The old man you see with your phone is highly suspicious.

After observing for some time, Xue Dinglu discovered that this old man must be a genuine archmage, because the thirst for knowledge in his pupils was undeniable.

Whether it's the desire to know Xue's Law, the desire to know about consciousness space and Birdman A, or the desire to know about the world seen through Xue's Law's pupils.

The only puzzling thing was that when Xue Dinglu shook hands with the old sage, he found that the old man's outstretched white-robed hand was frighteningly strong.

The muscles in his forearm are as big as those in his legs.

Xue's Law immediately became quite wary. After all, what serious mage would have forearms like that? With muscles like that, what's the point of using magic? Just unleash a berserk attack and brute force the opponent to death.

However, it was only after the old sage's subsequent actions that Xue's doubts were gradually dispelled.

Most importantly, he had deliberately pretended to have watched the most classic episodes of "Ultraman Tiga" beforehand, then observed the old sage's reaction and chatted with him from time to time.

Thanks to the old ghost Barak, who showed Xue's Law that there is a simple way to determine whether a person in the consciousness space is good or bad.

At the very least, people who like Ultraman aren't bad people, which is much more useful than that divine magic that detects evil.

"This is for children, a fairy tale-like story, right?" the old sage asked after watching two episodes.

Unlike the illiterate old ghost, this great sage saw through the essence at a glance.

"Yes, but I really like these stories." Xue Dinglu clicked on the last two episodes.

When he first started watching, he would often chat with Xue Lude, asking about the basic items and settings in these stories. When he saw Gatanothor turn Ultraman into a stone statue, the Great Sage frowned.

He seemed angry?

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The great sage seemed to have truly immersed himself in the story. Even though he knew it was just a fairy tale, he finally revealed that peaceful smile again after watching the ending.

“What a good story,” the Great Sage said. “A good story of courage, hope, love and dreams. It’s a pity I can’t take it with me to show those in my academy who are left with nothing but baseness.”

The old man's eyes were full of kindness and nostalgia.

At the same time, Xue Dinglu clicked on another downloaded video, titled "Nexus"...

This time, the old sage reacted even more intensely, looking as if he wanted to swing his staff and smash the skulls of the villains inside.

After his conversation with the old man, Xue Lude tossed his spare phone to him, and the old man quickly looked through all of Xue Lude's Ultraman collection on the plane.

Good news, the Great Sage really does love Ultraman, genuinely so.

Not good news. The Great Sage's stance seems a little strange. In the past, the old undead admired Daigo and longed to become Daigo's person. So, in essence, the old undead Barak was a paladin who simply craved glory and hope.

But the Great Sage's anger was directed at the villain?

Yes, it's anger. He shows no emotion towards the good guys, just watching the story as usual. But whenever he sees the villains, especially the big bosses like Gatanothor, Zagi, or Yapool, the Great Sage has a murderous expression on his face.

That inexplicable anger was a burning rage that felt like tearing these guys apart alive, and then chopping them into pieces a hundred times over.

But that's enough; at least it proves that the old man and he are on the same side.

“Child, come here, let’s have a good talk.” The old sage seemed to suddenly become serious.

At this moment, the Great Sage called out to Xue Luding, who was practicing divine magic, as if he had something very important to say.

Xue's law gradually lowered its guard against great sages.

Although I don't know why this old man has such a strong hatred for those villains who destroy the world, like an avenger who wants to tear the villains apart, at least he is on the same side as him and is not crazy.

The old ghost used to yearn for Daigo because Daigo represented his ideal ending.

Since the Great Sage hates villains, could it be that a villain who "destroyed the world" appeared in his world and actually destroyed the world?

Xue Law felt that his imagination had run wild.

But perhaps in a few days, you'll dream about the old sage's past.

He put aside the divine magic he was practicing and tried today to rotate the holy light into a cutting chainsaw, but he failed.

Without the old spirit by his side, he himself didn't know what the problem was.

After tidying up, they arrived at the consciousness space. The Great Sage returned the spare phone to Xue Dinglu and said, "Child, your problem is quite serious. You are no longer human."

Xue's Law: "???"

No, old man, why are you swearing?

The Great Sage ignored Xue's expression and said, "You are no longer what is called human. You are now closer to a transitional form of life that has transformed from carbon-based organisms into energy-based life forms."

"In short, your body is still a carbon-based life form, but your soul has transformed into an energy life form," the Great Sage said incisively.

Xue Dinglu suddenly realized that the old man had some knowledge.

He knew that his final transformation into an undead was irreversible, but old Barak reversed the undead power within him, restoring him to a normal human form.

Xue Law originally thought he had returned to normal, but a single sentence from the great sage made him frown.

The soul transforms into an energy being?

To be honest, Xue's Law believes that the undead in other worlds are already semi-energy beings. Even if they are just skeletons, they can still move without skeletal muscles. Their only weakness is the soul fire.

The Lich King went a step further; even if the Soul Flame was scattered, it could still be reassembled, which is why it became the greatest natural disaster in that world.

From this perspective, ordinary undead can be considered semi-energy beings, while the Lich King should have already fully evolved and become a pure energy being, right?

Seeing Xue Lude's thoughtful expression, the Great Sage gave him some time to think before saying, "I see the world's blessing in you, a recorded 'great achievement,' and a 'treasure' forged by your great achievement. This is a great achievement that is enough to attract the attention of the world's consciousness. It is not good to deceive an old man. This is not something an ordinary student could do."

