At present, three uses of Kongmen magic have been explored:

By using walls with a thickness not exceeding 10 cm (one wing)/50 cm (two wings)/3 meters (three wings), a temporary passage can be directly opened up. Maintaining the passage requires constant consumption of magical power.

When used in the air in reality, it creates a portal, but 99% of what's behind the portal is virtual turbulence that can strangle everything, and it's extremely unstable and may collapse in the next second.

Using it in the void to create an empty door has no meaning for the time being.

There is a limit on the number of times the Kongmen magic spirit can be used. One wing can be used up to three times, and it will self-destruct after three times. If it is used twice in a row within 24 hours, it will cause sudden death from overwork. Two wings can exist forever, but there must be a 24-hour interval before it can be used a second time, otherwise it will self-destruct. Three wings can be used three times in a row, and will self-destruct no matter how many times.

In fact, there is always a limit to the use of magic spirits, but most magicians only get off work in the virtual realm, and the market does not allow them to let magic spirits work overtime, so few people touch this limit. In the event of the resurrection of the ghost prophet, many magicians fought for more than ten hours in a row, and only occasionally did magic spirits die suddenly, and the surviving magic spirits had to eat gold coins crazily to get out of the weak state.

Consumable spirits like the Kongmen spirit have always existed, such as the time spirits such as Niannian. Their common feature is that their effects far exceed the number of wings they have. For example, one wing of Niannian can reverse a year, and one wing of Kongmen can open a portal - the power far exceeds the rank, so it is naturally limited.

Therefore, although the explosion rate of the Void Gate Spirit has increased, the research on the Void Gate Spirit will be a long process. At this time, even the big forces may not be able to research a feasible way to use it, let alone Ash and his black workshop.

However, facing Black Crow's question, Ash was very surprised: "Did you figure it out?"

"On the first day you learned about Kongmen Shuling, you were happy; on the second day, you went out to hang out during the day to get information, full of expectations; on the third day, you found a basement to do research, and you began to feel anxious; on the fourth day, you played cards with Chikara and Harvey for the whole morning, and only went to the basement to do research in the afternoon, and you felt a little lazy."

"Yesterday and today, you didn't go to the basement, nor did you play with Chikara." Black Crow said, "More importantly, you actually asked me for advice on fighting skills and took the initiative to practice with me. I knew at that time that you had a way to leave."

Ash was furious: "Is it so weird that I take the initiative to learn from you!?"

"It's not strange. I'm the strange one." Black Crow said, "Because I'm just a vicious black crow that wants to kill itself. No one will try to please Black Crow, and no one will get close to Black Crow. So when others put their feelings aside to get close to me, I know that something unhappy will happen next."

Ash stammered, "Actually, I didn't wrong myself... and who said no one is close to you? Aren't you and I very familiar with each other?"

"You never come to me when you play games."

"That's because every time I see you, you're either sharpening your knife or practicing. How can I disturb you when you're doing something serious?" Ash cried out in injustice: "I never disturb Igula when he's counting money!"

"And if you want to play with us, you should take the initiative to tell us. Otherwise, how would I know that you also want to join our sleepless nights and forgetful meals club activities?"

"The sleepless night club?"

"It's waste, sleep, forget, eat, club."

Black Crow was slightly startled, then shook his head and said, "I have taken the initiative before, and then let others feel wronged."

"ah?"

"When I passed by a small town before, I played the game of kicking sandbags with some kids. I was very happy at that time, but later someone complained to Tanomu, saying that I was intimidating those kids... Yeah, who would be willing to play with someone who was dressed so weirdly and smelled of blood?"

Black Crow's tone remained the same, only his voice gradually became lower. However, Ash disagreed: "Are they the children complaining, or are they their parents?"

"It should be the parents, but it's all the same..."

"It's different. You're just illiterate, not really blind. When you play with children, can't you tell whether they are happy or aggrieved?"

"It's the same for me. I was a little reluctant to approach you at first. After all, I've reached the age where I start to hate physical activities... But I soon got into the mood. Because you're teaching me seriously, I have to respond seriously."

"Your appearance is indeed scary, but kindness is something that you feel with your heart, not with your eyes. A good person, no matter how fierce he looks, is still a good person, and a bad person, no matter how pretty he looks, is still a bad person... And it's not just me who can feel it. You know how sensitive and cold-hearted Harvey and Igulla are, but even they know to take your feelings into consideration. You have already won their approval."

“I don’t need their approval.”

"But you've approved of them, haven't you?"

Ash said, "From now on, there will be no White Crow to accept kindness for you, so you must learn to accept kindness calmly and also learn to actively release kindness. Don't be like a boy who hasn't grown up, hiding under the mask of Black Crow and feeling sorry for yourself... Have I made myself clear?"

"Um."

"Alas, I still have to worry about such a grown-up person." Ash sighed, "I have given too much to this team."

