"It's a rubbing."
Some people who came first also sighed.
Although this rubbing is much more sophisticated than the ones that the Twilight Thieves used to deceive people into copying, a rubbing is just a rubbing, not the original magic book, and has no ability to directly enlighten people. This is naturally safe, but it also makes many people who want to see the true appearance of the magic book feel a little disappointed.
But soon, some people who focused on academics were attracted by the words reflected on the crystal ball.
This cleverness is not only because the carrier looks luxurious, but also because the transcribers are all at the level of famous Grand Magisters or above, which is enough to present the contents of these magic books through the current circulating texts. Even if many of the advantages of the magic book are lost, the knowledge and experience contained in it are enough to benefit these students and teachers a lot. For example, Jiffany was lying in front of a pedestal with a magical magic book, unable to move at all, staring at the words floating in the sphere in fascination.
Lu Ning didn't stop her. She noticed that there were some column-like objects covered with black cloth in the darker corners around her. However, the black cloth did not completely block it, and steel-gray feet were revealed near the bottom. The magic stone is embedded in the knee. It is the Titan Guard, the highest masterpiece of alchemical artificial life, and it is also the only security method that Lu Ning can recognize. Its strength is about the level that three of them can kill a magician emperor together, and Lu Ning alone is With a casual glance, Ning saw at least nine similar "pillars."
"Good morning, Lillian."
"Good morning, Miss Pengshan."
After the people behind came in, they dispersed into the deep library. The lights here are not too bright, highlighting the dimly glowing pedestals on which the spheres are placed. Although this also allowed people to focus more on these most valuable things, Lu Ning found that things twenty meters away were more difficult to observe.
Pengshan Yuanzi and Garcia seemed to separate as soon as they entered. She walked straight towards Lu Ning, and Lu Ning knew in her heart that this was for the agreement that day.
Lu Ning actually didn't know what she wanted to do specifically, but since the other party invited her, she wasn't afraid to respond.
After the two greeted each other symbolically, they unanimously moved their gazes in a direction that no one had passed.
Lu Ning judged the location based on the memory provided by Soygo, but it seemed that she was not the only one who had the means to obtain the prototype distribution in the library in advance. Pengshan Yuanzi was obviously prepared as well.
"Please." Pengshan smiled.
The magic book that was supposed to be placed in that direction contained several that had been stolen before. Lu Ning walked past several pedestals and saw rubbings of "Garden of the Gods" and another rubbing of the soft armor magic book "Window of the Soul" woven with silver threads.
"Miss Lillian, are you interested in this book?"
Lu Ning only stayed in "Garden of Gods" for a few seconds before she was noticed by Pengshan Yuanzi. She walked to the side and took a look: "This book is one of the five magic books that was lost for the first time." One, after such a long time, the Magic Council must have recovered many parts, but they will certainly not be in a hurry to recover them all."
"How to say?"
"Because taking it all back will make some people happy." Pengshan Yuanzi glanced at Lu Ning, "Miss Lilian, I think you must know this. After all, not everyone can-hide something secretly."
"Miss Pengshan, it is not a good thing to pry into other people's secrets."
"But some secrets can be lowered by showing them, don't you think so? Miss Lillian, I did not invite you for my own reasons. My friends chose you, so I also hope to consider your Reliability."
"What is this consideration?"
"You don't need to be overly nervous. We know many things well." Pengshan Yuanzi turned his head and touched the base of the rubbing in front of him, and lines of text emerged from the surface of the sphere.
"Do you think today's library is also..."
"First, the parliament already knows that there is an insider among them. Second, they have not yet confirmed who the insider is. Although the twelve members are thought to be headed by Dulemond, the official ranks are equal, and there is no suspicion. Before the people, they cannot restrict anyone’s authority. Rules and regulations will bring benefits, but they will also constrain the decision-making of the superiors.”
"That's right."
