Completed the main mission: The second phase of the spiritual world investigation operation!
Obtain mission rewards: 450,000 experience points, 1,000 gold pounds, 15 attribute points, 5 special attribute points, 5 regional fame points, one Imperial Inquisition A-level merit, and Dazlite's favorability!
Chen Lun took a quick look at the panel and was delighted.
At this time, McCaughlin said to him earnestly:
"Jack, this matter has not been made public yet. It will take some time to ferment... Prince Dazlet plans to focus on the western war first. Perhaps he will not officially start hunting the contaminated insect tide until the Anlong United Kingdom is completely suppressed."
"I understand, sir."
Chen Lun nodded.
"The Western War will be led by the military, and our Inquisition will most likely not get involved. However, you still have the Orthodox Church behind you... By then, the seven major Orthodox Churches should all send clergy to participate in the expedition. If you don't want to participate, I can help you mediate."
McCollin meant something.
Chen Lun heard the hidden meaning in her words and shook his head with a smile.
"Thank you for your kindness, Commander McCaughlin, but as a member of the Empire, I feel honored to fight for it... If the Council of Kangkai sends me, I will do my best."
McCaughlin nodded slightly, smiled and patted his shoulder.
Immediately, she thought of something and sighed:
"It's a pity that the group of immortal strangers suddenly disappeared. If they were still there, a lot of losses could have been avoided in this Western War..."
After hearing this, Chen Lun couldn't help but open the panel and glance at the update countdown.
'It's already the end of April, and there are only ten days left before the update is finished. It's time for players to go online... The Western War is a transitional plot at the beginning of version 2.0, and it is also a period of rapid growth for them. How can there be a lack of players? '
He chuckled.
"And I also need them to replenish my sanity and treasury, so it's time to prepare."
The two months of exploration in the dark world, coupled with witnessing the black and red star at the end of the darkness, had further depleted his already limited reserves of rationality.
Now there are only a pitiful two or three thousand left.
Commander McCaughrean gave Chen Lun a few more instructions and then asked him to leave first.
Chen Lun bowed and took his leave.
When he reached the third floor of the building, he quietly sat on the sofa in the rest area, pretending to lie down and take a rest, but in fact he was operating the panel and sorting out his harvest.
'During this period of time, while investigating the dark world, I killed a lot of Didak insects along the way. On average, each one has tens of thousands of experience points. With the mission rewards, I have accumulated more than 2 million... Let's upgrade it.'
With a flick of his finger, all the experience points were moved to Sequence Five - Acrobat LV35. An invisible golden light flashed on his body, and he was promoted by five levels in the blink of an eye.
As your main occupation level increases, you feel that your body has been strengthened: upper limit of health +300, upper limit of physical strength +200, upper limit of sanity +5, strength +3, endurance +3, dexterity +5, intelligence +5!
You gained 5 skill points and 5 attribute points!
Remaining points on the panel: 42 skill points, 20 attribute points, 5 special attribute points, 0 blessing points
'The juggler has reached level 40, 10 levels away from the maximum level, but more experience points are needed. Now each level up requires 450,000 experience points, and almost 5 million experience points are needed to fill this huge gap.'
Chen Lun let out a breath and felt a little headache.
As the level increases, the required experience points also increase. Even though I am more efficient at gaining experience now, the overall level increase is slowing down.
If you want to be like in the beginning, reaching the peak as soon as you are promoted, it will probably be difficult to replicate.
Basic attributes: Strength 180, Dexterity 183, Stamina 180, Intelligence 201, Faith 10
Special attributes: Charisma 68, Willpower 82, Insight 71, Luck 10
According to the attribute threshold of 150 points for Sequence Five, Chen Lun's panel attributes had already exceeded that level, so he did not intend to use his hard-earned attribute points.
After thinking for a while, he turned off the panel, stood up from the sofa, walked to the "Merit Exchange Window" at the corner, and found the old quartermaster.
"Hey, good day, Master Jack, what can I do for you?"
The old man adjusted his beret, lit a cigarette, and handed over the list with a smile.
Chen Lun already had a plan in mind. He asked the quartermaster for a dip pen, dipped the pen in the large open ink bottle on the table next to him, and then circled a few words on the list.
