Boppoli thought for a moment.
波波利想了下。
“If someone who practices this skill leads an army, they’re bound to be an undefeated general. And this book ‘Glass Perception?? I think THAT other book should be the one called ‘Perception’ instead.”
“修习这功法的人若是带兵打仗，肯定是个常胜将军。那这本《琉璃感知》呢，我觉得刚才那本书才应该叫什么‘感知’才对。”
“The title of THIS book is a bit confusing indeed, but its power is still formidable. You might understand a bit by looking at their information.”
“这本书的名字的确有点困惑，不过它的能力还是很强的，你看看它们的信息应该能知道点。”
Boppoli picked up several copies of “Glass Perception,” scanned them, and immediately understood Mori’s meaning.
波波利拿起几份《琉璃感知》扫了眼，立即就明白了莫里的意思。
“Contract: Glass Perception, 104 years of training experience, Completeness Rate 100%”
《代练契约：琉璃感知，一百零四年修行经验，完整度100%》
“Contract: Glass Perception, 110 years of training experience, Completeness Rate 100%”
《代练契约：琉璃感知，一百一十年修行经验，完整度100%》
“Contract: Glass Perception, 107 years of training experience, Completeness Rate 100%”
《代练契约：琉璃感知，一百零七年修行经验，完整度100%》
All six copies of Glass Perception in his hands were over a hundred years old!
手上的六分琉璃感知，全部都是一百年以上的寿命！
“Great! This is all MY merit!”
“太棒了，这都是我的功劳！”
Boppoli felt he was dying of happiness.
波波利觉得自己幸福死了。
“Little dummy, take a look at this one.”
“小傻子，你看这份。”
Mori smiled, extended his hand, and another contract, condensed from shimmering light, appeared in his grasp.
莫里笑着将手一伸，手上多了份光芒凝现的契约。
“Substitute Training Contract: Crystal Perception, Blazing Sword Path, One Hundred and Twenty Years of Training Experience, 100% Completeness”
《代练契约：琉璃感知，烈焰剑道，一百二十年修行经验，完整度100%》
“This, this is…training two techniques at the same time?”
“这，这是…同时练了两部？”
“Over there, most people achieve decent results after sixty or seventy years of training. But having them train a second technique is too hard for some, and they end up neglecting the original one, so most only stick to a single technique.”
“在那里，很多人六七十年后就已经修炼得比较好了。可是让他们再练第二部则太过辛苦，有些人反而将之前的荒废，于是大多都只是练一部。”
Moli sighed:
莫里感叹：
“Being able to train two techniques consecutively is something only those with considerable talent can accomplish. That person was like that—practicing ‘Crystal Perception,’ he could recover his body from non-fatal injuries. Of course, missing limbs won’t grow back.”
“能连两部的都是天资很不错的人才能完成，这个人就是如此，修行《琉璃感知》的他，受到非致命伤后身体都能复原。当然，缺胳膊断腿可长不出来。”
“What exactly did you do with that powerful guy?!”
“你和那位强大的家伙到底干什么了啊！”
Boppoli looked up at Moli with his mouth wide open: “How did you pull it off? Just by sleeping it off?”
波波利张大了嘴的抬起头看向莫里：“你到底是怎么办到的，就睡了一觉？”
“Remember the Wish Amulet I bought cheaply from that unlucky guy? I used it to enter that person’s Emblem World. Anyway, this time we’ve hit it big. Pick yourself a reward from these.”
“还记得我从那倒霉蛋手中，低价收购的心愿护符吗。我使用了它，进入了那位的邮徽世界。反正这次我们发达了。从这些里面选份奖励给你自己吧。”
Boppoli jumped up excitedly: “So that’s it!”
波波利激动的蹦了起来，“原来如此！”
Moli conjured five contract sheets containing two techniques each.
莫里手中出现五份蕴含两部功法的契约单。
“Wow, let me see. While the Blazing Flame is more aggressive, the Frost-Snow effect should be more versatile in most situations.”
