Even though Jason wanted to enter the Ascendion stage as quickly as possible, cultivating required time…lots of it.
As such, he had to stay patient.
Thus, efficiently utilizing the time he currently had in order to experiment with a single Soa crystal before enlisting in a mission to procure more of them should be the best.
Passively, the mana gathering in his sub-area would generate liquefied mana droplets which he would use later to compress the thread of mana that was ought to connect to his soul thread.
In fact, Jason was pretty sure that it wouldn't be long before he had enough mana droplets to accomplish the task at hand.
Thus, he allowed his passive mana gathering to do the cultivation job in the meantime.
Meanwhile, Jason focused on the Kanadi of a Primordial technique, as well as the procuring of Soa crystals.
Because of that, Jason smiled brightly when Elder Ben was handed over a fist-sized Soa crystal to him in addition to sharing the necessary information he needed to understand.
"Our missions are graded into different Tiers. Based on that you can easily figure out what missions you are capable of doing, and which ones are, most likely, too difficult for you.
As you have probably seen in the mission hall earlier, there are multiple colors used in order to create subsequent ranks.
For example, green Tier-2 missions are more easily solved than yellow Tier-2 missions, which in turn, are easier to solve than red Tier-1 missions.
That should be quite easy to understand. However, the mission hall has a specific rule that you should know beforehand.
Before you can request any missions that provide Soa crystals as rewards, you will have to complete missions worth ten stars.
Tier-1 is equal awards one star, and Tier-3 missions are equal to three stars, so completing three Tier-3 and one Tier-1 mission would be enough.
As for your permission, I just have to go to the City Lord to ask for a stamp. After that, everything will be fine.
Just accept and complete some other missions first, or rest if you feel like it, and I will have the permission certificate sent to your room!"
Jason just nodded his head, feeling as if Elder Ben had prepared everything beforehand.
This caused him to feel a little bit confused but also reassured that everything would work to his advantage.
It had been quite some time since he had struck luck with anything he did because everything had been rather arduous and hectic in the past few years.
As such, he was rather fortunate that he had received the opportunity to rest a little bit, even if it had not been his plan or something.
Rather, not being forced to do something didn't mean that he would rest.
But the freedom of finally being able to do whatever he wanted, whether it was to work hard or to rest, was already calming enough for him!
Nodding his head to Elder Ben in agreement, Jason saw the Elder leave, while taking Lars with him.
There was something he had to do with the youth.
As such, Jason, and Jennifer were once again left alone, if they were to ignore the five soulbonds that clinged to Jason as if he was everything they had.
This made the two of them smile lightly at each other.
Meanwhile, Jason averted his gaze after a short while before he used his Emperor Eyes to see the interior of the Soa crystal he was holding in his hand.
Seeing something from up close allowed him to make much better use of his Emperor Eyes, and everything became clearer to his eyes.
The distinct energy currents within the Soa crystal were obvious and easily distinguishable.
When he could perceive the properties the energy currents had, Jason couldn't help but feel intrigued.
In the end, the energy inside the Soa crystal was similar to Soul force, but it was on a completely different level.
If Soul force could be considered to be an advanced type of cultivation energy, then the energy within the Soa crystal was even superior.
Comparatively, it would be on a level similar to something that was even higher than the blessed energy!
This was quite intriguing and the only energy that was even stronger than the one inside the Soa crystals was Divine energy!
However, that was only obvious, otherwise, the energy wandering souls could use for their cultivation was comparable to that of divine beings which were considered to be existences like Gods!
Still, it was shocking to figure out how pure the energy within the Soa crystals was, clearly showing why the body of those belonging to Yinar race couldn't handle it!
It was just too potent for their body, which was the main reason that only traces of it could be used to cultivate with.
Jason felt that this might even be the reason why wandering souls could digest more of it.
Yet, that was not something he could be sure of.
He simply stood in the middle of the street, and the citizens made a detour around him owing to the mass of soulbonds that enveloped him tightly.
This was quite advantageous, but still not a necessity.
Thus, Jennifer grasped Jason's arm, and meant to drag him with her.
But, before she could do so, she received a multitude of hissing, squeals and violently flickering flames as a response.
However, instead of allowing this show of dominance to intimidate her, she pulled Jason behind her, leaving the main street.
Regaining his senses a few minutes later after his mind had been diverted from the Soa crystal and its uses, he digested the information he received before looking up at Jennifer.
"What do you want to do? Rest for a few days, or do you want to immediately start with some missions?"
In the end, Jason didn't really bother about what they would start with because anything was fine with him.
His interest in the Soa crystal had only increased, and without letting Jennifer know of what he was doing, he sneakily loosened a trace of the energy that resided within the Soa crystal, to circulate it through his body.
Jason had painfully realized that he was unable to cultivate with Primordial energy, and the same applied to Spirit force.
However, it was possible for him to make use of blessed energy and Divine energy.
Because of that, Jason felt like he had to test all types of energy in order to figure out what exactly he was capable of, and what his body repelled.
This was quite important to figure out, and not something he should neglect.
With that in mind, he still released a little trace of the energy within the crystal in order to start circulating it through his body.
Experimenting was sometimes dangerous, but Jason was not all that worried.
His unruffled behavior was clearly noticeable as he continued to smile and listen to Jennifer while simultaneously leading the traces of energy through his body.
It wasn't painful, which was a great start, and there was not a single problem he ran into while doing so. This was exceptional, and contrary to the other commonly found major energies he knew of as he noticed something interesting.
'I can use the energy and some of the purest cultivation energies from the surrounding to replenish my divine energy much faster…I see. Annexing this energy doesn't seem feasible, but I don't really feel any pain.
At most, it's a faint itch that originates from my soul world core…It shouldn't...oh? What is that?'