Volume 1 Flood 078, Habitual Self-Awareness

  The highest-grade scripture collection room not only has a divine technique array protection, borrowing materials requires the approval of a high priest, and even cleaning work cannot be done by slaves. The guarding warriors are also graded, Amun is appointed by the Holy Girl herself, of course, with the highest grade, qualified to guard all archives.

  Maria once said that she would give Amun a chance, after he became a great warrior, to personally go and check the records of the town of Duke. And as soon as Amun entered the Temple of Isis, he actually had the opportunity to check any records here, no one knew that this foreign warrior could understand the Egyptian hieroglyphics.

  But Amun couldn't openly browse, a guard holding a scroll would definitely arouse suspicion, and some of the most precious scriptures were locked in special boxes that could only be opened with the accompaniment of high-ranking priests. He could only take advantage of his solo patrol opportunities to tidy up the bookshelves while browsing. The higher the level of the archive room, the more leisurely it was, and people who came to borrow books were rare, Amun always found such opportunities.

  Amon is most interested in two types of classics: one type is the various legends about gods and spirits from a long time ago, now the Empire of Egu has unified divine revelations and ancient myths can only be seen here. The other type is the cultivation experiences and notes left by the gods and warriors of different periods, which are the precious blood treasures of countless people.

  After Amun secretly flipped through some interesting classics, he truly understood how precious the information left by the old madman was. Bell must have come here years ago and looked up all the valuable records. The old madman also received messages from Bell. The records he left for Amun were all refined and concise. Nietzsche had been to many places in his hundred-year life, and what he had read was not just the classics of the Isis Temple. The sorting and compilation were all left to Amun.

  But Amun still gained a lot here, because the old madman left him only records related to Shentu's cultivation, and many other materials also contained important information that the old madman could not have told Amun. What Amun was most interested in was the legend of Douke Town, but for the time being, he couldn't find it.

  The archives of the Temple of Isis were too vast, even if one room was guarded for a day, it would take more than a month to go through all of them. Amun could only secretly browse when no one was around, and it was impossible to have the opportunity to read all the classics in a short period of time.

  This was the most leisurely period of Amun's life, sometimes patrolling the archives with other warriors, and sometimes standing guard in a fixed place to help the divine officials retrieve materials. The warriors had their own residences in the temple, and Amun had a small separate house, which was not large but comfortable enough to live in. The monthly salary was five gold coins, which was enough for the expenses of an ordinary large family. The Temple of Isis was indeed luxurious.

  If Ahmon wanted to get married and start a family, he could also buy a house in Dreamflight City, have children, work at the Isis Temple during the day, and return home at night. Only on days when it was his turn to stand guard at night would he still have to live in that small hut. As a glorious warrior like him, although not a noble, seemed to have a certain aura, plus the generous salary and leisurely life, many families in Isis City were willing to marry their daughters to such people.

  Amon was already a fifth-level warrior at a very young age, with an income of five gold coins per month. The young man looked spirited and was naturally very popular. Occasionally leaving the temple to go shopping and eating in the city, there were always restaurant owners, shopkeepers and the like who came to chat and get close to him, asking about his well-being and wanting to introduce him to girls they knew.

  For this, Amun politely declined with a smile, he really didn't have the heart to do so. Although on the surface everything seemed calm for the time being, Amun was clear about his identity and burden, he was a magician who thought about unlocking the secrets of the gods, and had already promised a goddess that he would find the survivors of the Duc town and return them to their hometown to rebuild their homes, the road ahead was perilous and difficult.

  Amon rarely goes out, spending most of his time in the archives of the Isis Temple. He might be the most diligent guardian knight. He has strolled through the prosperous city of Dreamflight a few times with Iso, a slave and guide of merchant Xio. Amon kept his promise to visit Xio, who was surprised and delighted to learn that his benefactor had become an honorary knight of the Isis Temple.

  Xie Ou even wanted to marry his daughter to Ah Mon, and boasted to everyone that he had long seen the great future of this foreign warrior, and indeed it was a remarkable person. But Ah Mon preferred to take Iso out for a walk, listening to various anecdotes and stories from the driver while strolling through streets and alleys, which were more interesting than those ancient classics in the archives.

  Amon's main energy is still focused on the cultivation of both sides, and his nightly divine technique meditation has never been interrupted. In the Isis Temple, it is inconvenient to openly practice divine techniques, but it does not hinder the cultivation of power. As for physical training, he is a warrior after all, and there is nothing suspicious about that.

