As for how to verify whether he had collected souls, it was very simple. On the way back to the Arcane Federation, he put the Soul Amulet into his personal space.
The moment the soul-carrying talisman entered the portable space, a total of six light points, one large and five small, flew out of the talisman, exploding six tiny planes in the space, and then quickly disappeared.
And the portable space has also been expanded a bit.
Compared with the souls of intelligent creatures, the quality of the souls of these sheep, chickens and ducks is really much different!
However, this kind of collecting and consuming souls may be more likely to harm the Lord of Death than the resurrection spell. Fortunately, they are all non-intelligent creatures, otherwise Xia Duo would really not want to repeat this kind of experiment!
…
The next improvement ideas are very clear.
On the one hand, the basic function of the Soul Imprisonment Technique has been determined. The next step is to add the remaining steps required for resurrection, such as collecting blood to prevent the body from being damaged or not being repaired in time. You can also add a teleportation function to ensure that the soul is foolproof.
On the other hand, it is about fixing some unnecessary flaws, such as the effect of the Soul Confinement spell on the living creatures around the synchronized user of the Talisman, the problem of spell interference with multiple functions, etc.
Xia Duo didn't just design and make the Soul Amulet for those subordinates who were about to participate in the Blood Trial, there was also a very important reason, and that was——
The Soul Amulet can be used as an important specialty of the Tower of Time!
For now, resurrection is still a benefit that only a few people can enjoy, but after the magical version of resurrection appears, more people will have the opportunity to enjoy this benefit.
Coupled with the industrialization process of magic items, this will be a huge income fulcrum.
And compared to the financial income, the influence that the miraculous spell of resurrection can bring is extremely amazing!
What Sha Duo wants to do in the future requires not only a large population and a large amount of money, but also extremely high influence. Otherwise, the best outcome is just to enclose the territory and not be able to fully utilize the power of Netheril.
A big base.
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In the following days, Xia Duo lived a busy and fulfilling life. On the one hand, he and Iolum continued the research on the arcane fire device. On the other hand, he also had to use the little free time - often late at night.
——To perfect the Soul Amulet.
With the arrival of September, the temperature gradually cooled down, and the blood trial of the Langas people finally began. Arman and others temporarily stayed in the Gray Eagle tribe and launched several external attacks.
Destroying hostile forces, plundering food, plundering population, and preparing for winter are both the prelude to the Blood Trial and the absolute purpose of the Blood Trial.
Through Fisher's report and the observation results of his own casting of detection spells, Shado had a relatively complete understanding of the current living conditions of the Langas people.
The Langas people are not good at planting, and most of their food comes from hunting and gathering. Every autumn and winter, when food is in short supply, war becomes an inevitable outcome.
Either plunder enough food for the winter, or reduce the population enough to survive the winter.
Apart from these two, there are almost no other options.
Many lucky Langas came to Netheril, and even if they stayed here as slaves, they were unwilling to return to their original hometown.
This shows the cruel life on the Langas plains.
If it were only based on humanitarian assistance, perhaps teaching the Langas people to develop planting would be the most correct solution, but Chateau is more willing to believe that only under his leadership, the Langas people can truly live an unprecedented life.
good days.
Of course, the difficulty of guiding the Langas people to develop cultivation is no less difficult than absorbing the Langas population, and may actually be even greater.
The development of planting or agriculture will restrict a large number of young and middle-aged laborers to the land. In that case, the overall strength of the tribe will decline significantly (hunting and fighting will increase the use of force).
Even if there is a harvest, if it cannot defeat the surrounding nomadic tribes, it is equivalent to harvesting for others.
As long as most of the Langas tribes are not forced to give up nomadic herding at once and switch to agriculture, agriculture on the Langas plain will be difficult to develop.
As for the (magic) industry after agriculture, it is even more difficult.
It can be said that the current Langas Plain has fallen into a strange circle. The more it develops force, the more it falls behind, and the more backward it becomes, the less it can give up the development of force.
All tribes went to war together and then declined together.
If this continues, let alone hundreds of years, even if it lasts thousands or tens of thousands of years, without the intervention of external forces, it is very likely that there will be no change in this situation.
Will there be a "Qin Shihuang" or "Genghis Khan" of Langas among the Langas?
Xia Duo thinks it is possible, but is not optimistic about it. By the time the Langas people awaken on their own and even become unified, the world outside may have been turned upside down.
He is now absorbing the Langas, not only to save them from the current fire and water, but also to promise them a bright and progressive future.
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In mid-September, the single Austrian fire test of the new Austrian fire plan has been completed. Next is the linkage and stability test. The overall plan can be said to be 70% to 80% complete.
The [Soul Amulet] that Xia Duo himself researched finally met all his requirements. It is efficient, stable, safe, simple to use, and easy to operate. It can be said to be a must-have product for home and travel.
That night, Xia Duo came to Azure Manor again to conduct the last test before the official production of the [Soul Amulet].
The previous four sheep and four cows have long been used in previous test experiments. Not only those, the previous main samples, in addition to cattle and sheep, Xia Duo also used a variety of large and medium-sized animals.
The protagonist of this last test was the same as the first time, a domestic goat produced in the territory near Severton, so it could be regarded as having a beginning and an end.
Xia Duo skillfully put the [Soul Amulet] on the experimental sheep, synchronized the amulet with it, and then summoned the flying sword. He had done the same process countless times in the past month.
The flying sword that closed the sky-piercing magic circle activated its extreme speed effect, bringing out a shrill roar that instantly penetrated the sample's head.
After almost only a second or two, the spiritual light of the [Soul-Residing Amulet] moved slightly, but the magic network around it shook sharply. The next moment, the [Soul-Residing Amulet] had disappeared from the sample's neck.
"Aiwa——"
"Yes, sir."
Ava ran for a while and went to the study on the second floor of the central villa in the manor to retrieve a two-finger-sized [Soul Amulet] that was silver-white in color and only had a standard arcana crystal inlaid at the end.
Xia Duo took the amulet and put it into his personal space. The familiar space expanded, and there was only one soul. Although the chickens and ducks around the sample were too frightened to scream, they were indeed still alive.
After that, Xia Duo took out the soul-carrying amulet and broke it with force. The seemingly solid amulet was suddenly broken into two pieces, one of which was hollow and contained the sample of active blood inside.
[Drain Blood] This spell was obtained by Sha Duo from Iolum. It was originally a lethal spell, but after Sha Duo's improvement, it became a new medical spell.
Only about 10 ml of fresh blood is drawn at a time.
As for the spell to keep blood active, he had already mastered it in the projection plane, and that spell was widely used in major bases in the [Projection Plane: Imperial Remnant].