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Leyton leaned against the Future's railing, admiring the sunset over the sea.
After more than five months at sea, Leyton had become a Sequence 6 Polymath.
After becoming a Polymath, his Beyonder powers received a qualitative improvement.
His original Beyonder power, Mist Breaking, evolved into an ability to "Analyze" an opponent's Beyonder power, provided he had prior knowledge of it.
He also gained "Imitation": a chance to mimic the analyzed ability to a certain extent. The stronger the opponent, the higher the chance of failure. Of course, even if successful, there would certainly be a large gap compared to the original version. However, with the Spirit World Sorcerer's blessing, this gap would not be too large.
The abilities from his preceding Sequences also received significant enhancements.
At the same time, as a Scrolls Professor, Leyton could create scrolls from Beyonder powers he had completely understood and mastered through analysis.
The Beyonder powers of the Reader and Mystery Pryer Pathways were perfectly combined at this Sequence.
To digest the Polymath potion, Leyton frequently stirred up trouble and initiated conflicts at sea during this period, seizing the opportunity to record and analyze Beyonder powers from different Pathways.
Although most pirates were not high-Sequence, and concentrated on the Sailor and Hunter Pathways, there were many of them, so Leyton analyzed many low-Sequence Beyonder powers.
He also obtained opportunities to analyze some uncommon Pathway Beyonder powers by seeking help from Mr. Hughes, exchanging an examination for an analysis opportunity.
Leyton didn't even spare the Spirit World creatures who frequently visited the Library to read.
Most of these Spirit World creatures were from the Light of Purity Brotherhood, centered around the seven pure lights of the Spirit World, and they were relatively friendly towards humans and liked to spread knowledge.
"It only took nearly five months to fully digest the Polymath potion; the progress seems pretty good."
Leyton was quite satisfied with his digestion progress.
"It just means I've thrown my work to Bugs Bunny and the black cat again. Sure enough, I need to raise another small animal; I can't just exploit one rabbit."
Thinking of Bugs Bunny, who had been doing his work, Leyton decided to raise another Beyonder animal to share the workload.
Leyton's spirituality was stirred, and he turned his head to look at the position to his left.
A brass-colored book emerged from the Spirit World, floating before Leyton.
Leyton, feeling slightly curious, took the brass-colored book and opened it. Lines of Dutanese appeared:
My dear Mr. "Pyromaniac":
Your bounty in Intis has reached 15,000, and the bounty in Loen is 5,000 pounds. Listen to your sister's advice: don't be too arrogant at sea, or your bounty might spread to Madan, and then you'll really be famous.
I've already found out the supplementary ingredients for the Corpse Collector potion you asked about last time.
50 grams of brown spotted mushrooms grown in a graveyard, 10 milliliters of psychedelic herb essential oil, 10 grams of black pearl powder, 100 milliliters of pure water.
Sister is in a good mood today, so I won't charge you. Consider it payment for those strange little spells you told me about before.
The final signature was: Your sister Sia, in a very good mood.
Seeing such a high bounty on him from Intis, Leyton felt helpless; it was purely luck.
Leyton knew that stirring up trouble everywhere at sea would lead to him being wanted by the Church of the Lord of Storms, but the Eternal Blazing Sun Church was a genuine surprise.
To hide his Pathway, Leyton generally only used fire-based spells when fighting people outside, and then accidentally burned a deacon of the Eternal Blazing Sun Church with Devil's flames.
Even Cattleya had warned him recently not to cause any more trouble during this period, or he might be ambushed by the maritime forces of the two major Churches.
After reading the letter Sia wrote to him, Leyton had a sudden idea, turned a page of the book, and wrote in Dragonese: If your main body is in the Spirit World, can you directly transmit messages between two pieces of paper?
The brass-colored book quickly responded, a Dragonese word appearing below: Yes.
Leyton understood, then wrote again: Send a piece of paper to the lady who wrote the letter just now, then stay in the Spirit World and transmit information directly on the two pieces of paper.
After writing this sentence, Leyton tore a blank piece of paper from the book, then threw the brass-colored book forward, and the book itself returned to the Spirit World.
In a City in East Balam, Southern Continent, Ms. Sia, who was enjoying the bright sunshine and refreshing air in the garden of a manor, suddenly frowned.
A slightly yellowed blank paper fell from the Spirit World.
Sia reached out and took the paper that had fallen from the Spirit World, feeling slightly puzzled. Why did she get a blank paper again right after writing a letter? Did he think she hadn't written enough?
A line of somewhat awkward Dutanese appeared on the slightly yellowed blank paper:
I just discovered a new use for the messenger. We can directly converse on paper, with the messenger's main body staying in the Spirit World to transmit information.
