Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Chapter 1229: Chapter 1227: The Hurricane Rescue of Academic Workers

Early morning, Shangjing, smog.

The eyeballs that have beheld the glory of Divine Beings are indeed extraordinary; Fu Qian exerted some effort to fully digest the Ancient Reminiscence.

It took 4.5 seconds in total, and this secret treasure of the Gulad Family completely vanished.

Selana taught him the complete method of use herself, but he didn’t even have a chance to practice it once.

However, considering that the content was somewhat inadequate for outsiders, she probably wouldn’t mind—right?

Perhaps due to the profound camaraderie built earlier, she might even take the initiative to help keep it hidden.

In a state of optimistic enjoyment, Fu Qian touched the fangs at his chest, both mouths sighing in unison.

Under the Sage’s “Insight,” there were certainly gains to be had.

Just not the gains he wanted.

…

The final lightless night of the battle in Night Holy City certainly had some surprises.

It’s not to say that the Pope’s assistance was unexpected. In fact, carrying Blasphemy’s Embrace, more than half of the motivation was just that.

Fu Qian always regarded the possible help from the Pope as one of his trump cards.

He even considered whether to contact her beforehand, to provide some reference opinions regarding the two traits.

After all, possessing great power, her mental state was also much better than that of the Red Moon.

If he could get reliable advice, he could directly seek a safe place to assimilate with the right traits.

This was undoubtedly an attractive choice, but Fu Qian ultimately did not do so.

On one hand, in his judgment, as a calculated measure from Prism of Radiant Transformation, the probability that the Pope could provide advice from across dimensions was perhaps higher than the Red Moon, but not by much.

And at the same time, having collected two traits himself and caused such a huge stir, it was nearly impossible not to alert the Prism of Radiant Transformation.

That meant that both Blasphemy’s Embrace and the Pope would be exposed prematurely.

The cost of receiving a low-probability opinion was ultimately deemed not worthwhile by Fu Qian.

As it turned out, his estimation wasn’t too problematic; according to Prism of Radiant Transformation in its final statement, the main reason it could provide misleading options was as one of this world’s supreme existences, its interpretation of traces from new traits’ birth.

The Pope clearly wasn’t part of this system.

Hence, getting her to provide reference opinions was less effective than giving Prism of Radiant Transformation a sudden strike at the crucial moment.

In the end, the Pope indeed gave great help, though in an exceedingly peculiar way.

From the moment that one arrow was shot, despite having switched environments and states several times, there was no response on the other end.

Same as now.

It appears some unexpected things have occurred.

Life is unpredictable; I still remember during our last conversation, she admonished me not to die.

…

As for why he consumed Ancient Reminiscence, it’s quite simple.

The Pope mysteriously disappeared, leaving her fate unknown; as a Temple Knight, how could he not hasten to her side for protection?

From the moment he put on the Ring, Fu Qian had already committed to this thought.

But now there’s a very important issue: every time after desecrating the Sun, although the Dark Moon always appeared regularly, establishing a connection clearly relied on the Pope’s authority.

Not to mention, what needed to be done this time was far more than just connecting a thread.

Since a moment ago, every switch of state and every piece of equipment donned was adding a variable, repeating actions outside of the mission to see if it could provoke a response.

Sadly, there was still no movement on the other side; it seems that whatever was happening at the far side of Dark Moon, I was powerless to intervene.

But only seemingly so.

For an academic, the first response to anything unknown should be the possibility to learn it.

The full gear brought out from the warehouse this time was for this purpose.

According to certain possible connections, by using Insight, a method of self-protecting autonomy is deduced and tested.

It will be wasteful, and even possibly fruitless, but the mere “possibility” is enough.

…

Due to the relevance between Ancient Reminiscence and the concept of the moon, Fu Qian listed it as the top choice.

Indeed, it proved to be fruitful.

Fu Qian tried to convert the additional enlightenment in his consciousness into the usual rewards format.

[Pensive Wandering]

[Continuously descending moonlight around the body, the targets struck will fall into a special sluggish state, and when the sluggishness accumulates to a certain level, they will directly face the ancient majesty at their inner core. The accumulation of sluggishness is equally effective on oneself]

The damage to Ancient Reminiscence directly provided himself with an ability.

At first glance, it reminded him of Moonlight Grove that he had seen inside.

Indeed, one should not speak carelessly; previously he mentioned not seeing the Lunar Orbital Cannon, and now he seemed to have become a launcher himself.

Fairly speaking, this gain isn’t poor—struck by the dazzling sky is one thing, facing the ancient majesty after accumulating sluggishness seems very much like direct confrontation with Divine Beings, likely having a decent control effect.

But the ‘inner core’ statement clearly doesn’t seem to have the effect of touching another world.

Initially judged as irrelevant to the current situation.

However, it doesn’t matter. For an academic, if one approach doesn’t work, switching to another is basic literacy.

Fu Qian slightly opened his Fangs and took off the mask from his face and threw it in.

If no relevance is seen starting from the category of the moon, then try something directly related.

This indeed stems from the power of a Witch.

…

The Pope is indeed extraordinary. The mask took even longer to digest than Ancient Reminiscence.

After a moment, Fu Qian unusually hesitated and first looked towards a mirror next to him.

Visibly, his facial features were rapidly changing into another face; at the same time, his Extraordinary Aura was dissipating inversely.

Correct, Fu Qian’s hesitation wasn’t due to a lack of gains—in fact, his concealment effect was still very much preserved in a special manner, but the issue was…

[Dazzling Visage]

[Blocks observation, completely conceals Extraordinary Aura; as long as the appearance is sufficiently glamorous, no one cares about the inside]

Fu Qian didn’t wait for his complete concealment to be achieved before cancelling his newly acquired ability.

However, even so, he still recognized the face in the mirror.

As long as the appearance is glamorous enough, Pope, you really aren’t modest at all!

Without a doubt, the face in the mirror was that of the cosmic beauty Niel Glegorya.

Combining this insight, the essence of the bestowed mask actually contains Pope’s true visage, using her extraordinary charm to suppress everything?

Recalling the face that seemed to forcibly instill the concept of “beauty” around, Fu Qian momentarily felt it absurd yet reasonable.

But with this, using it personally feels too bizarre…

Contemplating with a sigh, Fu Qian’s whole appearance rapidly morphed toward some sort of non-human fierce beast.

This is not bad.

Watching the transformation in the mirror, Fu Qian finally nodded. After changing to a non-human appearance, this time he did not force himself to take on the Pope’s face.

However, the substitute beastly face seemed not so obedient, always automatically developing towards the most refined and distinct direction.