Lu Ning was startled for a moment, then looked back at Percival. The old principal was checking Jin's injuries and didn't notice it.
Jingrui raised his head a little, with a very bitter smile on his face: "As expected...you are so wary...just like back then. It's a pity that we didn't become teammates again..."
"Who are you? Wait a minute, I'll let Percival save you-"
"You will die if you can't save me with magic, Lu Ning, remember, that guy's name is Hyakki Hiro, don't conflict with him... head-on..." Jingrui's voice gradually weakened, "This..."
Lu Ning felt his wrist move, and he took something out of the knot of his sleeve and stuffed it into his hand. These were also Jin Rui's last words.
She looked at Jingrui's hand that fell to the ground due to loss of strength, and slowly stood up.
"he died."
Percival let out a long sigh.
"It's pure martial arts. An old man like me is not good at martial arts, and the murderer didn't leave any traces."
"But we know it's that book." Lu Ning glanced at the scene and knew what was missing. The "Kari Myth" stained with Dilea's blood was gone. In other words, the book was It was placed there specially to lure Delea to the bait.
"I have to go to Dulemond. He dared to commit murder in the Violet Library and killed so many important people. This matter can no longer be handled by the people below. I also want to ask him how this congressman became a Yes!" Percival's voice was filled with anger. He looked at Lu Ning and said, "Lillian, you may be in danger now. It's best to find a protector for you here."
"No, Mr. Percival, I can't trust anyone but you right now." Lu Ning said simply, "I know you need to personally handle this matter, so I'm not going to disturb you, but I want to find a protector to help you." It would be safer for me to do it alone."
"Be sure to be smart. This murderer will definitely not act just once." Percival warned, thought for a moment, and took out a ring from his pocket.
"Take it, this is the spell-casting ring I used when I was young. It can assist your mental stability and magic control. Any interference that does not exceed the level of the Grand Mage cannot hinder your stable magic operation. I want to compare it to those Something that directly kills and protects you, this may be more helpful to you."
"Thank you principal."
"No... I want to thank you. You realized the other side of the magic book before me. At least now we can still have the situation in our hands." Percival glanced outside, "I'll send you back first. Go to a safe place, and if anything happens to you in the future, come to me in Gaesin, or show the ring I gave you to any teacher there, who will provide you with shelter."
"I see."
After explaining the good things, Percival didn't say much. He took Lu Ning back to the Moonstone Area, and then left in a hurry.
The One-Eyed Squid had already closed in the middle of the night, so Lu Ning told Percival that the location was near the Crow Hotel.
This was the first time she came here during the official opening hours of the hotel, but the number of guests today was very sparse. Pierre was sitting behind the bar with a bored look on his face. When he saw Lu Ning coming over, he quickly got up and said hello.
"Lillian, you haven't been here for a long time."
"It's only a few days. By the way, why are there so few guests today?"
"Because accidents always happen, many people don't dare to come out in the middle of the night." Pierre shrugged, "It's normal, there are always some strange things happening in Evarang. If there are too many, it will easily cause some fear."
"Forget it, find me a quiet room, I want to rest."
"no problem."
It wasn't until she locked the door that Lu Ning took out what Jingrui had given her, a piece of silk.
"Seitaro Asama." Lu Ning muttered to herself. Jin Rui finally used the title "teammate", and although she has cooperated with many people in various scenes, she can only be officially called a teammate in confrontation scenes. In the only scene with teammates, the only survivors besides herself were Zhu You and Seitaro Asama.
But it doesn't matter now. She can only know that there may be many more familiar people in this scene than she thought.
There were only two lines of short poems on the silk, but this was not the real meaning of the silk silk that Asayama gave to her. She casually drew an alchemy formation, placed it on it, and activated the alchemy - nothing happened. occur.
"The broken pages of the magic book, as expected, the council has no intention of recycling them..."
Lu Ning put the silk away. Now she had three broken pages of the magic book in her hand, a stone, a pile of silver thread, and now this silk. There were so many magic books flowing out of the library, but the council was in no rush to recycle them. Lu Ning couldn't think of any other reason other than to play a long game to catch big fish.
