9 Chapter 9

With an idea in mind, Ren acted immediately, He walked out the door, asking for directions from one of the elf guards, and was led to a large library. It was unlike the other buildings, built in the trees, instead it was on the ground, and made of a white stone. When he was led through the door he marveled at how it was much bigger on the inside.

This world seemed to be a step higher in his eyes. He was then led to a small lounge area, where Prul was seated reading a book. After she motioned him to sit, he started to explain his thoughts, "There were quite a few professions that I saw, but none seemed to fit me, either they were too specialized, or there were huge weaknesses. Do you have any recommendations, specifically something that combines both might and magic?"

Prul tilted her head and hummed a bit, "There are a few that combine both physical might, and magical power. For example, There is a profession called moon warrior, it has a heavy advantage on speed, as well as amazing control on water based magic, though it has the requirement of being a woman, but don't worry, there are many rituals that can transform you into a woman, even on a soul level."

Ren hurriedly shook his head, Prul then continued, "No? How about Sun Guardian, it has restrictions on being male, but that doesn't hinder you. Sun Guardians have unparalleled physical defense, as well extreme control over both light and fire… Downsides? Well you will basically be a eunuch… No?"

After introducing a few more professions such as Duelist, Bard, and Dragon Slayer, which Ren rejected each for their own reasons. Though he was attracted to a profession called Mechanic, yet he ultimately gave up because it relied too much on external force. After quite a few professions were introduced and rejected, Prul finally got annoyed.

Yet, she still introduced one more profession, "With seemingly how picky you are, there is one profession that might suit you, Officially, this profession is called "Battlemage", and it allows one to merge with any soul they choose with absolutely no restrictions. You can mix and match souls more than noble ladies mix and match clothes for the weekend ball." She explained some minor details as to how it would change his soul as well.

Ren's eyes lit up, numerous fantasies twinkled in his eyes, yet they quickly dimmed, as he has already been let down a lot with the previous professions. He spoke, "You talked about the good, now what about the bad." Prul gave him a white eye before saying, "Well, the materials for making the meditation base are expensive and rare. The soul conflict will also be higher since you probably won't be picking similar souls."

She looked up, seemingly thinking about it more, "The practice time is also much longer than most other professions. Besides for that, there aren't any more downsides." She then nodded, remembering something, "It just so happens I have a meditation base for the Battlemage, that I obtained long ago."

She proceeded to take out a seed, half of it seemed to be made of golden metal, while the other half seemed to be a purple wood. The two sides intertwined to form a sort of harmony, Prul spoke, "The main material for the Meditation Base is core leaves of an Elven Tree of Life, Making the Battlemage Meditation Idea a world tree in the Soul."

She inspected the 'seed' before continuing, "The main issue with this meditation base in particular, was that it was made with two different Core Leaves, one from the Deep Elves, and the other from the High Elves. Though every expert I have spoken to has claimed there should be no issue. Do you dare try it? Or choose something else?"

Ren hesitated, this was clearly a routine forcing him to take faulty products, He looked deeply at the seed, trying to find any glaring faults. Finally, he thought over all the different professions, he once again excluded them one by one in his heart, yet eventually, the Battlemage profession was just too alluring.

For normal humans with lifespan issues, practice time did indeed seem like a huge fault, but, not only are dragons immortal baring external force, he himself has a soul pond, greatly increasing his strength growth. As for soul conflict, that happens when two souls of different origins collide, and is stronger with vastly different souls, excluding human souls with a high degree of mergibility.

He would either just have to grit his teeth, find a way to overcome it, or hope his soul world ability control will minimize conflicts. He took a breath and calmed down, his heart long decided. He reached out and took the meditation base from Prul. He did not need to sit down as he was already seated, he then asked her, "Is there any special way I need to use this?"

Prul smirked, "Oh, it is extremely simple, all you have to do is swallow it." Her words made Ren pale, he looked at the seed in his hands that was bigger than a fist, then back at Prul, then the seed, then prule, then finally, he stuffed the seed in his mouth. The expected hard swallow did not happen.

Instead, the second the seed went into his mouth it dissolved into a stream of energy that flowed into his soul. Above his soul pond a similar seed appeared, floating just below the Lexicon. As the energy completely formed the seed in his body, it suddenly dropped into the soul pond, and amazing changes started to happen within his soul.

The seed sprouted, sending its tender roots into the foundation of the soul pond. Absorbing the now 100% filled soul energy at a rapid pace, it grew quickly. A trunk as thick as an apple quickly shot up like bamboo, lacking any branches or leaves. The ability rune for the soul pond appeared and merged into its roots.

Then the ability rune for the soul world appeared and merged into the trunk tripling its width. Then the ability runes for dragon body, titan body, lightning manipulation, and alternate form appeared forming branches on the tree. Lastly, the ability rune for ecstasy soul fire appeared, latching onto the branches and forming leaves of rainbow fire.

Then, the tree split, right down the middle, one half turning purple, the other half turning gold, it twisted into a double helix. After a while, the soul world calmed down, and Ren carefully felt the changes in shock. The changes that just took place was far beyond what Prul had described.

He quickly inspected the changes.