Cataclysm King

Chapter 587: Accepting a Mushroom-Headed Man as a Disciple

The ninth level is the last career change for the card master in the human realm, and it is extremely difficult.

And the experience that Ji Xun saw in various classics also shows that the risk of losing control is extremely high.

Only one or two out of ten people at level eight can successfully advance to level nine.

The biggest problem still lies in "transcendence".

You must have sufficient control over the laws to ensure that your body can withstand the terrifying and extraordinary characteristics of the professional card.

However, Ji Xun's promotion was unusually smooth.

Even more than any other time.

The various relics in King Augustus' study have eliminated all external distortion factors that could have caused King Augustus's own problems. It would be hard to find a better external auxiliary condition in the entire plane.

There are also the best quality professional cards and dynasty luck blessings
It can be said that the material conditions are perfect.

The most important thing is, after Ji Xun comprehended the secret of the rules with the help of the [Crown of Thorns], his control over the rules almost reached a level that many ninth-level card masters could not reach.

The extraordinary characteristics of the [Dictator] occupation card, which are as violent as wild beasts to humans, are as obedient and docile as sheep to him.

All goes well with the promotion.

This day, in the study.

Ji Xun has passed the most dangerous moment of promotion and is meditating to digest the new abilities brought by the promotion.

The extraordinary characteristics of the [Dictator] profession card are like nutrients that are sprinkled into the soil of the flesh, and new power is emerging.

[K Kingship] is the extraordinary path that is closest to God among the thirteen paths of card masters. After Ji Xun was promoted, he clearly felt the super-dimensional power that has gone beyond the scope of human beings.

In his previous eight promotions, he felt that the biggest change was the growth of his physical attributes, and the data on the panel also accurately indicated the rapid increase that could be seen with the naked eye.

But this time it's different.

After truly stepping into the ninth level, Ji Xun discovered that the biggest change was not in his physical attributes.

It's a leap in realm.

It’s like standing on the top of a mountain, overlooking all the extraordinary scenery of mankind.

Glancing back, the winding mountain road became completely clear; it was the road I had walked.

He also understood why there was such a big gap between him and King Arthur of Oran. It is no exaggeration to say that [Dictator] is really a profession with some divine abilities.

But the top of the mountain is far from the end.

Looking up, there are stars in the sky.

Ji Xun is full of expectations for the future.

"call"

He exhaled a breath of air, as if all the turbidity in his lungs was cleared.

Ji Xun stood up and moved his joints, which made a crackling sound.

I hardly left my study room for the past month or two. Now that I've been promoted, I feel refreshed and want to go out for a walk.

As soon as the thought came to his mind, Ji Xun opened the door and walked out.

Walking through the soft carpeted corridor, there is a viewing platform.

This location offers a panoramic view of the entire street scene of the Machinery City.

At this moment, a drawing board was placed on the platform, and a graceful woman in a black dress was waving a paintbrush to add some colors to the canvas.

Ji Xun walked over and took the initiative to greet him, "Senior."

The woman in the black dress turned her head and glanced at him, then smiled and said, "Did you succeed in getting promoted?"

It was none other than Griffith.

"Ah."

Ji Xun bowed and said, "Thank you for your protection, senior."

The promotion to level nine is very risky and cannot be disturbed.

Of course he knew that this person had been protecting him.

Hearing this, Griffith smiled and didn't care. Instead, he said in amazement: "You are the one who has the smoothest promotion to the ninth level that I have ever seen. You are also the most special. You have such strength right after the promotion, which is much stronger than I was at the beginning."

"You flatter me."

Ji Xun smiled noncommittally.

The aura of the Gang Realm could not be perfectly restrained, so others could not see it, but Griffith, who was also at the ninth level, could see it at a glance.

She did not stop painting while she was speaking, and she flicked on the last bit of light. In an instant, the entire colorful portrait came alive, a street scene of a brightly lit mechanical city.

Although it was an abstract and distorted picture, Ji Xun saw a strong sense of human life, and the shadowy figures on the canvas seemed to come alive.

I couldn’t understand this mystery before, but now I know that this senior’s realm is really high.

Ji Xun was also surprised and asked: "Senior, have you also mastered the power of rules?"

Because he was also proficient in the exclusive secret method of the [Painter] sequence, "Imaginary Universe", he could see that the strange pictures in the painting were not just the flow of laws, but an extremely complex spatial rule, as if it depicted a "small world".

Like the Cataclysm [Monet's Sunrise], this painting already possesses extremely strong extraordinary characteristics.

