Wizards pursue the truth

puff!

The pinkish color and the soft, jelly-like texture immediately evoke the image of excellent elasticity. Realistic facial features exist on its surface, with large, curious eyes watching the human holding a knife and fork, preparing to eat it.

"Who are you? Can we be friends? I'm so lonely, I'm always in a dark environment."

"You're the first thing I've ever seen. You're so beautiful. Let's play together."

A smile appeared on Wang Ya's lips. She didn't reply, but simply picked up her knife and fork and cut off a fist-sized piece of jelly-like meat. Pink liquid flowed out, seemingly its blood.

It trembled even more violently, its facial features contorted in pain, and tears streamed from its bright eyes. "Friend, my dear friend, I'm in so much pain. Please don't eat me. I just want to be your friend."

"I didn't do anything wrong, but being in the dark really hurt!"

Wang Ya put the trembling jelly-like meat into his mouth. It melted instantly upon entering his mouth, and a cold liquid slid down his throat into his stomach, then turned into a cold current that seeped into his eyes and mind.

His dark eyes brightened noticeably, and he felt the immediate benefits.

His mental strength had actually weakened.

[Original mental strength value: 179; Unknown positive effect occurred, mental strength was increased; Current mental strength value: 180]

Incredible! Just consuming a small piece of pink jelly meat directly increased my mental strength by 1 point.

He even transcended the limitations of the legendary path, thus gaining an improvement.

If I eat all the pink jelly creatures, what kind of improvement will I get? Will I be able to skip the long accumulation and advance to the level of Moon Wizard?

With excitement on his face, Wang Ya looked down at the plate, only to be surprised to find that the pink jelly creature, which had only been missing a corner, had lost its life. Its facial features were now filled with deep resentment and hatred; the sheer amount of hatred was enough to make even a Star Wizard like him shudder.

Chi Chi!

The pink jelly-like creature, which had stopped trembling, transformed into pink light particles and spontaneously disappeared from the plate like bubbles.

The Grand Wizard of the Palace sat at the head of the table, also cutting a black, chocolate-like creature from the meal. However, unlike the pink, jelly-like creature that spewed food, the black creature in his hand possessed life, yet could only silently endure it. After chewing it with his fork, the Grand Wizard of the Palace closed his eyes, his expression one of enjoyment.

In front of Ze Tian was a plate, but the food resembled a durian, its surface rough and uneven. The actual flesh felt like real, living flesh, vibrant and alive. The durian-like creature had numerous eyeballs on its surface, constantly blinking, intently watching Ze Tian's face and figure.

A strange thing happened. Zetian seemed to be under some kind of special influence. His eyes were filled with a dazed look, and although he was holding a knife and fork, he stood there motionless.

"I haven't tasted this flavor in almost a thousand years. I really miss it. No matter how many times I've had it, it always satisfies me to no end, bringing me a joyful feeling from the depths of my soul."

The Grand Wizard opened his eyes and smiled at Wang Ya, seemingly seeing through his doubts. "Every wizard has their own resource area and unique extraordinary resources. Whether they are used to exchange resources with other wizards or consumed by themselves, they are very useful and an important part of maintaining a wizard's financial chain."

"You will also have your own resource area, or perhaps you already do. This is very important. The more powerful the wizard, the higher the value of the extraordinary resources from the resource area."

A hint of heartache flashed in the eyes of the Grand Wizard, "To welcome you back, I've brought out all my treasures from over the years. This is a low-grade dream item that permanently increases your mental strength by 1 point. Even Wizards like Ash and Silver Sea, who are at the same level as the Radiant Moon Wizard, have never enjoyed it."

"So far, I have only cultivated five copies."

Such an apology gift could soothe his wounded heart; of course, it would be even better if there were more similar extraordinary products, Wang Ya thought to himself; the Venerable Emperor Wizard would not lie, after all, it was an extraordinary product that could bypass the limitations of the legendary path and directly produce beneficial effects, which was extremely rare and heaven-defying in terms of effect, even if there was a limitation that it could only be taken once in a lifetime.