With complicated thoughts, Lu Ning was not able to sleep well. After getting up with caution the next day, she felt even more tired.
"It's terrible." Lu Ning rubbed her head. She wanted to make a sobering potion for herself and drink it, but she wasn't sure which one she needed more now, sobriety or sleep. This confused feeling made her wander for a while before crawling out of bed.
Today is the second day the library is open, but she is not ready to go there. After sorting out her thoughts, Lu Ning took off the magician badge on her chest and closed her eyes slightly.
She started meditating.
Soon, a feeling of communicating with some unknown existence appeared in Lu Ning's mind, and Lu Ning immediately began to form the appearance of Yi Lair in her mind.
At the moment when the appearance took shape, a golden light surged out from its body, turning the appearance into dots of golden powder.
Then, Jingrui's appearance began to appear slowly, and it was the same as before. It was transformed by the golden light when it was finalized.
Lu Ning opened her eyes, and her mood improved a little after meditation. The previous verification also confirmed two things. One is what it will look like if the whistleblower succeeds, and the other is that even the dead can still be reported.
"In that case... I have to visit the House of Horai today."
After eating something casually at Pierre's place, Lu Ning started walking towards the garnet area.
Evarong remains unchanged during the day, and it seems that most people don't dare to travel at night. However, the distance between Moonstone District and Garnet District was as far as going to Opal District. Lu Ning felt that most of her time was wasted on the road.
But when you get to the Garnet District, you can feel the difference between this place and other districts.
There is no commercial area, old and sturdy houses can be seen everywhere, and the grand feeling even makes her feel like she is in the middle of the city. There are no dense commercial places, so there are no concentrated crowds. Everyone walking on the street is integrated into the street scene, and there is no sense of disharmony at all.
After asking a few people, Lu Ning found Penglai House. This courtyard-style building with an ancient Oriental atmosphere actually uses a lot of gardening techniques, and the layout also uses Feng Shui, which Pengshan is very good at. Although Lu Ning didn't understand it, standing at the door he felt the breeze was blowing and his breathing was smooth. The spirit was lifted a lot.
Entering the store through the main entrance, stepping on the slightly noisy wooden floor can alert people around you that someone is coming. Various types of supplies in the store are sold in different areas, and each area is watched over by a full-time magician. Conversations between customers and shop assistants are conducted in soft tones and will not disturb other people.
Before Lu Ning could find a clerk to ask questions, she saw Pengshan Yuanzi, dressed in black hunting clothes, with her long hair spread open and only a forehead protector tied around her forehead, coming out from behind a screen.
"The distinguished guest is here, it turns out to be Miss Lilian, please come in." Pengshan Yuanzi smiled.
Under her guidance, the two of them walked to the courtyard at the back, and soon came to a guest room that was not too big. The sliding door had been opened, facing the courtyard. In the courtyard, a building of about three meters had been built. A high altar.
After a servant served tea and refreshments, there were only two people left in the room. Lu Ning was silent for a moment, then asked, "How did you know I was coming?"
"In Pengshan's homework, I have a hexagram in the morning and evening. I don't care about good or bad luck. I just walk and sit in my daily routine. I will take advantage of the guests coming to my door." Pengshan Yuanzi poured tea for the two of them. "Originally, what we said The agreement is that after the library is opened, since Miss Lillian is so impatient, there must be some huge changes."
"Yes." Lu Ning looked at the Fengshen Platform, "Two murders occurred in the Violet Library yesterday, and five people died. Since things have begun to happen in such core places, I don't think we can continue to investigate and prepare slowly. It’s time.”
"Five people died?"
"Jing Rui, do you know this person?"
Pengshan Yuanzi took a sip of tea, closed his eyes for a moment, and finally opened his eyes and nodded: "Is he dead?"
"Yes, I watched him die."
"Who did it?"
"His last words said it was a man named Hyakki Hiro."
"That's the original name, not the name here. You can't tell him by his original name and unknown appearance." Hōyama Yuenko said, "Hyakuki Hiro may not be very famous among you, but in the circles of us people He is a very famous martial artist."
"Martial arts idiot?"
