Cultivation Information

After having dinner with Kael'thas, Karen returned to the room prepared for Master Drew at the Alchemist Association.

Although he would have loved to stay in one of the magnificent rooms within Kael'thas's Mage Tower, Karen was not yet ready to abandon his identity as Drew.

Staying the night at Kael'thas's place under the guise of Drew didn't seem quite appropriate; he didn't have that much pull.

Besides, dining with Kael'thas was a bit awkward. Even though the food was incredibly delicious and lavish, Kael'thas was extremely strict.

He demanded the maintenance of impeccable noble etiquette and demeanor—and not just any nobility, but the nobility of the nobility: the royal family.

Karen felt immense pressure. In the end, clutching a parcel containing items sent by his mentor Marco (which were actually just snacks), Karen returned.

Shortly after he arrived, the team leader Karen had appointed came to his room to report on the day's progress.

He rattled on, introducing the competition schedule he had learned about at the Alchemist Association headquarters, and then asked if Karen had any instructions.

"You're saying the final and most important stage of this competition is a free-form performance?"

"Yes."

"Then there's nothing more to discuss. As for the free-form stage, you five just need to showcase the results of your intensive training.

The others just need to do their best, but if you five don't achieve good results, hmph, I won't even mention the consequences.

Go back, practice more, consolidate your skills, and prepare for the competition.

If there's nothing else, don't come looking for me. Just follow the arrangements of the competition organizing committee." Karen dismissed the team leader he had appointed for the alchemist competition team.

He waited for a while longer until it was time to sleep, assuming no one else would come looking for him.

Karen locked the door and called out to Drew in his mind.

"Drew, are you there? We have work to do."

"What kind of work?" Drew asked.

It turned out that after hearing Kael'thas's introduction to heroes today, Karen felt more and more that it resembled the cultivation novels he had read.

He couldn't let it go after returning, so he decided to organize his thoughts.

"I feel like these heroes are very similar to the cultivation novels I used to read.

Should we organize our thoughts and try to deduce the subsequent realms by referencing those novels?"

"Why go through all that trouble? It's still far too early for you." Drew refused.

"It'll drive me crazy if I don't figure it out; it's just too similar.

Help me out, Drew. You can ask for anything in return."

If Drew had eyes, he would definitely be rolling them.

Forget it, he might as well help his host; it wasn't like he had anything else to do anyway.

As for what he wanted, what could a system program possibly want? A new CPU?

He was currently soul-driven, so he didn't need one.

That night, the two of them first searched through all the content related to cultivation novels in Karen's memory.

Then, they compared all the novels to see which ones were suitable for this world's level structure and the understanding and application of the power of rules. They discarded the useless parts and organized and recorded the useful ones.

This "Law Chain"—using chains as weapons for attack—hmm, it didn't seem necessary to be so rigid, so he discarded it. This "Incarnation of the Dao," where the soul is entrusted to the long river of the Great Dao.

As long as the Great Dao is immortal, the person is immortal.

Even if killed, they can be resurrected.

He remembered that some demigods in this world were like that; they could be resurrected even after being killed.

This point was useful, so he recorded it.

Next, "The power of rules manifests images in the surrounding space," and "The power of rules condenses to form a domain."

Battles at this level were collisions of domains, and collisions of domains were collisions of the degree of comprehension of the rules.

This was interesting; it was about the application of the power of rules, so he recorded it.

After working all night, the two of them categorized all the information they deemed useful.

Realms were classified as realms, and applications were classified as applications.

What they considered legendary hero levels were grouped under the legendary hero tier, and what they considered god-level comprehension and application were grouped under the god-level tier. Finally, they created an outline and table of contents, turning it into a paper document.

After finishing the work, Karen, who hadn't rested all night, felt quite exhausted.

After hanging a "Do Not Disturb" sign, Karen collapsed and fell asleep.

He slept until the afternoon. The contestants of the alchemist competition were obediently working hard to consolidate their skills and didn't come to disturb his rest, which was great.

Kael'thas had sent someone to ask if he wanted to eat together, but, well...

Feeling a bit of soreness in his backside, Karen decided not to go over for dinner today.

He used his communication device to inform Kael'thas, explaining that he was busy today and would bring something over to discuss with him tomorrow.

After finishing the replies, I checked the time and realized it was almost dinner.

I remembered asking the receptionist at the Alchemist Association headquarters yesterday about where to find good food and places to explore.

Having made up my mind, Karen tidied himself up and headed out. By a stroke of pure coincidence, he ran into Vereesa, who was wandering around outside.

Vereesa remarked on how coincidental it was and suggested they grab a meal together. Karen rolled his eyes; was there no such thing as privacy anymore? Even eating a meal required a tag-along. With no other choice, he had to bring her along.

They arrived at the outer city of Dalaran and found the street famous for its local snacks.

Karen discovered that Vereesa was quite the little foodie; she ate with such gusto that she completely ignored the people watching her from the sidelines.

After all, people in the outer city rarely saw a High Elf, let alone a young beauty.

The crowd looked at Karen, who was dressed like a human, with a mix of envy, jealousy, and hatred for having such a beautiful High Elf trailing after him.

Feeling a sense of superiority under the surrounding gazes, Karen didn't find Vereesa quite as annoying anymore; in fact, the more he looked at her, the prettier he thought she was.

Karen felt that this outing to hunt for food had been quite a success.

Although it wasn't as exquisite as the delicacies at Kael'thas's place, it had its own unique charm.

But for Vereesa, who was tasting these things for the first time, it was incredibly satisfying. Seeing her mouth covered in grease, she even clutched a handful of snacks to stuff into her mouth on the way back.

The next day, Karen arrived at Kael'thas's Mage Tower.

Once Kael'thas finished handling his official duties and came to meet him, Karen handed over the materials he had organized the previous day.

"Brother, these are some of my thoughts on the god-level of the Heroic Tier. Take a look and see what you think."

Kael'thas took the materials, looked them over, and said, "These things are still far too distant for you; don't waste your energy on them."

"Besides, these are just your immature ideas, and it hasn't been proven whether they are correct."

"If they turn out to be wrong and lead you astray, it will be troublesome. Study these things less in the future," Kael'thas lectured.

"Alright, Brother. I won't study them anymore. I'm going to find Antonidas now, bye-bye."

Before he could receive any more lectures, Karen quickly deployed his "Antonidas escape technique."

After Karen left, Kael'thas unconsciously picked up the materials and began reading them again.

I'm not studying them, I'm just reading them like an interesting novel, Kael'thas thought to himself.

"Your Highness, you have a meeting to attend shortly. When shall we depart?" Capernian appeared at the door of Kael'thas's room, though no one knew when she had arrived.

Blast, I almost forgot about the meeting. These materials have some kind of magic to them; they actually managed to engross me, Kael'thas thought.

However, on the surface, Kael'thas calmly set the materials down and said, "I know. Let's depart now." Kael'thas stood up and walked out.

"Oh, and place those materials on my desk," Kael'thas added as he turned around.