“哇哦，我看看。烈焰的攻击性虽然更高，但霜雪的效果应该能在更多的时候运用。”
Boppoli eagerly chose the contract sheet containing both “Frost-Snow Swordplay” and “Crystal Perception.”
波波利迫不及待的就选择了同时蕴含《霜雪剑法》和《琉璃感知》的契约单。
[I begin using the Substitute Training Contract Book.]
[我开始使用代练契约书。]
The boy gripped the contract tightly and gave it a firm squeeze. Without needing to activate any modeling ability, the contract dissolved into light and merged into his hand.
少年握紧了契约单用力一捏，无须运用模型能力，这份契约单就化为光芒融入手中。
Countless additional information took root in his body and mind like instinct.
无数额外的信息如同本能般扎根于身心之中。
Boppoli felt an ancient, vast, and distant aura envelop him. His thoughts began to blur, tear apart, and then merge.
波波利感觉到一股苍茫幽远的古老气息笼罩自己，他的思想开始混沌撕裂又融合。
In the depths of his consciousness, various experiences were transmitted: figures flickering with sword moves, battles against saber-toothed tigers, giant pythons as thick as buckets, herds of rhinoceros-like monsters, prehistoric beasts as towering as mountains like Tyrannosaurus Rex, and even swarms of demonic shadows that blotted out the sky like a descent into hell.
晃动着各种剑招的身影，与剑齿虎，与水桶粗的大蛇，与成群犀牛般的怪物，甚至与霸王龙般如山魁梧的史前猛兽，与铺天盖地宛若地狱降临般的魔影所战斗的各种经历传递自意识深处。
His muscles began to swell slightly, and the blood pumped by his heart grew much bolder.
他的肌肉开始轻微鼓起，心脏泵动的血液也变得豪迈许多。
[Current synchronization proficiency: 5%, mental energy consumed: 90%]
[当前同步熟练度为5%，已消耗精神力90%]
A few minutes later, Boppoli opened his eyes. He looked at his opening and closing five fingers, a surge of pride flowing through his chest. He clawed out in one go.
几分钟后波波利张开眼，他看向开合的五指，胸间豪情激荡，一爪抓出。
Bang and crack!
嘭啪！
The bed split apart in the middle with a loud snap, and Moli, who had been sitting on it, fell to the floor with a thud.
这张床顿时从中断裂，坐在上面的莫里哐当下摔下床来。
“Ah…”
“啊…”
Moli knew exactly how to evade that move, but he simply couldn’t use the vast array of martial techniques he had painstakingly trained in for centuries.
莫里知道自己该怎么做才能避开这一招，但他根本用不出来自己苦练了数百年的各种武技。
“You’re asking for it! This is the landlord’s bed!”
“你要死啊，这是房东的床！”
……
……
A gentle breeze blew, and the green grass undulated like waves.
微风习习，绿草如浪波动。
The strikingly beautiful boy stood before the grave, holding a bouquet of flowers. After laying the flowers down, he turned around joyfully, then looked toward the ancient, dark red rock castle perched atop the grassy hill.
绝美的男孩手捧着束花朵站在坟墓前。他将花放下后开心地转了个圈，随后看向一旁草坡顶端的古老的，暗红色的岩石城堡。
“Mom, will I be able to become like Father someday?”
“妈妈，我也能像父亲那样吗。”
He threw himself into the arms of the woman beside him.
他扑到旁边女人怀中。
“No one can become a Saint-Blessed anymore, but as for your father…”
“已经没有人能成为圣赐者，不过你父亲那里…”
This fair-skinned woman with sharp features gazed at the castle, yet her mind lingered on that faintly glowing gold coin.
这位面目白皙，轮廓分明的女人看着城堡，想到的却是那枚散发着微光的金币。
That great warrior had once possessed eight of those gold coins, many of which had already been consumed, leaving only one remaining.
那样的金币，这位伟大的战士共计拥有过八枚，其中许多都被使用掉了，现在还剩下一枚。
If she could, she would dearly wish to give that gold coin to her own son.
