Looking at the seductive-looking blood wine in front of him, Richard didn't hesitate for a second and drank it straight away.

The crystal clear Blood Brew was swallowed into his stomach and in the next second, Richard felt the changes in his body.

A substance that originally only existed in the spiritual world seemed to have broken the boundary between the spiritual and the material, connecting Richard's body and mind. As he adjusted his breathing, Richard could feel his body and mind coordinating with each other at an amazing speed.

It was as if a bird that had been caged for a long time needed some time to adjust to the freedom of flying in the sky. Richard also needed time to coordinate his body and mind to the best possible state.

And when Richard successfully achieved the state of unity of body and mind, spirituality, the key to the mysterious world, was now in his hands.

Awakened spirituality enabled Richard's senses to perceive signs that ordinary people could not observe behind the magnificent world. It could also be used as Richard's third hand to touch things in the material world.

For example, just as Richard thought, the bottle of wine in his hand was lifted by his spirituality and placed back on the table.

Having familiarised himself with the spirituality he had become accustomed to in the previous life play, Richard breathed a sigh of relief, and then it was time to condense the transcendental ladder.

Compared to the simplicity of Awakening Spirituality, condensing the Transcendental Ladder required a total of three steps.

First, the chosen chaotic knowledge was manifested.

Second, meditate under the influence of the chaotic knowledge and find your own position by feeling the collective subconscious of humanity.

Third, using the perceived position as the core, use the knowledge of order to suppress the chaotic knowledge and form the material to condense the supernatural ladder.

Starting with the first step, the three chaotic knowledge that Richard selected are [Treasure Chest Monster Ritual], [Hand of Greed], and [Universal Gold Coin]. Richard took out a small box from the secret compartment in the captain's room, which contained the wealth accumulated by the Aldridge family.

Dragon's blood stone, aquamarine, obsidian, turquoise... all kinds of precious natural gems; golden oak brooches, phantom rings, lapis lazuli necklaces... all kinds of jewels; in addition, there are gold coins, small antiques, land deeds, and other valuable things.

Faced with this wealth that even nobles would covet, Richard made a surprising move.

He grabbed a handful of gems, jewellery and gold coins and stuffed them straight into his mouth!

Richard chewed on the treasure in his mouth with a blank expression, the friction of the gems against his teeth making a clattering sound, some of the sharp edges scraping his tongue and the taste of rust filling his mouth.

As Richard chewed, his newly awakened spirituality was also mobilised in his mouth and abdomen, working in his mind according to the method recorded in the [Treasure Chest Monster Ritual].

Under the influence of spirituality, the jewels in Richard's mouth that were being chewed slowly began to soften. The gold coins, gems, and jewels mixed with Richard's blood and spirituality to form a rainbow-coloured liquid.

Richard then swallowed it straight down and the liquid, wrapped in spiritual energy, went to his abdomen and seeped into his flesh. Then, as his abdominal muscles twisted, a half-open treasure-chest pattern appeared on Richard's abdomen, and if one were to sense with the spiritual energy, one would discover that a cubic metre of space had opened up at the pattern.

This is the effect of the Treasure Box Monster Ritual. After using it, Richard will be transformed into a humanoid Treasure Box Monster.

Not only is his physical fitness increased beyond human levels, but his perception of treasure is also greatly enhanced. The space in his abdomen can be used to store his own treasures, so that even if other people have extraordinary abilities to detect things, they will hardly be able to find the items in the space.

However, as chaotic knowledge, the Treasure Box Monster Ritual naturally has side effects. This means that Richard's desire for treasure can reach pathological levels. If the treasures in the Treasure Box room are in a state of perpetual scarcity, he will gradually become a truly insane Treasure Box monster.

For example, right now, after completing the ritual, Richard is obsessed with the golden, glowing treasures in front of him and can't wait to stuff them into his stomach.

It's only when he's stuffed them all down that Richard gradually returns to his senses.

Having completed the first ritual, Richard clenches his fists, nods slightly as he feels the explosive power in his body, and then begins to prepare for the work associated with the 'Greedy Hand'.

As for the side effects of the Treasure Box Monster Ritual, Richard didn't care.

Unlike the side effects caused by the Blood Brew, the side effects caused by the Treasure Box Monster Ritual would begin to weaken significantly after the completion of the Ascending Staircase, and would disappear completely after that.

Next is the Hand of Greed.

This chaotic knowledge was also very easy to use. All one had to do was to use one's spiritual energy to fuse various precious items into one's hands.

Once this is done, Richard's hands will have supernatural powers. Not only will they be greatly strengthened physically, but they will also be able to grab illusory objects out of thin air, such as curses or lightning bolts from other supernatural beings.

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If he uses his hands to touch certain supernatural objects that have been in the possession of someone with occult knowledge for a long time, then the owner of those supernatural objects will end up being Richard.

Of course, as a chaotic knowledge, the side effects of Greedy Hands are also very strong.

Like the Treasure Box Ritual, it makes Richard's desire for treasure and wealth extremely pathological. Secondly, Greedy Hands requires more than four hours of caressing something that satisfies Richard's greed 24 hours a day.

If this condition is not met, Richard's Greedy Hands will automatically fall off and his consciousness will go out on its own to find treasures to stroke and touch.

When this happens, Richard will have mystically lost his hands forever.

After using the Greedy Hands, Richard's greed for treasure and wealth has reached an incredibly pathological level, and even his eyes now glow with a golden radiance.

This is a sign that his spirituality has reached its limit.

Every extraordinary being has his own limit to his spirituality. Before reaching this limit they can control the polluting knowledge they use, but if they cross the limit and their spirituality becomes polluted, then the extraordinary being may fall into the hands of evil spirits, demons, monsters or other such beings.

