Lord of Mysteries: Taiyi

In Kurt's bedroom.

Kurt tried to skip all the unnecessary steps and ask the infinitely collapsing source matter, or rather, himself, for the name of Sequence Six, and he succeeded... His control over the source matter had indeed deepened, and to his surprise, Kurt also obtained the name of a primary material this time.

It feels like gradually "unlocking" the source essence. Each advancement further liberates the restrictions, and the corresponding threats become greater... Kurt shook his head. Anyway, he had already decided to continue, so worrying too much was useless.

Sequence Six: The Unveiler

Main material: A pair of intact eyes of the Lawful Gaze.

Unveiling Master? Kurt sensed the new knowledge emerging in his mind and began to analyze it. Unveiling the veil? Was he to uncover some hidden existence? Or thwart some conspiracy…? This was far too easy for me. I knew many secrets involving the gods; even without breaking those secrets, I could still make some progress in digesting them…

Of course, this is on the premise that you must first advance to Sequence Six, which requires about 4000 pounds of materials... However, the potion recipe is worth about 2000 pounds, and contributing it to the church will get you about 4000 pounds. If the church has stock, then that will solve the problem directly... But you definitely can't ask now. Although the Mother Goddess is there to back you up, you still have to keep a low profile.

Another thing is that he has to digest the "Painter" potion... He felt that he had digested some of it when he was promoted to painter, which means that his previous acting was effective.

It's about discovering the beautiful things in life that we don't usually notice, or things that have meaning, and trying to record them and offer our own interpretations.

Or perhaps I could leave my mark on the world, like the spirit I convey to the children in the East District… or perhaps I could treat the children as blank canvases, and the education I bring would be a kind of “painting” process. If that’s the case, then could other things also be considered canvases for creation?

Kurt has roughly sorted out a few role-playing ideas, but the specific one will have to be determined in the later exploration... Let's buy the painting tools first. After all, he's called a painter, so starting with this aspect will give him a better chance of success.

As for drawing skills, the potion didn't improve them, but Kurt's observation skills are now almost on par with the audience's. He can even discover some details that are usually easily overlooked. For example, on his way back, he noticed some details that he would never normally notice... For instance, the seats in the carriage were about 1 centimeter apart on both sides. It's not that he wouldn't notice them normally, but rather that he would never pay attention to such details.

Kurt strongly suspected that this was a prerequisite skill for the core skill of the Unveiler, since breaking through conspiracies and other operations naturally require extremely strong observation skills... strong observation skills in the occult sense?

The painter also greatly enhanced his control over the limbs, especially the hands... This allowed him to draw almost any shape that Kurt wanted. Of course, combined with his previous observation skills and finishing touches, Kurt estimated that his paintings would likely have special effects, and could more easily evoke resonance or other effects in others.

As for the specific effects, Kurt didn't know yet, because he also gained a skill called "Creative Inspiration"... These effects are likely related to his role-playing direction.

Kurt tried to draw a detailed deconstruction sketch on the draft paper and found it to be exactly the same as the one in his memory... If it weren't for the fact that those extraordinary traits couldn't be combined for innovation, calling him "Designer" would be more appropriate. Perhaps Sequence Five will be called that, and then he should be able to use the extraordinary skills evolved from the extraordinary traits he had "accumulated" before.

With the added bonuses from Kurt's uniqueness and the source essence, Kurt was certain that he would be the strongest Sequence 5 at that time... After a brief moment of daydreaming, Kurt pulled his wandering mind back and began to think about what he should do after Sequence 7.

Tomorrow I need to attend a salon, the day after tomorrow there's a tarot meeting, and then I'll take Audrey and the others to the Extraordinary Gathering to gather clues about the Nihilistic Cult and the Truth Association. Tomorrow I should get the clues about Auster from before... Accelerate the construction of the education fund, build more free schools, find replacement teachers, and then find an opportunity to step down from the teaching profession and free up time to do other things.

Well, I can go and act as an "inspector" from time to time. Of course, I'll continue to do so for now and verify the previous idea of ​​"all beings are a canvas".

