"Everyone in this world has his own philosophy of survival. There is no distinction between high and low in knowledge. Being aloof only because of your own achievements, but not knowing that looking for the countless wisdom of everyone in the world, is ultimately just a matter of narrow-mindedness. generation."
The old man on the bed raised his hand and gently touched the forehead of the boy kneeling beside the bed.
"The Magic Book... is both a success and a failure. It seals away wisdom, but also cuts off wisdom. The immeasurable pollution is the retribution of this separation. However, there is a Magic Book, and there is not one The magic book that was written will not have that kind of problem...it is what our ancestors have wanted to write for generations...the laws of heaven...the Supreme Being..."
The old man's voice gradually became lower and his hand dropped.
The young man held the old man's still withered palm, lowered his head, and kissed each of his fingers.
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The ruins of the ring-shaped star city after which the Star Ring Sect was named finally appeared in the sky above Evarang. This is not accurate, because judging from the height and size of the star city, people on the entire continent may be able to see it. Got to see.
Lu Ning raised his head and could faintly see the ring in the sky through the not-so-dense fog.
"Lillian! Don't be distracted!" Pierre was still very wary of the summoned star ring. Liz's expression also showed deep wariness, and the people brought by the two of them also gathered together. Lu Ning was the only one who showed a defensive look.
After all - too small.
The ring-shaped building that almost occupies the entire sky can indeed make people who see it for the first time suffer from a phobia of giant objects. But for Lu Ning, just by calculating the proportions in his mind, he can know that the size of the ring is less than the size of the planet beneath his feet. The circumference of the circle, otherwise people can only see part of the circle, how can there be a completed circle?
So Lu Ning's first reaction was that the Star Ring Sect has sacrificed countless lives and paid so much price, and this is what they have summoned now? Isn't this too small compared to the things they recited when offering sacrifices?
At this moment, a golden meteor fell from the sky and fell only a few hundred meters away from them. The ground shook. Lu Ning immediately retracted his attention and looked in the direction of the falling meteor. Percival and the Starter were standing at such a high place that they could see it as long as they were careful to observe, and the meteor was the Starter that Percival blasted down.
"Let's go there."
"That guy is dangerous! If he's not dead -"
"Kill him before he's dead." Lu Ning said simply and ran quickly towards the direction of the falling meteor.
Most people didn't dare to move when the star ring appeared. This also left a lot of convenience for Lu Ning to rush over. After walking around a few streets, she could see a big crater in the distance. . Percival would still think about the Evar Gallery at this time. No one was passing where the shot was aimed.
Lu Ning stood at the edge of the pit. In the center of what looked like a falling meteorite, a spear still shining with golden flames pinned the vague body of the Star Prefacer firmly, but he was worthy of being the current leader of Star Ring. , still not dead yet. When he looked up and saw Lu Ning, he actually laughed.
"Haha... people's spirit of loving to join in the fun... can never be changed."
He stretched out his hand and shouted in a distorted voice: "Just right! Then you can take my place -"
Lu Ning didn't even wait for him to finish shouting. He immediately threw out his hand that had been in his pocket and accurately threw a ball at the Seizer. Then he rolled on the spot and left the edge of the pit.
The huge pulling force from the hands of the Star Sequeler hit the ball and also tore off the soil beside the pit. He did not expect that Lu Ning would avoid it so quickly, but he did not care. He continued to increase the pulling force to pull Lu Ning out of the pit. Pull off the outside. The ball hit the palm of his hand, and was instantly transformed into an invisible form by the inexplicable fuzzy power on his body.
"Alchemy tools?"
The Star Sequeler let out a confused cry, and then a purer light flashed under the pit.
The yin-yang jade made by Lu Ning separates yin and yang by shortening the distance, but the limit that she cannot break is precisely this distance. It is actually very long, but it is only twenty or thirty meters. This is the limit of what she can refine at present. With such pulling force, plus the blurred distance at the last moment, "Yin" and "Yang" "Finally formal contact.
In magic, it is called shrinkage reaction, and in Eastern classics, it is called returning to chaos. As a refiner, Lu Ning naturally understands that this is equivalent to annihilation in a certain sense.
