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Arthur woke up for the first time at a little before noon, turned over in bed, pulled the blankets over his head and fell asleep again.

When he woke up the second time, it was the hunger in his stomach that forced the young 'Spirit Medium' to get up.

Glancing at the clock indicating it was two in the afternoon, Arthur first stretched lazily 'on the bed' and then twisted his body, crawled out from under the blankets, and squinted his eyes as he headed to the washroom.

Half an hour later—

"Morning, Pan.

Morning, Kuliqi."

The fully awakened Arthur greeted his cat and dog while his gaze fell on the text in front of him—

[Guiding souls to The Eternal Resting Land greatly astonished the Mystic Side Persons of South Los, maintaining a skeptical attitude didn't stop them from inquiring around and boasting; XP+100]

[The appearance of the Bandage Swordsman led to more speculation among the Mystic Side Persons of South Los; XP+50]

[Guiding souls to The Eternal Resting Land has spread your name far and wide in the local circle of tycoons; XP+30]

[More people have heard of your name; XP+20]

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Arthur's lips curled up into a smile.

Everything was as he had anticipated.

XP had brought a bountiful harvest and, without a doubt, in the days to come, the XP amount would continue to remain relatively high.

And after the 'Swordsmanship Competition' commenced?

There would be another surge.

So, Arthur didn't hesitate, his gaze directly went to one of the core 'Spirit Medium' Skills, [Noise Technique], and he chose to upgrade—

[Noise Technique Lv5: After extensive research into this secret technique, 'Xarlico,' the Imperial Court Mage, discovered more ingenious uses beyond its original basis—he started to use the 'Noise Technique' to mimic other people's voices for pranks. When he imitated a man's voice outside the bathroom, he scared the timid maids to cover their faces and scream, and when he imitated a woman's voice in the washroom, the male servants' pants would always end up wet. The court mage laughed heartily, and in his joy, he began using the secret technique to mimic his old friend 'Harrington' confessing his love to the Court Lady 'Lith.' Then, watching the two get married, the mage fell into deep thought… Okay, he admitted that this secret technique was just a lowly prank, suitable for scaring away stray cats and dogs, and didn't need to be developed further—Why? Why is this happening? Marriage? Are you kidding me? Women only slow down your research!]

[Effect: Based on Spirituality, consuming a bit of physical strength, silently chant the Glyphic Language Hei to create 1-3 loud bangs or 1-5 rustling noises within a 25-meter radius of the caster, or you can mimic another person's voice]

(Remark 1: The loud bangs are approximately 120 decibels)

(Remark 2: The rustling noises can be the sound of the wind blowing through the windows, the sound of leaves, footsteps, low cries of boys, girls, unclear speech, angry wails, or sounds like the ripping of trousers, passing gas, or diarrhea)

(Remark 3: To mimic another person's voice, you must have heard the voice and record it using the Glyphic Language 'GG')

(Remark 4: When recording with 'GG,' only three voices can be recorded at a time; to record a fourth, one of the others must be erased)

(Remark 5: This skill has reached its limit)

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'Mimic someone else's voice?!'

Arthur's eyes lit up.

Although it wasn't the 'fishwife's scolding' or 'moans of ecstasy' he had guessed, this type of mimicking was even more fitting for a 'Spirit Medium.'

'It's truly one of the core Skills of a 'Spirit Medium'!'

Arthur thought to himself.

As for the remarks of [Noise Technique]?

Emmm…

Even though the Imperial Court Mage 'Xarlico' is quite pitiful, here's to wishing the court jester 'Harrington' and the Court Lady 'Lith' happiness and joy.

Afterward, Arthur's gaze turned to the [Stone Bullet Technique] from the great master Hercules. The Lv2 [Stone Bullet Technique] just needed 100XP. Previously, Arthur might have hesitated when XP wasn't growing rapidly, but not anymore. He wanted to see what the [Stone Bullet Technique] would become—

[Stone Bullet Technique Lv2: While serving as the librarian of the Imperial Library, aside from reading. Hercules loved playing stone bullets with the street kids to relax his brain and exercise his wrists. However, as he remained unbeaten, no one wished to play stone bullets with Hercules anymore, so this young master began to entertain himself—What fun is there in tossing one stone at a time? Of course, it's more interesting to play with hundreds at once! When hundreds of stone bullets collide together, the crisp sound brings me even more pleasure!]

[Effect: Based on Spirituality, consuming physical strength, chant Glyphic Language Pa to control hundreds of pebble-sized stones within a 100-meter radius and direct them at any target within 100 meters of the caster's line of sight]

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(Remark 1: The Stone Bullet Technique does not require chanting Glyphic Language and can be cast silently.)

(Remark 2: You can control a hundred stone bullets at once, either launching them all together or in batches, as you see fit.)

(Remark 3: The power of the stone bullets is equivalent to the power of a common youth throwing stones with a slingshot.)

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'Just as I guessed!

At Lv2, I can manipulate hundreds of pebbles, and the power is pretty decent too!

So at Lv3...

Hiss!

Just a few?

Arthur stared at the XP requirement for the Stone Bullet Technique Lv3, and subconsciously a twang of surprise escaped him.

The young 'Spirit Medium' rubbed his eyes and used his fingers to carefully count the zeros after the 1.

Five!

Five zeros!

That is 100,000!

One hundred thousand XP!

'One hundred thousand, huh, one hundred thousand!

What's the point?

Are you planning to pull a meteor from outer space with Stone Bullet Technique Lv3? Or maybe lift an island into the sky and smash it down?'

Arthur's face was a mix of emotions.

Although there was a precedent that upgrading from Lv1 to Lv2 required jumping from 1 XP to 100 XP, isn't 100,000 XP a bit too much?

It's like preparing for an Ancient Beast to evolve into a Tyrannosaurus Beast, but ending up going straight to a zombie Tyrannosaurus Beast!

It was indeed beyond expectation.

Even Arthur took a good ten seconds or more to return to his normal state.

'The Stone Bullet Technique at Lv3 must be really strong, huh?

But 100,000 XP is too much, I'd have to become a 'Savior' to achieve that in this lifetime!'

Arthur couldn't help but murmur complaints inwardly.

Then, the young 'Spirit Medium' decisively picked up the Heart of the Banyan, smeared it with his blood from his fingertip, ready to plant it in the yard of No. 2 Cork Street — the yard at No. 2 Cork Street couldn't compare to the one at Yumir Manor, in fact, the yard at No. 44 White Bird Street was much smaller than that of Yumir Manor.

But judging by the size of the banyan tree in the yard of Yumir Manor at that time, it would just barely accommodate — with the thick trunk entirely filling the yard, visitors would have to squeeze sideways to get to the door.

To this, Arthur was indifferent.

Because that was at least twenty years from now.

Now?

It's still just a seed.

Arthur's requirement was just that a year later the Heart of the Banyan would grow into the War Tree and bring more protection to No. 2 Cork Street.

So, after finishing the blood smear on his fingertip, Arthur walked out of the room, went straight to the center of the courtyard, pried up a square brick, and buried the Heart of the Banyan underneath.

And then—

An abrupt supernatural event occurred!

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