Klein looked at the dark blue viscous liquid that was hard to tell whether it was a cup or a block, swallowed hard and said:

"Just drink it like that?"

"Doesn't it require any additional preparation? Like rituals, spells, or prayers?"

Old Neil said, "Uh!"

"Ready? Yes, you can. First, have a glass of Intis's Olmire wine, then smoke a Dessi cigar, then hum a melodious tune, and do a brisk court dance. If you like tap dancing, that's fine too. Finally, play a game of Gwent."

Seeing Klein's increasingly stunned expression, Old Neil smiled and gave a summary of the previous description:

"If you're nervous."

You're quite humorous, aren't you? Klein's mouth twitched twice, and he resisted the urge to draw his gun.

He put down his cane, stretched out his right hand, and picked up the opaque cup as if he was holding a heavy object. The smell of the potion was light and illusory.

“Young man, don’t hesitate. The more you hesitate, the more nervous and afraid you will be, which will affect your absorption later.” Old Neil said casually with his back to Klein.

He had walked to the sink next to him without knowing when, turned on the faucet, and washed his hands.

Klein nodded silently and took a deep breath, just like pinching his nose to take medicine when he was a child. He brought the opaque cup to his lips, tilted his head back, and gulped down the drink.

The cool and smooth feeling quickly filled his mouth, then slid through his esophagus and into his stomach.

The sticky, dark blue liquid seemed to have grown long, thin tentacles, and the coldness and stimulation instantly penetrated into every cell of Klein.

He twitched involuntarily and his vision quickly became blurred. All colors became darker, the reds became redder, the blues became bluer, the blacks became blacker, and the blocks of color were rich and haphazardly pieced together, like an oil painting splashed by an Impressionist master.

Klein had experienced this kind of scene before. It was when the psychic Daly was asking questions.

At this moment, his vision was blurred and his mind was vague but clear, like a shipwreck victim floating on the sea.

Gradually, he could see the surrounding scene clearly. All the colors overlapped with each other, and a gray and illusory mist was faintly diffused.

All around him were things that were difficult to describe in shape, some so transparent that they seemed non-existent. Deep within, there were bright lights of different colors. These lights seemed to have life, or to contain endless knowledge.

This was somewhat similar to what he had seen during the “Lucky Change Ritual.” Klein looked down instinctively and found that “himself” was still standing there, his body twitching.

Suddenly, he had an epiphany, and his consciousness sank sharply and merged with his body.

boom!

The fog quickly dissipated, the color blocks returned to normal, and the bright light and non-existent objects disappeared in an instant.

The scene in the alchemy room returned to normal, but Klein felt his head swelling, as if it was about to burst. Everything he saw had countless double images, and he heard a faint whisper from someone unknown:

"Honakis FragueraHonakis FragueraHonakis Fraguera"

Klein felt a sharp pain on his forehead, and his heart was quickly filled with the urge to vent and destroy.

He frowned and shook his head repeatedly.

"Is your vision abnormal? And are you hearing sounds that you couldn't hear before?" Old Neil asked with a smile.

"Yes, Mr. Neil, what should I do?" Klein suppressed his intense mania and asked.

Old Neil laughed and said:

"This is because the potion's power has overflowed, and you lack the means to control it. Okay, do as I say. Imagine an object in your mind, something common, simple, and easy."

Klein focused his attention and pictured his half-high black silk hat in his mind. He thought about the feeling of stroking it and its specific shape.

“Put all your attention on it, repeat it over and over, and outline it over and over again. Do you feel better?” Old Neil’s voice penetrated like a requiem song.

Klein gradually shifted his attention to the imaginary silk hat. He felt the whispers in his ears gradually become smaller and smaller until they disappeared, and the double images in his eyes slowly overlapped and were no longer blurry.

“Much better.” Klein calmed down the chaotic emotions in his heart and let out a breath.

He looked down at his body and found nothing unusual.

After moving his hands and feet again, Klein asked with half expectation and half doubt:

"I succeeded? Am I considered a 'fortune teller'?"

Old Neil pulled out a mercury-coated mirror from the side, put it in front of him and said:

"Look at the eyes."

Klein stared at himself in the mirror. He was wearing a black hat, had a dark outline, and ordinary facial features. Except for his face covered in sweat, he seemed no different from before.

