"The Ancient One, Vilan..."
"This can't be a coincidence, right?"
Beside the mountain path.
Roger's expression remained calm and composed.
But deep in my heart, a huge wave has already been set off!
That moment.
His brain started spinning at high speed.
…
"If it's not a duplicate name."
"Then there are at least two possibilities."
"The first possibility is that, by some coincidence, Weilan had entered the Legacy of Time before me and left a significant mark in the Second Age of the historical dungeon, "The Legend of Farover Town."
“But the possibility of this is extremely low.”
"Although the number of historical copies is not too large, there is still a certain base number. If he entered first and I entered later, it would be too coincidental that we entered the same copy!"
"Then there is only the second possibility."
"Welan..."
"He entered the Legacy of Time with me!"
Just think of this.
Roger couldn't help but close his eyes and quickly recalled his previous experience in "Purgatory"!
His consciousness frantically scanned his memory:
Third Legion.
The base of the remnants of the Savior Army.
The scattered soldiers.
…
Scenes flashed through his mind.
Although Roger failed to find conclusive evidence.
But considering the current situation.
There is a high possibility that Weilan or Weilan's clone is among the remnants of the Savior Army!
At that time, Roger was looking for clues about Tongma Town.
Some of the Salvation Army members were spared.
It seems now.
This action actually became a foreshadowing!
Only in this way can we explain the phenomenon that Roger and Weilan entered Yuanwang Town at the same time!
…
"So...what exactly is the compensation mechanism of the Lord of Time?"
Think of this.
Roger was a little confused.
Anyone who was tricked by the Blood Crow in Purgatory is eligible.
The "Yuanwang Town" must have been torn apart by the adventers long ago!
He thought carefully about the similarities and differences between Weilan and himself.
The final conclusion is:
Maybe only time was lost in between purgatory.
Only those who successfully return to the main material world are eligible to obtain the Feather of Time!
besides.
There should be some other hidden conditions.
Roger is unknown.
…
"I didn't expect to hear from Weilan again in this form."
Beside the path.
Listening to Lanwell's enthusiastic introduction.
Roger's heart was filled with emotion.
He couldn't be sure of Vilan's current condition.
Although Lan Weier swore to him -
The mainstream view in the historical community is that the Ancients have fallen, and those who remain near the castle are just imposters who have stolen a small amount of the Ancients' power.
But Roger still couldn't feel at ease.
For Vilan.
It can be said that no one knows better than him!
Most of the skills and cool moves that Roger has mastered today were created by Teacher Weilan!
This guy is so sinister!
Even if everyone told Roger that Vilan was dead, not even his ashes would be left.
Roger still suspected that this guy would perform a "return of the dead" drama in the castle!
Special.
After he heard more information about Wilun Castle from Lanwell.
This suspicion has become even stronger!
What is the "Curse of the Castle" and what is the "Treasure of the Ancients"...
No matter how you look at it, Roger looks like he's fishing!
You're not just catching one or two fish.
But hundreds and thousands of psychics!
Considering that the other party is already an ancient being who is high above everyone else and second only to the five inn masters.
And I have just started to learn the art of spiritualism.
This made Roger feel deeply passive.
"Sure enough, when it comes to time travel, the sooner the better!"
“Although five years have passed, I have spent most of that time working behind closed doors…”
"I need to learn from my peers!"
Thinking so.
Roger decisively accepted Lanwell's invitation to join him.
The two of them walked to the location on the invitation letter -
Lakeside Village.
…
Along the way.
The two did not walk very fast.
The main reason is that Lanwell has a weak constitution.
This guy needs to rest for a while after walking a short distance.
Roger had to stop and wait for him.
This made Lanwell look a little embarrassed.
Roger was very generous and said it was okay.
It doesn't matter how little time is wasted.
And taking this opportunity.
Roger started chatting with Lanwell intentionally or unintentionally.
Roger learned this from the conversation.
