The case of the attack on the alchemist stalled because the murderer could not be found. No new victims appeared in the next day or two, or at least no one was killed in the Moonstone District for the time being.
Afterwards, Lu Ning also fulfilled her promise with Jiefeni and went to Bell Tower Academy to attend a class taught by Daohe Axia. But if the first few courses are at least somewhat related to her, summoning is something quite far away from alchemy. Lu Ning can only listen to it as a course about appreciating various strange beasts, and really can't understand anything else. .
As for Dohyuk's style, it's a bit interesting.
He has really traveled to various places and knows the customs and customs of many places very well. There is a story behind every strange beast. There is very little subjectivity in the story. It is all about local people's various cognitions. As they gradually come into contact with strange animals and understand their habits, even Lu Ning, who doesn't understand it at all, thinks it is a very exciting adventure story and can even remember it. The names of some strange beasts.
The only regret is that Dohyuk doesn't accept questions.
"To learn summoning, you must know that people are different and animals have thousands of temperaments. I can't give you a standard answer to the questions you asked. Summoning, contract... these things that have been said many times by countless people are not necessary at all. Tell me more, the most important thing is how to get close to, understand, and then become friends with an animal. All alien animals have low intelligence. If you have intelligence, you can communicate. This is what you really need to learn. I can't impart any knowledge. , I only hope that you can gain some insights from these stories I carefully selected."
Dohyuk ended the lecture with these words, and the students stood up and applauded, and he bowed in return.
When Lu Ning stood up and was about to leave with Jiefeni, she found Xueni walking down from the back row. At the same time, Xue Ni also saw Lu Ning.
"Lillian, I didn't expect you to come back to take the summoning course." Xue Ni smiled and glanced at Jiffany next to her.
"Good day, Miss Xue Ni." Jefni said politely.
"Sorry, can I know your name?"
"My name is Jiffany, you probably haven't heard of me."
"It doesn't matter, I understand now. It's a good thing for Lilian to make friends." Xueni smiled at Jiffany.
"Xue Ni, why are you here?"
"...I am a practitioner of arcana, summoning, and formation. Have you forgotten our contract or was it me?"
"But if I remember correctly, there should be a grand magister-level summoning magician giving lectures in your college. Why come to the clock tower that is farther away?"
"Aren't you usually quite smart?" Xue Ni tilted her head and looked at Lu Ning, "Guess the reason?"
"...That person's lectures are all repetitive. You have already listened to them, right?"
"bingo."
While the three of them were chatting, everyone in the classroom had almost left, and they walked out together. Jefni seemed to be a little in awe of Xueni at first, but Xueni's few words made her become friends. Attitude.
However, judging from the initial conversation between the two, Xueni seems to be well-known here.
Under the leadership of Jiefeni, Lu Ning and Xue Ni walked around the Bell Tower Academy together, and finally came to the cafeteria - a real cafeteria, not a place rented out to a few restaurants.
"Guanwu and Firestone don't have this. Bell Tower Academy is the only place in the Moonstone District that has a canteen." Jiefeni introduced with some pride, "Are you two interested in trying it?"
"Isn't it the Holy Communion? I heard it doesn't taste very good." Xueni made a joke.
"The Holy Communion is only given out during special sacrifices or worship!" Jefni explained hurriedly, "This is where all kinds of meals are sold! And our chefs are very good!"
Another reason is that the price is cheap, which is what Lu Ning saw after walking in. The price of the same amount of dishes in the canteen is only about 70% of the price outside. No wonder Jiefeni likes this place. As for the food, it is just the standard of normal big pot dishes, which is not enough for Lu Ning, who has eaten truly delicious food in the distribution center. What a good craft.
Of course, she wouldn't say these words.
The three of them chatted while eating. After all, Lu Ning was not very familiar with the affairs between the two schools and could not speak well. At this time, a burst of heat in her pocket made her raise her eyebrows, and she took out the gem - it turned out to be Liz's.
