Leiter couldn't help but roar in his heart. No wonder the face of the person on the left looked strange when they met just now, but the face of the person on the right always felt familiar. After this reminder, he finally remembered that when fighting on the canyon defense line before, the traitor of the Huilu Kingdom, Sherman, repeatedly carried out sabotage in secret. Fortunately, with the help of the simulation, he responded in time every time, avoiding unnecessary casualties. In the end, he forced the other party to be beaten to death by multiple saints.
With his strength and status at the time, Rhett was not qualified to participate in the fight against Sherman, but later in Frost Fortress, he saw a portrait of Sherman, so he had a general understanding of his appearance. However, because the portrait was not of high quality and he looked old, Rhett did not immediately connect the dots with the person in front of him.
At this moment, he finally recalled the unintentional words that Deputy Commander Bomir had said at the time - the face that Sherman showed in the Kingdom of Huilu with the help of the Illusion Mystery was different from the face he showed after his death. There is no doubt that after death, the true face is lost without the power of the mystery.
He is 60% similar to the young man in front of him!
Coupled with the fact that he had the same name and happened to appear in the Huilu Kingdom, Lei Te was 99% sure that the person in front of him was definitely Xieman, a powerful Saint in the future! Although Xieman was called a young new Saint in the future, the person in front of him was only a great magician, with a lifespan of a few hundred years at most, and he would never live to that age.
But if he was to use hindsight, Leiter could easily think that the other party might have been promoted to the Holy Realm earlier, and then used the mystery of illusion to disguise his identity and aura. It couldn't be easier...
"Lord Heidista, welcome!"
When Janeka and Sheman saw the two Saints, they stood up straight and looked respectful. Sheman on the right said immediately, "The dean is doing alchemy experiments in the room right now. He said that there has been a breakthrough in the human body research project a while ago. If he knew that you, Lord Heidista, were here, he would be very happy!"
"Breakthrough?" Hades' eyes flashed with a strange color, but his smile remained unchanged: "Really? Then I'd like to see it carefully and go to your dean to discuss it. It just so happens that I have some new discoveries here..."
The two men extended their hands as a gesture of invitation, inviting Hades to go upstairs.
Hades didn't hesitate and immediately walked towards the top floor. However, after taking two steps, he suddenly turned around again, looking at Leiter who was standing still with a surprised look, and said: "Vilas, Gunas' room is in front, why don't you come over?"
"Hmm, I suddenly thought of something else." Lei Te pretended to think, "Mai Dong once told me that he admired several younger alchemists in the Golden Blood Academy, including this Sherman. I have rarely been to the Golden Blood Academy in the past, and this time I have the opportunity, so I want to talk to him first."
"Is there such a thing?" Hades raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "Why haven't I heard of it... Forget it, I will go to find Gunas alone, you wait for me outside later."
"No problem." Rhett smiled, waved to Hades, and watched him go upstairs.
With Hades's departure, the scene was somewhat quiet for a while. The two young men, Janeka and Sherman, looked at each other in bewilderment. Sherman was a little confused and asked tentatively, "Lord Vilas, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"Haha, there are things I want to talk to you about." Lei Te smiled and patted Sherman on the back, "This is not a suitable place, let's go downstairs and talk."
"Okay... okay." Sherman scratched his head, not daring to go against Rhett's ideas, and followed Rhett's pace.
They came to a small garden a hundred meters away from the Golden Blood Palace and stopped. Jessica stood under a red maple tree, her eyes flickering up and down, and she spoke nervously: "Um... Lord Willas, I have other things to do. I need to arrange the next schedule for the people in the Ring Tower, so I won't disturb your conversation..."
Rhett waved his hand nonchalantly, signaling the other party to go ahead and do his work.
Janeka breathed a sigh of relief, turned around, quickened her pace, and left in a hurry.
Lei Te watched the other person's back disappear around a stone door corner, then looked at Xie Man, pointed to a stone chair next to the flowers, and said, "Do it first. Don't be nervous. Just chat casually."
