The Colorless Dream Secret Poison

Yaxiu didn't ask the Sword Princess which path she was going to choose—he knew that even she would find it hard to decide on the spot. Tranquility had been her past ideal; tumult came from a restless heart. The two paths represented two desires in the Sword Princess that could not coexist. It was just like when she was little, wondering which of the country's two top universities she should attend—the Sword Princess really did need some time to work through this sweet trouble. But Heaven's will cuts like a blade, and the human heart is hard to fathom. Even if the Sword Princess made her decision, it would still be up to reality whether it agreed with her. Perhaps she would make up her mind on one side, only for fate on the other to insist on playing a joke on her: she wants adventure, and a situation appears that demands she look after her family; she wants a quiet life, and an accident shoves her onto the crest of the storm... By comparison, the Witch's Rainbow Blessing was more stable: [Black and White Witch] [Human Female · 19 years old] [Bond Level: 4 (75% Exp Sharing)] [Silver Blessing · Witch's Taboo: Secrecy grants you power; concealment is your weapon. The fewer people in reality who know your true inner self, the stronger you are in the Void Realm. The Black and White Witch's current concealment level is 80% (little known), granting an 80% boost to sorcery power recovery speed.] [Golden Blessing · Witch's Rebellion: Rebellion grants you power; desire is your weapon. The more you want to rebel against the people who love you—even to harbor ill intentions toward them—the stronger you are in the Void Realm. The Black and White Witch's current rebellion level is 96% (filial piety gone bad), granting 96% extra sorcery power.] [Rainbow Blessing · Witch's Worries: Worry grants you power; dissatisfaction is your weapon. The more dissatisfied you are with your current self, the stronger you are in the Void Realm. The Witch's current dissatisfaction level is 99% (Hurry Up and Transform), granting 99% sorcery power maximum capacity.] [Sorcery Power Maximum Capacity: A sorcerer can expend more sorcery power to strengthen the effect of a single casting. Currently, up to an additional 99% of sorcery power can be expended for a 99% enhancement.] [Knowledge Curse: Bronze Dragon Secret Poison, Golden Fish Secret Poison, Rainbow Tail Secret Poison, Colorless Dream Secret Poison.] The Witch's Rainbow Blessing wasn't just immediately useful—it fit her perfectly. Her Silver Blessing raised her sorcery power recovery speed, her Golden Blessing added extra sorcery power, and the sorcery power maximum capacity from her Rainbow Blessing let her exploit her long blue bar to the fullest. But... "Are you that unhappy with your current self?" Yaxiu looked at the Witch with some worry and asked seriously, "In what way? Can we help?" "Nothing much..." The corner of Diya's mouth twitched and her gaze drifted. "Just a little dissatisfaction with my looks and figure... Girls are all like that!" Sonia and Weise immediately studied the Witch's lovely features and her slender, fair figure. After all, one's Void Realm self corresponded almost exactly to one's real self—the soul is your true perception of yourself—so whatever you looked like in the Void Realm was certainly what you looked like in reality. Looks aside—perhaps the Witch really was dissatisfied with herself—but as for her figure, the Witch's body was exactly the ideal that both Sonia and Weise wanted. Though she was a body sorcerer, her limbs hadn't grown thick and bulky; they stayed in just the right healthy condition. Sonia, by contrast, had recently noticed that all her sword practice was making her thighs fleshier and fleshier. In every other respect too, the Witch's figure was such that an ounce more would seem heavy and an ounce less too frail; she was simply a perfect clothes hanger. Sonia had always been quite dissatisfied with her chest—it had been so large that she'd had to give up on some pretty clothes, and after she took up the sword, its weight left her shoulders aching noticeably—while Ingrid had no such problem. Weise had been born with a weak soul and a frail body, and even by cultivating the frailty faction she could only stay healthy. Yet she had inherited every one of Vionet's figure advantages without missing a single one, and for ease of movement she usually bound them up, so she naturally admired a healthy physique like the Witch's all the more. Whether men