Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 294 Upgrade of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts
After this happened, Li Xia simply left the arena.

The apostles are a very large group, and their lives are so precarious that they could die at any moment, making it extremely likely that 'top-tier' individuals will emerge from them.

Furthermore, apostles are not bound by laws in the secular sense, nor are they subject to the suppression of morality in the conventional sense.

It can only be said that while blood-flowing apostles are not the mainstream, they are not few in number.

But this is the first time I've ever seen someone use this in the arena.

The bustling street was filled with people, but Black Charcoal wasn't in a good mood. It was its first time experiencing death, especially one that felt like torture.

It was not afraid, but it found itself powerless against a true apostle, and even a simple trick broke its most powerful skill.

All Li Xia could do was pat it on the head as a form of comfort.
"That's normal. The first time I fought for my life, I even missed with an axe. I fought a bear and almost died."

Recalling her experiences over this period, Li Xia let out a long sigh, feeling somewhat wistful.

It was only a year, but he had actually lived through many years. The skill enhancements in the Time Chamber were exactly the same as in reality.

Every time he goes out, he feels a sense of unfamiliarity and needs to spend some time getting used to it again.

As for his death experience, during which of his rest periods was he not killed many times in the training field?
Awoo was much more straightforward; it just started spraying!
"That bastard even threatened that we couldn't give up, or he'd chase us all the way to the derivative world! Look how arrogant he is, like some kind of domineering CEO."

Awoo exhaled two streams of water from its nostrils, then said somewhat indignantly:

"It's only because Grandpa Dragon has just hatched and hasn't condensed a dragon pearl yet, otherwise a single sip of water could have killed him!"

Given the terrifying lifespan of a true dragon, Aowu is currently just a newborn baby, which means that true dragons are simply too powerful.

Even newborn baby dragons have an incredibly strong foundation.

They are born with skills, but they have to wait for them to grow and unlock them. Fortunately, the growth process of dragons is different from that of other creatures.

Besides growing naturally, they can also be obtained by 'eating'!
Consuming the flesh and blood of powerful creatures, rare and precious herbs, and so on can accelerate growth.

"That's right, boss."

Awoo seemed to suddenly remember something and whispered:
"The first skill I can unlock."

Li Xia looked at him with a hint of curiosity:
"What skill?"

"High-value item detection aura!"

In their private room, a person, a dragon, and a cat huddled together having a little meeting.

"How do I unlock it?"

Li Xia felt an overwhelming excitement. Was this skill any good? It was incredibly useful!

Black Arrow found Smaug using this skill, and it was also because of Black Arrow that he was able to kill Smaug.

It's fair to say that without Black Arrow, his gains in The Lord of the Rings would have been reduced by 90%!

It was the chain reaction triggered by the Black Arrow that allowed him to snowball rapidly and seize every opportunity.

How could I not be excited?

"It should be soon, I just need to grow a little older."

Awoo carefully savored the memories left in his bloodline.

Simply put, transcendence isn't about forcibly giving this skill to Aowu. While forcibly giving it to Aowu might be convenient, it could very likely trigger scrutiny from the Temple of Light.

Just like when a gynecological disease paper includes male cases, it is very easy to find them.

Therefore, the transcendental approach transformed the 'halo of high-value items' into something similar to a treasure hunt, combining it with the 'auspiciousness' and 'good fortune' symbolized by the true dragon.

Although there are a few more bends, it is safer.

"Grow up a bit?"

"Yes, actually it's just that the attributes aren't enough. You can unlock it when you have around 30 attribute points."

I understand, it's still a problem with the attributes!

Li Xia breathed a sigh of relief and nodded. The solo guild that was originally planned to be launched immediately now had an additional necessity.

"Go back first."

They summoned the Hall of Light with their thoughts, and with a series of fluctuations, the three figures disappeared into their personal space.

In the luxurious manor on the island, Li Xia pinched the bridge of his nose and turned off the notification that always popped up from the Hall of Light.

The construction on the island is now complete, and the housekeeping robots are managing all the affairs of the manor in an orderly manner.

Open the window, and a gentle sea breeze immediately blew in, carrying a unique moist and salty scent.

Sunlight spilled onto the sea, refracting into patches of golden light. The surging waves tore this golden light apart, leaving behind a dense expanse of golden scales.

Awoo poked its head out of the dragon egg and looked at the vast blue sea:
"The bloodline has been activated!"

It's normal for a water dragon to want to dive into the ocean when it sees it.