"Dream products can greatly benefit wizards, but not everyone can consume them. If one cannot handle them, they may even endanger one's life."

The Grand Wizard glanced at Ze Tian, ​​who was standing there in a daze. The durian creatures on the plate opened their eyes and focused on him, gradually erasing any trace of his existence. His chest became transparent, revealing the chair he was sitting in.

Wang Ya watched calmly without making any move. This was Ze Tian's choice: to participate in this banquet and consume the corresponding dreamlike products. Unable to subdue the food, he was instead killed by it; this was the price he had to pay.

If one hadn't participated in this banquet and had simply stood by and watched, the current outcome would not have occurred.

The Grand Wizard of the Emperor was kind and treated everyone equally, without discrimination. While hosting him, he also treated Zetian generously. The only difference was that Zetian was able to accept the Grand Wizard of the Emperor's kindness.

Chi Chi!

When the last trace of Zetian's existence was erased by the durian creature, it meant that he had completely disappeared from this world.

From now on, Zetian will only live in the memories of some people, until even the individual who remembers him disappears, and then he will vanish completely.

Wang Ya inexplicably thought of Asuna, whose name was extremely similar to his Dreamland assistant's name, and seemed to have some unusual relationship with Ze Tian. However, this thought only flashed through his mind, and he was more concerned about Asuna's name.

For him, Zetian didn't hold much importance; if he disappeared, he would simply disappear.

This outcome was the result of his own choice.

Greed is the essence of life, and wizards also possess greed. However, the prerequisite for greed is rational understanding, caution, and the ability to achieve greed with certainty.

Furthermore, since even the Grand Wizard, one of the three most respected figures in the Crimson Society, didn't intervene to control Ze Tian, ​​it's naturally not his place to do so.

"What's the deal with 'dream products'? High-level wizards cultivate extraordinary products in resource areas. Is this related to my future path?" Wang Ya asked.

The Grand Wizard clapped his hands, and the plates on the table disappeared one by one, along with the food itself. Even the table itself transformed into another substance; the chairs became sofas, the table stretched and lowered to become coffee tables, and the magnificent lights on the ceiling became rustic wood along with the walls.

Steaming hot air rose from the green cup of strong tea.

The Grand Wizard of the Emperor picked up his teacup and blew on it. "As I said before, almost all high-level wizards have their own resource areas, and this process may have already begun during their wizarding apprenticeship."

"You are a dream wizard. Your dream territory, or your special world of consciousness, can all be considered a medium for cultivating resource sites. This includes some special environments found in the real world. Any place that can cultivate extraordinary resource products can be considered a resource site."

"Resource areas are also graded, based on the role that extraordinary resources they produce can play; extraordinary resources that can affect high-level wizards are considered to be graded; resources that only affect wizard apprentices are not graded. I believe you have used low-grade, medium-grade, and high-grade wizard potions in the past."

In the Dark Lands, Wang Ya had heard similar words from formal wizards and gained access to the profound knowledge and heritage of various wizarding forces, which deepened his understanding of this area.

The entry level corresponds to a first-level wizard, and for second-level wizards, this applies to wizard artifacts, wizard arrays, wizard scrolls, resource products, and so on.

For example, the Nightmare Annihilation Mirror, which was created by the Divine Blood Wizard, has now reached the second tier of the corresponding second-level Star Wizard level after being upgraded time and time again.

What Wang Ya wanted to know was not the conventional entry-level product, but the dream product mentioned by the Grand Wizard of the Supreme Emperor, namely the pink jelly that could break the restrictions of the legendary path.

Theoretically speaking, the path to legend begins with advancing to the level of True Spirit Wizard, followed by Star Wizard, Radiant Moon Wizard, and finally culminates in the end of the path to legend—Sun Rule Wizard.