Then, in terms of strength, use the newly acquired abilities to continue researching extraordinary plants, try out the ideas of the previous extraordinary cards, and transform those characteristics into usable combat power.

Then he needs to design a new title, try to develop followers in the East District, and get a messenger to make it easier for others to contact him. The fight against the gangs can't stop either; he needs to practice hand-to-hand combat and shooting, and once he's familiar with his abilities, he needs to devise a plan to kill Kapin as soon as possible, ideally when there are many extraordinary individuals around…

"Busy again..." Kurt looked at the dense handwriting on the draft paper, his head starting to throb slightly. He burned the slightly yellowed draft paper, not in a hurry to design a new name. He planned to familiarize himself with his abilities for a few more days before designing one based on those abilities, or perhaps using some special method...

Then there's the matter of the messenger. He originally planned to try the contract after the Tarot meeting ended, but today's extraordinary gathering was postponed, and there are no classes tonight.

There's no rush to study plants. Instead, let's take advantage of the spiritual materials already prepared in our bedroom and find a suitable messenger.

For this reason, Kurt even prepared a few demigod talismans in case of an accident. Kurt actually had some hope of obtaining a half-crippled angel messenger like Klein in the original work. Although the possibility was slim, although he also had source matter, he had never entered the spirit world, so there should be no spirit world creatures that would pay attention to him.

Therefore, his expectation was to obtain a messenger with a certain degree of self-defense ability and decent speed... preferably one that could store items. Although this was somewhat risky, it would be quite comfortable if it could transport some items like the spirit creature driven by Fors's teacher in the original work.

Without wasting any time, Kurt immediately began preparing the ritual to summon the messenger. Of course, before that, Kurt followed his heart and performed a divination...

The result indicated that the danger was minimal. Although the divination was likely inaccurate, it at least provided Kurt with some psychological comfort. Of course, he had already asked everyone in the house to leave.

It's worth noting that the original work doesn't describe in detail how the ritual was set up. Kurt learned the ritual for summoning spirit creatures from Melanie, and then used the relatively safe spells that Azik provided to Klein in the original work...

After sprinkling herbs and essential oils, Kurt arranged the ceremony and finally lit his own candle.

Kurt's mind raced. He took a step back and spoke in the ancient Hermetic language he had only recently learned:

"I!"

"I summon in my own name:"

"A spirit that wanders in illusion, a friendly creature that can be commanded, a spirit world creature with the ability to store things and travel quickly."

Kurt planned to try this first, and if it didn't work, he would learn from Klein and change the last sentence to "a unique being willing to become its own messenger".

Just as I was thinking this, with a whoosh, the candle suddenly shone brightly, its light illuminating the somewhat dim room.

Kurt's pupils contracted sharply. Holy crap, the starry sky! He gripped the talisman, intending to quickly sever the ritual, but he was too late.

In his spiritual vision, a figure slowly emerged, then crashed to the ground with a thud. Kurt only saw her long golden hair scattered all over the ground.

The ceremony was abruptly interrupted, but the somewhat translucent figure did not disappear... it lay weakly on the floor of the Kurt's house.

She was wearing a silk robe with a strange pattern that Kurt had never seen before...

Kurt, who was about to pray to Mother Earth, looked at the motionless and completely hostile... spirit in front of him with a puzzled expression.

……

In an abandoned chapel in the southern part of Backlund.

A middle-aged man in a priest's robe hurriedly entered the abandoned prayer room. Suddenly, countless green pea vines appeared before his eyes, hanging down from the sky and filling his field of vision.

Then came a few sharp, pitiful cries of a baby echoing in his ears.

The middle-aged man wanted to move, but found that he couldn't move his entire body at all.

"Demi...god."

He uttered two words in a hoarse, desperate voice, his eyes filled with fear.

A pair of black leather boots hung from a swing made of pea vines, dangling in mid-air and swaying slightly.

A piece of paper with extremely simplified Chinese writing mixed with some English letters flew to the middle-aged man.

"What do these words mean?"

A soft but emotionless female voice entered his ears like a thunderclap. Only then did he suddenly see his companion lying on the ground not far away, his life hanging in the balance.