Listening to the words of the so-called system in her mind, Dorothy couldn't help but have a myriad of thoughts. According to the system, the booklet in her hand, which recorded how to absorb the Spirituality of the Cup through killing and cannibalism, was a partial remnant of a book called Saint Body Dissection Technique.
Moreover, the knowledge contained within this remnant portion possesses Spirituality, and it is recommended to cultivate it?
Right, the function of this system is knowledge exchange, exchanging the knowledge of this world for knowledge from other worlds. Does this mean the content of the Saint Body Dissection Technique can be used as a bargaining chip for exchange?
Thinking of this, Dorothy became a little excited. Before, she could exchange language for Dragon language. What could she exchange with this knowledge?
'Hey, system, after I cultivate this high-Spirituality knowledge, can it be used to exchange for knowledge from other worlds?'
Dorothy directly consulted the system. After some testing, Dorothy found that in most cases, this so-called system remained silent. It would only occasionally answer when the question involved itself, and it didn't seem to possess any intelligence.
'Confirmed. Any knowledge possessing corresponding Spirituality can be exchanged. The amount of Spirituality contained in the knowledge determines the strength of the knowledge exchanged from other worlds.'
Hearing the system's answer, Dorothy was startled. This meant that the higher the Spirituality contained in the knowledge, the more powerful the knowledge exchanged would be.
And before, she had exchanged over 3000 Prites for 3 characters of Dragon language, which meant that the Spirituality contained in over a thousand Prites of prite language was equivalent to one character of Dragon language.
'Then system, after cultivating this dissection art remnant, can it be directly used for exchange?'
'Yes, but at this stage, soul strength is insufficient to engrave new knowledge from other worlds. The number of soul book pages is limited. You need to sublimate life, increase soul strength, and thicken the soul book.'
The system continued to reply to Dorothy. Hearing the system's words, Dorothy couldn't help but be stunned.
What? Soul strength is insufficient to engrave new knowledge? You want me to increase soul strength?
So those knowledge from other worlds need to be engraved on the soul? The stronger the soul, the more can be engraved? Is her current soul already full?
It was like those knowledge from other worlds needed to be written on specific paper, and now her paper was already full, and she needed to enlarge the paper.
No way, it's only three characters of Dragon language, and it's already full? Are ordinary people's souls this weak?
'Hey, what is the current usage status of my soul?' Dorothy hurriedly asked the system, and the system still answered indifferently.
'Currently, the soul book's writing rate is one hundred percent. It has recorded two characters of Nirn Dragon language, "—Fus—" and "—Ro—". The character "—Dah—" is in an unrecorded storage state and can be recorded after soul strength increases and the soul book expands its pages.'
After listening to the system's reply, Dorothy paused for a moment to clear her thoughts.
Only two characters? So she can actually only use two characters of Dragon language right now? Only after it is recorded in some "soul book" can she completely master that knowledge from another world, otherwise, even if exchanged, it is useless. And the soul book has limited space, so to learn more, she must increase the limit.
So how to increase the limit?!
While wondering this, Dorothy suddenly remembered that the system had mentioned that the way to increase the limit was to sublimate life and strengthen soul strength.
This sublimation of life... isn't it the "promotion" mentioned in that booklet before? So, if she wants to master more knowledge from other worlds, she also needs to absorb enough Spirituality to complete the promotion?
"It seems that in the end, she still has to find a way to absorb Spirituality and seek promotion... But what method should she use to obtain Spirituality?" Dorothy thought this, and suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck her.
'Hey, system, can the Spirituality obtained from knowledge be used for other purposes?'
'Yes, the Spirituality in the cultivated knowledge can be directly extracted for physical accumulation, but knowledge that has lost its Spirituality cannot be used for exchange...'
Hearing the system's answer, Dorothy couldn't help but frown slightly. After a moment of thought, she took out a pen and wrote down a summary about the system, knowledge, and Spirituality on paper.
"Knowledge possesses Spirituality, but the Spirituality within a piece of knowledge can either be used to exchange for knowledge from other worlds or be extracted and accumulated on the body to seek promotion. The two are incompatible, and a choice must be made."
Looking at it this way... the system's exchange is essentially consuming the Spirituality within knowledge. Spirituality is an important resource, and she must make a choice on how to use her Spirituality, either to accumulate for promotion or to exchange for knowledge from other worlds.
With the summary complete, Dorothy's thoughts became much clearer. At this stage, she didn't have much choice regarding this issue. With her soul book currently full, she could only choose to let Spirituality be used for accumulation for now!
After making her decision, Dorothy immediately felt motivated. Although it was already the early hours of the morning, she still decided to burn the Light and read through the Saint Body Dissection Technique remnant in her hand.
Since the booklet was very thin and didn't contain much content, Dorothy finished reading it in just over an hour. Because the content was too horrifying, Dorothy became more energetic the more she read.
But when the clock pointed to half past four in the morning, Dorothy had finished reading all the bizarre content in the booklet. After closing the booklet, she let out a long breath and then leaned back directly in her chair.
"Phew... I was never this diligent when I was in school..."
Just as Dorothy was sighing, the familiar voice of the system in her mind suddenly came again.
'Saint Body Dissection Technique remnant has been mastered. Exchange or Spirituality extraction can now be performed.'
'Extract...'
Without thinking, Dorothy said her decision, and the system immediately responded.
'Saint Body Dissection Technique remnant Spirituality has been fully extracted. Cup Spirituality has accumulated 4 points, and enlightenment Spirituality has accumulated 2 points.'
Hearing the system's words, Dorothy was startled and sat up straight in her chair.
Enlightenment Spirituality? How did she accumulate enlightenment Spirituality? The Saint Body Dissection Technique clearly recorded knowledge related to the Cup, so how did enlightenment Spirituality appear?
'Hey, system, isn't the knowledge I learned about the Cup? Why did I accumulate enlightenment?'
'"Enlightenment" exists in all knowledge...'
Hearing this reply, Dorothy was startled. At this moment, she recalled the description of enlightenment Spirituality in the booklet.
This is a Spirituality related to the soul, concerning profound spirits, revelation and awakening, and also knowledge...
Based on the booklet's statement and the system's response, Dorothy drew a connection. If the Cup was Spirituality deeply connected to flesh and blood, then enlightenment was Spirituality connected to knowledge.
Just like devouring flesh and blood can obtain the Cup, learning knowledge can also obtain enlightenment? Even if the knowledge primarily recorded other Spirituality, it would still contain enlightenment.
Because the basic nature of knowledge is enlightenment...
Having reached this conclusion, Dorothy couldn't help but smile knowingly. Finally, she found the path she needed to take, the Spirituality she needed to primarily accumulate.
Compared to the Cup, which required devouring flesh and blood to obtain, the enlightenment accumulated purely through learning was a better choice for her.
It seems she needs to embark on a path of becoming a top student in the future...
Thinking this, Dorothy shook her head. Then, after glancing at the clock on the wall that was nearing five in the morning, she quickly packed up her things and prepared to sleep.
Edrick's reward had been deciphered. Now, Dorothy had almost finished dealing with matters in Vokan. After a good sleep, it would be time to say goodbye to this place.
According to the planned itinerary, the next destination was an important city in the Preet Kingdom, Dorothy's original destination, Igwinte...
"A big city?" While murmuring, Dorothy turned over, covered herself with the bedding, and fell asleep with her head under the covers.