Sheman sat down on the stone chair obediently, but he didn't dare to lean back. He straightened his back, slightly put his legs together, looked at Leiter pacing in front of him, and couldn't help but say: "Lord Willas, you just said... the master of the Ring Tower admires me? I also admire the master of Maidong. His persistent attitude towards alchemy is worth learning for a lifetime!"
"Yes, it seems that you have the talent to become an excellent alchemist." Leiter stopped and shifted his gaze from the striped floor to Sherman. He smiled and said, "In fact, I want to know from you how much contact you have had with the Lord of the Ring Tower in the past?"
"Probably more than a dozen times. Since I'm the alchemy assistant of the dean, I would meet with the Lord of the Ring Tower at almost every annual exchange meeting." Xie Man's eyes flickered as he spoke while recalling.
"We've met more than a dozen times... That means... you've been Gunas' assistant for more than ten years?"
The jumpiness of Leiter's question made Xie Man stunned for a moment, but he nodded and said, "Yes, more than ten years ago, I had the honor of becoming the dean's assistant."
"What tasks are you usually responsible for?" Lei Te asked.
"I'm afraid I can't tell you this." Xie Man said with an embarrassed look on his face, "The dean has told us that we can't tell anyone about anything related to the experiment without his permission."
"Hmm...I understand." Lei Te didn't get a satisfactory answer, but he still said patiently: "Is it about the human alchemy experiment?"
"Of course, this project has lasted for nearly twenty years. Both the Golden Blood Academy and the Ring Tower have been working hard to overcome the difficulties. You should also be aware of this!"
"The Jieanka just now is an alchemy assistant like you?"
"Yes, we became dean's assistants in the same year."
"Did you know each other before this?" Rhett asked casually.
"We were both students at Golden Blood Academy. We were appreciated by the dean for our outstanding performance." Sheman explained, swallowed his saliva, and couldn't help asking, "Lord Willas, what exactly do you want to know?"
"Haha, don't be anxious, just treat it as a casual chat." Lei Te smiled and paced slowly on the spot. When he reached the black line where the two floors met, he suddenly turned around and asked, "What is the relationship between you and the orcs?"
As he said this, Leiter pointed at Sherman with one hand, and at the same time used his mental power to capture the other's facial expressions and eyes, observing them carefully. However, he only saw confusion and astonishment.
"Orcs? Of course they are our mortal enemies!" Sherman said doubtfully, "What relationship do I have with orcs? From birth to now, I have only met orcs a few times. The only time was in the circus..."
Either his acting skills were superb, or Sherman was indeed innocent at this moment...
Lei Te let out a light breath and gave up asking further questions on this issue, so as not to be noticed. He asked instead: "What kind of people do you think the tower master and the dean are?"
"They are all great alchemists who are dedicated to alchemy!" Xie Man said fluently, "They are all my role models!"
"Huh..." Lei Te let out a long breath and put on a standard smile again, "Thank you for your cooperation. Mai Dong's vision is really good. You have stepped into the threshold of a great mage at this age. In the future, the Holy Realm should not be able to stop you. If I can make a choice for Mai Dong, I will definitely dig you up to the Ring Tower!"
“Thank you, Tower Master, for your appreciation. The dean is my benefactor and I will not leave him.” Xie Man breathed a sigh of relief, the pressure was released, he stood up and stroked his chest and said, “But even though I am in the Golden Blood Academy, I am fighting for the common alchemy ideal just like everyone else!”
"Not bad." Lei Te praised verbally, nodded and said, "Let's stop here today. Sorry for taking up your time."
"It is my honor to communicate with Lord Vilas." Sheman stood up, his expression still humble. "I will go to do other things. Goodbye, Lord Vilas!"
"Goodbye." Rhett waved with a smile.
Half a minute later, watching Sherman leave and his back gradually disappearing, Rhett's smile faded and he fell calm.
The setting sun cast a golden light on the horizon, casting a long oblique shadow on the ground. Leiter pondered for a moment, stretched out his hand and grasped a handful of gold powder, recalling the content of the conversation just now. He personally preferred Sherman at this time, just a normal alchemist, although he had good talent, but he was not suspected of colluding with the orcs...
