Chapter 163: School of Change, Dark Vision

The morning light shines on the splendid gardens of the royal palace.

The silver-haired boy, wearing a loose white shirt, looks dashing, with his profile focused, as he sits at a desk under the shade of an apple tree, reading a book.

"The reading progress of "Cran Doyle's Mind Walk" has reached 100%. You have unlocked the talent 'Photographic Memory'!"

Yeats put down the hardcover book, picked up the coffee on the desk, and his eyes sparkled with joy through the drifting hot steam.

"Finally unlocked this new talent!"

Since getting this rare book, Yeats read it whenever he had free time, and finally acquired the powerful gift of "photographic memory".

Having a photographic memory can indirectly improve the speed of learning skills.

Its essence is the 'method of location', which is to build a memory palace in the mind that can handle large amounts of information.

In the British TV series "Sherlock", the protagonist has demonstrated the powerful ability of "memory palace" many times.

It is worth mentioning that the nickname Yeats gave himself was Shylock.

"A tribute to the legendary detective." Ye Zhi sipped his coffee and glanced at the Snowy Owl standing on the desk.

The Snowy Owl was holding the feather pen with his invisible "wizard's hand", concentrating fully on drawing the spell scroll.

"You stayed up all night again." Ye Zhi laughed. "Are you so serious about drawing the scroll?"

Last night, after Snow Owl returned to the palace from the academy, he devoted all his attention to drawing the scroll.

He even didn't sleep all night and was still working overtime early in the morning.

Yeats thought that the Snowy Owl was so interested in scroll drawing that it forgot to eat and sleep, but unexpectedly, the Snowy Owl raised its eyes and tilted its head cutely.

"Gu!"

Drawing scrolls can not only train the mage's mental strength, but also give the scrolls to the owner to sell for gold coins.

Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?

Ye Zhi was slightly stunned, then deeply moved, thinking to himself:

"Gray, you should learn more from Snowy Owl!"

A tributary of Jian River meanders through the back garden. The snow leopard has been standing by the river for a long time. It arches its back and suddenly rushes into the river like an arrow.

A moment later, it waded back to shore with a still-thrashing salmon in its mouth.

The snow leopard shook its silver-white fur and walked to Ye Zhi's side like offering a treasure: "Gu!"

Ye Zhi was startled, then he reached out and stroked the snow leopard's head, thinking, if I can't catch anything by fishing, then letting the snow leopard catch one won't count as empty-handed!

Yeats told the servant to save the salmon for a dinner in the evening, and then he and Gray took a carriage to the barber shop opened by Lisa on the street outside the college.

Clan Doyle was already waiting here. He looked at the two figures walking out of the carriage and said, "Baron Yeats, with your help in this case, I believe we can find out the truth soon."

In the case of the Pied Piper, Yeats had left a deep impression on Cran, and he even considered publishing a detective novel based on him.

"I hope I'm not doing more harm than good."

"Haha, you are too modest." Cran smiled and said, "Today we are mainly investigating several suspicious persons, and Lisa is one of the suspects."

Ye Zhi nodded and said, "Can I watch while you interrogate me?"

"Of course." Cran stroked his chin. "As a vampire who was allowed to stay in the school by Principal Fina, the possibility of Lisa committing the crime is relatively small, but we still need to question her carefully."

The two walked into the deserted wooden house, and the smell of blood hit them. Lisa stood on tiptoe, with her back to Yeats and the others, fiddling with bottles and jars on the closet, and said casually, "Welcome~Want a haircut, bloodletting, or surgery?"

Clan got straight to the point and said, "I was commissioned by Jianhe University to investigate the disappearance of several civilians without cause."

Lisa turned around, glanced at the three of them, and said calmly:

"Does that mean you suspect me?"

"I just want to ask you a few simple questions."

"Then just ask directly." Lisa said lazily with her arms folded and a calm demeanor, "I can't promise to tell the truth."

"The sooner the case is solved, the sooner your affected business will recover, right?" Crane said.

"I'm not doing business to earn gold coins. I'm just doing it to legally obtain human blood." Lisa shrugged. "If I were the murderer, there would be no need to run this barber shop from the beginning."

As she spoke, Lisa glanced at Clan and said, "Mr. Detective, if you have the time to investigate me, why don't you help me find where my lost familiar has gone? This is much more meaningful than you asking me questions here."

