Cataclysm King

Chapter 538 Master Merlin's God-making Plan
Ji Xun had never seen Nan Jing so sad before.

In his impression, this girl with a bun always had an innocent smile on her face.

Even when facing hardships, she seems to be heartless and always faces it optimistically.

But this time, the news that Ji Xun brought back made the girl cry like a tearful person.

Nan Jing was tired of crying, and seemed to have matured a lot in an instant. She only said, "Sorry, I need to take a rest," and left silently.

Ji Xun and Chujiu didn't say much either.

There are some things that others can't help with.

Nan Jing left and locked himself in the room.

Peacock prefers sunny places, and she fell in love with this manor. There was no need to maintain her human form here, so she transformed into a monster, a beautiful white peacock, and went to bask in the sun leisurely beside the small lake in the manor.

The two elves had an instinctive joy for beautiful things. After asking Ji Xun, they went to play happily on the grass with the peacock.

It was like two strands of seven-color rainbows floating on the grass, and the elemental particles in the entire manor became active.

Ji Xun and Chujiu continued to wander around the castle, chatting as they walked.

Chujiu is a quiet person to begin with, and without the talkative Miss Nanjing, it seemed as if a lot of joy was suddenly lost.

But the atmosphere was not awkward.

The two of them walked in the corridors of the castle, and it felt good even without talking.

Soon, the two of them reached the observation tower at the highest point of the castle.

They leaned against the gray stone battlements and looked out over the estate before them.

There are many people in the manor. The stonemasons are carving sculptures in the manor, the gardeners are pruning the manor, the farmers are cultivating the land, and the textile workers are weaving. Curious children are hiding in the stable, secretly watching the beautiful white peacock that suddenly appears in the garden.

The manor was a busy and beautiful scene.

The breeze blew on their faces, and the two of them sat quietly in the sunshine, enjoying the leisure.

Suddenly, the breeze lifted a strand of silver hair from Chujiu's forehead, and that beautiful profile flashed in Ji Xun's peripheral vision. He spoke, "How have you been lately?"

Chujiu knew what his old friend was going to ask, so he explained his current situation in two sentences: "I just entered the eighth level. I plan to go to the East Desert soon."

"Oh?"

Ji Xun glanced at her and wasn't too surprised.

The Rebel Dragon Army and the [Secret Book of Imperial Investiture] strengthened Chujiu's royal destiny, and with the inheritance of Augustus' ancestral tomb, it was not surprising that she was able to reach the eighth level so quickly.

However, when he heard that Chujiu was going to Donghuang, Ji Xun also knew what she was going to do.

The Orlan Royal Court of Donghuang is the continuation of the Taren Empire. Not to mention that Chujiu is the legitimate heir to the royal family of Augustus, even her brother who usurped power and forced her mother to death should settle that hatred.

Chujiu thought for a moment and asked, "How about you? Did your trip to the southern continent go smoothly?"

Although we talked about the changes in the southern continent before, this question was about Ji Xun's personal situation.

Ji Xun also said succinctly: "I have comprehended the domain smoothly and have been promoted to the seventh level. This time, I also want to observe the [Emperor's Stele] and then prepare to be promoted to the eighth level."

There is no need to explain too much between the two of them, just a few words will make it clear.

Chujiu felt the coldness between his brows seemed to ease, and said calmly: "You are still the same as before, and you have changed a lot every time I see you."

"hehe."

Ji Xun smiled noncommittally.

My promotion speed is indeed very fast, but it depends on who I compare myself with.

In front of this old friend, it's nothing.

Chujiu asked again: "By the way, have you found the right sequence for yourself? If not, I can help you check the treasure house."

Ji Xun: "I found it. Before, the Royal Academy of Arel was destroyed, and a large number of treasures were lost to the public. I just happened to find a promotion sequence that suits me very well."

Due to the riot in Giant Spirit City, a large number of treasures of the Royal Academy were lost among the people, including various versions of the promotion career cards of the fifty-two demon god sequences collected by the empire.

