Chapter 14: Five Paths to Mastery
Two weeks passed by.
Rhys walked out of the Alchemy hall with a frown. Behind him, murmurs from the crowd could be heard.
They were whispers of awe and disbelief.
In just two short weeks, his mastery over the lifestyle skills of Alchemy, Enchantment, and Formations had reached a level that others could only dream of achieving in a lifetime.
Combined with his earlier feat in butchering, he had shaken the foundations of Greenleaf’s artisan community.
Now, he just had to obtain the respective profession cores if he wanted to formally establish himself as an Apprentice Alchemist, Enchanter, Formation Master, and Butcher.
That was the standard path. A path he had no intention of following conventionally.
As he contemplated his next move, a familiar blue screen flickered to life in his mind.
[By continuous learning and practical experience across multiple disciplines, you have unlocked an opportunity to comprehend the unique truth of the professions. Cost: 1000 years of lifespan. Y/N?]
Rhys didn’t hesitate. A thousand years was nothing, but knowledge of a fundamental truth was priceless.
’Yes.’
The world didn’t change, but his understanding of it did. A torrent of information, not on a specific skill but on the very nature of skills themselves, flooded his mind.