I am a Taoist priest in the extraordinary world

Chapter 31
It was already evening when we drove back to the villa on Yeol Street.

Dante's room is the second from the left on the second floor, next to Leon's room. I don't know if it has been deliberately arranged.

The room is large in size, with a separate washroom and cloakroom. There is also a desk near the floor-to-ceiling windows. The window opens to a balcony you can stand on. The overall decoration style of the room is consistent with that of the living room.

After packing his luggage and looking at this bedroom, which was much larger than the apartment he rented before, Dante once again lamented the waywardness of rich people.

With some idle thought, he went downstairs to join them for dinner.

Today's dinner is chef Ivy. She is busy in the kitchen wearing an apron. When she sees Dante coming over, she smiles and says, "Mr. Detective, please wait a moment, dinner is not ready yet."

Thanks to the captain's generosity, the action team's meals are richer. Dante scanned around and found fresh oysters, antelope shanks, trout, lettuce, onions, tomatoes, carrots, plateau celery and other fresh vegetables .

I quickly converted the price in my mind, and finally came to a conclusion:

A dinner costs at least 15 shillings for the ingredients alone.

Evil capitalism.

Without any intention of showing off his oriental culinary skills, Dante obediently walked to the sofa and sat down, flipping through the "Genesis" he borrowed from Old Tom.

This ancient tome, written in the Alengo language, describes the epic of the gods in poetic form.

"In the beginning, there was no distinction between light and darkness, and the world was in chaos.

In the primordial chaos, the God of the Creator appeared for the first time.

He is at the center of the universe, omniscient and omnipotent."

It was a bit difficult for Dante to read. The words of Alengo were not as concise as the common language, and the pronunciation was also very obscure, but thanks to the foundation laid by the original body, he was able to interpret the meaning intermittently.

The myths in "Genesis" are different from the version of the world created by the twelve righteous gods that are widely circulated on the mainland. It is mentioned in the book that the omniscient and omnipotent Creator was born from chaos and created this world. He lives in the central palace of the universe. , the stripped incarnation, respectively in charge of time and space, and one body with good and evil sides, omnipotent.

The content related to the God of Truth mentioned by Old Tom is in verse No. 16.

"He lives in the deep sea, communicates with living beings through telepathy, and bestows knowledge and extraordinaryness, but ordinary people don't understand His greatness, and only get into trouble because of this. Only those who pursue the truth can get His favor."

Did the so-called God of Truth already exist in the last epoch, and even further back?
Dante flipped through "Genesis" and fell into a strong interest in exploring the history of occultism.

"Compared to the twelve righteous gods that are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, what is certain is that at a certain historical stage, a large-scale extraordinary event must have occurred, leading to the mass extinction of churches that believed in other gods."

"It should be the war of pure gods recorded in history, but in circles that ordinary people don't understand, many more tragic things must have happened."

The more Dante thought about it, the more reasonable he felt. He even made an analogy with the previous religious wars on Earth, and the conclusions he reached were basically similar.

"It seems that no matter which world it is, it is inseparable from differences and confrontations between beliefs."

He closed the book, digesting its contents, and suddenly thought of a key question.

Leon said that the special post system was established after discussions and studies by scholars of all ages, so what is the promotion path for the original Extraordinary, and how to distinguish them?
With doubts, he looked at the naturalist who had just come up from the basement.

"Hmm, interesting question, it looks like you've already read part of that book."

Old Tom took a sip of lemonade, tapped his lower lip, and leaned on the sofa with a full face.

"The special job system is a name that only came into being in this era, but you should also know that extraordinary power does not only exist in our era."

"In fact, whether it's called a special post or some other messy title, it's just an easier-to-understand noun. In essence, it's inseparable from the use of ether."

Dante listened carefully, and nodded to indicate that he could continue.

"I won't repeat the knowledge you already know. Pushing down from this angle will lead to a question: that is, how many manifestations does ether have?"

Old Tom was like a university professor, he didn't wait for Dante to ask, he asked himself and answered: "Thirteen kinds."

Thirteen?

Dante froze for a moment, but didn't speak.

"This is not the result of guesswork, but a conclusion discovered from verifiable ancient relics." Old Tom pointed to Ivy who was busy in the kitchen, and said:
"For example, little Ivy, her special job is a painter. According to this system, she is an artist, a dream walker, and a soul apostle."

"Have you found any common ground between these job titles?"

"Common ground" Dante thought for a moment, blessed his heart: "Is it spirit? Or thinking?"

"Half the answer is correct, but there is no reward." Old Tom showed a rare smile, and quickly restrained himself, continuing:

"The painter's ability is to rely on the imagination to create a work that interferes with the real world through its influence."

"Going up this system, the essence is to use ether to strengthen one's own thinking, to perceive, describe, and change."

Dante silently repeated the last few words in his heart, raised his head and asked, "You mean, this is the etheric form of the painter's system?"

"That's right, it can also be called the essence of this system." Old Tom nodded affirmatively.

"In this way, what will the secret reader system I am in be called in the future? What is the essence of the representative?"

Dante is like a primary school student seeking advice, eagerly absorbing relevant knowledge.

"Your professional system is said to have had a Beyonder who stepped into the ninth level, but after only a few minutes, that Extraordinary went mad and died."

Old Tom clicked his mouth again, his expression became very disdainful:
"The group of people in the church therefore believed that this system should not exist, and denied the matter of the Extraordinary, comparing such Extraordinary to heinous thieves, liars, robbers, and blasphemers, thinking that they would provoke the gods rage, and finally destroy the world"

"Based on this concept, in the Middle Ages, when religion developed most wantonly, once a cryptic reader was discovered, he would be burned at the stake."

Dante made up the picture in his head, and felt chills for no reason. He continued to listen to the old scholar's story seriously.

"However, since the advent of the steam age, it has become much better. Although it is still shouting and shouting, it has been restrained a lot."

Old Tom saw the uneasiness of a certain young man, and continued: "But it is also because of the reasons I mentioned just now that the title of the high-level secret reader is no longer verifiable, and even the formations required for promotion to a higher level are not available. Can't find it."

"I heard the captain mentioned the formation before, what exactly does it mean?"

"Understanding [Essence] is only a necessary condition for the advancement of Extraordinary, the purpose is to make better use of the ether energy you already have, but in the end it is to obtain more extraordinary power through some medium, and further expand the induction of the ether world .”

"Predecessors have explored the safest method, which is to use formations to make necessary arrangements, so as to communicate with the ether world, control the sensed ether energy to a level that a human body can bear, and then receive, store, and digest it."

"The specific content is basically the theory of alchemy. The medium is nothing more than the corresponding parts of the magical creature, mixed and modulated according to a certain proportion, and then drawn through the handed down runes, and finally complete this process."

Old Tom said a lot of things in one breath, took a breath, and continued: "There is another most dangerous method, which is to forcibly activate or promote through certain things that contain ether energy."

He stretched out his finger and said, "For example, you, the boy who survived the catastrophe."

Dante understood that the other party was referring to the matter of taboo objects, nodded, and asked with a guessed answer in his heart: "So, the system where the secret reader belongs, can't even confirm the essence?"

"Of course not. It's just that you lost the way to follow-up promotion. If you can maintain your current luck, you might be able to explore a new path by yourself in the future."

Old Tom glanced narrowly before answering his question:
"The secret reader system, the essence of ether represented is"

He paused, his expression serious:
"destiny."

(End of this chapter)