Chapter 438: Chapter 438: Secret Exchange
The level of the Spiritual Technique Array is easily discernible.
For instance, an Extraordinary of Sequence Nine compared to an Extraordinary of Sequence Three.
Even if both draw the same type of Spiritual Technique Array, the outcome will vastly differ due to the disparity in spirituality.
At present.
Baiyu can feel a strong sense of inviolability emanating from this Spiritual Technique Array.
Even with his tolerance, it’s hard to perceive the situation of the Spiritual Technique Array directly.
The creature that drew this Spiritual Technique Array is frighteningly high-level.
After studying it for a while.
Baiyu, through speculation and experimentation, finally understood the method of using the entire Spiritual Technique Array.
Just like the phrase that appeared in his mind when he first saw the Spiritual Technique Array.
The main feature of the entire Spirit Array is "exchange."
That is, equivalent exchange.
It seems Baiyu needs to place some items on it to obtain the knowledge he desires in his heart.
To test the specificity of this Spirit Array.
He silently dripped his blood onto the Spirit Array, then murmured, "I want to know Villiduo’s weather tomorrow."
Soon.
The Spirit Array completely absorbed his blood.
Then.
The nearby well began to boil, and the floating luminous spores inside surfaced, piecing together a sentence in Mystical Language above the well.
"What can you give me?"
Baiyu was slightly moved.
As expected.
There are creatures in the Mystical Forest, and they are intelligent beings capable of communication.
Understanding trade indicates it is sentient life.
Seeing that Baiyu did not respond for a long time.
The luminous spores were disrupted again, forming a brand-new sentence: "I need a secret, a secret you know. Give it to me, and I’ll tell you what you want to know.
I will protect your secret from being known by a third party until the world ends."
This piece of Mystical Language reads very awkwardly.
But roughly it means this.
A secret?
Baiyu became interested for a moment.
It seems this thing in the dark is rather interesting.
"But if my secret is more valuable than the question I ask, what should you do then?
The Spirit Array states exchange.
Since it’s an exchange.
I deem it as exchange only when the values are equal.
If it’s unfair to any party, the transaction can’t go on."
Baiyu said again in a low voice.
Soon.
The spores pieced together new words:
"The Spirit Array will use its own rules to judge.
Once your secret exceeds the value of what you wish to know, you can continue to ask new questions.
Conversely.
If your secret’s value is less than what you’re curious about knowing.
Then I won’t answer you."
Looking at this line of text, Baiyu thought for a while and said, "I’ve watched Teacher Fukada’s videos before."
The dancing spore group suddenly stopped, as if it fell into a daze momentarily.
After a long time.
The glowing floating organisms rearranged into new Mystical Language:
"Not enough!"
Succinctly put.
"I’ve also watched Teacher Mikami’s videos."
Baiyu added again, "This is something only I know, never spoken to anyone else. It should count as a secret, right?"
Another silence ensued.
After a long pause.
The spores collided to form an answer:
"Tomorrow in Villiduo, it will be rainy and overcast all day."
The first transaction concluded.
The glow on the Spirit Array dimmed, evidently due to the completion of the transaction.
Through this attempt, he had grasped how to use this Spirit Array.
Between trading parties.
It’s equivalent to exchanging information for information, obtaining information unknown to oneself.
Of course.
In the entire transaction, Baiyu is at a disadvantage.
Because he can’t determine if the secret he shared is equivalent to the answer to his question from the other party.
The standard for this judgment lies in the hands of the other party.
If the other party reneged, he would have no recourse.
Moreover.
He must first disclose a secret before the other party will answer his question.
This aspect is extremely frustrating.
Firstly.
He doesn’t know what level of secret he needs to use to exchange for his question.
This could lead to a possibility.
His question is too high in value, and the secrets he holds aren’t sufficient to trade.
Then, he’d find himself in an extremely awkward situation.
Meaning after revealing secrets, he receives no response.
Even after revealing all his secrets, he still can’t get an answer.
And that part of sunk cost would truly go down the drain.
Secondly.
He’s unclear about what exactly the other party seeks to do.
This penchant for wanting to know others’ secrets is not a good habit.
Combined with the terrifying and eerie surroundings, it’s hard to think optimistically.
Fortunately.
Baiyu still has many trivial secrets to play around with.
"I want to know the specific information about this place."
Quickly.
Baiyu posed a new round of questions.
Then.
He recited, one by one, the names of the "enlightenment teachers" he remembered growing up from a young age.
Not until he mentioned the thirty-seventh one.
Did the other party finally control these floating spores in the air, forming a response.
Due to the large amount of information this time.
A significant number of floating spores emerged from the entire well.
"The original name of the Mystical Forest was Stone Forest, where a great Divine Spirit resided.
Its body was like transparent blood.
Its face like a distorted maze.
It eternally ruled here, bathed in the glory of the blazing sun.
Until one day.
A cruel betrayal began.
The moth consumed its heart, the snake drained its blood, and the tree buried its bones.
This bloody and gory feast led the entire Stone Forest to eternal darkness."
This text reads very laboriously.
And it’s still in Mystical Language.
Trying to understand each sentence makes one feel dizzy.
Fortunately.
Baiyu’s Mysticism is now upgraded to LV3.
Even if it contains some forbidden knowledge, the impact on him is not too significant.
Of course.
This kind of response, akin to riddles, leaves Baiyu perplexed for a while.
He can’t comprehend many of the terms.
However.
There is a ready-made living dictionary in front of him.
"What does the moth refer to?"
Baiyu continued to ask.
Soon.
After recounting a series of trivial secrets, the floating spores rearranged to provide an answer:
"Blood Origin God, the moth of all beings."
"And what does the snake refer to?"
"Blood Origin God, the serpent of endless encirclement."
"What about the tree?"
"Meat Origin God, the green mother."
This round of questions and answers was drawn-out over a long time.
And the cost Baiyu paid was extremely large.
He almost divulged every trivial secret he could think of.
In the trade.
Some secrets were not counted.
For example, what he ate yesterday or the day before.
The judgment of secrets seemed to have its own standards, needing to involve some rare or peculiar knowledge.