This young man with black-framed glasses is a historian and a member of the Spring-style spiritualist sect "Witch Goddess".
The place where he is mainly active is a small town south of Yuanwang Town.
That is the territory of the "Lord of Spring".
Generally speaking.
The two sides were so far apart in reality that it was rare for them to meet in the spiritual world, so it was fate that Roger was able to rescue Lanwell from the Rusty Sword Forest.
Lanwell is grateful for the help.
Therefore, I answered almost all the questions Roger asked.
A short walk down.
Roger already had an idea in his mind.
…
Unlike Roger, who was cursed and forced to go to "Lakeside Village".
Lanwell and the others (mostly psychics) were heading for the treasure of the Ancients.
In the legend.
The treasure left by the ancient Vilan can quickly increase the height of a person on the cliff of the spiritual world.
What's even more fascinating is.
It is said that Weilan prepared 10 bottles of water of immortality during his lifetime.
Each bottle adds 500 years to your life!
And this water of immortality is just the tip of the iceberg of Vilan's treasures.
In the ancient castle.
Thousands of insane treasures are hidden there, attracting psychics one after another.
However, it is obviously not that easy to obtain the treasure.
Every year, the mysterious butler of the castle sends out 36 invitations.
These invitations will be randomly distributed around the world.
Only those with an invitation are eligible to enter the Lakeside Village - once others approach the castle, they will be expelled by a mysterious force and will not even be eligible to compete for the treasure!
Therefore, every year when invitations are issued.
The entire psychic world will be in turmoil.
The same is true this year.
Lanwell told Roger.
He spent a huge amount of money to buy the invitation letter from the black market.
The man from the sword sect was chasing him in the spirit world because of the invitation letter.
As for more specific details.
Lanwell said nothing.
But it is not difficult to see from his focused and vigilant expression when he was narrating.
For many psychics.
The invitation to Lakeside Village is truly a treasure!
…
"It seems that the purple trait is indeed correct. It comes with an invitation letter at the beginning..."
Hear this.
Roger couldn't help but laugh at himself.
Looking at Lan Weir whose eyes were full of light.
Roger couldn't help but think of the "suicide note from a close friend".
A bigger doubt emerged in his mind——
"If all these people would eventually die in the castle, the psychic world would have been in turmoil a long time ago..."
"Why does someone as well-informed as Lanwell seem to know nothing?"
Although the expression is relaxed.
But Roger remained highly vigilant.
He originally valued and cursed the matter of taking sides.
Now the potential opponent has changed to Vilan.
He will be even less careless.
that's all.
The two sides stopped and walked along the way.
And in this process.
Roger also searched out his own "life experience" from the "memory bank".
Talk about life experience.
In fact, it is the background of the historical world that combines the two destiny traits of "Country People" and "Curse of the Castle":
…
In this memory.
Roger was originally a countryman who was born in the village next to Lakeside Village.
He grew up in the mountains since childhood.
I once mistakenly walked into the gate of an ancient castle.
Maybe it's because I'm lucky.
Nothing terrible happened.
Until he was 14 years old.
An expedition team organized by Swain and others found him.
Let him act as a guide.
The group eventually embarked on a suicidal journey towards Castle Velen.
It's strange to say.
It is impossible for psychics to get close to Castle Velen.
But a group of mortal expeditions successfully entered the castle!
The experience after that became vague and fragmented.
Roger only remembered that they had experienced several thrilling things in the castle.
final.
They had provoked a terrible monster.
The monster was so powerful that it almost killed a strong and powerful mercenary on the spot.
After the group escaped decisively.
The monster didn't pursue further.
It was also in this process.
Roger saved Sven's life.
As for what the expedition team actually got from the castle.
Roger actually didn't know.
He was just a guide after all.
After that incident.
Roger could no longer stay in his country home - he kept having nightmares about strange things and was attacked by scary but non-lethal creatures.
To survive.
He had no choice but to flee to Yuanwang Town, find a job as a caregiver, and began to live a muddle-headed life.
