Chapter Sixty-Four: Phenomenon Control: Dream

Recovering from the experience of just encountering the residual consciousness of Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, Lin Feng made his own analysis regarding why he had undergone such a bizarre journey.

First of all, the primary culprit was undoubtedly the Jueval Tree, which had secretly added some extra ingredients to the Vivah Fruit.

——Hoping to maximize the effect of the Vivah Fruit, it had most likely separated a considerable amount of its own memories, very likely even extracting a portion of its essence as a tree of dreams.

Secondly, the power injected by Nahida and his own authority over plants and vegetation were also hard to absolve of blame.

Having received Nahida's power and mastered the authority of plants, in the eyes of Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, he probably wasn't all that different from her own descendant.

Hoping to figure out what exactly had happened, Lin Feng opened his status panel:

【Individual Information: @￥%&——Lin Feng】
Level: 76→83+20 (Level cap broken, maximum additional level is 20)
(You have broken through the "laws" of this world, and conventional logic can no longer serve as a standard to judge you.)
Attribute: Dendro
Affixes: 【#%*&】, True Form of the Gods, Elemental Mastery·Dendro (Energy level met, temporarily unlocking), Blessing of Dreams→Phenomenon Control·Dreams (True level insufficient, secondary authority not fully unlocked), Elemental Resistance 7 (Upgradeable), Elemental Affinity 7 (Upgradeable), Robust Physique 7 (Upgradeable), Agility 7 (Upgradeable)

！！！
Woohoo, taking off!

Seeing the changes on the panel, Lin Feng beamed with joy.

Let alone the level increase, and let alone breaking through the level cap.
Although the impacts brought by these improvements were not small, the most heavyweight addition was naturally the newly added non-elemental secondary authority on the panel—"Phenomenon Control·Dreams".

Clicking on the affix:
Phenomenon Control·Dreams: An authority evolved from dream-related abilities, belonging to the secondary authority of the Dendro element. Its essence is a mild interference with thought and consciousness. Due to an insufficient true level, it is not yet fully unlocked.

——Although it seemed it could not be fully unlocked until reaching a certain level, and because of the presence of the Lesser Lord Kusanali, there was a high probability he wouldn't even need to use his own dream abilities.

However, such a change undoubtedly demonstrated the infinite possibilities for Lin Feng to acquire subsequent authorities!

Vortexes, seas, salt, dust, hearth fires... and even time and "heaven".

As long as he possessed the possibility of acquiring these non-elemental authorities, no matter what conditions were required, it was a tremendous stroke of good luck for Lin Feng.

Although the exact reason leading to the emergence of the dream authority was still unclear, Lin Feng deduced that this should be the result of the combined influence of the Jueval Tree, Nahida, and even Greater Lord Rukkhadevata.

From this experience, it could also be seen that acquiring authorities was no easy feat, and fully unlocking them would most likely require some special conditions.

Yet, there weren't that many authorities available for him to experiment with right now, so he could only wait to explore them another day.

With his strength elevated, Lin Feng briskly got out of bed.

After a simple wash, he left the room, estimated the time, and knocked on Faruzan's door.

Sleepy-eyed and wearing slippers while yawning, Faruzan opened the door for Lin Feng.

After she finished freshening up, Lin Feng, who had originally planned to just grab a casual bite, ultimately couldn't withstand Faruzan's strong recommendation and ended up having a rather decent breakfast with her at her favorite "century-old establishment".

Since there were still a few hours left before their scheduled noon meeting, Lin Feng planned to help her purchase some necessary outfits.

Breathing in the slightly humid morning air, Lin Feng, feeling much more refreshed, turned to look at Faruzan and spoke:

"Speaking of which, we should be heading to the Akademiya this afternoon, right?"
"Faruzan, would you like to buy some clothes?"

Looking at the dress Faruzan was wearing, which could perhaps be called an "antique," Lin Feng felt that although this attire could increase the credibility of Faruzan's identity, she still needed a few normal outfits nonetheless.

Even Faruzan's intimate garments like pajamas were currently hand-crafted by Lin Feng earlier when he had some spare time.

——Pure natural plant fibers, seamless molding, comfortable and form-fitting.

When he handed this clothing to Faruzan back then, she had even looked at him with strange, suspicious eyes for quite a while.

However, Lin Feng's aesthetic sense was unspeakable; undergarments were fine as long as they were comfortable and fit well, but designing a dress like the one Faruzan wore, complete with cut-outs and layered frills, was simply too much for him.

"Huh?"

Hearing abruptly that Lin Feng was going to spend money on her again, Faruzan quickly refused in order to maintain the last shred of her dignity as a "senior":

"No need, no need! The one I'm wearing is fine. Although it was a bit damaged before, hasn't it been mended already?"

With that, Faruzan even turned sideways slightly in front of Lin Feng to prove that the dress had indeed been repaired and she was speaking the truth.

"Besides, the aesthetics of young people nowadays are all weird, and the quality of the clothes is no good either. Unlike clothing stores from a hundred years ago—not only were the prices affordable, but the styles were also so rich and varied."

With her true nature acting up, Faruzan started complaining about current fashion trends once more.

"Fine, I admit that your clothing taste can indeed be considered trendy nowadays, because fashion trends, after all, are just a circle."
"But Senior, you haven't forgotten, have you? Aside from the dress you currently have on, you don't have any other clothes you can wear out."
"If something unexpected happens..."

Before Lin Feng could finish his sentence, a group of chasing children ran past them. Unaware of the puddle on the ground, with a soft splash, they were all splattered by the splashed-up rainwater, wetting their clothes.

The children didn't care and continued running away happily.

"..."

Faruzan fell into silence. Is he hinting at something with this?

Lin Feng was also rendered speechless by this sudden coincidence, but considering that having only one outfit was indeed prone to issues.

To look after Faruzan's self-esteem, he pondered for a moment and said:

——"How about this, Senior? You can just consider it as borrowing a sum of money from me."
"I saw shops in the Grand Bazaar selling clothes with styles similar to the one you're wearing when I was out shopping before. You can go take a look yourself, Senior."
"Besides, with your academic standing, Senior, once you return to the Akademiya, various funds will surely be very abundant. You can just pay me back then."

Feigning ignorance of the kind of treatment Faruzan would receive upon returning, Lin Feng pulled out a pouch of Mora and handed it to the centenarian sweet girl standing before him, who was still hesitating.

"Um... well alright then. When I return to the Akademiya, I'll be sure to pay you back as soon as possible..."
"...Also, I remember you saying this morning that you were going to go look for an acquaintance, right?"
"I can go buy clothes by myself, I won't bother you!"

Faruzan's gaze drifted, obviously thinking of something.

Lin Feng thought: "..." Wanting to buy intimate apparel, is that it? Senior, you are far too easy to guess.

"Alright then, I'll go stroll around for a bit first. After you finish buying your clothes, Senior, don't forget to gather in front of the hotel. It's best not to miss the time agreed upon with the guards."

Pretending not to notice Faruzan's embarrassment, Lin Feng readily agreed to her proposal.