During the days since leaving Blackwater City.
Lin Gui had been like a messenger who had finally stepped onto the right track.
He rushed mechanically and regularly between one dead city-state after another.
He piloted the flying vessel, soared over the wastelands, and passed through the mists.
Arriving, hanging the letters, waiting, collecting replies, and leaving.
Then, flying to the next gray ruin.
An endless cycle.
Out of the total of seven thousand seven hundred and sixty letters sent from Blackwater City to the various city-states.
Lin Gui had already delivered nearly half.
Over four thousand letters.
Now, he was only one hundred and thirty letters and one Special Commission away from the total goal of ten thousand letters required for the Messenger's Advancement Quest.
If all went well.
Lin Gui might even be able to complete the most difficult goal of sending ten thousand letters within the next two stops.
This thought allowed his exhausted spirit to brighten slightly.
Aside from that.
Every time he safely arrived at a node city-state designated by the system.
And after completing a sign-off rate of over seventy percent for that node.
The system would give him a corresponding mana reward, along with a proportional number of novice magic spells.
Fortunately, it had been smooth sailing all the way.
Lin Gui had achieved sign-off rates far exceeding seventy percent.
This was likely because most of the addressees in Blackwater City were ordinary people.
And their families were mostly ordinary people as well.
In the face of that desperate calamity, because they lacked the power to escape, they had chosen to wait for death... and thus "escaped" the disaster of being scattered.
Consequently, most of the recipients were still present.
Though Lin Gui wasn't entirely sure if their "survival" as ghosts counted as being "alive."
At the very least, their thought processes were no different from normal people.
In fact, they were far too active.
All in all, Lin Gui had successfully completed the Weekly Commissions for every node along the way.
And he had received a massive amount of rewards from the system.
They were a motley collection, covering everything from basic elements to some niche fields.
Aside from a few that Lin Gui believed might be useful in the future.
The rest were basically useless magic spells.
Like the one that allowed fingernails to grow just a tiny bit...
Which was bizarrely categorized as a metal-element spell... Nail Growth.
It wasn't "Growth of Armor," but growth of one's actual fingernails.
To be honest, this was the first time Lin Gui had ever seen a novice magic spell like that.
There were many similar ones, such as Hair Growth, Lubrication, and Whistling.
Among the newly added spells, only a few actually piqued Lin Gui's interest.
Specifically, only two.
The first was Soul Attachment.
A novice soul-element spell with a very simple effect: it granted a brief physical touch to the soul one made contact with.
Lin Gui was familiar with almost all known soul magic.
However, Soul Attachment was indeed not part of any established system.
It was very niche.
It was almost useless for combat, defense, or exploration.
But here, within the Wall of Sighs.
It could have the same miraculous effect as Clarity.
At the very least, Lin Gui would be able to attack those spectral demons that could ignore physical and energy attacks.
Granted, the power was extremely weak.
At most, it could only reinforce Mid Rank spells.
As for the other one, it was a genuine surprise.
The only "Gold pull" out of over four thousand novice magic spells.
A novice spatial-element spell—Spatial Mark.
Through the system description, Lin Gui understood its effect:
He could mark a location.
Leaving behind a unique magical imprint.
No matter where he went afterward, and regardless of whether the location was within his line of sight.
He could clearly perceive the direction and distance of the marked point.
It still sounded niche.
But in the wilderness, this function was vital.
In the past, when Lin Gui traversed the wilds, his biggest headache was positioning.
Maps often had errors, landmarks could change, and the presence of demons would disrupt directions.
If he had Spatial Mark.
He could leave marks at safe zones, supply points, and temporary camps.
No matter how far he traveled, he would be able to find his way back.
He could also leave marks at the city-states he passed through.
When returning, he wouldn't need to constantly compare road signs and maps from his arrival to find the way.