"dong dong dong"

There was a knock on the door, and the sound of high heels clicking on the floor was alluring and crisp.

A beautiful robot, so perfect she seemed unreal, stood smiling in the doorway, bowing slightly, her voluptuous figure immediately causing her clothes to tighten.
"Master, you are back."

Li Xia glanced at it briefly before looking away and nodding.

"Prepare dinner, and also the hot water in the bathroom."

"Yes, Master."

She twisted her waist and left, the crisp tapping sound gradually fading into the distance.

Li Xia frowned. Logically speaking, it was basically a robot, or at least a companion robot. It was so realistic that she would never have been able to resist it in the past.

But since arriving at the temple, his desires for many things seem to have disappeared—no, not exactly disappeared.

Instead, they are much smaller, and can even be categorized as 'distractions'.

Is it related to the palace?
That's not right either. There's no place with more complicated relationships than the temple. It's too common and normal for male and female apostles to have sex.

Even companion robots are selling quite well; here you don't have to worry about various diseases or all sorts of ridiculous things.

Furthermore, the precarious existence of daily life amplifies various emotional desires.

The only word to describe it is 'chaos'.

Therefore, one's own reduced desires have absolutely nothing to do with the temple.

"Eight-Nine Mysterious Techniques?"

Li Xia muttered to himself in a low voice.

"what?"

This seemingly random statement confused Aowu. After Li Xia explained his speculation, Aowu nodded as if he suddenly understood:
"Oh, you mean this? — Of course, when the spirit moves, the emotions move; when the spirit thinks, the emotions think."

"Boss, your soul is stable, and your willpower is extremely high, so naturally you won't act 'as you please'."

The apostles are particular about this?
Li Xia hadn't expected this, but having low desires was naturally a good thing, as it allowed him to focus more on becoming stronger.

The manor is naturally much larger than a private space.

The three of them, master and servant, sat around the large round table, not saying a word, only stuffing food into their stomachs.

Whether it's Li Xia, Aowu, or Heitan, their physical abilities have already surpassed those of ordinary people by several times.

The food was digested as soon as it entered their stomachs, and the housekeeping robots moved back and forth between the kitchen and dining room like butterflies.

Every now and then, they would place plates of fragrant food on the table and then remove the empty plates.

When they finally finished eating, they had devoured enough food for at least sixty people—Awoo alone ate thirty portions.

"The food in the world contains too little energy. If we have the chance, we should go to the temple to see if there is a solution."

As a zero-order world, food in this world contains no energy; it can only be converted from heat, which is extremely inefficient. This is only a third-order world. If it were a higher-order world, Li Xia probably wouldn't be able to obtain enough energy just by eating in this world.

"Boss, once you reach the higher levels, you can even go without food, you can practice fasting!"

Awoo patted its belly contentedly, tilted its head back on the eggshell, and lazily said:
"At higher levels, eating becomes purely for satisfying one's appetite, but I don't know the specifics."

My mom only mentioned it briefly in my bloodline memories, and she also left me a recipe book with a list of the best foods.

"Your mother?"

Li Xia and Heitan immediately became interested, exchanged a glance, and waited for Aowu to introduce its mother.

“Oh, it’s my mom. But all she left behind was one sentence: ‘Child, take this recipe. It’s all delicious.’ —From Mom.”

"Gone?"

"Gone!"

"Where's the recipe?"

Aowu's face scrunched up, and he said miserably, "That's all. There's just too much other content, which probably covered up the recipe."

In short, it was pretty funny.

The huge bathroom was steamy, like a small swimming pool. Li Xia stretched out her arms on the counter, closing her eyes to rest.

The little dragon finally hatched from its egg and darted around happily in the steaming pool.

Black Charcoal dislikes water, but was dragged down by Awoo, who manipulated the water flow to form a small boat. Black Charcoal was now sitting on the water boat, floating around in a novel way.

The Lava Armor floated out of Li Xia's body according to his will, and placed in the water, continuously providing heat and keeping the temperature of the pool constant at a relatively high level.

"Awoo, how many attribute points are needed to unlock that high-value item detection aura?"

Upon hearing Li Xia's voice, Xiao Long immediately rushed over:

"It should be 35 points."

35 points. Li Xia nodded. Even based on his own progress, it would take two worlds to go from 26 points to 35 points.

"What about the others? Any leads? For example—"

Awoo immediately understood; the boss was referring to the location of the legacy left behind in the third-order world by the Transcendent.

