Is the person you sculpt as cute as me?

Yu Man sorted her thoughts. Now was the time when she needed to use her brain most, so her thoughts had to be clear. Fortunately, she could rest well every day, and she was no longer a lonely and homeless person without food and clothing. Now was her spiritual peak.

She quickly understood the meaning of each of these skills.

The one that suits me best is undoubtedly "Frozen Blue Sky".

This skill obviously borrows the power of Shimlabakken, the ice elemental world tree.

It's highly compatible with my own ice mage, and there's no conflict with Miss Shimlabakken. While the price might be prohibitively high, the skill's effectiveness is truly worth a try.

However, as long as there is room for choice, people will still be entangled.

Yu Man also cares about the skill of "picking up magic power".

Judging from her experience, it should be a skill that replenishes mana... or even a powerful skill that ignores mana consumption for a short period of time.

If this limitation can be lifted, it will be great news for the construction of combat styles, as it can greatly liberate the construction and release of skills.

So, it may be less useful now, but the further we go, the more powerful the effect will be.

It's a shame I don't plan on actually running the "Xiankan" guild well, nor do I plan on leading the members forward. Otherwise, "Leading Forward" would be an extremely useful skill, perhaps even changing the outcome of a battle in an instant...

Regardless, the skill "Leading Forward" exudes such charm.

Yu Man became conflicted and even wanted to log off to ask Senior Cat.

Unfortunately, there is no way to have everything...

Right now, all her homeless magic was being used to shape a home, an extension of Yu Man's soul.

Just waiting for her decision.

But——Yu Man made a mistake.

Her journey so far, her achievements so far – it’s not all about that.

There is one last item.

When Yu Man eliminated the choices one by one, struggling with whether to "pick up magic" or "freeze the blue sky", and pondered the immediate interests and future interests, he was entangled in endless entanglements -

It - reaches out to the past.

"Hmm?" Yu Man found that her vision was a little strange, as if there was a crack.

She had thought it was a flicker of magic, or that Miss Shimlabaken was tired of it.

But neither is true.

Because the crack was born from the air, without roots or sources, as if it was a crack in the world itself.

But Yu Man soon realized that this was very similar to the collapse suffered by low-level life forms when the concentration of magic power was too high and the level was too high, and they could not bear it.

"...Is it the World Tree? No...is it all these skills combined? No...what thing can shatter the world itself?"

But the reality that followed gave Yu Man the answer.

It extracts a page of history from the past.

A wind made up of light and shadow blows from the past.

It falls gently and settles before your eyes.

——Very familiar.

But it soon melted away, leaving only that page from the past.

It states, as always, what is chosen.

However, it is no longer the difficult and obscure old world language that only Yu Man could understand, but another kind of language that has never been read... No, not words, but time written down one by one.

"Retaining Time"

"To the one who has escaped time and space alone"

If God is lonely

Then the meaning of life and death is the same

Just as the past and the future are indistinguishable

Imprisoned in time

?

If your wish calls again

Once again not embracing time

Memories will dance in the sunset, no one will linger

I will retain time for you and record the future days for you.

……

Every time Yu Man reads a line, time is left in the past, and its words melt away, no longer existing in her eyes... they can no longer be retraced and read again.

Finally, the poem disappeared, leaving only the simple skill name.

"Retaining time"——and a description of blankness.

Yu Man raised her head, wiping away her tears as if by habit, and regaining a clear vision from the blur. She couldn't hold back the memories of the "past" that had been shattered from this world, from her heart, and taken away by the "present." She could only gaze at it, frozen in time.

"Stranger?"

"…What's wrong, Miss Shimlabaken?"

"I feel like you're sad? You stood there for a long time... but you kept crying." She didn't feel anything.

Has it been that long? Maybe. What happened? It doesn't matter...

Yu Man didn't care about this. She just looked at the pages of the diary in front of her and pondered the skills contained in them.

This last "Retain Time"...is probably the reward for a hidden achievement.

And the achievement it represented... Yu Man was very clear, it was undoubtedly the achievement for completing the first round. Unexpectedly, this would also be recorded as a reward for forging a "Soul Weapon"... Ha.

It saved her a lot of trouble.

Just like that, Yu Man reached out and undoubtedly touched the nostalgic "retaining time"...

And then—the last wisp of nostalgia dissipated.

