Aaron watched Clark Das brush the dust from the altar with the gentle care of a true archaeologist, while Bruce, like a clumsy Apprentice, ran his hand over a stone pillar and peered closely at its details through a magnifying glass, apparently trying to determine its material and age. He couldn't help finding it amusing.
Overall, though, the Secret pathway is quite good. As long as a Secret History Scholar finds plenty of ancient ruins and completes the ritual, then keeps the secrets safe, his abilities will be quite versatile... Huh? Why does this seem so well-suited to me?
Aaron glanced around again. The ruins were already quite dilapidated, and there wasn't a trace of spiritual materials or mystical knowledge left. To most Beyonders, they were useless junk.
But to a Secret History Scholar, this was clearly an untouched treasure trove!
As he was thinking, he saw Bruce's body tremble slightly. Some inexplicable change was taking shape.
"I came, I saw, I examined..."
"Though even the mighty may fade, Secret History shall remember!"
Tears streamed down Bruce's face as he recited the maxim in Spirit Language, seeming both entranced and puppet-like.
Aaron knew he had successfully drawn a trace of Secret spirituality from the historical ruins and become half a Beyonder!
Come to think of it, every pathway has rituals for taking spirituality, whether from people or things... But even the most successful ritual must carry some risk, right?
But the Secret pathway draws spirituality from ruins and antiquities. Could it be that the long passage of history and time washes away any lingering corruption...? Is that the core of the Archaeological Meditation Method?
Just then, Aaron suddenly felt a gust of wind rushing toward him.
Without a moment's hesitation, he swung the slender staff in his hand, its tip