Chapter 8: The silver dragon king arrives at her loyal Aolai city
"Some sacrifices must be made. I can't be indecisive about this." Adam gritted his teeth, truly pressed for time.
If he didn't advance fast enough to Sequence 7 and become a psychiatrist, Adam would truly fall into a situation where he would become extremely unstable and lose control easily.
But advancing fast enough meant he would face more danger and madness because he had to advance simultaneously in both the Spectator and Shepherd pathways.
"Sequence 7 psychiatrists have the ability of psychoanalysis, which can help the Beyonder that's on the brink of losing control and maintain my rationality. But the problem is Sequence 8 Listener."
If his thoughts were correct, and there was a High Sequence Beyonder in this world that came before, then taking the Hanged Man pathway was doomed to fail. He could lose control because the entity he saw could make him lose his mind.
But if he's lucky enough and he's the only Beyonder in this world, then advancing to Sequence 8 Listener isn't a big deal. This is a gamble that will determine whether he'll remain a low-sequence Beyonder or can continue to advance.
"Wait, is the Silver Dragon King a secret entity?" Adam searched his memory and the mystical knowledge that slowly emerged in his head.
He could remember some honorific names like "The Degenerate of All Things," "The Gaze of Fate," "Depravity," "Chained," and various sinister honorific names that sounded truly evil.
Adam really didn't want to try using the honorific name he got from the secret supplier of potions. Not only could that sound horrible, but he didn't want to gamble his life on proving whether the figure with that honorific name actually existed.
Instead, let's use that Silver Dragon King.
"She's basically a secret entity, a high-sequence entity in terms of status, possessing the symbolism of wisdom and elemental part of the dragon gods, but lacking authority over some laws of the universe."
She might have Sequence 2 or Sequence 1 status, but doesn't have any power to back it up. More importantly, she's not a depraved or corrupted entity like in the world of LOTM.
"She's perfect. No, she's the only one I can point to to complete the secret supplier's acting method."
Tang Hao and Tang San might not be bad choices if Adam has no other options. Just pretend for a while and help them gain Tang Hao and Tang San's trust, and kill them all when the time is right.
"Let's see tomorrow. I have to make sure that Gu Yuena really loses her memories and becomes Na'er."
Adam wrote his plan in another book in the Hermes language.
He didn't want the one who answered him when he made the sacrifice to be the sleeping Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena. As long as Gu Yuena doesn't wake up and Tang Hao and Tang San's plan to bring them together, I can take advantage of that situation.
Sacrifice something in return for a gaze from a secret entity. That shouldn't be difficult, right?
Adam slowly stopped writing and tapped a quill in his hands for a second. His spiritual intuition screamed loudly, warning him that something was happening in this city.
In the middle of the night, when the moon was high in the sky, Adam immediately ran to his window and saw a spirituality like a vast, majestic, and pure ocean composed of many elements.
"She's here. Tang Hao works faster than I expected."
His gaze looked outside. A mighty silver dragon projection hovered in the air, roaring loudly. The true form of the silver dragon king, so beautiful that it transcended the concept of race, an elegant and noble being whose status was beyond mortal reach.
His spirit vision could clearly see the Silver Dragon King's true form, even if she was just a normal human child right now.
"Tsk, no wonder there are no sane humans in the Aurora Order. If this is the thing they would see on a daily basis, Oh, wait, isn't the ability to see some mysterious entity like this the abilities of a mystery pryer? Why can I see this?"
Adam controlled his spirit vision and his spirituality, which were fluctuating uncontrollably, and stopped them. Because he was a dual-pathway being with a high spirituality, Adam could control it quite easily.
Even without the help of Cogitation, Adam could enter and exit his spirit vision quite easily, like a natural instinct.
The vision he saw completely disappeared, as if it had never existed. Like a normal human eye.
"I can still feel her presence. A presence of an entity with a status different from mortals and a unique aura from Gu Yuena." Adam sighed softly and closed the window.
There's still time tomorrow. Tang Wulin will be Na'er's savior, marking the beginning of their meeting. I can observe from the sidelines like a spectator.
Adam lay relaxed on the mattress, trying to ignore the feelings of the noble beings in this city.
The night is long and windy today. As the night deepens, the silence of a shadow, the eerie windy night, covers all of Aolai City.
Like tribulations and cataclysms that will fall on this city.
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The next morning, just as the sky was getting light, Adam got up and started getting dressed. He would officially enter Hongshan College and attend Soul Master Class. He still needed to cultivate like a normal person, using the Soul Master System to cover up his weaknesses, especially in physical strength.
Adam dressed in a robe that looked pure and sacred. He dressed like a priest, who could be said to be synonymous with "the air filled with Amon and the corner full of Adam." What distinguished him from Grisha Adam was that he lacked the cross that symbolized "him."
The elementary school had no regulations regarding dress code. Adam was quite happy wearing this outfit. Although he wasn't a religious person in his previous life, there was no harm in cosplaying as his favorite character.
"Hmm, maybe it would be better if I had something to hold onto. Maybe something I could use as a unique symbol that differentiates me from Grisha Adam."
Maybe something like a book or something? A quill and a book, don't they go well together? But isn't that too lame?
Look at Amanises, she's often associated with the moon and night, and she's not even from the moon pathway.
"Maybe an insignia about a mind dragon? The sacred emblem with the visionary design I saw on the wiki is pretty cool." Adam nodded in agreement.
If I have time, maybe I can ask someone to make one. Identity is quite important because it can influence the honorifics used to refer to someone.
Adam walked, continuing to play the role of spectator. Although many people were also going to Hongshan Academy, most of them ignored Adam, even though his outfit was truly striking.
It's not psychological invisibility because some people will still look at Adam, who is dressed so differently from the other kids. Well, mostly girls who beam when they see Adam.
"Ignore them and don't get involved with people on the world stage."
At the entrance to Hongshan Academy, Adam saw a pretty boy accompanied by his father. It seemed Tang Wulin's home was rather close to Hongshan Academy, and he only needed to walk to school. After watching his son go to school, he said nothing more and went straight to work.
"So that's him, the son of Tang San and Xiao Wu."
Adam decided not to get too close to Tang Wulin until he could determine if there was a problem with the Silver Dragon King. Once a connection between the two was established, there would be no problem approaching Tang Wulin.
"I can even adopt a persona that will help the two of them get closer. Because in the next stage of acting, I need direct communication to perfect my acting method."
Especially a psychiatrist. I can help Tang Wulin overcome some of the problems in his early days, where he was underestimated because his martial spirit was Blue Silver Grass.
He will get his confidence, and I can get my potion digestion faster.
It's a win-win.