liked it was unknown, but the Witch definitely had the kind of angelic figure women adored—and she could still be dissatisfied? Ninety-nine percent dissatisfied, no less!? Noticing the "are you showing off?" look in the eyes of the Sword Princess and Weise, Diya could hardly explain her real troubles. What she was dissatisfied with was her white-haired little-girl form in reality! It wasn't that the Witch had no way to fix this—sorcery spirits like Reverse Month and Reverse Year could restore her from a white-haired little girl to the adult form she'd had at eighteen. The problem was that before dealing with the Gospel god, she didn't dare reverse back! If she returned to her original form and Yaxiu then suddenly went back to Gospel and saw the Yisu Empress in the palace, identical to the Witch, he would instantly grasp the whole chain of cause and effect—and then Diya, having failed to keep the secret, would have her account hijacked by the Gospel god. So Diya had to keep up little Lisi's appearance. Even if Yaxiu came back, she would have to keep up the act, and only after the Gospel god was dealt with could she reveal her true self. For that reason, Diya's 99% dissatisfaction with her white-haired little-girl form was only natural. The remaining 1% was probably the prank she had always wanted to play on Yaxiu—just imagine: after Yaxiu returned to Gospel, one night little Lisi insisted on sleeping in his arms, and when he woke the next morning he found a gorgeous woman in his embrace... That would definitely be fun! Yaxiu was still a little worried, but since Diya wanted to gloss over the topic, he didn't press further. Respect meant acknowledging that the other person was capable and independent, and reaching out a hand when she needed help. [Yulanweise] [Human Female · 24 years old] [Bond Level: 4 (75% Exp Sharing)] [Silver Blessing · Yulanweise's Protective Coloration: The weak scholar always receives more affection; once you have felt goodwill toward Yulanweise, it becomes very hard to harbor ill will against her.] [Golden Blessing · Yulanweise's Armament Color: The clever scholar always finds suitable prey; targets locked by Yulanweise easily grow stupid and dull-witted. When the target's side is clearly stronger than Yulanweise, the target will pick out details suggesting that Yulanweise still has a hidden card to play, and out of fear will voluntarily give up; when the target's side is clearly weaker than Yulanweise, the target will use every kind of reason to convince themselves that the advantage is theirs, abandon escape, and throw themselves in to die. Their intelligence, however, soon returns to normal.] [Rainbow Blessing · Yulanweise's Observation Color: The lonely scholar always avoids the crowd; Yulanweise can notice everyone moving within a ten-meter radius of her, and whenever others conceive the idea of pursuing Yulanweise, she will sense it in her heart. This effect does not apply to people Yulanweise wants to meet.] [Knowledge Curse: Vortex Secret Poison, Illusion Mirror Dragon Secret Poison, Colorless Dream Secret Poison.] After hearing Yaxiu describe her Rainbow Blessing, Weise was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "You know all my blessings?" "Yes." Yaxiu had barely said it before he realized why Weise's expression was so odd. Protective Coloration and Armament Color! Unlike the others' blessings, Weise's Silver Blessing, Protective Coloration, was a passive aura: anyone who felt goodwill toward her was immediately affected, and Yaxiu and the others were naturally no exception. Even though there was no conflict between them now, once they knew Protective Coloration existed, the next time a dispute arose and they reached a compromise, Yaxiu would inevitably wonder: had he compromised with Weise because he was affected by Protective Coloration? The strength of Protective Coloration lay in influencing others without their ever noticing; its weakness lay in that, once known, it bred endless wariness. Not to mention a devastating tool like Armament Color—both were offensive blessings that made people fall victim without ever realizing it. Weise knew this perfectly well. To an enemy, her talents might not be stronger than the Sword Princess's or the Witch's, but as a teammate, her talents were simply unstoppable. Mercury Trojan had vaguely sensed this, which was why he had brought people in from other regions to assassinate her rather than simply giving orders to her subordinates. She was a traitor blessed by the