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Chapter 227: Zi Yuan

Looking at the Book of the Dead and the Book of Amun-Ra, Edward was very happy. So far, with the Tears of the Moon and these two books, his voyage to this world is more than satisfactory.

Not to mention that there are still many things he can acquire in this world, and at very low risk. Although he still has to be wary of the gods, however, since they have not directly shown up now, it might mean that there was a problem with them preventing them from doing so.

"Alright, you two can bring the book and Imhotep back to the Floating City," said Edward towards Lily and Snape.

"What are we going to do?" asked Hermione.

"We need to handle this group of people," replied Edward as he pointed to the passed Evely and O'Connell. "Having a good relationship with them can help us in our future actions."

The movie Mummy 2 involved the Bracelet of Anubis. Although Edward could find it beforehand, this bracelet seemed to have the ability to choose its owner and it chose Evelyn and Rick's son, Alex.

Of course, even without the bracelet, Edward could find the Ahm Shere which is the location of the tomb of the Scorpion King. However, as he already suspected that the second movie is a battle between Osiris and his son Anubis, he did not want to intervene.

He wanted to observe things from the shadow.

Edward had developed a theory after meeting Imhotep but he did not have enough evidence. So, he wanted to confirm whether it was true during the second movie. The only problem is that this takes place more than 8 years from now since Alex was not even conceived yet let alone born.

Nevertheless, this was not a big problem as the time will give him and his group time to recover and do many experiments.

He used his wand to wake up the three.

"What's going on?" said Rick who was on alert as he held his gun in his hand. He then looked at Edward with vigilance. "Where is Imhotep?"

"The mummy has been dealt with and the curse on Egypt has been lifted," said Edward. After Imhotep passed out, his power was stripped from him using the Book of Amun-Ra, so the curses on the country were lifted.

"However, we should not remain here for long as the tomb will soon be destroyed."

The five of them rushed out of Hamuntra as the tomb rapidly collapsed. After they left, everyone felt relieved, however, Rick was still pouting and had a look of distrust of Edward.

Hermione–who received a heads-up beforehand–began to talk to Evelyn to smooth out the awkwardness of the previous situation.

"I know that you guys may not need it but I thought it would be best to share some of it." As he said that, he took out a small bag and dumped it out.

Then, countless treasures were dumped out from that small bag. And from the amount, it seems endless. Jonathan's eyes suddenly lit up as he rushed to the treasure.

"For us?" he asked.

"Half of it. Since we both participated in this expedition, I did not think it would be alright to take all the treasures given all the effort you guys made," replied Edward.

"In that case, everything is forgiven," said Jonathan as he started to play with the jewels and gold. Edward separated the treasure into two and placed each half in a different bag. He made sure to place the scepter that is really the Spear of Osiris in the group's bag before handing it to them.

"This bag can only open once and will become useless. So, after finding a safe location, dumped all of it."

Jonathan was a little sad as he previously thought that he would have a magical bag that he could use to carry many things. It's a shame that it could only be used once. However, thinking about all the treasure he has now, he did not mind.

After that, the groups separated.

"Are we returning to the city to begin our experiment?" asked Hermione.

"No, we will be hunting down the Pool of Eternal Life."

"Where do we begin?"

"We have to go to China and get the Eye of Shangri-La."

Edward did not need to wait for more than 20 years when the third Mummy movie began to seek out the benefit; he could do it now. After that, the two apparated to China in search of the jewel called the Eye of Shangri-La.

From his memories, Edward knew that the diamond was smuggled out of China by British Intelligence in 1940, and now, it was 1926 so it was still there.

He wanted to use divination to find its location but the diamond seemed protected against such a method. So, he had to use it the hard way. After more than a month chasing rumors, gathering information and reading people's minds, he finally discovered it in the private collection of a wealthy Chinese widow.

After borrowing it, he flew straight to a stupa in the Himalayas. On top of a monument, he placed the diamond that showed the exact location of Shangri-La where the sorceress Zi Yuan and his daughter Lin lived.

As soon as he arrived at his destination, he was attacked by a fireball. Luckily, he was on guard and used a shield to protect himself. Then, he saw the beautiful Zi Yuan, her daughter, and three white creatures known as Yeti waiting for them.

"Is this the power of the Five Elements?" muttered Edward as he felt the power of the spell just now. In the Mummy 3 movie, the Dragon Emperor is said to be a master of mysticism and has control over the Chinese five elements: earth, water, wood, metal, and fire.

