"Guo Xiansheng (Mr. Guo)'s guiding stones are indeed of superior quality; this time, I finally got what I wished for," Jiang Yuan said with a smile, not holding back his praise.
"Not at all," Guo Liyu quickly waved his hand. "To awaken Space, that's due to your exceptional talent. So many High-level Mages have hoped to awaken Space, but none have succeeded."
These words were very true.
Xiao Mian, standing beside them, nodded in deep agreement.
Jiang Yuan felt Guo Liyu suddenly become much more enthusiastic.
Guo Liyu, beaming, handed over his business card: "This is my business card. If you need guiding stones in the future, just call the number on it."
"Okay, thank you," Jiang Yuan took the card and carefully put it away.
With the magic awakening complete, it was time to return to school.
Watching Jiang Yuan's retreating figure, Guo Liyu suddenly turned to Xiao Mian beside him and asked, "You should know where his student dormitory is, right?"
"Ah?"
Xiao Mian was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted, nodding busily, "I don't know, but I can find out by asking around. Student dormitories aren't a secret."
"That's good." Guo Liyu nodded slightly, a profound glint flashing in his eyes.
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Time flew by, and a few days passed in a flash.
Jiang Yuan's life was still the same as before.
Besides meditating and cultivating, he attended classes.
His class schedule wasn't tight, only one or two classes a week.
Only magic students who specialized in magic research had more classes.
Other students mainly learned basic knowledge and combat skills related to magic and monsters, without too many complex courses.
Jiang Yuan had just finished half a day of meditation.
After lunch, he walked towards the classroom.
In the afternoon, there was an Undead System course, with Qin Yun as the main lecturer.
Upon arriving at the classroom, the empty room, capable of holding forty people, now contained only his solitary figure.
Jiang Yuan inexplicably felt a pang of loneliness.
In the past, when he attended classes, at least he had classmates accompanying him, but now he was all alone.
He couldn't help but think of the Ancient Capital; he wondered if there were many Undead System mages there.
Just as he was thinking, Qin Yun pushed the door open and entered.
He wasn't carrying any teaching materials, and as soon as he entered, he greeted with a smile, "You're here, Jiang Yuan. Have you eaten?"
Seeing Jiang Yuan nod, Qin Yun casually dragged a chair from beside the podium and sat down opposite Jiang Yuan, saying, "It's just the two of us in the classroom, so let's not stick to the traditional lecture format. It's more comfortable to talk face-to-face like this."
Jiang Yuan strongly agreed with this suggestion.
In fact, he had always felt that Qin Yun didn't have any airs of a teacher; instead, he seemed more like an elder.
But it was true; Qin Yun had already decided to put all his effort into cultivating Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan waited for Qin Yun to start the lecture.
Unexpectedly, Qin Yun first posed a question.
"Do you know who the creators of the Undead System are?"
Jiang Yuan nodded without hesitation: "I know the Undead System has two creators: one is our country's Ancient King, and the other is the Ancient Egypt Pharaoh Khufu."
"That's right." A hint of admiration flashed in Qin Yun's eyes, and he continued to ask:
"The Undead System was created by different people from two countries, one in the East and one in distant Egypt, and their eras are also far apart. What do you think are the differences in the Undead System they created?"
As Qin Yun spoke, his fingers lightly tapped on the table, making a crisp "tap-tap" sound.
Different?
Jiang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "It doesn't seem to be much different, but the types of Undead are indeed different. The most famous Undead in our country are zombies, and in Egypt, they are mummies."
He paused, then added, "Also, Eastern Undead are active at night and fear sunlight, while Western Undead can move freely as long as they are within the range covered by the underworld's glow."
With Jiang Yuan's current knowledge of the Undead System, this was all he could say.
After listening, Qin Yun stood up, picked up a piece of chalk, and began writing on the blackboard.
At the very top of the blackboard, he wrote the three large characters "Undead System."
Below, he wrote "Eastern Undead System" and "Western Undead System" separately.
"Actually, according to the ancients' classification, the Eastern Undead System and the Western Undead System are very different. The Eastern Undead originally stemmed from ancient Chinese secret arts like corpse-raising and ghost-raising; Western Undead evolved from the eternal life brought by curses."
"The Undead System on both sides carries their respective cultures, and each tier of Undead magic developed from their respective secret arts."
At this point, Qin Yun's voice carried an undeniable hint of regret as he continued:
"Our Eastern Undead System also had a glorious and prosperous period, but unfortunately, after a great Undead catastrophe a few hundred years ago, all Undead mages were tragically purged. From then on, the Eastern Undead System rapidly declined."
"Our unique various Undead secret arts also disappeared into the river of history, while the Western Undead System has remained active to this day."
"This has also caused the current Undead System to be completely dominated by the Western Undead System, and the Undead magic used is all part of that Western system full of enslavement and oppression."
After speaking, Qin Yun couldn't help but sigh, his eyes filled with nostalgia for the glorious years of the Eastern Undead System.
Although he had not experienced those years himself.
But as an Undead mage, merely hearing about that era would make him yearn for it involuntarily.
After listening, Jiang Yuan fell into deep thought.
In fact, he had long suspected that there must be very obvious differences between the Eastern and Western Undead Systems.
Now it seemed, that was indeed the case.
"Too many powerful Eastern Undead spells have been lost," Qin Yun sighed again, his face full of regret.
"Then, teacher, do you know of any lost Eastern Undead spells?" Jiang Yuan immediately became interested.
The Undead System materials he had previously reviewed rarely mentioned Eastern Undead secret arts; they basically all, like Qin Yun, lamented the loss of Eastern Undead secret arts.
Qin Yun nodded and said, "What I know is also limited. However, some time ago, some ancient books of unknown age were unearthed in my ancestral home, and they recorded three types of Undead secret arts."
"The first is Soul Seizing and Extracting, which allows the practitioner to directly extract complete soul power from living monsters and condense it into an essence soul."
"The second is Soul Sealing, which can seal energy bodies like ghosts into vessels, imbuing the vessels with mysterious power. Many ancient vessels that have been passed down to this day were made based on Soul Sealing."
"The last one is Ghost Devouring. Practitioners of this art can directly devour Undead, absorb their power, and transform themselves into an existence similar to an Undead. Moreover, according to ancient records, there seems to be no upper limit to the cultivation of this secret art."
Upon hearing this, the historical figure Zhong Kui, the Undead master, instantly appeared in Jiang Yuan's mind.
Legend has it that Zhong Kui grew into a top Undead mage in a very short period.
And the most widely known legend is his feat of devouring evil spirits.
Could it be that Zhong Kui mastered the Ghost Devouring art?