The Sun Level of the Immortal Realm Legendary Civilization is the primordial spirits and true immortals that reflect the heavens.

The power of the rules of the Sun Wizard also possesses similar characteristics, namely, the uniqueness of reflecting all the heavens.

It is indeed true that the power of rules can obliterate everything except the power of rules, and distort and change them to define and reflect the heavens; this is a terrifying power that can have an effect in different worlds, different places, different environments, different media, whether in illusion or reality, and regardless of consciousness, thought or idea.

The key issue is that Wang Ya has tried similar simulation experiments using the database of the Eye of Truth; however, no matter what extraordinary resources he uses, they cannot improve his abilities.

Unless some special method is used, such as the vengeful spirit reversal soul-sacrifice spell that Mona once used.

If Wang Ya is willing to spend a lot of time and energy, he can enhance his hatred in terms of the seven emotions and six desires through the massive supply of the illusory three bodies of soul, consciousness, and spirit, thereby driving up his spiritual power value.

The Nightmare Flower consumed most of his energy, which led him to shelve and postpone related experiments. Before that, he had also been researching witchcraft related to the power of natural destruction, inspired by the Green Goblin Wizard.

His only disciple, the divine son Solomon, is still observing and researching the power of the rules of slaughter, and there has been some progress.

"Grand Wizard, is this dreamlike product a higher-level extraordinary resource, or a derivative related to the dream world?"

Wang Ya made some connections to the name.

"Both, but it's even more special." The Grand Wizard looked at Wang Ya in surprise, seemingly not expecting his prediction to be so accurate. Only after reaching the Radiant Moon level can one access a wider world, the kind of communication channels and connections that only high-level wizards have.

"You've missed a part of the underworld!"

In Wang Ya's mind, an image appeared: suns of various colors hanging in the sky, reflecting unique ecological environments.

The Otherworld. Uninhabited areas and exploration zones. Harsh ecological and natural environment. Various strange and unique biological species.

Even high-ranking wizards can fall into and die in this strange world.

Wang Ya narrowed his eyes. If it was a product of the other world, the pink jelly creature did indeed have some characteristics that blended both fantasy and reality.

"Therefore, the resource sites of high-level wizards, the so-called 'dream products,' are resources unearthed from the inner world."

The Venerable Grand Wizard said, "You're half right. It's not about digging, but about creating your own resource land. By utilizing the special environment of the inner world, you will obtain incredible and unique resource products. These incredible products are not replicable, extremely rare, and very difficult to produce."

"Dream products, bearing the word 'dream,' are bizarre, mysterious, and incredible things that possess some characteristics of the dream world and can only be born in the inner world."

The Venerable Grand Wizard continued, "Many high-level wizards in reality will send one part of their illusory three bodies into the inner world, so that even if they die unexpectedly, their main body will not be in danger."

"Of course, most of the time it's about taking care of the resource areas that you've already developed. Some are in the exploration zone, and some are in the uninhabited areas that wizards rarely visit. The native creatures of the underworld won't let go of the good food you've cultivated; they'll devour it. Human intervention is needed to defend against it."

"Sometimes, naturally occurring resource sites are discovered, and the land is demarcated and brought under one's control, thus becoming one's own resource site. However, if the environment becomes too dangerous, or other accidents occur, it is possible that the resource site will be damaged, leading to a reduction in production."

The Venerable Emperor Wizard explained to Wang Ya in great detail the characteristics of the natural environment of the Inner World, as well as the aspects that needed to be considered when developing resource areas.

"Opening up uninhabited areas increases the chances of finding rare items, and may even attract some wild rare items to your resource areas or forage for food. Opening up resource areas in exploration zones is safer, especially near the major wizard cities in the inner world."

"How to distinguish between dream products is a matter of research for each wizard. What I can tell you is that 'the grotesqueness of creatures similar to those in the dream world' and 'the rationality of the real world' are both characteristics required for something to be a dream product."