In the end, most of those treasures were taken away by large and wealthy chambers of commerce.

Ji Xun also took advantage of the chaos to seize the treasure houses of several chambers of commerce.

Those treasure houses that originally required great effort to open were now opened with ease by him and Ivan.

As a result, a huge amount of treasures were obtained.

The past two months have been spent counting the spoils of war, and as the quantity was so huge, Ji Xun also found several eighth-level professional cards that suited him as he wished.

After careful study, I found one that was most suitable and I happened to have the materials on hand.

Hearing this, Chujiu was curious and asked, "A very suitable sequence?"

She knew Ji Xun's [JOKER] sequence, which could be said to be compatible with all fifty-two sequences. Of course, she was curious about which sequence he would be promoted to.

There was no need to be shy with old friends, so Ji Xun said directly: "The eighth-level professional card [National Scholar] of the [Diamond J-National Scholar] sequence."

"Oh?"

Chujiu pondered for a moment, obviously knowing the sequence, and asked curiously: "Have you understood the laws of war?"

You should know that it is extremely difficult to comprehend any high-level rules, which is why there are very few card masters in the three high-level sequences of J, Q, and K.

It is usually almost impossible for a card master who did not grow up from a small army to touch this sequence.

"Ah."

Ji Xun nodded and said, "Before in Giant Spirit City, 'Lord of War Monliod' performed a promotion ceremony for his chosen body. By chance, I also got a glimpse of the mystery of the law of war."

After listening to that intense speech, Chujiu's crystal eyes seemed to reflect some subtle emotions.

The adventures they had taken together in the past came to his mind.

A gleam flashed in her silver eyes, and she said, "Oh, in that case, it is indeed suitable for you. [National Scholar] is an extremely rare sequence that cultivates magic, matter, and wisdom at the same time. It is indeed very strong. And it also has the blessing of war luck."

"Ah."

Ji Xun also nodded.

He has seven versions of [Unparalleled Patriot].

But the template he chose was not the original one, but a revised version suitable for the Dragonborn.

Ji Xun had read the various classics of the Royal Academy. As long as the materials of this profession card were good enough, it would be even better than the original template and have a higher upper limit.

I just happened to have the materials on hand.

The only trouble is that the refining conditions are also very high.

Chujiu was very sensitive to the change in Ji Xun's expression, guessed what he was thinking, and said directly: "You can go find Master Meilin."

Hearing this, Ji Xun asked in great surprise: "Master Meilin is here?"

Chujiu nodded: "Yes, it's in the laboratory. I went to the southern continent before, and after I came back, I moved the laboratory to the imperial mausoleum."

Now the South Continent is in turmoil, the East Desert is also in turmoil, and the Old Continent is being reclaimed everywhere.
Nowhere is safe, only the imperial tomb is safe.

At least with the protection of the imperial mausoleum's restrictions, card masters below level nine can only enter but not leave.

"Oh that's convenient."

Ji Xun was still wondering where to find Master Merlin to help with refining, but he didn't expect that he was right here.

When you think about the fact that Master Merlin is also a member of the "Illuminati Hermitage", it becomes understandable.

Now it seems that this mysterious organization is the "shadow guardian" of the Kashi civilization. Although it is not the defender of Augustus's imperial power, the two are inextricably linked.

During the dinner, Nan Jing still locked himself in the room.

Although no one came out, everyone in the castle felt an aura as if the devil had descended.

The aura was powerful and familiar.

Ji Xun had felt this before on Nan Su Shang.

He knew that it was Nan Jing who was accepting the inherited power of the Nan family.

The Nan family's inheritance has always been a top secret passed down from one person to another, and no one knows what happened.

But extreme sadness is sometimes not always a bad thing for a transcendent at his level.

Even Ji Xun and Chujiu didn't bother them.

After dinner, Ji Xun went to the underground laboratory in the castle alone.

