my slow journey to infinity

Chapter 128 Abstinence

It should be said that the book "The Lost Key" is far more profound than "Water Pollution".

During the two years of compilation, Wang Shui focused most of his energy on sorting out and researching spatial abilities.

Even in his magic book "Water Pollution", many contents were influenced by space knowledge.

Wang Shui did not submit these two books to the system for rating, so there is no digitized information. However, judging from the same type of products on the market, it should not be too much to rate these two books as gold quality, right?

In terms of equipment, unlike ordinary awakened people, Wang Shui has very few extraordinary equipment.

While others were playing games, filling themselves up with protective equipment, and then getting the most suitable weapons for their profession and level, and going to fight in various dangerous missions, Wang Shui was quietly reading and studying.

The most commonly used protective equipment in Wang Shui is just a set of second-level mobile armor. It has been abandoned for a long time, but it has not been dismantled.

As for weapons, it depends on what materials he has at hand.

Because of his status as a life awakener, it is difficult for Aqua Regia to trigger combat reward tasks.

And those missions that are barely accessible only have extremely low-end rewards, or have no combat-related things at all.

Therefore, these tasks have long been ignored by him.

After getting some funds, Wang Shui was not in a hurry to strengthen himself from the equipment level. He hoped to use money to make money and obtain more resources.

Perhaps, he really has to wait until it is difficult for him to improve himself through knowledge before he will choose suitable equipment.

This special experience gave Wang Shui no idea about mainstream mid-to-high-end equipment.

In other words, his concept came entirely from the complaints and bragging of netizens.

However, Wang Shui still knew that the rarity of equipment did not completely represent combat effectiveness.

For example, the [Hand of Hermit] he has used for a long time is golden equipment, but its level is "none", so its protective capabilities are much worse than the second-level whiteboard mobile armor hand armor.

The most intuitive way to determine the strength of equipment is to look at the specific numerical value of the system's evaluation.

However, this kind of value is generally positively related to rarity and level.

Tsk, it’s back again.

Reality is not a game, and extraordinary equipment does not have a linear growth design system. What the awakened people recognize most is the concept that you get what you pay for.

The third level is the level where awakeners are most likely to get stuck.

The equipment itself is generally divided into rarities according to the [Extraordinary Creation·White, Green, Blue and Gold] system.

Therefore, gold level 3 equipment is the most popular type, and blue level 3 equipment is the most popular type.

At this moment, Wang Shui was sitting at his desk, his mind filled with the concept of the value of extraordinary items.

But in fact, he was reluctant to give away the "Lost Key" because he wanted to convince himself.

He had a vague feeling——

Even if he is given more time and resources to copy this book, the occult significance of the new book will not be as strong as the first one.

Facing the plain black leather cover, Wang Shui thought for half an hour, and finally, he made a decision.

……

That night, Wuya Bookstore.

With a calm expression, Wang Shui placed "The Lost Key" on the desk in front of Master Xiao Chen, then turned to the desk on the side and read the unfinished book collection.

Master Xiao Chen's expression at this time was even more shocked than when Wang Shui promised to leave the knowledge.

"You can actually do this! And you're not dead?! Are you willing to give it to me?!

You...me, actually I just need knowledge. Even if there is not enough time in this world, I can still find you when I return to the main world..."

"Transcribing another copy? That may take more time and energy than writing it all in one go. These contents may also be modified due to my new ideas.

In this way, even if it is just hand-copied, it may take decades. Can Master Chen afford to wait? "

"Since you know the value of [the original knowledge], are you still willing to give it to me?"

Master Xiao Chen's tone suddenly softened. She really couldn't wait, let alone decades of waiting.

"It turns out that the thing created under this feeling is called [Knowledge Original], tsk, what a cool concept.

To be honest, I really can't bear to part with it, but for me, "The Lost Key" has more of a commemorative meaning.

The knowledge it represents is similar to my current ability, so the increase in my ability is very limited. If I sell it, I will definitely be reluctant to part with it, but if it is just a collection...

Master Xiao Chen, I think it wants to travel more and see more strange worlds. You should be able to satisfy it, right? "

Wang Shui was able to say these words, but he actually had no intention of pleasing Master Chen. He just repeated what he said to convince himself.

"Ah, of course... Okay, I will use it carefully, but in this case, I owe you. Unfortunately, I left in a hurry. When I escaped, I only took the [Shu Jian Shan Yu Pavilion] with me, not The law will give you other compensation."

"Give me a spiritual sword?"

"Didn't you try it yourself? No spirit sword is willing to follow you." Master Xiao Chen was also helpless, but those spirit swords would not listen to her.

"Just kidding, the knowledge of these thirteen floors, plus the [True Essence Strengthening] technique you specially tailored for me, is enough. If you really feel sorry for me, then... tell me what you know character?"

Master Xiao Chen's character is something that Wang Shui has always been very curious about, but she is very strict and couldn't formulate any words in the previous exchanges.

