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Chapter 266: Return, the Second Form and Second Ability of the Sage's Book
Chapter 266: Return, the Second Form and Second Ability of the Sage's Book
[You have completed the main quest and obtained the Lord Skill: Life Enhancement]
[You have completed the main quest and received an evaluation: SSS]
[Based on your evaluation, you have received the following rewards]
[1. Three Special Building Blueprints of your choice]
[2. Four types of Special Resources × 500,000 units each]
[3. Ten Advanced Treasures of your choice]
[4. Two types of Common Resources × 1,000,000 units each]
[5. One Shadow Heart]
[6. Three Lord Talents of your choice]
[7. 50,000,000 gold coins]
[8. Ten Champion Unit Upgrade Vouchers]
[9. One Shadow Armament]
[10. One Shadow]
“???”
“Why is there a Shadow?”
Qin Muye couldn't help but complain. He hadn't expected the 10th reward to be a Shadow.
“Is it because of the Shadow Realm?”
“Why didn't I get any Talent Ascension Scrolls this time? Even if there were no Talent Ascension Scrolls, the Occupation Expansion Panel would have been fine. If that didn't work, an Occupation Selection Voucher would have been useful.”
The items he could use were limited to the Shadow Heart, Lord Talents of his choice, Shadow Armament, and the Shadow.
The rest would naturally be handled by the Black Hand.
By completely separating the Shadow Realm from the Human Realm and using his own magic to invade the Shadow Realm, he successfully confused its logical rules and averted the cosmic collision. However, the reason he only received an SSS grade, Qin Muye speculated, was that his method could only provide temporary isolation, not permanent.
Thus, he received an SSS grade. As for the rewards above SSS, Qin Muye didn't have too many expectations, as the difficulty was too high.
He managed to separate the two realms by exploiting a loophole, but permanent isolation was far more challenging. The Shadow Realm wouldn't give up easily and would likely return in a hundred thousand years or so.
That's why he was given an SSS grade.
“Now, I only need to increase the number of ordinary units to raise my rank by five levels. This isn't too difficult.”
“The domain's rank conditions, combined with the two special building blueprints I received this time, allow for an upgrade. It's a good opportunity to deploy the fifth-level spirits.”
“I also have ten Advanced Treasures of my choice, which seems like a good exchange.”
This time, Qin Muye didn't let the Black Hand handle the exchanges; he did it himself.
“The Sea God Necklace and the Navigator's Hat can be combined into the Ocean Hat.”
“The Undead Amulet, Vampire Cloak, and Death God Boots can be combined into the Ghost King Cloak.”
“With the remaining five slots, I'll choose the Heavenly Gifted Legs, Heavenly Gifted Hips, Heavenly Gifted Body, Heavenly Gifted Arms, and Heavenly Gifted Head to form the Heavenly Gifted Weapon.”
Soon, he had exchanged three divine artifacts. After checking their attributes, he found they weren't particularly useful to him, so he didn't pay much attention to them.
He threw the Heavenly Gifted Weapon into the resource warehouse, where it joined items like the Horn of Abundance and the Holy Blood Bottle. These items would take effect as long as they were placed in the domain.
As for the Ocean Hat, he gave it to a hero with a seafaring occupation, and the Ghost King Cloak he gave to Yexu. His Summoning Spell had already reached the Master level, making him the highest, and his aura could participate in battles without being on the battlefield, allowing him to recruit the maximum number of laborers.
After dealing with the divine artifacts, he checked the other rewards. The Shadow Heart was an item that could awaken a second ability in a Shadow.
Under normal circumstances, Shadows only have one ability, but the Shadow Heart is a rare and valuable resource that can break this norm.
The Shadow Armament, on the other hand, was slightly inferior, as it allowed a Shadow to take on an additional form.
A Shadow only has one form, which is the Shadow Armament form. Using the Shadow Armament would grant an additional new form.
For example, Qin Muye's Shadow, in addition to the Shadow Armament form, also had a book form, which other Shadows lacked.
He couldn't see much use for the final Shadow reward, but getting his Shadow back was a good thing.
