Chapter 123 Training 01
Jiang Yuelu looked at the two round amber beads.
Sensing the black mist spreading around, an ethereal female voice sounded, "Are there any changes?"
"No," he said.
"But the black fog seems to be thicker than before."
The female voice of the system signaled him to keep going forward. The amber beads were the only source of light. Holding them in his hands, he was like a person holding a lantern on the night road. From time to time, the sound of flowing water could be heard.
It's like walking on the Naihe Bridge in the underworld.
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They returned to the academy three days ago, quietly, without alerting anyone. Later they learned that the ghost den had collapsed overnight, and the wizards could no longer find any traces.
"It's like a drop of water drowning in the sea." This is what Vice President Tong said.
He took his disobedient nephew away, Leng Wenhan returned to his ancestral home, and Jiang Yuelu really had nothing to do.
After reporting everything that happened on the stern ship, he had two days off. Dean Kong said he could leave the academy or stay here. But Jiang Yuelu was a little confused.
Going home?
That's not home at all.
He stayed in the academy, but he only recognized Tong Mian and Leng Wenhan.
Maybe she could go find Chen Chuan and the others, but considering that he had just come out of the ghost city and might be haunted by evil spirits, which was not very auspicious, Jiang Yuelu gave up the idea.
"There's nothing to do at all..." He lay uncomfortably in the shrine.
At this time, the female voice of the system made a suggestion, "You have been enrolled and can now use all student privileges. The library and laboratory are both good places to go."
"laboratory?"
Sounds fresh.
"The laboratory was founded by Vice Dean Tong. Just like the examination room where the wizards practice, it is built with complex spell power. The main function of the laboratory is to allow wizards to master the use of various spells and magic weapons. There you can test the props you have obtained for the examination room."
Props obtained?
Jiang Yuelu's mind moved and he remembered the two tears he had obtained.
The first one came from Shugao Girls’ High School. When they were about to leave, Xia Yi let her tears hang between his collarbones.
The second one came from the tail-carrying ship, which he got for free from the ghost market. Since Xia Yi did not show up to take it away, it was still a good bargain for him.
These two treasures must be priceless, because after leaving the examination room, everything was shattered into mist, and only these were still intact...
It's an opportunity.
He was about to shed tears when he suddenly realized something and a basin of cold water was poured on his head.
"I forgot, they seem to have been...absorbed by me." Jiang Yuelu struggled to find a suitable word, "I can only feel that they are still there, not completely gone, but I don't know where they are." Just like an invisible monster that needs a spell to appear. Perhaps it is because of this that tears can be brought out by him.
The system remained patient: "Then it is even more necessary to go to the laboratory. You can separate them and study them."
"Can it be separated?"
The system explained: "This is a simple minor operation, there is no need to worry too much."
"It's like being parasitized by tears, by a fetus. Don't human children also live in the mother's body? They are also undetectable but can be felt. In the laboratory, you can extract tears and excrete them out of the body in many ways."
Jiang Yuelu frowned when she heard this, "...Stop talking."
It sounds weird, is it his illusion?
The system was a little confused. "Oh, you are a beginner in witchcraft and you don't understand these terms. To explain it in terms that humans can understand, it's like painless childbirth, giving birth to tears..."
"Stop, stop, stop." Jiang Yuelu hurriedly stopped him.
He pressed hard on his throbbing temples, trying not to think about her crazy words. "I think I understand. You don't have to explain it to me anymore, Miss System."
"Oh, okay. If you have any other questions, you can ask me."
Even if I have questions, I won’t ask you... Jiang Yuelu thinks her train of thought is weird and scary.
He was originally very interested in the laboratory, but after hearing this, he no longer wanted to go. Sigh... Jiang Yuelu shook his head, letting all the random thoughts fly away, and hurried to the laboratory of the college.
The students were in class, and there were few people in the lab. He used his student card to swipe through the system and quickly took out two tears following the system's instructions. Jiang Yuelu was a little surprised when he saw the two flawless beads lying on the disc.
So simple?
What about the magic circle and the ritual? No sacrifice is required?
It's just like pulling a tooth... No, at least it hurts a little bit. He picked up the amber bead and thought with a sour feeling.
The one who greeted him was a kind old wizard. He did not recognize Jiang Yuelu as the most popular freshman at the moment, and sat back down with a look of gloom. "Okay, let's go back."
Walking out of the room, Jiang Yuelu asked the system, "Why does he look unhappy?"
He has an instinct to read people's expressions, and his experience in an orphanage and living under someone else's roof has taught him how to deal with different people. Most wizards in the academy have fervent beliefs and they have great faith in the witchcraft they have inherited, but this old wizard is not like that.
It can be seen that he has no intention of working hard and just wants to slack off.
The system explained: "They don't like new witchcraft."
"A new kind of witchcraft?" Jiang Yuelu suddenly had an idea. "Is it in the form of an exam room?"
"Yes."
Jiang Yuelu seemed to be thinking about something.
Tong Mian said that the academy uses examination halls to select witchcraft students, and then uses exams to test whether they are qualified. But the older generation of wizards are not used to this new thing. Their ancestors have been searching for evil spirits in the wilderness and cities, and repeatedly performing activities to exorcise evil spirits.
Just like those elderly people who adapt to the Internet and clumsily learn the buttons on their phones. It's too much for them.
And getting the elderly to change their mindset and admit that old things are useless is probably the most difficult thing.