"Well - you really want to know?"

"Character shouldn't be a handle, right? If it's inconvenient..."

"Not really...Actually, I, have you read any books on the character study of the Knower?"

"Having read one or two, it should be more comprehensive."

"Then, do you know [abstinence]?"

Ah, this aqua regia knows so much!

Because what Aqua Regia yearns for the most is the "Knower of Desires", which is exactly the opposite of "Abstinence".

The records of these two characters are also connected, so aqua regia also read the [abstinence] character several times.

The strength of a knower's ability can, to a certain extent, be intuitively judged based on the strength of his character.

There are also characters like "Love" and "Longing". They are less constrained and have poor learning ability.

And abilities like [Desire], [Hunger], and [Jealousy] are also quite powerful characters.

[Arrogance] is relatively weak. Arrogance is very picky about knowledge. The Arrogant seniors recorded in the books do not have the characteristic of aqua regia that does not reject anyone who comes.

Speaking of [Abstinence], this is also an extremely powerful character. It is also very scary to think about the emotions that are suppressed to the extreme.

A knowledgeable person with this kind of personality needs to choose to suppress certain desires in order to gain the ability to learn knowledge at a high speed.

Of course, these desires are not suppressed in vain. Each suppressed desire will form a special liberating ability. Once the abstinence is lifted, or the lifting conditions are triggered, the knower will gain extremely powerful power.

"So, what did you suppress? How many desires did you suppress?"

"Hey! It would be rude to ask again!"

Master Xiao Chen was a little angry, but this kind of irritation without real anger aroused Wang Shui's interest in teasing him.

"Actually, it's not that hard to guess. You got a lot of information through my sweat before, so you must have suppressed your [appetite], right?

That ability to taste is the ability to liberate appetite? "

"Well - to be precise, it's the pursuit of delicious food."

Master Xiao Chen seemed very honest, but in Wang Shui's eyes, she was just confessing to prevent Wang Shui from thinking further.

"And~"

"No more! Abstinence is very fragile! Stop talking! It was because the [Qi] on your body was too clean last time that you tempted me to taste the sweat! Stop guessing!"

Although Master Chen was wailing and lying on the desk with her head in her arms, she did not escape.

"So, have you triggered [the desire to listen] now? Or is it [the desire for knowledge] or something like that? Because you have triggered the conditions for the liberation of desire, you must listen to what I have to say?"

Well--

Master Xiao Chen could only scream.

Before she was exposed, she could still rely on the aura of a high-level transcendent to intimidate Shui Wang, and use exaggerated movements and postures to cover up her repressed desires. But now...

"Tsk, do you really dare to suppress desires like [Curiosity for Knowledge]? You lose your desire for knowledge most of the time. Wouldn't this be detrimental to learning?

Or is it that when you liberate this desire, you can gain a strong enough ability? "

Perhaps accepting his fate, Master Chen sat upright with a look of reluctance, curled his lips and whispered:

"It just suppresses the desire for knowledge, but it makes studying more boring. When I go to school, a lot of knowledge is very boring. Don't most students complete their studies normally?

In fact, being easily attracted by the true side of things is the most dangerous part of suppressing the desire for knowledge. Just like me now, I can only continue to listen to you and can't leave even if I want to. "

"Then, could you please tell me about the abilities gained by liberating the desire for knowledge?"

"Well - since you, a mortal, want to hear it, let me give you some insight.

When the desire for knowledge is suppressed to a certain extent, when it is liberated, one can temporarily learn a series of knowledge and abilities from any individual in sight or even in memory.

The temporary here refers to the time before the desire for knowledge is banned again next time. In other words, if you don't stop it, you will have mastered the knowledge of this series forever. "

Hiss—Aqua regia took a deep breath.

No wonder Master Chen complains that [Arrogance] is very weak. Compared with the other party, he is really weak...

Master Xiao Chen also turned into a look of contempt, she was really faking it.

But then, Wang Shui’s words shocked Master Chen again——

"Then, what is the liberating power of [lust]?"

"You! How did you know?!"

Master Chen took a step back out of 90% shyness and 91% surprise, and naturally fell down on the chair, and then naturally curled up his body.

Wang Shui showed a clean and pure smile:

"It's easy to guess. If it were me, I would ban this useless desire in exchange for stronger learning ability, and there would also be a bonus liberating ability.

Of course, I'm not just guessing. Now, I can tell you how I found out at the risk of being embarrassed and killed by you.

So you also have to tell me what are the conditions for the liberation of lust and what is its ability to liberate. "

"You guy! Are you really not afraid of death?!"

"You don't understand. If you hear the truth in the morning, you will die in the evening~"

Although Wang Shui seems to be seeking death, he is actually 90% sure that he will not die!

