"How do you think the secret crystal is carved?" Vivian did not directly answer the question about the forest spirit, but suddenly asked something else.
"crystallization……"
Mu You was startled. Secret crystallization, in theory, is a harmless magic circuit constructed by stripping away the principles of black magic and using the most primitive and lowest logic of black magic.
This statement sounds simple, but it is not easy to strip away the core of black magic and extract the purest part.
"Pure black magic circuits are destined to require people to try one stroke at a time, but black magic is not like ordinary magic and can be studied at will. Every attempt is dancing on the tip of the knife, accompanied by failure. The risk of losing control later.”
"In this case, a forest spirit that has the power to absorb black magic pollution, can freely change forms, and can completely simulate the operation of the human body's magic circuit is the best choice for the test subject."
"..." Mu You was silent. When Vivian mentioned this at this time, he already vaguely understood something.
"Forest spirits are a group of people who live in peace with the world. They have a gentle temperament and don't like fighting. Their daily job is to absorb all kinds of pollution from the earth. The core of each forest spirit can accommodate massive amounts of pollution, and they also have the ability to digest it themselves. The ability to pollute, general pollution, can be digested on the spot when they are absorbed, only a very small amount of pollution that is difficult to digest will be deposited, such as the pollution of black magic."
Vivian looked at the violent forest spirit in the distance: "And this forest spirit is the one most polluted by black magic among their tribe. Because its natural "detoxification" ability is very poor, the accumulated black magic pollution is more than There are many more of its kind, and sooner or later it will lose control if this continues. And a forest spirit with unqualified abilities like it will usually self-destruct before it loses control."
"I found it and made an agreement with it, hoping that it would help me create secret crystals. As long as I can create secret crystals, I can use the power of the crystals to help it remove the pollution accumulated in the body. And if this idea can be realized, in the future It can also solve the problem of elimination within the forest once and for all, helping the entire group survive better."
"Did it agree?" Mu You asked.
"Yes."
Vivian nodded: "The forest spirit agreed. After thousands of experiments with it, I finally succeeded in carving out a complete circuit of pure black magic. However, countless times of loss of control also seriously deepened the relationship between the forest spirit and the forest spirit. The level of pollution. It was abandoned by the ethnic group and came to this edge land alone, where it took root and formed a black forest. It also set up a complex maze barrier to prevent itself from being invaded by black magic in the future. leaked through the creatures of the forest.”
"Then the forest spirit handed over the severely damaged core to me and asked me to help clean it up. Everything originally went according to plan, but..."
Vivian didn't say anything further, but Mu You already knew what happened.
After the crystal was created, Vivian and the others discovered that using black magic, in addition to the basic out-of-control curse, there was a deeper curse - a curse on human nature! The only ones who can execute this plan are fools who can ignore the curse of human nature.
Therefore, the purification plan had to be suspended midway, and Vivian stayed in the Black Forest before her death, waiting for the arrival of a new generation of successors.
It's a pity that before the descendants could grow up, the forest spirit collapsed first...
After thinking about this, Mu You breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't expect that there was such a secret behind the secret crystallization.
"Go out and leave this place to me." Vivian suddenly said.
"Huh? Are you sure?" Mu You was stunned.
"Yes." Vivian nodded: "Use the Death Contract to pass on your power to me. You can go out and meditate to restore your magic power. The subsequent consumption of magic power will be very intense. You need to stay in a quiet location."
"Okay..." Now was not the time to waste time. Mu You didn't waste any time and immediately jumped up along the cave above his head and quickly returned to the ground.
At this time, the location of the forest hut on the ground had turned into a collapsed sinkhole, and it was pitch black when looking down.
Mu You sat down a dozen meters away from the sinkhole. He couldn't stay too far away because he also needed to ensure that the distance between him and Vivian was within a hundred meters.
Mu You took out the Death Contract card, rubbed it into the crystal, and then released it on the spot.
Standing on the contract mark, the power of the two secret crystals was immediately transmitted to Vivian underground.
"boom!"
There was a muffled sound immediately below, followed by the roar of the forest spirit. It seemed that a battle had already occurred.
Feeling that the natural magic power and ordinary magic power in his body were being depleted rapidly, Mu You hurriedly sat down cross-legged, meditating while placing various magic power recovery potions in front of him, ready to take them at any time.
Sure enough, as Vivian said, the subsequent consumption of magic power quickly became intense. The natural magic power was not bad. The concentration of black magic power here was strong enough. Mu You also had dozens of black crystals that he had just collected, which could guarantee The supply speed of natural magic power is sufficient.
But the recovery speed of ordinary magic can't keep up. There is also a cooling effect between the same kind of potions. There are only a few recovery potions available for him now. Mu You almost drinks them as soon as they cool down, but he is still short of resources.
