Mystical Journey

Two women nodded and walked to the front, bringing the duo away from the flying point. They walked down for a few hundred meters along the tree branches, and finally stopped at an oval shaped hole in the tree.

Both women stopped outside the door as Scylla pulled Garen into the tree hole.

It wasn’t very spacious inside, and the inner wall of the tree hole was painted in gold. The surrounding walls were placed with green vine stone pillars, and there were realistic sculptures of animals on top of these pillars. There were giant eagles, lions, two headed snakes and four eyed sugar gliders.

Black chairs were placed in between these pillars, of which some already had occupants. Two people who had arrived before they had.

These two stood as they saw Scylla and Garen enter.

"This is?" There were one male and one female. The man had a small mustache on top of his lips, and his silver attire made him looked like a noble. He was also wearing a white bottom, long leather boots and was even wearing a white curly wig.

The woman was in a green, full body short dress and had a green longbow behind her back. She had one green eyepatch on her that made her look like a one-eyed dragon. Her slightly black hair was placed in front of her chest, and she was staring at Garen who just entered the hole.

"The Black Swamp Palace Master, Nine Headed Hydra Garen of Kovitan. I’m sure you two have heard of him, right?" Scylla smiled as he introduced Garen.

Both of their pupils shrunk at the same time, and it was obvious that they have heard of his name.

The man immediately revealed a gentle smile.

"So it’s Palace Master Garen in the flesh. I am the Tower of the Read Leaf’s tower master of the Ender Kingdom, Duoren."

"The Nine Headed Hydra Garen is very famous. Your name has even spread far to my Willow Valley of the Ender Kingdom." The woman spoke softly. "No wonder Scylla would invite you to participate in our activity."

"This is the valley master of the willow valley, Limalanda." Scylla introduced.

Garen greeted both of them and found out that both of their essences were clouded. It was obvious that they were using some Heirloom to hide their strength. However, whoever was able to interact with Scylla with the same level must be someone strong. They were both form four elites.

After some niceties were served, Scylla waved his hand, and the cave was suddenly covered with a layer of yellow light.

They settled down on their seats.

Garen placed one of his hands onto the ancestral God’s Seed Crystal as he slowly absorbed it while listening to them talking.

The Red Leaf Tower Master Duoren was the first one to speak up.

"With Scylla as the leader this time and Palace Master Garen to watch over us, the trade between Cthulhuism Society shouldn’t be any issue."

"We should be cautious. The Cthulhuism Society has always been very cunning. The previous incident is our lesson." Limalanda objected softly.

"We don’t have to worry about this part. As long as it’s not Cthulhu King himself who comes for the trade, I am confident that I can retreat without any issue, even if it’s the Water God." Scylla said confidently. "Palace Master Garen, I believe you have heard about the trades with the Cthulhuism Society for the Cthulhu’s Origin, right?"

"Yes." Garen nodded. "Are you planning to do a secret trade with the Cthulhuism Society?" In his mind, he was pondering on how to get in touch with the other side. He didn’t expect someone to hand him the solution.

"That’s right." Scylla didn’t intend to hide from Garen. "Everyone here possesses Glittering Water. Especially you, lord Garen, I believe you have obtained quite a few Glittering Water since you seize quite a few Glittering Pool, right?"

"That’s true." Garen didn’t deny it.

Scylla smiled. "Though it’s true that we are members of the Royal Alliance and it’s a major taboo to occupy resources to themselves before an impending war, I refuse to believe that the Cthulhuism Society is able to turn the tides by obtaining Glittering Water. On the other hand, we are able to further strengthen the potential of our core totems by obtaining the Cthulhu’s Origin. This will be our foundation in advancing into form five."

He paused for a while. "Frankly, His Majesty Phiroth understood this. However he’s just acting as if he knows nothing about it." He occasionally placed his gaze on the valley master of the Willow Valley, Limalanda.

"However we’re unsure of the amount of Glittering Water we have is enough to trade for one Cthulhu’s Origin." The Red Lead Tower Master Duoren said as he frowned.

"Don’t worry about that. I have specifically brought along the trading schedule from the other party, and it clearly marks the prices of the products." Without any hesitation, Scylla pulled out a small piece of paper from his shirt. He then gently opened it, and out came the Danielian alphabet, densely packed together.

He jittered his hand and threw the papers out as it floated between the four people.

Scylla turned the white ring on his finger.

Suddenly, a layer of semi-transparent glass surrounded the paper, and all four of them had one each. On it, the relevant information was clearly stated.

Garen looked carefully at the information.

‘Trading price: One upper-level Cthulhu’s Origin is equivalent to a hundred units of Glittering Water. (Enough for one person’s usage)’

‘One middle-level Cthulhu’s Origin is equivalent to fifty Glittering Water.’

‘One lower-level Cthulhu’s Origin is equivalent to ten Glittering Water.’

‘One lower quality Cthulhu’s Origin is equivalent to two Glittering Water.’

The price was clearly written, but Garen didn’t understand the difference between the grades of the Cthulhu’s Origin.

