In the next few days, Basari closed his door and concentrated on hiding in the room to get familiar with the Ruby ring "Red Demon Curse" he had just got. Only after he thought he had fully understood this magical prop, did he go out of the room to prepare for going out to the Sea of Fire.
He first went to the Abbasid family library and copied a meditation method he might need to adapt to the vastly different elemental environments of Fire Sea and Moonlight Lake. Then, from the numerous witchcraft collections in the library, he selected several suitable for combat to learn.
The books in the Abbasid family library include centuries of meditation and promotion experiences recorded by wizards themselves or collected from outside, as well as hundreds of different types of witchcraft for different purposes.
These are extremely valuable assets of the Abbasid family, and it is precisely because of these knowledge that Abbasid apprentices can smoothly meditate, acquire the elemental power of nature, and even become true wizards.
Basari used to follow the teachings of the elders, not only learning simple witchcraft, but also devoting all his energy to improving his meditation.
But now, if Basari wants to leave the family and stay alone on one side, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not encounter any battles. If he doesn't know how to fight witchcraft at that time, relying solely on a few witchcraft items in his hands will make the means to confront the enemy too single and easily restrained by others.
Witchcraft is easy to learn but difficult to master. It's just a preliminary skill to use, but it won't take long. With Basari's talent, he learned all the witchcraft he chose in just two weeks.
At this moment, he was ready to go out to the Sea of Flames and wrote a letter explaining the situation. He entrusted the elders of the tribe to bring it to his parents at another resource point hundreds of kilometers away, and then bid farewell to his familiar elders and friends, and embarked on the journey alone.
Basari led a necessary camel for desert travel and directly entered the endless desert.
This is his first time leaving an oasis in seventeen years and also his first foray into the desert.
The desert is boundless, and it is easy for people to get lost when walking in it.
Once lost in the desert, even wizards carrying a large amount of clean water and food through storage bags will eventually starve to death if they cannot reach the oasis before the food and water are depleted.
Wizards are much more powerful than mortals, but only third or higher level wizards can transform parts of their bodies into elements, directly absorbing the elemental power of nature to supplement consumption.
And first level wizards, even powerful second level wizards, also need to regularly eat and drink water to maintain their physical needs.
In fact, even third level wizards dare not fly around in the boundless desert.
Third level wizards are not afraid of losing their way or lacking supplies, but there are various terrifying natural disasters and strange monsters in the desert that even third level wizards can be killed.
For example, the famous black storms occur from time to time in certain areas. The emergence of black storms is often accompanied by violent magnetic field changes and elemental riots. Once a third level wizard falls into it, they will also lose their ability to recognize direction due to strong magnetic field changes, and it will be difficult to release magic, ultimately dying in it as a skeleton.
The true indigenous people of the Sea of Death, sandworms. The body length of sand worms usually exceeds two miles, with terrifying teeth in their mouths, and there is almost nothing they do not eat, except for sand. If a third level wizard accidentally falls into the mouth of a sandworm, they will also be chewed and eaten.
With these risks present, unless it is necessary to do so, those wizards will definitely not easily penetrate the desert.
Fortunately, whether it is a terrifying black storm or a sand worm sleeping only in some prehistoric ruins deep in the desert, it will not appear near the oasis, otherwise Basari may not dare to step into the desert alone.
He rode alone on a camel and strictly followed the map in the desert for about five days before smoothly arriving at his destination, Flame Sea.
It was noon at this moment, and the shimmering and active fire elements in the sea of flames made Basari feel thirsty.
Near this naturally formed wonder, there is also a small town located in an artificial oasis. The artificial oasis has a small area of only over ten square kilometers. Oasis was first formed through joint investment from several nearby wizard families to facilitate resource extraction.
After the completion of the oasis, a new commercial route was unexpectedly connected, and many camel caravans temporarily rested here to replenish food and water. The wealth they brought also allowed the wizarding families who funded the establishment of this place to recover some of the costs.
But what is truly valuable here is the gemstones produced by the Sea of Fire.
The gem carving among the three major skills of wizards allows wizards to preserve their spells in various gemstones that are crystal clear and valuable. The gemstones that can preserve spells are considered a strategic resource for a wizard power.
Not to mention the gem carving skills pioneered by ancient wizards over an unknown period of time, which also contribute to the growth of wizards and their skills.
The crafts of wizards are almost as important as their meditation ability.
And Flame Sea produces such gemstones. To be specific, it also includes more than a dozen different gemstones, such as Ruby, golden jadeite, and sparkling amber.
However, the dangerous environment of the Flame Sea allows miners belonging to various wizard families to only enter it at dusk and leave before the dawn arrives. At the same time, in order to protect the miners from attacks from monsters in the desert or looting by wanderers, various wizard families also agreed with each other, and each family sent one or two wizard apprentices to stationed here.