Mu You couldn't see the scene underground below, so he heard a muffled sound coming from below that was more intense than the previous one. The earth trembled from time to time.
He originally thought that with such a fierce collision, the battle would end quickly, but the actual process turned out to be much longer than imagined.
As time went by, Mu You's magic value began to decline at a speed visible to the naked eye. He had used all the recovery methods available, but it was impossible to persist forever if he could not make ends meet.
Two hours later, his magic power was completely exhausted.
Mu You began to feel a little dazed, which was a symptom caused by excessive consumption of mental power, but he did not dare to cut off the magic connection at will. After all, Vivian was in the middle of a battle and could only continue to hold on.
After persisting for another hour, Mu You completely reached his limit. His head was dizzy, his consciousness hurt, and he passed out.
…
When Mu You woke up again, the sky around him was already bright.
The dappled sunlight was projected into the forest through the gaps in the tree crowns, making his eyes sting.
After two or three seconds of waking up, Mu You hurriedly raised his wrist to look at the time, and was suddenly shocked: It was already three o'clock in the afternoon the next day?
He actually fell into a coma for more than ten hours, and it was even close to closing time!
Where is Vivian?
Mu You hurriedly looked around. There was still the huge sinkhole in front of him, but the noise underground had stopped and the surroundings were quiet.
I looked at the reminder in my mind again and saw that the life span consumption of the Death Contract had just stopped an hour ago. It actually consumed a total of nearly two hundred and eighty years of life!
Coupled with the more than 300 years spent on opening six additional prop binding slots, the life span balance that was originally over a thousand has actually fallen below the 500 mark, with only 443 years left.
"It's really fast..."
At this time, Mu You finally realized what it means to spend money like running water, but now he had no time to dwell on it, so he immediately jumped out of the cave and went underground to check the situation.
As a result, as soon as he landed, he saw a scene that stirred his heart.
The ground was still the same as last night, full of dark purple tones.
And in the open space illuminated by the purple fluorescent stone, a canary lay there, its legs straightened, its body abnormally twisted, and under its golden feathers, layers of tumor-like flesh balls grew wantonly. It was obviously a sign of being soaked in black magic and losing control.
"Vivian?!!"
Mu You hurriedly rushed over and picked up the canary. However, at this time, the canary's body had stiffened, its feet were twitching, and its eyes had turned into pitch black, lifeless, but the tumorous flesh on the surface of the body was... It is still spreading outward little by little.
Vivian, dead?
Mu You's pupils shrank, and he really couldn't understand. Before leaving last night, he was so angry that he asked him to leave. After a sleep, he was already a corpse when he saw him again?
If it was so dangerous, why didn't you tell me earlier? In the worst case, they would have abandoned the body and just left at that time...
"What's that expression on your face? It seems like you want to die for me..."
At this moment, a familiar voice sounded in his head.
Mu You was stunned and looked back, seeing a familiar crow flying from the other side and landing on his shoulder.
"Uh, Vivian? Are you okay?
…”
Mu You saw the flying crow and immediately understood that Vivian's remnant soul had not dissipated, but had left the canary and transferred to the crow's body.
"The body of this bird is too weak to withstand the pressure of black magic, so I transferred it into the body of Mo Crow. Mo Crow is a familiar that I personally cultivated. Its physical strength is much higher, and it can also automatically absorb ordinary magic power. Your talent can greatly alleviate my dependence on your magic power." Vivian said.
"That's good..." Mu You breathed a sigh of relief. Just now, he really thought that when he woke up from sleep, master and disciple would say goodbye forever.
After coming back to his senses, Mu You had time to look around.
At this moment, more than ten meters away, the forest spirit still maintains an elk-like appearance, rooted in the fountain of youth, but at this time, the forest spirit no longer has the violence of last night, and its blood-red eyes have returned to light blue. Color, the black energy all over his body no longer leaks out, but begins to absorb the black energy from the outside world.
The black energy of the entire black forest poured into the ground along the tree roots, hovering around the forest spirit, forming a gentle whirlpool, and finally submerged into the forest spirit's body.
Even the canary at Mu You's feet, under this kind of absorption, the black magic disorder in the body quickly calmed down, and the tumorous flesh on the body surface gradually disappeared until it returned to its original appearance.
After absorbing all the black magic emanating from the surrounding air, the forest spirit looked up and waved. A branch stretched out from the ground and bound the canary. Then the branch stretched and sent the canary to the ground. Beside the forest spirit, one is plunged into the spring water exuding the vitality of life.
The canary, whose body was already twisted and stiff, miraculously came to life after soaking in the spring water for a while. It fluttered its wings and took off, shaking off the water droplets on its feathers. Finally, it landed on the head of the forest spirit and headed towards it. It pecked twice on the head, as if venting its anger.