"Interesting!" Sia's lips curved into a subtle arc.
She turned and returned to a room in the manor, sat down at a desk, picked up a quill, and began writing on the slightly yellowed paper:
Your messenger is truly unique. How did you find it?
After a short wait, lines of new text appeared on the paper:
"A spirit wandering in the void, a friendly creature that can be commanded, a unique existence willing to be my messenger." I used this incantation to make Spirit World creatures who wanted to be my messenger come to me for an interview.
Sia silently wrote down this incantation, then wrote again:
And then Spirit World creatures really came to you for an interview?
Leyton's reply was quick:
Yes! After all, I have some charisma in the Spirit World!
After the previously written content accumulated too much, the blank paper would automatically clear them.
Sia wrote on the now blank paper:
Charisma? Does that mean saying things like "Please, Mr. Messenger, I really need you" to the messenger?
Leyton, sitting by the ship's railing, looked at the content on the paper with a black expression, and after having the messenger directly erase that sentence, he began to write:
Sister Sia, aren't you on a public-funded trip? How did you get the auxiliary Ingredient formula for the Corpse Collector so quickly? Did you rob the Numinous Episcopate?
Sia quickly replied:
I just met a middle-aged man who was lacking love recently, and I got it from him.
"A middle-aged man lacking love?" Leyton pondered for a moment, feeling that Sia's words were a bit improper. Then he wrote on the paper:
Sister Sia, I didn't expect you to ultimately choose a shortcut?
New content quickly appeared on the blank paper:
How is your Polymath potion digestion going? Why don't I come to the sea to test you!
Leyton felt the paper in his hand tremble slightly, as if it had been harshly poked through with a pen.
He quickly wrote a line on the paper:
My captain told me to collect the dried fish. That's all for today, let's talk next time!
After writing this sentence, Leyton raised his hand and sent the paper back to the Spirit World.
In the manor in the Southern Continent, Sia, sitting at her desk, saw a sentence appear on the paper she had poked through, and then it quickly fled into the Spirit World Depths as if escaping for its life.
"The messenger is as cowardly as its master!" Sia muttered, then got up and left the room.
At the door, she saw a gentleman who was hesitating whether to knock.
He had bronze skin, rare black hair and black eyes, a slightly cold demeanor, wore a black trench coat, was somewhat slender, and appeared to be under 30 years old.
On his finger, he wore a black ring inlaid with an emerald gemstone.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Phoenix!" Sia revealed a very proper smile.
"Good afternoon, Ms. Sia!"
The gentleman called Phoenix seemed a bit flustered by Sia's smile.
On the Future, Leyton, having finished his conversation, prepared to find Cattleya, calculating that the Future Mr. Fool should have awakened from Sefirah Castle some time ago by now.
Leyton's spiritual perception was stirred. A torrent of complex information, formed by insubstantial light, appeared before him in a ethereal form.
Leyton felt as if he had met the other party's gaze.
A scene appeared in Leyton's mind: a young man with black hair and brown eyes, ordinary appearance, deep features, and a scholarly demeanor.
He was wearing a tailcoat, black vest, white shirt, black tie, and dark trousers.
The other party seemed to be saying something to him, no, to the owner of this perspective he was currently experiencing.
Leyton quickly realized that this was a scene transmitted to him by the Hidden Sage through Old Neil's perspective.
After doing all this, the Hidden Sage's informational avatar once again vanished from Leyton's sight in a torrent of ethereal forms.
The Hidden Sage's sudden appearance and then departure left Leyton a bit stunned.
"Is he urging me to go find that Future Mr. Fool quickly?" Leyton guessed with some uncertainty.
Leyton was not surprised by the Hidden Sage's or the Knowledge Moor's attitude of wanting to invest in the Future Mr. Fool.
His soul had passed through the Knowledge Moor once before entering this body, and his memories must have been obtained by the other party without reservation.
"It seems I can't wait until the Future approaches Loen before rushing over."
Leyton mused inwardly. He quickened his steps towards the captain's cabin and saw Cattleya, who was reading a book.
"Is something wrong?"
Cattleya placed a bookmark in her book and closed it.
"Captain, I'm leaving the Future," Leyton said directly.
Cattleya nodded, not surprised by his words:
"Okay, do you need to say goodbye to everyone? If you're not in a hurry, you can take the Future there."
Leyton shook his head, recalling the subsequent timeline, and said:
"No need, I'll just tell Frank. I'll pack my things and then travel directly to my destination through the Spirit World."
"If nothing unexpected happens, I should be back at sea early next year."
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