Sorcerer: I want to be an Academic Prodigy-Chapter 501 - 499: Nether Soul Mirror

Chapter 501: Chapter 499: Nether Soul Mirror

He flipped through the book briefly. On the surface, it was simply a travelogue that told of a remarkable Holy Mountain in a mysterious location, praising the strange land and the mountain in a rambling manner.

He was not surprised by this.

In fact, it could be understood as a kind of encryption method, something sorcerers often did.

“May I ask boldly, where did you excavate this ancient book from?” he inquired curiously.

“From the Vernon Millennium Archive Main Library. It houses a vast number of ancient books collected but not completely processed, filling hundreds of libraries, both large and small. I have loved reading books since I was young and have found quite a few treasures there, such as the Prophet’s Treasure Tome.

“However, there is something peculiar about the Prophet’s Treasure Tome; it can’t be carried around.”

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Tanaya did not hide anything and even took out the valuable ‘Prophet’s Treasure Tome’ from the Five Leaves Spear as an example.

Ivan listened and couldn’t help but click his tongue in amazement. Her good fortune was indeed enviable.

“Next time I have the chance, I must visit the main library. Speaking of which, I am also a part of the Millennium Archive, so I can’t miss out on that,” he expressed regretfully.

“Now is not the best time. Spark has already seized control of the main library unless you want to deal with him.”

“Then, perhaps next time.”

Regarding Tanaya’s advice, Ivan chose to cooperate fully.

The Vernon Millennium Archive Main Library was located within the Inner City of Truth City; there would be plenty of opportunities later. If not this time, or the next, then the time after should surely be possible.

Following Tanaya’s gesture, the three of them returned to Ivan’s room.

Before he could ask, Tanaya laid out seven Space Rings in front of him. Ivan was somewhat puzzled; after inspecting one or two rings, he realized why.

The Space Rings contained Tanaya’s belongings.

Judging by the number of items and their value, it seemed she had packed up everything valuable, especially a large number of puppets and magic puppets. He also found highly valuable items such as magic marrow gems and elemental marrow essences.

“For me?”

“Of course, I won’t be needing them anymore. I wish to wholeheartedly pursue the Light of Life and not rely on external things,” Tanaya nodded and explained.

“Let’s keep them with you for now. I’ll come to you if I need them.”

Ivan neither declined nor accepted.

Unless absolutely necessary, he would not take Tanaya’s belongings. He was not one to live off others, and there was no need to be overly greedy for these material goods.

As for the previously mentioned ‘Netherworld Travel Mountain Chronicles,’ that was something Tanaya had promised long ago.

He had not let Tanaya suffer a loss, either. He had given her the ‘Tidal Treasure Tome’ he had on hand, the ‘Bat’s Eyes’ which had come up several times in deductions, as well as the newly deduced ‘Heart of Rebirth’ and a new Insect Breathing Method called ‘Heart of the Black Sickle.’

All of these excellent Knight Breathing Methods had been given to Tanaya.

Had he not unreservedly passed them on to her, how could Tanaya have deduced her own Knight Breathing Method so quickly, reaching the level where she could accept the inheritance of the Justice Ancestor Star?

“No need.”

Tanaya frowned at him. She had gathered everything from the sorcerer tower, intending to give it to him, so why was he declining now?

“Will you listen to me or listen to yourself?” Ivan said.

“I’ll listen to you,” Tanaya compromised reluctantly.

“If you’ll listen to me, then keep them for now,” Ivan ordered, not shy about it.

After storing the Space Rings carefully, Tanaya and Gerry left, returning to their room, and like before, they would also take the cloud shuttle.

Morris was the same; he had arrived yesterday.

Half an hour later, the cloud shuttle slowly left the peak of Truth City and headed outwards towards the city.

Not far from the peak of Truth, a person in a certain tower looked up at the gradually departing Cloud Shuttle with eyes bulging in astonishment, followed promptly by outright cursing.

