Inside the Boston villa.
"Which one should I choose?" Xu Yi gazed at the information on the panel, deeply conflicted.
He rubbed his temples and pulled the linen blanket on his legs up a bit, the entire living room was exceptionally warm, with flas burning vigorously in the fireplace.
Yet overnight, Boston had suddenly turned cold.
Strictly speaking, with Xu Yi's Body of Demigod, he wouldn't have to worry about the re cold, but he still used the fireplace, just like any ordinary person.
The battle yesterday had drained him of too much blood, and even with the Entries for Hyper Accelerated Regeneration, he was a bit anemic.
Not to ntion using the fireplace, he even wanted to make himself the first cup of brown sugar water of the autumn to drink.
He was alone in the villa, with the wind creeping in through the gaps in the windows, making it seem very desolate, which he found a bit uncomfortable.
He had just returned from the hospital, Carlyle had awakened, but was extrely weak and couldn't recover in a short span of ti.
Lisa's condition was even worse than Carlyle's, remaining unconscious, the cumulative side effects of continuous Divine Arrivals had caused significant damage to her body.
Xu Yi sighed and refocused his attention on the system panel.
[Entry Assimilation Successful. Congratulations on obtaining "Entry: Source of Woe (Red Common——??)"]
He rubbed his hands together, and although he had seen it many tis, it still excited him.
This was the Entry he had assimilated from the Evil Deity Noah Ves, and even though it was only one Entry, Xu Yi felt that it was enough to count for many.
"Red Common——??" Its aning was simple, indicating that this Entry was a growth-type Entry and, unlike the Blood Throne, this Entry actually had no upper limit to its growth!
That ans, if one were incredibly lucky, it could grow into a gold Entry or even a top-tier purple Entry.
[Only after the "Source of Woe" has been determined will the "Source of Woe" Entry be officially activated. (Note: Once the "Source of Woe" is confird, it cannot be replaced. Please choose carefully.)]
[Please select the type of woe bond: person/object?]
Xu Yi was encountering this type of Entry for the first ti, which actually required a choice to proceed to the next step.
To choose "person" ant to choose oneself as the source of woe. Read new chapters at My Virtual Library Empire
This was the path Noah Ves had taken. Upon becoming the source of woe, one would acquire two abilities, "Split Evolution" and "Fusion Transcendence".
"Split Evolution" allowed Noah Ves to split into a multitude of copies, each capable of assimilative evolution.
"Fusion Transcendence" involved the fusion of the copies and the original, amassing myriad forces in one body to achieve Transcendence.
The Evil Deity Dragon was the outco of Fusion Transcendence.
This ability had a significant limitation, it could only be used three tis.
Xu Yi finally understood why Noah Ves, despite being beaten so miserably, was reluctant to rge with his Evil Deity copy.
The assimilative evolution of the Evil Deity copy was far from reaching its limit, and to rge early would waste one of the "Fusion Transcendence" opportunities.
After much hesitation, Xu Yi finally made a choice.
[You have chosen "object" as the source of woe, please choose a suitable vessel as soon as possible.]
Choosing oneself as the source of woe and achieving a further "Fusion Transcendence" of the body was indeed tempting.
But nurous copies would weaken the Body of Demigod, which would greatly reduce the power of Blood as Sacred, effectively asking him to temporarily give up his greatest advantage.
What's more important, after "Fusion Transcendence," the body would undergo uncontrollable mutations, just like the Evil Deity Dragon.
For an Evil Deity-like monster, of course, that wasn't a problem, but Xu Yi, being "New York's Great Exorcist" and "Boston's Savior," still cared about his idol burden, even if just a "tiny bit".
A black gel-like substance surged in Xu Yi's palm, eventually hardening into a sculpture, which resembled a cobra wearing a crown.
Xu Yi gently stroked the crown, which was studded with three gray-white gemstones.
When encountering an object that could beco the "Source of Woe", the gemstones would light up, and the higher the Quality of the object, the more gemstones would illuminate.
When he fused the sculpture with the object, he would obtain the "Source of Woe".
Xu Yi had absolute control over the Source of Woe.
