Tutor Vivian?
This title made Mu You realize that the two of them seemed to be more than just colleagues in the Secret Art Association.
Looking at the old man's continuous tears, he felt like a left-behind little girl who had been alone for too long and suddenly saw her parents.
Mu You silently exited the room and closed the door.
No matter what their relationship is, when two old friends meet, they will definitely have a lot of personal things to say. Keeping it to yourself may make it difficult for them to talk.
"Muyou, where is grandma?"
At the door, a circle of people were still waiting outside the house. They immediately gathered around him when they saw him. Lin Xue asked hurriedly.
"Still inside."
Mu You shook his head at her, then looked at the others: "Don't go in, let the old man rest for a while."
Others had no objections to this. They had also heard faint sobbing coming from the house just now. It was obviously inappropriate to go in now. Besides, if something really happened, the alarm in the house would sound.
"Little brother, what kind of medicine did you use just now?" The middle-aged man next to him who had spoken before came over and asked in a low voice.
As soon as these words came out, pins and needles could be heard around, and everyone was waiting for Mu You's answer.
"follow me!"
Lin Xue suddenly pulled Mu You's sleeve and led him quickly downstairs and out of the villa.
Mu You found that Lin Xue had a relatively detached status in this family. None of the other elders of the Lin family made a sound to stop them at this time. They could only watch the two of them leave the villa.
Lin Xue took Mu You to the garden next to the villa and found an empty tree shade. Only then did she have time to ask him, "Do you really have a way to save my grandma?"
In response, Mu You just sighed and shook his head.
He wanted to tell Lin Xue that he could be saved, but in fact, he couldn't.
Mu You originally thought that Pisces would be a powerful magician. The reason why he was seriously ill and on the verge of death was just because of some curse or other influence.
It wasn't until he saw the old man that he realized that he was just an ordinary old man. There was no magic wave in his body, and there was no hint about the star spirit world in the omniscient crystal. And what she is suffering now is not an ordinary disease, but the exhaustion of Yangshou.
As a person in the star spirit world, Pisces cannot access the Fool's Game and cannot gain lifespan through the game. Once the lifespan is exhausted, it is really gone.
As for the medicine just now, it only temporarily eliminated the old man's pain and allowed her to relax for a period of time, but it had no effect on extending her life.
Besides, if it was just a matter of life span, it would be fine. Mu You had a life-extending magical creature like a unicorn around him, and a potion master like Vivian, so it was not difficult to make some life-extending medicines.
However, Vivian didn't mention this at all just now, which made Mu You realize that the old man's problem may not be as simple as life span.
Thinking of this, Mu You looked at Lin Xue: "Your grandma, has she given you anything recently?"
Lin Xue was stunned when she heard this, nodded, and took out a ring from her body: "This is what grandma gave me last week when I became a player..."
Mu You took a look and saw that the ring was exactly the same style as the Aries ring. The only difference was that the carvings on the top turned into two swimming fish.
As expected, the old man passed the Pisces ring to Lin Xue...
"You haven't activated it yet?" Mu You asked.
Lin Xue shook her head, looked at the ring in her hand, and sighed: "Grandma asked me to put it on as soon as possible, but I always feel that when I put it on, grandma will leave me..."
Of course Mu You knew that her feeling was correct. The complete inheritance of the secret art crystallization could only be officially handed over to the next inheritor after the death of the previous mystic master.
And since her grandma gave the ring to Lin Xue, it meant that she was already ready to face death.
"Actually, sometimes, death is not a painful thing for some people. Living allows them to continue to suffer. Death is a kind of relief." Mu You looked at Lin Xue and said seriously.
Mu You could see that when the old man saw Vivian just now, his eyes revealed not only the joy of seeing old friends again, but also a sense of relief. This was the same as when he first met Vivian. At that time, Vivian also showed this kind of freedom and ease that had relieved all the burdens.
For people like them who have lived for too long, the only goal left in life is to entrust inheritance. Once the goal is achieved, they can welcome death calmly at any time.
Lin Xue looked at Mu You carefully and suddenly said: "Grandma once said that she has been waiting for someone to appear. Now it seems that the person she is waiting for is you."
"No, it's not me..."
Mu You shook his head in amusement: "The person your grandma is waiting for is called Anseni Vivian."
"Ann... Seni?"
"Well, he is my master. I should have a relationship with your grandma as both a teacher and a friend."
"Can you tell me about this person?" Lin Xue thought for a while and asked.
"good."
Mu You did not hide anything, and explained to her in detail the secrets of Vivian, the Secret Art Association, and the twelve occultists. By the way, he also briefly talked about the past few meetings of the Secret Art Association.
Lin Xue is about to become the heir of Pisces, and she has the right to know these things.
