My basement connects to another world.

Chapter 31 Mastery

Following the route Ke Shan described, Jiang Yuan gradually mobilized his magic to ascend.

They quickly discovered the difficulty involved.

When he was just figuring things out on his own, the magic would go wherever it wanted, in a simple and brutal way, entirely based on his subconscious.

Now you have to follow a specific route and avoid the areas that your instincts want to flow through, like making a wild horse that's used to running wild suddenly take a narrow path. You have to hold back every step you take.

On the first try, the magic dissipated on the side of the neck.

He took a breath and started again, slowing down the speed and pushing upwards bit by bit.

Ke Shan sat on the tree root next to him, holding the bottle of plum wine in his hand, taking a sip every now and then.

After watching for a while, he said, "Don't strain your body; the more you try, the more it will run wild..."

Jiang Yuan tried again, and this time the magic he used finally reached behind his ear. Although he didn't succeed, it went much further.

Time slipped away as he tried.

The two cat-eared warriors who were training stopped and walked over, glancing curiously in Jiang Yuan's direction.

One of the young soldiers, with a flat nose, nudged his comrade with his elbow and whispered, "Is that human trying to imitate Eagle Vision?"

Another cat-eared warrior said to Ke Shan, "Captain, it's our turn to patrol."

Ke Shan stood up. "Let's go."

He shouted to Jiang Yuan, "Take your time, no rush. Hawkeye looks simple, but to truly master it, it takes at least seven or eight days, and sometimes more than half a month."

After saying that, the group walked away, crunching through the snow.

The open space fell silent.

Jiang Yuan closed his eyes and rested for a moment before resuming his magical ascent.

This time went more smoothly than the previous times.

The magic rose up from the spine and passed behind the ears, and the resistance along the entire path was much less, as if a narrow path had been widened by walking on it.

The sky gradually changed from grayish-white to dark gray.

Finally, after countless attempts...

The two magical forces bypassed behind the ears, passed through the temples, and reunited behind the eyeballs.

A slight soreness rose from deep within my eye socket, as if someone were gently pressing the back of my eyeball with their fingertips.

He opened his eyes.

The distant target seemed to have been pulled much closer.

But soon a soreness and swelling came from my eyes, which lasted only a few seconds before they started to feel dry, and my eyelids twitched involuntarily twice.

Jiang Yuan could only close his eyes. He continued trying.

Until he opened his eyes again, his vision became clearer.

More than a hundred meters away, the target on the dead tree seemed to have been pulled right in front of us.

It's finally done! Jiang Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

A fluorescent blue panel appeared before my eyes.

Then, a new ability appeared on the line of abilities.

[Abilities: Gate to Realms, Universal Knowledge, Eagle Eye, ???, --]

Jiang Yuan let out a soft breath, finally snapping out of his intense immersion.

Looking around, it was already completely dark.

He practiced for hours on end.

Just then, the muffled sound of footsteps on snow could be heard.

Jiang Yuan turned his head.

Ke Shan emerged from behind the giant tree, his hunting knife hanging at his waist and his hunting bow slung over his shoulder. His grey-blue eyes looked at Jiang Yuan, who was standing still, and he smiled:

"I came to check after my patrol, and sure enough, you're still here. How's your training going?"

"Not bad." Jiang Yuan smiled slightly.

Although he hadn't had a chance to try the other skill, "Piercing Shot," he was already very satisfied to have mastered "Eagle Eye" in less than a day.

Ke Shan looked him up and down.

Perhaps sensing that his energy and spirit were still good, and he didn't seem to have messed up during practice, they didn't ask any further questions and simply said:

"It's good that you're not injured. We can practice again tomorrow. We can't rush this. This place is close to the outskirts of the tribe, so it's not safe. Let's go back to the tribe and rest first."

Jiang Yuan nodded and then asked, "Captain Ke Shan, how many magic cores do you think I could get for that bottle of wine?"

"Exchange for a magic core?" Ke Shan looked thoughtful and said, "You're using it for cultivation, right? If I were to exchange your wine, I'd exchange it no matter how much."

"I don't know how much the others are willing to offer. It's the dead of winter now, and prey is scarce. This bottle of first-tier magic cores, eight, no, ten, should definitely be enough to trade. For second-tier ones, one core should be about right."

Can I exchange a second-tier item for one? Sure, I have as much of this wine as you want... Jiang Yuan nodded.

Aside from aiding cultivation, this magic core has no other use for the Frostclaw tribe, which is probably why they don't value it much.

Ke Shan, however, felt that Jiang Yuan was at a disadvantage, after all, this might be the legendary wine! He continued:

"Second-tier magic cores are reserved for elite warriors in the tribe. First-tier ones are not in short supply. When hunting teams go out, even in the dead of winter, first-tier magic cores are not particularly valuable. They are not very useful except for giving them to novices to practice on."

"As for the third-tier ones... they are already very precious. If we don't go deeper into the Gray Covered Forest, all the third-tier magic cores that the entire tribe has hunted will be used up soon, and there won't be many left."

Jiang Yuan understood: the high-level magic cores would be given to the leader, Ug, for distribution.

"You want a magic core? Here, take this." Ke Shan said, taking out a magic core the size of a walnut from the leather pouch at his waist. It was translucent light gray with a few wisps of very faint white light slowly flowing inside, and he handed it over casually.

"What's this?" Jiang Yuan asked, taking it from Jiang Yuan.

This magic core was noticeably smaller than the Spider Queen's grayish-white magic core, and its luster was much dimmer. It only felt slightly cool to the touch.

"We encountered a stone-shelled lizard while on patrol just now. It was hiding under the snow, and we only woke it up when we stepped on it," Ke Shan sighed. "These things have little meat and hard shells, so there's not much meat to eat."

"Thank you," Jiang Yuan nodded.

"Tier 1 cores aren't worth much," Ke Shan waved his hand and said, "If you want to trade more, come back with some wine and I'll trade you ten Tier 1 cores. For higher-tier cores, go find the leader."

"it is good."

As they talked, the two returned to the Frostclaw tribe by the same route.

They soon entered the tribe and parted ways.

Jiang Yuan did not head towards the tree hole where he was, but instead chose another direction.

At the same time, he took out the magic core he had put in his pocket and focused his mind as he walked.

Immediately afterwards, a line of small, fluorescent blue text, visible only to him, appeared before his eyes:

[Absorbable magical energy detected - Extract?]

"Yes."

A slight coolness seeped into my palm.

It was on a completely different level from the second-tier magic cores he had absorbed. It only spun around in his palm for a short while before dissipating.

It's like throwing a small pebble into a lake; it only creates two ripples before disappearing.

Jiang Yuan stared at the fluorescent blue panel in front of him.

[Magic Power: 89/100 → 92/100]

"Three points of mana added? Not bad!"

This first-tier magic core added three points of magic power to him.

I'm 8 points away from reaching level 11 with 100 points. Three more Tier 1 stones should be enough to level up...

According to Ke Shan, a bottle of plum wine costing a dozen yuan can be exchanged for ten first-tier magic cores.