Pendulum of Life?

Resurrecting the dead?

Zhou Huai had even more doubts in his heart.

Although items capable of resurrecting the dead were powerful,

it wasn't as if such items didn't exist in the world at all.

Why did the military attach such great importance to this particular Pendulum of Life?

They even went so far as to have three big figures gather here just to convince him.

He voiced his confusion.

Zhang Donglai explained,

"Although there are various resurrection-type items in this world,"

"each comes with its own conditions and flaws."

"For example, some require the deceased's corpse to be intact."

"Or the time of death cannot exceed three days."

"Even if some can resurrect, their strength will be greatly discounted."

"Some even end up with damaged souls after resurrection, becoming fools."

The next second, Zhang Donglai raised his voice.

"But this Pendulum of Life is different!"

"We learned from some ancient texts that"

"resurrecting a target with this Pendulum of Life can ignore any conditions!"

"The resurrected target will directly return to the peak period of his life!"

He looked at Gandalf, burning flames raging within his tiger-like eyes.

"Imagine if we used this item to resurrect those sages of the Great Xia Nation who long passed away in the river of history!"

"How powerful would the future of our Great Xia Nation be?!"

Hearing these words, turbulent waves similarly surged in Zhou Huai's heart.

He stood frozen in place.

Good heavens.

Wasn't this just an enhanced version of the Impure World Reincarnation?

Ignoring all conditions.

Resurrecting to the prime period.

This ability was simply too heaven-defying!

No wonder the military valued it so much!

At the same time, an uncontrollable ecstasy surged deep within his heart.

If that was the case,

then could I myself...

completely resurrect through this Divine Artifact?

After all, strictly speaking, he was currently a living dead person!

Once this thought popped up, it was like a prairie fire that could no longer be contained.

Zhou Huai felt his breathing become rapid.

For a long time, he had lived under the shadow of death.

He thought his life had already entered a countdown.

He even made the crazy plan to perish together with the Zhou Family before his life burned out.

But now,

hope was laid out right before him,

within arm's reach!

"Bang!"

Controlling Gandalf, Zhou Huai fiercely slammed the table and abruptly stood up.

His burning eyes stared straight at Zhang Donglai.

"I agree!"

"I must participate in this ruin!"

Seeing this, Zhang Donglai was stunned at first, and then an expression of wild joy erupted on his face.

"Hhahaha! Good!"

He rushed in front of Gandalf in a single stride, his fan-like large hand heavily patting his shoulder.

"Good lad! I knew you wouldn't let us down!"

"With those words from you, I can rest easy!"

Principal Chen and Lin Zhu on the side also revealed gratified smiles on their faces.

However,

Zhou Huai changed the subject, his gaze turning sharp.

"However, I have one condition."

Zhang Donglai waved his big hand grandly, full of heroic spirit.

"Don't mention one, ten are fine!"

"As long as I can do it, I won't decline!"

Looking straight into his eyes, Zhou Huai said earnestly,

"If I can help the Great Xia Nation retrieve this Divine Artifact,"

"I hope the military can give me a chance to use it."

Hearing this, Zhang Donglai didn't hesitate in the slightest and nodded heavily.

"No problem!"

"As long as you can bring back the Pendulum of Life!"

"Never mind once, even if you want to use it to resurrect the past eighteen generations of your ancestors, I'll approve it for you!"

Obtaining a positive reply, Zhou Huai's hanging heart finally completely settled down.

He asked impatiently,

"When are we setting off?"

Principal Chen smiled and waved his hand.

"Don't worry, we still have half a month."

"During this half month, we must try every means possible to accelerate the enhancement of your strength."

He withdrew his smile, his expression turning serious.

"Although you are an SS-Rank Professional and very strong,"

"compared to the SS-Level Prodigies of other countries, your Level has become your current biggest shortcoming."

"As far as we know, the younger generation sent by other countries is at least at Level 40 or above."

"Many are even approaching Level 50."

Hearing this, Zhou Huai couldn't help frowning.

Putting it that way, the gap between Gandalf and other SS-Rank Professionals was indeed not small.

"If there's only half a month, I'm afraid this strength gap will be hard to bridge, right?"

"Even if I work hard, in half a month, I'll reach Level 35 at most."

A trace of a mysterious smile appeared on Principal Chen's face.

"Rest assured, regarding your Level issue, we've already thought of a countermeasure."

He looked at Gandalf and asked with great interest,

"During the time you've come to Imperial Capital Academy, besides knowing about the Dungeon Tower,"

"do you know about another even more famous building in our Imperial Capital Academy?"

Zhou Huai blankly shook his head.

Principal Chen smiled and introduced,

"In our Imperial Capital Academy, besides the Dungeon Tower which can help students quickly raise their Level,"

"there is another place."

"That is the Tempering Tower."

"There is a special device inside that tower that can instill a massive amount of experience points into your body all at once in a short time."

"It's even more efficient and faster than grinding monsters in dungeons."

Speaking to this point, Principal Chen changed the subject.

"The only drawback is that this process will be very painful, especially on the mental level."

"As long as you can endure it,"

"raising your Level to Level 40 within half a month will definitely be no problem."

Zhou Huai's eyes instantly lit up.

There was such a good thing?

He asked curiously,

"Since there's such a good thing, why not vigorously promote it?"

"Wouldn't this allow us to cultivate a large batch of high-Level Classer?"

Hearing this, Principal Chen smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"How could it be that simple?"

"The process of instilling experience is extremely painful and has extremely high demands on Mental Strength."

"It's not something an ordinary person can endure."

"Once, a gifted S-Class student went mad on the spot after receiving the experience value instillation because he couldn't withstand the massive mental shock."

"In addition, using this instrument also requires a rare material that can only be obtained in a special Secret Realm."

"Mortal Demon Source Stone."

"This material is quite limited, and our Imperial Capital Academy's inventory only has a very small portion."

"Wanting to promote it on a large scale is simply unrealistic."

Zhou Huai nodded understandingly.

Zhang Donglai added from the side,

"Not only your Level, but the equipment on your body also needs to be replaced."

Zhou Huai lowered his head and looked at the Level 15 【Star-Moon Robe】 on his body.

Although the Level was a bit low, replacing it really made him feel a bit reluctant.

Mainly because the skill 【Arcane Dual-Derivation】 within the set was simply too useful.

Zhang Donglai seemed to see through Zhou Huai's concerns.

He smiled and said,

"Since you still want to use this set,"

"you can hand it over to me."

"I can have Master Chen of the Blacksmiths' Guild in the Imperial Capital re-forge this equipment into a Level 40 set for you."

Hearing this, Zhou Huai finally revealed a smile.

"Then many thanks, General Zhang."

He took off the robe on his body and handed it over.

Zhang Donglai took the robe, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.

"Good!"

"Starting today, you don't need to care about anything else!"

"Go raise your Level in the Tempering Tower with peace of mind!"

"When you come out, I guarantee that a brand new Level 40 set will be delivered to your hands on time!"

Zhang Donglai looked at Gandalf, his eyes filled with expectations.

"Half a month later, what I hope to see is a brand new you!"

"An Forbidden Spell Mage of Great Xia, one strong enough to make the whole world tremble!"