The sequence is too involutional, luckily I am too.

Chapter 183 A Free Primal Card? Entering the Emerald Dream!

Unable to determine the whereabouts of the monstrous body for the time being, the group had no choice but to set the matter aside for the time being.

After all, there are still too many unresolved issues to deal with.

The ground of the original shelter was riddled with ravines, and the remnants of the evil god's corruption lingered among the broken walls. The stench of blood in the air had not yet dissipated, and every place exuded the desolation and heaviness of the post-war era.

Xue Hanyi helped the weak Xue Jiansheng, with Yao Qing following closely behind, and together they returned to their residence to recuperate.

Xiao Yiren was concerned about the situation in Jiangnan Road, so she hurriedly went to the Divine Tree Palace.

Chen Qi and his group then dispersed to systematically clear the battlefield, treat the wounded, and take stock of the losses.

War always comes with a price.

Although they ultimately defeated the Death God and wiped out most of its followers, achieving victory, the Tribunal and the entire Primordial Sanctuary paid an extremely heavy price, and many lurking survivors still need to be dealt with.

"Lu Yan, why don't you go back and rest first? We'll keep an eye on things here."

Yin Shuo and Ning Ran quickly stepped forward, their faces full of worry.

He single-handedly killed sixteen apostles, shattered an altar with a single strike, killed a saint alone, and even confronted and severely injured the God of Evil head-on.

Lu Yan's continuous high-intensity combat has long exceeded the limits of ordinary people, so it would be a lie to say that they are not worried.

"I'm fine, don't worry."

Seeing their genuine worry, Lu Yan smiled slightly, his fingertips twitching as he transformed the excess blood and qi in his body into gentle energy, slowly channeling it into their meridians to help them alleviate their post-battle fatigue.

With the two major characteristics of life absorption and life diversion, he almost never experiences physical exhaustion.

Moreover, he had just absorbed a drop of the Blood of the Demon God, and his energy was terrifyingly abundant. Not to mention resting, he even wanted to find another saint for a fierce battle.

"Speaking of which, are these the only saints under the God of Deception?"

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Lu Yan stroked his chin, a hint of regret in his voice.

Unfortunately, the other three saints were killed by the God of Death himself, and he missed out on three mithril-grade artifacts, which was a pity.

"The old man seemed to have said that each of the Ghost Gods will only ever have one saint."

Yin Shuo frowned and tried hard to recall, saying, "However, if a saint dies, the God of Deception will choose a new saint to succeed him."

"real?"

Lu Yan's eyes suddenly lit up, and an idea immediately formed in his mind.

Doesn't this mean that he can acquire even more mithril-grade artifacts by recruiting new saints in the future?

"Uh, Lu Yan, don't do anything reckless!"

Seeing this, Yin Shuo's eyes twitched involuntarily. He didn't bother to persuade Lu Yan to rest and hurriedly pulled him to help clean up the mess, fearing that he might suddenly decide to actively seek out the newly chosen saint of the Ghost God.

In fact, Lu Yan was just saying it casually.

The three Giants cards in his hand are now on cooldown, and the other Primal cards don't provide a significant direct boost to his combat power.

It is not easy to kill a saint head-on with one's own strength alone.

The reason he was able to easily kill the puppet saint was twofold: firstly, the opponent was cowardly and uneasy, and secondly, the opponent had already been seriously injured by Xue Jiansheng, so he simply got lucky.

"I still need to keep getting stronger~"

Lu Yan sighed inwardly, and with a thought, he opened the panel to check the promotion status of the other sequences.

[Second requirement for actuary promotion: Successfully obtain five blessings through deduction (2/5) - Incomplete]

[Actuary Promotion Requirement 3: Successfully avert five calamities through deduction (1/5) - Incomplete]

[Actuary Promotion Requirement 4: Actively participate in a high-risk gamble with a failure rate of over 98%, successfully reverse the predetermined outcome, and obtain returns far exceeding the investment (1/1) - Completed]

Seeing that the most difficult conditions for actuaries to be promoted had been met, Lu Yan felt a sense of relief.

After all, with a failure rate of 98%, it was almost a matter of life and death at the time. He even suspected that if Xue Jiansheng hadn't self-destructed his authority at the crucial moment to restrain the Death God, the other party might have really succeeded.

Moreover, the Death God's target at the time was not him, and it descended in its true form. He is still unsure whether the panel can function properly under such extreme pressure.

As for the other sequences, their progress varies:

[Executioner Promotion Criterion 2: Execute ten Sequence 6 criminals without anyone knowing (6/10) - Not Completed]

[Black Forest Lord Upgrade Condition 3: Listen to the pure sounds of nature for 10 minutes (0/10min) - Incomplete]

The executioner and the Black Forest Lord both have only one promotion requirement left, while the Dragonblood Priest hasn't met a single one yet:

[Dragonblood Priest Advancement Path One: Possessing Five Dragon Beast Totems (3/5) — Incomplete!]

[Dragonblood Priest Advancement Path Two: Mastering Five Dragonblood Talents (0/5) — Incomplete!]

[Dragonblood Priest Advancement Path Three: Increase your own dragon blood purity to over 80% (40%/80%) — Incomplete]

【Dragon Blood Priest Promotion Path Four: Personally nurture a dragon beast with a dragon blood purity of over 80% (0/1) — Incomplete!】

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Path one is manageable; you just need to find two more dragon beasts to collect all five totems.

