Mage Manual-Chapter 1472 - 1072: No Lewdness Allowed

Supreme Treasure!

Everyone instinctively held their breath; at this moment, the refining bottle seemed to be under the spotlight, becoming the absolute protagonist on the stage.

Ash blinked and casually tossed the refining bottle to Sonia, "It’s nothing special; you guys can try touching it."

Sonia scrambled to hold the refining bottle, closed one eye, observed the structure inside from the bottle’s mouth, played with it for a while, and then handed it to the eager Diya next to her.

Diya tapped and touched it, satisfied, stood on tiptoe, and handed the refining bottle to Silver Lamp on the opposite side. After examining it for a moment, Silver Lamp returned the refining bottle to Ash.

However, Ash glanced at Vishi and tossed the refining bottle over there. Vishi was startled and almost didn’t catch this supreme treasure.

Sonia, Diya, and Weiser instantly looked over, their gaze sharply locked on the Demon Maid. Vishi usually didn’t care how this group of girls viewed her, but at this moment, she felt an indescribable irritation.

Only when she returned the refining bottle to Ash did the female mages retract their sharp gazes. Diya turned her eyes and said, "Actually, we don’t need Prison Wings. No one can beat us in reality, so you should drink these essences. You need power more for exploration in hell."

Sonia also nodded, patting Diya’s little head, "The witch is right. Even if you don’t drink, you can carry it and drink if you encounter danger. We are not in a hurry to enhance combat power."

However, Ash shook his head, "No, this would make you all much weaker than me, giving the impression that I’m using power to toy with you..."

"Actually, the current most accepted rumor is that Sonia is being toyed with by you," Felix said. "Don’t worry, Observatory. Even if you don’t do that, no one would believe you’re truly in love. Besides, you don’t seem to care about external evaluations, like a normal person."

Dedarose knocked Felix’s head hard, and Felix obediently shut his mouth.

"I’ve never worried that you’d toy with me just because you’re stronger," the red-haired girl spread her hands.

"Actually, even not strong would be fine..." the white-haired little witch tilted her head, shyly muttering.

However, Ash still shook his head, "No, we are a team progressing together. I don’t want to monopolize all the resources."

Silver Lamp looked at him twice and suddenly asked, "Ash, did someone say something to you?"

Ash was taken aback, shifting his gaze, "Anyway, you guys take the Knowledge Essence. We won’t lack such resources in the future, so don’t dwell on it."

Everyone thought: most likely, he got criticized by someone.

Ash is a person who cares about appearance and is fragile inside; he likes so many girls but refuses to admit he’s a garbage zodiac player—typical scum.

The Sword Witch’s proposal was reasonable; normally, even if Ash didn’t accept it, he wouldn’t react so strongly. He must have been criticized, might use power to toy with the girls, thus firmly striving to lead everyone to progress together... somewhat cute in immaturity.

"But should you at least take Vishi’s essence?" Diya said. "Letting her possess the power of a Demigod... do you think it’s appropriate?"

Ash was startled, "Is it inappropriate?"

This time Diya was the one taken aback, her suspicion shifting between Ash and Vishi, her brows furrowing, "What you deem appropriate is okay."

The Sword Maiden and Silver Lamp also looked puzzled, giving Ash odd looks.

Ash faintly felt he might have misspoken and quickly jumped topics, "Besides Knowledge Essence and Wonder, I also acquired... some Source Crystals. Everyone takes three Source Crystals as backup, and I’ll keep the rest for exploration in hell."

He initially intended to say a lot of Source Crystals, but most Source Crystals had consumed in the war with The Forgotten. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"Come over here, I’ll transfer the Wonders to your temples," Ash said. "These Wonders are quite large, but your temples should have enough room?"

"Don’t skip the most important topic," Sonia grabbed his hand, "What did you experience in hell? Encounter any danger?"

"No danger," Ash shook his head, "Hell is empty, all Demigods were swallowed by the World Snake. I was just picking up trash and collecting Wonders all the way, without seeing a soul."

"And Death Mad? What did she tell you?"

"Nothing much, just introduced Hell’s situation, took me to plunder resources from the First Layer of Hell. The circulation method between the Six Levels of Hell is peculiar, consuming Tribulation to move within hell, but Tribulation can only be gained annually after surviving trials. So, to enter the second layer of hell, I can only seek Tribulation for trading among the Demigods..."

While Ash introduced the situation of hell, he transferred the Wonders to the Heavenly Position temples of the Sword Maiden and others. When it was Vishi’s turn, she looked at her Magic temple, newly adorned with two Upper Soul Wonders, still a bit incredulous—had Ash gone crazy?

She looked up at Ash, who seemed slightly embarrassed under her gaze, "Because these two Wonders align well with you. Prioritized the others for certain Wonders... do you like them?"

The Sword Maiden and Witch each had three Wonders, only the Maid had two.

Vishi blinked, shifted her gaze, "It’s alright, I guess."

"That’s good," Ash said. "Let’s wrap it up for tonight. I bet you’re eager to consume the Knowledge Essence and master the Wonders, but consuming the Knowledge Essence triggers intense physiological reactions. I recommend you do it in the bathroom."

"Wait." Weiser asked, "According to what you said, Ash, your time in hell was a breeze, effortlessly acquiring the vast inheritance of the Demigods without encountering any danger?"

"Exactly," Ash said honestly, "Nothing happened."

Silver Lamp reached out to smooth his hair, calmly saying, "That’s good."

*

Ash returned to the master bedroom, the girls chose to go to the bathhouse together, including Dedarose and Felix.

Though not part of it, they were also curious about what would happen when consuming the Knowledge Essence.

After a while, the hot mist engulfed the bathhouse with three women who couldn’t hold back laughter and three newly condensed Demigods with one layer of Prison Wings.

Sonia pretended nonchalant, but the blush on her face almost extended to her ears, Diya hid behind Sonia, covering her face, already too embarrassed to come out.

Only Vishi quickly recovered and lazily said by the bath edge, "As expected of a perfect essence, I could barely stand after drinking Soul Essence before, but it’s the first time my legs went weak..."

"Stop talking!" Sonia couldn’t manage either, turning pale, with a socially dead expression, "Can’t believe you all saw this..."

"Would you rather Ash saw you like that?" Weiser said with a teasing grin, "Sadly, I can’t drink it; otherwise, I would love to enjoy it with him, which would surely be interesting."

"No way!" Sonia glared at Weiser, puffing her cheeks, "No messing around!"

"Will we still sleep together tonight?" Diya asked, "First state, if Sword Maiden sleeps with him, then I certainly will too!"

The Sword Maiden glanced at the Witch, who stood with her hands on her waist, unwilling to relent.

"...He just returned from hell, let him rest for tonight," Sonia turned aside, "I’m not going, and neither should you."

So reasonable that it left no room for argument, Diya grumbled, "Let Ash rest for one day then..."

While they chatted, Weiser stealthily moved next to Vishi. Their arms touched, the full softness pressed against the taut softness, silver hair stuck to pink hair, like close friends.

But Weiser’s words were full of caution, "What did you do?"

Vishi glanced at her, "Did nothing. If you don’t believe, you can verify today’s events through Gospel."

"You better be," Weiser hooked her arm around Vishi’s neck, their chest softness pressed together, eyes narrowed, fixedly staring, "I’ll keep a close watch on you."

The Maid met Silver Lamp’s eyes calmly, the Sword Maiden and Witch ceased their idle chatter, the bathroom atmosphere gradually growing heavy. Dedarose remained silent, trying her best to lower her presence.

"Miss Maid!" Felix, bathing, suddenly said loudly, "Can you help scrub my back?"