Ronan once again felt the urgency in seeking the continuation of the Ascetic Body Refinement heritage.
He was not greedy about the powerful inheritance mentioned by Benny, rather he felt it was necessary to at least start preparing.
At the very least, he shouldn’t let this unique advantage, different from other wizards, be slowly buried by time.
"What requirements are needed to switch rings?"
Ronan thought for a moment and asked Benny.
Benny replied, "Quite strict, almost impossible.
Especially since you have already demonstrated excellent Talent in the tests.."
Ronan accepted this fact calmly.
There are hardly perfect things in this world; a month ago, he couldn’t even anticipate that he would switch to practicing Ice Magic.
The effect of doubling the strength of Ice Magic spells was indeed tempting, but he had "Alrice’s Ice Ring Necklace," so this Seal could at most be considered an "icing on the cake."
Promoting to Intermediate Level 1, refining the position for the second Soul Seal, he was originally planning to reserve for the Silverization Seal.
"My main focus is still on the Metal Magic heritage."
Benny raised his hand and threw a Rune Stone to Ronan.
Ronan caught it, and after infusing it with spiritual power, he was surprised to find that it contained the complete set of First and Second Rank Metal Magic and the Silverization Seal heritage.
"Although you’ve become a core member now, normally acquiring these would take at least half a year to accumulate contributions...
Since you’d eventually get them anyway, giving them to you now isn’t violating the Magic Ring’s rules."
Benny said indifferently.
This was part of the deal outside of the transaction... Ronan looked at the Rune Stone in his hand, his eyes flickered, and he still said thank you to Benny.
"Let’s go, I’ll take you somewhere else to have a look."
Benny called Ronan and walked casually in one direction.
Inside the Seventh Magic Ring, it’s essentially a circular area built around the Seventh Silver Tower.
Underneath the Silver Tower, many buildings are clustered, and the further out, the more open the space, you can think of it as a cake tower being piled up towards the center, and Benny and Ronan were now walking around the edge of the cake.
"The central Silver Giant Tower is the Ring Master’s place for secluded meditation and rest, whose glory covers the entire Seventh Rings, you can consider moving here for residence later, the effects of meditation here are slightly better than outside."
"Do you see those ten grey towers around the giant tower?"
Benny pointed a direction to Ronan, and Ronan followed his direction to look.
Those were ten Wizard Towers located close to the Silver-white Tower, completely grey in color, with each tower’s top featuring a conspicuous blue Light Ball, varying in size; the taller the tower, the brighter the Light Ball on top, just like ten beautiful lighthouses.
"That represents the best ten meditation spots throughout the Seventh Magic Rings.
The innermost and tallest one, the effects of meditating there are ten times that of normal...."
"Only the ten most powerful wizards with a soul Age under a hundred years, possessing both strength and Talent, are qualified to reside in them..."
Benny looked towards the direction of the grey lighthouses with a hint of nostalgia in his eyes, "I used to live in the Sixth Tower, it was indeed a wonderful time."
Ronan glanced at Benny, understanding how the three rings on his Magic Robe came to be.
As for why his Strength is only at the Late Level 1 Stage now... It’s probably because of his bad temper and overbearing actions that got him crippled by others.
"Soul Age even has restrictions... For the wizards pursuing Immortal Soul, isn’t age just a number?"
Benny turned his head to look at him, his eyes slightly squinting, and seriously began to speak, "This is the most important thing about the Magic Rings that I am going to tell you next, Damien."
Ronan was taken aback, waiting for Benny’s next words.
"Do you know why we are the Seventh Magic Rings?"
"Because... we are the weakest?!"
Benny nodded, "Not only are the ranks of the Magic Rings based on strength, but the positions of the Seven Ring Masters are also sorted by their respective strengths.
And rankings impact resource availability...
Our Seventh Magic Rings have the least resources among the seven rings."
"Like I just mentioned, the Wizard Towers that enhance the meditation effects.
The best one in our Seventh Magic Rings only amplifies ten times, but in other rings, even the worst one amplifies more than ten times...
That’s the difference in resources."
Benny looked directly into Ronan’s eyes, speaking in a low voice, "Damien, if you want to survive well within the Magic Rings, to make your stand here.
The first thing you must learn is—compete!"
A slight ripple surfaced in Ronan’s eyes.
"Resources, inheritance, reputation, connections... everything must be contested!
The eligibility to reside in the ten meditation towers is just the most superficial aspect..."
Benny said coldly, "The real top-tier resources exist within those Ancient Secret Realm Spaces left behind, but do you think everyone is qualified to enter?
Most of the Secret Realms have limited entry slots, if you don’t compete, they won’t fall onto your lap.
Among wizards of the same rank, this is often how the gap in Strength widens step by step..."
"The stronger Wizard Forces encourage internal competition because forces compete against each other too, also relying on competition to obtain essential resources and living spaces.
If your strength is insufficient, you will be overtaken, swallowed, and eliminated by other forces..."