Lord of Mysteries: Taiyi

"Variables outside the boundary of a constant,"

"Those who return home against the tide of change."

"You are the reflection of the law, the crack of truth."

"I beg for your gaze, I beg you to bestow upon me the potion recipe of the 'Storyteller'."

"Night-blooming jasmine..."

Chamomile...

Sequence Nine "Storyteller" Abilities: Enhances spirituality, memory, observation, and narrative abilities. Can verbally describe scenes in one's mind to the audience, and if given enough time, can subtly pull people into an illusion, causing enemies to hallucinate.

Main ingredients: 60 grams of brilliance stone, 32 ml of psychedelic rain frog blood.

Additional ingredients: 120ml pure water, 3g silver-edged sunflower powder, 7g black-edged sunflower powder, 9g night-blooming jasmine powder.

Sequence 8 "Mental Patient", Abilities: Further increases spirituality, slightly increases physical fitness and resilience, can create injuries on themselves and inflict simultaneous injuries on enemies. They will occasionally experience hallucinations, which they can verbally describe to enemies to have a mental impact, thus their mental resistance will gradually increase.

Main ingredients: 20 grams of Dumb Shell Powder, Heart of the Lost Pathfinder.

Additional ingredients: 80ml pure water, 11 drops of begonia essential oil, one loaf of bread, three whiskers of a low-key whisperer, and 5 drops of poison violet juice.

After carefully memorizing these formulas, Kurt began to extract the power of the source to obtain talismans. After experimentation, he obtained three useful talismans, all of which were from the "Storyteller" pathway. The "Watchmaker" talismans remained the same few types.

"Id"; an "id" is created in one's own illusion, perfectly replicating all the abilities of the original body, but it can only exist in the master's consciousness and other places.

"Hallucination": Pulls the enemy's spirit into your illusion.

"Delusion": Allows illusions to descend to a certain extent; the "id" does the same.

Kurt made a spare copy of each talisman and analyzed their effects. He discovered that the "storyteller" path might eventually grant him "omnipotent" authority, which is generally an ability leaning towards the bizarre.

Because he was not an extraordinary being through this path, Kurt did not have the ability to construct illusions in advance, but he guessed that dreams were also a type of illusion.

To verify his hypothesis, Kurt took out the "Id" talisman, held it in his hand, and then leaned back slightly to meditate and quickly fall asleep.

In a daze, he found himself back in the house he shared with his girlfriend. Looking at the familiar layout, he instinctively wanted to look for Deng Li, but then he suddenly noticed a golden talisman in his left hand, which reminded him of his dream.

A surge of inspiration struck Kurt, who uttered the word "id" in Hermes. Immediately, a figure identical to himself materialized before him. This instantly snapped Kurt, who had been somewhat dazed, back to his senses.

It wasn't that he woke up, but rather that he clearly felt he was in a dream and could make definite decisions. He also felt that his vision and thoughts were divided into... no, to be precise, they had become two separate parts.

He could fully sense all of "Kut's" sensations, as if his brain had become dual-threaded.

However, since Kurt was not an extraordinary person of the "storyteller" pathway, he only felt a sharp pain in his head, and two different sensations filled his mind at the same time.

Fortunately, my mental strength was greatly enhanced when I drank the "Teacher" potion. I should have divined the danger first... An ordinary person would definitely not be able to withstand such an impact and might directly suffer a mental breakdown or become an idiot.

As for the reason for Kurt's sudden clarity, he guessed that it was because his ego was originally a product of dreams, and for "him" dreams were equivalent to reality, so he would naturally remain awake.

This clarity was "shared" with the original body...

Kurt carefully observed the clone for a while and found it to be a perfect one-to-one replica, but the "divine gift" only had the appearance and no concrete effects. With a thought, the Kurt in front of him instantly changed into a different outfit—his favorite casual wear from his previous life—and then tried to make the clone perform completely different actions than he had…

It's actually quite fun... After getting used to it for a while, Kurt's initial discomfort gradually lessened, and after confirming that he had complete control over this clone,

Kurt resisted the urge to go find Dunley and woke himself from the dream. Finding the dual-threaded feeling gone, an idea flashed through his mind, and Kurt immediately fell asleep again.

