Chapter 354: Reception
Time flies, and soon ten days have passed. As the calendar on the wall is torn off page by page, a year has officially come to an end. In another day, a new year will arrive.
On December 31st, snowflakes were falling from the sky in Tivian, and thin white marks had already begun to accumulate on the roofs. Although the temperature in the city had dropped to a new low, the streets were even more lively at this time.
In East Dyvian, in the Boyle family mansion, Nephnesse, who had returned home for the holidays, was in her study. At this moment, she was wearing a sweater and trousers, sitting in front of the desk, next to her was a pot of burning charcoal, and on the desk was an old book.
Nephnis looked at the contents of the book with a focused expression. The book was not too thick and she had already seen the last page. Not long after, she turned the last page of the book and finally finished reading it completely.
"Huh... I finally finished reading this one."
After a long sigh, Nefernis closed the old book on the desk. Then she leaned back on the seat, closed her eyes, and began to pray with full concentration. After a while, she opened her eyes again, and the color in her eyes became clearer.
"Thank you Aka... Thank you for the blessing..."
Covering her chest, Nephnis murmured sincerely that with the help of Aka, she had now cleansed the poison in her brain and accumulated the corresponding spirituality. Afterwards, Nephnis passed the book she had finished reading to Xin's hand and looked at its cover. The title of the book was "Wolf Sacrifice".
"Wolf Ritual describes in detail the characteristics of the beasts in the realm of the 'Cup' and the methods of advancement. I feel that I have accumulated a lot of 'Cups' after reading this book. Add to that the 'Cups' I have accumulated from 'Queen of Worms' and 'Lamb Song' given to me by Miss Dorothy. I feel that the spirituality required for advancement has been fully satisfied."
Looking at the manual in her hand, Nefernis thought to herself, yes, after a month of diligent study, Nefernis has now met the spiritual requirements for promotion to the black level, and all she needs is a ceremony to be promoted to the black level.
Ever since Nefernis experienced the curse of the mummy, she has become unusually diligent in learning spiritual knowledge. In contrast, Dorothy has been continuously providing Nefernis with the spiritual knowledge she needs.
First, Dorothy copied a traditional handwritten copy of the Spiritual Sacrifice method she got from the New World for her. Then she got her grandfather's notes from her housekeeper Nunot, and spent more than half a month studying them carefully. By the time Dorothy went to her for help in following the Order of the Underworld, she had almost finished reading Davis' notes and the Spiritual Sacrifice method, and extracted a lot of "Silence" from them.
Afterwards, Dorothy gave Nephnesse two books, one painting, three copies of the "Silence" biography, and a book of "Wolf Sacrifice" with a high "Cup" content that she had obtained from the Order of the Underworld. Nephnesse spent more than half a month studying these things, and finally finished reading them all. After spending more than a month studying diligently, Nephnesse finally converted the tons of biography resources in Dorothy's hands into spirituality. Now, both Nephnesse's "Silence" spirituality and "Cup" spirituality have met the requirements for promotion to the black level of the Path of the Body, and all that is left is to hold the ceremony.
Sitting in her seat, Nephnis began to recall the promotion ceremony of the Path of Body Dependence in her grandfather's notes. As an extraordinary way to control the soul with the body, the Path of Body Dependence requires one to actively be possessed by an unrestrained spirit with high intelligence and relatively strong strength, and then tame the spirit, whether by directly suppressing the spirit with one's own will, or communicating with the spirit and letting it act at one's own pace.
"To tame spirits with one's body... this is the way to advance in the path of body reliance. However, the haunted places in Tivian have basically been cleared by the Security Bureau and the Church that Miss Dorothy mentioned. Where can I find a suitable spirit?"
Nephnis frowned slightly and thought so in her heart. At the same time, she moved her eyes to the other side of the table, where her Davis notebook, a hand notebook, was placed.
"I don't know if Grandpa knows where to find a suitable spirit for promotion in Putt... If he knows, he should remember it in the other notes he wrote. Unfortunately... There is only this notebook now, and the others are in Grandpa Nunot's hands. He is still worried about giving all the notes to me at once..."
Looking at the notebook on the table, Nephnis thought to herself that Davis had been exploring and robbing tombs for decades, and he must have left more than one notebook. After Davis' death, all his notebooks were kept by his most loyal servant, Nunot, the current butler of the Boyle family.
After the mummy incident, although Nunot promised to give Nefernis the notebook to help her officially embark on the extraordinary journey, he was worried about Nefernis's ability to identify poisons and eliminate bacteria, so he did not give all the notebooks at once. Instead, he gave them one book at a time, allowing Nefernis to read them slowly.
Although Nefernis often hinted to Nunot that she had a very efficient method of protection and identification of poisons, and it would be no problem to give her all the notes at once, Nunot did not believe Nefernis's statement. For safety reasons, he still kept the remaining notes in his hands. Therefore, even if Nefernis wanted to find the spirit through the notes, she had no channel now.
"Forget it... I have just accumulated enough spiritual power, let's talk about the promotion later. I have other things to do now..."
Thinking this in her mind, Nephnis put away all the books on the desk, then picked up the brazier, opened the door and walked out of the study, then walked down the stairs from the third floor to the hallway on the first floor.
After placing the brazier next to the fireplace in the hallway, Nephnis walked quickly to the door, changed into a cotton coat and prepared to go out. At this time, a voice came from behind her.
"Miss, are you going out?"
Hearing this voice, Nefernis turned around and saw a butler's voice calling Nunot on the railing on the second floor.
"Yes, that's right. I have a friend from out of town who will be arriving in Tivian soon. I have to go pick him up now."
"A friend coming at this time... I see. Miss, will you come back for dinner tomorrow night?" Nunot continued to ask after listening to Nefernis' words, while Nefernis answered uncertainly.
"Well... I don't know for now. My mom took my dad back to their old manor to recuperate on New Year's Eve, so I may not come back. I might find a place to watch a New Year's Eve party or something like that."
Pointing her index finger at her chin, Nefernis said to Nunot, who finally nodded and spoke.
"Well, be careful on the road, young lady."
After saying goodbye to Nunot, Nefernis put on her coat and walked out of the house. After tightening her clothes in the cold wind, she came to the roadside, stopped a carriage, sat in it, and then spoke to the coachman.
"Please go to the intersection of Beiwangang and Haiyan Road."
Following Nefernis's words, the coachman drove forward, all the way towards the sea in the east. Sitting in the carriage, Nefernis looked out of the window, looking at the streets with rich New Year decorations and the bustling pedestrians on them.
"He came here just in time for the New Year. That New World employee really knows how to pick the right time..."
Nephnis thought to herself as she looked out the window. As the scene outside the window passed by quickly, the carriage she was riding in soon arrived at her destination, an intersection in front of a seaport in East Tivian.
Amid the sound of whistles in the distance, Nephnis paid and got off the carriage. She was then blown by the colder winter breeze so that she tightened her clothes. After exhaling two puffs of steam, she looked around and saw countless horse-drawn carriages carrying goods going back and forth on the road, some of which were filled with fish barrels. The air was filled with a faint fishy smell.
There were seabirds flying and calling in the sky, and the people on the ground were still busy even when it was close to the New Year. Nefernis, who had just got off the carriage, looked around at the intersection, as if she was looking for something, and after a while she found her target.
At an intersection near the port, under a street lamp, Nephnis saw a figure that seemed a little different from the others.
He was a young man, wearing an ordinary cotton-flannel suit and trousers, a top hat, and carrying a suitcase, revealing his skin which was a somewhat unusual brown color.
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