The Path to Godhood Begins from the Otherworld

"Hehe, you guessed it." Luo Shu said with a wicked smile, "What if I said I fell in love with an elf from another world?"

"If there really are elves from other worlds, I support Shu-kun in conquering them."

Kurumizaka Ruri knew that Luo Shu was teasing her, but she didn't get angry. She also replied with a smile, "After all, beauty is only worthy of the strong."

"How can you be sure that elves will be beautiful?"

"Those isekai light novels and anime, aren't they all designed like this?"

Kurumizaka Ruri tilted her head, her pink twintails swaying. "How else can I trick those otakus into paying me? Isn't that right, Tree-kun?"

"That's true." Luo Shu thought about it seriously, and couldn't help but smile as he pinched Kurumizaka Ruri's pink and tender little face, sighing, "Humans are always visual animals."

"Hehe, yes, if Shu-kun is ugly, we won't like him."

"Ah, you're being too blunt."

Kurumizaka Liuli smiled upon hearing this and winked at Luo Shu. "Isn't there anything wrong with being straightforward? At least Liuli believes that most love at first sight in this world is actually based on lust."

"That's true." Luo Shu was stunned when he heard this, then he touched his chin. "Although I don't deny that true love at first sight exists, most people are attracted to the opposite sex because of their appearance."

"Tree-kun?"

"what happened?"

"You won't be angry, will you?"

"Why should I be angry?" Luo Shu heard this and walked forward unhappily and gently lowered his head to kiss Kurumizaka Ruri's forehead.

"You might have had some attraction to Xuecai when you asked her to approach me, but I did the same to you. Anyway, I won't suffer any loss."

“Hate it~!”

Upon hearing this, Kurumizaka Ruri pretended to be angry and buried her head in Luo Shu's arms. Listening to his strong heartbeat, a hint of happiness appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Chapter 36: Job Transfer Book

"Liuli, you ran away again!"

Just as Kurumizaka Ruri was immersed in Luo Shu's embrace, Sasaki Setsuna, who was carrying the cooked dishes out of the kitchen, suddenly rang out with a dissatisfied voice, "Reina, look at her."

"This isn't the first time Liuli has run away."

Hamasaki Reina was too lazy to complain anymore, "Don't be so startled, Shu-kun, you can eat now."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Luo Shu looked at Sasaki Setsuna's angry look. He gently let go of Kurumizaka Ruri, walked forward quickly, stretched out his hand and gestured, "Setsuna, don't be angry, come on."

"Go, go, go." Seeing Luo Shu's funny face, Sasaki Setsuna was immediately amused. "Who cares? Go wash your hands quickly."

"I love it." Luo Shu didn't get annoyed when he saw this. Instead, he stepped forward and hugged Sasaki Setsuna, then buried his head in her neck and sniffed her girlish fragrance mixed with the faint scent of jasmine. "Setsuna smells so good."

"Ashu, it's so itchy." Sasaki Setsuna's face flushed slightly at Luo Shu's intimate behavior, but her hands naturally wrapped around Luo Shu's waist, "Don't move."

"Okay, Yukina's energy has been replenished."

Luo Shu smiled and kissed her cheek, "I'll go get you some food."

"No, let me do it." Hamasaki Reina took off her apron, stopped Luo Shu who wanted to go into the kitchen, and gave him a passionate kiss, "Liuli, come and help."

"I'm coming."

At this time, Kurumizaka Ruri also knew that she couldn't really do nothing, so she hurried into the kitchen to help Hamasaki Reina serve the rice.

Sasaki Setsuna pulled Luo Shu to sit down at the dining table, "Okay, Ah Shu, just wait patiently for dinner to start."

"Okay, okay." Hearing this, Luo Shu had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​going into the kitchen to help. He and Sasaki Setsuna went to the bathroom to wash their hands, while muttering, "I'm just confused. Why does it feel like after you guys came, I can't even enter my own kitchen? I was thinking about making red bean rice for you."

"Red bean rice?" Sasaki Xuecha was stunned when she heard this, and then suddenly realized what was happening. She looked at Luo Shu with a look of veiled eyes, "Ashu, if you know how to make red bean rice, there's still time to make it tonight."

"Okay, but you have to keep it a secret for me first." Luo Shu smiled as he took the towel handed to him by Sasaki Setsuna, wiped his hands clean, and returned to the living room with her, "Otherwise, there will be no surprise."

"Yeah, I know." When Sasaki Setsuna heard Luo Shu say that, she tiptoed and kissed Luo Shu's cheek, "Ashu is really considerate."

"Okay, let's go out."

Luo Shu smiled and gently scratched her delicate nose, teasing, "Otherwise, it will be Liuli who will say that you ran away."

"Uh-huh."

Setsuna Sasaki smiled and took Luo Shu's arm, then left the bathroom with him and came to the living room.