Since getting these three gems, Xue Ni and Catherine have entrusted her to do many things. Although most of them are small things like purchasing and delivering letters, Lu Ning has established a good relationship with both of them. But Liz really never looked for her once. As time went by, Lu Ning almost forgot that there was such a nominal "master".
She glanced at Xue Ni and put the gem close to her ear.
"Lillian, where are you now?"
Liz's voice was cold and stern, with obvious anger, which was completely different from her usual harsh tone. Lu Ning raised his eyebrows: "I'm at Bell Tower Academy and I just finished class..."
"Now come to the VIP room on the second floor of Building No. 7 of Guanwu."
"What's wrong?" Listening to this tone, Lu Ning felt more and more that something had happened.
"Collect the bodies." Liz said these words forcefully, and then cut off the communication.
She put down the gem, but she didn't hide the volume just now, so both Xueni and Jiefeni heard the conversation, and their expressions were a little solemn.
"Leave now." Xue Ni stood up.
"I...I'll take a look with you, maybe I can be of some help!" Jefni hurriedly stood up. The three people left Bell Tower Academy in a hurry. Xue Ni directly hired a car and returned to Guanwu as quickly as possible.
At this time, a circle of people had gathered outside Building No. 7. Some school teachers had sealed the door, while others were confronting people inside.
"Liz! Let us in!"
"Sorry, it's under lockdown." A ruthless voice came from inside the building.
When Lu Ning and others arrived, they happened to hear some teachers outside muttering to each other.
"What should we do? Let's rush in and disarm?"
"Those are the top students of the magic sword system. We can't use killing magic. We might be knocked unconscious by force."
"What should we do? Do we have to go find the guards?"
"How is that possible? There are our students inside! They are not thugs!"
"But if you don't go in, you won't know what's going on inside."
Xue Ni separated from the crowd and stepped forward. The teachers here obviously recognized this top student, and most of them also knew about her relationship with Liz.
"Xue Ni, please go in and try to persuade her. Liz suddenly sealed the building and everyone inside was kicked out by her Demon Swordsman classmates. We shouldn't use force."
"Teachers, please maintain order outside, I will handle it." Xue Ni nodded politely to the teachers around her, and led Lu Ning and Jiefeni directly into the gate.
The main door of the lobby on the first floor faced the wide staircase. As soon as the three of them entered, they saw the Magic Swordsman students and teachers arrayed opposite each other, as well as Liz standing on the stairs. She was dressed in combat uniform, holding a long sword burning with dark blue flames, and held her position with a solemn expression.
"Liz, we are back." Xue Ni waved to Liz directly after entering the door, "What happened? Why did you have to conflict with the teacher?"
"Are you back too? Just in time, come up together." Liz turned around slightly, and the Demon Swordsman students in front slowly made way for the three of them to walk through.
After turning the corner of the stairs and going up to the second floor, Lu Ningcai asked in a low voice: "What happened to Catherine?"
Liz nodded.
"What's going on?" Xue Ni frowned.
"A few days ago...Catherine also did something to me. I can't tell you because of the contract, but it made me feel something was wrong. The most important thing is that Catherine has doubts about her kingdom..."
"We can talk about this later." Liz said with a straight face as she walked to an open mahogany door at the end of the corridor.
The place where VIPs are received is naturally luxuriously decorated, spacious and extremely grand. However, these were no longer of concern to the three of them. The only thing that caught their attention was the person lying on the red velvet carpet...or rather the corpse.
Catherine's eyes were half-closed, her expression slightly ferocious, and a large number of crystals drilled out from under her skin, even blocking the flow of blood. She was wearing a truly expensive aristocratic dress that she would not normally wear. Spider-web-like blood vessel bulges appeared on her arms and legs, with a large number of tiny crystal fragments scattered around.
The most important thing was that on Catherine's abdomen, a little above her belly button, a dark crystal was embedded deeply. It was also the only wound with blood flowing out.
