As Arthur picked up the Initiation Chart [Great Orange], text began appearing before his eyes-
[Initiation Chart 'Great Orange', evaluating...] [Possesses 'Phantom Stomach'. Evaluation passed!] [Possesses ritual 'Cat's Orange'. Evaluation passed!] ['Cat's Orange' ritual has not reached the advanced stage. Spend 4,000 XP to make up the difference?]
['Cat's Orange' ritual, evaluating...] [Physique evaluation passed!] [Spirituality evaluation passed!] [Evaluation: 'Cat's Orange' ritual can reach its ultimate state. Spend 9,999 XP?]
Arthur looked at the text prompts before him, his eyes full of surprise.
After a ritual was performed, it needed time to build up before it could completely transform the person who had undergone it.
This was true not only of [Cat's Orange], but also of the rituals practiced by other schools and factions.
Arthur knew this.
Not only had the special effects [Ordination], [Feast], and [Golden Thread], which appeared after he completed the [Cat's Orange] ritual, told him as much, but the mystical side books had also recorded it.
In fact, in a certain sense, the memory was still fresh in Arthur's mind-
While reading through the mystical side books brought back from Ymir Manor, Arthur had learned of a ritual called Tortoiseshell Longevity.
This ritual provided only mediocre improvements to [Physique] and harmonization of [Spirituality], but it could greatly increase the lifespan of the person who performed it.
With every passing month, the ritual's practitioner would gain an additional six months of life.
Simply put, living one year added six years.
These gifts continued until a thousand years had been reached.
Unfortunately, not a single practitioner of Tortoiseshell Longevity had actually lived for a thousand years.
Because of-
Hunting!
Although they gained long lives, the mystical side practitioners who performed the Tortoiseshell Longevity ritual were not immortal. Moreover, compared with mystical side