Chapter 565: Sigh

After the Invisible Servant withdrew carrying two traits from the president of the Psych Alchemy Society, Lei Kedun turned his head and glanced at the pile of dark‑gray debris on the ground, his eyes flickering briefly.

Besides the King of the Black Seat Baros Hopkins and former dean of Beckland Medical Academy and royal medical advisor Baoli Delao, he also has the renowned hermit of the Central Sunia Sea, Eric Drake, among other "audience" saints—truly hard to kill cleanly! "Sigh~"

A distant, deep sigh pierced the secret space woven by the surrounding stars, echoing in Lei Kedun's ears and causing his thoughts to blank for a moment.

While silently sighing in his mind, Lei Kedun squeezed the black leather glove with his left hand; the glove fractured inch by inch, breaking into specks of crimson and pale‑blue phosphorescence that floated in the air.

Blinding sunlight burst in from the outside, like dawn dispelling night, easily piercing the surrounding twinkling stars and shattering the "secrecy" here.

Within the blinding light, Lei Kedun saw a somewhat vague figure dressed in a simple white robe, sporting light‑golden beard that covered the lower half of his face, a cross pendant hanging at his chest, looking just like an ordinary priest.

Lei Kedun gave Adam a casual glance, said nothing, and gently twitched his fingers, letting the traits extracted from the glove disperse rapidly, spreading throughout Eden.

These are the traits of the "Devil"; as those luminous points drifted across Eden, the previously tranquil atmosphere was gradually torn apart, and emotions and desires abnormally surged. Adam's silhouette sharpened quickly, his face bearing a warm smile as he looked at Lei Kedun, seemingly unfazed by his earlier action, and spoke in a calm voice:

"Upon first meeting, should I address you as the newly‑born 'Sage' or the embodiment of the 'Knowledge Wilderness'?"

"You can tell?" Lei Kedun stared at Adam with mild surprise, then let out a faint, dawning chuckle: "Indeed, after all you once commanded the 'Chaotic Sea'."

The moment his words faded, his body suddenly became ethereal, fragmenting into massive streams of knowledge, turning into a pure information‑stream being that surged away from Eden and from the dream world.

Adam still wore his warm smile, as if nothing could stir his emotions.

His gaze calmly fixed on Lei Kedun, his voice echoing throughout the dream world and reaching Lei Kedun's ears with ease:

"Perhaps we could talk; I think you will need a brand‑new humanity that belongs solely to you."

Adam's voice lingered in his ears, and the Lei Kedun who remained in an information‑stream state felt an urge to pause and continue conversing with the other, an urge that grew ever stronger.

The thought did not make Lei Kedun halt his retreat from the dream world; instead, he accelerated.

In Eden, Adam only glanced toward Lei Kedun's departing direction, then quickly withdrew his gaze without giving chase.

He turned and looked toward another direction in Eden, letting out a soft sigh.

The emotions and desires that had risen abnormally due to the "Devil" traits instantly settled, like a stagnant pool that cannot stir a ripple on a calm lake.

Specks of crimson and pale‑blue phosphorescence rose from all corners of Eden, slowly coalescing into Adam's hand.

In a inn of Conston City, Jianhai County, Lei Kedun's figure reassembled from the massive pure knowledge.

As soon as his figure materialized, thick teal‑green pea vines began to hang from the ceiling, swiftly covering his body and pulling him into a woven green forest.

Within the isolated space created by the mysterious re‑manifestation, Lei Kedun again transformed himself into an information form, gradually inspecting his own transition.

He was unsure whether Adam appeared after that sigh, or discovered him shortly after his arrival in Eden and rushed over.

That was the Angel King closest to the position of "Idealist"; as someone present on the scene, Lei Kedun lacked confidence that he could see through the other's psychological invisibility.

After confirming that his mind and consciousness were free of unknown interference, the massive pure knowledge reconstituted Lei Kedun's body, while the surrounding teal vines quickly retracted, returning his body to the inn room in reality.

He dragged a chair from beside the desk, sat down, and tapped his right hand twice on the wooden tabletop; several Invisible Servants floated up behind him, sequentially placing the iron boxes they carried onto the desk before vanishing again.

Lei Kedun exhaled deeply, gestured, and the iron boxes opened one by one, releasing the stored traits that drifted out and slowly rotated around him.