In order to provide a stable resting environment for the stationed wizard apprentices and miners and maintain the production of gemstones, eight first level wizards spent several years together two centuries ago to establish an artificial oasis. And their family spends a considerable amount of wealth every year to protect the soil and water of the oasis from desert erosion.
Of course, all of this investment is worth it.
Whether sold to mortals or wizards, gemstones have always been in short supply. The raw stones extracted every year, after processing and sale, can bring astonishing wealth. In addition, with the trade exchanges between the trading caravans, two centuries have passed, and the initial investment has become a continuously flowing treasure spring.
Moreover, the Flame Sea is a naturally formed miracle, and without external interference, it is not impossible for it to exist for another two centuries.
The artificial oasis has a very small area, and most of the area has become a residential area for miners. Only a small area in the center is separated by a wall, and four high wizard towers have been built, symbolizing the four wizard families ruling here.
The wizard tower is not only the residence of wizard apprentices, but also the warehouse of finished materials. It also serves as the defense center of this town, and even the secrets of artificial oasis technology are hidden in the secret room below the wizard tower. However, that is not the field that wizard apprentices can cover, and has always been the responsibility of the first level wizards of various families.
It can be said that without these four wizard towers, there would be no oasis.
At such a critical core position, there is naturally a defensive rune array arranged, and it was jointly created by two first level wizards who are skilled in runes. The apprentice has no ability to forcibly enter.
Before Basari came, he had already learned about the knowledge related to this small town, and naturally knew that the rune array here had four functions: attack, defense, confusion, and surveillance, making it an extremely powerful array.
Fortunately, there is no need to forcibly enter. Basari, as he is already one of the temporary owners here. He went outside the array and used magic to amplify his voice.
After shouting loudly, a ripple rippled over the otherwise ordinary wizard tower in front of him, revealing a dark circular hole for him to enter. This indicates that the enchantment function of the Wizard Tower is being activated.
If outsiders enter without permission, they will only be confused by the chaotic light and shadow, and then transported to the Flame Sea.
Basari entered along the passage and after walking for a few minutes, he saw that he had reached the door of the Abbasid family's one of the four tall and slender wizard towers. As the door opened, Basari walked into it and soon saw the wizard apprentice Cadbin stationed here, who was his father's younger brother and skilled in flame witchcraft.
"Eh, how could you be taking over from me? You're not even twenty years old, are you?"
Wearing a white robe, Cadbin saw Basari come in and was curious. After bowing and saying hello to Uncle Cadbin, Basari put down his book and asked him questions.
"This is the arrangement of Wizard Alec. He said that I have reached the standard of going out alone to garrison, making an exception and allowing me to go out early to garrison. "Basari replied honestly.
Cadbin muttered in a puzzled voice, "Meeting the standards? When did the Abbasid family set the standards for going out to garrison?"
After speaking, he seemed to remember something and looked up into Basari's eyes. A silent lightning seemed to flash through Basari's eyes, and their gaze met. The powerful spiritual power created a bright light inside the dim wizard tower.
The bright light was fleeting, but it already showed that Basari's spiritual power was no less than that of their old apprentices who had been meditating for thirty years.
Thirty years is three times that of ten years.
Cadbin, who had already become irritable due to long-term exposure to the element of fire, was stunned and couldn't believe it, saying, "Basari, your spirit has broken the boundary between reality and emptiness, allowing your soul to freely obtain elemental energy from the outside world."
"I used to meditate in the Moonlight Lake and luckily gained something. Now that I am in the Flame Sea, I still need to familiarize myself with the environment here."
Basari smiled slightly and nodded nonchalantly to admit it.
In fact, in the practice world, it is a taboo to directly collide with each other with spiritual power, and there are often wizards fighting fiercely over the conflicts caused by such things.
However, Cadbin is his uncle after all, and Basari doesn't care about such small things anymore.
"It's amazing, it seems that what others say about you becoming the next wizard is really about to come true."
"You must have been arranged by Wizard Alec when you came here. He wants your soul to adapt to various extreme environments in advance, and under any conditions, you can use your soul to feel nature and unleash power beyond your own limits."
The collision just now made both of them feel a bit dizzy, but it didn't stop Cadbin from talking incessantly.
"Hey, my brothers and I are far behind you. We just hope you can quickly become a wizard and share the pressure of Alec's wizard."
Cadbin stabilized his slightly shaken spirit for a moment, looking at this outstanding young man with complex eyes. He didn't know whether he should be happy with the addition of such a genius to his family, or feel ashamed and disappointed that he was about to be surpassed by a younger generation who was several decades younger.
This is not the first time that Basari has encountered such a situation. From childhood to adulthood, the peers and elders in the family, when amazed by his speed of meditation, have shown to some extent the same sense of disappointment and gloom as Cadbin.
He could only remain silent about this and didn't say more.