"Let's eat." Luo Shu saw that the dishes and chopsticks were already prepared on the table, and the rice was served. He sat down at the main seat and waited until the three women were seated before speaking, "While we're at lunch, I'll tell you about the precautions for awakening your mysterious talent."

"Isn't it the rule in Shujun's family that you don't talk while eating or sleeping?"

Hamasaki Reina asked subconsciously, but was immediately glared at by Luo Shu and shut up immediately.

"Rules are dead, but people are alive. I call this flexibility."

Luo Shu said angrily, "Besides, if I really make you unable to eat or sleep, you will feel uncomfortable, right?"

"Okay, okay." Hamasaki Reina stuck out her tongue, "You have the final say at home anyway."

"Let's eat first and chat while we eat."

Luo Shu picked up his chopsticks, followed the local customs and performed the traditional Japanese pre-meal ceremony, then said, "I'm starting to eat."

The three women said in unison, "I'm starting."

Luo Shu naturally wouldn't forget to pick up some food for the three of them during the meal. After finishing a bowl of rice, he took advantage of the moment when Hamasaki Reina stood up to serve her rice and asked, "Has any of you ever played an MMORPG?"

"I've played it before." Kurumizaka Ruri and the others were the type who ate slowly and leisurely. By the time Luo Shu finished his bowl of rice, they had only finished less than a third of their small bowls. Hearing Luo Shu's question, she swallowed the rice in her mouth and answered, "Why are you asking this now, Mr. Shu?"

"Haven't Setsuna and Reina played it before?" Luo Shu didn't rush to answer Kurumizaka Ruri's question. "If you haven't played it before, I can only explain it to you in a more understandable way later."

"Ashu, although Reina and I haven't played it before, we have seen Liuli play it before."

Sasaki Setsuna didn't know why Luo Shu suddenly asked this question, but she thought about it and explained briefly, "We do understand some game-related terms."

"That's easy." Luo Shu felt relieved when he heard that. He took the bowl handed to him by Hamasaki Reina, put it on the table, and said,

"Many MMORPGs have class designs. You know Liuli, right? Classes like magician, summoner, swordsman, and so on."

"I know. You level up by killing monsters, and then switch to various professions." Kurumizaka Ruri nodded slightly. "Most of the MMORPGs I've played online are of this type."

"Well, Liuli, if you can understand, that would be great." Luo Shu breathed a sigh of relief. "It doesn't matter if Xuecai and Reina don't quite understand."

Luo Shu paused for a moment, then picked up his chopsticks and pointed to the shelf where Kurumizaka Ruri had placed the [Apprentice Magician Job Transfer Book] and [Job Promotion Scroll], saying, "Ruri, do you remember the three books and three scrolls you put on the shelf?"

"Remember, those things were given to me by Shu-kun."

Kurumizaka Ruri nodded slightly, then realized, "Could it be that Shu-kun is saying that those books and scrolls are the tools that allow us to awaken our mysterious talents?"

"Yes, those three books are called "job transfer books" in the game, which allow the user to successfully become an apprentice magician."

Luo Shu explained briefly, "After lunch, each of you will take a copy. After using it, tell me about the tiny particles of white light you can see when you focus your attention after becoming an apprentice magician. That's ether.

When the time comes, after you focus your attention on seeing these ethers, you need to actively absorb the ethers into your body. After that, you will be able to use the "inner vision technique" to see the colors that appear after these ethers are converted into magic elements after entering the body.

Generally speaking, the earth element is yellow, the fire element is red, the wind element is cyan, and the water element is blue. If you see anything other than these four colors, please tell me. Do you understand?"

"Shu Jun, wait a minute, what do you mean by inner vision?"

After all, Kurumizaka Ruri had played online games, so she could understand some of it, but she still didn't fully understand this so-called "inner vision".

"Liuli, after you use the job transfer book, concentrate your attention and gather the ether within your body, and you will be able to awaken 'Inner Vision' on your own. This is a basic skill that all apprentice magicians will have. You don't need to understand it. Once you use the job transfer book, you will quickly learn how to use it."

"That's it, then I have no problem."

After hearing Luo Shu's explanation, Kurumizaka Ruri glanced at Sasaki Setsuna and Hamasaki Reina who looked confused. She thought for a moment and explained to them in a relatively simple and easy-to-understand way.

Luo Shu originally wanted to explain it himself, but when he found out that Kurumizaka Ruri was doing it for him, he focused his attention on the food in front of him and began to eat attentively.

After more than ten minutes, lunch was over.

Luo Shu looked at them and saw that they were not in a hurry to ask to use the job transfer book immediately, but started to clean up after the meal. He felt relieved in his heart.

This at least proves that they have enough patience.

Magicians, or rather all mysterious professions derived from the magic element system, are inherently incompatible with people with impatient personalities.

Judging from some details of the three women's daily lives, none of them had impatient personalities. This discovery made him feel somewhat relieved.

After all, if they have a poor compatibility with the magician profession, they will not be able to go far on their own in the future on the path of exploring the mysteries of magic.