…
The filter of memory ends here.
When the moon is above the branches.
The two of them stood on a high hill.
Not far away.
The shadow of the Gilbes Mountains lies like a dormant beast.
The majestic and dangerous Weilun Castle is built on the hillside.
From this angle.
Roger could see the long, wide moat and the magnificent, rainbow-like arched bridge that towered over the river.
The castle gate is hidden in the mountain mist.
Occasionally a few crows fly by.
The creepy cry came from an unknown place, making people look around frequently to confirm whether there was any evil creature appearing beside them.
The sight goes down along the castle.
At the foot of the mountains there is a wide and fertile land.
The earth is dotted with a quiet lake.
The north side of the lake is also shrouded in mountain fog.
The ruins to the south consisted of old houses, scattered wooden boards, and collapsed barracks.
This is the destination of Roger and his companions’ trip!
…
"Hint: You found 'Lakeside Village'"
…
The scenery of Lakeside Village is extremely beautiful.
This is true even in the quiet of the night.
Roger and his companion walked on the moonlit path.
They all remained silent.
I was afraid of destroying the breathtaking beauty and tranquility.
The scenery and atmosphere at this moment are so beautiful.
It makes people feel emotional naturally.
What a pity.
The guy accompanying Roger is a pretty boy who looks like he has kidney deficiency!
The two walked for a while.
Arrived at the center of the village.
At this moment.
Roger bent down, picked up a tile covered with mysterious patterns, and examined it carefully.
A strange feeling hit his brain.
After a while.
on the data bar.
…
"Reading: You read the mysterious text, and your inspiration has been slightly improved."
…
"Your inspiration has been improved (three stars or more, less than four stars)"
…
“A tiny tile can boost inspiration?”
Roger was marveling at this.
Lan Weir also came over.
He glanced at the tile in Roger's hand and said with a smile:
"This is 'Moonlight Tile'. Moonlight Tile that has never been read can be sold at a very high price outside."
“In a place like Lakeside Village, even if you do nothing, you can still gain a lot of benefits just by staying there;
Moonlight tiles are just one of them.
Because this is the projection of the spiritual world in the main material world!"
Roger was moved when he heard this:
"projection?"
Lanwell nodded and said:
“That’s the mainstream view.”
"Regarding the projection of Lakeside Village, I once heard a secret, but I don't know whether it's true or not."
“It is said that the ancient Vilan has successfully opened up the sixth plank road on the cliff of the spiritual world.
He has already signed an agreement with the five major inn owners.
It was possible that he would become the sixth ascender in the world.
But just before his ascension.
One of his disciples betrayed him.
The disciple destroyed the sixth plank road through unknown means.
Ultimately, Weilan's path to ascension was ruined.
Forced him to transform into another form of existence in the spirit world: the Ancient One. "
…
"But the ancients are not the masters of the plank road after all. No matter how long they live, they will die. After the sixth plank road is broken, Weilan will no longer be able to make any progress and will eventually disappear from the sight of the world."
"Many years later."
" He only left this castle..."
Listen to this story.
Roger stood up thoughtfully.
The two walked forward for a while.
The result happened at this moment.
Roger found another strange thing——
That is a string of colored lights.
Under the moonlight.
The glass balls on the surface of these colored lights reflect flickering light.
He seemed to see the confusion in Roger's eyes.
Lan Weier took the initiative to explain:
“These are the lights at the amusement park.”
"It seems that more than ten years ago, a wealthy businessman in Yuanwang Town saw the beautiful scenery of Lakeside Town and wanted to develop tourism business here. He built a resort and amusement park."
"But then the rich businessman suddenly died."
"Business here has stopped. We are probably in the vicinity of the original resort, and the amusement park should be further north - probably north of Lake Rest."
Roger put down the string of lights.
He looked at Lan Weier and couldn't help but sigh:
"You know so much!"
Lanwell smiled shyly:
“Maybe this is the advantage of the profession.”
Finish saying this.