However, from the moment he met Xie Man until now, Lei Te had an indescribable strange feeling in his heart - everything was too coincidental! He just wanted to come to the Golden Blood Academy to understand and destroy the human alchemy experiment, and to collect information about the Blood God Cult Master, but he accidentally discovered that Xie Man was also here...
"What a coincidence, is there any connection between them?" Rhett frowned involuntarily, thinking for a moment but to no avail, and slowly walked towards the Golden Blood Palace.
"Jesse, I'm questioning you now. What does the disappearance of our tower master have to do with you? You'd better answer me truthfully!"
"Haitis, I'm also curious. What does the disappearance of your tower master have to do with me? I also want to know where he went! Don't you know how serious his disappearance is to the progress of this experiment? Moreover, what is my motive for targeting him?"
"I don't care. You're the person he interacts with most frequently. I can only come to you!"
"Then I'll tell you now, I don't know. I still have important experiments to do, so please don't disturb me. By the way, if your tower master disappears, then I don't think there's any need to hold this year's exchange meeting!"
A fierce argument broke out in the alchemy laboratory on the top floor.
Hades and a crazed old man with an afro faced each other, glaring at each other.
After the fierce quarrel, the two of them fell into a strange calm at the same time.
At this moment, the hand that Hades was holding the wand with was shaking slightly because he was holding it too tightly. He stared at the dean of the Golden Blood Academy in front of him, his chest heaving violently, and he was obviously very angry.
Originally, he just wanted to find Gunas to get some clues and have a good talk, but the other party's attitude was out of character and unexpectedly bad, which not only made him angry, but also further increased his suspicion of the other party! Heidi sneered, "Humph, since you don't want to communicate properly, I won't hide it anymore. Today I dare to confront you face to face, which means I must have a reliable clue!"
"Nonsense, what suspicious clues do I have?" A line of blood flashed across the back of the afro-haired dean's neck and moved upwards. His body trembled slightly, his eyes became more impatient, and he waved his hand to drive him away, "If you have the guts, just say it. I want to see what kind of lame excuse you can make up! If not, leave now."
"Okay!" Hades took a deep breath and said coldly, "Half a year ago, you personally urged our tower master to tell him that human alchemy research had made a new discovery in the skull. He had never revealed this secret to me. But it happened that he went out that time and never came back. Doesn't this have anything to do with you?"
"Impossible! Since the exchange meeting last year, I have never contacted your tower master privately!" The afro-haired dean roared loudly, then shook his head and frowned, "Huh? No, you just said... there was a new discovery in the skull area? Absolutely impossible! I did find an abnormality in the skull area during my research, but I never mentioned it to outsiders..."
After saying that, the afro-headed dean looked around the room with lifeless eyes, and his mind was obviously disturbed. And Hades observed that Gunas switched back and forth between dazed and awake, frowned, cautiously took a half step back, and gathered a layer of flame barrier around his body! "Who told you this secret?" The afro-headed dean suddenly retracted his scattered gaze, his eyes regained their brilliance, but with a hint of fear. He stared at Hades and said hysterically: "How could you know this secret!"
Hades felt that Gunas's behavior was very strange, and narrowed his eyes slightly, "Gunas, don't play tricks..."
Boom, boom, boom Haitis was interrupted in the middle of his words, and a terrifying vibration came from the outside world.
It seemed as if someone was banging on the door outside. Accompanied by the violent banging sounds, Hades and Afro looked towards the door in surprise.
Strands of twisted ochre-colored light rays tore open gaps, and then a horrible buzzing sound came through the gaps. The alchemical metal door with super strong defense was quickly turned into scrap metal by the twisted light.
A faint cloud of dust spread, and Leiter's silhouette emerged. He stepped on the abandoned twisted iron door and whispered, "Gunas, I told him this secret..."
"Villas? What are you doing at the Golden Blood Academy!" Gunas was in doubt, his eyes gradually bloodshot, and he said in a low voice: "How do you know the secrets of human body research... You are not an alchemist at all, did 'it' tell you..."
There is a strange thing. I felt dizzy in the middle of the night yesterday. I got out of bed to go to the bathroom, but I was in a trance and just walked around on the ground. I couldn't stand steadily. I felt like I was possessed by a ghost. I was listless all day today. True story...
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