No Witches

Moreover, even if there was no problem with his favorability and he could borrow the power of powerful figures, if Luo Lin's own Sequence was too low and his spirituality too limited, the time he could borrow that power would be very short. If he encountered a protracted battle or an old hand lying in ambush, striking him by surprise after his borrowed power ran out, there would still be a huge problem.

So Luo Lin would treat the "Shadow of Time" ability as a trump card and build up the favorability of those powerful figures, but he would never neglect improving his own abilities. To Luo Lin, that was the foundation.

Only by raising his own Sequence and becoming stronger could Luo Lin ensure that, under any circumstances, he had enough ability to protect himself, rather than being unable to borrow power, being too fragile himself, and ending up dead.

Therefore, even though Sequence 9 Ritual Magic seemed hardly worth mentioning compared to the abilities of Mr. A and Azzik, Luo Lin would not give up studying it. He knew that this was the power he truly possessed at present, and mastering it was what he should be doing.

If he became full of himself just because he could borrow the power of others and looked down on these "low-end" abilities, then even if he successfully advanced all the way, Luo Lin had no doubt that he would become a fraud—after all, even within the same Sequence, the gap between people could be greater than that between a person and a dog.

Solidly mastering the abilities of his own Sequence was far better than blindly advancing while knowing nothing.

And... Advancing to Sequence 8 won't be easy either. Leaving aside the issue of digesting the potion, just the supplementary materials needed to advance to Actor are a problem. Luo Lin muttered inwardly, feeling a slight headache.

Just as the supplementary materials needed to brew the Troublemaker potion were items related to the High Sequences of Gou San Jia, brewing the Path of Chaos's Sequence 8 Actor potion also required a special material—an item related to the High Sequences of either the Hunter or witch pathway.

Honestly, the instant he saw the requirement, Luo Lin's first thought was the Red Priest Tarot Card. But first, using a Blasphemy Card as material for brewing a Sequence 8 potion was too extravagant. Second, the Blasphemy Card itself had some connection to the Outer Gods, and Luo Lin was not comfortable consuming it. Third, it currently belonged to Sauron Einhorn Medici. Before he could borrow power from Azzik or Pallez, Luo Lin had no intention of provoking that hotpot evil spirit.

So, after giving it serious thought, Luo Lin decided that once he had built up enough favorability with Azzik, he would go meet Medici and see whether he could trade for a relevant item—the Red Priest Blasphemy Card—or simply gather materials on the spot and use the status of the three-in-one hotpot to create a suitable material.

As for directly cooking the hotpot evil spirit as an ingredient—Luo Lin was a man of principles. He could accept materials like Time Worms, but he could not bring himself to eat an intelligent soul as an ingredient. To Luo Lin, that was no different from cannibalism.

As for a high-ranking witch... Luo Lin had not considered that for the time being.

After all, the Troublemaker potion had already proven that different supplementary materials could have different effects after Luo Lin advanced. What if using materials related to a witch caused him to switch genders?

Luo Lin did not want to gamble on that damned possibility. He would rather spend more time acquiring materials related to Hunters.

Upon hearing Luo Lin's request, Xio and Fors were not too surprised. Ritual Magic was indeed a common method used by support-type Beyonders. Fors herself had spent some time studying and practicing Ritual Magic after she had just advanced to Apprentice.

Thinking of that period when no one had taught her and she could only teach herself by referring to the materials left behind by Mrs. Anissa, Fors could not help feeling some sympathy for the days ahead of Luo Lin. At the same time, she asked curiously, "Don't you want to purchase the potion formulas for the later Sequences of your pathway?"

Luo Lin revealed a shy smile and said, "Thanks to my ancestors, I'm not lacking the subsequent potion formulas for now."

Fors's smile froze. Thinking of how she had been unable to find anyone willing to sell her the Magician potion formula, she briefly felt the urge to curse, which was then replaced by intense envy. She could not help muttering, "That really makes people jealous."

At that moment, Xio felt exactly the same as Fors. Her situation was slightly better than Fors's, since people had always been selling the formula she wanted, but she was simply too poor to afford it.

As the three chatted, they found a corner and sat down. Before long, a waiter came over to explain the rules—participants could write their requests directly on slips of paper and hand them to the waiter, or enter small rooms themselves during the break and write the items they wanted to sell on a blackboard.

Luo Lin naturally wrote down the spiritual materials he needed on the slip provided by the waiter without any hesitation. Then, looking at Fors and Xio, who had also finished writing their slips, he asked curiously, "Is there anything you two want?"

"You should be able to guess mine. I want to buy the Arbiter potion formula, but I haven't saved enough money yet," Xio answered casually. Since Luo Lin had already guessed her Sequence, there was no need to hide it.

Fors sighed, then looked at Luo Lin with a trace of hope and said, "I've always wanted to purchase the Magician potion formula, but unfortunately, I haven't found any leads so far." Through Xio, she had learned that Jack might come from an ancient Beyonder family, so she could not help harboring a little hope that she might get the clue she wanted from him.

Then Fors saw a hesitant expression appear on Luo Lin's face beneath his hood.

This made Fors, who had only casually asked with the mindset of trying anything in desperation, pause. She instinctively asked, "Mr. Jack, do you have a lead on the Magician potion formula?"

"Strictly speaking, I have that potion formula." Luo Lin nodded hesitantly and explained, "My ancestor's notes recorded the Magician potion formula."

Fors instinctively felt a surge of delight. "Really? Can you sell it to me?" Then she realized something, gave Luo Lin a wary glance, and added, "Of course, under Mr. A's witness."

She could not be blamed for being so cautious. The coincidence was simply too perfect. To avoid buying a fake potion formula, Fors felt it was necessary to be more prudent.

"Of course. As for the price, 450 pounds. How does that sound?" Luo Lin naturally understood Fors's concern. He nodded and replied gently.

"A fair price." Fors breathed a sigh of relief inwardly and was also very satisfied with Luo Lin's offer. Sequence 8 potion formulas generally sold for that price on the market, so it was not overpriced.

Seeing this, Xio was sincerely happy for her friend. Then she could not help touching her own wallet, wondering when she would finally save enough money to buy the Arbiter potion formula.

The two soon completed the transaction at the gathering, and both sides were very satisfied with it.