He looked around and said:
"We should be the first group to arrive."
"Just find a house to stay in tonight."
"We have to wait for Mr. Motuo to come to find out the details."
"I'm going to stay in this room...Would you like to come with me..."
Facing Lan Weir's cordial invitation.
Roger politely chose to refuse.
The two said good night to each other.
They each found a house and went inside.
The moon is at its zenith.
The night deepens.
The howling of wolves could be heard faintly outside the village.
…
The next two days.
Roger and Lanwell teamed up to conduct a preliminary exploration of the part of Lakeside Village that was not shrouded in thick fog.
The harvest can be said to be quite impressive.
They found a lot of valuable moonlight tiles alone.
After splitting equally.
Roger also has as many as 11 pieces.
There are countless other mediums and materials.
In this process.
Apart from occasional encounters with supernatural phenomena, they were not in direct danger.
When the night is quiet.
Roger practiced inspiration in the house according to Lanwell's instructions.
As a result, he discovered that the efficiency of practicing in Lakeside Village was several times higher than that in other places!
What's even more terrifying is.
He doesn't even need the help of the "dream ritual" to do this.
No wonder this place is considered a projection of the spiritual world.
…
And just as Roger was actively exploring Lakeside Village.
A lot of people have come here in the past two days.
These people are psychics holding invitation letters.
As soon as they entered the village, they consciously found a house to live in.
Psychics rarely talk to each other.
People like Roger and Lanwell are pure exceptions.
Roger discovered.
In Lakeside Village.
Everyone became very restrained in their behavior.
Some people are seizing the time to practice.
Some people, like Roger, wander around, trying to find the treasures they missed.
At least on the surface.
Everyone is innocent of each other's actions.
The days go by.
In the blink of an eye, it was the night of September 29th.
…
In a small but clean bungalow.
Roger quietly looked at the moonlight coming in through the window——
The moonlight tonight is exceptionally bright.
But he couldn't help feeling a little irritated.
Outside the house.
Some faint human voices could be heard.
That was the whispering of other psychics.
During the day.
Roger counted them.
All 36 people have arrived.
Everything depends on the legendary butler Motuo coming tomorrow to reveal the mystery.
Logically speaking.
He should conserve his energy now.
But I don’t know why.
He just couldn't sleep.
Deep in his heart.
There is an urge to "ascend to the spirit"!
…
"Have I suppressed you for too long... "
Sit on the edge of the bed.
Roger couldn't help but let out a wry smile.
His inspiration has actually gone far beyond the level of spiritualism.
In the past four years.
In order to kill the Sumeru Hound, the Jumping Mushroom and the Rusty Sword Ghost, Roger has been delaying his second soul upgrade.
However, his inspiration had already increased from the initial 2 stars to the perfect 3 stars when he entered the village.
When I read "Moonlight Tiles" before.
His inspiration accidentally broke through 4 stars!
That's better.
The urge to ascend to spiritual power could no longer be suppressed.
Roger could feel it.
It was as if a powerful suction force was pulling him towards the cliff of the spiritual world!
This situation now.
Obviously, he cannot participate in the 'game' mentioned by Swain!
"I can only take the risk of ascending to a higher spirit..."
Ponder for a moment.
Roger no longer hesitated.
He placed the "psychic soap" that Cindy had transformed into in front of the bed and said:
"I need to perform a spiritual ascension ritual."
"If someone comes in."
"You just adapt to the situation, understand?"
Cindy nodded fearfully.
Now.
Roger concentrated.
The sagebrush burned into gray smoke that floated in the moonlight.
No other psychic is needed.
This moment.
Roger stepped directly into the Spirit Ascension Plank Road!
…
"Hint: You have discovered the Time Trail"
…
"Time Plank Road: Legend has it that this mysterious plank road was created by the ancient Weylan. It is broken at the seventh step. It is currently climbable."
…
"Um?"
See here.
Roger was slightly stunned.
Open your eyes.
