Iggwente Upper City, Nanyang Flower Road, above the apartment building.
In the morning, Dorothy sat alone in her room. She was the only one home at the moment, as Grego obviously couldn't come back because of what happened last night, and she had obtained a rare moment alone at home.
However, recently, because Grego was often in round after round of overtime, this time wasn't really that rare for Dorothy.
Sitting at the desk, Dorothy was in deep thought at the moment. She was contemplating the new trade Aldrich had proposed to her not long ago today.
'Aldrich wants me to stand on his side and assist him in the upcoming confrontation with his great enemy. The reward is that he will owe me a favor, which I can use to ask him for help when I need it in the future...'
'A favor... this kind of thing is the most unpredictable. The effect it can have is unpredictable, it can be big or small, completely depending on the ability of the one who owes the favor.'
'Aldrich seems unfathomable at the moment, completely unaware of his limits. However, someone who considers him a great enemy can have two Black Rank as vanguards, which proves that Aldrich's depth is not shallow. If his favor is used in the right place, it can probably achieve effects that no amount of money can buy.'
'And the premise for this is... I have to join his side and become an enemy of his great enemy... I myself will face risks. Aldrich said he has a sixty percent chance of winning the battle, but the actual situation is completely unclear. Facing one above Black Rank plus two Black Rank, does my side really have a chance of winning?'
Dorothy thought this way. Before Dorothy promised to help Aldrich, he refused to reveal more information for Dorothy's reference. According to him, he could only share more intelligence with people who were confirmed to be allies. This was also normal; if she asked for a bunch of information and then decided not to help in the end, Aldrich would suffer a great loss.
Dorothy did not immediately accept Aldrich's invitation at the time, but chose to come back first to think carefully and weigh the pros and cons before deciding to reply to him.
However, after repeated thinking for nearly an hour, Dorothy still couldn't make up her mind.
"Hiss, it's a bit hard to make a decision... My head hurts from thinking. How about I read a secret transmission first to clear my head?"
Rubbing her temples, Dorothy muttered to herself. Then she took out the two secret transmission she had just bought from Aldrich, preparing to read them to refresh herself before continuing to think.
First, Dorothy picked up the first secret transmission from the table. The cover of this secret transmission was grayish-purple and looked tattered, much more so than the secret transmission Dorothy had read before.
Opening the secret transmission, Dorothy began to read. Then she was somewhat surprised to find that this secret transmission was a topic she had never read before.
This was a translation, a translation that compared and translated texts from other languages into prite language.
'A translation of other languages? This is interesting...'
Seeing such a novel topic for the first time, Dorothy immediately became interested and began to carefully flip through the secret transmission in her hand, absorbing the knowledge within.
The author of this translation is unknown. At the beginning, he noted how he would perform the comparative translation, which was to translate the language called 'Old Empire Language' into prite language, and the comparative translation material used was an anonymous poem written in Old Empire Language.
This poem is a hymn, describing the great achievements of a king.
In the description of this poem, the world was once in a state of darkness and chaos. Numerous evil gods existed in the world in physical form, controlling their dependents to wage large-scale wars against each other. Countless beings suffered terribly and were ravaged in this war and rule between the evil gods.
Finally, among humans, a great king known as the Light King appeared. He possessed powerful strength, leading the oppressed to revolt against those wanton evil gods. After uniting with powerful allies, he finally annihilated and expelled the evil gods and established his own Empire.
This entire poem is not long, and the content is highly summarized. Most of it consists of various rhetorical devices of praise. The amount of information Dorothy obtained was not much, but it was enough to pique her interest.
'Light King? A being who stepped forward to fight against evil gods in an era of darkness and chaos? This is somewhat similar to the myth of the Radiant Savior, and both titles are related to Light. Is there any connection?'
'However... this poetic story also differs somewhat from the myth of the Radiant Savior. In the myths of the Shining Light Church, the Radiant Savior is a god. He pitied the people on earth who were tormented by the evil gods, and thus descended to Save the World, and then returned to the palace of the sun, leaving behind three incarnations to watch over the world.'
'And this Light King is described in the poem as a human. He rose from among humans, united with allies to fight against evil gods, and finally established some kind of Empire. In the myths of the Shining Light Church, there is no mention of anything about any Empire.'
Dorothy didn't think much about this so-called Light King and his Empire. Instead, she turned to check the gains obtained from this secret transmission through the system.