After getting along with each other for a period of time, Wang Shui has finally understood Master Chen. Although she has a relatively mature defensive mind, she is still a reasonable guy after all. Such a good person will probably not kill someone out of shame... Well, probably.

Well, actually you can't blame Wang Shui for committing suicide, he really wanted to know!

The open top floor of the small bookstore fell into a brief silence.

For a while, there was only a slight sound of wind here.

Wang Shui showed great patience. He sat there quietly, waiting for Master Chen to get rid of his shyness.

Time is indeed a good medicine.

"The condition is an emotional kiss, and the ability is to change the character from [abstinence] to [extreme desire] within one day."

Master Xiao Chen leaned back listlessly on his chair, and then finished this sentence with no expression on his face and no fluctuation in his tone.

After Wang Shui heard this, he immediately disappeared into the library.

This is the correct use of spatial ability!

However, in order to fulfill his promise to tell the truth, Wang Shui also left a small note.

The equipment properties of [Hand of Hermitage] were copied on the note (when touched with hands, clothes can be seen through, even extraordinary clothes).

But at the bottom of the note, there is a line of small words.

[The long skirt is vacuum, and the lust is guessed. 】

Well - it's not Wang Shui who wants to die, he has to tell Master Xiao Chen this information.

The library was eerily quiet.

Master Xiao Chen summoned the note, and after reading it, he crushed the note into powder as if it were aqua regia.

She still looked listless, but curled up habitually.

This is the first time in his life that Master Chen has been so passive.

Chen Chen, as a special knower, became a lifelong scholar of the [Phantom Mist Society] at a young age, so she naturally received all kinds of scrutiny.

She knows that her character and abilities have been studied by many people, and she has also experienced extremely accurate pick-ups and highly purposeful friendships.

However, since she has banned [Deceitful Desire], although she cannot lie, she only needs to speak less to gain mind-reading abilities similar to [Psychic Insight].

This ability only requires telling the truth unwillingly, and it can easily trigger liberation. The process of accumulating abstinence is just telling the truth on a daily basis.

What's even more fitting is that Master Xiao Chen is strong enough and she doesn't need to tell lies.

This ability helped her avoid countless hypocritical traps, and also helped her make many friends... although those friends did not always tell the truth.

But people, whether it’s a white lie or something you’re ashamed to admit, there’s always some subconscious hypocrisy.

Master Xiao Chen's extraordinary level is very high, and her personal attributes are also extremely high.

With Aqua Regia's [Occlumency] attribute, it is completely unable to block her mind reading.

But what surprised her was that although Wang Shui was very careful in communicating, he was a bit too tactful.

But he really has no purpose. Wanting to read books and gain knowledge is just the instinct of a knowledgeable person.

Understanding the unique spatial ability is also his own ability and accumulation.

On the other hand, Master Xiao Chen received a return gift of immeasurable value...

With a thought, the "Lost Key" appeared in her hands. If Wang Shui hadn't deliberately fixed the spatial state of the book, she wouldn't even be able to touch it.

It is hard to imagine that such a powerful space work was actually written by a second-level transcendent.

For the first time, Master Chen had the idea of ​​​​escape. She did not want to see Wang Shui again...

Because when you see him, you will be reminded of the value of this book. When you see him, you are likely to be teased by him. This guy seems to be determined that Master Xiao Chen will not teach him a lesson, so he becomes more and more presumptuous.

Xiao Chen gritted his teeth!

But I really can’t give it up.

This is probably a real case of shortcomings... Master Xiao Chen thought.

Master Xiao Chen is a person with strong execution ability. Once he has the idea of ​​​​leaving immediately, he starts to take action after considering various impacts.

In today's fragmented fantasy world, due to the "agent war" label issue, the most convenient exit of "the protagonist of this world" is invalid.

Even someone as strong as Master Chen still has to wait for the world to end.

But now with "The Lost Key", the world can no longer trap her.

However, if you want to use this book freely and fluently, you must learn the spatial knowledge in the book. Even if you don't have to reach the master level of Wang Shui, you must at least be at the intermediate level.

Master Xiao Chen didn't want to wait any longer. Her "curiosity for knowledge" was liberated, and the image of aqua regia gradually became concrete in her thinking.

Two minutes later, Master Xiao Chen's [Yudao Cunyi] spatial ability reached a high level.

She removed the stable array left by Aqua Regia on the book "The Lost Key", and then relied on her own ability to truly capture the book.

Being able to leave... In front of Master Xiao Chen's eyes, the spatial perspective created by Wang Shui appeared, and the whole world became smoother.

The next second, the entire [Wuya Bookstore] disappeared.

A large number of sword lights also flew back from all corners of this fantasy world, falling into the [Book Sword Mountain Rain Pavilion] one by one, and then the sword pavilion slowly disappeared.

Master Xiao Chen paused for a second longer, and then her body gradually disappeared into the night.

　A little earlier, I want to go to bed early...

　　

　

(End of this chapter)