"How could it be..." Xue Ni rushed to Catherine's side and lowered her head to check, while Lu Ning stopped Liz and Jiefeni and walked over slowly.
That crystal was a crystal of darkness, and Lu Ning could recognize it. She looked around the scene, and based on the position where Catherine fell, directly opposite were three large armchairs padded with red velvet, but there were some temporarily moved chairs next to these armchairs, and there seemed to be a lot of people.
These people will not be gone for long, because the traces left on the velvet have not yet disappeared. The total time Liz gave her the news and the time it took to rush here was only fifteen minutes. Where had so many people gone?
Then she turned and walked back to the body.
Without any examination, it was clear that Catherine was indeed dead. The rest of her body might not be fatal, but the imbalance of magic power caused by the Dark Crystal being pierced into her abdomen was enough to kill her. The only problem is...
She looked around carefully again, then reached out and lifted Catherine's wrist.
The precipitation of crystals seems to come from inside the blood vessels, just like... what she described before, forming magic crystals in the body to control them. And since she did this, she must have drank the potion. As a pharmaceutical maker, Lu Ning knew that the efficacy of the medicine was very fast, so Catherine should not drink the medicine in advance. After all, she used this bottle of medicine as a preparation method.
But - there was no pill bottle in sight.
Is it necessary for the person leaving to take the medicine bottle with him? If Catherine takes the medicine on her own initiative, they don't need to bear the psychological burden of it. Taking away the medicine bottle does not take away the really important crystal of darkness, which is completely abnormal.
"Lillian, I..."
"Xue Ni, I thought of a question." Lu Ning lowered his voice so that only two people could hear, "Who is that bottle of fake death potion made for?"
"..."
"Catherine should have faked her death, but the current situation is that she is really dead. The panic on your face cannot fool me. You know the specific situation in Catherine's country."
The reason Catherine gave her at the time was that she suspected that the royal family was secretly preparing for a war to provoke a war, so she would not give up the combat effectiveness of a crystal magician. But the deeper reason stems from her own distrust of the entire royal family, and at the same time she does not want to betray the country.
"Lillian, I'm not calm right now." Xue Ni stood up holding her head and took two steps back. "You...check Catherine to see if there is still a chance."
"There is no chance of her surviving, at least I can't think of it. But I can try my best to restore the scene."
Just like what she paid attention to at first glance, there was something more and something missing at the scene. From this, she could at least infer what exactly happened at that time. If we want to go one step further and investigate the reasons...
She reached out and took off the small bag from Catherine's waist.
The style of this bag did not match her outfit, so it must be something that a magician could not leave behind. After opening it, Lu Ning took a look inside and found that there was indeed room for a medicine bottle.
"Xue Ni, if you noticed Catherine's thoughts and used the fake death potion instead, what about the replaced potion?"
"...I didn't change it."
"What?"
"I just realized what Catherine was thinking, and then I tried to find the formula and helped her prepare the potion. I handed the potion directly to her, and she accepted it and said she would consider it."
"When was that?"
"You gave me the medicine and gave it to her the next day."
In this case, why did Catherine prepare another bottle of medicine? The potion of suspended animation was a better solution in every way - except for her own involvement.
Lu Ning checked the package and did not see the bottle of potion that could slow down magic power.
"So you don't know about the potion she asked me to refine later?"
"We won't ask to this extent. Even the best friends have secrets to keep... But who would have thought that she was actually killed?" Xue Ni gritted her teeth, "Liz! What happened when you found out? Condition?"
"I was worried about Catherine meeting her family, so I secretly found a few people over. About thirty minutes after the scheduled time started, the prince walked out with two accompanying magicians. Although his expression You can't see anything, but the pace was obviously much faster than when we came here. I really regret not stopping him at that time!" Liz punched the door frame, "When I came over, it was like what it is now. I Immediately ask those companions to find someone to seal this place, and then notify Lilian to come over."
"There are only three people?" Lu Ning asked.
"Only three left, so I have to seal this place. The rest must still be here! I want to catch all those bastards!"
