"Since I am here, I can break through in Mana as well," Ezio said as he sat down again. Not long after he broke through to the Qi Force Opening Realm in the forest, he also broke through to Mana Force Opening Realm. He sneaked into the cave in the Cleansing Buddhist Sect and no one was any wiser.
His first Signium in Mana Cultivation was Gentleman's Glove. After swimming inside the Fifth Curtain for hours, he decided to select this one as it seemed the best.
On each finger, there was one basic element. Wind, Ice, Fire, Water, and Earth. With this glove, he could use spells from five elements. Although he had no spell thus couldn't use them actively, he still could change his mana to these five elements thanks to Signium. There weren't many spells in the Kingdom. So far, he could only change his mana to ball-shaped elements and thrust them forward. It was crude, but it probably would work until he found some more advanced techniques.
Now that he was ready to break through once again he was excited. Mana Signiums were more straightforward and had more abilities. Just one Signium from the 5th Curtain had 5 elements. Ezio would be lying if he told he wasn't more excited about Mana breakthroughs than Qi.
Once again closing his eyes, he appeared in endless blue. This was his Mana Pool the size of an ocean. He absorbed mana in Heaven and Earth and changed them to little mana stones and as they dropped to the Mana Ocean, the still pool started to ripple. The ripple originated from the center as it went towards the walls of darkness. It looked scary yet amazing.
But it also worried him a lot. For others, they had to solidify their little bit of Mana and they could step into the next Realm. He, on the other hand, had to solidify this big ocean slowly while finding some acupoints. Although it meant he would be better than his peers in the future, it also meant he would be forced to spend more time in this Realm.
Not long after, his consciousness pulled to the Signium Universe once again. He followed the previous procedure and soon he was in the Sixth Curtain. This time, he had no Signium calling out to him but thanks to the previous experience, he could easily slip into the Intermediate Tier. Although the pressure was still heavy, he could still pick one.
"Staff of Life
Allows me to use healing spells and Auxiliary spells. Not gonna lie, tempting."
Light element and Life Spells were different. Although Light Element was holy and had the ability to heal a little bit, it had an adverse effect on dark creatures. Life spells on the other hand could heal any creature.
The dark element was the same. It had curse and poisoning effects, but Curse and Poison were different from the Dark Element.
Auxiliary Spells were much more amazing. It could boost allies, and nerf enemies, increase the power of the weapons, and alter the reality. There were all kinds of Auxiliary Spells with different effects.
"Wand of Destruction
Fire, Lightning, and Explosion Spells. Nice."
"Grimoire of Water
Water, Steam, Ice, Mist… Almost all forms of Water!"
Ezio looked at the Signiums with drools on the side of his mouth. All the Signiums were good. He didn't want to miss any of them.
"Elderwood Wand
Wood element, Earth Element, Water Element, Light Element, Healing Spells! So good!"
Ezio was certain this was the best he could find, but all of a sudden he caught a glint at one of the stars, as he approached he felt the details of the Signium.
"Grimoire of Gentleman
Use the five main elements and their advanced forms plus two more elements. Mist for Water, Explosion for Fire, Cold for Ice, Gravity for Earth, and Flying Spells for Air! On top of that, Wood and Metal elements!"
Ezio looked at the Signium as he pondered deeply. He already had the five elements and he didn't know if it was wise to pick this Signium. Overlapping Signiums would increase the mastery of common elements, in this case, he would get insights of five main elements faster. He would also gain 5 rarer forms of the said elements, and two more.
"Am I being stupid?" He muttered. "Mana Master Ezio, can you hear me?"
No answer came but he saw the same glint on the Signium. Oh, that was him.
He picked the Signium and returned to the dimension.
"It was me, alright." Manny said in his mind.
"Can't you talk, while I am in the Signium Universe?" Ezio asked.
"Only your soul can enter the Signium Universe, so no. But we can affect it a bit since we are sharing the same essence. In my case mana, and in his case—" he nodded towards cultivating Anon, "—Qi."
"I see." Ezio nodded. "So, was it good?"
"It is a good option. Although picking more elements might increase your arsenal, it will also reduce your proficiency in the elements you possess. This way, you can master the five main elements and their rare forms better. If you want, you can later choose other elements too." Mana Master Ezio explained.
"You are right. This is good!" He exclaimed. "I can't wait to find some spells."
"Use the Trade Center more." Mana Master shook his head as he too returned to his cultivation. He was using the Trade Center but the damn thing was only exchanging things in equal value. He also couldn't trade anything he got from Mysterious Room, including things he earned from Quest. He already started to copy the manuals to increase the tiers, but it would still take some time for him to learn and copy 100 manuals.
"I think I will purchase all kinds of manuals and techniques and trade them in the Trade Center. I am filthy rich now anyway." He sighed. "I will not trade the manual of Poseidon's Kiss though. I don't know whom I am trading with, but I don't want anyone else to have this disgusting manual." Ezio said as he left the domain. He was there for almost two days, and his master was probably nervous.