Chapter 419 - 214: Building a Wizard Tower, Memories in the Divine Blood

Chapter 419: Chapter 214: Building a Wizard Tower, Memories in the Divine Blood

[Task created. Calculating a rapid purification plan for the Divine Blood. Estimated requirement: 253 units of Elemental Essence.]

"Not bad. That’s only about eighteen or nineteen days."

The thought that his elementalization progress would surge again in just over ten days put Pei Ze in a very cheerful mood.

’Wuyu has evolved, and Silver Star’s enhancement is complete for now. All that’s left is to wait for the Divine Blood purification and to prepare for the construction of a Wizard Tower.’

Pei Ze sank into thought.

’Actually, raising Mo Ying is another matter to consider.’

’But Mo Ying is still young, currently at a stage where it can continuously increase its strength just by being fed.’

’It won’t be too late to think about its breakthrough once it hits a bottleneck.’

After composing himself, Pei Ze took out the Memory Crystal Ball Mo Weng had given him and began to review the information on Wizard Towers inside.

As one of the greatest Alchemy Creations in the history of Wizard Civilization, the Wizard Tower was renowned throughout the Multiverse.

The only thing more terrifying than an Elemental Mage was an Elemental Mage who possessed a Wizard Tower!

The power of a Wizard Tower was so immense that it could allow a Level 4 Wizard to overcome and defeat a Level 5 Wizard.

Of course, given the exorbitant cost of a Wizard Tower, many Level 4 Wizards did not own one.

Broadly speaking, Wizard Towers could be divided into two types.

Those that could fly, and those that could not.

Non-flying Wizard Towers primarily referred to those built upon ley line nodes.

Beneath the surface of any world exist primal networks of energy. The intersections of these networks are known as ley line nodes.

In essence, they are junctures of natural energy that Wizards can harness as a power source for their Wizard Towers.

However, using a ley line node as a power source meant the Wizard Tower was bound to it, fixed in place and unable to move, let alone fly.

Furthermore, because ley line nodes were often located deep within mountains or near rivers, these types of Wizard Towers were usually far from any Wizard City, making many things very inconvenient.

Therefore, unless a Wizard was short on funds and had no choice but to build a Wizard Tower for some reason, very few would choose to construct one on a ley line node.

The vast majority of Wizards chose to build the ’flying’ type of Wizard Tower.

In the classifications used by the Wizard Civilization, Wizard Towers were categorized by size, from smallest to largest: small, medium, and large.

The larger the Wizard Tower, the more expensive its construction.

Even the most basic small-sized Wizard Tower would cost no less than a million Magic Crystal Stones.

A Medium-sized Wizard Tower, on the other hand, cost as much as three to four million Magic Crystal Stones.

As for a large-sized Wizard Tower, the price shot straight into the tens of millions of Magic Crystal Stones.

’The classifications of Wizard Towers...’

A thoughtful expression appeared on Pei Ze’s face.

He had some knowledge of this information already.

Even if a Level 4 Wizard had the means to build a Wizard Tower, it would typically be a small one.

Only Level 5 Wizards had the financial resources to build a Medium-sized Wizard Tower, and even many Level 5 Wizards only possessed small ones.

Only someone like his teacher, Mo Weng, a Sixth-level Wizard and Tier Six Alchemist, or a Wizard Clan Patriarch like Yin Yongqin, could afford a large-sized Wizard Tower.

As for the even higher-ranking Rule Wizards, what they possessed were no longer Wizard Towers, but the more advanced Floating Cities.

’Should I build a small-sized Wizard Tower or a medium-sized one?’

Pei Ze fell into deep thought.

’A large-sized Wizard Tower is definitely out of the question. I’m self-aware enough to know that.’

’Even if I sold myself, I couldn’t scrape together enough money to build a large-sized Wizard Tower right now.’

’For a small-sized tower, I have over two hundred thousand Magic Crystal Stones on hand. Adding the money from selling the Stone Monument Fragment, it would be more than enough.’

’But if I want to build a Medium-sized Wizard Tower, I’d still be at least two million Magic Crystal Stones short.’

A glint flashed in Pei Ze’s eyes. He quickly gritted his teeth and made a decision.

’I’ll build a Medium-sized Wizard Tower!’

’Worst case, I’ll just have to improve and sell a few more Tier Five Potion formulas. After what happened before, it won’t seem too abrupt.’

Although he could build a small-sized Wizard Tower and upgrade it to a medium one later, an expansion for such a massive project would inevitably involve a lot of additional waste. He would end up spending a lot of unnecessary money, so it was better to get it right in one go.

If he weren’t so short on cash, Pei Ze would have wanted to build a large-sized Wizard Tower directly.

Having made his decision, Pei Ze continued to read.

Simply put, a Wizard Tower could be divided into three main components: the energy supply, spatial planning, and combat systems.

First was the energy supply, which could be broken down into three major sections: the Element Pool, the Floating Ring, and the central crystal energy transmission system.

Among these, the Element Pool was arguably the most fundamental and core facility of a Wizard Tower, serving as its primary energy supply unit.

A complete Element Pool had to connect to multiple Elemental Planes simultaneously, drawing elemental energy from them to create a self-sustaining cycle that provided the Wizard Tower with a continuous stream of power.

To use an analogy, the Element Pool was like a hydroelectric power station; as long as the elemental channels remained open, it would continuously generate energy.

A small-sized Element Pool could sustain the basic needs of a small-sized Wizard Tower, including charging Golem Puppets, as well as providing power for conventional applications like lighting, experiments, and conversions.

Any surplus energy could be stored for use in times of war.

The larger the Element Pool, the more energy it could store, and the more intense the battles it could handle.

Since Pei Ze planned to build a Medium-sized Wizard Tower, the Element Pool would also need to be upgraded to a corresponding medium-sized one.

Of course, he could also build a large-sized Element Pool, or even the more advanced Elemental Melting Furnace.

However, doing so would cause the construction cost to skyrocket as well.