"He will learn all the ways to make himself stronger in combat, and will challenge various difficult monsters in the scene. At one point, at the end of the scene, he managed to return to the vehicle that picked up tourists alive with half of his body. At least among us, normal tourists can't beat him in a fair environment, and this guy doesn't distinguish between good and evil except for practicing martial arts, he just depends on which side can make him stronger."
"Where's the magic?"
"Magic is also a type of combat power, and he will definitely not refuse. Even without magic, the various stunts he has mastered in the martial arts gym are enough to assassinate some magicians who only know how to recite spells."
After Pengshan Yuanzi finished speaking, he drank all the tea in the cup and poured himself another cup.
"Then Hyakki Hiro has obviously joined the opponent's camp. No wonder Shizui doesn't let me face him head-on."
"It is very difficult to kill him. If he was just a martial arts idiot, he would not be alive today. Lillian, if it were him, I would make the same suggestion."
"Pengshan Yuanzi, I want to ask you a question." Lu Ning said suddenly.
"Speaking."
"You said there are still eleven places for this Conferred God Platform. I already know that you have reserved places for nine people who may encounter unexpected events and given them in advance. That means you haven't used them yourself, right?"
"Naturally." Pengshan Yuanzi said lightly, "Even among the gods, there should be the God of Qingfu on the stage. If there is no one outside to finally break through the realm of virtuality and reality, how can we seize the fortune of heaven and earth? Return from the dead?”
"Then, no one else used it." Lu Ning looked at her, "Why didn't any of you use the Conferred God Platform?"
"You want to know the shortcomings of the Conferred God Platform." Pengshan Yuanzi expressed Lu Ning's hidden meaning in one sentence, "But you already fully know its function. Fujii should have told everything, no more, no less. The reason for not using it , precisely because it is not needed.”
"Where did you get your confidence?" Lu Ning asked.
"Are you coming here to ask me to add your name to this?" Pengshan Yuanzi asked in return.
Lu Ning was startled, looked at Pengshan Yuanzi's calm expression, and suddenly laughed.
"Can you tell?"
"For divination, you can know the true meaning of a person by observing his behavior, looking at his face, observing his words, and understanding his eyesight. This is a family tradition."
"When you have time, I must show you Tiantian's expressionless face to see which one of you two is better." Lu Ning picked up her tea cup, "Pengshan, let me make it clear, I don't need to put my own My name is written on it, and I am confident that I will not die. But I still need your help, or your help."
"just do you best."
"You're starting to shirk it now? It doesn't matter... you can definitely do it. Oh, by the way, there is one more thing I came here to do, which is a question I thought of not long ago. The Violet Library claims to collect magic books from all over the world, but it doesn't I never said that I really collected it all. So do you, the ancient Evaron residents, have any collection at home?"
"You are the third person who noticed this without knowing it, as far as I know." Pengshan Yuanzi smiled slightly, "Magic Book, when you asked most people in Evarang, the answer you got was from the library, only Very few people know that some ancient families in Evarang also collect one or two magic books."
"The Pengshan family has such a book, and with your ability, you must have completed the task." Lu Ning said in a positive tone.
"Rubbings? I have indeed obtained them, but I can only get my own copy." Pengshan Yuanzi nodded, "Don't think that it can be easily obtained in my own family. Those two people also asked about this before."
"Pengshan..." Lu Ning looked solemnly, "You have learned it, right?"
The tea mist had stopped rising, but it hadn't been long since the two came in, and a new pot of tea wouldn't cool down that quickly.
"Sensitive, what made you notice it?"
"Because you are good at those things that you call family knowledge. If you say to build a God-conferring platform, I believe it, but its core content, the part related to the soul, must be done by Garcia, a necromancer, unless you We can still find a second person who is proficient in necromancy. But now, you have to occupy the position of the God of Qingfu outside the Conferred God Platform."
"So, of course it's because I am suitable, right? The time is almost consistent with the difficulty of obtaining rubbings. This is your inference." Pengshan Yuanzi pushed the hair on his shoulders outward, and Lu Ning could vaguely see the shadow of a butterfly flying into the yard.
"'Funeral Rites', this is the magic book collected by the Pengshan family."
