A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 115 The Way of Flesh and Blood

Time always flies when you're in the countryside, and before you know it, Griffith's term of service is up.

"My lord, my time is almost up. I will be leaving tomorrow. Do you have any further requests?"

Griffiths bowed to Jiang Shuzhou, speaking respectfully.

"It's nothing, but I'll give you a piece of advice: go to the Ovi Empire."

"Only there can you truly fulfill your wish."

"You should know that the Mage Alliance does not allow any non-mage to establish their own country."

In any case, Griffiths did his job well during this time, doing a lot of dirty and tiring work for Jiang Shuzhou, so he should be given a word of advice.

Moreover, by sending people to the Ovi Empire, whatever happens there will be none of Jiang Shuzhou's concern, which will reduce trouble for himself.

"I will follow your teachings."

Griffith said no more and quickly left.

Outside the door was Hamlet's Mansion, which had been completely renovated.

The once chaotic houses are now orderly and neatly arranged.

The once numb eyes of the people are now filled with hope.

Their eyes shone with light.

"This is truly... amazing."

Griffiths could only describe the changes that had taken place in those few short months as miraculous.

At times, Griffith even considered giving up on his ideals and just living here, but in the end, his past obsessions made him abandon this idea.

"Griffith!"

In the distance, Gus was waving at him.

"I am here."

With a faint smile, Griffith walked towards Gus.

inside the room.

"What a pity, he was a talented person."

Jiang Shuzhou commented as he watched Guts walk alongside Griffith.

He had tried to recruit Guts, but unfortunately, the adjutant's feelings for Griffith were unusual.

He directly rejected Jiang Shuzhou's offer to recruit him.

Now I understand how Boss Cao felt.

However, the biggest difference between Jiang Shuzhou and Boss Cao is that Jiang Shuzhou already has a great general.

That was Hayes.

"My lord, what do you think...?"

Hayes made a throat-slitting gesture, which was clearly something he learned from Jiang Shuzhou.

"Why kill them? I have a feeling we'll meet again."

Jiang Shuzhou cast a prophetic spell on them and received a message.

"One will fall into darkness, and one will step into the light."

"The opportunity for the sublimation of flesh and blood lies within this."

Classic ambiguity, classic riddle.

That's how prophetic spells work; the information obtained is all guesswork.

For some reason, Jiang Shuzhou's prophecy spells were always successfully cast, but he almost never obtained any information.

This time was an exception; Jiang Shuzhou's prophecy spell was successfully cast and he actually obtained useful information.

Besides, even when making a prediction about an ordinary old farmer, he never received any useful information.

Everyone has different talents, and perhaps Jiang Shuzhou simply doesn't have a corresponding talent.

"Are the livestock carcasses I requested ready?"

Jiang Shuzhou looked at Hayes, his eyes flashing with a strange light, as if something was no longer being able to be suppressed.

"My lord, everything is ready."

"Good. Seal off the area I marked out yesterday. No one is allowed to enter."

"We need to build a safety net to prevent anything inside from escaping."

"Yes."

Hayes responded and then fled as if escaping.

Because he knew what his lord was going to do.

That's right, Jiang Shuzhou is preparing to study the knowledge of flesh and blood again.

Getting an alchemist to stop researching dangerous technologies is as difficult as getting a lecherous old man to stop being lecherous.

All of these are extremely difficult.

Besides, it's just something I'm doing for fun, so what?

"Clang, clang."

A large number of wagons loaded with animal carcasses traveled along the newly paved stone road, their destination the laboratory on the back hill.

"Why would the monk need so many animal carcasses?"

"Who knows? Maybe it's for the food."

"How big of a stomach would you need to eat so many animals?"

"Why are you meddling so much in the affairs of the Master?"

Just as the drivers were chatting, Hayes arrived.

"Behave yourselves! If you dare to say another word, I'll send you to the lab, then you'll know what the master is doing!"

Upon hearing this, the drivers immediately fell silent.

"Twenty percent of your pay will be deducted. If this happens again, you'll be fired and never hired again!"

Hayes said coldly, "Some people are like that; they fear power but don't appreciate kindness. We can't treat them well."

Inside the unfolded portable laboratory, a mountain of animal carcasses lay piled up.

These are all consumables for Jiang Shuzhou's research on the Way of Flesh and Blood.

Many people have a misunderstanding about the Way of Flesh and Blood, believing that studying the Way of Flesh and Blood requires the use of people.

Actually, that's not the case. We're all made of flesh and blood. What's the difference between animals and humans?

It's just that there are some related drugs and knowledge that need to work on people, so people are used.

In studying the way of flesh and blood, imagination and creativity are of utmost importance.

Jiang Shuzhou already has an idea.

No invention or creation can be separated from life, even in other worlds.

What Jiang Shuzhou wants most right now is an assistant to help him dissect these corpses.

Although he can now use magic to quickly decompose it, this is not a long-term solution. Moreover, if he can't even make something like this, how can he be worthy of pursuing the truth?

Jiang Shuzhou used magic to skin the animal carcass.

The world of flesh and blood has no need for a physical body.

Bone extraction.

Bones are the pillars that support flesh and blood.

Remove the flesh; flesh and blood are the foundation of life.

Then comes the permutation and combination.

The flesh and blood were dissolved, leaving behind a pool of minced meat.

Use magic to soften bones and reshape them as needed.

Cover it with flesh and blood.

It is given new life through flesh and blood revitalization.

And just like that, a skinless dog was made.

"Move? Why aren't you moving?"

A majestic, skinless dog stands proudly inside the laboratory's isolation chamber.

To Jiang Shuzhou's disappointment, the skinless dog remained motionless, like a dead person.

Finally, Jiang Shuzhou discovered this after reviewing a large amount of information about the gospel of flesh and blood.

They forgot to put a brain in the dog.

The so-called "brain" is not a real brain, but a metaphor.

To illustrate the current situation with dogs without skin, consider this example.

Jiang Shuzhou managed to assemble a computer, but he didn't install an operating system on it, so there's no point in expecting the computer to do anything.

However, it wasn't a big problem. Jiang Shuzhou cast a spell again, and soon an instruction was implanted into it.

"roar!"

With a roar, the skinless dog let out its first and last howl in its life.

"Clatter".

As the skinless dog moved, its flesh began to disintegrate, clearly indicating that the experiment had failed.

"Can it maintain its condition at rest, but immediately collapse as soon as it starts exercising?"

Jiang Shuzhou pondered for a moment and wrote this down in his notebook.

At the same time, he also wrote in his notebook.

"Experiment Subject 001 died from his first scream."