Following Old Neil's suggestion, he looked carefully at his eyes, and discovered that his originally brown eyes had darkened a lot, so dark that they seemed like a dark night without any light, and so dark that they seemed to be able to absorb other people's souls.

——Normally, dark brown pupils can easily be mistaken for black. If Klein doesn’t look carefully, he himself would have difficulty noticing.

"This is a manifestation of the potion's power. Once you learn to meditate and restrain yourself, your eyes will return to normal." Old Neil smiled and stretched out his right hand. "Congratulations, you're the new Beyonder, our fortune teller."

"Thank you." Klein stretched out his hand and shook hands with the other party. "Mr. Neil, when can I learn meditation?"

"You can do it now. The initial meditation is quite simple, especially for Beyonders." Old Neil smiled and said, "Just now you sketched objects in your mind to divert your attention and gather the overflowing power. This is actually the first step of meditation. Do it again."

Klein closed his eyes and pictured the half-high black silk hat in his mind again.

His attention seemed to be more easily focused than before. Soon, some distracting thoughts emerged and then fell away, leaving only the outline of the top hat.

"Let your mind go blank for a bit, then replace the items you sketched with items that don't exist in this world and are created out of thin air."

"You must follow this rule. Only in this way can you enter meditation, and gradually become one with the transcendental 'I', the infinite 'I', and the cosmic 'I', gaining insight and enlightenment into the truth, and acquiring knowledge that can only be realized by yourself. In the field of mysticism, this is called 'mystical experience'." Old Neil said in a soothing tone, "For the time being, you just need to listen to the description that follows. The most important thing right now is to enter meditation."

Does something that doesn't exist in this world and is imagined on Earth count? Klein tried to replace the half-high black hat with a long, thick, earth-green intercontinental ballistic missile he saw on TV.

However, no matter how he sketched or imagined, he only managed to focus his attention more.

It seemed that this was not going to work. Klein had to use his imagination and sketched a ball of light, then sketched many similar things and put them together.

The overlapping balls of light were filled with a sense of fantasy. Klein's thoughts gradually became empty and seemed to be drifting.

His body and mind calmed down. The illusory gray fog and mixed color blocks that were filled with non-existent objects and bright light reappeared, floating quietly in the sky, within reach.

The spirituality extended little by little, unfolding inch by inch. Klein quietly looked down at it, felt it, and gathered it.

"Very good, you are worthy of being called a 'Fortune Teller'. You entered meditation smoothly, just a little bit worse than I did at the beginning." Old Neil laughed, "In that case, I will start teaching you the most commonly used, easiest to master, and most promising ability in the mystical field: clairvoyance!"

He turned off the gas lamps one by one, but opened the secret door of the alchemy room, making the place where Klein was extremely dim but not so dark that he couldn't even see the outlines of objects.

"Okay, continue as you are now. Raise your hands and place them in front of your eyes, with your index fingers facing each other but not touching."

"Open your eyes until you adjust to the darkness."

Following Old Neil's description, Klein completed the task step by step and saw the outlines of his fingers and the surrounding objects.

"You should have laid down and completely relaxed your body, but since your meditation was effective, let's continue." Old Neil laughed. "Focus your sight behind your hand, it has to be behind you. Then slowly move your fingers, keeping them relative but not touching each other, and don't let them leave your sight."

Klein listened calmly and set his eyes on the empty space behind his palms, allowing his two index fingers that were facing each other but not touching to move slowly within his field of vision.

Once, twice, three times, and suddenly, Klein saw a little more fiery red color between his fingers.

"Eh" he made a sound.

"See the colors? Good, this is the initial stage of clairvoyance. The colors you see are your own aura." Old Neil laughed, "Don't worry, try it a few more times to stabilize it, and then look at other places. I will also take this opportunity to tell you the meaning of different colors."

“Okay.” Klein moved his fingers back and forth, examining the red spot intently.

Old Neil thought for a moment and said:

"In simple terms, the mainstream field of mysticism divides the non-sexual part of each person into four layers. The core is called the 'spiritual body', which is the most fundamental spirituality of each person. The Animism School believes that all living things have spirituality and spiritual bodies."

"I don't know anything else, but for secret peepers, the purpose of meditation and the way to increase strength all point to the 'spiritual body'."