"Dream products are a kind of miracle, and their effects are not subject to any restrictions. They will be executed with strong force." The Grand Wizard looked at Wang Ya, whose expression had changed, and said with a smile, "Just as you imagined, some wizards have also explored the relationship between dream products and the power of rules. This property does indeed seem to want the distortion and definition of the power of rules to be applied to itself. Unfortunately, so far no wizard has produced similar experimental research results."

"The universe is vast and boundless. Perhaps wizards exist in other star systems and galaxies, and have achieved similar research successes."

As Wang Ya stepped out of the Pillar of the Emperor and soared through the void of the Crimson Society headquarters using flying magic, a thoughtful look still lingered in his eyes. This banquet had brought him considerable gains. The Dream Product could transcend the limitations of the Path of Legends and was suspected to be related to the rules. Regardless of whether it was a work left by some high-level wizards in the inner world, the Dream Product was something he needed and was of great importance.

Recalling the pink jelly-like creature he had eaten, Wang Ya inexplicably had some thoughts: 'Is the bizarre and mysterious nature of its physical appearance contrasted with its normal and rational consciousness and spirit, or is it the opposite, or are both examples of dreamlike creations?'

The specifics will only be known after truly entering the inner world and developing his own resource area; the auxiliary function of the Eye of Truth gives him an advantage over other wizards in identifying dream items.

The Elemental Wizard's Path and the Dream Wizard's Path also correspond to the two characteristics of illusion and reality; he happens to be a wizard walking on both paths.

Following the guidance of the wizard's mark, he broke into the void and reappeared in front of a rather peculiar red rectangular building.

The spreading ripples of dark red are the convergence of high-intensity particle energy, and under the control and circulation of the spirit of the witch array, they manifest a special particle energy tendency.

As a true member of the Crimson Society, he now needs to adapt to his environment and interact with the Crimson Spirit by sharing his own information; in addition, he also needs to find ways to acquire Crimson Points to exchange for resources that are useful to him.

Even though the inheritance of extraordinary knowledge is open to him in all aspects below the third rank, high-level extraordinary resources are still essential if he wants to convert extraordinary knowledge into practical foundation and combat power.

In addition, the Grand Wizard of the Emperor gave him a test. If he passed the test, it would mean that his strength had reached the standard, and the Radiant Moon inheritance would not affect Wang Ya. Instead, it would be handed over to him directly.

To be on the safe side, Wang Ya decided to use the Eye of Truth to collect all the Crimson Society's legacies before considering the Moonlit Legacy.

Wang Ya was aware of the bet between the Grand Wizard Zunhuang and the Grand Wizard Aishi. The former promised that if he could win the bet and defeat the Heavenly Crystal Wizard Karina, the bet's stake—the descendants of the Black Gold Archaeopteryx—would become his spoils.

The Grand Wizard laid out all the benefits and advantages before him; Wang Ya, no longer holding back, displayed the wizard's greed, determined to seize all the benefits and advantages.

All of this depends on his strength and resources, which are sufficient to handle all challenges within the Crimson Society.

His black eyes reflected a teleportation path that split from the red energy ripples. The surface of the pillar-like building was covered with dense wizard runes, the amount of calculation required for which even Wang Ya frowned slightly. He exhaled a breath of turbid air, steered his body, and flew into it, where he was swallowed up by the energy light.

The Battle of the Stars will last for another three hundred years.

Having defeated the Celestial Crystal Wizard and many rivals within the Crimson Society, Wang Ya's ambitions didn't stop there. What he truly wanted was to break through to the Radiant Moon Wizard level, so that the high-ranking wizards of the Star Council would see his greater potential.

He wasn't competing for a spot in the Crimson Society, but rather for victory in the All-Star Battle Tournament.

Competing against the extraordinary individuals of the vast cosmos, Wang Ya also harbored a wild ambition, wanting to claim first place. (End of Chapter)