如果可以，她好希望那枚金币能给自己的儿子。
The sound of hoofbeats echoed as ranks of armor-clad troops appeared in the distance, their banners held high in the wind.
马蹄声阵阵，远方出现了一队队身披铠甲，高扬着旗帜的军队。
Several arrows flew toward her, their reflections flickering in the woman’s pupils.
女人的瞳孔中倒映着几只箭矢飞来。
“Wu Ming!”
“武鸣！”
She embraced the child in front of her in an instant, twisting her body sideways.
她一把保住身前的孩子，将身体一扭。
Thump!
嘭！
Just as those arrows pierced into her back, a majestic figure appeared behind her.
在这数只箭矢刺入她背后的瞬间，一道威武身影出现在她身后。
“Father.” The boy looked up—this figure that seemed to block out the sky filled him with boundless safety and trust.
“父亲。”男孩转头上望，这挡住天空般的身影带给他无限的安全与信奈之感。
Yet even this great man’s hair was beginning to turn white.
可这样伟大的人，他的头发也开始白了。
“Don’t hide back there. Come out, and see clearly how I fight.”
“不要躲在那里，走出来，看清楚我是如何战斗的。”
The towering man raised his black sword, adorned with several weeping eyes, and with a fierce stomp, he turned into a vortex as he charged into the enemy formation.
魁梧男人将手中长着数只泪眼的黑色长剑一提，脚下猛地踏出，身影化为旋风冲入那边的军阵。
“Fire!”
“射！”
A dense volley of dark red arrows came whistling through the air.
黑压压的暗红箭矢带着呼啸之声射来。
Boom!
轰隆！
As if splitting heaven and earth, the man threw a punch—the winds reversed the arrows—and his black sword swept upward, unleashing a wave of flames rising from the ground.
仿佛开天辟地般，男人一拳打出，狂风将箭矢倒卷，他的黑剑自下而上划出，烈火如浪拔地而起。
“Aaaaaah!”
“啊啊啊！”
Dozens of screams rang out as the knights at the front fell swiftly one after another.
数十人惨叫，最前方的骑士们快速倒下。
Over the years, more and more people came to seize the gold coins.
这些年来抢夺金币的人越来越多。
At first, they had high-sounding excuses, but after two hundred years had passed, people now didn’t even bother with pretexts.
刚开始还有冠冕堂皇的理由，但两百年过去，现在的人连借口都不找了。
“Warriors, the time has come to test your loyalty! We shall reclaim the sacred relic—today, now, at this very moment, in the present! Charge!”
“战士们啊，考验你们忠诚的时候到了，我们要收回圣物，就在今日，就在现在，就在此刻，就在当前！杀啊！”
“Reclaim the sacred relic!”
“收回圣物！”
The earth rumbled with a faint, unceasing tremor as more knights clad in dark red armor surged forward.
大地略微的，连续不断的震动，更多穿着暗红铁甲的骑士冲出。
Even if he used it up, it wouldn’t matter, for a Ring of Life would be born, and touching it would inherit its lifespan.
哪怕他用掉了也无所谓，因为会有生命之环诞生，触之则继承寿命。
But that legendary figure who had once fought alongside the Undying King took a step forward. Seemingly slow yet swift, he weaved into the chaos of the crowd, slipping like a fish through water to emerge behind the army formation.
可那道传说中与不死之王共同战斗过的身影一步迈出，他似缓实急走入混乱人群中，如游鱼般出现在了军阵后方。
“You… how is this possible?!”
“你…怎么可能！”
“Because I am Wu Zheng.”
“因我是武正。”
Boom! The heads of those commanders jerked upward high into the air.
轰！那群指挥者们的头颅高高扬起。
Blood sprayed as the black blade in his hand drank deeply once more. Suddenly, one of its dull, lifelike eyes twitched and shifted.
血液飞洒，手中的黑刃再次痛饮鲜血后，其中一只呆滞般的眼眸忽地转动了下。
The eye slanted, casting a gaze upward toward its wielder.
