I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 608 - 608 607. Night of Summoning Spirits_1

Chapter 608: 607. Night of Summoning Spirits_1 Chapter 608: 607. Night of Summoning Spirits_1 Seeing his task completed, Lu Ban breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed that after entering the second phase, although the task requirements were a bit perverse, there weren’t many of them, and he was still able to complete them.

If before, Lu Ban’s career development task was to show his silly little videos to ten thousand people, then now, Lu Ban’s career development task was to make ten people do what was shown in those silly little videos.

In the past, it was about showcasing, a one-sided expression, but now it required feedback.

If there were a third phase, Lu Ban guessed that it would probably involve getting the audience to create their own content.

With the current task of changing cognition and viewpoints, a few hundred thousand people were manageable—after all, with so many people in the world, even the purest phone scams could deceive so many, so changing the cognition of a part of the population was still simple.

Moreover, Lu Ban was able to complete these tasks so effortlessly because of the accumulated reputation and positive reviews from his many previous films.

If Lu Ban’s first career development task had been to convince viewers that there were ghosts under the bed, then there might not have been so many later developments.

Also, the quantity of the task requirements in the second phase wasn’t considered high; had Lu Ban been asked to change the viewpoints of seven billion people at once, he probably wouldn’t have succeeded even if he could split the sea on the spot.

Some people’s cognition is fixed, and even when faced with the facts, they would pretend not to see them. Others are hypocrites with double standards, seeing their own actions as just while deeming others’ actions evil.

Setting aside these issues, Lu Ban now actually started to look forward to the upcoming tasks in the Foreign Domain.

He was just one material away from completing the “Testament” Essence Extraction, and that was the “Pale Knuckles of the Taoist Crane Cry” from Abandoned Capital.

Lu Ban examined the description of this item.

“Pale Knuckles of the Taoist Crane Cry”

“The cast-off remnants left by the Taoist Crane Cry after ascending possess great power.”

“It is said that one can remain youthful and live forever just by taking concoctions made with parts of these remnants as raw materials.”

“And the most spiritually potent are the pale knuckles.”

It appeared to be part of the corporeal remains left by Taoist Crane Cry after his ascension.

Some believed that by consuming these remains, one could obtain the power of Taoist Crane Cry and thus also ascend.

In this case, Lu Ban felt that it likely wasn’t a scam targeting the elderly but indeed the truth.

Taoist Crane Cry’s knowledge was inherited from “Xuan Jun’s Seven Chapter Secret Scriptures,” and he himself authored “The Secret Canon of Crane Cries in Nine Chapters.” He reprocessed and deepened the knowledge from Mysterious Monarch and ultimately achieved an effect similar to “ascension.”

Therefore, his body, his remains, would certainly contain a vast amount of Pollution, given that by Mysterious Monarch’s standards, he could contend with the sealed Ancient Overlords, and Taoist Crane Cry, who inherited his knowledge, certainly wouldn’t be far off.

And in the Foreign Domain, Pollution represents knowledge, and knowledge is power.

So, those who consumed the remains of Taoist Crane Cry would indeed gain extraordinary powers while suffering serious Pollution as they also acquired a great deal of knowledge.

Just what kind of trouble this power would bring to the person was yet unknown.

Thinking about it now, it seemed quite absurd that the remains of Taoist Crane Cry after his ascension were turned into a dish to accompany drinks, but in the Foreign Domain, anything was possible.

As for Taoist Crane Cry…

Lu Ban had some ideas in mind.

That day, in the Temple, the Transcendent from abroad who had witnessed the sealed Ancient Overlord did not collapse into a mush, but was instead taken away to an unknown part of the Foreign Domain by that dark-skinned man, along with the books of Mysterious Monarch.

From a closed-loop perspective, Lu Ban believed that this person was very likely to be the Taoist Crane Cry from Abandoned Capital, or rather, that Taoist Crane Cry’s knowledge must have originated from there.

He took “Xuan Jun’s Seven Chapter Secret Scriptures” from this world, learned from it, and then founded Crane Cry Sect, which had been proliferated in Abandoned Capital for who knows how many years.

And where did the Mysterious Monarch of this world acquire his extraordinary powers?

Lu Ban felt that if he could make contact with Taoist Crane Cry, he might be able to gain something.

Of course, Lu Ban speculated that Mysterious Monarch was similar to Du Danping, and should also be a Chosen by Gods.

Toward this possible foreign Chosen by Gods who saved the world, Lu Ban held great respect.

After bidding farewell to Tang Yu, Lu Ban returned home.

After dinner, he turned his gaze toward the space above the television.

There, three clocks appeared.

The clock on the far left was old-fashioned, with a feeling of the 1920s or 1930s, its hour hand nearing midnight, as if it were about to chime.

Lu Ban saw that, on the scale of that clock, there emerged text with a bit of distortion and madness.

“Night of Summoning Spirits”

“Some die, but he is still alive.”

“According to the customs of the Abandoned Capital, a soul conjuring is performed nine days after the deceased’s passing, typically a ritual conducted by a master of the Crane Cry Sect, and if successful, the departed’s soul can return to their reforged body and once again enjoy happy times with their family.”

“As for the consequences of failure, no one knows.”

“You come to an ancient mansion, where the master has just passed away, and the Night of Summoning Spirits is about to commence, you seek to uncover secrets, but have already fallen into danger.”

“He’s back, he’s back, everything’s back!”

Well, the Abandoned Capital.

Lu Ban lamented that the first mission he saw was in the Abandoned Capital and related to the Crane Cry Sect, so the chances of obtaining the “Pale Knuckles of the Crane Cry Hermit” should be quite high.

Moreover, Lu Ban could also go to the Abandoned Capital to find Cui Siter and see what the situation with this Chosen by Gods is now.

However, there were some details in the mission description that he found somewhat amiss.

The Abandoned Capital that Lu Ban had visited before had seen the Crane Cry Sect disperse following the ascension of Taoist Crane Cry, with the remaining disciples hiding among the people, waiting for the chance to summon Evil Gods, universally condemned.

Yet, in this mission, the Crane Cry Sect seemed to be flourishing, even possessing their own exclusive ritual of The Conjuring. Even wealthy individuals who lived in large houses after their death would require a master from the Crane Cry Sect for the soul conjuring, suggesting a different historical backdrop.

He set this mission aside for the moment and looked at the second clock.

This clock had a modern feel, square in shape, and instead of hands, it displayed digital liquid crystal numbers, appearing like a product of high technology.

Below the clock, lines of text cascaded down like projections.

“Hymn”

“When a Saint is born, there are joyous songs echoing, with music playing loudly.”

“In the Wasteland, most Saints are made rather than born, they search for ruins, seek remnants of civilization, and receive gifts that turn them into immortal Saints, but there are exceptions.”

“Some are born natural Saints, and when they are born, the whole world senses it.”

“You come to a city-state that is said to have a natural Saint about to be born, with different forces swarming in. Whether you can hear that Cry depends entirely on your actions.”

“What exactly, what exactly have I given birth to…”

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