He casually drew a disaster object, which is beyond the reach of human beings.

There is only one possibility.

That means the realm of the person in front of you has been elevated again.

Even to a certain limit.

"Ah."

Griffith did not shy away from talking about his own strengths, and it was something worth sharing that someone could understand his paintings.

Not many people in Donghuang can understand it, but it happens that Ji Xun, who has just advanced, can.

She continued, "After drinking the soul wine at the Rose Tavern last time, I had some insights. In recent days, your majesty's prestige has been increasing, and the dynasty's luck has blessed me, so that feeling has become clearer."

As he spoke, the paintbrush in his hand added a few final strokes of light to the canvas, and the brightly lit mechanical city appeared before his eyes.

Ji Xun's position was such that he could see the bustling street scene of the Machinery City. Looking at the oil painting again, it seemed as if the street scene in front of him was frozen on the picture.

The painting is not just about the mechanical city, its artistic conception is the vibrant vitality of the country after finally returning to peace after war.

Ji Xun looked at Griffith and asked curiously, "Senior, are you going to condense your godhood?"

Griffith smiled and shook his head. "It's not that easy. There is hope of igniting the divine fire. As for condensing the godhood, we still have to take the path of extraordinary promotion."

Ji Xun has now entered the ninth level, and he can already glimpse many secrets of the peak of transcendence. He asked, "What does it feel like to ignite the divine fire?"

Griffith frowned and explained, "Well, it means that the 'divine power' has been elevated to another level, and the status of the soul has completely left the human category."

After a pause, perhaps to organize her words, she continued, "It's probably like the feeling of suddenly waking up from a dream and being able to distinguish the difference between the dream and reality."

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Ji Xun shrugged, making no effort to hide the fact that he didn't understand, and laughed at himself.

You can only feel that state of mind, it is normal not to understand it.

Griffith also smiled and didn't explain further.

As the two were chatting, they saw a group of people walking back from outside the Mechanical City.

Griffith said, "Your Majesty, they just went to inspect 'Kapos City' and are now back."

Ji Xun immediately saw the majestic Chujiu and the mysterious and solemn chief priest Nan Jing in the crowd.

As if they had noticed something, the two women who were about to take the elevator to the Mechanical City at the foot of the city also saw him and turned their heads to look over.

Looking at each other, Ji Xun smiled slightly. Even from a distance, he could see that the two women had changed a lot.

Except that one looks more like a king and the other looks more like a high priest, the transformation in their temperament is much stronger than it was a dozen days ago.

Griffith seemed to guess what he was amazed at. Her beautiful eyes sparkled and she said, "Your Majesty is most affected by the fortune of the dynasty. The rise of the dynasty is a universal promotion ceremony for the royal power sequence. Even I can't understand her current state."

Ji Xun was also very curious after hearing this. He hadn't seen them for several days and was curious about the changes in them.

As he said this, he said goodbye, "Then please go ahead and do your work. I'll go down and take a look."

"Ah."

Griffith smiled gently.

The "Taren Mechanical City" is the largest and most luxurious mechanical city in the Eastern Wilderness, and it is fifty stories high.

Ji Xun took the elevator to the central city of the Mechanical City.

This is the residential area with lively pubs and various shops.

The places that were damaged in the previous war have been completely repaired, and some unique logos of the Ice Queen belonging to the new king Chujiu have been added.

The Mechanical City, representing the royal family, is of course extremely luxurious. Most of the steel structure parts on the streets have been secretly replaced with brass, shining brightly with golden light under the lights. Various precious flowers and trees are in full bloom in spring. The streets are crowded with people, and people's faces are filled with stability and happiness brought by peace.

Ji Xun walked around the street.

He found that if he didn't want to be seen, standing on the street would seem like he had blended into the streetscape, and no one would really notice him.

Ji Xun was a little amazed when he saw the bustling street scene.

When passers-by chat about this, their praise and admiration for the "Emperor Chujiu" comes from the heart.

This feels completely different from before.

When Ji Xun traveled here, it was during the federal regime, and later he experienced the restoration of Orlan. He also went to the southern continent and saw the primitive lord society.
But no matter which system it is, it gives people an ancient and decadent atmosphere like a pool of stagnant water.

However, in front of him, Ji Xun saw a brand new and vibrant feeling.

He knew that this was a change brought about by a series of new policies on the ninth day of the first lunar month.