"So if you want to identify the mole on the library opening day, there are two ways. One is that Dulemond gathers a few absolutely trusted members to secretly lay traps to induce the mole to act. But this method is too It's too obvious to be fooled." Pengshan whispered, "So Lilian, what do you think the second method is?"
"... Make the investigation results public, let twelve people confirm the existence of the inner ghost, and then jointly set up protective measures for the library. However, it is not open to the screening of the person responsible. While lowering his vigilance, he uses the position of the person in charge to induce him to have no choice but to have actions.”
"Correct answer. Therefore, the first step must not be played by the mole." Pengshan nodded, "The Magic Council has been in power for a long time. Compared with the first method of passive investigation, it will definitely choose to take the initiative to control the overall situation."
Lu Ning frowned: "Wouldn't this cause accidents to those who come to the library?"
"I'm sorry, the information and inferences I can get can only go so far. I haven't been able to pry into the decision of a member of the Magic Council. But the person in charge of these three days must be the target of suspicion. Yi Ti, Green, Heinz.”
"What do you want to do by telling me this?"
"It's nothing, you must have something to do." Pengshan walked around the pillar and was opposite Lu Ning. Her calm and deep eyes came through from the opposite side, still with that wonderful intimidation and attraction.
"You mean..."
"Lillian, I know some things about you, and it's not difficult to infer your actions from it, but I definitely don't know everything about everyone. I need to define your abilities to consider whether they meet my expectations, but those are just me. The test of whether to hand over another backup means to you. On the premise that you are a friend of my friend, you are almost 100% our ally."
"...Is it Garcia?"
"Half right and half wrong." Pengshan Yuanzi smiled softly, "Now, Lilian, we still have eleven places. What I want to ask is whether you need one."
"What quota?" Lu Ning was stunned for a moment.
"A spot that can at least save your life."
"What……"
"I asked Garcia about it and roughly understood the purpose of your visit to her a few days ago. You probably noticed something strange when you left, so you lingered at the door. But after a few days, you figured it out. ?"
"Yes." Lu Ning took a deep breath. She already knew completely that Pengshan Yuanzi was a third-level tourist, and she was also familiar with an acquaintance of hers, but it was not yet clear who it was.
"We asked some questions, but those were questions that anyone who was present at the deceased could have answered."
"Yes, Garcia said, you immediately understood what she meant, and changed the questions to general questions that would not inspire hatred and recollection in the soul, but in this way, as long as the souls present can answer those questions .”
"Then is Catherine dead?" Lu Ning asked her question directly.
"Catherine was one of the possibilities that we identified after a lot of research and screening, and we were not going to let her die."
"But Catherine has indeed turned into a corpse. I will conduct an autopsy with my own hands. This will not be wrong." Lu Ning stared at Pengshan Yuanzi, "Have you made preparations in advance?"
"You are one of the rare people who is good at clicking on the surface, while we prefer top-down control." Pengshan Yuanzi came back again, "Catherine is unfortunate and lucky. Unfortunately, she is exactly "She is one of the 'confirmed' victims of the numerous events happening in Evarong today, and she is lucky enough to be one of the nine people selected for the only round of screening we urgently conducted."
"The quota you mentioned..."
"If you are curious, please choose a day to go to the House of Penglai." Pengshan Yuanzi raised his finger to his lips, "Now that we all understand, after the library is opened, the second half of the journey should begin. At that time There may be many eventualities, and no one can say that they are safe."
"Okay." Lu Ning nodded, "But I don't understand what you want from me..."
"I don't need to get anything. You can treat me as an information house. I only need to be responsible for distributing the information to the right people. And you... whether you have done the right thing or not has nothing to do with me. .”
Lu Ning smiled.
"Because what you want to do doesn't involve these details?"
"Yes. If our actions overlap, I will give you some assistance, but if it is an emergency, I will not be able to support you."
Lu Ning walked towards the next pedestal.
"You're different from a lot of people I've met. Oh, maybe there's someone who looks like you."
