The minecart journey to Clockwork City would take over ten hours, and there’d be nothing to do in the game during this time.
But there was still plenty to do in reality.
As the clock hands passed midnight, the date turned to the first of September, conveniently a Monday.
Mu You went into the Lock Core Space and arrived in front of the Knowledge Ancient Tree.
The intelligence garnered from the Knowledge Ancient Tree had been fully acquired by Lin Xue and Little Ya, and even Lin Hai had been surreptitiously dragged to enhance his intelligence yesterday.
Now, only Mu You hadn’t been in there. He intended to seize this opportunity to rapidly boost his intelligence, and this ancient tree could be rented out, turning into tangible profits.
The time required for an intelligence boost directly related to his current Intelligence Value. Before entering, Mu You intentionally took off all his intelligence-enhancing gear and consumed a Resetting Elixir, washing away all his leftover Attribute Points, leaving only the basic attributes.
His Intelligence Value only consisted of the basic score of 16 and 2 points granted by the Temple of Wisdom. Only then did Mu You step into the ancient tree to meditate.
Two hours later, when Mu You stepped out of the ancient tree, he had acquired its full 10 Intelligence points, bringing his total to 28 points.
After putting on his equipment, Mu You opened the panel, carefully planned and adjusted his attributes.
He left 3 free Attribute Points for later use, raised Constitution to 30 to avoid having a low HP, and distributed the remainder between Strength, Dexterity, and Intelligence, while keeping a ratio of 1:2:3 amongst the three.
The resulting distribution was: Strength 26, Dexterity 52, Intelligence 78, Constitution 30, free Attribute Points 3, HP 7000, Magic Value 11800.
When Mu You woke up the next morning, Lin Xue and Little Ya were already in his pet shop.
His game avatar was still on the move. Since he had some rare free time today, he wanted to focus on the pet shop.
Little Ya went to shine the Evolution Light on the animals as usual, and Mu You sent his two Chimera Dragon Eggs over to bask under it.
He only had one Dragon Taming Stone, whichever egg hatched first would get to use it. He would have to keep the other on hold and figure something out later.
After setting up the dragon eggs, Mu You was about to go set up the other animals. But as soon as he left the space, he saw Lin Xue staring blankly out of a window, a look of worry creasing her brows.
Mu You walked over, surprised. It was the first time he’d seen Lin Xue look so hesitant.
"I completed my heritage mission last night..." Lin Xue said.
"Oh? You finished all of it?"
"Not finished, but I completed all the prerequisite trials and spawned the final step - ’Tomb of the Grim Reaper’. In four days, I must personally go to the Grim Reaper’s resting place. There won’t be any monsters or mechanisms thwarting us on this part, I just need to enter the Grim Reaper’s tomb to receive the inheritance of the Grim Reaper’s Apostle..." Lin Xue explained.
"Oh... that sounds great."
Mu You was still confused, observing her. It seemed like everything was going smoothly, the toughest parts were all taken care of, and she was just about to claim her reward. So why did she seem so distressed?
"The problem is... there’s another competitor for this final mission..." Lin Xue sighed.
Mu You was taken aback: "Are you saying there’s another existing inheritor of the Grim Reaper’s Bloodline?"
He had always thought that the Grim Reaper’s Bloodline was unique to Lin Xue’s grandma’s lineage. Yet, it turned out there were other tribe members too?
So, the heritage mission that Lin Xue received wasn’t a single-player mission, but a multiplayer competitive mission. The ultimate inheritance of the Grim Reaper would probably have to be fought over...
Mu You gazed thoughtfully at Vivian near the distant birdcage. It looked was where the crisis he had foretold for Lin Xue originated from.
Mu You wanted to ask Vivian about what would happen next, but seeing Vivian deep in meditation, he knew she wouldn’t tell them anything.
"Can other people help with this mission?" Mu You asked after some thought.
"You can bring people into the Tomb of the Grim Reaper, but the party can’t exceed three people. Also, they can only roam the periphery. Only inheritors of the Grim Reaper’s bloodline are allowed into the core area of the tomb." Lin Xue said.
"Alright then, Vivian and I will accompany you, we can also bring the Shadow Wolf." Mu You nodded.
Four days later would be Friday, and the cooldown on the door would end on Wednesday, so they had sufficient time.
"Don’t worry, nothing bad will happen while Vivian is with us." Seeing Lin Xue still looking worried, Mu You tried to comfort her.
He was confident in letting Lin Xue complete the mission because Vivian had personally made a prophecy. Since she didn’t try to stop Lin Xue, that meant she was assured, and Lin Xue should be safe too.
Lin Xue nodded, the concern in her eyes somewhat clearing, but remnants of it still lurked.
For some reason, she felt she would lose something very important during this expedition... She didn’t understand what she might lose, but this kind of unfounded fear was new to her...
Mu You didn’t understand Lin Xue’s thoughts. Soon, it was time to start their day at the shop, and all three of them got busy managing it.
After another day of customers coming and going, at half-past two in the afternoon, Mu You logged into the game on time.
At this moment, the minecart journey was nearing its end.
[After being jostled around in the dark underground tunnel for over ten hours, you are exhausted and feel like you are falling apart.]