In the magnificent palace supported by stone pillars, Klein sat on a high-backed chair, tapping his fingers on the edge of the mottled long table. He first ruled out the method of searching for the "Sun" Path Sequence 4 "No Darkness".
One reason was that he had almost no contact with the Church of the Eternal Sun and it was difficult to find anyone to help him. The other reason was that he suspected that the One Without Darkness might not be able to purify the spiritual pollution in the Eye of All Black. After all, the advice of the Hermit Cattleya was aimed at the influence left behind by ordinary out-of-control people, and this came from the True Creator!
"Seeking help from angels or true gods is not very realistic. Theoretically, I can divine the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' in this mysterious space above the gray fog, and use its spontaneous counterattack to smash the 'All Black Eye' and evaporate the mental pollution. But the problem is that with his 'experience', he might be able to invade here and occupy the gray fog, and then I will lose more than I gain...
"Moreover, that kind of power that is beyond my current level is effective instantly, without any delay. As for myself, I have no time or ability to direct it to the 'Eye of All Blackness', and I have no room for maneuver.
"Also, you can't predict the future just by divination. You need a medium. The one used before was a mutated sun holy emblem with the blood of the 'Eternal Blazing Sun', which was the 'ear' contaminated by the 'True Creator'.
"Currently, the ones who have mediums are Mr. 'Gate' and 'Hidden Sage'. I can try through Miss 'Magician's' Full Moon Whispering and 'Admiral of the Stars' being chased by knowledge, but there is also the problem that 'Counterattack' does not point to 'Eye of All Black', and I cannot transfer it.
"Mr. Azik hasn't recovered yet, and Will Auceptin, the 'Snake of Fate', hasn't been born yet. After thinking about it, I can't find an angel to help me. Sigh, I still don't know enough high-level people... Oh, there is another one who is related to the angel level, the evil spirit in the underground ruins of Backlund who is suspected to be the Angel King Medici! But this guy is very scheming and has countless conspiracies and malice. Unless there is really no other way, I can't consider it at all.
"Yes, it's not worth taking such a risk. I might as well give up the 'Eye of Blackness' and collect the main materials of the 'Master of Secret Puppetry' again, which are the dust of ancient vengeful spirits and the core crystal of the six-winged gargoyle. The former might be in the underworld!
"So, collecting again is one idea, and finding a magical item like the 'Vascular Thief' is another idea. With the gray fog shielding me, I can use that stealing ability to the fullest, and I can definitely separate the mental contamination of the 'True Creator' in the 'All-Black Eye' without fear of it returning.
"The simplest operation is to throw the contaminated magical item far away once the theft is completed, and then bring the pure 'Eye of Blackness' back to the real world, so that both sides are 'physically' isolated.
"Hmm... where can I find similar magical items? Mr. Hanged Man didn't say anything after looking at the solution, indicating that he didn't know either. But next time, he can still ask at the Tarot Club. Ms. Hermit, Ms. Justice, Ms. Magician, Little Sun, and Emlyn White all have corresponding channels and resources...
"This week I will try to search for it myself, starting with Vice Admiral Iceberg. Her third officer, Flower Tie, Jordenson, possesses the extraordinary ability of Stealing. Perhaps he knows where similar magical items exist."
Klein gradually sorted out his thoughts and came up with a preliminary plan.
He first performed a divination, then quickly returned to the real world, got rid of the decadent state of lying in an easy chair, drinking a drink and reading a newspaper, and quickly arranged the ceremony.
There are still three candles, but the difference is that the pattern depicted has been replaced with the holy emblem of the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom" - the all-seeing eye located on the open book, and the ritual silver dagger has also been replaced with a brass knife - in mysticism, the corresponding "God of Knowledge and Wisdom" is the Blue Star, and the metals of the Blue Star domain are mercury and brass.
Klein had already considered the issue of contacting Vice Admiral Iceberg Edwina Edwards, so he prepared a set of materials for the "Spiritual Ceremony". After some operations, he burned the corresponding herbal powders and dripped the essence and hydrosol extracted from lavender and mint.
In the fresh, elegant, and mysterious fragrance, Klein took a step back and chanted a spell in ancient Hermetic language:
“I pray for the power of knowledge;
“I pray for the power of reason;
“I pray for the favor of the God of Wisdom;
"I pray that you will allow me to communicate with the spirit of 'the teacher who pursues knowledge, the researcher of spiritual creatures, the admiral of the iceberg above the sea, Edwina Edwards from Lenburg.'"
…
Klein's voice echoed, and the altar suddenly became cold. Both the brass holy dagger and the metal bottle floated up.
It worked. The "Golden Dream" was still within 500 nautical miles... Klein was delighted at first, then he saw the flames of the three candles grow slightly longer, tinged with paleness and a hint of green.
——He knew that the essence of the "Spiritual Ritual" was to open up his body and allow the target's astral body to attach to him in order to complete effective communication. He would lack the necessary protection and be easily harmed by the one the "Spiritual Ritual" was targeting. Therefore, he did divination in advance to judge the degree of danger. Moreover, through meeting and talking, he believed that "Vice Admiral Iceberg" Edwina was not a person with malicious intent and could be trusted for the time being.