People like Soygo can transfer the annihilation energy away, but they also dare not keep it. During the refining process, they disperse the amount of material reacting in each area as much as possible. However, the total amount of yin and yang reacting under the pit now is thousands of times greater than that of each light point at that time.
The intense light was released for three seconds before it completely dissipated, and Lu Ning turned around and returned to the edge of the pit. The surface of the pits washed away by the strong energy of Yin and Yang has crystallized and is as smooth as a carefully polished mirror. There was also a crystal at the bottom of the pit. The center of the energy explosion burned Percival's Golden Flame Spear and the Star Sequeler into one body in an instant, turning it into a crystal that exuded rainbow-like light, but the center of the crystal remained. It's a blurry mass.
Lu Ning carefully broke the crystal layer with a dagger and walked little by little to the bottom of the pit.
"It would be much more convenient if it was directly burned into a piece of light crystal." She stood in front of the crystal, looked at it carefully, and breathed a sigh of relief when she was sure that there was no sign of life in the fuzzy mass inside.
"But speaking of it...this guy just wants to die, right? He expects to use his soul to cause a disaster and become the last gift to the raising gods. I don't know if I should say pious or mentally ill." Lu Ning knocked. Looking at the crystal, I found that the hardness was not too high, and the temperature was not as high as expected. It seemed that the contraction of Yin and Yang was somewhat different from annihilation in a magical sense. But this was also a good thing. She began to try to dig out the crystals with a dagger. As for the Star Seer, she had already taken precautions.
At this time, every Star Ring cultist sensed the death of the Star Prologue. Through some special connection, they all began their final prayers. However, this time, the ruined city floating in the sky did not respond to their prayers. .
"What's going on?" A leader of the Star Peepers was the first to notice something was wrong and immediately began to check the status of the ceremony. However, everything went according to plan, even the death of the Star Peeper was planned, but in the end , the most important "look from the gods" did not come from the sky.
"It looks like a failure."
With a cold and stern shout, the door to the ceremony location was cut open with two knives. A captain rushed in with the guards, and the area was instantly filled with magical light and shadow. Similar things happened in various places, and the reaction speed of the guards was not too slow. It didn't take too long to find the ceremony location under such drastic changes in magic power after the ceremony was officially launched.
Unfortunately, due to the influence of the Twelve Outer Areas, some believers who noticed the problem still disguised themselves and fled in advance. There are also some believers who tried to commit suicide and sacrifice themselves, but because of the lack of ritual leaders, they only became personal sacrifices, far from touching the star rings in the sky.
At this time, a group of souls of the Star Sequeler floated in a black and white space.
"Welcome." A voice came from the sky.
"Consciousness? Why am I still conscious? Where is this place? Why didn't the sacrifice continue?"
"This is a place of nothingness where the dead and the living meet, a cage of eternal doom that no one can touch." The voice responded.
The Star Seer subconsciously tried to use magic, but nothing appeared. Then he tried to shape his own body, but also failed. When he shouted to the sky again, he could no longer hear the answer from the voice.
"The tenth."
Pengshan Yuanzi, who has spread his domain to the entire House of Penglai, is sitting in the quiet room where he usually sits. The soul of the Star Prefacer has been taken away on the Conferring God Stage, and he will never be able to go where he wants to go. When all the dust settles and the separation between life and death is over, all that is waiting for him is death again, and this time there will no longer be anyone to assist him in sacrificing his soul.
"But... you can really kill him, Lu Ning." Pengshan Yuanzi took out a list of names from his sleeves, with four names written on it, and the current one was already in place.
"Now that she has achieved the first step, we must also fulfill our promise. Evolution and the Star Ring Sect are all cannon fodder that are placed in the open to attract attention. It is also time to let the cannon fodder retreat and see the other party's real main plan. What is it? Huh?"
Two butterflies composed of lines flew in from the window, and Fengshan Yuanzi raised his finger to catch one, pondering for a moment: "Since Heinz has transferred to the garnet area, let everyone retreat and leave the plague to them to deal with. "
The butterfly flew away, and another one fell down, but it did not land on the finger, but turned into a linear human shape on the ground.