"No, but if we enter the world where the heritage is stored, I will definitely know."

I estimate that most of these heritage sites exist in their original, high-value worlds.

Back when they had just entered the third tier, Li Xia and Aowu had discussed where the Transcendent Hall would place its legacy.

There is only one answer: the high-value original world that has not been occupied.

Only in this way will the temple send its top apostles of the current rank to compete for it.

As for whether Li Xia can become a top apostle in every rank, that is definitely inevitable.

It was based on this conjecture that Li Xia painstakingly laid out plans and foreshadowing in the Naruto world.

The purpose is to demonstrate this potential to the Hall of Light, so that it can be put to good use on a grand scale.

Judging from the results, I think I did a pretty good job.

Now all we can do is wait patiently for the summons from the Hall of Light.

Inside the circular Time Chamber, Li Xia slowly opened her eyes.

The year of free acceleration time has expired, and the 'Auspicious' effect seems to have been enhanced after Aowu's resurrection.

The results of this training were quite good.

Looking at the progress on the panel: [Inheritance: Eight-Nine Arcane Arts LV2 (89%)]

Without hesitation, Li Xia used the shiny time-space coin in his palm.

[Inheritance: Eight-Nine Arcane Arts LV2 (100%)]

Another copper coin slowly turned into powder in my palm.

Li Xia slowly opened her eyes, a glint of gold flashing in her deep brown pupils.

The pent-up anger in his chest surged upwards, and he couldn't help but open his mouth, exhaling a thunderous breath.

A plume of white steam shot out from his mouth, shooting straight out for several meters, and lingered for a long time.

When it hit the wall of the Time Chamber, it produced a buzzing sound like metal clashing.

Li Xia opened the panel, looked at the contents, and a smile gradually appeared on his face.

This time, I finally broke through LV2.
[Inheritance: Eight-Nine Arcane Arts LV3 (0%)]

1. Indestructible Vajra: Physical Rank +3
2. Physical Indestructibility: Self-Healing Power +550% (Passive)
3. Unified Primordial Chaos: Reduces non-physical attack damage by approximately 50% and increases abnormal status resistance by 65%.
4. Unity of Spirit and Flesh: Soul Rank +1, Soul-type skill resistance increased by 30%.
Ok?
Li Xia's gaze fell on the fourth skill, the unity of spirit and flesh.

He has only experienced soul-type skills once so far, when fighting against Hiruzen Sarutobi. They are indeed powerful, and conventional resistances are practically useless.

The ability to upgrade soul rank and resistance at this time is quite timely.

As expected of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, he's shaping himself into a tanky warrior!
In addition to the fourth skill, the other three skills have also been comprehensively improved, with considerable fluctuations.

Keep in mind that this is only the upgrade from level 2 to level 3!

Besides that, the fact that I had been guessing for so long has finally come true.

To improve the Eight-Nine Arcane Technique now, besides spending one year in each world outside the Time Chamber.

Then you'll need to consume Time-Space Silver Coins.

The past few days have been leisurely and carefree.

In the morning, aside from my usual standing meditation and boxing, I put aside all other exercise and either go fishing or enjoy the scenery.

Or perhaps you could dive into the ocean with Aowu and see scenery you've never seen before.

Over time, Li Xia has gradually become accustomed to this kind of life, relaxing in the real world and strengthening himself in the palace.

A balance of tension and relaxation allows the mind to gradually calm down.

After spending the minimum required time in the mortal realm as stipulated by the Temple of Light, Li Xia did not hesitate to call upon the Temple of Light.

[Executioner, you have returned to the Hall of Light!]

After passing through the bustling main street and heading inward from the circular plaza, in the center of a guild headquarters, lies the guild registration office.

Small groups of people were coming and going at the gate, creating a lively scene.

Li Xia took a deep breath and led Aowu and Heitan to an automatic registration machine.

[Executioner, should we register with the guild?]

"Yes!"

[Evaluating the overall impact of the executioner's past derivative worlds]

It felt like a long time had passed, yet it also felt like it went by very quickly.

A line of text slowly appeared on the instrument.

[Executioner, based on your past evaluations in derivative worlds, your guild's rating is...]

【A!】

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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

Recently, some things happened at home. My grandmother fell and was hospitalized, and everyone in the family went back to visit and take care of her. I've been taking care of Xiaoliyu these past few days.

Sometimes I can't make it in time because I'm really pressed for time, so I can only write after she falls asleep. Sorry about that.
(End of this chapter)