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Furthermore, the old man's words contained a wealth of information: the world's blessing? Recorded great achievements?

"Explain in detail." Xue Dinglu sat down next to the Great Sage. He could tell that the Great Sage's knowledge was on a completely different level compared to that semi-literate old undead.

There's even an urge to shout "Box!" from Xue's Law, since the Great Sage seems to have almost completely exposed Xue's Law.

"Blessing is essentially a blessing. You can think of it as a blessing from some world consciousness, a gift to you for your great achievements." The Great Sage pointed to Xue's Law.

"And I think I can see your blessing. As long as you stand on the ground, the energy required to cast spells will be greatly reduced," the Great Sage said.

"Really?" Xue Dinglu asked in confusion.

He lives on the 16th floor now, but it feels like the energy consumption for casting divine spells is about the same as when he was on the 1st floor.

wrong……

Xue Luding attempted to use holy light to lift himself into the air, raising him one centimeter off the ground, and then released the holy light spell again.

Sure enough, the consumption doubled.

As long as he stands on the ground, even on the 16th floor, the energy expenditure is much less than before.

The Great Sage looked at Xue's Law, who was conducting the experiment, and seemed quite satisfied with his reaction: "This is the world's blessing upon you, and there are no limitations. No matter which world you go to, as long as you have direct contact with the concept of 'earth' of a planet, you will receive this blessing."

In other words, a permanent blue buff?

Xue Dinglu's lips curled up slightly. He had misjudged that useless consciousness. He didn't expect it to give him a blue buff. Although this buff wasn't strong, it was easy to trigger. It would take effect as long as it came into contact with the "ground".

Even Kakashi in the neighboring ninja village's melee scene would be drooling over this buff.

“Verbal explanations are too inadequate. Here’s what we’ll do: you should rest first and stop practicing magic haphazardly. I’ll spend some time building a systematic framework for you.” The Great Sage seemed somewhat regretful upon seeing Xue Luding in his current state.

It's like seeing a flaw in a piece of fine jade.

“After all, you’re really going too far astray right now.” The sage’s words made Xue Dinglu stop what he was doing.

"Unorthodox methods?" Xue asked in confusion.

"You haven't undergone systematic, structured basic training. It seems you're relying solely on instinct and habits formed through experience to hone your skills, whether it's your swordsmanship or your magic," the Great Sage pointed out Xue's problem incisively.

"Consider it rent. I'll build you a complete cultivation system, and you'll understand when the time comes."

The difficulty of building an extraordinary system was as simple to this old man as "I'll go buy an orange."

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The old man's words made Xue Lude, who was originally planning to continue developing the "Eight-Point Light Wheel," seem thoughtful.

His swordsmanship and divine arts both originated from the old undead, which is clearly a systematic path to transcendence. Why would this old man say that his path is unorthodox?

Wait a minute...

Xue Law realized that although the old undead possessed a systematic set of extraordinary knowledge, Xue Law himself was a fast-growing chicken!

He was an elite-level being who was forcibly trained 911 times with the Death Knight in the consciousness space.

As for Imperial swordsmanship, he was only familiar with a few basic sword techniques plus his own self-created Dragon Ascent. As for divine magic, he basically only knew Holy Light, and the rest were derivatives of Holy Light.

Based on previous interactions, the great sage seems to be the kind of old-fashioned academic who is very academic. His view of Xue's Law is probably like that of a professor from Tsinghua or Peking University looking at a vocational school graduate.

Xue's Law is not a person who cares much about face. He is a pseudo-scientist, that's all. On the path to the extraordinary, he is indeed just a fast-growing chicken specially trained by the old undead.

Because the time was too short, including the Imperial language chanting of divine spells, he mostly memorized them using homophones and then forced himself to chant them.

Imperial language dictionary?

There is no such thing. Language and writing education in the entire empire is conducted through one-on-one instruction, and 99.9% of the knowledge is in the hands of nobles and the church.

Even church clergy can only recognize and write a few hundred words for doctrine and some words needed for chanting.

Therefore, Xue's Law has always said that, apart from a few people, the rest of the Empire are illiterate, including old Barak, who, in Xue's Law's view, is a hopeless illiterate, belonging to the kind who can only recognize a few hundred characters.

The only thing that could barely be considered a dictionary was the doctrines of the church.

Xue Lude lay on the bed, staring at the unfamiliar ceiling, while the Great Sage was tinkering with something in his consciousness space.

Have a good dream, and perhaps you'll be able to see the memories of the great sage.

Xue's Law thought so.

……

"Run! Joshua! Run!"

A short-haired girl desperately pushed another boy away, and behind the boy was a portal that was about to take shape, but Xue Dinglu saw that in the distance, there was already an overwhelming... swarm of insects!

Before she could react, the girl deployed a magical shield and began chanting a wide-range spell in an attempt to stop the swarm of insects.

"The portal is complete! Let's go!" the boy named Joshua shouted, grabbing the girl's arm.

"Run! Joshua!" The girl shoved him violently.

Joshua fell into the portal, and in his last vision, he saw only a spike piercing the girl from below... and her severed arm, which he was still clutching tightly in his hand.