Please be my partner.

Whatever is said must be known?

This is at least an ability that only demigods possess, right?!

Mellen immediately rejected Lucas's request in his heart, but he didn't say it out loud. After all, they were teammates now and were going to venture into the secret place of the spirit world together, so he said perfunctorily, "Well, let me think about it."

Lucas smiled slightly. He was not surprised by Mellen's perfunctory attitude, but since he had made the request, he must have been certain about it.

He said, "I understand your concerns and the dangers involved, but don't you want to hear my offer?"

"Maybe you won't be able to refuse!"

Chapter 258 Trading and Collective Hunting

After seeing Lucas's expression, Mellen understood that the conditions prepared by the other party were probably quite generous, so generous that the other party felt that he could not refuse at all.

Of course, Lucas's gesture did pique Mellen's interest, but he didn't respond. Instead, he asked another question: "Why did you invite me? You just said that you only wanted to trade with me for the inherited knowledge of the [Source Energy User]."

"Also, even I'm not sure whether to accept Vic's invitation. How did you know I would come? Is it some kind of prophetic ability?"

Lucas's expression seemed to stiffen for a moment, and he said helplessly, "When I first obtained the Titan Colossus blueprints from you, I needed some time to verify them. Who knew you would leave the spirit world in just half a day?"

Mellen originally wanted to say, since there is an intention to continue the transaction, why not leave a contact information or something, but then he remembered that Lucas was in hiding, so of course he should conceal his traces as much as possible.

Lucas continued, "After I lost track of you, I wanted to at least get some of the Titans you sold for research, so I approached Vic. He then invited me to explore the secret places of the spirit world. It was only then that I learned he had invited you as well."

"The reason I accepted Vic's invitation is, firstly, because I am indeed interested in that secret place in the spiritual world; secondly, I was waiting for you."

"As you just said, you yourself aren't sure whether you'll come, so I naturally have no idea. But waiting for you here at least gives me a direction, which is more likely than blindly searching without any clue."

Seeing that Mellen understood, Lucas continued, "As for why you changed your mind, it was naturally because I saw your mechanical life pet."

Melen was not surprised by this answer. After all, the biggest difference between the before and after that could arouse Lucas's interest was only the appearance of Garuru.

Lucas said, "If I'm not mistaken, your mechanical life form pet should be a [Mechanical Megastructure], right?"

Mellen nodded and said, "That's right."

Lucas exhaled and said, "If you and your mechanical life form pet are willing to accept my invitation and stand on the side of our Sas Saint Clan, we are willing to provide the body of a Mechanical Saint for your mechanical life form pet to devour."

"What?!" Melen was shocked. He stared at Lucas intently and said in a deep voice, "You mean, the body of the Mechanical Saint?"

Lucas nodded solemnly and said, "The [Mechanical Megastructure] possesses the ability to devour mechanical creations to enhance itself. As long as your mechanical lifeform devours the body of a Mechanical Saint, I believe it will be able to achieve Sainthood in a short period of time."

"This Mechanical Saint's body belongs to a senior member of our clan. You don't have to worry about any subsequent troubles. Moreover, it also contains many high-end technologies of our clan. Mastering it is equivalent to mastering these technologies."

Melen frowned and asked, "I still don't understand. My pet and I are just ordinary Legendaries. Why would you want to pay the Mechanical Saint's body to invite me?"

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation!

Mellen was naturally confident in himself, but he would never be so naive as to think that the strength he had shown at the moment was worth Lucas, or the Sas Saint Clan, paying such a huge price.

Lucas explained, "The Mechanical Saint who fell from our clan was also a [Mechanical Megastructure]. It was oriented towards legionary reinforcement. While the individual combat power of the Legion Saint is slightly inferior, the training of followers is far superior to Saints from other directions. It is particularly adept at dealing with ultra-large-scale wars."

"Back when this Mechanical Saint was still alive, our Sas Saint Clan was in a much better situation than it is now. That's why the hostile civilization prioritized targeting this Mechanical Saint."

Lucas said frankly, "I won't hide it from you. As long as you sign a civilization contract with our Sas Saint Clan, we will immediately offer you the body of a Mechanical Saint. Once your mechanical life form pet becomes a Mechanical Saint, it will not only fight for our Sas Saint Clan, but also contribute to the revival of our Mechanical Demigod."

Mellen fell silent. The reward was indeed generous, but the price was a bit like working like a slave.

Fight for the Sas Holy Clan and contribute to the revival of the Mechanical Demigod.

There is no free lunch in the world. These two tasks don’t sound easy to complete.

Needless to say, the former, the Sas Saints were originally on the losing side, which is an established fact. Under such circumstances, the difficulty and danger of fighting for them can be imagined.

The latter contributes to the revival of the Mechanical Demigod. The difficulty of this "contribution" can be great or small. If it is to help collect some materials, it is fine, but if it requires a strong man at the level of a Mechanical Saint to sacrifice himself, then it is not a question of whether to make a profit or not, and you may lose everything!

Of course, this is just the worst case scenario that Mellen can think of. Perhaps the actual situation may not be that bad.

