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Chapter 51 Soul Gem - Sands of Time

With that slightly melodramatic incantation, the soul crystal floating in the air gradually began to disintegrate, completely turning into a ball of sky-blue transparent liquid.

Realizing the opportune moment had arrived, Miao Meng immediately took out a mage's robe from his backpack and placed it on the liquid where the soul crystal was melting.

Heart of Time: Blue-grade high-quality equipment; millions of attempts are enough to find the optimal path.

Enchantment effect: +1 dodge chance, +1 hit chance.

A very powerful mage robe, its defense is already comparable to a slightly weaker iron armor, and the enchantment effect greatly enhances the ability to hit and dodge, making it a mage's life-saving divine equipment.

This piece of equipment was dropped from a treasure chest in "Tales of the Sea" a long time ago, and its style is exactly the same as that of the Storm Wizard.

However, only one of these outfits was ever released, so it didn't have the full set effect and wasn't as powerful as the Noble Glory Set, which is why it ended up being kept in storage.

However, if you craft a Soul Armor, this piece of equipment is significantly stronger than any piece in the Noble Glory Set.

In the same batch, there were several other pieces of mage equipment, including a phoenix staff shaped like a chicken leg, and a mercury staff with healing abilities, but none of them could compare to the magic staff that Miao Meng made himself.

Or rather, the magic cannon makes the special staff for this system very different from the staff needed by ordinary mages, even a revolutionary change, which is why Miao Meng looks down on those ordinary staffs.

Seeing the pool of clear, blue liquid soaking the entire garment, Miao Meng dared not be careless and began to proceed step by step according to the original plan.

"With my blood, I grant you my spirit!"

In various magical traditions, blood often represents fragments of the soul, especially when combined with alchemy.

One drop, two drops, three drops—these bright red liquids dripped from Miao Meng's fingers, turning the sky-blue liquid into a different color.

Seeing the strange colors that appeared at the junction of the two liquids, Miao Meng immediately activated the purification array he had prepared in advance. The situation was still under his control.

According to the knowledge given to him by Count Grylls, the soul fusion should be quick and without any problems, as if they were originally one.

But Miao Meng knew his own problems. He wasn't from this world, and his soul was filled with too many issues, so he took some extra time to insure himself.

As the purification array operated, the murky colors gradually became clearer, transforming from a chaotic mass into a peculiar rainbow-like radiance.

When Miao Meng saw this color, he shuddered, but he quickly calmed down after sensing the details with the help of the soul array.

He almost thought that his true form was also some kind of mythical race, like the first player who became a descendant of the Stars of Color.

This multicolored radiance is simply due to the dispersion effect of light. The spiritual energy itself presents a special scattering in the soul fluid, which appears as a multicolored light to the human eye.

It wasn't as terrifying as he had imagined, nor was there any dark pollution that had turned the entire pool of liquid completely black.

After all the liquids had completely merged with the clothes, the clothes gradually shrank and became smaller, transforming from a purely material entity into a semi-energy entity.

After the long transformation finally ended, there were no clothes left on the magic circle in front of Miao Meng, but only a gem that looked like an hourglass.

Sands of Time: Soul Armament, Special Bound Equipment, Bound Person: Miao Meng.

The current base attribute bonus is 0, and the bonuses are distributed across three dimensions: Willpower, Perception, and Constitution.

Special Ability: Guardian of Time. You can accumulate one grain of Sand of Time each day, with a current maximum capacity of 5 grains.

Consuming Sands of Time allows you to adjust your own time, speeding up, slowing down, or stopping. Each grain of Sand of Time represents one second.

Soul Guardian: Adds a layer of protection to the soul and spirit; external pollution will first affect this equipment.

The current pollution level is 13.3%. If the pollution level exceeds 50%, the protective ability will decrease, and if it reaches 100%, it will be damaged, causing more serious pollution.

When Miao Meng saw the first skill, his jaw dropped. When the second one appeared, his mind went completely blank for a moment.

They could hardly believe their eyes, wondering if they had entered a dream during the binding process and that it was all a beautiful dream they were having.

After pinching his cheek hard, he finally came to his senses and solemnly used alchemy to create a necklace, hanging the tiny hourglass, no bigger than a finger, around his neck.

As for the necklace that she originally loved, it was put into a wooden box. Although it still had one passive protective ability that had not been activated, it could be considered to have retired successfully.

"With the protection of my soul, what need is there for the mental stability testing machine issued by the Investigation Bureau? This gives me the confidence to face the evil god head-on and escape unscathed."

After muttering to himself, Miao Meng didn't care so much about the first time-related ability.

While the ability to manipulate time to a minimum of 5 seconds is indeed impressive, it may not be as effective as the silent and insidious form of mental manipulation in protecting oneself.

Furthermore, time-based spells and other spells have similar alternative spells after their own casting abilities are enhanced. Even now, there are some spells that can enhance neural reaction capabilities or provide passive protection.

However, when it comes to the soul level, only one thing can resist the corruption of evil gods; there is no one more suitable for the main world than this ability.

After calming down, Miao Meng returned to the ground and assigned tasks to the newly hired guards and servants.

Although it's just a large estate, it's not a project that can be completed in a month. In addition, his own time is running out, so he needs to arrange these things in advance.

Even after he leaves the continent of Galtilan, this world will not come to a standstill, but will continue to develop rapidly at a ratio of 1:15.

This will allow him to use this time difference to skip the early construction phase of the house. As for those unruly fishermen, he can only deal with them when he comes back next time.

There are priorities. Even if he wanted to collect the water of faith, he couldn't just stop halfway through. That would only create more obstacles for the next task.

Of course, returning to the main world is also a way to learn from others, downloading relevant management books and some technological knowledge that he needs.

Even if Miao Meng doesn't personally manage these people, he'll have to arrange for someone who understands his mind and has a modern way of thinking to manage them.

He couldn't bear to leave the medieval steward behind, and after witnessing the living conditions of the residents of Kingsby, Miao Meng couldn't go against his conscience.

Having gone through 12 years of education myself, if I can't even manage these few hundred people under my command, forcing them to eat dirt and starve to death, then I might as well give up on this path sooner rather than later.

They went straight to steal and rob the wealth of those old nobles and royal families, taking it from them by force, without caring about any consequences along the way.