"A lost familiar?"

"My manta ray disappeared a week ago." Lisa sighed, holding her forehead, "It's likely that something unexpected has happened to it... It's really a troubled time."

Ye Zhi: “…”

Your familiar smells pretty good!

Crane asked some other questions, but Lisa leaned back in her seat with her eyes closed, pretending not to hear.

Seeing this, Cran knew that his next question would not be answered. He looked at Ye Zhi, then stood up and said, "Let's stop here today. Sorry for disturbing you."

"Goodbye, great detective."

The lazy voice of the black-haired vampire came from behind him: "Baron Yeats, you are welcome to come again next time, but you'd better come alone, otherwise I won't be able to serve you~"

Before Ye Zhi had time to look back, Gray poked Ye Zhi's back and urged him to leave.

Outside, the sun was shining brightly. Cran stroked his long beard and said thoughtfully, "There's nothing wrong with Lisa's answer... Could her missing manta ray be a clue to solving the case?"

Please...collect 6...9...books...!

Seeing that the direction of the investigation of the case was about to go off track, Ye Zhi weighed the pros and cons for a moment and decided to tell the truth.

After all, the manta ray broke in first, and Ye Zhi had no prior knowledge of it, so even if the matter was made public, Ye Zhi would be in the right.

Ye Zhi said frankly: "To be honest, a few days ago a manta ray demon broke into my palace and was killed by my snow leopard. I think it was Lisa's familiar."

Clan was slightly startled, looked back at the barber shop, then looked at Ye Zhi and said, "I did hear that Lisa's familiar would go to the river to look for blood food."

"However, since you have just arrived at Jianhe University and happened to be staying at the riverside palace, it is reasonable for you to kill the intruding manta ray demon."

"It's just a pity..." Cran stroked his chin, his eyes flickering, "This clue is broken, we have to find another one."

Ye Zhi thought for a moment and said, "What do the dead have in common?"

"From the bodies that have been found, it can be seen that the deceased were all virgins. There was not a drop of blood left in their bodies after death. Their eyes were gouged out by a sharp weapon. The weapon did not look like a dagger, but more like the claws of a bat or a wolf."

Cran had obviously conducted a detailed investigation of the body he had found. He frowned and said, "That's why I suspect that the murderer is a vampire with the ability to transform into a bat. Of course, it is not ruled out that the murderer deliberately directed the spearhead at the vampire in order to hide his true intentions..."

Ye Zhi's eyes were solemn.

Eyes, virgin blood... these materials are likely to be used to summon the Apostle of the Moon, 'Evil Eye' Sariel.

Apostle of the Moon...Full Moon...

Ye Zhi had a hint of speculation in his mind and looked up at the clear sky.

In the lecture hall of the Mage Academy.

Magic chandeliers provide ample lighting.

A witch with a thin face and a high nose bridge had curly black hair. She was about 25 or 26 years old. Her green eyes swept over the anxious students and she said coldly, "Some of you should be seeing me for the first time. My name is Mara, and I am your transmutation teacher. The so-called transmutation school is a spell that changes matter and energy."

Mara looked indifferent and went straight to the point: "By studying the magic of transformation, you can master alchemy, that is, changing one substance into another. If you study it to a high level, it is not impossible to consume energy and turn stone into gold."

Snowy Owl had been drawing scrolls all day and was already drowsy in class, but his eyes widened when he heard this.

"Gu!"

Turn stone into gold!

If we learn this spell, my master and I will become rich overnight!

"For some students who are holding on to illusions, I must remind you that the principle of the School of Change is equal or even excess exchange."

Mara said calmly: "In order to transform into gold, you may consume materials that are more expensive than gold, and in order to transform into an animal, you have to endure the pain brought by Transfiguration..."

At this time, a student asked curiously: "I heard that you can transform into a wolf, is it true?"

"What is the price of becoming a wolf?"

"Teacher! Since Transfiguration requires a high price, wouldn't it be better to just switch to a druid?"

Mara frowned and raised her hand to cast a Silence spell, quieting the chattering classroom. She then whispered, "Today we are going to learn the second-level spell 'Dark Vision'. This is a spell that can provide excellent night vision for yourself and others, and can play a great role in night battles..."

(End of this chapter)