In this case, all other options faded from the air, and only the "retaining time" accepted by her soul gently stopped in the present and continued to travel into the future with Yu Man.

This skill was integrated into the unfinished soul weapon embryo.

Just like when a craftsman forges a sword, he needs to chisel out the inscription... or when a delicious meal is ready, there must be diners who are willing to eat it.

Now - Yu Man's "Soul Weapon" is almost complete... but miraculously, there is only one last step left.

"Its power is too great, and the container is not big enough to hold it."

"what?"

A line of system text that Yu Man had never seen or heard before appeared in front of him.

Is it because the "Retain Time" skill is too terrifying? Maybe... After all, it comes from a level-clearing achievement, which is unprecedented.

So, a mere sixth-tier material might not be enough to carry it? It's hard to say.

Yu Man felt very fresh and tried to take out the other sixth-level spare materials and put them in one by one. They really merged with it and became a part of it... but there were still some shortcomings.

In addition, there were some miscellaneous items in my backpack, so I had no choice but to throw them all in.

If that's still not enough... you can only throw the boxes in as well.

With each addition of ingredients, the embryo's power grew stronger and its light became more dazzling, but... there was still a little bit of a deficiency.

It feels like... I'm just one step away from success, like a word I should remember is on the tip of my tongue but I can't recall it.

no solution anymore!

"Hey, Xiangxiang, we have a wonderful time together, but the good times will eventually come to an end..."

"Employer... I feel like you are plotting against my body..."

It really is.

However, a gentle and cold voice interrupted Yu Man's cruelty.

"This is a thank you gift—a thank you gift for discovering me."

It is the ice elemental world tree of Shimlabakken, which means the mountain of heaven.

She was gentle, transparent and cold. She came to Yu Man and gave him a grain of ice sand.

This doesn't mean speaking casually, not giving her the chance to exchange pleasantries, bargain, or question her purpose.

Miss World Tree had already placed the thank-you gift into the embryo that was just one step away. Judging by her gentle expression, it was clearly a voluntary gift.

At this point - all the glory has found its home.

Yu Man clearly felt that another part of his body, mind and soul had extended out.

It contained extremely powerful strength and joyful magic. All of this fell into Yu Man's hands, completing the final return home.

But something wasn't quite right.

"Huh?!" Yu Man widened his eyes in shock. Something went wrong!

092 The Journeyman

Yu Man was very sure that the forging of the "Soul Weapon" had been successful.

In the system bar, its process has been completed.

In addition, the settlement notification for the forging tasks in the task bar has also popped up. However, unlike the settlement of plot and dungeon tasks, the settlement of this task is only "task completed".

However, the weapon that fell into Yu Man's hands was completely different from what he had imagined.

She had thought that this would be a top-level sixth-level ice staff.

With two canes, I walk a long way with you and grow with you...

But - it's not a staff?

Instead... it's a book - a magic book!

This is where it gets weird. Didn't I mention the staff during the ritual? Or was I unclear about that? Ah... I guess I really wasn't very clear?

A kind of regret that went from his back to his scalp drove Yu Man's hands.

But there was still a rational part in her brain, and it seemed to sense a hint of irrationality.

Perhaps it was because he had infused the skills he had gained from completing the game. Or perhaps it was because he had put in too many materials, or even because Miss World Tree had thrown something into it.

Her mind was full of thoughts - she held the magic book in her hands and looked at it for a long time.

If there is a library in the world that can contain all knowledge, then this is the one that holds it.

It fits all the book's descriptions, but is even more fantastical.

The interweaving of silver and snow gives this translucent ice a unique beauty.

It is as light as a feather, yet when you hold it in your hand you can feel endless affinity, as if it is an extension of your soul.

The pattern on the cover is very strange, as if it has grown from the annual rings of life, or from the lattice structure of crystal.

Yu Man opened it—flipping through the pages.

This was an unfinished book... no, a book she had just begun. The first few pages listed her rainbow achievements so far, like a travel journal... but the rest were blank.

"Growth potential...I see."

The growth potential of the magic book is reflected in this point. But Yu Man can feel that each page contains different powers, which are interwoven to form the power of the entire magic book.

Then, she mustered up the courage to check the item information.

"The Holy Scripture of Time and Snow: The Journey Ahead"

"A magical book filled with memories, blessed by winter.

Because of the prejudiced blessing of the sacred sapling Shimlabakken, it was shaped into an extremely classical magician's tool.