  Amon's injuries healed quickly, but his strength recovered at a rather slow pace. He felt that his body was going through another growth process, and although the recovery of his strength was slow, it increased every day. When Amon himself thought he had fully recovered, this growth did not end.

  Amon made some unexpected discoveries, the growth was not only in the power of blood veins, but also included the magical power of using divine techniques. Is this the wonder of the two-sided power? He could even "see" the changes that occurred in his body, from bone marrow to muscles, as if they had all undergone a baptism. His physical strength and endurance were already far beyond those of an ordinary fifth-level warrior, and this time it seemed to have broken through some kind of limit.

  When the growth of power and physical changes finally reached a stable state, Ahmon clearly felt his change. Although he could recover his energy and magic through meditation before, he still needed to sleep and rest, but now as long as he sat quietly at night for a while, he could fully recover, even if he didn't sleep or rest for many days, he could hold on.

  If necessary, he can even go without food for a long time, only needing to replenish his depleted energy through special meditation. He then conducted private experiments, going without food for half a month at a stretch, feeling light and unimpeded, but after all, one cannot go without eating forever, there is still a limit to endurance.

  Is this the process of advancing from a 5th-level warrior to a 6th-level warrior, "Extreme Breakthrough"? No wonder that warrior, Haiwen, had been tracking him for so long and still possessed astonishing power in their final battle. If Ahmon hadn't used the scroll beforehand and borrowed the staff to cast his divine technique at the last moment, he would have fallen before Haiwen.

  One night, Amun was in a state of deep contemplation, and he finally felt that the gradual increase in power over the past half year had reached a stable state, and he had fully "recovered". After his recovery, Amun almost had a brand new physique, and his strength was much stronger than before, as if he had undergone a more perfect rebirth.

  Has he passed the martial arts test to become a sixth-level warrior? Does it also mean that his divine technique achievements have also advanced? To verify, just take out the Earth's Pupil left by Old Crazy and read the next piece of information. However, Ah Mon did not dare to do so in the Isis Temple, even if he had his own small house where he could set up a divine technique array for cover, but there were too many powerful people here, and perhaps even the attention of gods.

  One day when he wasn't on duty, Amun left the temple in the late afternoon. Many warriors liked to drink and have fun at this time to relax, those with families went home, and even those without families wouldn't return until the next morning. Amun rarely went out to clear his mind. The city of Meng Fei was very large, he arrived in the north of the city, found an inn to eat dinner, watched a performance by artists, after dark, the road back was too far, so he simply found a large inn to stay overnight, asking for the best room with a separate courtyard.

  Amon's income is very high and he has a lot of money, but in his daily life, there are almost no places where he spends money. Occasionally going out to splurge doesn't matter much either.

  That night, he used the divine stone to set up a silent divine array in his bedroom, and then took out the staff that had not been used for a long time and the Earth's Pupil. The old madman's voice sounded again from beside his ear...

  "My child, I must congratulate you once again. By seeing this message, you have already achieved the 6th level of divine technique! Now I want to tell you something that may not have sunk in yet. Becoming a 6th-level divine technique practitioner means you can cultivate high-level divine techniques, but there is one requirement: your foundation divine technique meditation has never been interrupted for a very long time."

  There are many fifth-level divine artisans who can never advance in their lifetime, just because they haven't reached this point. Once they give up practicing divine techniques for a certain period of time, the process of breaking through has to start all over again. Don't go looking for classics, there's no clear record of this. This is the conclusion that Bell came to after researching all the cultivation records left behind by great divine artisans in the Isisi Temple archives, and he told me about it.

  Everyone's situation is different, and it can't be said what kind of accumulation is needed to break through the sixth level. Some people may advance quickly, while others may progress slowly. However, the process of accumulation cannot be interrupted; otherwise, one will have to start all over again. A cultivator must consciously focus on their cultivation and not let various events that they encounter disrupt this process, as it is also a part of breaking through.

  At this point, it's no longer intentional to cultivate divine skills for the sake of cultivating divine skills. It has become a part of your life. Due to persistence, determination, coercion, or simply fortunate coincidence, people can achieve it, but the best state is to take it for granted, which can maintain the most peaceful mind in the basic meditation of divine skills.

  Many great masters, including myself, have realized this to some extent when recalling our own experiences, but we wouldn't explain it clearly to students and disciples, just like I didn't tell you beforehand. My expectation of you is to unlock the secrets of the divine spirits; if you don't even have a habitual self-awareness, then forget about completing this mission. Fortunately, from the very beginning, I haven't misjudged you, so my child, you've finally read this message.