But Lu Yan had absolutely no clue about the remaining three conditions.

"However, the answer to the question of bloodline characteristics might be found inside the tower."

Lu Yan seemed to be deep in thought, and he already had a plan in mind.

Once the current situation is resolved, enter the tower to find an opportunity to increase the purity of dragon blood and unlock dragon blood talents.

"The task is arduous and the road ahead is long."

Lu Yan let out a soft sigh, and with a thought, quietly activated the actuary's "calculation by fingertips" ability.

You have to eat one bite at a time, and you have to take promotions one step at a time. First, go through the remaining promotion requirements for actuaries. If you're lucky, you might find clues to other promotion sequences.

"Um?"

As soon as the feature was activated, an actuary's prompt popped up on the panel, and a hint of surprise flashed in Lu Yan's eyes.

[May this trip be very auspicious!]

He vaguely remembered that the last time the actuary calculated "great fortune" was when he won the Silver Knight from Nangong Muyu. He didn't expect that it would be calculated again so soon.

But now that the followers of the evil god have been almost completely wiped out, and the shelter is cleaning up the mess in an orderly manner, what else could possibly deserve the evaluation of "great fortune"?

Following the actuary's directions, Lu Yan walked through a collapsed building and soon arrived at a hidden basement.

Hidden by rubble and broken wood, this place would have been impossible for ordinary people to discover if the death god hadn't descended and caused the building above to collapse, exposing the entrance.

The basement was empty, with a faint smell of blood in the air. There were also some messy footprints on the ground, indicating that someone had been there not long ago.

The moment Lu Yan stepped into the basement, a notification suddenly popped up on the panel:

[The Primal Card has been discovered. Should we collect it?]

"The Original Card?"

Lu Yan's eyes suddenly lit up, and without the slightest hesitation, he immediately chose "agree".

The next instant, a card engraved with the image of a faceless man in a top hat emerged from under a pile of tattered clothes, transformed into a stream of light, and landed steadily in Lu Yan's hand.

[Recycling successful! Obtained the Primal Card - The Fool (VI) - Faceless Man!]

[The Fool (VI) of the Primal Cards - Faceless Man: Can freely change appearance, voice, and even mimic the aura and abilities of others!]

"It's the Fool's card again—"

Lu Yan raised an eyebrow, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

First came the Fool's Diary, then Nangong Muyu, the awakener on the Fool's path, and now two more Fool's cards have been encountered.

During this period, he was exposed to far too many things related to fools.

"It's said that the Primal Cards will actively seek out their owners. Could it be that something at the end of the path is interfering in secret?"

Lu Yan found it increasingly suspicious, after all, he had been vaguely sensing a strange "gaze" surrounding him all this time, which he couldn't shake off.

A long-lost sense of urgency once again enveloped Lu Yan's heart.

"We still can't let our guard down."

He silently became alert, his fingertips tracing the faceless card in his hand, a new doubt arising within him.

Who would so carelessly leave such a precious original card in this remote basement?

"Faceless Man — Faceless —"

Lu Yan repeatedly recited the card's name, and a figure suddenly flashed through his mind, causing his expression to become somewhat strange.

"Could this thing have been left behind by Fang Xiu?"

Since he missed Fang Xiu at the casino, he has not been able to find any trace of him.

After a series of major battles broke out, he was busy dealing with the evil god and the saints, so he no longer cared about Fang Xiu's whereabouts.

Looking back now, maybe that guy faked his death and ran away again, just like he did at Shelter 056?

Although the other followers of the Death God had been eliminated through self-sacrifice, Lu Yan still felt that Fang Xiu would not die so easily.

"Third Master, Third Master, I'm really looking forward to seeing you again."

Lu Yan's lips curled into a playful smile. He carefully put away the Primal Card, and after confirming that there was nothing else of value in the basement, he quickly left.

Fang Xiu slowly woke up and looked at his unharmed body, letting out a long sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough to escape before being devoured by the power of the evil god and completely turned into a puppet. Otherwise, he would have had no chance to break free from the control of the evil god.

He calmed his mind and carefully sensed his own state, and was surprised to find that the stubborn, eerie mark on his soul had faded a little.

"It's a pity that the [Ferryman] spot is too difficult to obtain. Otherwise, if I died a few more times, I might be able to completely break free from the control of the Ghost God."

Fang Xiu sighed softly, his face full of helplessness.

He really didn't want to go back to this damned, cult-like deity.

After adjusting to his new body for a while and confirming that there was nothing wrong, he immediately got up, tiptoed to the window, and carefully checked the situation outside.

The location where the ferryman is resurrected is always random; heaven knows where he's been thrown this time.

But when he saw the scenery outside the window, his pupils suddenly contracted, and the color drained from his face instantly.

He's still in the original shelter!

"Damn it! Nobody said the Inquisition had the ability to isolate the power of the Primal Cards!"

Fang Xiu cried out in despair, thinking to himself that his life was over. If the Inquisition discovered that he was a swindler and a follower of the evil god, his fate would be utterly miserable.

But just when he was filled with despair and at a loss, he suddenly noticed something unusual.

It wasn't that someone discovered him, but rather that something was wrong with his newly resurrected body!

A familiar yet unfamiliar, powerful force flowed slowly through his meridians, emanating a chilling and eerie aura that was far more domineering than the power he had previously possessed.

"This power—it's a demonic god!"