’I’m the same way.’

’When dealing with a Divination Master, you have to walk a fine line between dismissing their words as nonsense and actually believing their Divinations.’

"But, let me give you a piece of advice."

"If you believe wholeheartedly in Divination, you are no different from a puppet of Destiny."

Lu Cang nodded. "Mm, thank you for the advice, Sister Pari."

Half a month ago, Iz had told him something similar, and Lu Cang had no intention of entrusting his entire fate to Divination.

’If she divined that I was going to die, I would definitely fight back.’

Thus, Lu Cang’s principle was clear.

’Only use Divination for what’s necessary. Only act on divinations with favorable outcomes. If the result is unfavorable, I’ll find a way to overcome it myself.’

Lu Cang didn’t intend to demonize Divination Masters or avoid them like the plague.

’Since it’s one of this world’s Professions, I might as well use it when I need to.’

’Besides, it’s not as if bad things won’t happen if I don’t use Divination. If I can use it to avoid a disaster that was meant to be, isn’t that for the best?’

"Pari, I’d also like to find a few books..."

...

Having the librarian help him find books was indeed much more convenient.

He went down to the 6th floor. It was filled with a vast sea of books, mostly about knowledge-based Professions.

Lu Cang’s Perception swept across the area.

He discovered quite a few special books.

Secret: *Puzzle of the Moon*

Hidden Item: Ancient Magic

Unlocking Method 1: Kino Language Mastery (Required), Cryptography (Beginner)

--

Secret: *Night of Demonic*

Hidden Item: Ancient Sacrificial Method

Unlocking Method 1: Minie Language Mastery (Required), Cryptography (Beginner)

...

His Perception swept across the shelves, revealing four or five such special books. They sat inconspicuously among the millions of tomes on the 6th floor.

Lu Cang pulled out these few special books.

He placed them in a library-provided basket.

These books couldn’t be placed in his Space Ring; otherwise, it would be considered theft.

Then, he took them to a nearby empty seat to read and study.

*Puzzle of the Moon*

The book was written in the Kino Language. Before changing his Profession to Decryption Scholar, Lu Cang wouldn’t have been able to read it.

But after changing Professions, he could understand the language instinctively.

This was a very common ancient language.

The Kino Language, as it turned out, was the same language used in the *Ancient Root Mage’s Notes*.

’I should be able to read those notes now.’

’But it was best to take things one at a time.’

After reading through the entire *Puzzle of the Moon*, he found that, on the surface, it contained no information about Ancient Magic at all. It seemed to be merely an account of an amusing incident.

Then, he skimmed through it again. This time, Lu Cang noticed some of the words glowing faintly, as if they had been marked.

Decryption Scholar Proficiency: Key Discovery

As a Decryption Scholar, he had discovered the puzzle hidden within the book.

He also instinctively knew the puzzle’s difficulty.

Decryption Scholar Proficiency: Observation of Decryption Difficulty

Puzzle Difficulty Level: 1

Lu Cang immediately took out a piece of fine-textured paper.

He pressed his hand on the paper.

FWOOSH—

A line of text was seared onto the paper.

Fire-Written Paper 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

copper coins per sheet.

It didn’t require pen or ink; one simply used the Fire Element to burn text onto the paper’s surface.

Lu Cang hastily transcribed the Kino Language text onto the Fire-Written Paper, rearranging and combining the characters.

Lu Cang took out another sheet of Fire-Written Paper, writing down numbers and words in the common tongue to use for comparison and deduction.

’The common tongue text was just for my own notes, so as long as I could understand it, it would be fine. I could have even used Chinese characters.’

’But Lu Cang didn’t want to reveal the existence of Chinese characters.’

’This puzzle wasn’t very difficult.’

The Cryptography (Beginner) skill he had naturally acquired after becoming a Decryption Scholar covered this exact type of puzzle.

A special puzzle unique to the Kino language.

Decryption Scholar Technique: Key Breakthrough (Level 1)

The method was to follow clues in the text, find the corresponding paragraphs, extract the characters within, and combine them to reveal a new meaning.

Key Breakthrough Skill EXP +10,000

Key Breakthrough Skill EXP +50,000

...

’I can’t upgrade this technique through Sacrifice... Is it because it’s a technique and not a Skill?’

’However, the Skill Proficiency increases rapidly as I use it.’

Deciphering, analyzing, calculating, extracting, arranging...

Lu Cang filled an entire sheet of Fire-Written Paper.

The Key Breakthrough technique smoothly rose to Level 89.

The methods for cracking these puzzles became crystal clear in his mind.

He finally deciphered the secret information recorded within.

A type of Ancient Magic.

Ancient Magic: Face Transformation Technique (Tier Three)

There were far more types of Ancient Magic than modern Magic. It was said that the Mages of antiquity lacked the systematic frameworks of today. Their Magic was wilder, and many spells came with side effects.

Modern Magic, on the other hand, is mostly systematized. It generally only consumes Magic Power and has no side effects.

’Face Transformation Technique, a type of Magic that can alter the body.’

’It is a prerequisite for learning the Flesh Sculpting Technique.’

’It allows you to distort your own features, changing your appearance completely.’

This...

This was a real eye-opener.

Over the past few days, Lu Cang had received a basic education in this world’s fundamentals of Magic.

It was like studying the natural sciences; he now knew what was possible and what was just nonsense.

In the modern era, Magic that modified the body was completely forbidden. That’s why the Magic he had learned so far consisted of externally projected Elemental Magic.

Level 1 Mages master the Basic Elements.

Level 2 Mages have flexible mastery over the Elements, as well as a small amount of Arcane Magic.