After rearranging her belongings, Lu Ning set off for Sicilian's home before dawn. She left the Hot and Sour Cocktail quietly without telling anyone.
Of course, there was no one outside at this time. The gathering place a few streets away had disappeared. It seemed that the guards had finished dealing with it, and some people would disappear and never appear again.
"Evarang...does he only care about students?"
Lu Ning knew very well that she was not considered a student of Evarang, so she would not be on this protection list. But now it seems that there has been no chaos after so many incidents, which shows the parliament's control.
The journey was uneventful, and Lu Ning found Sicilian's home easily. This is not a big house, only one floor, located on the edge of the Opal District residential area, with a small yard. She opened the door with the key and went in. The inside was not big, with a corridor that turned around and connected to the back door. The rest were simple buildings such as the kitchen and bedrooms, which were not particularly carefully decorated.
She found Sicilian's bedroom, where there was also a wooden bookshelf that seemed to be hand-made, with many books on history and culture on it. Lu Ning took a backpack, took out all the letters from the book box, and put them into the backpack. She glanced at the bookshelf, first took out the photo crystal from the back of the drawer beside the bed, then stood up and took down two books from the bookshelf. Book.
The sixth edition of "The Holy City of Magic" and the fourth volume of "Biographies of Outstanding Magicians of Our Time".
The first one was because she wanted to know about the situation in the Holy City, and the second one was because the fourth volume was clearly written, but there were no traces of the previous volumes on the bookshelf, which was a little strange. Putting these two books into his backpack, Lu Ning checked the room briefly before leaving for the bathroom.
The things in the bathroom are all ordinary magic tools. There is indeed only one hanging painting, which is an oil painting. It is a full-length portrait of a little girl. Probably because of the age, the girl's appearance has been somewhat blurred. Not sure. Lu Ning lifted the frame slightly and tapped the bricks at the back in order. Hearing a slight "click" sound, the bricks separated with a small gap on the left and right.
"This is a hidden method." Lu Ning pulled the brick away and took out a document tied tightly with kraft paper from the back. In this way, the three things he was looking for were all present.
But just as she exited the bathroom, she suddenly heard the sound of the door opening coming from the direction of the back door. Lu Ning ducked back into the bedroom in an instant, holding her breath and listening to what was going on outside.
The footsteps were very light, and it would be difficult to detect if they were not too quiet; but the sound of the door opening was not concealed, so Lu Ning judged that the other party and himself were the same - he took the opportunity to come here to see if there were any clues. On the one hand, he knew that there were no clues here. People don't need to worry. On the other hand, they are reluctant to make too much noise out of a thief-like mentality.
The other party first entered the bedroom next to him, and against the wall, Lu Ning could hear the rustling sound. After a while, the sound disappeared, and the footsteps walked outside.
Next was the bathroom, but since there was no guidance from Sicilian, of course nothing was found.
Finally, the man walked toward the room.
Lu Ning's hiding place happened to be behind the door. The unexpected visitor did not see her when he came in. Instead, he saw the bookshelf at first sight. He immediately came to the bookshelf in two steps and began to look at the books on it.
It wasn't until a cold finger touched his neck that he suddenly realized there was someone here. Lu Ning even felt his muscles twitch violently.
"Yes... I'm sorry..." He raised his hands. This subconscious move made Lu Ning instantly judge that he was not a resident of this world. In the magical world, there are too many things that can be done by raising your hands. What really needs to be done is The only way to express "surrender" and "admit defeat" is to discard the weapon - even a branch.
"Don't move!" Lu Ning shouted.
He was obviously aware of this problem and quickly lowered his hand to remove a dagger tied to his waist and threw it on the bed: "I just found that no one here wants to see what is worth stealing! Please don't hurt me!"
Smart guy, give yourself the identity of a "thief" at this time, it will be easy to explain. If the first move hadn't revealed his identity, Lu Ning wouldn't have been able to tell whether he had ulterior motives.
"Thief? What's your name! Where did you come from!"
"My name is Yi Lair. I am an apprentice. This time I was lucky enough to be chosen by the Holy City to study. But I really don't have any money. This time I did it temporarily." He said a little pitifully.
"On the spur of the moment? Do you usually live around here?"