Richard, however, is fully aware of his own spiritual limitations. He believes that his spirituality will reach its limit only after he takes the ultimate [Universal Gold Coin].

Therefore, he took the time to prepare himself to use the last Chaos Knowledge.

[Universal Gold Coin]: To use this Chaos Knowledge, the transcendent being must collect seven gold coins that have been in circulation for more than seven years.

By using spiritual energy to stimulate the greed, misfortune, joy, sin, indulgence, happiness, and other emotions wrapped around the gold coin, and then infusing the transcendent being's own desire for the gold coin into it, a [Universal Gold Coin] can be created.

As a transcendent item, the [Universal Gold Coin] can be used in many ways.

Among the [Merchant] class of transcendent beings, it can be used as currency in transactions or as the material needed to perform transcendent abilities.

In the hands of an extraordinary person of the [Craftsman] class, it can be used to forge extraordinary items or enchantments.

In short, it has many uses and is a chaotic knowledge that all [Trader] type extraordinary people will choose.

However, the side effects of the [Universal Gold Coin] are also very obvious. That is, it will attract misfortune. Everyone who uses the [Universal Gold Coin] will experience misfortune once within the next month, and it will be caused by wealth. As for the severity of the misfortune, it depends on the value that the user acquires by using the [Universal Gold Coin].

After minting a dazzling and eye-catching [Universal Gold Coin], Richard's spirituality had reached its limit.

At that moment, his mind was full of 'money!

The desire for wealth filled his mind.

So Richard quickly sat cross-legged and, as per his meditation routine, began to feel the sea of human subconsciousness.

Despite the strong side effects of the Treasure Box Monster Ritual and the Greedy Hand, which made Richard unconsciously draw the image of gold coins during meditation, after an unknown period of fighting the side effects, Richard finally sensed his goal.

It was a Sea of the Mind, existing on an unknown plane, where the subconscious of every extraordinary being would complete its orientation. Using their position in order as an 'anchor', they could anchor themselves and thus reduce the influence of chaotic knowledge or monsters and evil spirits on themselves.

Richard's consciousness, now floating in the sea of the human subconscious, was about to break free of the human form. Sometimes it would turn into a treasure chest monster full of treasures, and sometimes it would turn into hands that kept stroking the treasures. Occasionally, thoughts in the form of gold coins would float out of his head.

Time was running out, and Richard's consciousness was desperately searching for its direction.

Finally, he found a familiar figure, an idea that Even had left in his subconscious. A chain wrapped around it, stretching into the distance.

Richard's consciousness floated along the chain, encountering many thoughts or ideas left behind by people he knew in this world.

Without exception, all of these thoughts were connected by a chain, and all of them were related to Richard.

Following the chain, Richard saw a light and all the chains were finally bound to it. It was Richard's place in the crowd, in the order, in the sea of the subconscious.

Richard threw himself into it like a young swallow returning to the nest, bound all the chains to himself, and firmly and slowly announced his position to the whole sea of human subconsciousness: 'I am [the jeweller]!

Having said this, Richard suddenly felt warmth in the sea of human subconsciousness, as if he had returned to his mother's embrace.

His ever-changing consciousness also returned to its original human form at that moment, and he became a merchant dressed in merchant's clothes, holding jewellery in his hands.

Next, Richard took advantage of the situation to complete the third step in the construction of the Extraordinary Ladder.

With a flick of his mind, four pieces of knowledge of order flew out of his consciousness. Their names and appearances were

[Jewellery Making: a ring set with a bright gem.

Contract Drafting: A piece of parchment covered with writing.

Trade in Money and Goods: a scale with weights on either side.

Wealth Senses: an eye that glittered like a gold coin.

Under the influence of the four knowledge of Order, the three knowledge of Chaos also appeared.

However, as soon as they appeared, they were trapped by the cage Richard had created with the four Orders.

Then, under the influence of Richard's spirituality, the cage formed by the seven pieces of knowledge began to collapse and compress.

The Knowledge of Order and the Knowledge of Chaos were mixed together under the spiritual hammering, and as the spirituality continued to compress and temper, the two materials slowly began to fuse, becoming a new material that exuded a pearly lustre.

Eventually it was shaped by the spirituality and became a first level step in front of Richard's consciousness.

At the top of the stairs is a ball of light. If you perceive it with your spiritual senses, you will understand that the light condenses the knowledge, impression, and positioning of human society towards [Jeweler].

As long as he climbs the stairs and integrates it into himself, Richard will be able to become a formal [Jeweler] extraordinary being.

Of course, when Richard sees the extraordinary laurel wreath that is so close, he does not hesitate and steps directly onto the extraordinary ladder he has constructed, integrating the orb of light into himself.

At that moment, Richard felt a flood of knowledge about the jeweller's trade pouring into his mind.

Mineral exploration, gem mining, jewellery processing, item sales, drafting regulations, wealth storage, treasure plundering, money transactions...

Both general and arcane knowledge were poured into Richard like mad, and under the baptism of this knowledge, he instantly became a jeweller in both the mundane and occult sense of the word!

In addition to knowledge, Richard's spirituality was also elevated, expanded and strengthened by the Supernatural Ladder.

At this point, the pressure of the three chaotic knowledge on spirituality has become very small. Aside from the portion occupied by 'Blood Brew', Richard can also use several other chaotic knowledge and endure their side effects.

This is the transformation of Richard's character and spirituality brought about by the Supernatural Ladder.

Of course, after being forged into the [Jewel Trader] of the Ascending Ladder, the seven knowledge items that were the materials were also integrated and absorbed by the Ascending Ladder, giving rise to a total of four supernatural abilities.

They are [Supernatural Jewellery], [Secret Treasure], [Devil's Contract], and [Universal Gold Coin].