After securing the house and confirming there were no issues using divination, Tang thought for a moment and opened the system interface.
"System, are there any plants with high sugar content nearby? If not, what plants are suitable for planting here?"
He planned to try making sugar himself, as sometimes he needed to satisfy his palate.
Even the sugar used by nobles in this world was, in his eyes, far inferior to that of his former world.
'Searching, automatically deducting knowledge fragment quantity: 10.'
'Remaining knowledge fragment quantity: 10015'
The system reported mechanically.
The Kingdom of Loen's sugar production technology could not be called exquisite. The sugar produced had low sweetness and was mixed with many impurities. To refine it, the impurity-free part was mostly supplied to the truly great nobles, not something commoners could enjoy.
And even sugar mixed with impurities was shockingly expensive. Moreover, as a strategic material, the buying and selling of sugar was generally controlled by the Kingdom of Loen, and there were few unofficial places where sugar could be sold.
After a few minutes, the system spoke again.
'Corresponding information found.'
Tang glanced at the information provided by the system. The highest sugar content nearby, and the easiest to process, was something called 'Thumb Fruit', named because its shape closely resembled a human finger.
However, because each thumb tree didn't bear many fruits, and the growing environment was mostly too steep, few people recognized this tree, and even fewer would eat this somewhat eerie-looking thing. Even if someone curiously brought it back to the town, it occasionally appeared in the town market without much attention.
Looking at the way the fruit grew, Tang also felt a chill.
"Are you sure this thing originally grew like this?" Instead of eating something dirty and getting contaminated? For example... Bishop Rose? Or did it grow crooked because it grew in that god-forsaken place called the Land Abandoned by God, listening to the True Creator's rap every day?
'Yes, host. That's why the evolution of this world always makes one feel that mysteries are endless. Growing into this shape, perhaps it really is just a coincidence?'
Although he felt like he had just received a mental shock, Tang still decided to go back and ask the guards to look for these finger trees in the forest.
Although it definitely reduced his SAN.
Returning to the castle, Tang took a suit of armor that Owen often used and then threw it, along with the Sequence Four extraordinary characteristic, into the 'Craftsman Module'.
'Extraordinary abilities and negative influences have been selected.'
''Craftsman' will constantly maintain the following extraordinary abilities for your magical item:'
'Constantly maintain the 'Undying's abilities regarding the spirit world and the underworld.'
'Constantly maintain the 'Undying's control over 'death'.'
'Constantly maintain the 'Undying's power of 'immortality'.'
''Craftsman' will constantly maintain the following negative influence for your magical item:'
'Constantly maintain the 'Undying's negative influence regarding 'death'.'
'Note: When crafting extraordinary characteristics at the demigod level, unavoidable changes may occur during the crafting process.'
'Remaining crafting time: 239:59:21.'
Tang was somewhat taken aback. "It takes so long."
Ten days.
"And what is this unavoidable change?" he keenly pointed out. This hadn't happened when crafting magical items before.
'It might be some kind of extraordinary ability mutation, becoming stronger or weaker, or it might have gained some other attributes, such as constantly maintaining new extraordinary abilities, or perhaps an increase in negative influences. Of course, host, you don't need to worry too much, this change won't be too significant.'
The system explained.
"Emmm, alright," Tang closed the system interface. "Then we'll wait a few days for the finished product and see how it turns out."
Baron Ramd had already prepared to leave. This place was not close to the Southern Continent, and the two continents were separated by the Berserk Sea, but this was not a problem for him.
After all, every high-sequence extraordinary being of the Death pathway could travel through the spirit world, and the spirit world covered the entire world.
Before leaving, he handed Tang a copper whistle.
A copper whistle?
Tang blinked, not quite sure if this was the thing of that future Lord of the Mysteries.
"This can summon a messenger unique to me," Baron Ramd said gently. "If there's any problem, you can blow the copper whistle and let the messenger carry a letter to tell me."
"Okay, Father," Tang silently put away the copper whistle and incidentally had the system appraise it.
'Item Information: A simple copper whistle, crafted to summon a messenger unique to the descendants of the Death God.'
'Extraordinary Powers: Summon Messenger, Interference with Divination.'
'Negative Influences: Will revive dead bodies that have not received rest, and will attract various undead creatures within a certain range (P.S. Perhaps this cannot be considered a negative influence?).'
Tang blinked again. It seemed it really was.
Oh dear, how embarrassing.
Baron Ramd left. Baroness Boyanka didn't seem to be greatly affected by this. She continued to follow her usual habits, spending most of her time in the garden and not going out, looking like a noble lady who knew nothing of the world.
Putting it in modern terms, she could probably be labeled a 'homebody'.
Tang asked someone to look for the trees that bore finger-like fruits. While waiting for the results, he also used dream divination to ask his spirituality, recalling those vague memories from his previous life.
As someone who came from an information society, as long as they had a mobile phone, they would constantly receive new information on a daily basis.
Even if they hadn't deliberately learned about similar things, as long as they had a fleeting acquaintance, even if they didn't remember it at the time, their own spirituality would record it, or it would enter their subconscious, and it could be recalled with special methods.
"If I took the college entrance examination in this state, I might be able to score a hundred points more."
Tang thought to himself.
In the history of the Fourth Epoch, before Emperor Roselle had truly descended and those modern inventions were not yet commonplace, it was not difficult to improve one's life and earn some pocket money.
After all, the space for improvement now was much greater than during Emperor Roselle's time.
Moreover, he also planned to turn this territory into his main base, and at the same time, establish the rituals needed for his future advancement here, as well as stable anchors and the needs of acting.
Since he didn't plan to leave here in the short term, he also intended to start acting in advance.
"The Sequence Four of the Seer pathway is called Occultist, so what kind of acting can be called Occultist..."
Bizarre, terrifying, grotesque, thrilling—these elements combined made Tang think of many things he had seen before.
For example, the Slit-Mouthed Woman, Siren Head, and the Red Wedding Dress...
"And acting in advance can't hurt anyway."
'Host, I feel like you're not thinking about anything good...'
"How could that be?" Tang smiled.
(End of this chapter)