I've Become the King of Villains in the Game

"So that pond water... is actually 'Forgetfulness Spring Water'?"

Chen Lun raised an eyebrow.

But the murky, filthy water was nothing like the "clear and beautiful" description in the notes.

"Was it contaminated by some mysterious substance... Could that 'descendant' octopus monster possibly be the so-called 'guardian pet'?"

The more Chen Lun thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

Objects contaminated by mysterious substances always take on a form that is extremely unsettling, and perhaps the "Forgetfulness Spring" had indeed become corrupted and decayed because of this. The octopus monster, too, had ultimately become a terrifying sight.

Chen Lun then picked up the small bottle and the piece of parchment.

[Supernatural Item - Forgetfulness Spring Water]

Item Description: The spring water bottled still contains the magic power it once had, perhaps a casual act by a traveler, allowing it to survive and become the last solitary item of that body of spring water.

Item Effect: Choose to forget a certain memory, skill, or sub-occupation.

Looking at the small bottle of spring water in his hands, Chen Lun's face showed surprise.

"It could just be used to forget the [Fisherman] sub-occupation..."

He carefully stored the [Forgetfulness Spring Water], and then looked at the parchment.

[Supernatural Knowledge - Shadow Contract (Conspiracy Faction)]

Item Description: A parchment documenting the Shadow Contract Ritual, reading it will provide the method to construct the ceremony.

Travelers once used the Shadow Contract to enslave supernatural creatures, making them serve their own purposes.

"Contract knowledge..."

Feeling quite interested, Chen Lun simply sat right there and spent several minutes reading through the text on the parchment.

[By carefully reading, you have acquired [Shadow Contract Ritual]!]

This ritual is not a skill, its activation mechanism requires the sacrifice of specific offerings and to initiate a notarization towards corresponding high sequence transcendent beings, even deities, in order to achieve the effect of the contract.

As it involves high-tier mysteries, the contract holds great weight, and the signatories almost dare not breach it.

The particular contract ritual Chen Lun had mastered, required a piece of the [Conspiracy Faction] mysterious substance for each signing, regardless of the sequence tier, but it would affect the ultimate effectiveness.

"It's time to leave... and take care of the sub-occupation matter."

Chen Lun tidied up and stood up.

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Exiting the book 'Philip's Dreamland Adventure', he returned to the real world.

Chen Lun looked at the sofa across from him, which was empty since the Polaris five-group had long since left.

Chen Lun knew that they had used up their resurrection counts and could no longer log on. Coincidentally, the internal test was also ending today, so the next time he would see them would be during the public test.

"Hmm... By then, I should have also prepared everything that needs to be ready."

Chen Lun pondered for a moment.

"Public test players, huh? Hey... I'm quite looking forward to it."

Looking at the empty space on the sofa, Chen Lun suddenly remembered the moment he sent them off to the 'Immortal Realm'.

All five people collapsed onto the sofa together, their eyes open but pupils lifeless, like five soulless shells.

Chen Lun had deduced then that what entered the 'Immortal Realm' was the spirituality of the human body, not the physical body.

Therefore, every time he needed to enter 'Philip's Dreamland Adventure', it was best to find a relatively safe location, to avoid his body in the real world encountering any danger.

Of course, with [Spiritual Intuition] Chen Lun could foresee dangers and return in advance.

He got up from the sofa, walked out of the villa, and then found Connie at the warehouse, asking her to help him purchase some brewing equipment.

Afterwards, Chen Lun returned to the villa, went upstairs to his room.

Sitting by the window, he took out the [Forgetfulness Spring Water] and 'Blood Brew'.

Pop!

Chen Lun held his thumb against the side of the bottle's mouth, flicked it lightly, and the cork flew off.

He tilted back his head and drank the spring water, feeling a refreshing sweetness lingering in his mouth, a strange sensation naturally emerging that traveled from his body to his brain, leaving him clear-headed and comfortable.

Then, Chen Lun focused his attention on his sub-occupation [Fisherman], and soon, everything related to this entry in the panel disappeared.

Simultaneously, he felt his body become slightly weaker.

And somehow, an inexplicable sense of relief arose... as if he had been freed from bondage and had regained freedom.

Chen Lun felt that something was not quite right, so he used Divination in hopes of gaining some clues.
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But there were no abnormalities.

[Spiritual Intuition] had no reaction either.

Even so, he still felt as if he had inadvertently triggered something.

Unable to figure it out, Chen Lun had no choice but to focus on the notification box.

[Sub-occupation [Fisherman LV10 (MAX)] has been forgotten! Related skills [Quick Reflexes LV1 (Passive)] and [Seafaring Balance LV1 (Passive)] have been removed!]

[Experience Points have been refunded! Attribute Points and Skill Points have been deducted!]

Chen Lun glanced at his panel, noticing that his level, attributes, and several skills appeared in a greyed-out frozen state, needing the deducted attribute and skill points to be replenished in order to recover.

He then opened 'Blood Brew'.

[You have discovered a precious book containing knowledge of sub-occupations!]

[By carefully reading, you have acquired complete sub-occupation knowledge!]

[Brewmaster]

[Having met the inheritance condition, would you like to take it as your new sub-occupation?]

"Yes."

On Chen Lun's panel, the sub-entry column slowly displayed the words[Brewmaster LV1].