A crack spontaneously opened in the palm of his right‑hand mechanical glove, revealing tightly interlocked gears that clicked and clacked, resembling a slow‑moving maw that devours everything.

As he thought, a heart formed from countless flowing black shadows materialized in his right palm, which he grasped tightly.

Clack! Clack! The mechanical whir became sharper, as if constantly tearing something apart. The black heart in his hand melted bit by bit, turning into slender translucent shadows that seeped into the glove.

Moments later, the trait he held vanished entirely, and simultaneously the strange symbols etched on the bronze‑colored mechanical glove altered slightly; on the back of the hand, a black‑backed gem with deep‑red rose‑shaped facets appeared.

Around the gem, a pattern of a cold, expressionless, eyelash‑less eye was depicted, making the gem resemble a pupil set upon it.

After studying the gem on the back of his hand for a moment, he suddenly extended his right hand forward, grasping at empty air.

Shadows in the room suddenly came alive, surging like water, coalescing into black shackles that instantly shattered, turning into ordinary shadows that seeped beneath the floor and into wall cracks.

Retracting his right hand, Lei Kedun quietly examined the mechanical glove, a deep violet passing through his eyes, and soon understood how the glove changed after acquiring the Black Knight trait.

"The negative effects remain largely unchanged; only the living trait is slightly strengthened, praying daily to the Knowledge Wilderness, and it enjoys acquiring and disseminating knowledge," he murmured.

He murmured softly, then manipulated the floating "Controller" and "Fallen Count" traits, merging them sequentially into the mechanical glove on his hand, turning into gray‑white and dark‑red gems set just below the middle and ring finger joints, surrounded by tiny symbols and patterns, looking like stars encircling the eye below.

Utilizing the Black Knight trait's "Pasture" ability, the two extra traits did not add further negative effects to the glove; instead, they granted it considerable occult knowledge of mind, order, and similar fields, thereby enhancing its living trait to some extent.

It seemed Lei Kedun's thoughts startled the glove; the three gems set on the back of his hand flickered with a cool light, as if blinking, and a sharp, youthful voice spoke:

"Great master, I can virtualize numerous personas for you, granting them corresponding mind‑bodies; this can counter many influences in the mental realm, aid you in casting spells swiftly, and even achieve multiple casting effects."

"Not bad," Lei Kedun murmured approvingly.

The "Virtual Persona" ability is one he has long coveted; for a spell‑caster like the "Seeker of Secrets", a "Virtual Persona" is like turning a small pistol into a heavy machine gun.

The sharp, youthful voice continued:

"Great master, I can also enable you to perform 'Consciousness Walk', letting your consciousness and spirit roam the collective subconscious sea, though it cannot carry the body along."

"That poses no difficulty for me."

As Lei Kedun spoke, his body leaned back against the chair, his left hand holding the remaining "Dream Weaver" trait, while his right hand, gloved, gently twirled his fingers, creating golden stars that emitted successive rings of warm, intensely purifying radiance.

As the "Purification" persisted, the "Dream Weaver" trait began to emit faint white phosphorescence bit by bit.

After about half an hour, the "Dream Weaver" trait was fully extracted, and the remaining traits, spanning sequences nine to four, were re‑encased in a metal box and handed to an Invisible Servant to carry away.

"Indeed, killing and arson are the fastest ways to get rich; no wonder everyone wants to become GerMan Sparo."

While sighing softly, his body instantly became ethereal, fragmenting into massive streams of knowledge that plunged deeper into the spirit realm.

Soon he arrived at a library deep within the spirit realm.

The library tonight seemed unusually lively; there he saw the "Orange Light" Hillaryong he had met before.

Having returned to the spirit realm, his appearance had changed dramatically: a plump old man in an orange robe, with short white whiskers, looking quite amiable.

Besides "Orange Light", he also saw Ge Lan Pars, one of the Ten Pillars of the Moss Ascetic Order, a brown‑haired, fluffy‑haired lady sitting opposite Hillaryong at a dark round table.

There were also two artisan cats, Bu Li and Li Ci, lying on the table and constantly flipping through books.

Lei Kedun scanned the library; besides the quiet, book‑reading and book‑carrying Knowledge Rabbits, there were many oddly shaped, not‑weak spirit‑realm beings nearby. The library seemed to be turning into an animal park, if spirit beings count as animals.

(End of Chapter)