Chapter 453 - 234: Realm of Ascension
"Saint One, you’ve returned."
Saint One nodded slightly and asked, "How are things today?"
Saint One walked through the doorway.
Behind him, two figures in black and white hooded robes followed.
"Saint One, there’s a new intelligence report. An island has appeared out of thin air to the east of Miselux. The island is very close to the Miselux Continent, only a few million kilometers away."
"We’ve already sent people to investigate."
"It seems to be an island teleported from the Secret Sea."
"There’s even some water from the Secret Sea mixed in with the waters of the Moon Sea."
Hearing this, Saint One frowned slightly. "Oh?"
"Teleported from the Secret Sea..."
’How bizarre.’
The only long-distance Teleportation Magic left in this world should be Random Teleportation Magic.
And Random Teleportation Magic is a Magic that targets a single entity.
Furthermore, with the Laws of Space being damaged, it’s impossible for most people to modify the few remaining Space Magics. If they were that easy to modify, there wouldn’t be so few of them left for people to learn today.
"Hmm, that is rather interesting."
"Continue to follow up on this. Investigate it thoroughly."
"Right, Saint One... a special envoy from the Light Church came looking for us today. They hope that we, Reincarnation, can provide them with a certain degree of assistance."
Saint One: "Assistance? Are they trying to start another war?"
"No... it’s just that they discovered some ruins in Miselux. It seems only those who meet certain conditions can enter."
As he walked deeper inside, Saint One asked, "Conditions? What conditions?"
"According to the Decryption Scholars’ analysis, it seems those who possess a Reincarnation Mark can enter. Other than that, an Innate Reincarnator of Origin, the Owner of a Divine Talent, the Inheritor of the Moon God, and a Divine Reincarnation can also enter."
Lu Cang walked along the street above their heads, holding a bowl of ice cream.
’Huh.’
’So it’s a ruin with entry restrictions...’
Because his Perception Range could reach 600 kilometers, Lu Cang could see everything underground with perfect clarity. They were currently only walking 100 meters below the surface.
For a normal basement, that was already extremely deep.
But they had a long way to go before they could escape Lu Cang’s Perception.
But after hearing this, Saint One paused.
’Sigh.’
At this moment, he was no longer a Reincarnator.
He wasn’t an Innate Reincarnator, he didn’t have a Divine Talent, and he certainly hadn’t been chosen by the Moon as its inheritor.
Lu Cang perceived a faint sense of loneliness coming from Saint One.
Now, he was just an ordinary person who had once experienced Reincarnation.
SWOOSH—
Suddenly, a little girl in simple black clothes appeared beside Lu Cang.
The first thing she asked upon appearing was, "Who are we killing?"
Lu Cang extended his left hand, a cup of milk tea appearing in it. "Want some?"
"Yes."
Leng Qingying took the milk tea. "So, who are we killing?"
’You really are obsessed with killing, aren’t you...’
"Hmm... no rush. We’ll talk about it later."
The two of them sat down at a nearby restaurant.
Leng Qingying didn’t know what Lu Cang was thinking, but Lu Cang’s perceptive attention was focused entirely on Saint One below.
Saint One: "Why assistance?"
"Saint One, we’ve heard that powerful experts from all over the Moon Sea are heading there for these ruins..."
"But the ruins don’t seem to be from ancient times. They appeared around the era when you first became famous."
Legends about Saint One, the Reincarnator, had been circulating throughout the world for a long time.
Because Reincarnators cannot be killed, most of the world’s factions treated him with respect.
"So, they hope to have someone from that era enter the ruins... It might make deciphering the ruins go more smoothly."
Saint One wore a thoughtful expression. "You’re saying other people will be entering the ruins as well."
The envoy behind him replied respectfully, "Yes, Saint One. Among those coming are an Inheritor of Zuya of Light and Day, an Inheritor of Yakadikto of Luck and Harvest, and an early Reincarnator who awakened eight years ago and seems to possess a Divine Talent. If you were to join them, there would be a total of four people entering the ruins."
"I’ve heard that the ruins produce a Divine Medicine called the Realm of Ascension."
"Consuming this Divine Medicine can lower the criteria required for a perfect promotion, but it has no effect on the requirements for advancing from Level 8 to Level 9..."
After hearing this, Saint One shook his head faintly. "To be able to lower promotion requirements, it certainly is worthy of being called a Divine Medicine."