"So...that's it..."
After hearing this, Lin Xue's eyes turned red.
As smart as she was, after hearing these secrets, she naturally guessed the most likely outcome. Grandma's death seemed to be an unchangeable fact.
Of course, she didn't show too much grief, because from Mu You's description, she already vaguely understood that this was a better choice for grandma.
At this time, Lin Xue's cell phone rang.
She took it out and looked at Mu You: "Grandma asked us to go back."
"good."
The two of them immediately returned to the villa. Under the gaze of others, they went straight into the ward on the second floor and closed the door.
On the hospital bed, Grandma Lin Xue's mood had calmed down and her condition seemed to be much better. She looked at the two people who entered the door with a kind smile.
Vivian was still standing in front of the bedside table. Mu You noticed that some of the magic power in her body had been depleted. It seemed that she should have used some means to help the old man stabilize his condition.
When the two of them walked to the hospital bed, the old man looked at Mu Youyou gently: "My child, if you have any questions, just ask them, and I will try my best to answer them for you."
Mu You nodded. He indeed had many questions that he had been wondering about for a long time. Now he thought about it and said, "I want to know why the twelve mystics all want the Fool as their successor?"
This question actually includes an implicit question: Why did all twelve of them, such powerful mystics, end up dead...
"Haha, it's not difficult to understand. It's actually because of the curse of black magic." The old man said with a smile.
"curse?"
Mu You was a little confused when he heard this: "Hasn't the out-of-control curse been solved by inventing the secret crystal?"
The curse of black magic specifically refers to "loss of control". After losing control, the caster will permanently become some kind of monster.
However, the existence of secret crystals was born to prevent loss of control. It allows everyone to use black magic safely and stably without side effects. Mu You didn't quite understand what the old man meant by the curse.
"Losing control is just a superficial curse. Using black magic, there is another deeper curse." At this time, Vivian next to him said.
"What?"
"human nature."
The old man sighed and said: "Black magic is a means of controlling the power of nature. Every time black magic is used, the caster will be eroded by the rules of nature and lose part of his 'humanity'. Although the amount lost each time is insignificant, the amount used is Too much, and when the lost humanity accumulates to a certain extent, people will undergo great changes in a short period of time, becoming cold-blooded, losing normal reason and emotions, and becoming extremely obsessed with killing and blood."
"And this change is irreversible, because in this case, people will become more and more dependent on black magic, and the degree of loss of humanity will only continue to deepen, until the day when humanity is completely annihilated, they become a slave to the rules of nature, a pure A killing machine..."
"Is there such a thing?"
Mu You was startled when he heard this.
He suddenly remembered when he killed the fat wizard at the beach. It was obviously his first time killing someone, but he didn't have any psychological fluctuations. He was so calm that he felt abnormal.
Thinking about it now, at that time, could it be that he had also been affected by black magic and lost part of his humanity?
"Yes."
Vivian answered: "At first, we didn't know that black magic had such hidden effects, and by the time we discovered something was wrong, it was already too late. By then, all twelve of us had been infected by black magic. It has subtly swallowed up too much humanity. Although we have consciously reduced the use of black magic since then, this has only delayed some of our deaths."
"Then let's..."
Mu You looked at the two of them strangely. If black magic had the same impact on him and Lin Xue, Vivian had no reason not to tell him, and it was even less likely that Lin Xue's grandmother would harm her granddaughter and take the initiative to hand over the inheritance to him. she.
"Don't worry, the curse of black magic is ineffective against you."
Vivian shook her head and said: "In other words, the humanity you Fools have lost can be quickly replenished in daily life. This seems to be a special ability exclusive to your Fools' bloodline. This is why we must find Fools as our heirs. The reason is that black magic is truly harmless magic only for fools." Vivian said.
"So that's it..."
Mu You finally understood this biggest question.
The old man smiled bitterly and said: "After discovering this curse, the twelve of us made an agreement that before each of us loses his last bit of humanity, we must leave the inheritance to the next generation and then commit suicide."
"Teacher Vivian and the other eleven mystics all left their inheritance in the star spirit world before they died. Only I was lucky enough to escape to the land of oblivion. I forgot all the magic, sealed the secret crystals, and abandoned I lost my former identity and worked hard to integrate into the life here. After adapting to it repeatedly for many years, I finally stopped losing my humanity."
"Later, I started a family here and wanted to leave the inheritance to future generations. However, when the children were born, I discovered that they still had half of the celestial blood and would still be affected by the curse of black magic. There was no way, I have no choice but to continue waiting for the next generation to be born... Fortunately, among the next generation of children, there is finally a fool who meets the conditions of the heir."
"Is it...me?" Lin Xue was stunned.
(End of chapter)