At this time, the wind in the spiritual wall made a whimpering sound. Klein only felt a cold and icy force descending from the void, trying to enter his body.
Then, he was shocked to find that he was not forced to allow the other party to possess him as he had expected, but that he had enough power to fight back and room for maneuver.
What was going on? As soon as he thought about it, he vaguely saw a layer of thin, invisible gray fog around him.
This is a special ability he gained after being promoted to "Faceless Man". The power of the gray fog has penetrated into reality a little!
As his thoughts raced, Klein did not hesitate. He suddenly swung his arm, pointed at the coat rack where the coat was hanging, and "threw" the cold and icy power over.
On the coat rack, his black woolen coat floated strangely, with his arms raised slightly, looking a little clumsy.
It was like an invisible person had put on his coat!
The black woolen coat floated two meters in front of him and then stopped.
Its two sleeves are raised and crossed to form an "X" shape.
What does that mean? Klein was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what Vice Admiral Iceberg meant:
Without a mouth, I can't speak! Without a palm, I can't write!
This is a bit embarrassing... Klein thought for a moment and said bluntly:
“I need a magical item that can steal other people’s extraordinary abilities. I wonder if you have it, ma’am?
"If not, could you please ask your third officer, Mr. 'Flower Tie' Jodson, for me?
"You can write the corresponding answer in the letter and summon my messenger to deliver it."
The sleeves of the black woolen coat were spread out and pressed down.
Then it lost its soul and fell to the ground with a thud, no longer standing so straight.
Does that mean "OK"? Klein sighed silently and quickly ended the ceremony. He hung his black woolen coat on the coat rack and cleaned it with a brush and handkerchief.
Then he wrote a letter to consult Mr. Azik with similar questions.
After blowing the whistle to summon the messenger and taking the letter, Klein enthusiastically tried the third method.
He took the paper crane out of his wallet, unfolded it carefully, and wrote on it with pencil:
"Where can I get a magical item that can steal other people's extraordinary abilities?"
Putting the pencil away, Klein followed the lines and completed the restoration of the paper crane. He was very pleased with his considerable improvement in craftsmanship.
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In the evening, after reading the believers' prayers, Klein returned to the real world and went to the bathroom to take a very comfortable hot bath.
This made him fall asleep quickly after he got into bed, until he was startled by the invading power in his dream.
There was the desolate and bleak plain again, and the dark and towering spire again. Klein skillfully passed through the door and the wall and reached the depths of the tower.
There were still sets of tarot cards scattered here, placed around the raised ground in the center, seemingly indicating something, but as a "fortune teller", Klein could only make confusing and contradictory interpretations.
The text on the raised area has been updated, and the silver-white words form three sentences.
The first sentence reads:
"I am just an unborn child."
Klein's expression froze, as if he heard a baby crying: Please, don't embarrass me, this kind of communication is very tiring...
The second sentence is equally concise:
"The clue is in you."
The third sentence is:
"Don't ask what the clue is, because I don't know either."
In other words, Will Auceptin, the "Snake of Fate," foresaw that the clues were in me, but he couldn't foresee what they were specifically... It felt like a charlatan's divination. No, I can't say that. I can't blame myself for that... Klein remembered the hint, exited the dream, and fell asleep again until dawn.
After breakfast, he began to recall the items he owned and the things he had experienced, looking for so-called clues.
At this moment, his inspiration suddenly struck and he quickly opened his spiritual vision.
The Skeleton Messenger was still huge, but unlike before, its head no longer protruded through the ceiling.
This is because it emerged from the floor, with most of its body on the lower level.
In this situation, it looked straight at Klein and placed the reply letter in his palm.
Seeing the messenger quickly disintegrate and fall like a waterfall, Klein was stunned for two seconds, and whispered in anger and amusement:
"Be polite now!
“You’re becoming more and more considerate!
"Since I knew it wouldn't be transferred to me, it's changed a lot..."
Klein quickly retracted his gaze, unfolded the letter, and read Mr. Azik's reply:
"...The path of stealing other people's extraordinary abilities is the 'Thief' path. In the Fourth Epoch, it belonged to the Amon family, the Zoroast family, and the Jacob family... After the 'Four Emperors' War', they rarely appeared again. It is said that some of them have formed an alliance and called themselves the Hermits of Destiny.
"I can't recall more details. You can start with the descendants of these three families."
Amon... So "blasphemer" refers to this path? The Jacob family is one of the five angel families of the Tudor Dynasty, along with Abraham, Amon, Antigonus, and Tamara, while the Zoroaster family is the... Destiny's hermit, destiny, hermit... The clue is in myself... Klein suddenly sat up straight and thought of an item.
That was the mysterious emblem from Lanevus, and the symbols on it were exactly "fate" and "concealment"!
PS: I recommend a novel written by a fellow book friend: "Leaping Over the Doomsday Wasteland". Guns, evolution, abilities, genes, companies, forces, civilizations, how can He Yingwu, as a "former immortal cultivator" who has been abandoned, survive in this land? This is a story of a "former immortal cultivator" in the doomsday wasteland, and also a story of an alternative immortal cultivation and an alternative evolution.