Chapter 37: The mysterious qualifications of the three women

After the three girls finished cleaning up after the meal, they returned to the living room and looked at Luo Shu.

They saw three [Apprentice Magician Job Change Books] and three [Job Promotion Scrolls] placed on the glass low table in the living room.

"Please sit down." Luo Shu looked at the three women who were staring at the things on the table, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

"I thought you guys weren't really interested in this?"

"Mysticism originates from human beings' fear and worship of things beyond their common sense."

Kurumizaka Ruri's hands clenched slightly in excitement. "Shu-kun, if magic exists, doesn't that mean the eight million gods in Fuso legend might also exist?"

"I don't know whether the eight million gods of Fusang exist."

Luo Shu pondered for a moment and gave a vague answer, "However, monsters, ghosts, and even urban legends may indeed exist in this world."

"Ah?" Hamasaki Reina's face turned pale when she heard this. "Shu-kun, do urban legends really exist?"

"According to my research, this world's urban legends also hold mysteries."

Luo Shu had already decided to guide them into the mystical world, so he didn't hide any information. "Urban legends and ghosts are both spiritual beings that feed on negative emotions like human resentment. They practice a mysterious system centered around resentment—the Resentment System—and master the mysterious art known as 'curse'."

"Eh..." Sasaki Setsuna was originally afraid of ghosts and urban legends. Now when she heard that these scary things actually existed in this world, she suddenly got goose bumps all over her body.

"Ashu, wouldn't it be dangerous for ordinary people to encounter urban ghost stories?"

"Ordinary people cannot see spirits like those in urban legends, because mystery can only succumb to a higher mystery. This sentence has another meaning besides the surface meaning."

Luo Shu patiently taught the three girls about the mysterious science.

"Mysteries of different levels often attract each other. In order to improve their own status, mystics of lower status must constantly accumulate their own mysteries. This process of accumulating mysteries is essentially similar to human hunting.

The exorcist's exorcism rituals, the demon hunter's exorcism operations, the urban legends that rely on human curiosity to spread fear and feed on resentment, the abnormal behavior of monsters who yearn for humans and desire to transform into humans and integrate into human society...

These mystics, each from a different mystical system, employ different methods to accumulate mysteries and elevate their status. If you don't understand, simply think of it as leveling up by defeating monsters in an MMORPG game."

"What about magicians?" Kurumizaka Ruri noticed that Luo Shu didn't mention magicians in his story. "How do magicians accumulate mysteries and improve their status?"

"Magicians rely on the accumulation of mystical knowledge, that is, the pursuit of their own magical path."

Luo Shu said, then changed the subject and his tone became serious. He warned,

“Speaking of the pursuit of the magic path, I must remind you not to underestimate your own magic path.

Those who despise their own demonic ways will often be devoured by the demonic ways, and then, like humans who forcibly cultivate demonic powers, they will eventually be demonized and degenerate into demons.

The reason why mystery is mysterious is that its existence itself is not recognized by human common sense.

The pursuit of mystery itself is the process of completing the ritual of life advancement beyond the limits of mortals. This is also the first stage goal you will achieve after becoming a magician. "

"Beyond the limits of mortals?" Hamasaki Reina pondered. "Is it a bit like Nietzsche's philosophy of transhumanism?"

"Nietzsche, I know that." Sasaki Setsuna echoed, and then began to talk about the relevant theories she had mastered.

“The so-called ‘transhumanism’ is a philosophical theory proposed by Nietzsche.

It is 'an intellectual and cultural movement that asserts that it is possible and desirable to apply reason or science and technology to fundamentally improve the human condition, and in particular to develop and make widely available technologies that will eliminate the effects of aging and greatly enhance human intellectual, physical, and psychological abilities.'

"Nietzsche, I don't really know much about him."

Luo Shu listened carefully to Sasaki Setsuna's explanation and thought for a moment.

"However, from your explanation, Setsuna, I feel that Nietzsche's philosophical theory can be considered an alternative way to transcend the limits of mortals. It is quite instructive for ordinary people."

"Superman philosophy is so profound. I stumbled across it when Liuli and I were in junior high because we were interested in the occult. I didn't understand it clearly at the time, but I ended up remembering it by accident."

"Haha, the situation Xuecai described is one we've all encountered to some extent."

Luo Shu laughed, then turned the topic back to the topic. He said solemnly,

"Alright, enough small talk. Now, let me ask you again, have you truly made up your mind to set foot in the world of the mysterious side from now on?"

The three women looked at Luo Shu's solemn face, and thinking of the possible risks of practicing their own magic path that he mentioned, they were speechless for a moment.

However, after the three women looked at each other for a while, they suddenly remembered that it was because they were attracted to Luo Shu that they got the opportunity to step into the mysterious side world, which is difficult for ordinary people to achieve in their entire lives.

Therefore, they reached out their hands tacitly, each picked up a [Apprentice Magician Job Change Book], and then looked at Luo Shu.