"Unfortunately, for someone who can’t meet the requirements for a perfect promotion in the first place, subsequent promotions will still be difficult even if the criteria are lowered."
"Besides, the only thing troubling me right now is stepping into the Level 9 Extreme Realm."
"A Divine Medicine that can only be used for the promotion from Level 7 to Level 8 is useless to me."
Saint One simply shook his head and said, "Tell them I’m not interested in going."
Saint One gave a perfectly reasonable excuse and refused the invitation.
But up above, Lu Cang was shocked.
’Just as I thought, a Future Preview of only a single day isn’t enough to get all the important information on a continent.’
’To think the continent of Miselux still held such a deep secret.’
「Divine Medicine: Realm of Ascension」
’Isn’t this the very method I’ve been desperately searching for to lower my promotion requirements?’
His Decryption Scholar Profession was now Level 5.
Previously, to advance from a Level 4 to a Level 5 Decryption Scholar, the required amount of Decryption Points had already reached 20,000.
That was a point requirement that many Decryption Scholars might never reach in their entire lives.
For example:
Comprehending Tier Two and Tier Three Root Magic awarded him 10 points.
Breaking a Level 6 difficulty Restriction was worth 0.8 points.
Breaking a Level 7 difficulty Restriction was worth 2 points.
Learning a language, a type of Cryptography, or other decryption-related knowledge provided 0.04 points.
Under such difficult conditions, getting 20,000 points for a promotion...
It was equivalent to comprehending Tier Two and Tier Three Root Magic 2,000 times, or breaking Level 7 difficulty Restrictions 10,000 times.
His promotion as a Decryption Scholar would probably have been delayed by several months, if not for Future Preview and the fact that secrets broken in the previews also counted.
In fact, the great secrets from the depths of the world were things Lu Cang had traded his life for.
For instance, the 「Realm of Secret Knowledge」.
A world where he could directly see the Root Source, where it seemed he could see the most direct essence of all things.
And the other secrets, even if he didn’t lose his life while investigating them, were still in places Lu Cang would never risk exploring under normal circumstances.
His self in the previews and his self in reality operated in two completely different ways.
In the previews, he could be as reckless as he wanted, casually committing murder and arson.
But back in reality, he was a perfect nobody.
He wished no one knew who he was, so he wouldn’t get dragged into any fights.
Just promoting from 4 to 5 was already so difficult.
Right now, Lu Cang’s Profession combination was: Level 4 Mage / Level 4 Warrior / Level 4 Death Priest / Level 5 Decryption Scholar / Level 2 Prophet.
Under these conditions, promoting a Decryption Scholar from Level 5 to Level 6...
The Decryption Point requirement had already reached: 168,000.
And this point requirement would become even higher after his other three Professions all reached Level 5.
By his estimation, it would probably inflate to over 350,000.
The difficulty of Profession promotion seemed to inflate almost exponentially in relation to the number of Professions and their Levels...
He had to find a way to lower the promotion requirements.
’Looks like I really have to make a trip to those ruins.’
Lu Cang couldn’t guarantee that the people who came out of the ruins would still have the medicine on them.
If they consumed it right after getting it, he wouldn’t be able to get it even if he ambushed and killed them.
"I still have to go myself."
The two envoys behind Saint One followed him for a while, reported on recent events, and then gradually came to a stop.
They respectfully watched Saint One walk through a sealed stone door.
Saint One entered the door alone, sat down on a stone stool, and stared blankly into space for a while, lost in thought...
After a long moment, he picked up a nearby wine pot and a small, jade-colored cup.
He poured himself a cup of clear wine.
As he swirled the cup, the face of a child was reflected in the wine.
A deep sense of loneliness showed in his eyes.
But he didn’t show any helpless rage or slam the table to vent.
He just shook his head slightly and drained the cup of wine in one go.
Then, he waved his hand.
On the stone table, the ten books he had borrowed from the sixth floor of the White Tower appeared.
He murmured faintly, "I don’t know who took my Reincarnation away..."
"And I don’t know if I’ll ever have the chance to meet him again. If I can no longer enter Reincarnation in this lifetime, perhaps I can only seek transcendence for this one life."
Lu Cang quietly perceived the man’s emotions in the secret chamber below, but he couldn’t sense a single trace of frustration or despair.