The Wizard's Pursuit of Truth

Wang Ya released the restraints on the tiger, but it remained on the experiment table, stiff as a board. Its abdominal cavity began to swell, followed by its chest, as if something was growing inside its body. Three seconds later, its hide had completely inflated into a sphere, and its fur started to fall out, revealing flesh and skin stained by deep black blood vessels.

A powerful Extraordinary Spiritual Power formed an invisible Shield, enveloping the area around the experiment table.

The next moment, the fluid within those deep black blood vessels accelerated. With a BANG, the tiger exploded into chunks of flesh and gore. The spatter was intercepted by the invisible Spiritual Power Shield, contained around the experiment table.

The flesh and blood were viscous, like oil, yet still possessed a certain fluidity.

DRIP. DRIP.

A foul stench wafted over as a layer of tissue smeared itself across the experiment table's surface. Scarlet, yellow, pitch-black... the three colors intertwined. Wang Ya's expression didn't even flicker. Even though the test subject was dead and the experiment had failed, he remained impassive.

His goal wasn't to complete the experiment, but to relax his repressed mental state.

That goal had been achieved.

Of course, if this ordinary tiger had managed to endure it, it might have become a special Extraordinary Creature.

One always has to pay a price to obtain Extraordinary Power.

Letting the Tower Spirit clean up the experiment room on its own, Wang Ya changed into his Wizard Robe and went to his study.

The benefits of his newly relaxed mind became apparent.

Wang Ya already had ideas on how to approach modifying Dream Witchcraft. He even had the foresight to see what the Dream Witchcraft System was lacking.

'Perhaps the Dream Witchcraft School I create will be a level higher than the Flame Demon School...' Combining three Low-tier Witchcrafts to form two Middle-tier Witchcrafts was a reasonable structure. But now, with his mind racing and brimming with ideas, he felt he should add a few more Low-tier Witchcrafts to create a third Middle-tier one.

Then the subsequent High-tier Witchcrafts he envisioned would number not one, but two.

In that case, his current foundation of knowledge was far from sufficient.

'I suppose I'll take a trip to the Land of Inheritance.'

The Land of Inheritance was the center for all knowledge in the entire Dark Land. It contained vast amounts of Extraordinary Knowledge of all levels, aspects, and paths. The many Extraordinary Disciplines in the Dark Wizard Academy were but a microcosm of what the Land of Inheritance held.

Wang Ya had always been very curious about it, and this was the perfect opportunity to go take a look.

He could also use the trip to improve the analysis Ability of his Eye of Truth.

This would speed up the progress of his analytical research on his two main objectives.

The subsequent improvement and development of Dream Witchcraft also required the support of more Extraordinary Knowledge.

Wang Ya needed to deepen his foundation.

The Land of Inheritance was an excellent option. He still had one chance to choose a High-tier Extraordinary Knowledge for free, as well as one chance to choose an Advanced Extraordinary Knowledge for free.

...

The Land of Inheritance was located in the Dark Wizard Upper House Library. The first floor was still a mission processing center, while the second floor was where the Land of Inheritance was situated.

Unlike the second floor of the Lower House, which was an inner space for storing a vast number of books, the second floor of the Upper House was just a Teleportation Witch Array. No one knew the actual location of the Land of Inheritance.

Wang Ya's Level 3 Authority allowed him to go to the Upper Courtyard Area, the very core of the headquarters.

However, Wang Ya was in no mood to wander around the Upper House headquarters. He used the Long-distance Teleportation Witch Array inside the Illusory Dream Tower to teleport directly to the second floor of the Upper House Library.

The Teleportation Witch Arrays could all teleport to one another, as long as the Dark Technology Witch Array Core granted permission.

"Searching records... Lower House Wizard Wang Ya. You possess Level 3 Authority and the rights of a Child of the Dark. You are eligible for a ten-percent discount on Dark Points. Do you wish to enter the Land of Inheritance to select an Extraordinary Knowledge?"

"Warning: Once a selection is made, it cannot be changed or refunded. You must select and redeem one Extraordinary Knowledge inside, or you will be penalized with a deduction of Dark Points."

The voice of the Dark Technology's central intelligence slowly echoed in the teleportation space. Similar to the Teleportation Tower, it had different teleportation chambers.

Even if other Wizards entered the second floor of the Upper House Library at the same time, they would each be sent to a different teleportation chamber. The same was true when they left, ensuring privacy.

"Enter!"

"You will enter the Land of Inheritance in three seconds. You may only stay for three hours."

The duration was related to one's authority level; the level of authority corresponded to the number of hours one could stay.

Wang Ya had speculated about the Land of Inheritance, drawing parallels to the second floor of the Lower House Library... but when he truly arrived, he was still stunned by its scale and internal structure.

It was an enormous library filled with countless bookshelves. The shelves were only three meters tall and lined with all sorts of books.

If that were all, it naturally couldn't compare to the scale of the Lower House Library. But what if those bookshelves were packed so densely that they stretched as far as the eye could see, even forming a massive labyrinth?

Wang Ya stood at the entrance to the Land of Inheritance—the entrance to the labyrinthine library—with a look of amazement in his eyes. To his left was a counter, similar to the one in the Lower House Library. An old man with a full head of white hair, a beard that reached his chest, and a white Wizard Robe sat there.

An image subconsciously surfaced in his mind: an old, white-bearded man in a white robe, holding a Scepter and using the Lighting Technique.

To his right was a corridor built against the wall, leading to an unknown destination.