After thinking for a moment, Melen said, "I need to think about this matter. I will give you an answer after I finish exploring the secret places in the spiritual world."

"Okay." Lucas nodded and asked, "What about the inheritance transaction of the [Source Energy User]..."

Melen shook his head and said, "Same, I'll give you an answer after we explore."

Although the gains were amazing, Mellen was actually inclined not to accept the other party's request considering the risks involved.

However, he did not refuse directly, but made an excuse to consider it and delayed for a while.

Next, Mellen lived peacefully in Vic's villa. Because of the frequent "communication", Spike finally got his wish and fought with Xinko.

At the beginning, in a one-on-one situation, it was difficult for Spike to last more than five minutes in Xinko's hands. Even though Spike had amazing fighting talent and fighting intuition, the latter could still easily see through the dog's weaknesses.

Even in the previous battles, Spike's ability to hold out became shorter and shorter each time because he was completely seen through.

But Spike will not give up easily. He is the kind of dog who becomes braver and stronger with each setback.

So, in Spike's fifth challenge, Xinko was surprised to find that most of the dog's weaknesses had been made up for, almost causing him to suffer another loss in the battle.

It was also from that time that Xinke felt that Melen's pet dog was becoming more and more difficult to deal with, and would even use his Eye of Delusion to set traps. Xinke could not help but marvel at its growth in battle.

Before he knew it, the guy who initially disliked Mellen actually developed a friendship with Spike.

It was also through constant contact that Mellen learned a lot of basic information about Xinko.

Xinko comes from a place called the Great World of Peru. It is a very powerful world. Unlike small worlds like the Blue and Green World that still need to experience spiritual tides, the Great World of Peru has always been extraordinary.

There are seven powerful forces in the Peruvian world, namely the Three Academies and the Four Holy Lands.

The three colleges are the Gold College, the Silver College and the Bronze College. The dean of each college is a demigod-level strongman. Although it sounds like the Gold College is the strongest, the Silver College is the second, and the Bronze College is the weakest, in fact, the overall strength of these three colleges is similar. However, in order to give competition between colleges, an college war will be started every ten years to redefine the college rankings.

The Four Holy Lands were four powerful forces each with demigod masters in charge. Compared to the three academies with open teaching methods, the Four Holy Lands took the route of elite training, and the internal competition was more intense.

Occasionally, the three academies and the four sacred places would fight, but the timing was undetermined.

After listening to Xinco's introduction to the great world of Peru, Melen was very interested. You know, he is an authentic academic.

Well, although Mellen only attended the Kingdom Mystery Academy in the Kingdom of Crow for one semester, he was forced to be involved in Sir Light's legendary promotion at the beginning of the second semester and had to flee Roland City in embarrassment. A series of events that happened afterwards made it unnecessary for him to go to the Kingdom Mystery Academy to study.

However, Mellen still recognizes his academic identity.

For Mellen, it would be great if there was a place where he could learn systematic and extraordinary knowledge with peace of mind.

The three major colleges in the Peruvian world seem to be able to meet his requirements.

After asking for something, Mellen's attitude towards Xinko immediately changed.

After understanding Mellen's meaning, Xin Ke said, "You want to study at the academy in the Peruvian World? That's not impossible. After all, the three academies are open to the public."

"However, joining the three major colleges is not easy. There are basically only three ways..."

"In the Peruvian world, besides the seven supreme powers, there are also many extraordinary academies. Every year, these extraordinary academies recommend a large number of outstanding students to the Three Academies and the Four Sacred Lands. The only difference is that the Three Academies have a wider range of admissions, while the Four Sacred Lands only accept a small number of elite members."

"Saints who are on good terms with the seven major forces have a large number of recommendation quotas every year. They can directly recommend members of their subordinate families or forces to study and further their education."

"The above two routes are common to the three colleges and the four sacred places. In addition, the three major colleges can also obtain places through the annual admission assessment."

Melen nodded slightly, as if thinking about something.

Xin Ke smiled and said, "Mellen, even though you are a legend, if you want to study at the three major colleges, strength is only one aspect. It is not easy to pass the admission examination and get a place."

Melen was interrupted from thinking, so he looked at Xinke and realized that there was something else behind the latter's words.

Xin Ke said with a smile: "I come from the Saint Family. Our family has a good relationship with the Golden Academy, and we have many admission places every year."

Mellen asked calmly, "What are the conditions?"

Xin Ke said, "Great! If you give me your first choice in exploring the secret places of the spirit world, I will give you a place in the Golden Academy. How about that?"

"Don't worry, I only want the right of first choice. I will pay the contribution required to exchange the items myself. If the contribution is not enough, I will compensate you with a discount."

Melen asked, "Is there something you want in the secret place of the spirit world?"

Xin Ke shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Melenchi asked, "Then why do you want the right of first choice?"

Xin Ke smiled and said, "It's better to be prepared. Although the admission quota to the Golden Academy is valuable, it is worthless to me. Using it to exchange for a chance to get what I need is a great deal!"