"Sorry, Yuanzi, I borrowed your dead soul butterfly to bring you a message." Juno stood in front of Pengshan Yuanzi. Her five senses spell is really convenient to use in this kind of place. Unfortunately, due to the distance, this is just an image. A kind of thing.
"Garcia and I have left the rabbit burrowing area and managed to get the guards here to discover the fact that the rabbits exist. The problem in the Amethyst District will probably be solved soon. But there is an unexpected discovery. We are A body was found in the basement of a home.”
Pengshan nodded, mentioning a corpse specifically at this time, so the identity of the corpse must be very special.
"Garcia conducted a simple call to the spirit and discovered that this man was actually a tourist. His identity was a gem dealer. This man died very early, and he probably did not even arrive at the opening day. But the call to the spirit could only ask so much. More, according to Garcia’s memory, the gem store owned by this businessman had some accidents, and then reopened, and a person suspected to be a tourist worked in that gem store.”
Since Juno emphasizes this fact, the murderer is most likely the tourist.
"I can't find any trace of that tourist at the moment. Garcia should have mentioned this to you. Maybe we can target a hostile tourist. You have to be careful."
After saying this, Juno's image turned into a butterfly again.
"I remember that name, Yilaire, right?" Pengshan pondered, "I remember that this person seems to have good luck and can easily access multiple clues?"
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Lu Ning spent some effort and finally chipped out the crystal, but it was still huge.
"Lillian."
There was a voice from behind, Lu Ning turned her head and saw Xueni.
"It's true that...everyone came here today?"
"You should know that Pierre will not fail to inform me." Xue Ni said lightly, "He is loyal to me, even if he recognizes your judgment and ability to act."
"Does this tone mean you think I'm not trustworthy? Xueni?" Lu Ning smiled.
"No, Lilian, I have known for a long time that you are not as simple as you seem on the surface, nor as simple as your own experience, but I still use you because I am the same person." Xueni crossed her arms. , "But I need a piece of evidence after all. Everything before can be explained by wisdom, but what I see in front of me has already entered the category of power."
"Forget it, Xue Ni, I believe that the strength you have now is not that of a junior magician." Lu Ning walked step by step along the path dug when she came. Xue Ni did not stop her and stood aside to give way. One way to go.
"My understanding of you has changed many times, Xue Ni. But now, I can no longer estimate how much power you have in the Evar Gallery. Maybe you can't touch the Violet Library, but the outside...you run it After so many years, you can even become an underground king with what you have accumulated, right?"
"...Your judgment is really exaggerated."
"Don't deny it so quickly."
After Lu Ning confirmed that Yi Lair was a tourist, she paid special attention to this person. She learned a lot of information from the store clerk, most of which was negative, but it also reflected that... this apprentice-level enchanter can also be exposed to many unusual events, and even participate in them.
If he was a tourist, then Lu Ning could easily judge by analogy with himself that Yi Lair should be positioned similarly to himself, that is, an "adventure character". In this case, based on the principle of fairness in the distribution center, the people and things they can encounter should be about the same level.
Elaire has disappeared from the store, so where has he gone? Either you hide, but hiding would be a waste of luck, or you meet someone of a higher level and your status is significantly improved, so you leave. Lu Ning has not left the original location of the one-eyed squid, so there should be a character of similar level around her. The one who looks most like her is Xue Ni.
She won't say these inferences out loud, but most of them are guesses. It's okay to fool Xueni here a little.
"Back to the topic, Lilian, how can I be sure that you won't lose control and do something that will endanger Evarang?"
"Can you tell me the source of your suspicion? I have been helping Evarang."
"Todd." Snowy replied immediately.
Of course Pierre was there to answer all her questions. Lu Ning knew this and quickly understood.
"Because I used the method of inducing crime to get Todd to find the forces behind it?"
"You're not worried about who this plan will hurt. That's what I'm worried about. It's undeniable that you are indeed helping Evarang, but how many sacrifices will you make along the way that you don't care about? I can't guarantee it."
"And in my subsequent actions, your suspicion has become more and more expanded..." Lu Ning took out Xueni's gem, "I think this gem has some surveillance functions from the beginning, right?"
Xue Ni fell silent, also acquiescing.
"Then I admit that I myself cannot predict how many people will die along the way."