"The Thirty-ninth Attempt of a Man Pursuing Knowledge to Be Graced" is exchanged for one B-level merit. The Third Edition of the True Vision Potion Recipe is exchanged for one B-level merit. The Yanita Language Manual is exchanged for one C-level merit. The Secrets of Ancient Wizards is exchanged for one C-level merit. The Second Part of the Mystic Notebook: Diagrams and Symbols is exchanged for one C-level merit..."
The old man picked up the list and read out the items that Chen Lun had circled.
He exhaled smoke and laughed.
"Master Jack must be a scholar who is thirsty for knowledge. The items he redeems are almost all mysterious books... These five items require a total of two B-level merits and three C-level merits."
"Please check my file. There should be a record of my achievements."
Chen Lun chuckled and handed the dip pen back.
The quartermaster nodded and took out a thick cowhide tome from the drawer. After opening it, he accurately found the page where the number was based on the identity badge Chen Lun was wearing.
"Oh, Master Jack, there is one A-level merit in your file... According to the exchange regulations, it can be 'diluted' into two B-level merits and three C-level merits, and exchanged for the item you selected."
The old man raised his eyebrows and lowered his voice to remind:
"But this is not cost-effective. After all, A-level merits are very rare! No matter how many low-level merits you have, you can't exchange them for high-level merits... You must have made great contributions to get such a reward."
"Thanks for the reminder, but no need, that's it."
Chen Lun said with a smile.
He knew one thing very well, that is, only what suits oneself is the best... Currently, he only had one A-level merit, and he urgently needed to exchange for the things on the list.
"Since you have made up your mind, I will not say anything more... I need your signature here."
The quartermaster clipped the list that Chen Lun had selected onto the signature board, handed it over, and tapped the small blank area at the end.
Chen Lun hummed, and once again used the dip pen to sign the cursive "Jackspeight" on it. The old man took back the signature board, stamped a precise seal on the left side of Chen Lun's signature, and then crossed out the merit record on his file.
The cowhide file that recorded the members of the Imperial Inquisition seemed to be an extraordinary object. After the quartermaster crossed out the merit records, it erased the traces of ink by itself and then closed slowly without any wind.
"Master Jack, these items are stored in the 'secret warehouse'. They need to go through multiple layers of procedures and inspections to enter and exit, so it will take some time... You can wait in the rest area for a while, and I will hand over the list to the staff later."
The old man said.
“How long will it take?”
"Hmm... about an hour."
"In that case, I'll go to the rest area and wait."
Chen Lun nodded and said.
"Okay, Master Jack, once the items are delivered, a staff member will personally hand them over to you."
The old man put out his cigarette and saluted him by holding the brim of his beret.
Chen Lun returned the greeting with a hat-raising salute and turned to leave.
About fifty minutes later.
A young male staff member came to the lounge area carrying a cardboard box, bowed to Chen Lun who was sitting on the sofa, and whispered that the exchanged items had been delivered.
The other party carefully placed the carton on the table in front of Chen Lun and asked Chen Lun to inspect it personally.
After Chen Lun opened the carton, he found five books of different sizes inside, all wrapped and protected with high-quality striped kraft paper.
After checking one by one and confirming that everything was correct, he signed another document and then left the jury building with the five books.
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After returning to the Kangkai Church area, Chen Lun carefully studied five books in his study.
First, he opened "The Thirty-Ninth Attempt to Obtain Grace by the One Who Pursues Knowledge", a mysterious book that records the secondary occupation of engraver.
After a whole afternoon of reading, the prompt was finally triggered before dinner.
By reading carefully, you have acquired a new sub-profession "Engraver"!
Do you want to inherit this secondary occupation
'yes.'
Chen Lun said secretly.
A new entry appeared in the secondary occupation column on the panel—
Engraver LV1
From the description of the panel, we can roughly understand that this secondary profession is similar to the recorder, and can also transcribe and spread extraordinary knowledge by consuming mysterious substances in corresponding channels...
But its stronger point is that it can copy the extraordinary knowledge in the middle sequence!
This is also what Chen Lun values about it.
'But now there is another big experience player. The main profession was originally short of more than 5 million experience points. Now if I want to max out the engraver, I need another 5 million experience points...'
Chen Lun felt both happy and sad.