"No, no, I live in the Amethyst District. I was originally working for a gem merchant there, but didn't something happen there a few days ago? I'm homeless. If I don't make some money, I'll be in trouble. There’s nothing we can do!”
"How long have you been homeless?"
"It's not considered wandering. I'm here to take classes, but you have to plan for the future, right? I have no income, and the money in my hand is about to bottom out..."
"Don't try to turn your head sideways when speaking." Lu Ning coldly pressed her finger down a little further.
Yi Lair quickly apologized and smiled: "Yes, yes. Well, your voice sounds very young. Are you the master here?"
This guy is still testing her.
"Then what do you think the owner will do when he comes home and sees a thief sneaking into the house?"
"Haha, it turns out you are not."
"Of course I'm not, but I have a good relationship with the owner here. I'm considering whether to knock you out and leave you to him."
Yi Lair quickly begged for mercy: "No, this is my first time being a thief, otherwise I wouldn't be so rough-and-tumble, right? I also want to work seriously, if not..."
Having said this, he suddenly lowered his head, avoiding the direction of Lu Ning's fingers, and reached out to touch his waist, but Lu Ning was faster than him, and a refining formation was already attached to his waist.
Yi Lair's expression froze for a moment. He had already turned around because of the action just now, and naturally saw Lu Ning's appearance. He was very sure that she was not the owner of this place at all.
He was indeed a tourist. He came to Evarang as Yi Lair, the enchantment apprentice, and his experience was quite similar to Lu Ning's. He got the opportunity to work for a gem merchant in the Amethyst District, where he usually came into contact with many people. Among these guests, several well-known businessmen took a fancy to his talent for enchantment and contacted him to set up a training plan. He took the opportunity to attend two gatherings and met some young talents. Through the introduction, he was able to Enter the underground market of the Amethyst District.
From this, he also came into contact with the first book theft incident and even helped arrest a suspect. Generally speaking, his experience is very similar to that of Lu Ning. He is the "lucky person" who has the most clues arranged by the distribution center and whose status is relatively erratic.
As for this time, after integrating many clues, he learned that there seemed to be many secrets about Sicilian's identity, so he came to investigate after crossing the point. He was also aware of the previous tremors and the dispatch of guards in the Opal District, but he could not let the opportunity go to waste. When everything calmed down again, he chose to come here before dawn to take a look, and then he met Lu Ning.
At this time, fish belly white appeared on the horizon, and the room was not so dark. Of course, Yi Lair could see the badge on Lu Ning's chest and knew that she was an apprentice like him. The problem is that the thing attached to his waist is not guaranteed to have only apprentice-level destructive power.
"Can...can you stand up straight? It's very uncomfortable to twist." Yi Lair tried to smile playfully again.
"Two knives." Lu Ning used the piece of parchment to pull out another dagger from his waist. Different from the previous dagger, this dagger was very narrow and had an obvious curvature. It glowed in the morning light. It emits a faint purple reflection, and there are two inscriptions engraved on the handle.
"Actually, you're here to see what you can find, right? We're the same. Since you made the first move, I won't ask. There's no need to hurt your friendship, right..."
"I have the key." Lu Ning put the dagger on his waist completely unceremoniously, while a hint of distress was visible on Yi Lair's face.
"The owner here gave me the key, which means he trusts me. As for you... it's wrong to abuse lynching, but there's nothing wrong with me handing you over to the guards."
"No, if you have something to say, then...why are you willing to let me go?"
"Look at this dagger. You are probably not as short of money as you said. Don't make excuses like ancestral relics. People can do anything to survive. I know very well." Lu Ning said.
"Yes, so I bet that you don't dare to detonate this thing. You are an apprentice. If this is an anti-personnel magic item, it will also hurt you." Yi Lair glanced at the parchment and said, "Ten million Don’t force me, even though I don’t have any background, I can still do something if I’m really anxious.”
"Um?"
Yi Lair suddenly shrank his body and spurted out a green liquid from his chest, accurately splashing onto the parchment. A corrosive smell emanated from the paper, and the refining transformation formation was destroyed at that time. .
"This thing is just meant to burn you! I have no intention of harming anyone, but I can't stay here... Huh?" Yi Lai was about to flee through the door when Lu Ning was in too much pain to defend herself, but she found liquid gushing out of her hands. A green mist arose, which did not hurt her at all. Lu Ning just waved her hand and pulled out the dagger.
