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The thunder startled Odis. He took a puff of his pipe and thought to himself: "My discoveries are indeed about the mysteries of the world's deepest depths. I wonder if a 'heavenly tribulation' will descend and send me away?"
He made a self-deprecating remark, chuckled, and continued to reflect on his research into spirituality and extraordinary qualities.
He believes that the essence of extraordinary abilities lies in the effect of extraordinary characteristics on spirituality.
There are many kinds of such changes. For example, normal spiritual particles rotate clockwise, but extraordinary forces can change them to rotate counterclockwise. This change will cause the spirituality itself to release enormous energy.
For example, two normal spiritual particles are floating quietly in the air, but suddenly an extraordinary property injects a new particle between them, a particle that can only be emitted by the corresponding extraordinary property.
They became a completely new energy source capable of creating strange and powerful forces.
Such changes can affect not only natural forces but also living organisms.
For example, the "mind-reading" ability of a "psychologist" can be seen as an extraordinary ability, or as an extraordinary characteristic of the "audience," causing corresponding mutations in the eyes and brains of the extraordinary individuals, giving them the ability to penetrate the target's mental defenses.
Despite conducting extensive research, Odis ultimately discovered that the spiritual alterations caused by extraordinary traits are uncontrollable and unpredictable.
In other words, even if he knows a lot of theories, it doesn't mean that the underlying logic of this world is controllable or predictable.
On the contrary, the more Odis studied it, the more he discovered that the underlying logic of this world was extremely chaotic and difficult to summarize using fixed rules.
It can only possess a very general summary such as "the three laws of extraordinary characteristics".
However, these studies were not without use. Since Odis knew the interaction between extraordinary qualities and spirituality, he was able to use spirituality in turn to influence the extraordinary qualities of this world.
His extraordinary weapons and magic arrays were all developed and applied based on these theories.
The process of performing "witchcraft" once again confirms Odis's research findings. When the corresponding mystical symbols appear in his mind, they can stimulate extraordinary characteristics to react accordingly and make corresponding changes to spirituality.
This change was a complete "black box operation," and Odis did not discover any patterns in it.
The changes brought about by extraordinary characteristics will be transmitted to the scattered spiritual materials through its own spirituality. These materials can act as catalysts and guides, ultimately successfully mobilizing the corresponding power and completing the performance of a spell.
A "wizard" can perform many types of magic, such as the "flame magic" that Odis just experimented with, and can also use "ice magic".
Furthermore, it can also use "Spirit Absorption" to attract the dead, and "Radiance" to attack the dead.
This does not mean that the extraordinary characteristics of "wizards" are omnipotent; it is simply that because of the extraordinary characteristics of "wizards," after Odis issued "instructions" using mystical symbols, spirituality could undergo different changes, thus forming different kinds of witchcraft.
In this respect, the "Secret Seeker" pathway is slightly different from other pathways. For example, both "Flame" and the "Fireball" of the "Hunter" pathway Sequence 7 "Pyromaniac" summon flames, but the underlying mechanisms they form are different.
"Flame Technique" is a reaction related to extraordinary characteristics, an extraordinary ability formed under the catalysis and guidance of spiritual materials.
The "fireball technique" of the "arsonist" is an extraordinary ability that, driven by an extraordinary individual, directly distorts or transforms ordinary spirituality into a spirituality burning with flames.
It's like adding an extra step to the "Flame Spell," so it's inferior to the "Fireball Spell" in terms of both power and controllability.
After Odis figured out all the principles, he felt that the potion had loosened slightly.
Unlike the potions of the "Fighting Scholar," the potions of the "Wizard" showed no signs of being digested prematurely after the advancement.
The loosening of the potion just now made Odis realize that even "wizards'" potions require some research and knowledge to fully understand.
The research direction should be "witchcraft" and mysticism, but if one is to "play" a role, one cannot simply identify as a researcher.
Just like when I played the role of "fighting scholar" before, the exhilarating fighting only made my spirit more active, providing a prerequisite for digesting the potion.
The "Fighting Scholar's" magic potion was entirely digested through writing "The Outline of Fighting".
Since ancient times, "wizards" have also been "half researchers," so digesting this sequence of potions still requires starting from the aspect of "knowledge."
Next, Odis examined his other abilities and felt that his fighting skills had also improved. After all, his brain's reaction speed had increased, so his movements could be faster.
In addition to learning how to concoct many spiritual materials used in witchcraft, Odis also learned many prescriptions. Compared to the prescriptions known by the "Pharmacist," these prescriptions were more like folk remedies, using strange and unusual ingredients.