The system continued: "With the qualifications of the wizard just now, he is fully capable of becoming a senior professor in the academy, but he rejected Dean Kong's proposal, saying that he is old and has no children, so he can just live in a shabby house. Dean Kong had no choice but to arrange him to work in the laboratory to do some easy work."
"Of course Dean Kong can't really give him a shabby house."
Jiang Yuelu thought that old people are very duplicity. If Dean Kong really did this, he might end up getting hit by the soles of a stubborn old man's shoes.
He sighed with emotion, "It's really not easy to be a dean."
"You seem to be in a better mood."
Jiang Yuelu was shocked when she heard the system say this, "What? How did you know?"
The system said without hesitation, "After the report, you relaxed. But you also felt complicated. You seemed to be depressed and missed someone... The accumulation of these emotions made you feel particularly heavy. All these emotions disappeared just now. Didn't you realize that you can still make jokes?"
The system hesitated, "It seems to have started from seeing those two tears."
"Did they comfort you and bring you a little happiness?"
Jiang Yuelu coughed and frowned.
"Don't pry into my mood."
The system immediately apologized, "I understand. We are still in the early stages of getting along with you. There are many areas where I cannot meet your expectations. I will pay more attention to this in the future."
Jiang Yuelu hummed.
He turned and looked at the tears in his hands. They lay warm and unchanged in his palms. The complex palm lines were reflected on the clear curved surface, casting a distant thin light, just like when he first saw them.
Looking at them, I couldn't help but think of the natural evil ghost.
His collarbone and heart began to feel slightly warm again.
"Well... tears are something that people have. Since they are traces left by people, maybe we can find a way to recreate them." The more Jiang Yuelu thought about it, the more she felt it was possible. Didn't Shugao Girls' High School send a teacher of traceology to the scene to investigate the corpse? It should be possible to replace the corpse with tears?
Without further ado, Jiang Yuelu took action immediately.
"Take me to the laboratory of trace science."
"Okay, I'll follow your wishes."
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The environment in front of him changed from the ceiling of light tubes to thick black fog, and Jiang Yuelu knew that he had succeeded. He was using the tears that Xia Yi gave him to connect to the past.
Unlike corpses, human tears are like amber, which only solidifies the memory of the moment when the tears are shed. This kind of memory is elusive and difficult to find. Even if you find it, it will slip through your fingers like fragments. So you need to wait patiently for the right time.
Jiang Yuelu walked for a long time, and the fog became thicker and thicker, so thick that you couldn't see your hand in front of you.
At this moment, he suddenly saw a red line emerging in front of him. He took a few quick steps in confusion, "What is that?"
The closer he got, the thicker the red line became, and the edges kept undulating, as if it had been chopped by a pair of scissors and had only rough edges. As he got closer, he finally saw the full picture of the red line.
That's not the red line.
It is a rising red tide, and because it is too far away, it looks like a red line.
Jiang Yuelu instinctively turned around and was about to run, but the system reported a number: "It's far away from you, and there's no threat."
She said there was no danger, so there really was no danger. Jiang Yuelu retracted her retreating feet and said with a fake smile: "I'm not running away."
Without waiting for her to ask, he formed a hand bridge in front of her eyes and observed the distance through the "telescope".
He discovered that the sea tide was made up of red flames. The flames were baring fangs and waving like the devil's crazy hair. One ball of fire could burn a person to death... There were so many of them that they covered the entire sky and even dyed it red.
Jiang Yuelu had no doubt about the power of the Red Sea Tide. But why was there fire in the tears that Xia Yi gave him?
The female voice of the system said: "This should be the scene at that time."
then?
He moved suddenly. Was this the scene Xia Yi saw when he was crying? Well, no, there was another person's tears. Maybe it was that person's.
In short, it was this person or Xia Yi who was in a desperate situation and encountered an accident that made him heartbroken, and the tears that shed left behind this fire... Jiang Yuelu stared into the distance in a trance, and the red flames reflected a red line in his eyes, and this line could have continued to extend to Xia Yi.
The unquenchable fire seemed to have been burning in the Ghost King's heart for many years.
He suddenly shook his head and smiled.
Isn't he the same?
"It turns out that we are all poor people who lost everything in the fire." Jiang Yuelu sighed, and suddenly felt a sense of sympathy for this strange Ghost King.
Now it seems that their acquaintance was indeed full of ups and downs.
He first misunderstood Xia Yi's identity, thinking that he was young and needed protection, and blocked him behind him. When they separated in Paper Man City, he thought they were friends.
Then at Shugao Girls' High School, Xia Yi, who had lost his memory, misunderstood their relationship and became angry after regaining consciousness. He didn't know what Xia Yi saw in his Yuanchen Palace that made her think he was his best friend.
Jiang Yuelu couldn't help laughing.
How long has he lived? How could he be the Ghost King's friend?
"Okay, let's go back." He was about to leave. This world of tears was too gloomy and silent. He felt a tightness in his chest after staying there for a while. "Strange, why is it so stuffy? Didn't your lab consider that wizards would also suffer from lack of oxygen?"
Muttering this, Jiang Yuelu stepped back.
But at this moment, two figures suddenly passed by his side.
The two figures seemed to be cut out of old photos, passing by so quickly that he couldn't catch any fragments. But just one glance was enough to see who they were.
Jiang Yuelu opened her mouth in surprise.
He saw himself and Xia Yi sitting on the floor, holding a freshly carved statue in his hand, and handed it to Xia Yi with a smile. They looked at each other, and they were close.
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