Chapter 148 : Danger! The Diary of Sage Kaja!
Chapter 148: Danger! The Diary of Sage Kaja!
Flag was also stunned for a moment.
Mia’s judgment should not be wrong, which meant they had overlooked something all along.
At this moment, they recalled the battle between Anthony and Leo just now.
They had been focused entirely on Leo.
But they had overlooked one thing.
From the corpse in front of them, it was clear that Anthony had not practiced the Divine Sacrifice Method.
If the Anthony before them had not learned the Divine Sacrifice Method,
then he could not have summoned the Three-Eyed Crow. Which meant that the one who summoned the Three-Eyed Crow in Blackstone City earlier must have been someone else.
“Damn it!”
“This is bad!”
The two seemed to realize something extremely troublesome.
If there had always been someone beside Anthony who had learned the Divine Sacrifice Method—or perhaps a Corpse Servant—
then now that Anthony had left Blackstone City and that person had not followed him, it meant that person was still in the city.
And if someone remained in the city at this moment, there could only be one purpose.
Anthony wanted revenge!
Revenge against those who had destroyed his plans. Since Blackstone City had slipped out of his control,
then what he could not obtain, no one else would be allowed to have.
So, he intended to completely destroy Blackstone City.
……
Meanwhile, Leo was riding his horse, examining the spoils he had just taken from Anthony.
The battle with Anthony had been much easier than he had originally imagined.
From his interactions with Anthony over the past few days, Leo’s strongest impression was that the man’s instincts revealed a kind of disdain—or even contempt—for knights.
Leo could clearly feel the pride and longing Anthony displayed when playing chess or when speaking of gods and magic.
“Magic… gods…”
Leo looked at the ancient and heavy book in his hand.
A notebook written by Sage Kaja.
As Leo flipped through it along the way,
the contents inside were something he had never encountered before.
It could be said to have completely reshaped his worldview.
“I’ve heard of people being called knights, but I didn’t expect someone to call themselves a sage.”
Leo had already flipped through the entire notebook from beginning to end.
Most of it recorded Sage Kaja’s daily cultivation.
However, what he practiced was not a Breathing Technique, but a far more mysterious method.
A method that could enhance the mind.
A Mental Tempering Method.
“Enhancing the mind… could this be a secret technique that increases the Spirit Attribute?” Leo felt a surge of excitement.
For such a long time, the thing that troubled him the most had been his Spirit Attribute.
Previously, aside from using skills to increase it, he had no other means.
Many times he had wanted to take on a new class, only to be blocked by the Spirit Attribute requirement.
For example, the 【Sword Saint】 class in his unassigned class list might ultimately still be locked behind this requirement.
And the importance of the Spirit Attribute was immense. Many of Leo’s skill effects and cooldowns were directly tied to it.
The higher the Spirit Attribute, the stronger those effects would become.
Even more importantly, the Spirit Attribute had a huge impact on cultivation.
When Leo’s Spirit Attribute reached 2.0, his overall training speed had directly doubled.
Among all attributes, Leo felt that the Spirit Attribute was the least noticeable, yet had the most far-reaching influence.
“If my Spirit Attribute could continue to rise to 3.0 or even 4.0…”
Leo felt restless with anticipation.
If this Mental Tempering Method could truly enhance the mind, it would undoubtedly be a tremendous boost.
After all, his Strength and Agility had already far surpassed his Spirit Attribute.
If he could raise it further, Leo even considered prioritizing this method above all else.
However, after examining it carefully,
he realized that this Mental Tempering Method was not simple to execute.
It required constructing specific complex geometric structures within one’s mind.
Like building blocks inside the brain, or constructing a miniature world.
The more complex the structure, the greater the tempering intensity and effect.
The notebook recorded more than a dozen structures that Kaja found most effective in daily practice.
Leo immediately began trying.
Using his Second Mind, he started constructing within his mental space.
Kaja described a twisted band-like ring structure.
The practitioner had to fully construct this twisted band in their mind according to the written description.
It sounded simple.
But only those who truly attempted it would understand the difficulty.
This was not mere imagination.
It required treating the mind as a space and building a precise structure within it.
Not a fleeting thought—but a fully realized model.
Once completed, it would exist in the mind as if it were real.
It felt like using 3D modeling software inside his brain.
An invisible hand seemed to sketch lines—from a point to a curve, forming a twisted surface.
Finally, following Kaja’s description, Leo gradually built a complete model.
It was as if a ribbon had appeared out of thin air, twisting and rotating at precise angles.
Until its two ends connected.
Leo felt like he had seen such a structure in his previous life.
This was the simplest structure described by Kaja.
After trying once, Leo felt mentally exhausted from such intense focus.
And that attempt hadn’t been perfect.
So he began again.
He was not someone who gave up easily.
Now that he had a method to improve his Spirit Attribute, he devoted himself entirely.
After three attempts, he finally succeeded.
A perfectly smooth curved structure appeared in his mind.
“Success.”
Leo exhaled deeply.
He felt that his quick success was largely due to knowledge from his previous life.
Modern structures and his experience with design had greatly helped his mental training.
At this moment, he checked his panel.
During the construction process, his Spirit Attribute had increased.
【Spirit: 2.2】
In such a short time, it had risen by 0.1.
Although part of that likely came from prior accumulation,
it still proved the method’s effectiveness.
“Then from now on, this Mental Tempering Method will be my priority.”
Leo decided to devote his entire Second Mind to it.
If his Spirit Attribute reached 3.0, he could unlock a Third Mind.
That would be like upgrading from a dual-core processor to a triple-core one.
Not just a numerical increase—but an entirely new independent consciousness for cultivation.
Excited, Leo continued studying the notebook.
Besides the Mental Tempering Method, it contained other content.
Mainly about the Secret Faith Gathering and the Followers Association.
“These two organizations…”
They were mentioned multiple times.
The Secret Faith Gathering seemed to be of a higher level.
Both sounded like cult-like organizations.
And within the Danlun Kingdom, both appeared to be illegal.
From Kaja’s notes, most people with some status in the royal capital could join the Followers Association.
Its entry requirements were not high.
But to join the Secret Faith Gathering,
one had to meet specific conditions.
The notebook did not detail them, but they were clearly very strict.
Likely requiring high Spirit strength and other unknown criteria.
Kaja did not elaborate.
The diary also contained fragmented descriptions of the Secret Faith Gathering.
It seemed that joining it allowed access to rudimentary magical power.
Its scale was very small—an elite circle.
Across the entire kingdom, there were probably only a few dozen members.
“Though names are hidden, mentions of dukes and royal consorts suggest they are high-ranking figures.”
These people concealed their identities, waiting to return to the Dragon Root.
Once they obtained the key, they could enter another world.
“Looks like Anthony had been practicing these things all along.”
Leo finished reading the diary.
At this moment, using his Second Mind, he continued constructing structures in his mind.
He quickly realized it was far harder than expected.
The initial structures were simple.
But later ones grew extremely complex.
Some had hundreds or thousands of nodes.
The first structure took minutes.
The second took nearly an hour.
By the third, named “Vantis Palace,”
the complexity was immense.
Like constructing a grand palace in the mind.
Impossible for ordinary people.
But Leo’s Spirit Attribute was already above 2.0.
With effort, he could continue.
Riding his horse, Leo flipped through the diary again.
Interestingly, the handwriting started messy,
but became increasingly neat.
He noticed that stronger Spirit seemed to affect handwriting.
At the very end of the diary,
there was a single sentence:
“That is a world belonging to sages, where great wizards wield the power of nature and inscribe order and laws.”
The diary ended there.
“A world of sages… wizards.”