After the Beast-Fighting Competition concluded, Jiang Yuan's reputation soared within the Qing Campus.
This fervor even spread to the Main Campus; for a time, everyone knew of him.
Everyone who watched the Beast-Fighting Competition was shocked by Jiang Yuan's Three-Eyed Underworld General.
During that period, the borrowing rate for Undead System books in the library surged.
After all, that massive and grotesque skeleton, the eerie blue glowing ghost fire, and the seemingly tireless, terrifying strength were completely different from the undead they usually perceived, even much stronger than many demons of the same level!
However, as they delved deeper, people gradually discovered that the awakening probability for the Undead System was pitifully low.
To awaken the Undead System, the cost was far beyond imagination, certainly not something ordinary people could bear.
Even some wealthy scions who could afford the cost chose to give up after seeing the obvious weaknesses of the Undead System.
Thus, the Undead System once again fell into a state of neglect.
In today's ancient Eastern country, the Undead System no longer had the soil for its growth.
Only in distant Egypt, in the West, was the Undead System flourishing.
...
Inside the single apartment.
Jiang Yuan had just returned from Dean Xiao.
He brought back a large wave of resources.
Most of these resources came from the New Student Welcome Ceremony rewards; Jiang Yuan took the lion's share, while Mo Fan took a smaller portion.
Among them was a shield magic artifact that could resist Intermediate-Level magic attacks, and two million in cash.
Jiang Yuan planned to find a time to sell the shield magic artifact.
In his opinion, this shield magic artifact was less practical than his Water System magic, so keeping it had little meaning.
Moreover, it was time for his Star Cloud Magic Tool to be upgraded to a Star River Magic Tool.
In addition, there were also rewards from the Arena Challenge.
The original reward was a top-grade Spirit Seed, but Jiang Yuan's Water System already had a Spirit Seed, so Dean Xiao used a small portion of dark matter as a substitute.
For Dean Xiao, obtaining a portion of dark matter was quite easy, as his strength was clearly evident.
Finally, Jiang Yuan also received three days of meditation time in the Three Step Tower.
He planned to save it and use it together with the seven days after the subsequent Main Campus assessment, to maximize the benefits!
At this moment, Jiang Yuan was preparing to absorb that small portion of dark matter.
He took out the dark matter given to him by Dean Xiao, which was an extremely concentrated wisp of black aura.
Jiang Yuan extended his hand and guided this aura into his palm.
As soon as the dark matter touched his skin, it quickly merged into his body.
In his spiritual world, the vanished dark matter entered his soul, integrating into this spiritual universe, coating it with a layer of black, dimming even the brilliance of the star dust and star clouds.
As if sensing the arrival of the dark matter, the gray star cloud of the Undead System flickered with soft Light System.
dark matter comes from the Dark Plane and differs from the natural treasures of the Earth Plane.
It cannot be directly absorbed; one must sign a contract and pay a price to exchange for its power.
When Mo Fan absorbed the dark matter left by the lowly craftsman, he signed a contract.
It was by sacrificing a remnant soul that he was able to use the abilities it brought.
Although the small portion of dark matter in Jiang Yuan's hand was small in quantity, according to the rules of the Dark Plane, a contract still had to be signed.
He followed the method Dean Xiao taught him when giving him the dark matter, slowly accepting the dark matter to integrate into the Undead System star cloud and signing a contract with it.
Subsequently, the dark matter surged into the Undead System star cloud, condensing a black pattern on each star particle.
The signing was complete.
Jiang Yuan slowly opened his eyes, feeling the changes in the Undead System star cloud.
At the same time, information about the effects brought by the dark matter appeared in his mind:
By expending a certain amount of Undead System magic energy, the undead aura within the Netherworld Space can condense into Undead Tentacles.
"Undead Tentacles? I wonder what the effect will be."
Jiang Yuan murmured to himself, casually sacrificing a portion of his Undead System magic energy, and then released a large amount of undead aura from the Netherworld Space.
These auras condensed into gray-black tentacles, slowly dancing around him, looking extremely bizarre.
Jiang Yuan tried to control the Undead Tentacles to move, and they moved incredibly fast, leaving trails of afterimages in the air.
With a "boom," a tentacle slammed heavily onto the ground, and the floor instantly shattered into pieces, scattering debris everywhere.
Immediately after, another tentacle slapped onto the sofa, and with a "crack," the sofa instantly exploded.
Even the kitchen became a mess due to the tentacles' movements.
"The power is actually this great?!"
Jiang Yuan was startled.
Looking at the messy ground before him, as if it had experienced a world war, his face turned grim.
Damn it, the destruction is so severe.
I wonder how much I'll have to pay in compensation.
Losing money for no reason, it's frustrating!
However, Jiang Yuan was quite satisfied with the power of the Undead Tentacles.
These tentacles not only had strong offensive power but could also be used as auxiliary tools.
Serving tea and water was easy, but he still needed to practice controlling them more to perform some complex actions.
He could only blame himself for not being careful; he would just consider it a lesson learned with money.
Jiang Yuan made up his mind that in the future, he would find a specialized testing ground for anything related to magic.
He never wanted to lose money for no reason again!
...
The next day.
Jiang Yuan appeared at the Magic Association in the Magic City.
Although the Magic Association had dedicated awakening rooms, their guiding stones were all ordinary.
Popular guiding stones like those for the Thunder and Shadow Systems were very rare.
However, there were often people who dealt in guiding stones who cooperated with the Magic Association.
These people could be merchants or guiding stone collectors.
Jiang Yuan approached the association's front desk and asked, "Is Mage Guo Liyu here?"
Guo Liyu was a well-known guiding stone collector in the Magic City, possessing a collection of guiding stones for various magic systems.
The guiding stone Mo Fan used when awakening his Shadow System came from him.
Later, the guiding stone Mo Fan used when he reached Advanced Level was also provided by him; it was just a pity that Mo Fan didn't awaken the Light System System, but instead awakened an Earth System with an additional effect.
In short, if you wanted a rare magic system guiding stone, he was the right person to find.
"Hello, Guo Xiansheng (Mr. Guo) is not at the association right now. May I ask what you need?" the girl in a long robe at the front desk replied with a smile.
"I want to buy a guiding stone from him," Jiang Yuan said directly.
The girl in the long robe still smiled: "You can directly choose from the association; you don't have to wait for Boss Guo to return."
Jiang Yuan scanned the guiding stones in the room and shook his head: "The system I want isn't here."
The room displayed guiding stones for elemental systems like Fire, Water, and Ice.
Black Magic, White Magic, and Thunder Systems were all absent.
Most importantly, none of the Dimensional Magic systems that Jiang Yuan wanted were present.
His purpose for coming this time was to try to awaken either the Space or Chaos System among the Dimensional Magic systems!