"Next, we must make use of the Western War as a transitional plot, plan carefully, and gain a lot of experience points!"
He let out a long breath.
At this time, Connie knocked on the door to remind him that it was dinner time.
Chen Lun responded softly, then followed Connie to the restaurant.
Taking advantage of the time when everyone was together during dinner, he took out the "Third Edition Formula of True Vision Potion" and handed it to Maggie.
"This is the potion formula I exchanged for from the Imperial Inquisition. Although it is not as good as the 'Current Seventh Edition True Sight Potion', it still has many advantages..."
Chen Lun said slowly.
"Maggie, I hope you can use it to mix a potion that is cheaper and more suitable for mass production... It doesn't matter if the effect is a little worse, as long as it can allow a low-sequence extraordinary person to perceive the shallow cracks in the spirit world."
Maggie chewed a thick steak and curiously flipped through the thin recipe booklet. After a while, she nodded and agreed:
"Captain, I took a rough look. There are quite a lot of extraordinary materials to be used, and the preparation process is also very complicated. It may take me some time to study before I can produce the results you want..."
"It's okay, take your time. If you need anything, you can ask Flo Yin, and I will try my best to satisfy you."
Chen Lun nodded.
He also knew that this kind of thing could not be rushed, so he said something comforting.
Anyway, there is still some time before players go to the spirit world in large numbers to hunt the pollution tide. With Maggie's ability, Chen Lun believes that he can do it before then.
Late at night, he returned to his study alone and continued reading the remaining three books.
This continued for the next two days.
It was already the morning of the third day when he finished reading all three books, and he finally mastered the three new skills -
Yanita Language LV1 (Passive)
Ancient Wizard Language LV1 (Passive)
Mystic Patterns LV1 (Passive)
Chen Lun put away the books and let out a long sigh.
"Finally done... The skill points I've accumulated have finally found a use, let's add some points!"
The maximum level for these three knowledge and language passive skills is five, and each level up consumes two skill points.
Chen Lun allocated 24 skill points to three passive skills, maxing them out directly.
He suddenly felt that his attainments in mysticism had reached a new level. His originally superficial understanding immediately became profound, and countless confusions in his mind disappeared, and he suddenly became enlightened.
Chen Lun lay in the high-back chair and closed his eyes to digest for a while.
Immediately, he slowly took out the Sequence 4 mythological knowledge "The Life of a Master Performer: Philip's Autobiography" that Philip left for him, and opened it solemnly.
With three max-level passive skills in mysticism, Chen Lun felt no pressure at all when flipping through the book again.
'This is Philip's autobiography. The first two thirds are all about his life experiences and insights...'
Chen Lun temporarily put aside his "prejudice" against Philip and calmed down to immerse himself in the book. He seemed to be getting to know this person all over again, and from many unknown past events, he gradually formed a clear image of Philip in his mind.
'It can be said that Philip is really like a protagonist template. He can be the male lead in any novel...'
Chen Lun couldn't help but sigh.
As he turned to the last third of the content, a prompt popped up on the panel again—
You discovered the mythical knowledge of "Fate Faction Sequence Four - The Joker"!
After testing, you do not meet the conditions for starting the promotion task, as follows...
1. The main occupation "Sequence Five - Juggler" has not reached the maximum level.
Second, the epic's popularity is less than 5 points.
Chen Lun was a little surprised by this.
He could understand the first point, but the second requirement was beyond his expectations.
"I didn't expect that the ceremony for promotion to a higher position would require a certain amount of fame... 5 points of epic fame means 150 points of regional fame. I already have 137 points, so I'm almost there."
Chen Lun also had a lot of thoughts based on this requirement.
'If this is the case, then other local extraordinary people who want to be promoted to saints also need enough popularity... But for them, it should be more like a kind of fame, or in the words of the mysterious field, it is called influence... In this way, the saint ritual of extraordinary transformation needs to leave enough traces in the world.'
He rubbed his chin in thought.
'No rush, once the players come online, the Western War will officially enter its final phase... I can use this major event to gain experience points and popularity, and try to achieve it in one step!'
Then, Chen Lun took out a few more pieces of stone fragments, two small and one large. Putting them together, they could make out about one-third of the outline.
'Finally, I can read the words on the monument of destiny and see what is written on it...'