Mellen's mouth twitched slightly, and he realized the differences between people.

He thought carefully for a moment and agreed to the deal.

Xinke has a clear preference for choosing items that contain the power of rules. This does not conflict with what Mellen wants, so he is not worried that the former will exchange the items he wants after getting the priority choice.

Although there is a way to enter the three major colleges through examinations, this method is obviously more troublesome. When Mellen has a better choice, he naturally does not intend to waste his energy on this.

Xin Ke patted Mellen's shoulder and said, "It's settled then. I'll send a message to my dad right now and have him send someone to deliver the admission letter from Golden Academy. Then, with Vic as a witness, we'll complete the deal."

Mellen nodded and said, "Okay."

Time passed, and Xinke worked very efficiently. Three days later, he found Mellen with a palm-sized golden letter.

Then, the two completed the transaction in the presence of Vick and three other teammates.

The golden letter felt slightly heavy in the hand, with the toughness of metal and the softness of paper. Melen could not tell its specific material.

There were strange runes on it. Although Melen didn't recognize them, he could understand their meaning from the spiritual fluctuations emitted by the runes. In addition to stating that this was an admission letter from the Golden Academy, there was also a countdown of about four months.

Xin Ke explained, "This is a blank admission letter from the Golden Academy. You can input your spirit into it, and the runes will automatically record your spiritual imprint. The Golden Academy has a fixed start time every year, and the countdown above points to that time. If you miss this year's start time, you will have to wait until next year to enroll."

"And the most crucial point is that the spiritual fluctuations on the admission letter can only last for a maximum of three years. If you miss this period, the admission letter will be invalid. Remember this, and don't blame me for cheating you later."

Mellen nodded and said sincerely, "Thank you very much."

Xin Ke waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "It's just a deal."

Vick watched the entire process and did not comment on the trade of Mellen and Sinko.

After the two of them finished their business, Vic said, "After this period of communication, I believe everyone has a basic understanding of each other. Then, let's move on to the next item."

"In the Misty Mountains northwest of Tianfeng Territory, many dangerous spiritual beings inhabit. Let's head there now for a group hunt to hone our combat chemistry."

This was a plan that had been decided beforehand, so naturally there was no reason for them to object.

So they packed up and headed towards the Misty Mountains.

Chapter 259: Cloudy Mountains

In the spiritual world, not all races possess wisdom.

Because of the frequent changes in rules, the spiritual world is generally filled with uncertainty. Therefore, in the initial stage of the spiritual world, based on the mutual influence of chaotic rules, almost all spiritual life that is born is weird and distorted.

Even now, more than 99.99% of the newly born spiritual beings are chaotic.

But it was the normal spiritual life that survived from generation to generation that gave birth to order due to wisdom, and slowly developed into a tribe. And because of the continuous improvement of strength and desire, they researched the method of stabilizing the nodes of the spiritual world.

The emergence of spiritual nodes will stabilize the rules of an area, so that the spiritual life born there will be inherently free from chaos and possess wisdom.

Of course, for the entire spiritual world, order is just a spark, and darkness and chaos are the mainstream.

Because, while those intelligent spiritual beings are developing and cultivating, the spiritual world itself is also constantly growing, which makes chaos and order gradually reach a certain balance.

As a semi-stable area, most areas of Tianfeng Territory are orderly, but there are also some chaotic and dangerous places. Of course, they are mostly concentrated on the edge of the area.

The Yunwu Mountains is one of them.

Since it is called the Cloudy Mountains, it is naturally named after the clouds and fog in it.

In the Yunwu Mountains, clouds are floating all year round. These clouds are not formed by water vapor, but are the manifestation of a certain pattern.

The clouds and fog will interfere with perception and even make most detection methods ineffective. The deeper you go into the Misty Mountains, the thicker the clouds and fog will be, and the stronger the interference will be.

If you go too deep, you may even get lost in it and never be able to get out.

A day later, Melen and his team arrived at the outskirts of the Cloud Mountains. During this time, Vic also told them a lot of information about the Cloud Mountains.

Vic said, "Our tentative hunting target this time is a monster called the 'Dark Lizard Dragon.' It's probably located in the central area of the Misty Mountains. It possesses a certain stealth ability and is at the peak of Legendary strength."

Xin Ke said, "We have to deal with specific monsters. I thought we could just hunt randomly after entering the Misty Mountains."

Vic smiled and said, "Normal hunting will not be affected. The reason we set a target is to unleash our combined strength in the process."

Xin Ke shrugged indifferently. He was just saying it casually.

Vic said, "With the interference of the clouds and fog in the mountains, many of our exploration methods will be ineffective..."

At this point, he looked at Lucas, who said, "Many of my exploration methods have become ineffective. Even if they are still effective, the contact is intermittent. If I go deeper, they will most likely be useless."

Vic looked at Mellen again, and Mellen spread his hands to indicate that he had no choice.

Vic nodded and said, "Then we only have two methods left to explore the Cloudy Mountains."

Xin Ke chuckled and said, "Don't worry, my Eye of Delusion is meant to be effective in situations like this."