【System Weekly Commission completion rate → 90.09%】
【Detected that all letters from Blackwater City to Whitestone City have arrived.】
【Ding! Weekly Commission completed!】
【Content: Successfully delivered 432 letters to recipients in Whitestone City.】
【Sources:】
【Blackwater City: 245 letters.】
【Stonestrand Town: 23 letters.】
【Longbridge Fort: 13 letters.】
【.......】
【Three-Way Junction: 56 letters.】
【Sign-off Progress: 393 letters signed (Current Progress: 90.09%)】
【Distributing rewards...】
【You have successfully delivered 393 letters, obtaining random Novice Magic x393.】
【Duplicate magic will automatically be converted into corresponding proficiency.】
【Magic with maximum proficiency can be cast chantless.】
【Congratulations to the Host for obtaining:】
【Water-element Novice Magic: Condense Dew * 91 → Condense Dew MAX】
(Condense Dew proficiency is maxed; chantless casting is now available.)
【Wind-element Novice Magic: Whistling * 90 → Whistling MAX】
(Whistling proficiency is maxed; you can now whistle as you please.)
【Demon-element Novice Magic: Enchantment * 59 → Enchantment MAX】
(Enchantment proficiency is maxed; chantless casting is now available.)
【Demon-element Novice Magic: Demon Eyes * 51 → Demon Eyes lv9】
【Soul-element Novice Magic: Soul Attachment * 50 → Soul Attachment lv5】
【Spatial-element Novice Magic: Spatial Mark * 42 → Spatial Mark lv3】
【Newly added magic is as follows:】
【Wood-element Novice Magic: Flower Growth lv2】
(A type of magic that can conjure flowers out of thin air.)
【Extra Reward: Mana Reserve +100】
【Host: Lin Gui】
【Rank: High-tier High Rank mage】
【Mana Reserve: (9854/10000) - 10,000 mana required for next rank breakthrough.】
【Ding! A new round of Weekly Commissions is generating.】
【Destination: Deepwood Outpost.】
【Beginning retrieval of the number of letters collected by the Host...】
【Time remaining for retrieval... 6 days 23 hours 59 minutes】
------「May every thought cross the mist and reach the land of destruction」------
Lin Gui scanned the list of newly added magic.
Then he glanced at the several ridiculous max-level novice spells on his personal interface:
Metal-element Novice Magic: Nail Growth (MAX).
Water-element Novice Magic: Lubrication (MAX).
Wind-element Novice Magic: Whistling (MAX).
And now he had... Flower Growth.
The corners of his mouth twitched silently.
Fine, the number of strange spells had increased again.
Subconsciously, he let out a soft whistle.
The sound was crisp and short, sounding exceptionally clear in the silent stone house.
Across from him, Eve was currently looking down, blowing air on her fingers which were red with cold to warm them.
Hearing the whistle, her movements paused, and she looked up.
A flicker of surprise flashed in her purple eyes.
A whistle?
This didn't seem like something a... seemingly serious person like Mr. Lin Gui would do.
Moreover, his expression seemed a bit brooding?
However, Eve had a change of heart.
That slightly dazed behavior from him just now...
She hadn't been secretly observing Lin Gui for just a day or two.
That state usually symbolized one thing.
"Are we about to head to the next stop?" Eve put her hands down and asked warmly.
Lin Gui nodded.
Whitestone City was small in scale.
The letters that needed to be sent were sent, and the replies that needed to be collected had been signed for.
In his mind, he had manually halted the system's letter retrieval.
The Weekly Commission had updated.
There was no reason to stay any longer.
"Yeah, it's time to go."
Lin Gui stood up and began to pack the scattered paper and pens.
"The sooner we handle this, the sooner we can leave this godforsaken place."
The two quickly gathered their belongings, preparing to set off.
Just as Lin Gui pulled open the wooden door leading to the ruined street.
A glass bead suddenly rolled in from under the crack of the door.
Before Lin Gui could activate his Eyes of the Netherworld.
A slightly excited "voice" rang directly in his head:
"Messenger laddie! Don't be in such a rush to leave!"
"How about coming with us..."
"To play a scare game?"
"More live people have arrived in Whitestone City."
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