As a sorceress that has lived for more than 2000 years, Zi Yuan was also a very powerful magic-user.

(AN; In the movie, only the Dragon Emperor used the power of the five elements. Even though it is stated that Zi Yuan was a powerful sorceress, she only used magic once in the entire movie to summon the dead and mostly fought with a sword. So, it does not make sense for her not to know magic or use it, so I will change this for the fic.)

"Please, we have come in peace," said Edward in Mandarin.

"Outsiders, you're not welcome here," said Zi Yuan.

"We are just here to communicate and exchange knowledge," reiterated Edward. He was not lying as he was very interested in the Oracle Bones which is a book in Zi Yuan's possession that contained all the spells of the Ancient World.

In order world, this book contained spells from different languages, regions, cultures, and ethnicity of this world. With it, Edward can quickly gain some understanding of the magic system of this world.

Plus, he was very interested in who created this book.

"Since you do not hear my warning, then all of you can stay here." Countless swords suddenly flew over and floated in front of Zi Yuan.

"Is this the power of the Metal in the Five Elements?" muttered Hermione. "It looked like Magnetism."

Immediately, she decided to execute the plan that she and Edward had made through Mind Communication to quickly end this fight. She apparated behind Lin and used a Stunning Charm to knock her out, then she proceeded to do the same to the Yetis.

However, these guys seemed to have high magic immunity so Hermione had to attack them a few times before knocking them out.

Meanwhile, Edward did the same to Zi Yuan. Once her swords rushed towards him, he apparated behind her and attacked. However, she seemed to be well-versed in battle and did a somersault to evade the attack.

However, before she landed, Edward mobilized the [Aura] inside his body and rushed to her side, catching her by surprise with his physical skill beyond the limit of ordinary people.

An ice shield appeared around Zi Yuan to protect her but Edward's hand pierced through as he hit her Pressure Point making her immobile.


Chapter 228: This World's Magic System

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"We could have a proper exchange, why the need for violence," said Edward as he looked at the frozen Zi Yuan. He had to admit, she was truly a beautiful woman. It's a shame that this woman was dedicated to her husband even after 2000 years, otherwise, he would have shot his shot.

He pointed his wand at her head and said: "Legilimens."

Edward began to review her memories so that he could find the location of the Oracle Bones. However, not long after he began, he saw an empty with the sound of Sanskrit constantly chanting.

No matter what he did, this was the only thing he could find in her mind

"Is this a spell in the Oracle Bones?" From his memories, he knew that Zi Yuan knew Sanskrit and used it to cast an immortal curse on the Dragon Emperor and his army turning them into Terracotta Army.

Most likely, she learned a spell from that book in Sanskrit that protected her mind. And after more than 2000 years of study, she should have accomplished something.

Removing his wand from Zi Yuan's head, Edward headed to Lin who was passed on the floor and tried to read her memories. Just like her mother, she did have a spell to protect her mind.

However, she did not seem as adept as her mother despite living for as long as she. Additionally, she was passed out thus decreasing her resistance.

After a few minutes of searching, Edward found what he was looking for. In a secret compartment, he found many books with the Oracle Bones in the middle.

"Are those the books on the Monastery of Turfan?" In the movie, Zi Yuan told the Emperor that she did not have the secret of immortality but knew of a place that did, and that was the Monastery of Turfan. There, she discovered the Oracle Bones and used them to grant the Emperor immortality through a powerful curse.

Edward was planning on visiting that place but now it seemed that it was not needed as Zi Yuan most likely moved all the books inside here. Ignoring the other books, he opened the oracle and begin to read it.

This book contained many spells but they were in different languages from all over the world, from different civilizations that once existed on Earth.

Ancient Chinese, Egyptian, Sanskrit, Ancient Greek, Sumerian Language, Mysopetamian Language, and many more.

Some of the spells in this book are from tribes that existed in the BCE time, so these languages are almost extinct.

Luckily, these languages are the same back on Earth so there is a database in the Empire with all these languages. Archeologists in the Empire can request to use the Time Record Spell to recreate certain events back in time to learn or recreate these ancients language.

As for the ones that this spell could not be used for, as long as a small part of it is discovered, with a supercomputer, it is no problem to deduce the remaining language. Additionally, there are Language Spells to translate all languages, however, sometimes, this method seemed to fail when it comes to some particular languages.