Griffith is a ninth-level master who is proficient in the laws of space. This castle was designed by her, and there is a huge mysterious space under the castle.

It looked like a huge deep pit, with a dark stone staircase spiraling downwards along the stone wall.

After descending for several hundred meters, we gradually saw the light.

This is the most confidential place in the entire castle, with all kinds of restrictions.

Ji Xun certainly knew why.

Master Merlin's research is very special and very dangerous.

The ban is to prevent external investigation and to prevent threats within the laboratory from spreading out.

The dim magic lamp illuminated an area of ​​ten meters on the rock wall. After Ji Xun walked down, hundreds of high-tech instruments in operation came into view.

An old man with frizzy white hair and sticky octopus tentacles behind him was concentrating on fiddling with something in front of an instrument.

"Master Merlin."

Ji Xun walked down and greeted with a smile.

Master Merlin's hands and eight tentacles did not stop moving. He just turned his head and said, "Hey, Ji Xun boy, you are here."

Then, the old man said bluntly: "By the way, have you used the [Gene Anchoring Agent]? Quickly draw a tube of blood for me so I can get a sample."

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Ji Xun smiled helplessly.

Although I am very familiar with the old man's personality, I still find this way of meeting him, where he gets straight to the point, a bit abrupt.

But he didn't say anything. He rolled up his sleeves and cooperated with the tentacles to draw blood for him.

Merlin was doing acupuncture when he suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, Ji Xun, did you bring me any materials?"

"Have."

Ji Xun smiled and took out several storage rings that he had prepared long ago. Jia Yu had told him before that the old man needed some biological materials.

I happened to have found quite a few rare species in the World of Warcraft Forest, so I brought them here.

Master Merlin took the storage ring, and his old face immediately lit up. He exclaimed, "Oh, the mythical bloodline [Spine Dragon Python], the hell species [Thunder Lizard], the mythical species [Golden Griffin], all are good stuff. Hey, you actually captured a ghost species [Hell Grudge Nun] alive? Tsk tsk, this is a rare thing, did you get it from the underworld?"

"Yes."

Ji Xun nodded and said, "I met him when I went to the underworld passage before, and I captured him by the way."

He knew that Master Merlin was not only studying normal creatures, but also some unusual creatures.

At the same time, he secretly sighed at Master Merlin's extensive knowledge. He had only seen many of these creatures in books before, but he did not expect that the other party would recognize them at a glance.

Looking at the pale golden blood that was drawn out, Master Merlin seemed to have sensed something before he put it into the instrument, and exclaimed: "Wow, your strength has improved a lot. The extraordinary characteristics in this blood cannot be matched even by an eighth-level magic beast. Tsk tsk. What a freak."

As he said this, he thought of something and asked again, "Are you coming to me to refine an eighth-level career card?"

"Ah."

Ji Xun didn't waste any time and directly took out the career refining template of [Unparalleled Patriot], as well as a dozen classics related to this sequence.

As soon as he saw the traces of time on the cover, Master Merlin immediately guessed the origin of these books and asked in surprise, "Did you rob the Royal Academy?"

He had returned to the Old World a long time ago, and then plunged into the laboratory, without knowing what happened afterwards.

"These books were indeed obtained by the Royal Academy, but I don't have the ability to steal them."

Ji Xun also guessed that Master Merlin didn't know, and patiently explained: "After the dead dragon Maraudis came back from the underworld, he broke into the Royal Academy, and then I got some on the market."

Upon hearing this, Master Merlin suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."

Before he could ask, Ji Xun took out several other storage rings and said, "These are research materials related to biology and alchemy. I brought them all to the master."

Although there is no technology in the southern continent, alchemy is actually the magical version of technology.

There is a lot of alchemy-related information in the Royal Academy, and Ji Xun got a large amount of it.

It takes a lot of time to study these materials, and his major is combat knowledge, so it is of little use.

It would be perfect to give it to this master.

Master Merlin looked at those books with a gleam in his eyes, "Tsk tsk, you really can always surprise me!"

