The first page of this notebook had previously allowed him to grasp a certain truth, thereby escaping that dream world.
Clearly, the value of this notebook was immeasurable.
With the text understandable and legible, Hol naturally wanted to see what else this notebook contained beyond the first page.
Perhaps, it even held the method for him to transcend the mundane?
It wouldn't do to have explored without gaining anything.
With trembling fingers, he turned the pages of the notebook.
Hol's heart pounded with excitement. He felt as though he was touching a mysterious world, about to gain extraordinary power and escape the fate of a mortal lifespan of a hundred years.
"Witch… Night Demon…"
"Potions… Laboratory…"
"So that's how it is… this is actually a witch's notes?"
From the content Hol read in the notebook, he learned the identity of its owner.
A witch.
The owner of this notebook was a witch.
However, this witch was not a witch born human, but a witch born of a vampire, a witch of the blood race.
As for the identity of this blood race witch, or what her relationship was to the blood race progenitor that Hol saw after the ancient tower's dream space shattered, this notebook did not say.
In fact, this was quite normal. After Hol examined the notebook, he felt it was merely an experimental diary of a witch. As an experimental diary, it was not a game background manual, so it naturally wouldn't explain everything to Hol.
Hol did not know what true vampires were like.
He could only discern from the notebook's contents that vampires likely had ranks and levels.
Clearly, that blood race progenitor was likely the supreme being among the blood race.
And this blood race witch was probably far inferior.
The notebook explicitly stated that this blood race witch was sent to the lower levels of the ancient tower by the high-level witches of the ancient tower.
Her responsibility was to research potions, to study various potions in the laboratory; this was the task assigned to this blood race witch by the high-level witches.
Witches were not necessarily vampires, and vampires were not necessarily witches—at least, the high-level witch who dispatched her was not of the vampire race.
This was because Hol saw in the notebook that although the blood race witch was under the actual control of the high-level witches, she harbored dissatisfaction and disrespect towards this high-level witch, referring to her as a "pseudo-species" in her notes.
Hol did not know the specific meaning of this term, but it was clearly not a compliment.
This blood race witch was responsible for researching potions, and from her experimental diary on potion research, Hol also learned of the method for transcendence he desired.
According to the blood race witch's research, the world was filled with numerous magical elements.
Wind, water, earth, and fire were merely the four basic elements. They were the most fundamental, the most crucial elements for constructing the world, yet they were not easily perceived or utilized by ordinary beings.
Such grand elements were impossible for beginners to utilize.
The method used by the blood race witch was to differentiate the elements, to further divide the four basic elements.
Then, from these, she would find the magical elements she needed.
Among these, the blood race witch classified them into four types based on whether they conflicted with her own bloodline or not.
The first type was a multitude of magical elements that were close to her own bloodline. These magical elements were called Dark Magical Elements by the blood race witch.
Within the Dark Magical Elements, there were various internal divisions, with Blood Slaughter Dark Element being the most compatible element for vampires.
The second type was a multitude of magical elements that conflicted with her own bloodline. These magical elements were called Light Magical Elements by the blood race witch.
Within the Light Magical Elements, there were also various internal divisions, with Divine Light Element being the most prominent. Winged Blaze Light Element was the Light Element that most suppressed the Blood Slaughter Dark Element and was also the Light Element that conflicted most intensely with the vampire bloodline.
The third type was Attribute-less Elements.
Attribute-less Elements referred to magical elements that were neither compatible with the blood race's bloodline nor conflicted with it.
The fourth type was Astral Magical Elements.
Astral Magical Elements referred to elements that conflicted with Light Magical Elements and also conflicted with Dark Magical Elements.
The blood race witch refined potions to increase her own extraordinary power by using alchemy and various methods to draw upon the elements in the world that were beneficial to her, namely Dark Magical Elements and Attribute-less Elements, to refine them into potions and enhance her extraordinary abilities.
Clearly, these red potions were the products of the witch.
Based on this diary, Hol recognized what these potions were.
The red potion was a crystallization of Blood Slaughter Dark Element, named "Heart Coagulation Water."
As long as a vampire consumed it, their strength would increase.
The blue potion was Vampire Element.
This was a high-end potion that only vampires with a certain level of magical proficiency could consume to cultivate their vampiric abilities.
Most of the discussions in this notebook revolved around these.
Hol recognized the properties of the potions, understood the path to transcendence, and knew the method of refining the potions.
He understood the fundamental aspects of alchemy.
But the first and foremost problem was this: the blood race witch clearly classified the various elements in the world based on her own vampire bloodline.
The so-called Light Elements, Dark Elements, Attribute-less Elements, and Astral Elements were all classified based on her vampire bloodline.
But he was a pure human.
Could he utilize the power within the Light Elements, which might conflict extremely with vampires?
The notebook indeed recorded a path to transcendence.
But if he were to misuse it…
Hol felt that he might not be able to bear the consequences.
After all, it would be rather naive to expect that the vampire bloodline, the experience notes of a vampire witch, would be as applicable to a human constitution.
"Is there anything usable by humans…"
Hol, unwilling to give up, continued to read further into the notebook.
This notebook held great hope for him.
He yearned to find a way in this notebook to escape his mortal fate and transcend the mundane.
Although, if those slime secretions and potions were to be researched in his own biological laboratory, there was a possibility of achieving results.
But this was merely a "possibility."
If the notebook contained such information, if there was a true witch involved, it would be a "guaranteed success."
These were entirely different concepts.
If placed in his own laboratory, who knew when results would be achieved—often, it took five years to research a single effective drug without guaranteed results.
But if the notebook truly contained a method, not only could it be used immediately, but even if he was unsure, with the knowledge from the notebook, the research time in the biological laboratory could be shortened, and a method could be quickly developed.