If his Sage's Book was in book form or Shadow Armament form, he wouldn't have a Shadow, which was quite peculiar.
But with the Shadow reward, he regained a normal shadow caused by optical propagation.
“This time, with the addition of Shadow and Silence powers, I feel like the Floating City has some inexplicable changes.” As Qin Muye was considering whether to use the Shadow Heart or the Shadow Armament first, he also noticed changes in his domain.
The changes in the domain were mainly due to the adaptation of the two talents. Otherwise, such a situation would be unlikely to occur.
"Never mind, I'll deal with it when I have the time."
He then decisively used the Shadow Heart and obtained his second Shadow ability.
[Sage's Book II (Rank 1): +1 Knowledge attribute per level, +1 to Knowledge-related checks]
"Ah, this..."
"Although I like the Knowledge attribute, these two abilities are too different."
Qin Muye wasn't sure what a Knowledge-related check meant, and he hadn't encountered it before, as his battles were few and far between.
"Never mind, I'll take it as a consolation prize. At least it can be upgraded."
He then used the Shadow Armament to see what strange new form he could obtain.
[Your Sage's Book has gained a new form: Crystal Beast]
"What is this?"
Qin Muye activated it and saw his Sage's Book suddenly covered in black-red crystals, which began to expand and eventually formed a somewhat strange creature with a crystalline body and a black-red color.
More importantly, this thing wasn't alive; it looked more like a mechanical creature, controlled by a magic network.
It was an unruly, chaotic mess, like a tangled web of glass shards. If he had to liken it to something, it would be the ancient Shadow Fiend he had once trapped within a Shadow Cocoon.
This unexpected development was intriguing.
Perhaps this is why the new form was a Crystal Beast.
However, this form had nothing to do with a beast. Although it was crystalline, Qin Muye found that he could control its shape, making it far more versatile than a slime.
A slime might not be able to change shape so easily.
"Never mind, I'll treat it as an additional mount. It can also be used to bite people," Qin Muye said with a sigh.
As for using the Wish Spell or other functions, they still worked in the Crystal Beast form. Both of the Sage's Book's abilities could still affect him.
The principle was simple: the book form was not the Shadow Armament but a shadow modified by Qin Muye. The Shadow Armament and Crystal Beast were the true Shadow Armaments, so they naturally worked.
He didn't particularly like wearing the Shadow Armament, so he could use the Crystal Beast form, which would also serve as an assistant during experiments.
He then began to select three Lord Talents, skipping over those that didn't have a unique feature and focusing on the unique talents of the Shadow Realm.
To be honest, the number of related talents this time was really high, more than in the previous Fairy Tale World.
This might be because he had delved deeper into the Shadow Realm and developed his identity more, leading to a greater variety of Lord Talents.
Qin Muye was almost overwhelmed by the choices, and if it weren't for the limit of three, he would have taken them all.
[Shadow Body: Your awakened Shadow potential +1]
[Shadow Realm Space: Your awakened Shadow has 1 cubic meter of space]
[Ghostly Shadows: Your awakened Shadow has the ability to split]
These three talents, while called Lord Talents, were more like Shadow Talents.
Qin Muye didn't choose the strange and unusual abilities but instead selected three that seemed unrelated but were actually interconnected in his eyes.
If he could further develop these three abilities, he might be able to transform his awakened Shadow into a Shadow Realm.
This would require some time, but Qin Muye was relaxed about it. He was most lacking in time, but a little more wouldn't make much of a difference.
If he succeeded, folding the Shadow Realm into the Floating City in the alternate plane would increase his domain's area by another fold, doubling it. Who wouldn't like that?
As for focusing on combat abilities, he already had enough. There wasn't much need to pursue more, especially since the enhancement in combat power wasn't significant. It was better to aim for a better future.
The only downside was that these three talents were weak in the early stages and needed to be refined.
However, if his experiments were successful, refinement wouldn't be necessary. The key would be in his subsequent development.
"I'll put this aside for now. I'll create the 5th-level spirits and then make a plan," Qin Muye thought. His domain had already completed its 5th-level upgrade.
(End of Chapter)
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