He had about twenty two Glittering Water that he obtained along the road. These were the amount the he always had on him, as these things condensed very slowly and were not something that could be easily accumulated. In addition to the amount he had in his vault, which was about thirty, he couldn’t even trade for one middle-level Cthulhu’s Origin if he were to use the pay scale here.

"These Cthulhu’s Origins are separated into different grades?" Limalanda frowned as she asked. "What does it mean to have different grades of Cthulhu’s Origin? I wonder if you have asked clearly about it, Scylla."

Scylla smiled as he nodded.

"This naturally has to be cleared up."

He pointed at the upper-level Cthulhu’s Origin.

"This is the highest quality Origin, which is extracted directly by Cthulhu King and is of the strongest origin. Hence it’s the upper-level."

His finger then moved to the middle-level Cthulhu’s Origin.

"This is the origin extracted out by the Water God, so it’s middle-level."

The lower-level is extracted by the Light and Thunder Gods, and the lower quality ones are extracted by the normal Cthulhu." Scylla explained it very clearly.

He then continued. "I have already traded a lower quality origin to try out, and it indeed has an obvious effect in enhancing totem potential. The effect is very good as well. If we were to use a hundred of them, I’m confident that our core totems will be twice as powerful! We can even go past the fifth form and reach greater heights!"

Sizzle…

Including Garen, the three of them inhaled a mouthful of cold air.

Scylla right now was able to fight against the Water God’s substitute. If he were twice as strong, how strong would that be? He would be considered a powerful opponent even among the fifth forms.

"If the lower quality has such an enormous effect, then the better ones…" Garen’s eyes were fired up.

"We still have to trouble you to set a time and place for the trade." Limalanda said softly.

"This isn’t a problem at all." Scylla responded happily. "Coincidentally, I have planned for a trade the night after tomorrow. We can move together then."

"Thank you, leader." Duoren’s face was brimming with excitement. Limalanda’s expression had softened a lot as well.

Garen, who was sitting at one corner, kept the same expression on his face as he suddenly inquired.

"I wonder if the leader has some remaining Cthulhu’s Origin for us to look at."

Scylla smiled.

"I see Palace Master understands me well. I indeed left some so that I could compare it with the higher grade ones in the future."

He placed his left hand into his waist and opened up his palm.

A green crystal ball the size of a fist appeared. The interior of the crystal ball was filled with green smoke. It looked cold, as it quietly floated on his palm.

The smoke inside the small ball kept rotating, and one could faintly see strange images formed inside it. The green seeds inside sprouted, grew bigger, with flowers blooming and forming new seeds, then finally wilted. The new seeds were then sprouted again.

These images kept cycling again and again. The smoke within the crystal was moving about, as if it contained an innumerable amount of souls within.

"This Origin comes from the Wood God, and I have used up most of it. What’s left is only one percent left of the amount I have traded so it can only form some smoke." Scylla smiled as he passed the crystal ball to Garen. "Have a look."

Garen reached out his hand and took it and he suddenly felt a jolt.

Although the totem light’s force field inside the crystal wasn’t big, it gave off the feeling that there was something alive inside the ball. As he held it in his hand, he felt like he was holding an egg that was about to hatch. He could feel the sensation of a heartbeat coming from within.

At that time, the Ancestral God’s Seed had already been absorbed by him and he could recover soon from the next merge. He expected that the merging duration with the next dragon head would be greatly reduced within the week.

As he put away his right hand, Garen carefully observed the Cthulhu’s Origin.

The green smoke inside the crystal ball kept moving about and the images of the seed sprouting until it wilted kept repeating inside. As he observed closer, he realized that these images were formed by countless smoke particles, without any order.

As Garen held onto it, he could faintly smell the fresh fragrance of the leaves and flowers.

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According to the original timeline, this item only appeared once, and it was from a normal commander-level member of the Obscuro Society who reached the peak of the form five by absorbing it. He was then on the same level as God Cloud. There was no related news regarding this afterwards.

Now that Scylla and the others planned to trade for the Cthulhu’s Origin, and since there were so many grades for them to trade with, why weren’t there any more people revealing the secrets of the Cthulhu’s Origin in the history?

This question flashed through Garen’s mind.

Since so many people had absorbed it, did that mean the effect was most obvious among the members of the Obscuro Society?

Garen suddenly recalled the issues with the Cthulhu King’s Will in the Cthulhu’s Origin. Was it because of this?

He pondered for a while before he passing the crystal ball to Limalanda before he turned his head to look at Scylla.

"Scylla, did you absorb it directly after you obtain the origin or…?"

"Don’t worry. I was worried that the Cthulhuism Society would pull my leg as well so I only absorbed it after making sure the thing is safe through detailed analysis." Scylla said. "I didn’t expect the effect was exceptionally good."

Garen didn’t change his expression but he was very sure of something.

There was something wrong with these Cthulhu’s Origin. Without an adaptee to filter out the Cthulhu King’s will and to absorb the origin just like that…

Garen squinted his eyes as he could smell something sinister from this simple trade...