Then, Dorothy was surprised to find that this secret transmission had actually contributed two parts of knowledge to her in one go. The first part was the content of the Light King poem itself. The second part was an introduction to Old Empire Language.
'Yo-ho, after reading this translation, I've basically had a preliminary introduction to Old Empire Language... If I find more translations about Old Empire Language in the future, I can gradually master this language, and then perhaps I can use this language to exchange for new Dragon Roars.'
Seeing the extra gains obtained from this secret transmission, Dorothy thought this way. She found that she could use these two parts of knowledge separately, so she kept the language, preparing to exchange it later when she had mastered it completely. And she extracted the content of the poem into Spirituality.
Then, from this poem, she accumulated 3 points of "Lamp" and 2 points of 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment).
After reading this secret transmission, Dorothy put it aside and then picked up the next secret transmission to read.
This was a secret transmission with a pure gray cover. Although it had a layer of dust on it, it was much newer than the previous one.
Dorothy flipped through the secret transmission and found that it was actually a research notebook! It recorded various studies on creating "Stone" Spirituality creations, and the author of this notebook was... Aldrich himself.
In this notebook, Aldrich said that all Extraordinary of "Stone", regardless of rank, are generally inseparable from making various structures. Aldrich was the same, and this note was written when he was researching his own structures, and it seemed to be Aldrich's work from his younger days.
'Heh... Is this old guy showing me the results of his younger days? I'm not an Extraordinary of'Shi' (Stone), so I don't quite understand these studies...'
Chuckling in her heart, Dorothy continued to flip through the secret transmission in her hand. Then, suddenly, her gaze was attracted by a passage within it.
...
"Next, I need to inject a little 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment). Although 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) is difficult to obtain, fortunately, my rank allows me to always hold a small amount of this precious Spirituality."
...
Looking at the content on the secret transmission before her, Dorothy was somewhat stunned. She hadn't expected that when Aldrich was making his structures, in addition to extensively using "Stone" Spirituality, he also used a certain amount of "enlightenment" Spirituality!
More importantly, the notebook explicitly stated that these "enlightenment" Spirituality did not come from stored items, but from himself!
This also indicates that Aldrich's secondary Spirituality for his rank is very likely "enlightenment"! He is an Extraordinary whose primary is "Stone" and secondary is "enlightenment"!
Seeing this, Dorothy couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion. Aldrich's secondary Spirituality is "enlightenment", which means he likely knows some important information about "enlightenment" Spirituality, and may even know important intelligence about the Path of "enlightenment". From him, she might obtain important clues regarding her own advancement!
"It seems... I can go help Mr. Principal."
Seeing this, Dorothy muttered to herself. At this moment, she had made up her mind to accept Aldrich's invitation for the clue about "enlightenment".
'Heh... He specifically sold this kind of secret transmission to me. Could it be that he has already somewhat noticed that I might be an Extraordinary related to 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment)? Giving me this secret transmission means that if I want more knowledge about 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment), I should come help him? What an old fox...'
Dorothy thought this in her heart. Her frequency of buying secret transmission from Aldrich was too high. Because of Spirit Sight, ordinary Extraordinary would not purchase secret transmission so frequently. It was entirely possible that Aldrich had noticed something.
After finishing the second secret transmission, Dorothy extracted Spirituality and obtained 3 points of "Stone" and 3 points of "enlightenment". Including the previous one, Dorothy now has a total accumulation of.
15 cup, 8 Stone, 4 Light, 3 Shadow, 2 Silence, 14 enlightenment. Among them, 5 points of "enlightenment" are blue bar Spirituality, experience Spirituality is 9 points, and among the blue bar Spirituality, 2 points are in recovery.
After finishing reading all the secret transmission, Dorothy leaned back in her chair, thinking about how to deal with the upcoming challenge.
"Huff... Two Black Rank, one above Black Rank... Just me and Aldrich feels very weak. Can I get a little more help..."
While thinking this, Dorothy took out the magic box she had just bought, placed it on the table, opened the lid, adjusted the size of the entrance and exit, and took out a book from it, which was ""wen hai hang zhi"".
Dorothy opened ""wen hai hang zhi"", turned to the page where she had chatted with Vanya before, and then wrote on it with a pen.
"Are you there?"