The "eye of secrets" has undergone a qualitative change; in addition to seeing a person's aura, it can also see how a person's luck will be in the short term.
This "short term" is roughly three days. After the potion is fully digested, it might take about five days. We can only distinguish between good luck and bad luck; we cannot make a specific prediction.
Odis thought that his pathway's Sequence 3 was called "Master of Prophecy," which seemed to have something to do with "fate."
However, he guessed that the level of a "wizard" was not about having abilities related to fate to see a person's luck, but rather about having a further enhanced spirituality, allowing them to see information emanating from the spirit world or the "river of fate".
This is similar to the "Clown" in the "Fortune Teller" pathway, who can see what's going to happen a second or two in advance. It's a "side effect" that comes with enhanced extraordinary abilities.
For Odis, having a strong spirituality was beneficial. He had previously invented many magic arrays, but because his spirituality was weak at that time, he could not use them outside the "Wilderness of Knowledge".
Now, he can make a breakthrough in magic arrays.
Moreover, once one's spirituality is enhanced, one's inspiration also becomes stronger.
For example, Odis glanced at the folder containing Viscount Vader's information. He recalled that Viscount Vader was a devout follower of the Lord of Storms, often inviting priests to his home to help with exorcisms and preaching. He would even go to church to pray devoutly for a whole day for some major investments.
At first glance, Odis laughed at this guy for worshipping the wrong god. He should worship the "Eternal Sun," the "Guardian of Commerce," rather than the "Lord of Storms."
But now Odis suddenly realized that this meant Viscount Vede was a very superstitious man, and that he should not only be superstitious about the Orthodox Church, but also about other things.
Soon, a bold plan came to Odis's mind. If the plan succeeded, it would be enough to hold off Viscount Ved for a week!
Odis began to fill in the details of the plan step by step, and got up to prepare the corresponding spiritual powder.
If that plan succeeds, it will not only help Mike resolve the crisis, but also allow him to try playing the role of a "wizard"!
After making the necessary preparations, Odis found himself somewhat excited when he thought about the plan.
I finally fell asleep after meditating again.
Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!
But just as Odis fell asleep, she found herself back in a wasteland made of illusory light.
It's only Monday, and he's already back in the "wilderness of knowledge."
Upon entering the tower made of spheres of light, he immediately understood what was going on.
After Sequence 7, I can now freely enter the "Knowledge Wilderness." As usual, I entered through sleep.
Normally, one can enter through "meditation," and once inside this tower, Odis already knew how to get in.
What remains unchanged is that a project still needs to be completed every week and submitted to the Tower.
When Odis went to look up more information, she was pleasantly surprised to find that she could find the magic arrays that the giants, dragons, and elves had used.
Those magic arrays were ancient and simple, yet contained immense power.
Odis was so engrossed in the ocean of knowledge that he almost forgot about time.
I was just promoted today and need to rest more, so I can only take a quick look for now. I'll do more research next time I come.
Odis glanced briefly at the available potion recipes and found that he could access recipes through four different channels.
In addition to the previous "Secret Seekers," "Generalists," and "Readers," they can now even access potion recipes through the "Thief" pathway.
However, the potion recipes that can be found are from Sequence 9 to Sequence 7.
Odis found it somewhat strange that it was the "thief's" route.
It wasn't until he saw that the seventh sequence of that pathway was called "Deciphering Scholar" that he roughly understood that the pathways he could access were all related to knowledge.
Needless to say, the core of the entire approach is learning and accumulating knowledge.
"Decryption scholars" require a great deal of knowledge to complete the decryption, so this method became the fourth way that Odis could find out.
This phenomenon is quite similar to some of Adam's characteristics: the more a person understands Adam, the more Adam understands that person.
The knowledge in the "wilderness of knowledge" should be the same: the more extraordinary individuals of a certain path learn and study knowledge, the more knowledge understands those extraordinary individuals of that path.
Odis was somewhat looking forward to seeing which way of learning would be the next one.
After Odis was about to leave the "wilderness of knowledge," he suddenly noticed that the light inside the sphere that made up the tower seemed to have become more substantial.
But Odis soon realized that it was because the spirituality of her own spirit had become stronger, which was why she could see more information.
The light seemed to contain boundless knowledge, but Odis was currently unable to decipher it.
Back in the real world, Odis used "meditation" to quickly fall asleep.
The next morning, Odis was half asleep when she heard Max knocking on the door: "Open the door quickly, I have something important to tell you!"