"Hey, why are you giving me boiling water when yours is room temperature?" An Chen vented his displeasure with his mouth, the only part of him he could move.
"What are you afraid of? It won't kill you."
The attendant beside him glanced at An Chen and smiled mockingly.
Then he looked at Ulysses opposite him, gestured toward An Chen with his head, and continued, "Well? Have you seen through him yet?"
"Of course, just as I saw through you not being the original long ago."
Ulysses blew on the tea in his hand and took a sip.
"He's different from other Beyonders. All the others obtained their Beyonder Abilities through boons. Only he advanced through Beyonder Characteristics or Potions," Ulysses said slowly, savoring the fragrance of tea on his lips.
Boons?
An Chen thought of the word, then remembered hearing it before when he examined the memories of Nangong Pojun's nephew.
"Boons are Beyonder Abilities granted by Outer Deities through prayer and faith in them."
The attendant beside him glanced at An Chen and explained.
Huh? I forgot he could read minds.
An Chen now tried hard to reduce his mental activity so that nothing would be discovered.
"Obtaining Beyonder Abilities through boons is somewhat different from drinking Potions. Although the former can reduce madness, they also need replenishing regularly." The attendant adjusted his Monocle. "Those Church members you encountered before, the ones with identical abilities-each Church worships an Outer Deity, and its members also share the same boon Pathway."
One Outer Deity corresponds to one Pathway. Does my Hanged Man Pathway have a corresponding Outer Deity?
No, theirs are all boon Pathways. The situation should be different, shouldn't it?
As An Chen thought to himself, the person before him controlled his body again, making him swallow a large