The Three Realms Thief Chapter 39

The canteen was much emptier.

Mealtime was over.

The logistics teacher stood in the center of the canteen, made a hand seal, and activated his spiritual power.

The intricate array patterns covering the entire canteen lit up, forming a powerful force that swept across the canteen floor, tabletops, and even all the bowls and chopsticks in the “dish return area.”

Instantly.

Everything was gleaming clean, exuding a lemon scent.

In the teacher’s hand, however, a black, filthy sphere floated.

“Work’s done, dinner time!”

The teacher shouted, throwing the sphere into a pre-prepared garbage disposal bin, and called out to the kitchen staff.

The students had finished eating.

Now it was time for the logistics staff to eat.

Xu Yuan watched the entire process before getting up to grab some food, then headed to the hospital to deliver a meal.

After sitting with his mother for a short while, he returned to school.

Classroom.

He sat in the last row and took out a pen from his drawer.

At this time, his classmates were either eating or taking their lunch break.

The classroom was empty, not a soul in sight.

Xu Yuan sat in the last row, took out the blank slip of paper, thought for a moment, and wrote a line of text:

“I already possess the ring and its other set piece.”

The pen stopped.

—Would this historical branch be established?

He waited for a breath.

All the small characters instantly disappeared.

The paper remained blank.

New prompts quickly appeared on his retina:

“Please write down an expectation that aligns with reality.”

Not established!

Xu Yuan wrote again:

“Yesterday, I finally obtained the ‘Last Enlightenment Ring,’ thus completing two pieces of the set.”

—Would this be established?

Since the first half of the sentence was something that had already happened, the chances of it being established should be relatively high.

The pen stopped.

The words on the paper disappeared.

New prompts quickly appeared on his retina:

“Please write down an expectation that aligns with reality.”

Still not established!

It has to align with reality…

How is this supposed to work?

The reality is that I don’t have the other piece.

Xu Yuan stared at the silver ring.

For a long time.

A thought suddenly emerged in his mind.

This Enlightenment Ring actually had a special description:

“—At the appropriate time, the ring will guide your direction.”

Perhaps he could work with that?

To receive guidance, he needed—

“The appropriate time.”

Given the current situation, in what environment was he most likely to obtain the other item?

…Store.

Yes.

Stores can refresh their inventory.

Why couldn’t he buy the other set piece in a store?

It was entirely possible!

After all, he even got this ring from the novice gift pack!

The scope of a store was much larger!

It was entirely possible that that item could be refreshed!

—It was just that the difficulty would be too high and the probability too small!

But no matter how small the possibility, as long as it existed, it aligned with the development of reality!

Other people could even win lotteries worth hundreds of millions!

So, it was normal for him to refresh the items and accurately stumble upon a set piece.

Xu Yuan invigorated his spirit and quickly wrote on the paper:

“In the ‘Apprentice Qi Cultivator’s Combat Preparation Room,’ I refreshed an item, although I didn’t yet know it was a piece of a set.”

“But the ‘Last Enlightenment Ring’ guided me.”

“So I eventually bought it.”

As soon as these small characters were written, new lines of text quickly appeared below them, connected to what Xu Yuan had written.

“Historical branch established.”

“This historical branch was born from your will and did not affect anything that happened in past eras.”

“Congratulations.”

“Your item ‘Last Enlightenment Ring’ has acquired an unknown personal history:”

“Your store was stationed in the ‘Border Town War’ ten years ago, and you unintentionally refreshed a mysterious item.”

“The ring emitted a brilliant light, shining on the item, making you aware of its unusual nature.”

“You spent 244 Gold Coins to purchase it.”

“Thus.”

“You inadvertently completed this pair of mysterious set items!”

All the small characters displayed, and the paper disappeared.

Xu Yuan felt a shock.

—It seems it was established!

Yes.

Only things that could possibly happen in reality could qualify as historical branches!

At the same time.

Countless images flooded his mind.

Just now.

He had continuously refreshed the shop without any regard for cost.

Finally.

A rusty pendant appeared on the shelf.

He was about to examine it more closely when he noticed the silver ring on his hand suddenly lit up.

The ring emitted a brilliant light towards the pendant, providing extremely clear guidance.

Without a doubt.

He was incredibly lucky, having refreshed the other set piece as well!

There was simply no need to hesitate.

He invested all his gold coins to purchase the pendant.

—He got it!

As Xu Yuan was quietly thinking, he suddenly felt something extra in his hand.

He looked down.

It was precisely that dull, grey pendant.

A dim silver chain strung with a strange finger bone.

“You have obtained the ‘Last Truth Insignia’.”

“Effect: For every layer your strength increases, your Agility attribute gains a ‘+1’ effect, limited to the Qi Refining stage.”

“Equip it?”

Like the Enlightenment Ring, this could only function during the Qi Refining stage!

The limitation was quite strong.

Xu Yuan sighed, but quickly cheered up again.

—Thinking this way was actually wrong!

Although it could only be useful during the Qi Refining stage, there were 9 layers in the Qi Refining stage.

In other words—

He could gain at least 9 points of Agility!

