contract will not show any abnormality, since I haven't violated the contract terms and won't trigger the high-voltage line."

"Even if investigated, the information obtained would be something like 'no violation.'"

"A powerful forbidden-curse-level soul restriction, in the face of the System, is ultimately... less than blank paper."

As he thought, Gunie placed his right hand on the forbidden curse soul contract scroll and began to recite the incantation within.

As Gunie finished reciting,

dark golden light surged on the contract scroll, and dark golden runes danced rapidly.

A powerful and bizarre force quietly entered the depths of Gunie's soul.

This was the power of the contract, which would monitor Gunie at all times until his soul will perished.

With the signing complete,

smiles appeared on the faces of everyone in the alchemy chamber.

Thus, the important procedures for the day were mostly finished, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Gunie."

Niger, speaking in a relaxed tone, looked at Gunie.

"After signing the contract, while we conduct subsequent verification, we will also report the information on this Soul Rune Potion."

"During this time, just stay at the Purple Magnolia Castle."

"The rewards will come soon, and rest assured, they will be generous enough to satisfy you greatly."

"Generous rewards that will satisfy me greatly?"

Gunie also smiled lightly.

"Then I am very much looking forward to it."

"During this time, do not leak the news of the successful development of the Soul Rune Potion."

"After all, we need to purchase as many of these materials as possible during this window period. Once the news of the successful Rune Potion development leaks, those merchant guilds will surely skyrocket the prices of these materials."

"I understand."

Gunie not only understood but had already stockpiled a considerable amount of materials.