So, Edward can translate more than 90% of this book. As for the remaining 10%, he has to wait for Morgana to return to full capacity before translating them.

So, he began to read the book and translate it. During the process, he would chant the incantation on the book to try the spell, thus slowly gaining a basic understanding of this universe's magic system.

"So, this world's magic system is a combination of Warlock and Cleric from DND, Marvel's Sorcerers, and the Dragon Prince's Magic."

Like the Warlocks and Clerics, from Dungeon and Dragons, the sorcerers in this world have to borrow the power of gods or other mystical entities. By using these entities' names, ceremonies, and even contracts, people can borrow these people's power to cast spells.

An example of this is Imhotep. As a priest and believer of Anubus, all his powers came from the latter. This is the reason that Anubis was able to take away his power and turned him into a mortal in the second movie.

This kind of magic is similar to Sorcerers in the Marvel Universe. Although this thing was only briefly mentioned in the movies, in the comics, this is a common thing.

As for the Dragon Prince's magic, it came from six sources: the sun, moon, sky, earth, ocean, and the stars. This world followed a similar system.

For example, the Dragon Emperor mastered the five elements. The fire element came from the sun, the earth element came from the ground, mountains, and many more. The water element came from the ocean, the wood element came from forests, while the Metal Element came both from ores in the ground and from the magnetic field that surrounds the planet.

Another example is the chief of the Piku Michuna tribe that cursed Frank and Aguirre. His magic came from the forest where their tribe lived.

In conclusion, the people of this universe can borrow power from gods, mystical entities, and nature to cast their spells. Of course, this was not the end.

In the Oracle Bones, he found what Imhotep referred to as Forbidden Sorcerer. According to the book, this is a form of magic that does not rely on the outside but rely on power that comes from the inside.

And only a few people have the talent to awake and use this magic.

After reading that passage, Edward knew that the so-called Forbidden Sorcerers were people in this universe who were born with mana inside their bodies and can use it to cast spells.

The fact that the gods banned this kind of magic showed that they wanted to control the supernatural element of this world, not giving people the opportunity to be self-reliant.

However, Edward did not focus on this aspect as he was excited about this universe's magic system. Gate Alchemy allowed people to control all kinds of different energy: solar energy, lunar energy, earth energy, and so on.

However, its weakness is that it does not bring the specific characteristic of these energies as they are mainly used to power up basic Transmutation. Unless such energy is completely studied–like Life Energy of Alkahestry that is used for healing–they have no individual abilities or characteristics.

Now, things will be different. By studying this universe's magic system, he can use Gate Alchemy to use different energy to cast all kinds of spells.

Solar energy for fire spells, lunar energy for healing and curse removal, ocean energy for water spells, forest energy for plant-related spells, and so many more.

Plus, there is a new energy that Edward discovered from this book.

The main theme of both this universe seemed to be the undead. Whether it was Frank and Aguirre, all the mummies, or the Terracotta Army, they are all undead.

Both the Book of the Dead, the Book of Amun-Ra, and the Oracle Bones have many spells related to the undead. To cast any Necromancy spells from these books to bring people to life or create undead, the power of Anubis or an Eastern God named King Yama needs to be used.

In the process of casting these spells, Edward discovered new energy that he called Negative Energy, or Yin Qi for the eastern name. Using negative energy seemed very effective for necromancy-related spells.

Edward sighed once he was done reading the book. He was quite excited about the outcome. With these new applications of energy, the class of Arcanists that he created will truly become versatile.

From now on, even if Arcanists do not have access to their mana, they can cast spells with all kinds of different energy in the surrounding. That way, they can adapt to any situation and will not become useless without their mana.

One day when they travel to universes where magic is non-existent, they can still use the energies of that world to have extraordinary powers.

"So, you're finally awake."

Edward looked at his surroundings as he saw many places in his surroundings were destroyed, and traces of elemental powers could be found on the ground. More importantly, a bunch of dead bodies were on the floor; obviously, he had summoned them.

"How long has it been?"

"A week," replied Hermione. Suddenly, Edward felt a powerful hunger and fatigue overcoming him. Without his large mana pool and aura, without drinking any potions, spending a week focused on reading and casting spells began to take a toll on him.

"I need some rest," muttered Edward. "How is the situation over there?"

"I've managed to calm down the mother and daughter and explained a few things to them. We even made a deal."

"Alright, you can tell me later after I rest," said Edward as he yawned.

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Next Chapter Title: The Pool of Eternal Life


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