Chapter 124: The Sacred Unicorn

"Alright, this is temporarily separated from the outside world, and spacious enough, just right for testing."

Lei Kedun gave an explanation, bringing the stunned crowd back to their senses.

"Is this your extraordinary ability? Where is this place? It's so beautiful it doesn't seem like the real world!"

Ao Daili was completely captivated by the fairy‑tale scenery and asked a series of questions.

"This is an isolated ideal land, a scene briefly manifested through an extraordinary ability; as its name suggests, it is a fantasy realm isolated from the outside."

Lei Kedun was also using this mysterious recreation for the first time and was equally curious about the environment.

"An isolated ideal land? What a peculiar name."

Fo Ersi sighed, thinking the name could be recorded as material for her future writing.

"This is the extraordinary being I imagined!"

Ge Lailinte couldn't help but exclaim, his gaze toward Lei Kedun turning fervent.

After admiring the surrounding scenery, Ao Daili quickly composed herself and refocused her attention on the unicorn figurine in her hand.

She tried to infuse part of her own spirit into the unicorn figurine, but nothing changed, so Ao Daili continued to pour in spirit.

Only after consuming roughly half of her own spirit did the unicorn figurine turn into specks of starlight that left her hand, coalescing ahead into a unicorn nearly as tall as an adult.

The unicorn's white hair was tinged with a faint golden hue in the sunlight; its head bore a long, crystal‑like spiral horn, and its back bore wings composed of tiny crystal‑like shards.

The unicorn lifted its front hoof and emitted a bright, crisp sound toward the sky.

A pure, bright, warm, holy light descended from the heavens onto everyone present; a comforting warmth seeped into their hearts, and they felt purified in body and soul.

"Summon holy light! It's a bit different, mixed with life force—a mutated version."

Lei Kedun quickly analyzed the unicorn's ability.

Curious, Ao Daili approached the summoned unicorn; she could feel a vague connection between herself and the unicorn, as if it were very close to her.

After Ao Daili drew near, the unicorn bowed in a very human‑like manner, inviting her to sit on its back.

"May I?"

Ao Daili sensed the unicorn's wish, her voice filled with surprise and delight.

The unicorn nodded, let out a crisp sound, and invited Ao Daili again.

Ao Daili carefully mounted the unicorn's back. The unicorn immediately rose, spread its sun‑glittering wings, galloped swiftly, flapped its wings while running, and soon took to the air, circling the crowd twice.

Flying on the unicorn's back, Ao Daili was initially frightened, but then discovered a gentle wind constantly pulling her, keeping her in a comfortable posture.

"That's overkill, is this figurine still a lick‑horse?"

Lei Kedun, standing on the ground, couldn't help but sneer at the unicorn that seemed to look down on people.

"When I tried to approach earlier, a soft wind blocked me, and it turned its head and started strolling in the sky with Ao Daili."

Lei Kedun glanced at Xiu, who was also being kept at bay by the unicorn, and gave a friendly smile:

"The unicorn represents nobility, pride, and purity; those lacking these traits are rejected by it."

"So, you were rejected too?"

Xiu looked at Lei Kedun with a serious expression and said,

"Obviously." Lei Kedun nodded in response.

Hearing the reply, Xiu relaxed; she had almost thought the unicorn only rejected her, and if that were true, she feared her image in Fo Ersi and Ao Daili's minds would collapse.

"Xiu, why didn't you come over?"

Fo Ersi, who was closely admiring the fairy‑tale unicorn, noticed her friend staying distant and asked curiously.

Xiu felt a little embarrassed, looked at Lei Kedun, who was also rejected, and steadied herself:

"I'm waiting right here for you all."

After the unicorn descended, Ge Lailinte and Fo Ersi tried to ride it, but a gentle wind pushed them away.

Watching from the side, Lei Kedun gave a barely perceptible nod:

"That's about right; if even Ge Lailinte and Fo Ersi could ride the unicorn, I'd have to remold it in the furnace."

The isolated ideal land lasted only about three minutes before dissipating. Lei Kedun and the others reappeared in Ge Lailinte's study, where Lei Kedun sealed the unicorn back into a figurine.

"Thank you for your help, Miss Ao Daili. I now understand most of the information about this unicorn figurine; it's far more complete than what I obtained through divination."

