Chapter 279: Section 67: Aspiring to Beco a Desecration Priest
Cang Xu slowly opened his eyes.
Before him was the cabin of the Justice.
A slight turn of his gaze to the chanical clock hanging on the wall, Cang Xu’s expression remained calm.
ditation had ended.
Each day began on schedule and ended punctually.
An Undead Mage, too, was a Mage, growing their own mana through ditation.
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Unlike fighters, Mages primarily absorbed external elents in their practice while fighters generated Fighting energy through their bodies.
From this point of view, the Earth Elent Fighting energy technique practiced by the Big guy had so similarities with Mage’s ditation, as it could also absorb external elents. However, the elent it absorbed was limited to Earth resources.
“All mana restored, mana capacity has increased by 0.1%.”
Cang Xu estimated.
A Mage naturally harbored mana within themselves, and the higher the mana capacity, the better.
“Since adopting the new ditation technique till now, the increase in capacity has beco negligible.” Cang Xu sighed inwardly.
The ditation technique he was now using had been acquired from the secret chamber at the bottom of the sea.
The Justice Pirate Group were the ones who excavated the secret chamber, and the greatest beneficiary wasn’t anyone else but Cang Xu.
This ditation technique was far superior to the one Cang Xu had previously practiced. So, after he switched, every ditation session ended with an increase in his mana capacity.
However, as the number of ditation sessions increased, the incrental gains in mana capacity got smaller and smaller.
This ti, an increase of 0.1% was actually the cumulative result of the past several weeks. For more than twenty days before that, Cang Xu’s mana capacity hadn’t budged in the slightest.
Although Undead Mages used different elents than mainstream Mages, as Transcendents, they were still bound by their bloodlines.
Cang Xu’s talent was very ordinary, and without surprises, Black Iron Level was his lifeti peak achievent.
“Hm? The ship is slowing down.”
Cang Xu sharply sensed the change in the Justice’s speed.
At the sa ti, he heard increasingly noisy water sounds.
He raised the curtain, looked through the round glass window.
A vast whirlpool dominated the sea surface, blocking the path of the Justice Pirate Group.
“We’ve reached the Sky Pillar Sea Eye,” Cang Xu exclaid.
The radius of this Sea Eye was fifteen sea miles. It was fine at the outskirts of the whirlpool, but once one entered deeper into the Sea Eye, even Golden Level demon energy ships would be rcilessly swallowed by it.
Through the window alone, Cang Xu could feel the abundant Water Elent emanating from outside the ship.
“I hope we can discover the temple of the God i Lan here.”
Cang Xu thought of the rmaid’s Fairy Tale, whose Divine Artifact’s output of Pearl Bubble had been decreasing. It hadn’t kept up with everyone’s usage and consumption rate, and currently, the stockpile of Pearl Bubbles was down to only about a dozen.
Cang Xu was very clear about the current predicant of the Justice Pirate Group.
They had killed Golden Hook and revived the Big guy, but this had only made the situation of the Justice Pirate Group even more precarious.
“Bishop Hao Fu discovered the Big guy and Captain’s talents, and although his recruitnt was unsuccessful, he turned to sponsorship instead. But from the way he sponsors us, it’s clear he hasn’t given up on trying to recruit us.”
“The attention focused on the Justice Pirate Group is increasing.”
“Once the news of Golden Hook’s death at the hands of the Captain spreads wide, the consumption of Pearl Bubbles will only intensify.”
The distance between the Justice Pirate Group and the precipice was rapidly shrinking.
Thump thump thump.
A knock ca from outside the cabin door.
Cang Xu knew that his breakfast had arrived.
As the only Black Iron Level Mage, he enjoyed a number of privileges. For instance, his breakfast was delivered directly to his door at a fixed ti by a dedicated person.
Cang Xu’s body, although transford through Undead Magic, still needed to consu so food to maintain bodily functions.
Of course, he consud much less than an average person. The breakfast before him was enough for his normal daily consumption.
The breakfast was sumptuous, and Cang Xu read his notes while eating.
If these notes were to fall into the outside world, they would certainly cause an uproar. Because these were the Alchemy notes of the War rchant!
But Cang Xu frowned as he read.
“Sigh, I have no talent in alchemy; I’m not even half an Alchemist.”
The War rchant’s Alchemy notes were too profound for him.
Yet he had to read them.
It was thanks to these Alchemy notes that he had been able to rig up the Array for Soul Crystals.
After breakfast, Cang Xu found himself with a throbbing headache.
He set aside the War rchant’s alchemy notes.
Then, he opened another set of notes.
