Chapter 376 (1/2)

When Su-hyeun asked that question, Luslec exaggeratedly looked around them before cautiously leaning in closer to say, “Please lower your voice. Someone might hear us.”

“But haven’t we already blocked off all sounds so that no one can hear us?”

Luslec laughed, “I just wanted to say something like that at least once.”

“Let’s get back to what we’ve been talking about, shall we?”

Tap, tap—

Su-hyeun drummed on the table with his fingers as if to say, “Please get a hold of yourself.” Only then did Luslec pull his torso back and sit upright, but he still cackled, anyway.

He said, “The Sage Arts is simply a name given by the folks of this side. It has no real agreed-upon title. It’s called the Sage Arts somewhere, while some other places call it aura control or even ‘inner energy cultivation method,’ you see.”

Su-hyeun also knew that much.

For instance, back when Fafnir was still an emperor of humans, he invented “aura control,” which turned out to be quite similar to the Sage Art, and then, he went on to completely master it.

The field of study similar to the Sage Arts but with different names, which ultimately allowed you to become “gods,” existed in other worlds as well.

“Well, that’s not the important part. The main point is this one.”

Tap, tap—

Luslec quietly tapped on the table as if to say, “Please pay attention.”

“There are no two the same persons under the heavens,” he declared.

“What do you mean by that?”

“Even if you’re talking about twins, it’ll be difficult for them to think about the exact same thing while looking at an object at the same time. As such, it’s utterly impossible for two exactly the same people to exist. That logic also applies to your unique abilities. Everyone may have some kind of an ability unique to them, but there are plenty of people who never get to find out what exactly it is even until their dying day.”

“If that’s connected to the Sage Arts, then well, that sounds rather obvious, doesn’t it?”

“Normally, you’d be right. However, Mister Su-hyeun, you aren’t exactly a normal person now, are you?”

When Su-hyeun heard Luslec’s reply, he had to nod while making a slightly awkward face.

Not a normal person, he said. Su-hyeun neither had a reason to deny that nor could he even deny that notion in the first place.

If he was “normal,” then no one in this world would qualify to be called “special,” and this wasn’t simply the matter of being stronger or more excellent than others.

“I’ve lived two lives,” he thought.

There was something unique and different about him compared to everyone else.

Every once in a while, Su-hyeun would be reminded of the fact that he was living his second life.

Of course, things had gotten a lot better these days.

At first, he would often feel that after waking up from his sleep, he would revert to being Kim Sung-in and would still be stuck in his previous life.

Such a feeling caused him many restless nights and even severe bouts of nightmares. He feared that the destroyed world was still his reality, and this was all merely himself dreaming away.

“In any case, there is a way, yes?” Su-hyeun asked.

“The simplest—the most basic—way would be to use the field of study you know as the Sage Arts to keep stimulating the doorway inside you and eventually opening it.”

“A doorway in me?”

“Yes, a doorway. Do you still remember that sensation when you first awakened your ability to wield magical energy?”

“Yes, more or less.”

“It’s quite similar to that. Basically, you’ll be opening your eyes to brand new power. Honestly speaking, though, I don’t know how to explain it in theory, at least any more than what I have. This is really a matter of you perceiving by yourself, so there’s not much you can do about it other than keep trying.”

“Meaning, it’s a problem only solvable through time. Is that it?”

“Basically, yes.”

“But that isn’t exactly a method per se, is it?”

“Argh, really now. Please listen to someone until the end, will you?”

Clap, clap—

Luslec clapped his hands and got back to the beginning of his explanation. “In the end, what you refer to as ‘methods’ are simply the know-how on how to shorten that required time, isn’t it?”

“Why do you sound like a junkie while saying that—?”

“What do you mean, a junkie? Please refer to me as an excellent physician, instead.” After quipping like that, Luslec cackled again, but when he saw Su-hyeun groaning softly, he quickly got back to the topic at hand. “Have you heard about elixirs?”

“Yes. I’ve already drunk a few, actually.”

Although that’s how Su-hyeun replied, the truth was that he had taken more than just a few.

Starting from the magic catalyst, Su-hyeun had consumed all sorts of elixirs until now—all in his pursuit of raising his stats even higher.

While he was making his reply, Su-hyeun’s expression became really distorted to a kind of face that he would normally never put on.

However, that’s because the better the effects of an elixir were, the worse its taste usually tend to be.

Luslec chuckled slightly, “Judging from your expression, you certainly seem to know them well.”

“Yes, I told you already.”

“And that’s exactly it—the method I’m talking about.”

Su-hyeun simply made a confused face.

What did Luslec mean by that was the method?

“To be a bit more specific, there’s an elixir that allows what we’ve been talking about. Yup, it’s a truly incredible elixir that—”

“Ah, I see. So that’s what it was,” Su-hyeun retorted with a deflated voice.

He barely managed to suppress an even heavier groan from escaping his mouth. Even if such a thing existed for real, Su-hyeun was in no position to acquire it this instant, after all.

“First of all, something like that doesn’t even exist in this world,” he thought.

He didn’t have the ability like Luslec had, which let him hop over to other dimensions.

However, even Luslec probably couldn’t enter and leave a dimension as he pleased. He managed to come to this side only because he had borrowed the power of an external item. Meaning, Su-hyeun would have to get seriously lucky and receive the system’s help if he wanted to acquire such a thing.

“It’s unrealistic to wait for a coincidence like that,” Su-hyeun thought.

Just as Su-hyeun was prepared to forget about it…

“Why do you look so disappointed so soon? You’re making me feel bad here, you know.”

“Sorry?”

“I know where you can acquire that elixir, and rather obviously, I can also take you there.”

Brightness returned to Su-hyeun’s eyes at what Luslec said just then.

“I guess you’re finally interested.”

“Yes, I am.”

Enlightenment of one’s abilities—that was something Su-hyeun had been looking forward to for a long while now. The Bull Demon King previously said that the enlightenment of one’s unique ability through the Sage Art was like the fruit of one’s attainment in the Art itself.

The unique ability varied greatly from person to person, but if Su-hyeun could acquire an ability similar to Sun Wukong’s cloning technique, then well, that would be one hell of a jackpot, indeed.

“Even if my unique ability turned out to be not all that good, acquiring an elixir like that wouldn’t be a bad thing overall,” he pondered.

Su-hyeun’s current magic count was 98. If that stat could be raised up 100, then excluding the Death Aura stat, he would have raised all of his other stats to the triple-digit mark.

“But the thing is, it’ll be tough with me alone. I need someone’s help,” Luslec said.

“You mean, my help?”

“Well, yes, your help. More or less,” Luslec replied with a nod after pondering something for a little bit. “The red dragon called Miru is part of your strength, after all.”