它的眼眸斜着往握住它的主人望去。
{G, old. Coin, the gilded coin yearned for in the blood, is, what?}
{你，好。金，币，血液里渴望的，圣赐金币，是，什么？}
Wu Zheng’s eyes jolted in shock. This voice, directly appearing in the depths of his mind?
武正的目光猛然震动，这直接出现于心底的声音？
He turned his head toward the weapon in his hand, only to find a crimson eye staring back at him.
他转头看向自己手上的武器，一只红艳的眸子正望向自己。
“Has the sealed demon awoken?!”
“封印的恶魔苏醒了？！”
His mind wavered for a moment; this had never happened before. Was it because of too much bloodshed?
他神情恍惚了下，这是从未发生过的事，难道是因为杀戮过多？
Wu Zheng thrust his sword into the mud, snatched up an enemy’s weapon, and slaughtered his way through the raiders, routing them completely—yet impatience gnawed at his heart.
武正将剑插入泥土，他随手操起敌人的武器大开杀戒，将这群讨伐者打得落花流水，可是他心中却急不可耐。
The demon had actually re-awakened! This was a grave matter that needed to be reported to the Deathless King or the Attendant, but they had not appeared for many, many years.
恶魔竟然会重新苏醒！这可是大事，要赶紧报告给不死之王或者侍者大人，可他们已经很多很多年没有出现过了。
……
……
Over a decade later, Wu Ming placed a bouquet of flowers before a new grave.
十几年后，武鸣在一座新坟前放上了束鲜花。
The eye on the greatsword strapped to his back swiveled, and a deep, rumbling phantom voice echoed within his mind.
他背上的巨剑眼睛转动，瓮声瓮气的幻音出现在他心间。
{Do you want to resurrect your father?}
{想复活你的父亲吗。}
Wu Ming’s fierce gaze snapped around, fury slanting behind him as an astonishing burst of murderous aura erupted from his body.
武鸣凶恶的目光猛然一转，暴怒斜视向后方，身上爆发出惊人杀气。
“Demon, if you dare sow discord again, I will melt you down!”
“恶魔，再敢蛊惑人心，我必将你融化！”
{Hehehe, hahahaha, no one can resist this temptation. Think it over carefully—why else would you carry me?}
{呵呵呵，哈哈哈哈，没有人能抵抗这种诱惑，你好好想想，否则你为何要带上我呢。}
The single eye on the pommel turned its gaze toward the coin pendant hanging on the man’s chest.
剑柄上的独眼转动目光，看向男人胸前的金币吊坠。
{Feed it to me, and I’ll grant you greater power.}
{把它喂给我吧，我会给你更强的力量。}
“My clan will seal you for generations. Don’t delude yourself into thinking you’ll get any benefit from me.”
“我的家族会世世代代封印你，别妄想从我这里获得任何好处。”
{What a miser—just 50N, and you act like it’s some priceless treasure.}
{真是个小气鬼，才50N而已，跟什么好宝贝似的。}
……
……
Beneath the sea, the years passed one by one.
海底，时间一年年过去。
Yang Zicang lay dazed on the molten rock, a prompt appearing in his mind about acquiring the contract, but he couldn’t bring himself to pay heed to it at all.
杨子藏有些昏沉的躺在熔岩上，他心中出现获得契约书的提示，可现在的他根本没有丝毫听进去。
The White Shadow Thought-Dragon’s body swayed and coiled, half outside of him, while the other half writhed within his head.
白影念龙的身躯一半在外面扭曲晃荡，另一半则在他脑袋里。
His skull deformed, the massive worm appearing as if it would burst forth from his head or burrow deep inside to take root—a state he had endured for over a century.
他的头颅变形，这巨大的虫子像是要从其脑袋中冲出，又像是要进入生根，这样的状态他已经持续了一百多年。
It was once again the next “Cycle of Sixty Years.”