This ti, his brows relaxed and his eyes revealed a sense of pleasure.
The notes were his own, the latest manuscript of his “Evolution Theory.”
“So far, I have combined all records of life alchemy from the War rchant’s alchemy notes. The War rchant truly lives up to his na—he has given great inspiration.”
“However, ‘Evolution Theory’ is still far from complete.”
“The Life Sect is also continuously refining their work, with their focus on plants. Whether it’s hybrid rice or succulent grapes, both are products of their Divine Arts.”
“If I could get my hands on this part of their research, ‘Evolution Theory’ would undoubtedly beco more perfected.”
“Perhaps I could try through Bishop Hao Fu’s connections?”
The old scholar wasn’t passionate about alchemy. And his interest in Undead Mages was just as lacking.
What truly interested him was the research and transformation of life.
To him, Undead Magic was rely a capability and a tool.
After briefly reviewing his own manuscript and making the necessary preparations, Cang Xu once again began tackling the War rchant’s alchemy notes.
He discovered a section in the notes that detailed the analysis and records of the mory Crystal Manufacturing Device, a technique he was currently very keen to master.
The Justice Pirate Group had one such device.
After the youth and his companions left Mysterious Monster Island, they salvaged it from the ocean floor aboard the Deep Sea Monster Fish.
The device was originally given by the War rchant to Zi Di, who used it to extract Zhenjin’s mories, eventually forming a mory Crystal that was implanted into the young man’s body.
But due to the Pig Kiss facing a sea disaster, the mory Crystal Manufacturing Device had once sunk to the depths of the ocean.
The technique of mory Crystal was developed by the Ancestor of the Undead, You Can.
The fact that the War rchant could also manufacture it took Cang Xu by surprise.
Cang Xu was very keen on mastering this technique.
Because he also wanted to beco a Desecration Priest.
Desecration Priests emptied their own mories and created a set of False mories, perfectly disguising themselves as devotees of deities, in order to steal Divine Power and secrets.
You Can initially used his status as a Desecration Priest to steal secrets of gods and spirits, thus founding the school of Undead.
“If I could beco a qualified Desecration Priest, I could disguise myself as a devotee of the deity i Lan and indirectly gain control over rmaid’s Fairy Tale.”
How to beco a Desecration Priest, how to deceive gods, and so on—Cang Xu knew it very well.
This wasn’t knowledge he had originally possessed, but rather from a secret chamber on the ocean floor.
The owner of that secret chamber was a Desecration Priest as well as an Undead Mage. His notes had been perused by Cang Xu many tis over, the content almost morized by heart.
Engrossed in his research, the Mage found ti flying by quickly.
When the Dragon-man youth’s summon interrupted Cang Xu’s train of thought, the old scholar erged from the cabin only to discover that evening had arrived.
The Justice Pirate Group was drifting slowly around the outskirts of the Sea Eye.
Cang Xu entered the Captain’s quarters.
The Dragon-man youth handed him a piece of cloth.
This cloth was covered with written words, forming a long segnt of intelligence.
Cang Xu swiftly glanced over it and his face imdiately showed a look of surprise.
The intelligence spoke of Silver Island.
A Holy Domain Level admiral, shiny-faced and victorious, had defeated and captured Nai Le, the Rough Granny, and Spotted Poison, three of the Black Iron Level pirates, and had crushed their pirate groups.
As for Xie Ba…
He was the key figure in the battle at Silver Island.
He suddenly betrayed the others at a critical mont, striking against the three Golden pirates.
Had it not been for his treachery, at least one or two of the Golden pirate leaders might have escaped.
Although they were no match for shiny-faced in a fight, there was still a good chance of escape if they had fled with all their might.
After the battle, Xie Ba even revealed his identity—that he had long joined the empire’s spies, allying with the Imperial Navy!
“With this developnt, our risk has increased. If other pirates discover our spy identity, it could be disadvantageous for us,” Cang Xu analyzed.
The Dragon-man youth nodded slightly, “This might well be the empire’s intention. Xie Ba revealing his spy identity could be directed by the Empire, intended to sow distrust among the pirates. Lately, the conflicts between pirates over Divinity have beco very frequent and intense.”
Cang Xu agreed with the Dragon-man youth’s analysis, putting down the cloth and asking, “Captain, have you summoned for sothing specific?”
The Dragon-man youth then said, “We have discovered so Fishman villages below the Sea Eye, and we need you to go and investigate, employ so thods to gather so intelligence.”
“Understood, I will set off imdiately.” Cang Xu imdiately understood that the Dragon-man youth wanted him to use Undead Techniques to stealthily investigate and secretly gather intelligence.
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