Chapter 484: Chapter 2: The Unexpected Seed

His action actually delayed the arrival of the family crisis by several decades.

It seems like a long time, but for mid to high-rank professionals, it is merely a small fraction of their lives.

Therefore, in this precious development time that he had fought for, he must take each step carefully.

The ideal situation would be to find some external entities that could serve as fuel for the Ancient Secret Scripture, preferably stacking his attribute to above Ninth Rank.

Even if that’s not possible, he at least needs to acquire enough strength to protect himself and not be easily killed by an enemy’s slap.

At the same time, he also has an issue with the Ancient Secret Scripture that needs to be addressed.

During his discreet life in the Federation, in order to establish the foundation of the Embers Organization, Anvis personally injected Twisted Seeds into some high-rank professionals from the Evil Camp.

The current upper limit of simultaneously existing Twisted Seeds that the Ancient Secret Scripture can evolve to is seven.

At that time, the only Twisted Seed carriers still alive were Matt, who had joined the Starfire Organization, and Ogman, who was researching Perfect Blood on the small island.

In other words, he should still be able to utilize five Twisted Seeds.

However, when he actually took control of his subordinates, he noticed that the number of Twisted Seeds he could use had inexplicably decreased by one, leaving only four.

He studied it for a while, but found no problem; thus, he put the issue aside for the time being and did not investigate further. Controlling four high-rank professionals was almost enough.

However, in the past half a month, the last Twisted Seed’s location suddenly experienced a special fluctuation.

A barely detectable connection suddenly emerged out of nowhere in his Spirit Sea.

At that time, upon sensing this connection, Anvis found it strange but still slowly injected some spiritual power into it, providing nourishment for the existence of that Twisted Seed to prevent its dissolution again.

Tonight was the moment it fully recovered.

Maintaining a shallow meditation state, Anvis patiently followed the invisible, fine power channel, slowly infusing spiritual power and nourishing the Twisted Seed’s existence.

After an unknown amount of time, suddenly, in the Spirit Sea of Anvis, a star that looked the same as the other Twisted Seeds, yet with a slightly dimmer brightness, lit up where he was injecting spiritual power.

At the same time, a new set of information followed the trajectory of the starlight and entered Anvis’s Spirit Sea.

Reading the information automatically sent back by the Twisted Seed, Anvis finally understood the origin of this Twisted Seed—the Holy Radiance Church Bishop, Yanile.

Anvis previously thought he had died in the Secret Magic Ceremony of the Saint Plan, but in fact, he wasn’t truly dead. Instead, he was urgently rescued and taken back by the people of the Church.

The original purpose of the ceremony was to ‘create’ a Ninth Rank Limit chosen one, but for some unknown reason, two of the seven Bishops disintegrated into light, and the aftermath formed the pillar of light on the Night of Divine Visitation.

The remaining four Bishops were also seriously injured, and their souls were subsequently irretrievably assimilated by Holy Power, their self-wills completely dissipated.

Only Bishop Yanile stubbornly survived all the dangers, and after more than a year of slumber, he recently awakened. Furthermore, the misfortune turned into a blessing, improving his body’s affinity and purity with Holy Power.

Also, under the ultimate Holy Power infusion of the ceremony, Yanile directly broke through the final bottleneck of Eighth Rank and became the youngest Ninth Order holy practitioner in history.

The awakening of Yanile shook the entire Holy Radiance Church, and even the current Pope Saint Messia III was startled and personally visited him. After that, he immediately announced him as his apprentice.

After receiving the information sent back by the seed, Anvis felt a mixture of joy and concern.

He was pleased that he might soon gain a Ninth Rank undercover operative, but worried that once the other party broke through to Ninth Rank, he was uncertain whether the Twisted Seed would still be effective against Yanile.

Although the Ancient Secret Scripture holds a high status, the Ninth Rank Holy Position holders of the Holy Radiance Church are ultimately different from other Professionals; facing the legendary “Divine Power,” even Anvis felt somewhat uncertain.

While the connection seems to still be there, Anvis couldn’t be sure whether this was deliberately maintained by the other party after their discovery, intending to use it as a trap to lure him into revealing himself.

Gazing at the stars before him, after contemplating for a moment, Anvis ultimately decided to observe for a while longer.

He had once issued a command to Yanile that, upon obtaining information about the Saint Plan, to transmit the message to him through the Twisted Seed.

Now, with Yanile becoming a student of the Pope, the probability of him coming into contact with the true secrets of the Church Court greatly increased.

As long as the other party continues to send him messages, then he wouldn’t be at a loss.

.….….

“…Yes, Father, I wish to return to Pamir Academy for further studies.”

After spending several days in the Family Secret Realm playing with Fiona and sharing many of his travel experiences with the girl, Anvis sought Duke Carrot once more to apply to return to Pamir Academy.

He couldn’t possibly hide and study in the Family Secret Realm for an extended period like Fiona; to him, that would be tantamount to sitting and waiting for death.

Returning to the academy had many benefits. First, it reinforced to the outside world the notion that ‘Anvis himself was never missing,’ indirectly validating the authenticity of his earlier letters.

At the same time, it provided a good cover for his private actions.

Now that his real strength had broken through to Eighth Rank, he could leave a clone behind at the academy at any time to confuse others, while his main body took the opportunity to leave and do other things.

Lastly, as the top magic academy in the entire Empire, Pamir Academy would occasionally have forbidden Magic Artifacts appear, which he always covertly coveted.

The students of Pamir were also very valuable magic talents, equally worth cultivating.

“Alright, if that’s your decision.”

Gazing at the composed and handsome young man standing before him, after much deliberation, Duke Carrot finally nodded in agreement with Anvis’s decision.

He was very clear that Anvis’s purpose was definitely not just to study magic or like other ordinary noble youths to indulge himself a few more years outside.

Towards his own son, who was astonishingly worry-free, Carrot always had an extremely tolerant attitude.

And as for Anvis’s true strength, he actually had a vague guess. But since his child did not wish to disclose it, he would not deliberately probe.

“Is this really okay, will Anvis encounter danger?”

Moments after Anvis took his leave with a bow, from the shadowy corner of the study room, the low voice of Duchess Elena arose.

“There are no ventures without risk, my dear. But since our child has already made his choice, all we need to do is to offer him our blessings and support.”

In front of the large desk, Duke gently touched the cool engravings of the Secret Gold Sleeve Buttons, as if responding to Elena, yet seemed to be murmuring to himself.

“A true strong individual can never be born in a greenhouse—”