"Appreciate further details."
"When a person's strength expands, his ambition will also expand with it. Even people who understand the principle of self-denial will still maximize the maximum possible benefits. In other words, even if there is only a 50% possibility , they will take action.”
"The desire to win is not a bad thing if it is not used in evil ways."
"But why don't you have such a mentality?" Lu Ning turned around and asked.
"Why do you ask this?"
"Pengshan, you can obviously do more. The things you communicated with me and told me, as well as the quotas, plans and other things you mentioned, completely show that you are still in a state of ease. The most obvious One thing is that you already know who the person in charge is for three days, but you still insist that you can't continue to pry into the inside of the Magic Council."
"So what?"
Lu Ning fell silent, indeed, so what? Pengshan Yuanzi is willing to do this, and no one else can force her to make any changes.
"Everything is born, and people have various behaviors. It's natural. Maybe we can find a suitable time and we can meet in a stable place to talk. But now is not the right time."
"That friend..."
"She lost to you before, so she is a little more eager to win. As I said before, it is not a bad thing if it is not used in evil ways."
"I understand, thank you for letting me know."
Pengshan Yuanzi nodded and pointed to the end of the road: "Finally, here is a piece of news. At the end of this road, there is a rubbing of the alchemy magic book "Cauldron of Chaos". I don't know if you are familiar with this. I have some needs, but I can at least help you a little bit."
"Okay. After the library opening is over, I will definitely visit the House of Horai."
Pengshan Yuanzi bowed, turned and left.
Lu Ning followed her instructions and walked to the end, and sure enough, she found the rubbings of the alchemy magic book near the wall.
Among all kinds of magic, alchemy can be said to be one of the magics that is very suitable for magic books.
After all, there are only three basic guidance books in total, and the ones circulating on the market are mainly various handbooks. Most of the so-called handbooks are travel notes, experiences, experimental records, and the like. When combined, these are soulless demons. Introduction to the book - although this metaphor sounds quite bad.
In Soygo's memory, he never even glanced at this magic book. After all, he was critical of all current alchemy, and he would not take the initiative to read this kind of magic book. This "Cauldron of Chaos" is a fairly orthodox magic book from an Imperial Saint-level alchemist. It naturally contains a lot of things that Soygo scolded as "junk". Lu Ning doesn't care about these issues. She knew that even though Soygo had advanced ideas, she couldn't completely listen to him, otherwise he would become a rootless tree. For example, most theories in classical physics have been proven to be inapplicable to the microscopic world, but people still follow the "theorems" when learning.
What's more, the Royal Saint-level alchemist's life experience and alchemy experience are much richer than Soygo's. Lu Ning can see the mistakes in it based on Soygo's theory, and naturally he can find out the valuable aspects.
And the crowd in the library is getting bigger and bigger. The function of the base is not to create an image on the sphere, but to create a visual illusion through magical interaction, so there is no problem for the same rubbing to be read by multiple people.
But soon, Lu Ning rubbed her temples and left the location of the rubbings. Her mind was a little stiff.
This is also the reason why the Magic Council clearly has rubbings but does not circulate them or open up its library for students to study. After all, the knowledge in the magic book is too profound. Even if it is recited, reading it consumes a lot of energy. What's more, magical empathy also requires the reader to pay some magic power. The safety of rubbings is only compared to the magic book. It is not that people who have not seen rubbings have gone crazy before.
Lu Ning walked to the rest area in a daze. Considering the situation, some drinks and food were provided there to restore mental and physical strength. As soon as she got there, she found White Rose carrying a tray from the ordering counter. Come back.
"Hey, are you happy reading?" Bai Meigui raised a smile at her, and she could vaguely see Shang Wenxue's shadow in it.
"My head hurts. Do you have any recommendations?" The two of them had known each other for a long time. Lu Ning didn't bother to maintain etiquette towards others and directly asked about the food here.