"Beyond the 'spiritual body' is the 'astral body', which is the former's way of communicating with the spirit world and the starry sky. It is the former's external manifestation and is directly related to your own will and current emotions. The scene you saw after taking the magic potion is the scene seen by the 'astral body' when it travels to the spirit world. There are no rules in the material world, and it involves the transcendent 'self', the infinite 'self', and the cosmic 'self'. The past, present, and future may all overlap. This is the root of divination."

"In the spirit world, what you see are just images, just symbols, and they must be interpreted to figure out their specific meaning."

"Divination and many other magics are performed through the 'Astral Body'."

"Don't make any mistake about its relationship and difference with the 'spiritual body'."

One is for the body and the other is for the function? Klein continued to look at the aura at his fingertips and made a concise summary.

"Further out, it's the 'mental body'. From here, it's combined with the physical body. It involves the brain, and is a comprehensive presentation of your reasoning ability, thinking ability, insight ability, and ability to understand things. Some potions are mainly used to enhance this, and many magics also target it."

Old Neil explained in great detail, "The outermost layer is the 'etheric body', which is the manifestation of your life energy and physical state."

"The color of the aura you see is the external symbol of the 'etheric body'. In other words, in addition to being able to directly see some spirits, ghosts and vengeful spirits (haha, maybe some beings that shouldn't be seen), you can also see other people's 'etheric bodies', or auras, and judge their health and emotional state through their different thickness, brightness and colors."

"When your spiritual vision improves and you master more knowledge of the mysticism, you can discover more details and use them to judge the life span of the other party."

"Yes, I just mentioned the emotional state, because the 'Astral Body' will also have some external manifestations. When your sequence becomes higher and your clairvoyance reaches a very strong stage, you can even see the other person's 'Astral Body', then you can know more things. This is a level that only Beyonders like 'Fortune Teller' and 'Secret Peer' can achieve."

"Some people even claim that the strongest state of clairvoyance can see anything anywhere, including the past and the future. However, I don't really believe it."

It sounded so impressive that Klein almost felt envious.

Old Neil coughed and continued:

"Let's go back to the color of the 'etheric body' or aura. Your hands and feet, and other areas that involve movement, will appear red, your head and brain surface will appear purple, the areas where you excrete and detox will appear orange, the corresponding areas of the digestive system will appear yellow, the heart and regulatory system will appear green, the throat and parts of the nervous system will appear blue, and the overall balance will make the body shrouded in white. These are symbols of health."

"Once they become dull, thinner, or change color, it means that there is something wrong with the corresponding part, and it is in a state of fatigue or illness."

"In addition, the colors of the inner astral body represent current emotions. Red represents enthusiasm, orange represents warmth and satisfaction, yellow represents happiness and extroversion, green represents calmness and peace, blue represents calmness and thinking, white represents brightness and positivity, dark represents melancholy, sadness and silence, and purple represents spiritual dominance and coldness and alienation."

Klein memorized it silently and stabilized his initial spiritual vision.

"Okay, you can look at other things now." Old Neil nodded without saying anything more.

Klein slowly turned his head and looked at Old Neil. As expected, he discovered that he had an aura of different colors, some thicker and some thinner. The purple on his head was the brightest, the red on his hands and feet was relatively dim, and the overall white was a bit light.

Is it really because of my age? Klein muttered to himself silently.

It was not until this time, after seeing these, that he truly felt that he had become an "extraordinary person"!

"I am a 'Beyond One' now!"

He moved his gaze and looked at Old Neil carefully, but suddenly, he saw a pair of eyelash-less, cold, and transparent eyes in the void behind the other party!

This pair of almost unreal eyes was quietly staring at Old Neil, staring at himself!

Klein shuddered, opened his mouth, and blurted out:

"You have eyes behind your back!"

Old Neil was stunned for a moment, then forced a smile and said:

"Never mind it."

ps: It’s Monday again, and I will continue to update in the early hours of this evening.

ps2: I saw that many friends did not find the information of the twenty-two initial professions, that is, the sequence, in my WeChat public account, so I overcame laziness, sorted out the menu, and directly clicked on the squid work - Lord of Mysteries, and you can find it by looking at the news inside. My public account is: ui5