Turning point

Furthermore, the Argel Family itself possessed three sets of codes.

One set of codes is used to transmit business Message. This set of codes has the worst confidentiality and is known by the most people. It is basically used to transmit business instructions.

The second set is an internal family code, mainly used by family members to transmit highly confidential Information. In this generation, the Argel Family has dwindled in number, so it is now mainly used by Argel and his two grandsons.

The last set is the emergency code. This code was originally used by the core members of the patriarch's direct line to transmit emergency Message, but unfortunately, the current Argel Family consists entirely of the patriarch's direct line, so the last two codes completely overlap.

Kronos is using the emergency code today, but regardless of how urgent it is, this Telegraph will be delivered to Marquis Argel as soon as possible.

Having done everything he needed to do, Kronos spent the rest of his time on the two Playing Cards.

Regardless of anything else, you must first master the skills mentioned above; otherwise, it will be impossible to create Sequence 5 Scroll.

Ultimately, it boils down to four abilities: the Justiciar's Making Rules and deliver verdicts, the Black Emperor's Distortion and chaos.

Essentially, these four are the core abilities of these two Pathway, and even the True God up to Sequence 0 rely on these four abilities as their core.

If Kronos practices hard enough, and combines that with the Blasphemy Card, he might be able to create Sequence 0 Skill Scroll when he reaches Sequence One.

Of course, this is on the premise that you have Scroll of a sufficient level.

The Scroll Materials that Kronos is using now are different from those of Sequence 6 Scroll. If the quality is even slightly inferior, it won't be able to support Sequence 5 skills, otherwise it wouldn't be so expensive.

Kronos's first choice at this time was to Making Rules of the Justiciar Pathway, because he was more familiar with it.

He had no intention of advancing the proficiency of four skills at once; he wanted to focus on one skill at a time, otherwise he would waste more energy.

So what followed was a money-burning journey, with one discarded Scroll after another appearing in Kronos's trash cans.

But I don't mind. When I run out of credit, I just go to the Manor's Storeroom and move more. When I run out of credit, I just exchange it for cash. It's all at cost price anyway.

Kronos's goal is to exchange all the Scroll Materials in the Storeroom for four Sequence 5 skills.

An ordinary person's Storeroom would certainly not be enough for him to squander, but the mountain of materials in his own Storeroom might actually be enough.

We have enough materials; now it's just a matter of whether we have enough money.

Fortunately, Kronos had made some profitable deals beforehand, and the money from coal futures had been fully cashed out. The Fleet on the Southern Continent also returned to Pritz Harbor earlier this month.

The Smokeless Charcoal developed earlier has become popular throughout Backlund and is now being prepared for expansion into several other major cities. Several New Materials developed have also begun production.

Each Project can provide a significant cash flow, and preliminary estimates suggest that it should be able to sustain operations for six months without affecting business operations.

Therefore, Kronos needs to do is try his best to complete these four Skill Scroll within six months.

But what if it doesn't succeed after half a year? That's easy to solve too!

Even if the Marquis Argel were truly so rigid as to insist on following the family bylaws, Kronos could still borrow money from him. Besides, there was the Marquise, Little Annie, and even his own grandfather—all core members of the Argel Family. Who among them didn't have some money?

In fact, Kronos is already very proficient in Making Rules and rulings, but he lacks an opportunity for intensive training.

To develop muscle memory, the most important thing is to do the movement repeatedly and extensively for a considerable period of time, until you feel nauseous.

Just as Kronos was repeating the same actions like Robot on an assembly line, he suddenly felt a surge of Spirituality.

The Potion's digestion process has successfully moved forward another step.

When the standards were finalized, the progress might have just been approaching halfway, but now it has completely surpassed halfway.

Kronos stared blankly at the Scroll in front of him. It was a complete failure. In fact, due to a sudden fluctuation in his Spirituality, the Scroll was ruined before it was even half finished.

Could it be that the previous attempts were successful, but I just didn't notice?

With that in mind, Kronos crouched down and began rummaging through the trash can.

He carefully examined every piece of scrap material in the trash can and finally confirmed that they were indeed scrap.

Unable to find the source of the Potion's digestion, Kronos began to recall what he had done that day.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he roughly guessed what was going on.

The Scroll Professor is important, but the professor isn't useless either.

As mentioned before, the best way for the Argel Family to digest Potion of this Sequence was to have a child as early as possible, and then begin teaching the child arcane knowledge when the child was older.

Kronos is an exception; his advancement in the Sequence was too rapid. Even if he had a child, that child is only one year old now, and he can't teach him yet.

So Kronos chose to become a professor among ordinary people, taking on the position of Associate Professor at Backlund Technical College. This slightly improved his Potion digestion, but it was very slow.

Today's change is likely due to the word "professor".

