I Save The World In A Doomsday Text Game

Chapter 233-2: Five-Story Treasure Pagoda, The Subtle Use of Incense Power (2)

[The Librarian noticed someone approaching. He set the sutra aside, his face brimming with a kindly smile.]

[He produced another cushion with a flick of his hand, placing it at his side, and gestured for you to sit down and chat.]

“Huh… that’s odd.”

What Lin Xun found strange was not that he encountered the Librarian here, but that the Librarian didn’t hand him an Invasion Bookmark.

According to the usual process, after accepting the bookmark, he would immediately encounter other Apostles coming to offer themselves up as prey.

The last two times he’d run into the Librarian within a chapter, it had been exactly this scenario.

[The Librarian seemed to perceive your puzzlement. He explained gently that he wasn’t so bored as to keep repeating himself. For Apostles who had already upgraded their invasion permissions, there was no need to test them again with basic invasion battles.]

[You slowly walked over to his side and sat cross-legged beside the old man.]

[The Librarian handed you the sutra he had been holding…]

[You took it and saw that it was a sutra called Dragon Dharma Universal Salvation Sutra. It praised the great deeds of the offspring of the Chaotic Origin Dragon in delivering all beings.][The old man smiled faintly and asked, “Interesting, isn’t it?”]

[Without waiting for your reply, he continued, saying that every apocalypse world had different scenery and different doomsday origins, but only in the matter of praising the gods were all worlds perfectly uniform.]

[Ignorance… how cruel and pitiful it is…]

[The Librarian adjusted the monocle on his face and, with a kindly smile, asked. “Apostle who seeks the truth of the apocalypse, are you willing to accept a special trial from the Librarian?”]

[“If you succeed in this trial, not only will you further upgrade your invasion permissions, you will also receive a very rare bookmark.”]

A very rare bookmark?

Lin Xun couldn’t help recalling the last time he’d gotten a Relic Bookmark.

He had used that bookmark to defeat another candidate for the Twelve Disciples and seize a Relic.

[You nodded and accepted the trial without hesitation.]

[The Librarian’s smile grew even gentler. He slowly stood up and told you that tomorrow night, he would wait for you in the lecture hall behind the Five-Story Treasure Pagoda. Whenever you were ready, you could come find him there.]

[The old man recited an intricate incantation, and his figure vanished…]

“I just hope this trial doesn’t end up as much of a fiasco as the Celestial Prison of Captive Stars last time.”

He searched the fourth floor of the pagoda, and seeing there were no noteworthy rewards, continued upward.

[At the entrance to the fifth floor staircase, a waist-high railing was set up. A warning sign was posted: The fifth floor is still under renovation. Entry is temporarily prohibited. Violators will be severely punished!]

[You ignored the warning and climbed over the railing, ascending the wooden staircase to the fifth floor of the pagoda.]

[The fifth floor of the pagoda was called the Treasure Level. It was completely empty, with no books placed anywhere.]

[There was only a single massive page floating in the air, emitting a faint glow.]

[You discovered a torn page of the Book of Salvation, Resting Page!]

“…This respawn point is hidden ridiculously well.”

Lin Xun stepped forward to touch the page, setting this spot as a respawn point.

He wasn’t worried about being trapped in Dharma-Aspect Temple by the Absolute Barrier of the Ten Directions after resurrecting, since the page also had a teleportation function. In the worst case, he could return to Dragon Marsh Temple.

Using the Resting Page’s recovery feature, he restored the depleted president to a vigorous state. Even if he had to battle the attendants again tomorrow night, he wouldn’t be weakened.

He opened the inventory and clicked on the Iridescent Scale of the Mirage Dragon.

[Do you wish to use the Iridescent Scale of the Mirage Dragon?]

[Using this item will consume one use. Estimated meditation time: six hours.]

“So long!”

Lin Xun had been planning to finish exploring Dharma-Aspect Temple tonight and then head to No-Illusions Shrine.

If he meditated here, by the time the training was over, he could just return to Iya Palace and do morning exercises with the two attendants.

For a moment, he was conflicted.

Should he cultivate first, or explore first?

After hesitating for quite a while, he suddenly slapped his forehead as he remembered something.

He decisively clicked the Resting Page and used its teleportation function to return to Dragon Marsh Temple.

[Teleporting…]

[…]

[Teleportation successful!]

[A powerful wandering soul awakened in the guesthouse of the temple…]

[You possessed the Shell of the Knowledge-Seeking Primordial Hermit!]

[You pushed open the little door of the guesthouse and stepped into the courtyard…]

[By this time, the moon was already high in the sky. The trainee yokai had finished their day’s cultivation and returned to their rooms to rest.]

[You looked toward the dwelling on one side of the courtyard. Only two rooms still had candlelight burning.]

[One was the residence of the Dignitary Bull Demon, the other was the residence of the Temple Master – Calamity Mage.]

[Which one do you want to go to?]

[You walked toward the dwelling of the Dignitary Bull Demon and knocked on the old wooden door.]

[Very soon, the wooden door swung wide open, and the shirtless Origin-Tracing Dignitary Bull Demon greeted you.]

[When it saw the Divine Offspring arriving, its bull eyes lit up. It saluted you and asked if you had come to study yokai arts.]

[You slowly nodded.]

[Hearing this, the Dignitary Bull Demon beamed with joy and quickly pulled you into the room.]

[The dwelling was simply furnished. Aside from a bed and a table, there was only a wooden chest and a weapon rack against the wall.]

[The Dignitary Bull Demon picked out several old scrolls from the chest and spread them on the table.]

[The scrolls were paintings, each depicting various yokai performing techniques.]

[It introduced them to you one by one, explaining that these yokai arts were all unique techniques it had carefully selected. Although they did not have the power to move mountains or overturn seas, each had marvelous uses.]

[Yokai Art – Art of Qi Divination (Rare+): Required Incense Power (Faith Power) to learn: 1000]

[Yokai Art – Art of Transformation (Rare+): Required Incense Power to learn: 500]

[Yokai Art – Touch of Transmutation (Rare+): Required Incense Power to learn: 800]

[Yokai Art – Art of Transmitting Voice (Rare+): Required Incense Power to learn: 400]

[Yokai Art – Art of Bringing the Dragon to Life (Rare+): Required Incense Power to learn: 700]

[You have already offered three sticks of Superior Purple-Red Incense. Current Incense Power: 1500]

Lin Xun slapped his thigh in frustration.

“Damn it, why did I only burn three sticks of incense to the Chaotic Origin Dragon at the time?”

“If I had just used all ten, wouldn’t I have 5000 Incense Power now?”

Although he hadn’t yet seen the specific skill effects and the skill quality wasn’t especially high, just the names of these yokai arts made it obvious that their utility was extraordinary.

Like the Art of Qi Divination or Touch of Transmutation, for example.

Lin Xun suddenly thought that since he could learn skills here from the Dignitary Bull Demon, then perhaps in the room where the Temple Master – Calamity Mage’s lamp was still lit, there might be something else he could do.

He suspected that Incense Power could be used not only here but also with the Calamity Mage.

“Is it still possible to go burn incense to the Chaotic Origin Dragon now…”

Lin Xun was nearly in tears.