What appeared before him was a brand new plank road.
Compared to the plank road of the sword sect.
The shape of this plank road is more beautiful.
Its shape winding up the cliff of the spiritual world looks like a coiled dragon lying dormant in the ground.
What a pity.
At the limit of what Roger could see with his naked eyes.
A place covered by colorful light.
A terrible crack appeared on this plank road!
But Roger noticed.
Above the crack.
The remaining part of the plank road is still winding upwards.
Finally it reached the unknown place on the cliff of the spiritual world.
"Lanwell is wrong!"
Roger's heart trembled.
"The Sixth Plank Road cannot be said to be destroyed, it is just cut off in part!"
"The law of this plank road is called Time. It is obviously not in the same style as Dao Chunshuang Luxi. It is very likely that it was written by Weilan..."
Thinking so.
Another plain road appeared before his eyes again .
That was the "Daozhu Plank Road" that he had walked on before.
If you take the knife path.
He will start directly from Platform 3.
But if you take the path of time instead.
He has to start over from the beginning.
For Roger.
This is not a difficult decision to make - the path of the Sword Sect can go anywhere, but Teacher Weilan's path is appearing for the first time, so he must give it a try, right?
At that moment, he took a step forward and walked onto the "Time Walkway"!
Just took a few steps.
Roger noticed the difference between this plank road and the sword master's plank road.
On the path of the sword.
The psychic's walk is protected by the stack owner.
Strong wind, noise, white light, foreign objects...
These effects will be greatly weakened.
But on the time plank road.
Apart from the solid road under his feet, the psychic has to face everything else on his own!
This may also be the difference between Weilan and the five great inn owners!
On the cliff of the spirit world.
Roger had just stepped onto the second platform with great difficulty.
I was chilled all over by a sudden gust of wind!
He hastily took a big step back.
Only then did he find a sheltered position and avoid the strong wind that was enough to destroy his spiritual body!
But it has come to this.
He also lost the strength to continue moving forward!
Looking up at the remaining plank road above.
Roger became even more alert.
It was so strenuous for him to walk a few steps on the plank road.
And how powerful is the creator of the plank road in this world?
It seems that no matter which world you are in.
Weilan is a strong rival!
Just think of this.
Roger cautiously ended his spiritual state.
on the data bar.
…
"Spiritual Ascension Ceremony: You Walked 14 Steps on the Time Plank Road"
…
"You have gained psychic points time*14;
Your psychic skill: Time has been upgraded to level I.
…
"During the settlement of the present world panel, do you want to convert the psychic art: time into a person? The person that can be converted includes but is not limited to the following options:
…
1. Historical Person
2. Time Person
3. Spatial location
4. Cosmic Person
…」
…
In the face of these choices.
Roger hesitated for a moment.
Then a decision was made quickly.
…
"Conversion successful, your time grid +0.01, you gain a random feat from the time grid - Time Standstill"
…
"Time Standstill: You can stop time within 100 meters of yourself for 0.2 seconds"
…
"Limit: 10 times per day / Lifespan deducted each time = number of creatures affected by time stop * still time * 100"
…
"Note: The stolen time will have to be returned sooner or later."
…
"It has been detected that 'Time Standstill' is a feat acquired from 'Legacy of Time', so this feat will ignore the seal effect and be directly incorporated into 'Necromancer: Time'..."
…
"Hmm?"
"What can you do in just 0.2 seconds?"
Roger thought seriously.
But it didn't take long.
Suddenly, a soft sigh came to his ear.
Immediately following.
A solemn voice sounded:
"I finally waited for you."
"I am the great ancient one. I am on equal footing with the five great inn owners. I once single-handedly opened up a new world on the cliff of the spiritual world..."
"You may have heard of my name—"
"That's right."
"I am the legendary ancient: Weilan!"
"I have been sleeping in endless darkness until now, and I woke up only for you!"
"Because you are the heir I've been waiting for."
"Young psychic..."
"Will you become my disciple?"
…