Xu Yi took out the Alchemical Revolver ssiah and placed it in front of the cobra statue, but not a single gemstone on the crown lit up.
Even the ssiah, a legendary Exorcism Artifact, couldn't even qualify for "One-Star"?
Xu Yi was very surprised, having not expected that the Source of Woe had such high requirents for objects!
He wondered what kind of treasure could be rated as "Three-Star" level. Xu Yi was very expectant.
Xu Yi glanced at the antique wristwatch on his hand, realizing the ti was almost up. He stood up, and as he opened the door, he found that it had started to drizzle outside.
"This really is weather fit for a farewell," Xu Yi sighed and stepped out the door, holding a black umbrella.
He was dressed in a black suit, black trousers, and a white rose pinned to his lapel.
Today was Mia and Daniel's funeral.
The funeral was held in the Finns' family cetery, and amidst the drizzle, Xu Yi stood holding a black umbrella in front of the tombstone, which had a photo of the couple on it.
It must have been taken when they were in college. Daniel was wrapped in a scarf, wearing glasses, looking gentle and refined. Mia was clinging close to Daniel, her smile as bright as flowers.
"May all loving hearts find their wishes fulfilled."
Xu Yi placed the bouquet of white roses he was holding down and murmured softly.
...
Boston City Hall.
"So, you're saying you want to give a mountain?" Xu Yi lifted his head, scanning the three people in front of him, feeling a bit dazed by this huge windfall.
Not long after attending the funeral, he had run into Martin. At Martin's enthusiastic invitation, he ca here.
In the grand and elegant City Hall, there were only three people present—Martin, the familiar old face; the Mayor of Boston; and an official he did not recognize, who introduced himself as Miller.
"Are you sure this is not a joke?" Xu Yi looked into Miller's eyes, asking.
The most prominent figure here, of course, was the Mayor of Boston, but his personal presence was rely to show respect to Xu Yi. The real conversation was still with Miller in front of him.
Martin was purely a decorative piece, a mascot to ease the atmosphere.
"Mr. Xu Yi, please be assured of our sincerity!"
Miller spread out the map of Boston and drew a circle on it with a red pen, "The reason we're giving you Notting Hill is that this mountain is on the edge of the city. Once a dedicated road is made, it will only take 20 minutes to drive to the city center, and even closer to MIT—just 15 minutes."
Miller, as if he were a real estate agent, enthusiastically introduced, "Notting Hill has beautiful scenery, and many people co to play there often. If a villa could be built on the top of Notting Hill, the view would definitely be fantastic!"
"Xu Yi, don't you like peace and quiet? Notting Hill is big enough. You can build a few laboratories there in the future, so no one will disturb you," Martin chid in.
"Exactly, Mr. Xu Yi, as an exorcist, you surely need to experint with Exorcism Techniques regularly. You could set up a dedicated area on Notting Hill for that purpose..." Miller went on and on.
Xu Yi remained silent.
"Mr. Xu Yi... Do you think Notting Hill isn't quite right?"
Seeing Xu Yi stay quiet, Miller tentatively ventured, "We actually have other options. Within the borders of Boston, as long as it's not private land, you can choose anything. Even private lands, we can negotiate them."
Finally, Xu Yi couldn't hold back any longer, "So what you're saying is, you want to give the entire Notting Hill for free?"
"Of course! Free of charge and totally legit, with all the necessary docunts. If Mr. Xu Yi trusts us, we can even help construct the wall and a villa in the mountains, also free of charge."
Xu Yi was at a loss for words; he even wondered if he had not fully woken up.
He rembered a cartoon he saw once, in which there was a family of hitn called the Zodiarcs that lived on the vast Kukulu Mountain.
Now, with just a nod of his head, he could enjoy the sa perks.
Just then, Xu Yi's phone suddenly rang. It was Ed, whom he hadn't seen for a long ti.
After listening for a mont, his furrowed brow suddenly relaxed, and he finally understood why such a pie had fallen on his head out of the blue.
People from the Church were rushing over to confer upon him a "title."
He had beco a titled exorcist.
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