The forest spirit ignored Canary's arrogant behavior, turned to Mu You, and looked him up and down: "Is this the disciple you chose?"
When the forest spirit spoke, it was still the same mixed sound that sounded like it came from the void, but compared to the violence last night, it was much more rational.
"Yes."
Vivian nodded: "As you can see, I no longer have the ability to fulfill my promise. Leave the rest to my disciples."
"Are you...sure?" Sen Ling glanced at Mu You again, seeming hesitant. The core is the foundation of a forest spirit. Obtaining the core of the forest spirit is equivalent to obtaining the power of the forest spirit. Especially its core is a core filled with black magic pollution. If it falls into the hands of someone with evil intentions, it will be a disaster for the world.
"Of course. In your current state, you can't continue to suppress the core, right? Give your core to him, and he will help you clean up the pollution of black magic." Vivian said.
Hearing this, Forest Spirit was silent for a long time before nodding: "Okay, since he is your chosen disciple, I am willing to believe him."
As these words were spoken, inside the forest spirit, a walnut-like walnut was wrapped in a hollow wooden shell, but a spherical core as dark as ink inside quietly emerged, and slowly floated towards this side, and finally hovered In front of Mu You.
Mu You reached out and picked up the core, and immediately felt an extremely violent energy rolling inside it, as if desperately trying to flow into his body along his fingers. Fortunately, he blocked the transmission path of the magic power in time.
The crystal inside this core looks very similar to the black crystals obtained before, but the concentration of black magic power in it is countless times richer than the crystals obtained before.
[Polluted Heart of the Forest: The core of the forest has the ability to absorb and decompose all kinds of pollution, but the decomposition ability and capacity have upper limits. Once the upper limit is exceeded, it will lose control. Contamination currently contained: 99.8%. 】
&.8%... Sure enough, it has reached the edge of explosion.
Vivian's actions last night probably didn't defeat the forest spirit head-on, but helped the forest spirit drain some of the pollution and restore its sanity.
"Young man, I leave my core to you. Please keep it safe and not fall into the hands of others. If you can reduce the core's pollution by more than 10% within a year, it will prove that you are indeed helpful." With the ability of the Spirit Clan, I will give you this spring that has coexisted with me for a long time as a reward." The illusory voice of the Forest Spirit sounded in my ears.
with this
At the same time, a prompt appeared in Muyou's mind at the right moment.
[Trigger the hidden mission "The Forest Spirit's Commission": Within one year, clean up more than 10% of the forest spirit's polluted core, and do not give the forest spirit's heart to others during the process.
Mission reward: Fountain of Youth. 】
【Whether to accept? 】
One year, this is still a long-term task...
"Okay, I accept."
Mu You nodded without much hesitation and accepted the forest spirit's commission.
Not to mention there is a rich enough reward waiting for him, even if there is no reward, this is the responsibility owed by Vivian. Since he, the disciple, has inherited Vivian's inheritance, he is naturally obliged to help her fulfill the promise she made during her lifetime.
"What about you? What are you going to do next?" Vivian looked at the forest spirit and asked.
"I've been discovered and need to be moved."
After handing over the core and letting go of the heavy burden, the voice of the forest spirit seemed to be much relieved: "Maybe I will go back to the tribe to have a look, or maybe I will find another quiet place to wait for your results."
"As for the black forest...it was originally a place to prevent the black magic from spreading out when I lost control. But now, it no longer has the need to exist, so let it be reborn in the fire."
Following the words of the forest spirit, the roots connected to its body in the top soil layer broke, and the roots in those soil layers quietly ignited fire, and the flames quickly spread along the developed root network underground.
The temperature in the entire crypt increased rapidly.
"Have you seen who harmed you?" Vivian took the time to ask.
"No." Forest Spirit shook his head: "The other party was very cautious, but through the perspective of the plants outside the forest, I vaguely saw a man wearing church decoration passing by. The most conspicuous feature was a white cross in the other person's hand..."
Is it actually the fault of someone from the church?
Mu You was surprised. Don't all churches believe in the Holy Light? Are they interested in dark magic too?
However, if the mastermind behind the scenes is really the church, the residents infected with black magic can be explained. As for the church, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a pyramid scheme organization. What it is best at is brainwashing.
At this time, the restraints on the torture rack in the distance were automatically released. Vivian's body lost its restraints and fell down. It was entangled in the forest's vines and was delivered to Mu You.
"leave……"
Seeing Mu You take over Vivian's body, the forest spirit waved his arm, and the huge wooden palm lifted the two of them up, and they were sent back to the ground in the blink of an eye.
