Alvin looked at the information displayed on the golden page and sighed when he saw all his elements were now shown as E rank. "So my body really got damaged during the experiment those Newgate Alliance members conducted on me..."
Goldy shook her head. "No, according to what I learned from the Golden Tome, master's magic core does not seem to be connected to your body like others. So the only possible explanation is that what affected your magic core is your Dragon God bloodline, not the damage to master's body."
Alvin looked at Goldy in surprise. "What do you mean by that? Is not everyone's magic core connected to both their body and sea of consciousness?"
Goldy blinked her eyes in confusion. "Goldy also does not know why, but Goldy can ask the Golden Tome if master wants."
Alvin nodded. "Go ahead, ask it."
Goldy once again opened her mouth, and after a few seconds, the golden book glowed slightly as though it was communicating with Goldy.
Goldy turned to Alvin and said, "It says the 'Cursed Blood Simian' bloodline is preventing master's body from connecting to the magic core. That's why master has poor magic sensing ability compared to others, and why master couldn't open the sea of consciousness until now , even though the magic core awakened at the age of two."
Alvin frowned when he heard this."Nonsense. Before that experiment was conducted on my body, I had SSS rank magic talent, just like Lyra. How could my magic sensing ability be poor? As far as I know, my previous self simply wasn't interested in practicing magic. That's the reason I've only now opened my sea of consciousness..."
Goldy turned to the golden book once again, and after some time she said, "It is saying that it was the conflict between master's bloodlines that made it impossible for master to open the sea of consciousness in the past, and it has nothing to do with master's interest in practicing magic. Even if master tried hard enough, without external help master would not have been able to cultivate."
"Since both your bloodlines were of the highest SSS rank, they suppressed each other. But during the experiment, master's dragon bloodline regressed to a negligible level, giving the Cursed blood Simian bloodline a chance to completely occupy your body."
"Due to this, the little connection that existed between the magic core and master's body was completely severed. Master's soul would have collapsed due to this, but fortunately at that time the Golden Tome was in master's sea of consciousness. Senior Kaliyan used his soul energy to forcefully mutate master's Dragon God bloodline and connected the magic core detached from master's body to the Dragon God bloodline, forcefully raising it back to E rank."
Alvin was still frowning after he heard all this explanation. He could understand why the magic cores were not attached to his body and why they were completely expelled from his body once the Cursed blood Simian bloodline gained dominance, but there was still one more question left unanswered.
"But why do I have all these elements? Previously, like Lyra, I only had lightning, darkness, space, water, and time elements. Is it because of the experiment conducted on my body?"
Goldy nodded. "Yes, they integrated magic cores of monsters into master's body."
Alvin took a deep breath to calm his nerves when he heard this. After all, if not for Senior Kaliyan's help, he would have already died. How could he not hate those bastards who tried to take his life?
After a while, Alvin asked Goldy again, "Now, what about these stats listed here? And why is there a separate form written for my spirit?"
Goldy explained, "These stats measure the capabilities of a non-cultivator or magic beast on a scale from zero to ten. An average person would typically have a stat of one in each attribute, but master's stats are higher, meaning master is already physically stronger than most average adults.
As for the spirit stat, since Goldy has become part of master's soul, master can access Goldy's powers. That's why the spirit is marked at its maximum."
Goldy lifted her chin at this moment and said proudly, "Now among non cultivators, master is the strongest in this world when it comes to spirit, even if you compare with magic beasts with ancient bloodlines."
Alvin's eyes lit up. "Does that mean at every realm my spirit cultivation will remain at the maximum of that realm without even cultivating?"
Goldy nodded smugly.
"Wow Goldy, you are awesome. I thought except being cute, you were not much use in combat, but you proved me wrong today," Alvin said to Goldy with a smile.
Goldy pouted her cheeks when she heard this. "Goldy can also fight bad guys without using spirit techniques."
"How so?" Alvin asked with interest.
Goldy opened her small mouth and showed a toothless smile. "Goldy can bite them."
Alvin laughed out once more when he saw this. "Goldy, you truly are cute... Now tell me how to record that battle technique in the Golden Tome. Let us see if I can grasp something from it before we leave for the hunt today."
Goldy floated towards the golden book and said, "Master can just read the technique, Goldy will help you record it in one of the golden pages."
Alvin nodded and left the sea of consciousness. After that, he took out the Third Hand of Assura: Overload Bow technique scroll and started reading mindlessly from the start even though he did not understand a thing from what he read.
After completing the entire scroll, Alvin once again entered his sea of consciousness.
He was surprised to see that now there was one more golden page floating before the page named Heavenly Eyes.
Body cultivation : realm none
[Attribute] spirit : max
Third Hand of Assura: Overload Bow (F rank): [an inferior imitation of the third scripture of the Primordial Asura body forging art. Has the hidden benefit of increasing the practitioner's spirit attribute]
Proficiency: (yet to start)
Pure true essence: 0
Body true essence: 0
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"So this is an imitated version of another technique, huh... well, that is to be expected. If this were truly some impressive technique, Grandpa Chief would have already sold it in the city. But it is a pity though, my spirit is already at the max level of non cultivators due to Goldy, so this increasing spirit attribute benefit is not applicable for me," Alvin nodded to himself after reading the description on the golden page.
Alvin then turned to Goldy and asked, "Goldy, what about the three new columns that appeared in this golden page?"
Goldy flew to Alvin's shoulder and said, "Master, proficiency measures your understanding of the technique. A full understanding indicates complete mastery. As for the other two columns, pure true essence and body true essence are used to increase the proficiency of the technique."