Chapter 119 - 99: Conversation, Rex’s Astonishment

A group of little angels pestered this metal box to tell stories, making the guy smug:"Don’t rush, don’t rush, let me tell you a myth! It is said that there was a family, and the old father of this family lost two little children in the Great Duke’s Mansion..."

It took a group of kids to the palace garden, chatting boastfully and playing games together.

Of course.

Although it talked too much.

It wouldn’t tell the children the biggest secret:

The great mage Li Wei was actually the incarnation of the Longevity Divine Spirit in this world.

This news was explosive.

However, the current matters were already enough for it to boast.

Liu Jun looked at this guy with mixed feelings and said to Rilla beside him, "Where did Rilla go?"

Rex smiled:

"Our great hero is roaming outside, training on the earth. Hearing the news of your return, she’s overjoyed and already on her way back."

"She hasn’t married all these years. Sometimes, meeting someone too amazing is not necessarily a good thing."

Liu Jun didn’t think he was amazing.

Childhood companionship, growing up with guidance, perhaps added some bonus in this aspect.

Having spent more than ten years in Rehe City, in such an environment filled with intrigues, what love was there to speak of?

In school, the first sword was to be drenched in acidic rain before cutting down someone from the heart.

Rex poured a cup of precious Ceres wine for the teacher:

"This is a precious brew by our master of magic wine, Ceres. It can nurture the soul and temper the will."

Liu Jun took a sip, and it was indeed not bad.

He endowed plants and flowers of various intelligent types, wind, cloud, water, and fog with certain wisdom, possessing a special nature of soul themselves.

Used to make magic potions, they naturally have various mysterious effects!

Even Liu Jun felt that this mysticism system was vast and profound.

"Have things been busy lately, why do you look so aged?" Liu Jun sipped the fine wine in his mouth.

"Hahaha! Indeed, very busy."

Rex said, "I have been trying repeatedly to breakthrough bottlenecks, fully integrating with the power of the Light Divine Object. I have suffered quite a few injuries recently."

Seeing the astonished look on the great mage Li Wei’s face, Rex sighed:

"I know doing this might result in my death, but time might already be running out."

"Only after truly facing the [Wind Disaster] did I realize its horror, only then did I understand my father’s dying words."

"And the [Wind Disaster] was man-made. What about the next naturally occurring Divine Trial? Will we still be able to withstand it?"

After that day, his life was filled with fear.

The Wind Disaster, he got through it by luck.

But what about next time?

Next time, would his sister Rilla be able to solve it?

He, as an older brother, hated his own incompetence.

So, to prevent his dynasty from extinction, he attempted to reach the divine position through repeated life-risking efforts.

Only by becoming a true divine light, would he have the power to protect the Holy Empire!

Thus, to tread the path even his father hadn’t, he vigorously promoted the system of the Light Church, letting them help perfect the capacity of this system.

Upon hearing this, Liu Jun felt that every emperor of this era was full of stress. This pressure made him sigh because he was also helpless.

The periodic Divine Trials made the Mushroom Soup Worldview initially full of darkness and despair!

"So how’s it going now?" Liu Jun asked.

"Very tough."

Rex, a bit somber, sighed, "I really don’t know how those divine spirits back in the day managed to make that step."

He couldn’t help but complain:

"Back then, even without a magic system, not even a slow fitment path for divine objects, they somehow succeeded!"

"However, I will succeed too! I’ve discovered a new path to divinity! I’m already attempting to ignite the Divine Fire!"

"Rilla and I are going to give you a huge surprise!"

"Trust me, the next divine object’s arrival will no longer be insurmountable! Because then, we will already possess two new divine spirits, each mastering wind and light."

Liu Jun was somewhat surprised.

It seemed that the other’s aging did not go without some gain.

Liu Jun felt gratified by this, "As long as there are results, if you succeed, your name will be passed down as myth. Becoming a divine spirit, you will remain immortal, protecting your Holy Empire."

Rex mysteriously smiled, "No, if I succeed, your name will truly eternally be passed down in myth. People of the world will praise the ’mysterious omnipotent God,’ bringing miracles to this century."

Liu Jun wore a puzzled look.

What kind of path to divinity have you all paved, achieving divinity yet bringing the greatest honor to me?

Liu Jun couldn’t possibly ask this out loud.

He could only pretend to nod calmly, "If that’s your choice."

Rex shouted, "The world will know that mystery contains all sorts of incredible things. Faith in God is the source of all magic!"

As he spoke, an exceedingly fervent expression emerged on his face.

His path to divinity took an unconventional turn.

If he turned into a divine, the Angel God will stand high upon the eternal clouds, overlooking the entire era, and they, the angels, will also move towards eternity.

Just then, the metal box outside ran over, interrupting Rex’s words:

"You stubborn little brat, do you want to die? Just like your dead old man, courting death? Research findings can come slowly, but you just had to experiment with your life, truly an arrogant foolish brat!"

The metal box shouted loudly, scolding this Angel Emperor.

And Rex, hearing the severe rebuke, even though aggressive and unpleasant, showed a sincere smile.

He knew that Teacher Jin who raised him from childhood, was very worried about him.

"You little brat, did you hear a word I said? If you want to be a king, for the people of the land, you have to sacrifice a lot!"

"Learn from your dead old man, who released the Wind Disaster, sacrificing a generation of angels to achieve his goal."

Rex smiled helplessly, trying to interrupt the other’s sermon: "Sigh, I do care about life, I don’t want to die either. I conduct my experiments with caution."

Great mage Li Wei interrupted the metal box: "Stop it, we all have our paths, don’t force interference."

"But, but..." the metal box whined a bit.