Regardless of how big the changes are, there is a momentum that breaks all the shackles of the ancient system, as if one can already glimpse the dawn of the future card master civilization.

Seeing this, Ji Xun couldn't help but mutter to himself: "Chujiu is really an excellent king."

As I was walking, the communicator rang. It was a message from Miss Bun Hair.

After Chujiu and Nanjing came back, they also had some government affairs to deal with and couldn't spare the time for the time being, so they made an appointment to have lunch.

Ji Xun had nothing to do, so he wandered around the mechanical city, sensing the "world" as he walked. After this promotion, he felt particularly clear, and the world in his eyes was very different from what he had seen before.

Looking at the various people in the mechanical city, for the first time he felt as if he was watching a movie, and from the perspective of an "observer", he separated himself from reality.

In that state, the power of laws that had been invisible before was now clearer than ever before in the eyes.

Breeze, mist, fire, flowers, trees, steel... these things that can be seen everywhere are the manifestation of the laws of the universe in the human vision.

In the past, I had to look very carefully to perceive them, but now they are clearly in my eyes.

I was lost in thought and didn't know how much time had passed.

Ji Xun then realized that someone had patted his shoulder, and heard a joyful voice beside his ear: "What are you thinking about? Why are you so absent-minded?"

When I turned around, I saw Nan Jing's cute face right next to my ear, blinking her big, sparkling eyes and looking at me.

“I thought about the flow of some universal laws.”

Ji Xun smiled, then came back to his senses from that trance state, and found that he had been sitting in a private room in a high-rise restaurant for a long time.

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Nan Jing rubbed his face affectionately, pulled out a chair and sat next to him.

Chujiu sat opposite.

Little Ivan lay on her head.

Chujiu has been feeding the baby these days, and the little guy has become attached to her.

This is a restaurant for external guests, and there are not as many complicated procedures as in the palace.

The three of them had their meal together as usual, without any restraint. They ordered their food and started chatting.

The two girls were also very curious about Ji Xun's changes after his promotion, and talked about some things about cultivation.

Ji Xun was also very surprised at the changes in the two women.

As Griffith said before, with the blessing of the dynasty's luck, Chujiu and Nanjing's realms are very high, so high that it is somewhat unusual.

The inheritance of the two is special, so it’s not surprising.

After chatting for a while, Chujiu, who had been silent, seemed to have thought of something and said, "By the way. There is someone you might be interested in."

"who?"

Ji Xun was a little puzzled. If it was an acquaintance, he wouldn't need someone to help pass the message.

If it was a stranger, he would not let the king pass the message.

Chujiu seemed to want to explain, but after a pause, he swallowed the words on his lips and said, "Well, you will know when you see it later."

As she spoke, she raised her hand, and the female official not far away immediately understood and left. She added, "I met him when I visited Rocks City before. He should be in the library now. I asked him to come over."

After hearing this, Ji Xun also became curious.

Who deserves such a formal introduction on the ninth day of the first lunar month?

The three chatted for a while, and soon they heard footsteps outside.

Listening to the hurried footsteps, it sounds like a reckless guy.

Benedict! Benedict! Benedict!
The door opened and the lady-in-waiting walked in.

A short boy came out behind her.

He was wearing an old suit and, probably out of courtesy, he put on a makeshift hat that didn't match his clothes at all.

This outfit is obviously a bit old-fashioned for his age.

After entering the room, Ji Xun didn't even see his face clearly, and this guy took off his hat and bowed and saluted: "Greetings to His Majesty the King, Lord Nan."

Chujiu nodded and said, "No need to be polite."

She spoke, and the boy dared to look up.

He stood up so that people could see his appearance clearly.

He was about eleven or twelve years old, with a childish mushroom-shaped haircut.

The cheap brass glasses on his nose were half broken, and the frame was patched with tape; his suit was starched and whitened, and there were patches on it; half of a piece of paper with graffiti-like writing sticking out of his pocket, and there was ink all over his hands as if he had just wiped it off.
At first glance, he looks like a child from a poor class.

It was the boy's first time in such a high-end restaurant, and he was summoned by His Majesty the King, so he seemed a little at a loss.

He didn't dare look directly at the three people in front of him, and looked around with his peripheral vision.

But in those clear eyes, in addition to curiosity and uneasiness, there was also a kind of emptiness that seemed to be filled with endless curiosity.

However, it was just such an ordinary boy, but when Ji Xun saw him for the first time, his pupils trembled violently.

