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Although he had accommodated White Impermanence's Mythic Trait, that did not make him White Impermanence. Zhou Yao had no other options for now and could only take things one step at a time.

His gaze fell once more upon the two ghost deities, and Yellow Wind Little Sage pondered before asking,

"How long will the manifestation of the Northern Yin Mountain Temple last?"

At the question, the expressions of the two ghost deities, Fu Ming and Hui Yuan, shifted slightly. A horrifying thought abruptly arose in their minds.

"Could this Yellow Wind Little Sage truly summon a decree from a deity of the Ancient Underworld?"

Naturally, they did not dare voice that question. They could only bury their thoughts deep inside and answer respectfully,

"The manifestation of the Northern Yin Mountain Temple will last three days. At dusk on the third day, the Northern Yin Mountain Temple will conceal itself, not appearing again until the next shift in the realm."

Yellow Wind Little Sage nodded, just about to pry more information from the two ghost deities.

As scholars from the Five Great Academies who had reached Scavenger Perfection, they ought to be able to answer many of his questions.

But at that moment, Yellow Wind Little Sage's ears twitched faintly. The night breeze seemed to carry a great deal of information—Mythic Walkers were approaching the mountain temple.

Yellow Wind Little Sage glanced toward the temple's main entrance and ordered the two ghost deities,

"You must guard the Northern Yin Mountain Temple well. Before I return, do not allow any Mythic Walkers inside!"

"We obey the Little Sage's decree!" the ghost deities answered in unison.

Yellow Wind Little Sage then rode the faint wind and swiftly darted out of the Northern Yin Mountain Temple, vanishing into the darkness.

Watching Yellow Wind Little Sage's hurriedly departing back, Fu Ming narrowed his eyes, and the reverence on his face gradually faded.

He glanced at Hui Yuan, whose expression remained unchanged, and said with absolute certainty, "There is definitely something strange about this Yellow Wind Little Sage!"

"So what?" Hui Yuan remained calm.

"Don't you want to know the secret he carries?"

Hui Yuan gave a cold laugh. "And what if we did? Don't forget—we are merely divided souls barely managing to play nest-stealer under the protection of the Life-and-Death Register.

It is one thing to drive out those Mythic Walkers within the rules. But if we rashly investigate information beyond the Northern Yin Mountain Temple and Lost Mythology discovers that we are Thieves of Fire, we would not even know how we died.

Or do you also wish to suffer Celestial Circuit Backlash and have your true body turn into a Divine Aberration?"

After a brief pause, a trace of sighing appeared in Hui Yuan's eyes. "Besides, he is entangled with a great demon king from the Mythic Era. The weight of that karma is simply beyond what we can bear.

Rather than exhausting ourselves trying to peer into hidden secrets, it would be better to form a good bond.

If this Little Sage can one day escape the karma of that great demon king, the return on this good bond might even allow us to truly step into the Fire-Stealing Rank."

Hearing this, Fu Ming fell silent for a long while before sighing. "We shall do as you say."

The next moment, the two ghost deities turned their gazes simultaneously toward the main entrance, where a Mythic Walker stepped into the temple.

Savage smiles spread across their stern faces, and the two ghost deities spoke with voices like rumbling thunder:

"Outsider, do you know your sin?"

Yellow Wind Little Sage traveled through the night and soon returned to Zhou Yao's home in the present world through the Mythic Invasion Node.

As Yellow Wind Little Sage entered the house, Zhou Yao, who had been waiting for a long time, finally let out a deep breath.

A full day and night spent searching for Mythic Materials and exploring the Northern Yin Mountain Temple had exhausted Zhou Yao to the limit.

He did not even have time to sort through his gains before collapsing onto the bed and falling into a deep sleep.

Without Zhou Yao's control, Yellow Wind Little Sage carefully crawled beside the pillow and fell asleep alongside him. The Mythic Factors staining its body quietly drifted toward Zhou Yao.

He slept for a full eight hours. Only when dawn had just broken outside did Zhou Yao awaken from his slumber.

Seeing that it was exactly six o'clock, he got up, washed up, and bought breakfast from a stall outside the residential complex to fill his stomach. Only then did he turn his attention to Yellow Wind Little Sage.

Inside the bedroom, Yellow Wind Little Sage opened its Greedy Mouth and spat out Mythic Materials one after another.

There were six Mythic Materials of Spiritual Dust quality and seven inferior materials that did not qualify for any grade.

Zhou Yao decisively picked up the seven ungraded inferior materials first and extracted the Mythic Factors within them.

These inferior materials did not include the Soul Shards produced by yin souls. Instead, there were Spiritwood Branches, raw ore, and the like, each containing far more Mythic Factors than Soul Shards.

+19, +21, +17... The seven inferior Mythic Materials directly raised Zhou Yao's Mythic Factor count to 142 points.

Looking at his soaring number of Mythic Factors, Zhou Yao nodded in satisfaction.

"Still, inferior Mythic Materials are only the small share. The real value lies in those six Mythic Materials that have reached Spiritual Dust quality."

Of the six Spiritual Dust-quality Mythic Materials, four possessed Mythic Traits: one drop of Unknown Bloodline Essence, two Spirit-Resonance Buds, and one Spirit-Medicine Pestle.

[Spirit-Medicine Pestle

Type: Alchemy artifact

Quality: Spiritual Dust

Mythic Trait: Medicinal Property Fusion

Description: An artifact left behind by an alchemist from the Mythic Era. Using this Spirit-Medicine Pestle to pound medicine will not harm its Spirit Resonance and can promote Medicinal Property Fusion.]

All four materials with Mythic Traits possessed considerable value. As for the other two, they were a Frost Marrow Crystal and an Earthflame Warm Jade, which could only be used as materials for refining artifacts.

"By market value, a Spiritual Dust material without a Mythic Trait contains over a hundred points of Mythic Factors, but extracting them directly would undoubtedly be the most reckless waste.

If sold in the black market, it would fetch at least 150 Mythic Factors.

Materials with Mythic Traits are worth even more, their value doubling according to the Mythic Trait they possess.

Especially for certain rare Mythic Traits—if one encounters a Mythic Walker with the corresponding divine lineage chart, their value increasing four or fivefold would not be surprising."

Zhou Yao made up his mind to sell these Mythic Materials in the black market.

Though it would delay his exploration of the Yin Mountain Realm somewhat, the newly expanded area could not be fully explored in just a day or two anyway.

Compared with that, converting these harvested materials into combat power was what truly mattered.

"Yellow Wind Little Sage needs 400 Mythic Factors to load a third talent, and beyond that, it also needs a compatible Mythic Material.

If I sell all of these, I wonder whether I can exchange them for suitable materials and help Yellow Wind Little Sage advance once more."

"Besides that, I need to visit Fortune Shop again."

Stuffing all the Mythic Materials back into the Greedy Mouth, Zhou Yao checked the time and left home with Yellow Wind Little Sage.

Yellow Wind Little Sage's destination was naturally the Yinshan Black Market, while Zhou Yao planned to go to school first.

Logically speaking, Zhou Yao could have focused all his attention on exploring the Celestial Circuit Realm by now. Going to school was of little importance to him.

But after encountering the two scholars from Jade Capital Academy yesterday, Zhou Yao's attitude had changed.

Two scholars from the Five Great Academies could enter the Ten Offices of the City God and transform into ghost deities through divided souls. Such methods were truly astonishing.

If he wanted to truly come into contact with the complete Mythic Walker system, gaining admission to one of the Five Great Academies was indeed the most suitable choice.