Even though these classics may be from the Talen period thousands of years ago, or even earlier.

But the ancients' research on biology was no worse than it is today.

Even some alchemists who studied taboos have touched the realm of God.

These books are simply priceless treasures to Merlin, a scientific research fanatic!

Master Merlin's [Polynomist] sequence also has the ability to multitask. While sorting out the newly acquired materials, he was flipping through the piles of classics, and he was able to distract himself and talk to Ji Xun: "You just said that the dead dragon Marodis is already a higher god?"

Ji Xun said: "Yes."

The old man's train of thought was very surprising. He didn't care about the rank or the war, but asked directly: "Ah, did you get any biological samples of the Dragon God?"

Ji Xun rolled his eyes and complained, "I want to take it. But I have to have the ability to do it."

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Master Merlin seemed to have just realized the huge gap between their ranks, and said regretfully, "That's right. You're only at rank seven. Oh, no, why did I say 'only'? You're advancing at a freakish speed."

However, before he could think about it, Ji Xun said, "Although there is nothing like the Dragon God's, there are some similar good things."

As soon as these words came out, Master Merlin stared at him with a straight gaze: "Really?"

He knew Ji Xun was not joking.

The strong sense of anticipation has suppressed the joy just now.

"Yes."

Ji Xun was not in a hurry to take it out, but asked seriously: "Master, do you have a safe sealed container here?"

"Have!"

Master Merlin understood what he was saying. He immediately took out several glass containers covered with runes, as well as a bunch of seals, and asked, "Are these containers of sufficient specifications?"

Ji Xun took a look and said, "It should be OK."

should?

As soon as these words came out, the expectation in Master Merlin's eyes burned like a flame.

During his daily research, he often needs to seal some dangerous things, so he has prepared sealing containers.

You know, these are all the top-level sealed objects he collected. Looking at the expression of this kid, it seems that he is still wondering if he is afraid of leaking?
Hiss. What kind of surprise did this guy bring to me? !
After checking the sealed device, Ji Xun patted Ivan in his pocket and woke the girl up.

Ivan opened his mouth reluctantly, as if his sweet dream had been disturbed, and then a huge round egg popped out.

As soon as the dragon egg was placed in the container, it was immediately sealed.

But the moment it was exposed to the air, Master Merlin immediately sensed the divine pressure from the giant egg. He vaguely guessed something and asked, "Dragon egg?"

"Ah."

Ji Xun nodded and added: "It is most likely the egg of the Dragon God."

Such a casual remark made the eyes of this research fanatic who had seen countless strange and bizarre creatures widen: Dragon God?

As he spoke, Ji Xun also explained the origin of the item, saying, "This was found in the dead zone. It should be the eggs of the metal dragon gods that besieged Emperor Lanlingster more than 100,000 years ago. I took a look and it is still alive, but I don't know if it can be hatched."

Forget about dragon knights or anything like that.

It would take several hundred years for a dragon to reach maturity.

Ji Xun doesn't have that long of a life to be a dragon knight. Only by being studied by Master Merlin can his value be maximized.

Master Merlin felt an indescribable excitement in his heart, as if his blood was boiling: "Hahahaha. You really gave this old man a big surprise!"

This professional biologist saw the value of this dragon egg more than Ji Xun.

He excitedly explained, "You know what? According to historical records, the genetic sequence of gods is completely different from that of humans. If we can understand the difference between the genetic sequence of gods and humans, we can even find the 'secret to becoming a god' from the genetic level!"

"Oh?"

Ji Xun didn’t understand why it was so powerful, but it wasn’t difficult to understand.

To be honest, the method used by the card master to use the mythical crystal core to enter the seventh-level "demigod realm" is actually a shortcut at the genetic level.

Theoretically, even gods should be able to use this method.