A sharp Qiongxia Sword with +5 allowed one to cut through ordinary longswords.

Agility +9 was an even more terrifying number!

Who needed a bicycle?

This insignia could provide a full 9 points of Agility, which was already quite terrifying!

There was no need to wish for anything else!

—At least during the Qi Refining stage, this was the case!

Xu Yuan unhesitatingly hung the pendant around his neck.

Instantly.

Countless tiny glowing words violently appeared, continuously refreshing in the void:

“You have equipped the ‘Last Truth Insignia’.”

“You have gained Agility +2 in attributes.”

“You simultaneously possess the ‘Last Enlightenment Ring’ and the ‘Last Truth Insignia’.”

“Truth Set completed (2/2).”

“Set effects activated as follows:”

“You have gained the corresponding identity: Apostle of Truth; at the same time, you have received the inheritance of the Apostle of Truth: Azure Sky Leads to Yellow Springs (Soul Technique).”

“Soul techniques need to be activated in a specific dojo.”

“Please strive.”

What did “Apostle of Truth” mean?

Not only did he gain this identity, but he could also directly cultivate a Soul Technique!

Xu Yuan sat at his desk, unable to calm the shock in his heart for a long time.

The phrase “Soul techniques need to be activated in a specific dojo” was actually redundant.

Many soul techniques required specific rituals.

Indeed.

He didn’t know what that “specific dojo” was.

But it didn’t matter.

The next time he obtained a “blank destiny branch,” just like learning “Spirit Communication Technique,” he could just activate it, right?

Soul techniques were extremely obscure, profound, and difficult to learn, involving one’s soul.

High school textbooks only contained pure theoretical knowledge.

Even students who had awakened their Qi Sense didn’t have any decent soul techniques to learn.

There was only one—

“Soul Excursion.”

This thing was pointless, and using it too much would lead to mental exhaustion.

But look at the skill of this Apostle of Truth—

“Azure Sky Leads to Yellow Springs”!

The swagger!

…He was rich.

Once he learned this soul technique, he might understand more about what this “Apostle of Truth” was all about.

Xu Yuan stretched and stood up.

He had been continuously refreshing the store just now.

He bought a 100-gold notepaper and a Truth Insignia.

Additionally.

His sword art had become flying swords.

There was no room for short-term improvement.

Everything he could prepare, he had already prepared.

Now he only had 50 gold coins left.

He needed to save a little for unforeseen circumstances.

It was only 1:30 PM.

Nothing to do.

A morning of intense battle, then meeting the little boy again.

He also used up a historical branch.

He was indeed a bit tired.

It was still early before afternoon classes.

The classroom was empty.

Looking forward from the back row, he could only see stacks of exercise books piled on the desks.

Next to the blackboard, it still read “190 days until Gaokao.”

Silence.

“What a wonderful day.”

Xu Yuan murmured, took out a meditation cushion from his desk, placed it on his chair, crossed his legs, and began to meditate.

Perhaps it was the “30% increase in cultivation speed” effect on the ring.

He only felt the spiritual energy in his body exceptionally active, and with each circulation of his cultivation technique, each cycle of the universe, his spiritual energy would genuinely strengthen a little.

If he continued to cultivate like this, he wouldn’t be far from the third layer of Qi Refining!

Time slowly passed.

In the classroom.

People gradually started to arrive.

By the time class was about to start, most people had arrived.

Except for Li Tao.

It was said that he was originally in Jiang Xueyao’s group.

But during warm-up, he couldn’t even block one of Jiang Xueyao’s moves and was sent directly to the infirmary.

Everyone sighed.

Only half a year until Gaokao.

If his injuries could heal sooner…

It should be in time for the Gaokao.

At this moment, the sky was clear blue, and the warm autumn sun shone through the window, landing on Xu Yuan’s face.

A slight smile played on his lips, completely oblivious to his surroundings, only focused on his cultivation.

Several girls secretly glanced at him, then again.

Zhao Afei excitedly ran into the classroom, intending to talk to him, but seeing him cultivating, he reluctantly held back for the time being.

The class bell rang.

Xu Yuan finally opened his eyes and stretched his limbs.

The homeroom teacher hadn’t arrived yet.

Students were either reading, doing exercises, or whispering quietly.

Xu Yuan was about to pick up a pen to write something, but he found his pen was missing—

Who took it?

He looked around.

His deskmate, Fan Yan, was known as “Sleeping Immortal.”

This guy had a “Mute Talisman” buried in the collar under his neck.

This way, his snoring wouldn’t make any sound.

He also had a “Beauty-Enhancing Talisman” on each side of his cheeks, similar to an illusion.

—From a distance, he looked like he was wide awake, energetic, and smiling focusedly.

Then he would tilt his head back and sit upright, sleeping.

No matter which teacher came to class, they would think this student, although sitting in the back corner and not doing well academically, was quite serious about listening to class.

It had been over a week since Fan Yan invented this trick.

No teacher had noticed yet!

It was truly amazing.

Xu Yuan didn’t want to disturb him, so he poked the girl in front of him and quietly asked:

“Wen Xiaoning, have you seen my pen?”