This was a Sealed Artifact formed by the Black Knight's Extraordinary characteristics condensed onto an item.
Under the processing of the spirit world's power, the negative effects of such Sealed Artifacts would also be reduced to the lowest point.
Tang stored it in the System's storage, planning to use the 'Craftsman' to create a corresponding mystical item later.
"The fewer Extraordinary individuals of the Secret Suppliant pathway, the better. With the True Creator at the top of this pathway, all Extraordinary individuals of this pathway are potential lunatics before He merges with that Angel King."
Looking at the System's storage, which was full of mystical items, he went to the house he had rented in the town again after breakfast.
Taking the Life Staff out of storage, Tang tidied up the materials left over from the spiritual wall yesterday. Then, he looked at the thumb-sized tree he had painstakingly moved down from the mountain, rearranged the materials needed for the ritual, once again isolated the Life Staff's influence on the surrounding 'proliferation' power, and finally took out his marionette from the System's storage.
Strictly speaking, marionettes were dead people. According to the System's judgment, dead people could be stored in the storage.
Unless otherwise specified, all items in the System's storage would be kept sealed or in the best possible condition.
This meant that although he could only control one marionette, as long as the System's storage wasn't full, he could put his marionette into storage at any time and then create a new one.
Although the control limit was still one, he could still play tricks with the marionettes.
The Sequence Six demon controlled by Tang set up a large pot in the yard, lit firewood to burn, then chopped the picked thumb fruits with a knife, removed the pits and peels, and put the remaining pulp into the pot with water to boil.
Tang sat comfortably in a recliner, letting his brain relax for a while.
"Sometimes it's good to do physical labor without using your brain."
Ah, although it was his marionette doing the physical labor.
"However, speaking of acting as the Master of Marionettes, yesterday was an excellent opportunity."
It was just that the situation at the time didn't allow his marionette to appear at all, not even a chance to attract attention, which was a pity.
Otherwise, with so many high-sequence Extraordinary individuals present, the feedback generated just from that would have been enough for his digestion level to improve by leaps and bounds.
Staying quietly in the dilapidated small courtyard for a while, Tang closed his eyes as if he had fallen asleep.
At this time, the fruits and water in the large pot became extremely viscous through continuous high-temperature boiling. The tall demon silently extinguished the flames, lifted the large pot without any protective measures, and placed it on the ground beside it to wait for cooling and solidification.
At the same time, a jar of mud appeared next to Tang.
This was the clay he had asked a servant to dig out from the garden and bring with him when he left the castle.
The mud formed by mixing clay with water had an excellent decolorizing effect.
Of course, the purity might not be that high, but the sugar produced would definitely be better than the sugar he bought in Tingen.
"Doing these things really requires a Knowledge pathway Extraordinary..."
He was just a Seer. These ancient sugar-making methods were all learned from online novels a long time ago. Recalling them through dream divination made it impossible to make too many changes, so there was no way to improve them.
Exchanging for them from the System using knowledge fragments... Tang glanced at his balance and decisively gave up.
'So Host, do you need to switch to Mystic/Alchemist?'
"Get lost."
'Alrighty.'
The System prepared to get lost quickly. 'Oh, right, there are 2:03:11 left for the 'Craftsman' upgrade.'
Waving his hand to indicate he knew, and then directing his marionette to stir the mud and syrup together to precipitate the pigment of the thumb fruit, Tang continued to doze off.
"If there's no opportunity for acting, I can only digest the potion through daily acting."
No rush, there was still some time.
"So, what I should do next is..." After obtaining so many Extraordinary characteristics, Tang felt that he should also prepare for the subsequent advancement rituals.
"After the acting is complete and the Master of Marionettes potion is digested... there's no way for Five to Four. I can only pick and see if there's a demigod that absolutely needs to be killed."
Prioritize sniping those who believe in evil gods, such as the True Creator.
The world would be a better place with one less True Creator.
"Moreover, the rituals for Four to Three, Three to Two, and Two to One can all be prepared."
For Sequence Four, the Trick Sorcerer potion might not require knocking down the Never-Ending Theater. Just using the Extraordinary characteristics of the Trick Sorcerer who died from mental contamination collapse would suffice.
Sequence Three would probably require him to catch the Fugen Hound or knock down the Sequence Three marionette in the theater... There might be multiple, so even knocking one down wouldn't affect the overall operation of the theater.
For Sequence Two, the 'Never-Ending Theater' could be used.
As for the remaining Sequence One...
Tang also had an idea where to get it.
For him, the best reason to take the Seer pathway, if he didn't consider the monocle next door coming to steal his home, and the top BOSS wanting to resurrect the dead at any time, the materials, rituals, precautions, acting rules, and even most of the difficulties he would face had already been resolved. As long as he followed the steps, there wouldn't be too many problems.
"Moreover, the advancement rituals can also be nested, recycled, and achieved through opportunistic and unorthodox methods."
For example, the ritual for Three to Two required bringing a piece of history back to reality.
When advancing to Ancient Scholar, he could isolate a village in advance, return after three hundred years, wait for the Ancient Scholar potion to be digested, lift the isolation when preparing for Three to Two, and complete the ritual.
After advancing to Sequence Two, he could hang the people in this village as marionettes and re-enact the Scroll of Living, preparing for Two to One.
System: 'The remaining value has all been榨取ed...'
"This is called perfect recycling."
Tang added, "Add two more mermaids, and by the way, kill a demigod in that town and leave the demigod's corpse inside to be isolated together."
System: '...'
Alright, alright, the Seer's happy town.
While the System was silent, Tang opened his eyes and sat up from the recliner. "Someone should have done this when advancing from Ancient Scholar to Miracle Invoker."
Including 'concealing' a village along with oneself to complete all the ritual requirements after becoming a demigod.
After all, apart from a natural Miracle Invoker, this was the simplest way.
As for the people in the isolated village... In the eyes of high-sequence beings, the lower classes should feel honored to become ritual materials for the holy lords.
Therefore, in the Fourth Epoch, no, here, whether it was the Fourth Epoch or the Fifth Epoch, it was very difficult for the lower classes to even want to live...
For those in the abyss, could they trust the occasional kindness of devils?
Tang looked at the pot that had already begun to show adsorption, with the color of the syrup gradually fading as the mud settled. He signaled the marionette beside him to scoop up the upper liquid.
"I think these Extraordinary characteristics can serve as the cornerstone for establishing a secret organization."
With the System present, as long as he obtained Extraordinary characteristics, he could get the formula through appraisal. Even if he didn't know it, he would know by killing an Extraordinary individual of the same pathway.
And Tang had an idea for the required rituals.
(End of this chapter)