Lin Ke in the carriage couldn’t help but feel a bit surprised.
The system’s suggestion was that Garoce would return in five months?
So Ove’s plan to stay until his father’s return means staying here for five months.
Therefore, the system task is complete!
I see... Lin Ke naturally clicked on the claim box.
"How will that Divine Artifact fragment arrive here?"
This reward of the Divine Artifact fragment slightly dispelled the gloom in Lin Ke’s heart, and he began to look forward to it.
It couldn’t possibly fall from the sky, could it?
Feeling a bit relieved, Lin Ke began meditating with anticipation.
He hasn’t even reached level one, with no mana at all.
Only at level one can he learn some magic like Fireball Magic, Oil-slip Magic, and Dust-raising Magic, and only at level two can he have skill slots.
So he needs to work hard without constantly relying on external help like guards and teachers.
He calmed down and entered the Soul Space, starting to capture the wandering elements in the darkness.
The "Knowledge" bloodline grew, subsequently feeding back into the [Scholar] profession.
After practicing for a while, a giant green element appeared in his area of consciousness.
Wow, that’s a huge wood element!
Lin Ke felt a slight joy in his heart; such a large element felt more "appetizing" to his bloodline than many small ones.
But just then, after the "Knowledge" bloodline swallowed the wood element, it glowed.
Something’s not right... Lin Ke froze for a moment, instantly feeling that this scene was very familiar.
"Seems that today, in the same location, I also encountered such a giant wood element..." Strange phenomena indicate something peculiar, and Lin Ke always believed this.
After all, encountering such a large wood element in an ordinary elemental environment was unusual.
Opening his eyes, Lin Ke gently laid his mother flat and gestured for John to be silent, then went out and got off the carriage.
The ox-cart wasn’t that fast; he could explore along the way and catch up.
However, as soon as he got off, he felt something hard underfoot.
Metal shard? Wood? Or...
"No way..." Lin Ke was a bit surprised, bending down to pick up what was under his foot.
A piece of rotten wood.
"I guess I was overthinking..."
Lin Ke thought he might have stepped on something like a Dragon Ring.
Yet, just as he was about to discard the piece of rotten wood, the "Luck" bloodline in his mind throbbed fiercely.
Lin Ke’s hand froze, and suddenly he thought of a possibility.
This... could this be the Divine Artifact fragment??
"Little Lin Ke... what are you doing?" Ove’s elderly yet gentle voice came from the rooftop.
"It’s nothing, teacher, my leg’s a little numb, just moving around."
Lin Ke wasn’t sure if this rotten wood was it, but he still put it in his pocket and continued to walk below.
Ove asked but said no more, for now, he was here, and there were guards around. Lin Ke wasn’t a naughty kid; the road was wide and open, with no danger.
So after walking two or three kilometers, besides stones, there was just that piece of rotten wood.
Looks like it really was this thing... Lin Ke felt the texture of the rotten wood, soft yet resilient, in his hand.
The key is, what Divine Artifact fragment is this? He had no clue at all.
In the end, Lin Ke chose to return to the carriage, but during the process, he saw a solitary figure sitting atop, so he climbed up to the roof.
"Teacher, are you meditating?"
Ove opened his eyes, smiling benevolently: "No, I am reminiscing and solidifying skill slots, feeling the beauty of skills."
Lin Ke sat down beside Ove. Now, the people Ove allowed near him were just Lin Ke, John, and Knicks.
Others approaching would either scare Ove away or be scared off or chased away by him.
"Teacher, I’d like to ask you some questions."
Lin Ke was ready to ask about trait ratios and employment, enlightenment matters, paving the way for his future exploration of new professions.
However, as soon as he spoke, the system task appeared before him.
[Task: Before the true King of Azanen returns, create enough new professions to have the confidence to look him and his power straight in the eye!]
[Task reward: Followers who will never betray you, equal in number to the new professions you create]
[Hint: The rewarded followers possess excellent bloodline talents]
Excellent talents correspond to level seven, which is really quite good.
It seems he needs to create more new professions; the more such followers, the better.
Although he is not sure how vast the difference is between different bloodline talent levels, some of Ove’s stories suggest the variance.
For example, across the Naseng Continent and the Endless Plane, ninety-nine percent of life forms have first or second level talents, which means lower or intermediate.
The remaining one percent are the third level and above.
Though one percent of a hundred billion is still a billion, the rarity speaks for itself.
Of course, Lin Ke would seize the opportunity to gain more talented followers.
"Little Lin Ke... Little Lin Ke?"
Ove saw his disciple lost in thought and called out softly twice.
Lin Ke snapped back to his senses, cleared his throat, and began inquiring about the mysteries of professions and bloodlines, especially the enlightenment of bloodlines.