Chujiu knew why he was so surprised, and said, "His name is 'Darcy'. I didn't know he existed before. I met him in an orphanage. He said he was a refugee from the war, and no one knew his origins."

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Ji Xun listened without saying anything, but he understood everything.

For some things, the more people know, the more cause and effect there is, and the more flaws that can be traced.

He was sure that this was not Jia Yu.

But it must be the backup plan left by the mushroom-head guy.

When Jia Yu died, he left his successor behind.

In an instant, Ji Xun had an idea in his mind. The depression he felt from losing a friend seemed to dissipate immediately. The corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he muttered in his heart: "That guy is really good at tricks."

No wonder every time Jia Yu came to entrust his son to him, he asked him to help take care of the successor of the Light Chaser lineage if he died.

Ji Xun was very confused before. The inheritance of the Light Chaser lineage was not something that ordinary people could afford. Not to mention that it was rare to find a suitable one in a thousand years, it would at least take a hundred years to find one.

But Jia Yu was so confident, as if he was sure that someone could inherit the Light Chaser's legacy.

Now, Ji Xun understood, this is how it was.

Old Man Xu used voluntary amnesia to avoid those forbidden secrets.

And the light chasers use death to avoid it?
One person dies, and then he arranges a successor for himself to sever the cause and effect. Repeat this process.

Ji Xun even had a more extreme thought in his mind: "No way. Light Chasers are always alone, right?"

In other words, a heritage.

The boy in front of him was not just a doppelganger described in the novel, but a kind of existence that Ji Xun could not fully understand now.

After Chujiu's introduction, Ji Xun fell into deep thought and didn't say anything. You could hear a pin drop in the private room.

The boy named "Darcy" lowered his head and didn't dare to see what was happening. He also didn't understand why the big shot in front of him was staring at him.

After all, he was a teenager, and he was a little nervous, with his hands holding the corner of his clothes trembling slightly.

Ji Xun saw it and smiled kindly, "Darcy, do you like playing chess?"

The young man then raised his head and saw Ji Xun's face for the first time, "Yes, sir. How did you know?"

Ji Xun pointed to the notebook sticking out of his pocket, on which was a record of the chess game.

The boy then realized that he had come in too haste and was in disarray, and quickly stuffed the notebook into his pocket.

Ji Xunxiao didn't mind.

Just by glancing at that corner, he knew it was a classic endgame. He asked casually, "I am holding white chess and the bishop moves diagonally. How do you respond?"

The boy didn't know why this adult would talk to him about chess, but his mind started working instinctively: "I will protect the king and move the queen."

Ji Xun: "My next move is to play the forbidden army chess."

Boy: “I”

Take two steps.

The endgame is almost over.

Ji Xun suddenly smiled knowingly and asked, "Why don't you retreat the 'chariot' and avoid losses?"

The young man didn't think much and answered, "Because if I don't give up the chariot, you will kill my 'bishop' in seven moves. Then you can move the 'guard' that has been ambushed for a long time, and I will be dead in three moves at most."

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Hearing this, Ji Xun laughed.

This guy feels exactly like that mushroom-head guy.

Of course, Ji Xun saw all the solutions to the entire chess game from the very beginning.

But that's him!

A ninth-level card master who has mastered the secret technique of "I am the world"!
And yet this young man in front of him, without any cursed energy fluctuations on his body, was able to achieve this level. His talent was overflowing visibly to the naked eye.

The boy didn't understand why the adult in front of him was laughing, but it didn't sound oppressive, so he boldly looked over.

Just then, Ji Xun looked over and asked himself, "Darcy, are you willing to be my disciple?"

Hearing this, the young man's brain seemed to be struck by thunder and he obviously didn't react.

He was stunned for a moment, then looked at His Majesty the King and Lord Nan, who also had gentle smiles on their faces. He instantly understood something and an expression of flattered joy immediately appeared on his face.

The young man was a little overwhelmed, so he quickly bowed respectfully and stammered, "I do!"

Ji Xun looked at the mushroom-headed girl in front of him and a relieved smile appeared in the corner of his eyes.

Suddenly it seemed as if the shadow of an old friend overlapped.

A new line of cause and effect was connected.

Half a month later.

Black Gold City is the largest city-state in the western part of Wadona County and the largest high-fuel coal mining area in the entire federation.

This was once the Song family’s base.

There is also a beautiful manor full of roses here.

On this day, Ji Xun, wearing a white suit, strolled into the manor.

After a hundred years of absence, he returned to this familiar place, but everything had changed.

(End of this chapter)