The sequence is too involutional, luckily I am too.

The unexpected joy brought by the mysterious mentor's skill made Lu Yan's lips curl up in a smile, and his eyes were full of light.

Although it takes a considerable amount of time and requires actions related to the sequence, it at least provides another way to obtain new sequences.

In particular, the ability to directly obtain advanced sequences undoubtedly saved him a great deal of time.

Seeing him smiling so broadly, Cao Meng felt a little uncomfortable and coughed twice to break the atmosphere.

"Ah Zhen, I have to go back to the adjudication department to get busy. I'll come see you again when I have time."

Ah Zhen smiled gently, her tone mild yet measured: "Brother Cao, you don't need to keep thinking about coming over. The adjudication department is very busy, so just take care of yourself. I can manage on my own."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Cao Meng scratched his head and chuckled sheepishly. His gaze lingered on Ah Zhen for a while before he reluctantly left with Lu Yan.

As soon as he got in the car, he hurriedly explained, "Um... I just came over to lend a hand occasionally, Lu Yan, please don't misunderstand."

At this moment, Lu Yan's mind was full of the awakening conditions of the weapon forger sequence, and he didn't hear the second half of his sentence at all.

It wasn't until Cao Meng repeated it that he finally snapped out of it: "Don't worry, Captain, I understand."

He nodded seriously and added, "I will never tell anyone."

Cao Meng: "...Fine, think what you want."

Cao Meng didn't know how to explain, so she kept driving in silence.

Lu Yan, on the other hand, continued to ponder the weapon-forging sequence he had just obtained.

This should be the most difficult awakening condition he has encountered so far.

One hundred pieces of ironware is manageable; with a little time, it can be completed.

However, crafting a Black Iron-grade extraordinary piece of equipment by hand is a bit troublesome.

He has no experience at all, and it would be very difficult for him to do it on his own.

Sensing the host's concerns, the mysterious mentor decided to personally intervene and have a serious talk with the weapon forger.

The weapon maker was quite stubborn and refused to budge an inch.

The martial artist, respecting the weapon maker's courage, silently kept a distance, afraid of getting splattered with blood.

The detective peeked out from the closet and took a picture of the weapon maker as a souvenir.

The forest ranger found an auspicious burial site and consulted the spirit medium about the optimal size of the pit to dig.

Seeing the other sequences watching the show like this, Lu Yan's eye twitched.

Let's leave aside the detective; where is your martial arts integrity, martial artist? Where is your simplicity, forester?

The world is going to the dogs; even the Sequence system isn't immune.

After being persuaded by the mysterious mentor with both emotion and reason, the weapon maker decided to modify the awakening conditions.

[Awakening Condition 3: Witness the birth of a Black Iron-grade or higher artifact (0/1)]

Wow, I went directly from building it myself to watching it happen.

In this way, he only needs to fulfill condition one.

"Captain, does the Judgment Department have a forging facility?"

"forging?"

Cao Meng was taken aback upon hearing this, then suddenly realized something and her gaze toward Lu Yan became wary.

"Why did you suddenly decide to forge?"

"It's nothing, I just suddenly felt that this was a good way to train my body, so I wanted to give it a try," Lu Yan explained helplessly.

"Is that so..."

Cao Meng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, many people in the adjudication department do the same thing, but their concern leads to confusion, which is why they lost their composure.

"The Forging Room Judgment Department does have one; you can rent it for a small fee, making it convenient for investigators to maintain their weapons themselves."

Cao Meng paused for a moment, then said, "You can use this to assist in training, but it's best not to try awakening sequences, as it will affect your advancement speed."

"Don't bite off more than you can chew. No matter how gifted you are, it takes time to digest a potion. If there are any residues when you advance, it can easily lead to failure."

"It's nothing, I just wanted to get some exercise."

Lu Yan nodded slightly. Cao Meng's reminder was an ironclad rule for ordinary superhumans, but it held no sway over him.