This time, the dream took place in the Harvest Church. This time, Kurt was fully awake. With a thought, Kurt sent his clone flying out from the church floor...

Having confirmed that he had an extra "helper" in his dream that was draining his spiritual energy, Kurt nodded in satisfaction. This time he was no longer afraid of entering dreams. He also felt that he could create his true self in places like the subconscious... As for the spiritual energy drain, the speed was far slower than the terrifying recovery speed brought about by "infinite collapse," so it was not a problem at all.

After breakfast, Kurt went to the Harvest Church as usual and reported to the priest about the amount of blood required for the side effects of "God's Gift". He finally learned that the church would provide enough blood. The Warrior Path does indeed have a blood recovery bonus. He also revealed that the mentor sent by the sanctuary would arrive in Backlund in 5 days.

Prior to this, Bishop Utravsky had asked Kurt to memorize the holy texts so that his arrival time at the church would not be extended, to which Kurt agreed.

After receiving various seeds from the church, Kurt walked out of the Harvest Church and looked up at the sky.

The fog was thick, like a huge, gloomy curtain pressing down on the entire city, making it hard to have a good mood.

Kurt let out a long sigh, reminiscing about the air and weather of his hometown and longing for his former comfortable life.

Kut suddenly had this idea: he wanted to eat hot pot and barbecue. He could visit Lia and maybe ask her out for a meal. She was one of Kut's few friends.

Moreover, Leah possesses a vivacity and cheerfulness rarely seen in this era, much like Miss Justice.

Of course, this is contingent on Kurt explaining the "divine gift" aspect first, otherwise Leah will keep pestering him.

Well, Leah studied economics, while I studied mechanical engineering. We met in the occult society, so she probably doesn't know much about my private life. I'll just forge a ring that my "white moonlight" (ideal love) sent me before she died. As for that "white moonlight," it's naturally his fiancée, Deng Li... The reason for doing this is that he currently has no intention of starting a family, and probably never will. This ring will reduce a lot of trouble.

Having made up his mind, Kurt walked to a corner, pulled a silver pendulum from his sleeve, and let it hang freely while silently chanting:

"Today is a good day to visit Leah Kingston."

He hadn't forgotten the danger posed by the suspected cult member. Leah hadn't contacted him since, so the matter remained somewhat ambiguous.

He silently recited the divination statement seven times and finally saw the pendulum moving clockwise at a moderate amplitude, which indicated that today was a good day to visit Leah.

Kurt felt a little relieved, hailed a horse-drawn carriage, and spent 1 Sule to arrive at Leah's apartment in the Joewood district.

Arriving at the unremarkable door, Kurt first gritted his teeth and activated his spiritual vision, then knocked three times with his fingers. After waiting a full minute, just as Kurt frowned slightly, the door finally opened.

Leah opened the door. She smiled when she saw Kurt, but her dimples were gone. She was wearing ordinary loungewear and said to Kurt somewhat apologetically:

"Sorry Kurt, I was drawing and I'm late. Come on in."

Kurt, his muscles stiffening slightly, asked:

"Lia, when did you... become interested in drawing?"

In his spiritual vision, Leah's brain aura was occupied by a large, irregular gray area, while the rest of the area was normal. Then, following his gaze, Kurt was horrified to find that the entire living room was extremely dark, with an easel placed in the center of the living room.

Kurt couldn't see the content of the painting, but his spirituality told him that the painting exuded a very eerie aura.

Kurt immediately shut down his spiritual vision, his body trembling slightly.

At this moment, Leah's slightly hollow voice came:

"I don't know, it was probably yesterday. Kurt, come and see my drawing."

Then she pointed straight at the easel, and seeing that Kurt didn't move, she stood there as if waiting for him.

"Damn it, what kind of suitable is this..." Kurt cursed inwardly, his throat bobbing.

To run or to stay... Kurt's right eyelid twitched wildly.