At this time, a raging fire had already ignited in the black forest, and a scalding heat wave swept through, accompanied by the wails of creatures, burning all living and dead things in the forest.
"What will happen to this land in the future?" Mu You asked. Although this forest that was bred by the forest spirit itself was soaked with black magic, there were actually many other ways to deal with it. The forest spirit actually destroyed it in the sea of fire without hesitation. The decisiveness shown by it was shocking. He was a little surprised.
"Even if the remains eroded by black magic are burned, the remaining black magic in the land will not fade away so easily. In a short period of time, this place will become a polluted area that no living being can set foot on until the pollution is dissipated. This process may take a long time. , but only for the life span of living beings, for forest spirits, and for the entire star spirit world, it is just a blink of an eye." Vivian said.
Mu You nodded.
The power of the forest spirit is not only life and growth, but also decay and death. To be precise, it is the messenger of the balance of nature, the cycle of life and death, the alternation of the new and the old, the wildfire is endless, and the spring breeze blows and regenerates. , in the near future, new sprouts will sprout here again and revive into a new forest.
The fire became more and more intense, and the heat flow continued to sweep across. Mu You had no time to stop, so he hurriedly set up a teleportation array on the ground and teleported to the tomb in Misty Mountain.
Then he went all the way to the secret room on the top of the tomb, opened the coffin in the center of the secret room that contained Grandma Lin Xue's body, and stored Vivian's body inside.
This coffin is not spacious, but it is enough to house the remains of two women.
Vivian looked at the two bodies side by side in the coffin, one was young and the other was old. She couldn't help but think of the voices and smiles of the two of them, and sighed with a little emotion.
"Let's go back."
"good."
…
An hour later, Mu You returned to the door of the Merchant Alliance before closing the door.
The steward who led Mu You in before had been waiting behind the door for a long time. When he saw Mu You, he hurriedly said hello through the door: "Mr. Mu You, you are back!"
The steward wiped his sweat. The other ninety-seven people who entered the door at this moment had all returned more than half an hour in advance. Only Mu You was left. He had not returned for a long time, which scared him quite a lot. After all, it was a strange situation. The people sent over there, if they entered the door through them, but failed to come back in the end, that is not a small matter.
Fortunately, Mu You returned at the last moment, which made the people waiting at the door heave a sigh of relief.
"Awaited."
Mu You also said hello apologetically. He did not expect that he would fall into a coma in the dark forest, which would lead to him coming back late.
Arriving at the door, Mu You took out the fish tank and other items from his backpack and moved them through the door one by one.
Several people from Lin Hai's team had not left yet, and they all came in to help carry it.
"Master, are you planning to sell these fish fry in your store?" Lin Hai looked at the magic fish classified into different categories in the fish tank, and looked at Mu You with some curiosity.
He knew that Mu You's family ran a pet shop, and at this time, he specially transported these magic fish fry back to Earth alive, which immediately made Lin Hai realize that these might be things prepared for breeding and selling.
"yes."
Mu You nodded: "After a while, my pet shop will reopen. It will sell some magical creatures from the star spirit world. If you are in need, you can come and take a look. The address is Xiangjiang, K City. Lu Funny Pet Shop..."
Muyou took the opportunity to advertise.
"good!"
"no problem."
"I must go and have a look then..."
…
At this time, there were many members of the Business Alliance present who had not left. They were very considerate when they heard this. Regardless of whether they were interested or not, they all agreed politely.
Lin Hai's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he hurriedly asked: "Master, do you have chocobos for sale there?"
His previous experience in the Elf Forest had already made him obsessed with the feeling of riding a chocobo, and he wanted to experience it again.
"The Chocobo is not for sale, but you can ride it on site and experience it, and you will be charged based on your time."
Mu Youyou said: "In addition to chocobos, there are also some other rare magical animals, such as mandrakes, tree men, evil birds, etc. They are not for sale, but they can be visited and fed on site."
Muyou has already thought about it. When the magic pet store opens, it will be divided into two parts. One is a normal pet sales store. One is a ticketed visit model like a museum zoo, which provides opportunities for close contact with those rare magical creatures. The biggest problem with this exhibition model is that it requires a huge venue, but in today's era, with the existence of backpack space, the venue is not a problem at all.
"Oh? That's very interesting! Remember to call me when the master opens, I will definitely come and support you!" Lin Hai was very moved after hearing this.
Others were the same. They all looked over in surprise when they heard this. They secretly wrote down the address Mu You left just now, saying that they would go there to support him.
A magical creature viewing shop, this is a novelty that has never appeared on earth. If just now everyone was politely agreeing for the sake of the members of the allied forces, but now they are really interested.
During a recent meeting, I turned off the comments and character cards. Only I can see the comments after the 15th.