Speaking of potions, we'll have to find a way to get a bottle of them.

He wanted to test whether taking other potions would produce similar effects to the original potion.

Even just a little bit is good.

Soon, the two returned to the adjudication department.

Cao Meng had other matters to attend to, so she left first.

Lu Yan did not rush back to his dormitory, but went straight to the resource exchange office.

"You are... Lu Yan? What resources do you want to exchange?"

Coincidentally, the receptionist on duty today is Su Su, the same Su Su who served him when he first came to the adjudication department.

"Hello there."

Lu Yan nodded slightly and handed his identification to Su Su.

"I'd like to rent a forging workshop. Are there any available right now?"

"A forging workshop? Let me check it out for you."

Su Su took the documents and quickly checked them.

"Sorry, the forging room is rented out today. If you need it, I can book it for you for tomorrow. You can come anytime."

Thank you.

Lu Yan nodded his thanks, then thought for a moment and asked, "How many bronze cultivation techniques can one first-class function be exchanged for?"

"First-class merit?"

Su Su was somewhat surprised, and sure enough, she saw that Lu Yan had clearly been awarded a first-class merit.

But he had only been in the adjudication department for a short time, yet he had already received a first-class merit award.

"No wonder he's got Sister Qing completely infatuated with him, he's got some skills."

Su Su smiled like an aunt and said, "One first-class merit can be broken down into five second-class merits, so you can exchange them for five books."

"Then help me exchange for a Bronze Meditation Technique."

Lu Yan had no intention of hoarding them; rather, he preferred to convert the resources he had into strength as soon as possible.

"Okay, I'll deduct one second-class merit for you, so you have four left."

Su Su quickly completed the registration and handed a scroll to Lu Yan.

Having obtained the cultivation method, Lu Yan immediately exchanged it for ten bottles of mind-awakening potions before hurriedly returning to his dormitory to cultivate.

Su Su noticed his efforts.

"I need to remind Sister Qing to keep up the good work. She's working so hard, she can't be left behind."

……

Back in his dorm, Lu Yan couldn't wait to start the scroll.

[Bronze·Ghostly Meditation Method (Beginner): 0%]

With all the breathing and meditation techniques corresponding to Sequence 8 acquired, the progress of the martial artist and the mystic mentor can finally be improved rapidly.

"I still have four second-class merits left. If I exchange them all for cultivation techniques, that should be enough to last until Sequence 7."

After pondering for a while, Lu Yan sat cross-legged and immersed himself in cultivation.

……

As night deepened, Lu Yan suddenly awoke from his cultivation.

It wasn't an attack, but rather a strong commotion coming from the ghost realm.

He focused his mind and immersed his consciousness into the realm of the uncanny, and a look of joy immediately appeared on his face.

The three eerie shadows, which were originally just in their nascent stages, have now taken shape, and the panel feedback indicates that they have all entered the mature stage.

But when he saw through the characteristics of the three strange things, his expression became strange again.

A drunkard, a gambler, and a lecher.

This is like having all three evils combined...

"Never mind, it might have a miraculous effect."

Lu Yan gave a helpless twitch of his lips. Just as he was pondering how to try out the Three Devious Abilities, a new prompt flashed through his mind:

The forest rangers were not entirely satisfied with this evenly matched result and decided to try again.

The Keeper of the Ghosts remained silent, letting the Forest Rangers do as they pleased.

The promotion path for Rangers/Witch Doctors has changed.

[Forest Ranger/Witch Master Promotion Requirement 1: Personally cultivate a supernatural plant or monster at six-tenths maturity (6/6) - Completed]

[Second requirement for promotion to Ranger/Witch Master: Master a Black Iron-level meditation technique and cultivate it to perfection (Completed)]

[Forest Ranger/Witchmaster Promotion Requirement 3: Listen to the sounds of nature or the whispers of the ancient gods for one minute (Completed)]