Lei Kedun turned and gave Ao Daili a slight bow of gratitude.

Ao Daili quickly waved her hand, apologetically saying:

"No, no, it's nothing; it was just a trivial help."

"You underestimate yourself. Finding a unicorn figurine that doesn't reject you might not be hard, but someone it actively approaches—only you come to mind."

Lei Kedun lavishly praised Ao Daili, after all she was the first cold‑hearted unicorn figurine to want to get close.

"I will keep my promise and teach you the ritual magic for summoning a unicorn projection."

"But before that you must first understand a new system."

After spending some effort explaining the Spirit Realm Sorcerer system to Ao Daili and the others in the study, Lei Kedun displayed the ring behind him to the few, then taught them to meditate and communicate with the ring's core deep in the spirit realm.

The only ordinary person present, Ge Lailinte, stood aside, envying the now extraordinary Ao Daili. They had been companions, yet Ao Daili secretly became extraordinary and only told him today.

Glancing at A Er, who was sitting on a chair nearby flipping through a book, Ge Lailinte hesitantly approached and asked:

"Mr. Tai En Si, do you know the alchemist's potion formula?"

"Alchemist? I only know the main ingredients, not the exact formula, but I do know where to find it, if you don't mind waiting a while."

"Or you could consider other paths, such as Reader, or Secret Seeker, or even an audience like Miss Ao Daili, or a Chanter and Diviner? I know most of the potion formulas for those routes."

Lei Kedun looked at the viscount eager to become an alchemist and offered him alternative options.

"So many? What are the paths of Diviner, Secret Seeker, and Reader?"

Ge Lailinte hadn't expected the other side to list so many choices at once.

"A Reader, as the name suggests, excels at reading and can master many kinds of knowledge; a Secret Seeker is similar, also a knowledge‑focused path; a Diviner—well, that one I'll skip, you probably aren't suited for it."

Lei Ke Dun gave a brief explanation to the other.

"Good at reading? Mastering knowledge?"

"I still prefer the pharmacist a bit more."

Ge Lai Lin Te compared these paths in his mind and ultimately decided to stick with the pharmacist path.

Ge Lai Lin Te looked at Lei Ke Dun with expectant eyes:

"Al, can you first tell me the pharmacist's main ingredients? The rest, tell me when you can obtain the pharmacist's demon‑elixir formula, and I'll pay for that later. I can pay for the formula now."

"Sure, the main ingredients are the horn of an adult unicorn Pegasus and 3 g of crown jellyfish venom crystals. As for the price, 200 pounds."

Lei Ke Dun doesn't mind earning a bit more, but Mr. Fool will earn a bit less.

"The unicorn Pegasus horn and crown jellyfish venom crystals? Fine, I'll give you the money in a moment."

Knowing the main ingredients of the pharmacist's demon elixir, Ge Lai Lin Te felt he was one step closer to becoming a pharmacist, and his mood improved.

"With the potion formula I gave you, you only need to keep meditating and take the potion; even ordinary people can become spiritual‑realm sorcerers. This system was created precisely to let ordinary people wield extraordinary abilities."

Lei Ke Dun gave a reminder that no ordinary person around him had become a spiritual‑realm sorcerer through the potion and meditation. He was still eager for Ge Lai Lin Te to do so, so he could observe up close the changes in ordinary people after they touch extraordinary power.

"I will."

Ge Lai Lin Te nodded; the chance to access extraordinary power early was something he certainly wouldn't miss.

While Lei Ke Dun and Ge Lai Lin Te were talking, Ao Dai Li and the others had already successfully established a link with the Ring deep inside the spiritual‑realm library, officially becoming spiritual‑realm sorcerers.

"I feel my extraordinary ability has been somewhat enhanced."

Fo Er Si said, surprised, his words full of delight.

"Is that so? I don't really feel anything."

Xiu didn't feel any of what his friend said at all.

"Me too, roughly."

Ao Dai Li agreed with Xiu's statement.

"That's a privilege of the apprentice path."

Lei Ke Dun gave an explanation.

In the spiritual‑realm sorcerer system based on the spiritual realm, diviners, apprentices, and thieves each have certain privileges as the three subordinate paths of the Source Fortress.

(End of chapter)