When Jiang Yuan returned home, his life was no longer in danger, and his tense nerves finally relaxed, followed by a feeling of complete exhaustion.
His mind was drowsy.
He locked the door, treated his wounds, and immediately fell asleep.
He didn't wake up until the school alarm clock rang the next day.
Jiang Yuan didn't plan to go to school today. He picked up the phone and called Xue Musheng, easily requesting a day off.
"Yesterday was too thrilling. To encounter a Giant-Eyed Blood Rat in the residential area, that's just crazy!" Jiang Yuan still felt a chill down his spine thinking about what happened yesterday.
The Bo City disaster occurred three years later, largely because the underground was hollowed out by these foul-smelling rats.
He had originally planned to try and destroy the underground passages once he was strong enough, to mitigate the consequences of the disaster.
He didn't expect to encounter a Giant-Eyed Blood Rat in his first year of high school.
Facing a Servant-level demon, Jiang Yuan not only successfully cast magic but also nearly killed it.
This already surpassed over ninety percent of his peers.
Even Mo Fan, at this time, would only be able to flee in panic if he encountered a Servant-level demon.
"I'm quite impressive."
While feeling fortunate, Jiang Yuan recalled the unusually calm state he was in yesterday, completing the Star Orbit with ease.
This state is crucial for a magician, allowing them to perfectly unleash all their power, which is why he could kill a Servant-level demon with just an entry-level cultivation.
"I need to improve my strength as quickly as possible, otherwise, if I encounter another demon someday, I might not be as lucky as yesterday."
Jiang Yuan decided to quickly raise his Water System to the third level of the elementary stage, and his Undead System also needed improvement.
Speaking of the Undead System, he remembered that some energy seemed to have entered his Netherworld Space yesterday, but he hadn't had time to check it.
Now he had time to check.
Jiang Yuan's consciousness sank into the Netherworld Space.
Amidst a surge of Undead energy, a glowing Giant-Eyed Blood Rat soul body floated.
"Is this the soul of a Giant-Eyed Blood Rat?" Jiang Yuan examined it carefully, immediately dismissing the idea: "No, this is a spirit essence produced by a Giant-Eyed Blood Rat!"
The value of a spirit essence goes without saying.
A Servant-level spirit essence could sell for millions.
It could also be used to make magic tools.
Or used to strengthen magic.
A Servant-level spirit essence can strengthen a level three magic to level four, a Commander-level from level four to level five, and so on.
Few people are willing to use precious spirit essences to strengthen magic, after all, one spirit essence can only strengthen one star.
Only Mo Fan, who possesses the azure dragon pendant, luxuriously strengthened his to level six.
Mo Fan's azure dragon pendant can not only collect spirit essences but also remnant souls, combining them into spirit essences.
This is also the function of a soul vessel, but Jiang Yuan couldn't understand how his Netherworld Space could absorb a spirit essence.
Although the Undead System does deal with spirit essences the most among magic systems, many vessels are also made through the Undead System.
But no magic theory book ever said that the Netherworld Space could store spirit essences.
Otherwise, why bother making soul vessels? Just awaken the Undead System, and it would be fine.
Jiang Yuan looked at the high-quality spirit essence, pondered for a moment, and a bold idea arose in his mind.
"Could it be that my Undead System, like my Water System, also has an innate talent for collecting spirit essences?"
The more Jiang Yuan thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed.
If his Water System could have an innate talent, why couldn't his Undead System also have one?
Reasonable, too reasonable!
As soon as he thought that his Netherworld Space could store spirit essences, Jiang Yuan's heart surged with excitement, wishing he could immediately go hunt demons and collect spirit essences.
He had already tried it, and the spirit essence in the Netherworld Space could be taken out.
Spirit essences are all money!
With money, he could buy Star Dust magic tools, and even higher-level magic tools.
In this way, even without the azure dragon pendant, he could improve at a speed no less than Mo Fan's.
With money, he could even buy Spirit Seeds, Soul Seeds, Heavenly Seeds, or even purchase adult Asian Dragons from Europe that are Monarch-level. This is not impossible!
"Grumble~" Just as he was excited, Jiang Yuan's stomach rumbled with hunger.
Only then did he realize he hadn't eaten anything from last night until now, completely engrossed in matters of demons and magic, forgetting to eat and sleep.
Jiang Yuan left his room and went downstairs to buy some breakfast.
The area where the demon appeared last night had already been cleaned up.
"Did a demon really appear in the residential area yesterday?"
"Is that even fake? I saw it with my own eyes!"
"But aren't we in the city? How could there be a demon here?"
"Shh! Don't ask. The higher-ups said this matter needs to be kept secret."
The appearance of the demon caused rumors to spread throughout the residential area, making many residents uneasy.
In fact, it's not impossible for some demons to appear within the city. Those demons living in the sewers occasionally emerge to harm people when they are starving mad.
And this is the job that the City Hunter Squad is responsible for.
Bo City has several City Hunter Squads, and Mo Fan only joined one of them.
Jiang Yuan ate while listening to the gossip around him. After becoming a magician, his hearing had also improved significantly.
He was wondering whether to join the City Hunter Squad.
To obtain spirit essences, he would inevitably have to deal with demons, and outside the city was too dangerous for an elementary-level magician like him.
The City Hunter Squad, which is responsible for the city, was a good place to go.
The danger and benefits were clear at a glance.
The City Hunter Squad was more suitable.
Having made his decision, Jiang Yuan finished breakfast and headed straight for the Hunter Union.
The Hunter Union is where Hunter Mages accept bounties, and hunter teams usually recruit teammates here.
As soon as he entered the hall, Jiang Yuan saw a large magic screen hanging in the center of the hall, displaying bounties ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions.
"Any Wind System Mages? Join our team, generous compensation!"
"Our team has taken a one-million bounty, we need a Mid-level Earth System Mage to join!"
"Ice System Mages, Ice System Mages, look here!"
"..."
Listening to the shouts of people looking for teammates, Jiang Yuan inexplicably felt like he was in an online game.
He bypassed these hunter teams and unhesitatingly went to the City Hunter Squad's recruitment point.
Jiang Yuan was lucky; there happened to be a City Hunter Squad looking to recruit new members.
There were many people who wanted to join the City Hunter Squad, and the queue at the recruitment point had already stretched into a long line.
At the recruitment point.
Xu Dahuang frowned as he looked at the resumes in his hand; none of them satisfied him.
He complained, "There are many Mages with defensive magic, but not just any riff-raff can join our City Hunter Squad. What kind of Mages are these?"
"Captain!" A team member ran over: "A Water System Mage said he wants you to personally interview him."
"?"
Xu Dahuang pushed the resumes forward and said in a deep voice, "We don't accept Mages like that in our team. Thinking they can join the City Hunter Squad just because they have some strength, that's impossible."
The team member scratched his head: "Alright, Captain, I'll tell him to leave now."
"Wait."
Xu Dahuang looked at the Water System Mage's figure from a distance, feeling increasingly familiar.
"I'll go with you to take a look."