But no matter how he thought about it, Ji Xun felt that this idea was a bit mysterious: Can gods create humans?
Normal people wouldn’t dare to think about it, but how dare Master Merlin!
He was so excited that he was a little incoherent. He said, "Hahaha, this is not what I thought. According to some ancient documents, there really were humans who did this kind of 'taboo' in the Age of Chaos. It's just that they were banned by the gods, and the method has been cut off. Now only a few words are left. Ji Xun, you really gave me a huge problem. Hahaha, the dragon god's egg can directly inherit a part of the divinity. This is even more valuable for research than giving me a dragon god. I can study the changes at the genetic level during the growth of the larvae, and perhaps I can see the 'path to becoming a god' hidden in the gene sequence."

Ji Xun listened to Master Merlin excitedly speaking a bunch of professional terms, and then he realized that his knowledge of the unknown field was still a bit narrow.

Maybe the old man's idea will really work.

Seeing that Master Merlin was about to study the dragon egg, he turned around and forgot about himself.

Ji Xun quickly reminded: "Master Meilin, I still have something to give you."

Merlin turned around and asked, "Anything else?"

Ji Xun didn't waste any time and picked out a huge glass container with the laws of space, and then asked Ivan to spit out an object.

The scene flashed and he had already sealed the vessel.

Looking through the glass, there is a "mummy" sealed with the [Shroud of Light and Darkness].

When Master Merlin saw the shape of the mummy, he asked uncertainly, "Is this a dragon?"

There are countless dragonborns and sub-dragons in the southern continent, and Warcraft dragons are not uncommon.

Merlin also felt that it was impossible for Ji Xun to bring back an ordinary Asian dragon beast for him, and he was so serious, so he asked again: "Could it be that you captured a pure-blooded dragon?"

Ji Xun nodded: "Yeah."

It really is!
When Master Merlin saw this, his old face turned red, and he quickly asked, "What level?"

He had always wanted to get a sample of a pure-blooded dragon, but that creature was not only hard to come by, but even if he saw one, he couldn't capture it.

In the southern continent, anyone who dares to capture a pure-blooded dragon will offend the entire dragon clan and will definitely not be able to leave alive.

Even their enlightenment order couldn't do it.

I've thought about it before, but never dared to do it.

Now looking at the corpse tied up like a mummy, Master Merlin felt an unreal feeling as if his dream had come true.

However, at this time, Ji Xun said faintly: "And this is not an ordinary pure-blooded dragon. If I am not mistaken, it should be a dragon that is directly related to the Dragon God Aierel."

That’s right, this corpse is the corpse of the previous Dragon Saint Cheresa.

According to the information obtained from Jia Yu, this corpse is either the descendant of the Dragon God Ariel or his clone.

There is definitely a direct relationship!
I didn’t dare take it out before in the southern continent, for fear that it would be sensed by the dragon god or something.

Now in the Old World, there is basically no such concern.

Not to mention that the Dragon God Ariel is currently unable to take care of himself, even if He really sensed it, He would not dare to come to the Old Continent.

When Master Merlin heard this, he seemed to think he had heard it wrong, and asked back: "You killed the offspring of the Dragon God Arel? And you came back alive?"

"Yeah. It's a long story."

Ji Xun briefly recounted the origin of the corpse.

However, Master Merlin, the only listener, was stunned.

Only then did he realize that the guy in front of him had really done things in the Southern Continent that many people would not even dare to think about.

It would be fine if it was just a dragon god's egg, but now there's also the corpse of a dragon god's descendant?

What Master Merlin saw was not potential danger, but a blazing fire of anticipation burning in his eyes.

He used to think that a dragon egg might not be perfect, but now with these two samples, he feels that the research direction of "artificial god" in his mind can really work!
In the laboratory, Master Merlin's laughter resounded: "Hahaha, you kid. You kid are such a surprise."

While speaking, the old man changed his face and focused on studying the new materials.

Ji Xun also knew that the old man might have forgotten about him, so he added weakly, "Master, this is also the main material I am going to use to refine the career card. You can use it however you see fit."

Master Merlin glanced back and agreed immediately, "That's nothing."

(End of this chapter)