Chapter 322 - 184: Promotion Conditions Met
Chapter 322: Chapter 184: Promotion Conditions Met
"Haha! So you already went to the Forgotten Realm yesterday?"
Lu Cang told Iz all about his trip to the Forgotten Realm.
In hindsight, Lu Cang was actually quite glad that Iz hadn’t remembered.
If Iz had really told him, he probably wouldn’t have gone out at all.
After all, the Forgotten Realm was a strange and dangerous environment for him.
Given his personality, he definitely wouldn’t have taken the risk.
Besides, he hadn’t planned on running too many Dungeons that day anyway—maybe ten or so times at most.
Or as few as two or three times before he would have stopped.
If he hadn’t entered the Forgotten Realm during that time, he probably would have missed this opportunity.
’Thinking about it, it really was just a matter of luck.’
A whole series of fortunate coincidences had allowed him to obtain the Reincarnation Mark.
He wondered if it had anything to do with the accessories he wore from the Divine Hall of Fortune.
Or perhaps it was because of the good-luck Ritual he had set up before his Ascension at Thousand Army Ant Mountain?
’Forget it...’
’Luck is just too mysterious.’
Lu Cang’s attitude toward luck was to believe in it, but not to force it.
Good fortune was too ethereal and elusive.
No matter what, Lu Cang would never bet his life on something like "as long as my luck is good."
"By the way, I brought back quite a few things from the Forgotten Realm."
"That dream about the magic of everything—I feel like the inspiration for it also came from the Forgotten Realm."
Lu Cang had recorded notes on the Fire-Written Paper about the silver-haired, twin-tailed Mage.
But as for what exactly happened inside...
Lu Cang had no memory of it at all and could only refer to the notes he had written down.
As expected of the Forgotten Realm; he had forgotten everything completely.
"I feel like the key point is this: the reflection of all Elements. Iz, what do you think?"
...
Lu Cang and Iz discussed Magic for a long time.
He took notes as they talked.
Lu Cang suddenly noticed that the things he recorded today hadn’t disappeared; they remained on the paper.
It seemed the strongest influence of the Forgotten Moon was on the 1st of the month.
After the 1st, the Forgotten Moon’s influence had diminished considerably.
As Lu Cang continued to write...
about two hours later, he noticed some of the writing was gradually fading.
’It seems that even a diminished influence is still an influence.’
Lu Cang stared intently at the writing on the paper for a while, and the characters actually became clear again.
’So, they disappear when one’s attention shifts away?’
Lu Cang and Iz resumed their earlier topic of conversation. "So, you’re saying..."
"There’s a theory about the Origin of the world: that all matter in existence comes from a single, initial point, and this initial point has never disappeared."
"It’s like the reflections cast by an object when illuminated by Light from different angles."
"Are the worlds we live in also just parts of that initial point’s reflection?"
Iz replied calmly, "That’s just one of the theories."
"Besides that one, there’s the primordial chaos theory, which posits that after the world first opened from chaos, it split into Light and Dark. Light and Dark were inseparable, illuminating the world. Only then did time begin to flow, creating the concept of Time."
"Of course, this creation story is found more often in the scriptures of the Light Church and the Dark Church."
"Then there’s another theory: that Sophia of Life evolved the world and created all living things. Of course, this creation story comes from the scriptures of the Life Church, and I don’t find it very credible."
Iz paused, then added, "Don’t say that to Kumironi."
Lu Cang nodded. He certainly couldn’t say that.
"There’s also the world succession theory, which says our world evolved from a previous world that had been completely extinguished."
"In any case, I’m just telling you about the possibilities these theories present. It doesn’t mean they’re necessarily true."
"It’s just that the dream you described is similar to the world-reflection theory, and it also aligns with the essence of some kinds of Magic—especially Dark Element Magic."
"I believe this line of thinking is very close to your second Root Source."
Lu Cang nodded. "Mm."
It was precisely because he’d had an epiphany that he had sought out Iz so urgently for a discussion.
Now, he had gotten many more ideas from her.
He’d had the outline for his proof for a while now.
He was just missing some inspiration, and now he pretty much had that too.
He was probably on the verge of proving it.
Lu Cang and Iz chatted for half the day, and the topic gradually shifted back to the Forgotten Realm.
Lu Cang took out a number of treasures he had scavenged from the Forgotten Realm.
「Space Magic — Escape Technique」
「High Position Return (Tier Four) (Level 301)」
「Connects to the exit of a Nest you most recently passed through. Remotely activate this passage to leave the current Nest, leaving behind an additional entrance/exit at your original location.」
Escape Technique was a spell that required a 30-second channel while stationary.
It connected to a Dungeon exit within 500 kilometers, then accelerated and pulled the caster to that exit.
It was a Magic spell specifically for escaping Dungeons.
But after its Ascension, the Magic no longer required stationary channeling.
Instead, the passage could be used remotely and instantly.
In addition, there was Magic that could conjure a temporary sword, Magic to enhance that temporary sword, Magic to transfer one’s Magic Power to others, and Magic to absorb Magic Power from others through contact.
As for Ancient Combat Skills, there was a breathing technique that could instantly project Qi outwards to form a Shield in a flash...
’Wait a minute.’
’Why does this breathing technique look so familiar?’