Moving on.

Liu Jun and Rex set aside the heavy topic and chatted about other light-hearted subjects, childhood fun events.

The chatting went all afternoon, even the chatty metal box eagerly joined the conversation.

Liu Jun even brought along new technology: various magic crystals, wind element, light element, water element, fire element, earth element.

"This? A brand new energy storage method?"

This left Rex dumbfounded, a wave of awe surged in his heart.

Truly deserving to be their mentor, his wisdom is as unfathomable as his mysteriousness.

One must know, the measure of a civilization is its basic energy.

Modern humanity, by mastering the steam engine, entered the Steam Age.

By mastering electricity, it entered the Electric Age.

Mastering mass production of Intelligent Brain brought the era of telekinetic power.

It’s safe to say, the importance of energy to the development of a civilization is immense!

And their teacher, Li Wei, has accomplished this feat.

With new type of magic crystals, various magic staffs, robes, potions, and transportation will all undergo a massive explosion of innovation!

As an emperor of the Holy Empire, he can already foresee: in his era, in the coming years, new technologies will explode every day!

"Good, very good!"

Ecstatic, Rex couldn’t help but stand up:

"You truly deserve to be our teacher, your research has ushered our entire Angel Empire into a complete qualitative change!"

However, it wasn’t over yet.

Teacher Li Wei pulled out various magic cultivation techniques and demonstrated them one by one in the garden.

This caused Rex to tremble again:

"This, this... With these foundational theories of magic, I fear my light magic can further advance! The possibility of breaking through to Light God is as high as 70%!"

Don’t think it’s low, this is ascension to divinity after all.

Who among those who achieved ascension didn’t go through near-death experiences?

Previously he only had a 30% chance, now with magic crystal technology coupled with various magic fundamentals, it’s more than doubled!

"Truly deserving to be the teacher!"

This Angel Emperor, like that pure child from the past, had a face full of admiration: "You have been in seclusion all this time, researching in the Duke’s Mansion, your knowledge is indeed almost omnipotent."

Omnipotent, that’s quite a claim.

But I go next door every day, playing games and toiling away.

Playing games, earning money to support you all...

If you can increase your survival rate, all my hard work is worth it.

Liu Jun looked at the worshipful gaze of the other party and felt a pang of guilt, and nodded: "If my research can help you, then it’s good."

"It helps me immensely."

Rex knew his teacher, Li Wei, appeared cold on the outside but cared deeply inside. Over these years, he had been in seclusion just to help them more.

Liu Jun drank down the wine in one gulp, "I wish you success in your step towards becoming a god."

He, an increasingly renowned Grand Duke, a mysterious God.

In truth, they are all superficial, with much exaggeration.

The world said he was the most fitting genius, the destined host, but only he knew he was a "waste", without any talent.

His talent was seized, not originally his.


To develop to this point, he relied on having magic apprentices cultivate this system and help him integrate it.

Even in the folk songs: God used a brilliant plan to give "wind" a weakness, and ordered the disciple Rilla to defeat it...

They are all rumors.

However, the fame grew larger and more mysterious.

Instead, it gave an impression of unknowable power.

...

Liu Jun’s arrangements on the siren’s side were also completed, and he resided again in the Duke’s Mansion on the side of the Holy Empire.

A bunch of magic potion disciples appeared on the siren’s side, well-behaved and sensible, bringing new technology each year for his messenger to send back.

Letters were carried by albatrosses one after another, all carrying their overflowing expectations, hoping the teacher would praise them.

Outside of this.

The various new technologies published by Liu Jun made the entire branch of mysticism even more glorious.

Alchemy, forging, textile, medicine, all underwent new changes.

"Truly the mysterious, omnipotent, eternal power!"

"So formidable!"

The earth is filled with praises of the mysterious, omnipotent God.

He and his disciples strive forward, pushing this era towards the next myth.

In the sirens’ empire, the sirens said:

"Grand Duke Li Wei’s talents are comparable to that of Xiangtuo Mo, the Knowledge Elephant God, who perfected three systems and established the Magic Net by himself."

Children among the elves sang a ballad:

"The mysterious God, his vulnerability is hidden in the Box of God, inside it’s unknown, unenlightened, incomprehensible, concealing all the obscure and profound great powers of the world. Once the world knows all his secrets, and he is no longer mysterious, the mysterious power will vanish!"

This reminded people of the elves’ previous legends.

The navel of the Elephant God was his vulnerability; his bulging belly symbolized his oceanic knowledge, and once the navel was dug out, the vast knowledge would flow out.

On the earth, were all sorts of praises for God.

Liu Jun had no interest in these praises, thinking himself merely a simple copier.

But still, he felt a strong sense of achievement!

Because seeing "my world" grow stronger, the feeling of farming and managing was very nice... Bravely welcome the next Divine Trial!

On this day, an important guest arrived at Liu Jun’s Grand Duke’s Mansion.

The heroine who saved the world, Rilla.

She appeared somewhat aged, and travel-worn, returning with two female disciples.

One was a beautiful angel girl wearing a red hood.

The other was a 30-meter-tall young giant covered in fish scales: the Little Mermaid.

She had a fish tail and was indeed the child of the Sea Goddess, daughter of the ocean.

"I’m back." Rilla was very happy, having ended her travel-worn life, serving by God’s side once more.

"These are my two apprentices."

She summoned a metal box, "Box Master, come guide the young ones."

From inside the house came an annoyed voice, "Call me Box of God, don’t call me all sorts of nonsense, after bringing up you two kids, now you want me to guide another two?"

Rilla’s smile was bright:

"An older generation passes, a new generation must inherit, I feel there should always be two disciples following the teacher."