又是下一个“甲子间”。
The White Shadow Thought-Dragon, which had merged several dozen centimeters deeper into Yang Zicang, seemed to sense something, lifting its head from the seafloor to gaze diagonally upward.
与杨子藏又融入了几十厘米的白影念龙若有所感的抬头，自海底望向斜上方。
[Ugh-roar…]
[呜吼…]
……
……
Upon receiving the Mental Link from Luo Bin, Liang Xi’s brow furrowed deeply.
梁喜接到洛宾的心灵链接后，眉头皱得很深。
“What do I do now?” he said, looking at the young man lying on the straw mat.
“这可怎么办。”他看向草垫上躺着的青年。
It had been over twenty hours, yet the man showed no signs of waking.
已经二十多个小时了，可这人似乎没有苏醒的迹象。
Still, Brother Zicang had emanated waves of heat and cold on several occasions, likely acquiring even stronger martial skills in his dreams.
不过子藏哥身上数次发出阵阵或炎热、或寒冷的波动，想必是在梦中获得了更强的武技。
“Should be soon now. If he has strong techniques, maybe those guys will get chased off by Big Brother.”
“应该快了，如果有很强的武技的话，那些人应该能被大哥打跑的吧。”
He muttered to himself.
他自言自语的道。
Waves of faint heat radiated once more from Yang Zicang’s body, followed soon after by chills—this was the fourth time such anomalies had occurred that day.
杨子藏身上再次散发出微弱的热浪，紧接着又是阵阵寒意，这已经是这一天中第四次出现了异状。
He slowly opened his eyes.
他缓慢睁开眼。
“Whoa! Big Brother, you’re awake!”
“哇，大哥你醒了。”
“What time is it?”
“什么时候了。”
“Ah… about the same as last time.”
“嗯，时间跟上次差不多。”
Yang Zicang was deep in thought for a moment, then felt his head swaying slightly. He pressed his hand against it, and after a few seconds, it seemed much better.
杨子藏思索了下，随后感觉头有点晃悠，他拿手捂了捂，几秒后感觉好了很多。
[I have acquired a new additional ability: ‘True Manifestation: White Shadow Thought-Dragon.’]
[我获得新的额外能力‘真实降临：白影念龙。’]
Liang Xi remarked, “Big Brother, I feel like you’ve changed a lot, but I can’t quite pinpoint what’s different.”
梁喜道：“大哥，我感觉你好像有很多变化，可又说不出来哪里有点不同。”
As Yang Zicang’s mind stirred, a phantom akin to an undersea world emerged, revealing behind him the figure of a strange monster resembling a centipede but nearly ten meters long.
随着杨子藏心念一动，一片海底世界般的幻影浮现，在其身后出现条形似蜈蚣但有近十米长的怪兽身影。
“I got lucky this time and dug up plenty of good stuff, like this.”
“这次我很幸运，在里面搞到了很多好东西，比如这个。”
As he spoke, Liang Xi felt as if the surrounding space had suddenly expanded.
说完，梁喜感觉周围空间像是忽然变大了般。
He stared wide-eyed, seeing a vague, hunched monster with a majestic head—a bizarre, pale, translucent creature—materialize behind Yang Zicang.
他目瞪口呆的看到，在杨子藏身后出现一条模糊的，弓起身形，长着威武头颅的、难以形容的淡白色透明怪物。
But before Liang Xi could get a good look, it vanished again.
但梁喜还没看清楚，这东西就又消失不见。
“So… scary, what was that just now?”
“好，好可怕，刚刚那是什么。”
“A new friend: ‘White Shadow Thought-Dragon.’”
“新朋友，‘白影念龙。’”
Having said that, Yang Zicang sensed the model, which stored ten completed proxy training contracts.
杨子藏说罢，感受了下模型，里面储存着十份代练契约书。
These were people who had accompanied him in dreams for tens or even hundreds of years, and now their experiences were condensed and stored as thin, paper-like sheets.
这些都是在梦中陪伴自己几十上百年的人，而如今他们的经历，都化为一张薄薄的“纸张”储存。