“This is outrageous!”

“That bastard actually hid on the peak of Truth all this time, never straying far from it. How does such a person deserve such honors, how is he fit to win over such a fine lady’s heart—–”

“Damn it! Why doesn’t he just die, why hasn’t he died under the slaughter of the Alien Race.”

Beiluo was of course not willing to accept the fact that someone had stolen his fiancée. Driven by hatred, he secretly stayed hidden near the peak of Truth, constantly monitoring his enemy’s movements, hoping to find a way to turn the tide.

What he had not expected was that the guy had always been holed up on the peak of Truth and had not left even once.

There were actually quite a few others with similarly sinister intentions as Beiluo Gardner. They would not react with impotent fury to the caution and departure of their target.

Many had already guessed the other party’s destination and began to contemplate their next strategy.

This sorcerer community simply could not tolerate the existence of any prodigious talents!

If there were any, they just needed to be made nonexistent, a simple matter, provided the planning was right, just like with the previous prodigious talent they had dealt with.

With the departure of the Cloud Shuttle, a flurry of undercurrents were set in motion.

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To return to the East Capital, the Cloud Shuttle first had to enter Sharp Wind Continent, then cross the long Storm Sea, subsequently landing in the western region of Chanay Continent, and finally heading back to the East Capital area.

On the way there, President Hardy was in charge on the airship.

On the return journey, in addition to President Hardy, there was also Gerry, and with such a strong lineup, there naturally was no need to worry about encountering trouble on the road. If they did encounter any, it should be the others who were worried.

The journey was neither particularly long nor short.

Throughout the trip, Ivan continued to study the Whale Binding Chain within the hunting space of the Silver Moon Blade and pored over the ‘Netherworld Travel Mountain Chronicles’. He discovered that this original tome on ‘One Body Multiple Manifestations’ was quite extraordinary.

As he delved deeper into his research, he felt an increasing sense of becoming obsessed.

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Luckily, he had enough self-restraint and knew that his most pressing task now was to advance in arcane knowledge. Everything else had to be put on the back burner, he absolutely could not become addicted.

He had indeed managed to do so, never letting go of the ancient texts but using his free time to read and contemplate them.

Even so, as the days passed by, he still gleaned quite a bit from them.

For example, the text of the ‘Netherworld Travel Mountain Chronicles’ actually celebrated the endless abyss of the abyssal world, along with a great Holy Mountain within it, which should be called ‘Nether Soul Mountain’.

The real name that corresponded to the ancient tome wasn’t ‘Netherworld Travel Mountain Chronicles’ or ‘One Body Multiple Manifestations’, but rather—Nether Soul Mirror.

The ‘Nether Soul Mirror’ was in fact the name of the Secret Technique contained within the ancient tome.

The ‘One Body Multiple Manifestations’ that Tanaya had figured out and translated was actually just a part of Nether Soul Mirror. Perhaps it was only this part that interested Tanaya, which was why she had summarized and written it down into a new tome.

The other parts actually contained even more methods for creating Secret Method Body Doubles.

For instance, one could choose a soul that had completely fallen and refine it with a Secret Technique to become one’s avatar.

Or, one could cast a Nether Soul seed into a certain place and let it absorb corrupting forces to grow, or lead beings to worship it, thus nurturing one’s own Secret Technique Body Double.

Compared to One Body Multiple Manifestations, the other methods in Nether Soul Mirror all exuded a sense of strangeness and evil.

He could only say that it was worthy of the ‘Devil Race’, living up to the name.

The evil Secret Technique was not for him.

Ivan did not ignore it, nor did he attempt to deploy the methods described. Understanding a Secret Technique could lead to vast mistakes with the smallest error, and his current state was far from sufficient.

He was in no rush to gain anything from it; things should take their natural course. His focus remained on studying the Whale Binding Chain.

This Chain was crucial to hunting the Lord of Black Whiskers, and there was no time to delay.