Preet Kingdom, Tivian North Suburb, Green Shade Town.
On the balcony of Number 17 Green Shade Town, Dorothy was sitting there, drinking coffee and enjoying the sunset to the west, while recalling what she had seen and heard in the distant New World just now.
'Hoh, I really didn't expect it. I was worried about not having Spirituality, but the secret transmission came to me on its own.'
Dorothy thought happily. Her main focus now was accumulating Spirituality for advancement, and she was worried about the slow accumulation. Now, she had inexplicably gotten a freebie. The feeling of getting something for free was still quite satisfying, no matter when or where.
'I didn't expect that the method of expelling spirits in this New World relies on Spirit Sight. Spirit Sight has a far greater impact on the undead than on ordinary people, so Spirit Sight can also be used to expel spirits. I've learned something new. I didn't expect Spirit Sight to have such a use.'
Nodding, Dorothy continued to ponder. Just now, she had not only linked to Kapak's visual information but also to his auditory information, so she could hear the conversation between Kapak and the Old Shaman afterward. Dorothy knew the specific situation there.
'And also, this kid Kapak was actually taken as an Apprentice by the Shaman of his tribe? A spirit expulsion ritual ended up becoming an apprenticeship ritual. It's really dramatic... That Shaman is truly thoughtful.'
Dorothy continued to think. Regarding that Old Shaman's thoughts, she could guess them. The main reason he took Kapak as an Apprentice was to monitor Kapak at close range, to monitor the so-called "spirits" within his body. It was obvious that he regarded Aka as a powerful soul of unknown origin, residing in Kapak.
'This Old Shaman is also quite sensible. Power of unknown origin needs to be monitored and controlled at close range. It seems he also hopes to guide the unknown power in Kapak towards helping the tribe... But this is also good. If Kapak becomes a Shaman Apprentice, he will have more opportunities to access other Shaman knowledge in the future, which is exactly what I want.'
Dorothy thought this way. After that, she shifted her attention to the secret transmission from the New World, which she had recorded through Kapak's eyes just now.
This secret transmission carved on a withered tree had no name or author. The content written on it was the cultivation method of the Shamans of the indigenous tribes in the New World. First, the section Dorothy saw should be the introductory chapter for Shamans.
Carved on this withered tree secret transmission was a series of spirit communication techniques, including how ordinary people can use items and small rituals to find spirits, see spirits, communicate with spirits, judge the good and evil of spirits, and precautions when contacting spirits, and so on.
If an ordinary person could master these techniques, they would become an excellent medium. It also explained that the role of a Shaman is to be a channel of communication between spirits and people.
However, it did not specify the techniques for accumulating Spirituality, meaning that even if one mastered the skills above, they could not become an Extraordinary. Dorothy thought that the accumulation of Shaman Spirituality should be a more advanced chapter, perhaps found in other cultivation places.
After organizing the secret transmission she had just obtained, Dorothy immediately extracted Spirituality from it. This time, she obtained 3 points of "Silence" and 2 points of "enlightenment," which increased Dorothy's "Silence" Spirituality inventory somewhat. Now, Dorothy's Spirituality was like this:
6 Cups, 7 Stones, 6 Shadows, 1 Light, 7 Silence, 9 enlightenment.
"Hmm~ very good. Now 'enlightenment' is almost one-third full. If I continue to collect it in this step-by-step manner, it will be full again soon."
Looking at the 9 points of "enlightenment" she had accumulated, Dorothy murmured happily, the speed of Spirituality accumulation was much faster than she had expected.
'However... my 'Light' seems a bit low. Although I don't lack divination in my storage, I will need at least 10 points of 'Light' when I advance. I still have to find a way to collect some, but when I went to Beverly's place to buy books last time, the 'Light' secret transmission there was already sold out, which is a bit awkward...'
Dorothy thought this way. The "Light" secret transmissions are basically related to the Shining Light Church. The Shining Light Church has a habit of collecting various scriptures, so there won't be too many "Light" secret transmissions on the market.
After all, the quantity of secret transmissions is actually much less than that of stored items. The reason why the price is not sky-high for every book is mainly because others cannot utilize secret transmissions like Dorothy can. If others could extract Spirituality from secret transmissions like Dorothy, then the price of secret transmissions would definitely be inflated to be similar to "enlightenment."
"It seems that next time I communicate with Vanya, I'll ask her if she can get some secret transmissions from the Church."
Dorothy murmured, and then she shifted her gaze to the large pile of books stacked on the table. These were medical books she had borrowed from the library. In the past few days, Dorothy had relied on these books to hard-core transform Kapak into a doctor.
"Although it took some effort, fortunately, there was a return in the end... But speaking of which, I read so many medical books, and the 'Cup' Spirituality I obtained was less than 1 point. The difference between secular knowledge and hidden knowledge is so great..."
Looking at the medical books on the table, Dorothy said this. Although she believed that the value of many secular knowledge was no less than, or even higher than, hidden knowledge, the difference in Spirituality contained within them was truly vast. Dorothy had originally hoped that reading so many medical books would give her 1 point of "Cup", but she didn't get even 1 point.
So much profound and essential knowledge, created with painstaking effort, capable of curing diseases and saving people, is not worth 1 "Cup". On the contrary, a few cannibalistic techniques from the Fetal Garment Cult are worth 3 or 4 points of "Cup". Is something wrong here? Why is the gap between hidden knowledge and secular knowledge so large? For a moment, these kinds of thoughts emerged in Dorothy's mind.
'Let's think about it from another perspective. Hidden knowledge contains a large amount of Spirit Sight. Because it contains Spirit Sight, hidden knowledge is inevitably unable to spread widely, cannot be directly placed before the public, and cannot be widely applied to social activities and production practices, so this knowledge is "hidden." Knowledge that does not contain a large amount of Spirit Sight can spread widely and directly promote social development and the progress of civilization, so this knowledge is "secular."
'For example... these medical skills are secular knowledge with not much Spirit Sight. Only then can they spread widely and benefit the public. If they contained a large amount of Spirit Sight and were hidden knowledge, then they could only become secret transmissions in the hands of hidden societies, known and applied by only a very small number of people.
'Thinking this way, the key point in defining secular and hidden is Spirit Sight. Knowledge with a large amount of Spirit Sight is hidden knowledge, and they construct the hidden world, while knowledge without a large amount of Spirit Sight creates and maintains the surface secular society.
'So the question is, what is the essence of Spirit Sight?'