Void Realm, a mole who survived by devouring trust. Yet after pondering a moment, Yaxiu went on to tell the Sword Princess and the Witch about the effects of Weise's Protective Coloration and Armament Color as well. Just as Weise's heart was sinking, he instead began describing his own blessings: [Silver Blessing · Spectator's Visage: Your appearance is deceptive; unless you do something unusual, others will subconsciously overlook your presence. In the Void Realm this blessing is strengthened: unless they share an intimate bond with you, others cannot see your face clearly.] [Golden Blessing · Listener's Sorrow: Your existence is deceptive; unless you deliberately seek out danger and death, others' hostility toward you drops by one degree. In the Void Realm this blessing is strengthened: unless they share an intimate bond with you, others find it hard to muster killing intent toward you.] [Rainbow Blessing · Troubadour's Words: Your words are deceptive; unless what you say is too outrageous, others tend to believe you. In the Void Realm this blessing is strengthened: unless they share an intimate bond with you, others will believe your words for at least one second.] This time, Yaxiu was very satisfied with his Rainbow Blessing! It wasn't like the Sword Princess's, which boosted lethality; or the Witch's, which enhanced casting effects; or Weise's, which improved scouting ability. But compared with Spectator's Visage, meant for hiding, and Listener's Sorrow, which lowered hostility, Troubadour's Words was at least an active skill! It wasn't only useful in daily life—Troubadour's Words could produce miraculous results in battle too. For instance, if Yaxiu shouted in the middle of a fight, "I'm your dad!" then no matter who it was, they would believe him for a second! Unless he ran into a model of filial piety who would kill even his own dad without mercy, anyone would hesitate for a second—and in a battle at the legendary level, that second was enough for Yaxiu to turn defeat into victory! The Sword Princess and the Witch both declared that Yaxiu should never have gotten such a skill. "Doesn't that mean the Watcher can deceive people at will from now on?!" Diya, who could deceive others but would not tolerate being deceived herself, was very alarmed. "Deceiving people is the lesser problem," Sonia said darkly. "What makes this blessing more powerful is that it can brainwash you slowly. If he keeps feeding us odd values, we might end up unknowingly remade into people who let him take whatever he pleases—" "Stop, stop, stop!" Yaxiu cried. "This is obviously the Void Realm rewarding me for being honest and kind! How can you assume from the start that I'd use this blessing to do bad things? I'd never deceive anyone!" "So you're saying you might feed us odd values?" "Isn't a little clash of values normal in casual conversation? As the saying goes, the more truth is debated, the clearer it becomes. We can chat more about current events from time to time—for example, whether a game should be exclusive to a single platform or released on all of them..." "Are you really talking about games?" Watching them bicker and trade quips as always, Weise suddenly felt a sting in her nose and couldn't help laughing. She understood Yaxiu's underlying meaning: your blessings are especially effective against teammates, but mine aren't bad either! If blessing effects could crack their trust, then I would be the prime suspect, the one who should be trusted least. Just as the Sword Princess and the Witch never doubted Yaxiu, she too had won everyone's trust—perhaps from the accumulation of everyday life, perhaps because they had faced death together in the Dream Kingdom of Heaven. Finally, they came to the part everyone was most curious about: the Colorless Dream Secret Poison! [Colorless Dream Secret Poison] [Secret Poison Infected Count: 10] [Secret Poison Enhancement Level: 10%] [Current Secret Poison Effects: ① You can convert seven-color sorcery power into primary-color sorcery power at a ratio of 60:40; ② When you use primary-color sorcery power to wield a sorcery spirit below Four-Wing, it can display effects equal to a Four-Wing; ③ While you hold this secret poison, all your colorless sorcery power converts into primary-color sorcery power; using primary-color sorcery power to wield Four-Wing sorcery spirits reduces sorcery power consumption by 10%, and same-color sorcery spirits gain a major boost. (When the enhancement level reaches 11%, the benefits will decrease.)]