Chapter 555: Soul Reading Candle
This settlement was not very big, and Thor saw the people he saw before he came in after walking a few steps.
They were led into an underground passage. The chains under their feet had been untied, but their eyes were still blindfolded.
This time he saw that there was also a hole under the sole of the last person's foot.
The wound had healed a long time ago, but there was still a hint of dark red on the sole of the foot, as if it had bled not long ago.
Thor watched those people disappear into the tunnel without turning his head. "What are these people doing? Why are they coming back from outside covered in mud?"
Kismet still didn't give a direct answer, but just said, "It's the norm here."
He turned to ask Thor: "Are you... coming here because of the rumors about the Quicksand Termites?"
Thor's heart sank when he heard Kismet ask so casually.
Did many people know about the quicksand termites? Then how could he secretly move the entire ant nest back? Wait, Kismet said this...
Thor looked up suddenly and saw Kismet's eyes narrowed with laughter. "This is actually a hoax. The survivors in the ancient forest were not quicksand termites, but bow-back termites, which look very similar but have completely different abilities."
"A scam... a scam?" Thor stared at Kismet.
The smile on Kismet's face gradually disappeared. He pointed at his nose and puffed his cheeks. "…If it's a scam, does that mean I must have done it?"
Thinking about how he had helped him get in before, Thor finally withdrew his suspicious gaze.
But deep down he really wanted to nod.
Kismet pulled Thor over and said, "Let's go. What's the point of standing here? Although there are no quicksand termites here, there are many other good things."
Other good things? Thor thought about it and didn't leave immediately.
One needs an introducer to enter this settlement, so I guess there must be rare and valuable witchcraft materials inside.
This is something that it is difficult for a traveling merchant like Jiajiagu to collect.
It would be nice if we could establish a purchasing channel here, but it's a bit far.
Thor followed Kismet through a narrow path.
There are many ordinary people here, but most of them have pale faces and thin bodies.
Occasionally you can see wizard apprentices and a small number of official wizards, but they all come and go in a hurry.
Thor observed and found that many wizards and apprentices were going in the same direction as them.
Just because of their faster pace, they were all ahead of them.
Just like that, following the intermittent flow of people, Thor followed Kismet to a bungalow that looked nothing special.
Only after entering did Thor discover that the house actually extended diagonally downward.
When entering the door, Kismet also showed something, and it was obvious that a pass was required to enter here.
The two walked down dozens of steps and came to a hall covered by layers of gauze curtains.
There are many people vaguely visible behind the gauze curtain.
When a person passed them and hurriedly lifted the gauze curtain to go in, Thor immediately felt a wave of heat coming out from the gap.
Like a tongue of flame from a stove, it suddenly stretched out and burned his cheek.
"It's strange, but also tastes familiar."
Kismet thought for a moment, "You may be familiar with this taste, but it's not the same thing at all."
After saying that, Kismet went in first.
Thor looked at the red and purple gauze curtains in front of him and felt that this was not a place to exchange witchcraft materials.
"Isn't this place..." Thor suddenly thought of a place. He looked at the diary and didn't find any warning signs. In the end, he lifted the gauze curtain and walked in.
As soon as he entered, Thor saw a large area of white flesh.
There are wizards and ordinary people here.
Ordinary people, both men and women, were covered with a thin veil. When walking, the veil would sometimes be lifted up, revealing everything that was hidden.
They all have good looks and well-proportioned bodies, and possess appearances that ordinary people would envy.
Kismet actually brought him here? And said this was a good place? Well, it wasn't a bad place either.
But shouldn't he take it so seriously?
At this time, a beautiful girl in a white veil came forward and asked respectfully, "My lords, please come in. Would you like to rest in the hall or in the private room?"
Thor looked at the beauty in front of him from head to toe, and then from toe to head.
Kismet was silent beside him.
Thor turned around and looked at him. "Are they all the creation of witchcraft?"
"Yes, they are all nearing the end of their lifespan, and are given to apprentices to practice with."
The girl looked a little uneasy when she heard Kismet's words, but she still had a perfectly angled smile on her face.
It was as if her eyes and mouth did not belong to the same person at this moment.
Thor had just observed her carefully and had determined that the other person was a woman whose biological age was less than 30 years old, but whose remaining life expectancy was less than two years.
Probably except for the pair of trembling eyes, her entire body has been transformed.
Thor had never been in the mood to begin with, and now he was in no mood at all.
“Do you sell anything else here?”
The girl in white veil quickly replied, "Since this is your first visit, Pandi Court only sells one thing."
She took a small cylinder from the belt behind her back, gently lifted the lid of the cylinder between her middle finger and thumb, then raised her arm to show Thor what was inside.
"This is our only cargo, the Soul Reading Candle."
Thor did not immediately take the candle from the other person, but instead looked around the hall again.
Only then did he realize that there was such an ordinary-looking candle in front of every wizard and wizard apprentice in the hall.
Even if these people were holding beauties in their arms, their minds were not on love. They just stared blankly at the candles in front of them, taking deep breaths from time to time.
Look intoxicated.
In such a crowded place, these wizards seemed to be completely defenseless and allowed themselves to enter a dazed state.
Something is wrong! Thor used the telepathy technique to ask Kismet, "Is this the essence of the scam you mentioned?"
Kismet smiled and replied using the communication technique, "Smart. They raise bow-backed termites in the Survivor Forest. When biting people, these termites secrete a special kind of formic acid, which paralyzes the victim but makes the victim's mind very clear. They can clearly feel themselves being dismembered bit by bit, and then they are given to the queen ant in the deepest part of the nest to enjoy."
"The great wizard Monte here has found a way to detoxify formic acid, dilute it, and finally solidify it to create a spirit-reading candle. By absorbing the candle fragrance, wizards and apprentices can make their brains reach an extremely excited state. At this time, whether it is learning new witchcraft or deciphering obscure runes, it will be much easier than before. It can also help you temporarily enhance the effect of meditation."
Kismet scanned the room with his chin. "So there are many wizards and apprentices here who are stuck at a certain stage and have been unable to advance. They regard the Court of the Bandits as their last hope of advancement."
"Of course," he shrugged again, "it's just a little expensive."
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