"You really prepared a lot of surprises for me." Lu Ning waved her dagger, creating a sound of wind in the air.
"Why are you okay?" The corner of Yi Lair's mouth twitched. Because the liquid was not lethal enough, most of its functions were used for pain and incapacitation. No one could bear it unless they were veterans on the battlefield. But who knows why? kick in?
"You should consider how to beg me for mercy now." Lu Ning held the dagger and approached him.
Yi Lair rolled his eyes and grinned: "No, I should run away now!"
He stretched out his hand and held it with his fingers, and thick smoke suddenly emanated from his body. Lu Ning heard the sound of the window, but she still stopped and did not chase after him.
She had an impression of the name Yi Lair. He was one of the people named by the Star Ring Sect mentioned by Saber. If he is a tourist, are the other tourists also more suspicious?
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When the sun was just rising, Garcia stood up from the tatami and looked out through the open door.
In the courtyard, what seemed to be a magic platform had been built. Although Shu Xingruo himself came from the place where this thing came from, he didn't understand this series of spells at all because of his identity this time.
There were two people in the courtyard. One was naturally the owner of the place, Pengshan Yuanzi, and the other was a Taoist wearing a Taoist robe and a high hair crown.
The name of the Taoist was introduced by Pengshan Yuanzi last night. His name is Yiqing. To put it simply, it means "companion". She said that her own knowledge and magic were still lacking, so she specially asked someone to come over to help. If Garcia didn't want to see him, he didn't have to see him.
Garcia didn't care, and this action also required the participation of her good necromancy skills, so they always had to meet. After getting acquainted with him a little, she realized that this Yiqing Taoist should really be a Taoist. From her professional actor's point of view, most of his words and deeds were natural.
"How's the situation? Do you want me to start?" Garcia yawned and asked the two of them.
"The construction of the altar has been completed, but the carrier is still inconvenient to choose." Yiqing bowed slightly, "If it is to be effective, it also needs the assistance of powerful magic props."
"Beyond the ability." Pengshan Yuanzi said, "No one among us has the channels or ways to obtain such powerful magic items, and my goal is not the entire Evarang."
"Then using sub-level props, I'm afraid the effect will be greatly reduced."
"This is not our duty in the first place. We just have to do it." Pengshan Yuanzi doesn't care about this kind of thing. "The moon is not always full, the trees are not always green, the mountains and rocks are solid but melt into the starry frost, and the river flows softly. And disappeared in the mist. There is no need to pursue the ultimate in everything, what does the Taoist think?"
"good."
Garcia walked into the courtyard and came to the high platform step by step.
The altar is about three meters high. Fortunately, the courtyard of Pengshan's house is deep and quiet, so it can accommodate it without being noticed. Now the stage has been painted with various talismans and incantations to form a large array. The center of the array is a flat bluestone, and there are lines of words engraved on the bluestone that Yi Qing said are prayers. On the four corners of the altar where the formations are not drawn, there is a table, a big flag, a sand table and a sword.
"Garcia, let's try to see if it's feasible first. After all, we are just using various spells to piece together an imitation, and we must continue to debug it before it is officially launched." Togeyama Yuenko said in the audience.
"Okay, anyway, after this night, there are a lot more undead in the city." Garcia closed his eyes and felt the breath of the undead around him. I'm afraid there was another serious accident in Evarang last night. When I woke up, I could smell death from a distance.
"You two should rest for a while. Anyway, my mission is next."
"Then I'll take my leave first." Yiqing bowed to the two of them, then turned and walked towards the guest room specially arranged for him.
"Yuanzi, did Xueyin respond to you?"
"She withdrew part of the surveillance. But after all, she still refused to come over. Although she is usually gentle, she still seems to be a little reluctant to let go."
"So... do you know? Where is Lu Ning?"
"I don't know her, she is your friend. Of course, if you insist on pointing out someone, you can find it through careful reasoning." Pengshan Yuanzi walked to the wooden corridor outside the room and sat down, " But it’s not necessary.”
"Don't do things you don't need to do, right?" Garcia laughed.
"No, I still accompanied you to do this thing that I didn't need to do, so it's just that I personally prefer the middle."
