Chapter 590 - 230: So, He Was Here All Along

[Congratulations, your talent ability, Spiritual Conversion, has reached the Entry level. You can use Survival Points to upgrade it. Evaluation: Bloodline Talent... Special Reward: Survival Points +100, Origin +5, Resilience Level +5, Spirit Level +5.]

[Note 1: An Extraordinary’s talent abilities originate from their Origin. Although they are instinctual, they also have a proficiency level. The higher the talent’s level, the more adept one becomes at using it. At the same time, it can also derive other applications, or even unique abilities.]

[Note 2: Upgrading a talent ability requires Origin as a prerequisite and is affected by the quality of one’s Origin Power. Upgrading from Entry-level to Skilled requires 1000 Origin. Upgrading from Skilled to Proficient requires 2000 Origin, and from Proficient to Expert requires 4000 Origin, and so on.]

[Note 3: Talent - Spiritual Conversion (Entry-level). Effect: You can convert your Resilience Level, Spirit Level, and Origin Power into one another. The conversion ratio between Resilience Level and Spirit Level is one-to-one. The conversion ratio of Resilience Level and Spirit Level into Origin Power is nine-to-one. The reverse is one-to-nine.]

’Huh??’

’My Spiritual Conversion talent reached the Entry level?’

Wei’en froze for a moment. He placed the quill in his hand into the pen holder beside him and carefully read the notifications on his panel.

From the notes, he could summarize a few key pieces of information about talent abilities.

First, talent abilities improve according to proficiency. In other words, as the number of uses increases, the talent’s level will also rise.

This explained why his Spiritual Conversion talent had reached the Entry level. Ever since awakening it in the Caster City State, he had been through numerous battles, big and small, forcing him to use the talent frequently.

Coupled with the effects of Forbidden Item 0-38, the Bell of Truth, he had been using it almost once every hour...

By a rough estimate, he had used it at least three hundred times.

’Is three hundred uses the threshold for a talent to reach the Entry level?’

’I should try to improve my Deception talent this way!’

Second, as a talent’s level increases, it can branch into other applications or abilities.

As Wei’en mulled this over, he took out a new sheet of parchment and recorded his speculations about talent abilities.

’Regarding the second point, my Entry-level Spiritual Conversion hasn’t changed noticeably... Perhaps the question marks next to the Deception talent are what will be unlocked after it levels up...’

But there was something he didn’t understand—the difference between the Deception talent and Spiritual Conversion!

’Why did one have multiple abilities upon awakening, with its future potential already noted, while the other only had one—no, wait, two abilities?’

’Could it be that different talents have varying grades or potential?’

The third point was that upgrading talents—that is, allocating points to them—required Origin Power as a prerequisite. If his Origin Power was insufficient, he couldn’t upgrade them.

This point was easy enough to understand.

The final point was that the effects of his Entry-level Spiritual Conversion talent had changed!

The conversion ratio between Spirit and Resilience was still one-to-one, but their conversion ratio with Origin had increased to one-to-nine!

"This point..."

Wei’en looked at the contents of the parchment, an odd expression appearing on his face.

This change didn’t have a major impact on the two basic attributes, Spirit and Resilience, but its effect on Origin left him uncertain.

’Does this mean basic attributes are becoming more important, or does it suggest that Origin Power will be less significant later on?’

After thinking for a moment, Wei’en gripped his quill and drew a line, starting to work backward from the end.

First, it was certain that Origin Power was paramount—he wrote this down as his conclusion.

There were three pieces of evidence to support this conclusion. One: reaching a certain level of Origin Power allowed one to resist the corruption of the crimson moon, though it was still influenced by the quality of the Origin Power and couldn’t block the corruption completely...

Two: Origin could amplify basic attributes. Moreover, looking at the rewards given by the panel, it was clear that Origin Power was harder to obtain than basic attributes.

This showed that Origin was a superior attribute.

The third piece of evidence... was the Origin fusion method that Mr. Clown Leonard had mentioned before!

Even ascending to the Legendary level requires Origin Power. Therefore, without a doubt, Origin Power is the most crucial ability for Extraordinaries, Wizards, Holy Professionals, and all others who wield Extraordinary Power.

Thus, he could conclude that the upgrade to his Spiritual Conversion talent was indeed an improvement!

’So, the purpose of the one-to-nine ratio is to lower the difficulty of converting to Origin Power, allowing me to obtain more of it during battle...’

Having written this far, Wei’en gained a deeper understanding of his Spiritual Conversion talent. He also developed a clearer picture of the Wizard’s Path ahead—Origin Power was exceptionally important, whether for an ordinary Extraordinary or a Wizard.

’The Origin fusion method, the way for an Extraordinary to ascend to Legendary...’

’So, the method for a Wizard to ascend to Legendary must also be closely related to Origin Power!’

"Tsk, I was going to ask about the schools, but I was interrupted..."

Thinking of this, Wei’en heavily underlined the line ’Method for a Wizard to Ascend to Legendary’ on the parchment to mark its importance.

Then, he glanced at his panel again, and sure enough—

Name: Wei’en Loft

Bloodline: Salot Descendant

Class: Wizard (Advanced)

Resilience Level: 24154

Spirit Level: 11384

Origin: 1133 (1134) (1 point of Origin sealed)

Talents: Deception (Deception - Illusion Creation, Deception - Psychological Control), Spiritual Conversion (Entry-level 0/10000): Convert your Resilience Level, Spirit Level, and Origin Power into one another.