He had just sent his summarized experience to the Marquis Argel, which should, in a sense, conform to the principles of the Scroll Professor's role.

After all, there is a difference between teaching ordinary knowledge and teaching mystical knowledge, especially since Kronos is teaching the core knowledge of Sequence 6.

The only difference is that the roles of the instructors have been reversed. Marquis Argel previously taught Kronos to digest the Potion, and today Kronos is teaching Marquis Argel, who then digests the Potion.

But since the Potion has produced a reaction, and a significant one at that, it means that this standard is truly effective for Marquis Argel, so perhaps he can now overcome his final hurdle.

Marquis Argel should be able to become a Sequence 5 Astronomer within the next few days.

Although he hadn't received any definite Message, Kronos guessed that was probably the case, since he hadn't done anything else during this time.

Sure enough, a little over an hour later, the Telegraph from the Midseashire was picked up by the telegraph machine at the Saint George District's Villa.

After receiving Kronos's standards, the Marquis Argel felt his opportunity had arrived. Although the circumstances at the time were not enough to verify the authenticity of this feeling, Spirituality premonitions are generally quite accurate.

Marquis Argel planned to rest well for the night and try his best the next morning. If he succeeded, it would be enough to digest the Potion.

When Kronos saw the Telegraph, he was truly filled with mixed feelings of joy and sorrow.

The good news is that Marquis Argel is about to take another step up the ranks, but the bad news is that the Hidden Sage.

The Hidden Sage is a Uniqueness who lives with little Consciousness, and what motivates His actions most is the Law of Beyonder Characteristic Convergence.

Amon enjoys collecting Beyonder Characteristic from High Sequence of the same Pathway, partly because of his wicked nature, and partly because each High Sequence Beyonder Characteristic allows him to create more Worm of Time Avatar.

The Hidden Sage don't think about that much; it's all about aggregation. So, the High Sequence of Beyonder with the same Pathway, the greater the chance of attracting Hidden Sage.

If we consider a person as a signal source, then the signal they emit is strongest when they drink Potion and become Beyonder or advance in the Sequence.

Therefore, many Hermit Pathway and Beyonder attracted Hidden Sage while drinking Potion, ultimately dying from the infusion of knowledge.

The Argel Family doesn't need to worry about this problem now, because the Hidden Sage is still Consciousness of the danger. The God of Steam and Machinery is in an adjacent Sequence to Him. Even if Steam isn't as strong as the Goddess of Darkness and hasn't been able to digest its own Sequence 0, He would definitely not refuse to capture the Hidden Sage and keep him as a backup.

The Hidden Sage is no pushover either; the God of Steam and Machinery might not be able to keep him securely, but there's no need to cause that trouble. That's why the God of Steam and Machinery has protected the Argel Family for so many years.

But things are different with Sequence 5. What might have been a small signal transmitter before could now be more like a small signal tower.

Therefore, even if it wasn't when the Potion was consumed, Sequence 5 already had a considerable chance of attracting the Hidden Sage.

Kronos's grandfather was like that; after advancing to Sequence 5, he was "entangled" twice by the Hidden Sage, and he almost died the second time.

So the Old Man finally decided to feign death and hide, passing the title to Kronos's father and living in seclusion in the Midseashire.

The reason they were hidden in the Midseashire was because the Argel Family had built a grand Church in their Midseashire there, where the protection of the God of Steam and Machinery was even more perfect.

Therefore, the family has a rule that every family member who wants to be promoted to Astronomer must return to Midseashire for the promotion, just to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

Marquis Argel is about to be promoted to Sequence 5. The Church can protect him during the promotion, but he'll have to be careful at other times.

Even staying at the Argel Manor isn't safe, because the Hidden Sage is a real sneak attacker; he might appear at any moment unless you're under the watchful eye of the God of Steam and Machinery.

Back then, Kronos's grandfather also stayed at home in the Manor and never went out. But one time, he had to go to Backlund on an urgent matter. Just as the carriage left the Manor Gate, the sixth son appeared.

This was the last time the Old Man almost couldn't hold on. The Hidden Sage's attack nearly blew Old Man head off. Fortunately, his Secretary Consciousness the problem in time and quickly sent the Old Man back to the Manor, thus preventing the sixth son from having a second chance.

After this incident, the Old Man completely abandoned all hope of escaping death, Feign Death, moved back to Midseashire, and never left the Church in his home again.

Now, the Marquis Argel has also arrived at such a crucial moment, a turning point for every Argel, or rather, for all the Beyonder along the entire Pathway.

Even the "Admiral of Stars" Cattleya was no exception. Despite being raised by Bernadette and tormenting the ten Pillar of the Astronomer.

He almost couldn't hold on during the worst time, and if it weren't for the help of "Mr. Fool," he might not exist today.