After a short silence, Ash said slowly, "We plan to leave Black Robe Town tomorrow and start our journey home. It will probably take us more than ten days to reach our destination."

"It shouldn't be this fast. Although we have the key method of the Space Gate Spirit, there are still many technical difficulties in creating a space gate to other countries - and these are difficulties that we cannot solve."

He shrugged. "But who says Gwen is lucky?"

No one expected that the key information to get home would be provided by Gwen, the captive they brought back from the Dead City. Gwen is a two-winged magician who accidentally entered the Destiny Question and Answer Building during her adventure in the Time Continent.

She successfully answered two destiny questions, and as a reward, she could ask questions to the virtual world, so the question she asked was "What is the best way I can achieve to cross the country."

So the virtual world gave the answer: "When you reach the lowest level of the Senluo Kingdom and use the Kongmen magic spirit, you will be able to form a stable space channel. The probability of encountering virtual world turbulence will be greatly reduced, and it may lead to other countries at random."

After Igula verified, the information was true. As for why Gwen asked this question, she said it was because everyone was worried about this matter recently, but Igula said she was not so kind, it was just the smartest choice. After all, Senluo was about to be turned into a bloody millstone, and she had offended the Four Pillars of God. Asking how to leave at this time was obviously more practical than other questions.

But no matter what, Ash and the others finally had a very clear stage goal: to reach the bottom of Senluo, and then constantly refresh the empty gates until the portal to the Kingdom of Gospel is refreshed.

"Congratulations."

"Thanks."

Ash put the garbage back into the bag and said, "Chikala was originally our shared slave. He sold himself to us in order to survive, so we will definitely take him away - at least Igula hasn't squeezed the orc's value out of him - but Chikala himself is a person who goes with the flow, and he doesn't resist leaving Senluo."

"The same goes for Gwen. Whether she does it for us or for herself, she will definitely leave with us. So, our goals are the same."

After that, Ash took the initiative to walk out of the alley, and Black Crow followed behind. Actually, there should be another question here, but Ash found it difficult to ask it, and Black Crow had no intention of answering it on his own initiative.

Just as they were crossing the street, a large group of people suddenly came out of the pavilion-style building next to them. This building was the only auction house in Heipao Town. Originally, auctions were held once a week, but recently there were auctions almost every day. The all-out war that swept across the continent shattered the idea of ​​all sects to stand still. Nearby sects took out their most precious treasures and came to Heipao Town to exchange for supplies and improve their combat power.

Originally, Ash was quite interested in the auction. After all, it was a classic part of fantasy adventure. If he didn't trigger interesting plots such as competitive auctions, robbery and murder, and picking up bargains, wouldn't it be a waste of the trip?

But after experiencing an auction, Ash completely gave up on this activity.

It is totally impossible to pick up a bargain, and as for competitive auctions and robbery and murder, they are impossible to happen in Black Robe Town. More importantly, the auction items are basically of no use to them - Ash is from the sword faction, Igula is from the mind faction, and Harvey is from the undead faction. These three factions belong to the sewers of the sewers in the Senluo Wasteland. There are few people majoring in them, and naturally the related output is also small!

The popular magic schools in the Senluo Wasteland are Kuruo, Thunder, Fire, Earth, and Senluo, which can resist the harsh environment. That is, the all-purpose magic that can both fight and produce. Just like buying the cheapest entry-level car, customers naturally require all functions such as buying groceries, transporting goods, and long-distance driving.

The delicate arts of swordsmanship and mind skills are obviously not related to this faction. The only related faction, the Undead, has no soil for development because of the green beasts - if a burial is held, the green beasts will dig the corpse out of the grave and eat it, so cremation is popular in the Senluo Wasteland.

Without any desire to shop, Ash naturally did not attend the auction again.

He looked at the auction hall curiously, but found that three girls wearing tights and carrying many bags were running towards them.

“Go!”

The three girls threw two treasure bags to Ash and Black Crow from a distance, and then turned into a fork in the road like a gust of wind. Ash subconsciously caught it, and then he saw some of the people pouring out of the auction hall rushing towards him...

“Fuck!”

Ash cursed loudly, turned around and ran with Black Crow. Passersby on the road made way for them, and some even cheered and applauded for them, encouraging them to run faster.

"Why are you running?" Black Crow naturally understood the whole story in an instant, and was able to speak normally while running: "Can't we just return the things? We are not accomplices of those three people."

"But they don't know!" Ash shouted, "Don't say they don't believe it. Even if they did, they would have been beaten up before we could explain it! It's more likely that they would have beaten us to death before we could even say anything!"

"How is that possible?"

"How is that impossible? I am in Kaleidoscope mode now. I cannot use my magic power, nor can I take you away! Quick, let's jump onto the box and run from the roof!"

Black Crow was about to say something, but suddenly fell silent and jumped onto the roof first. Ash roared and jumped up on the box, but failed to grab the eaves - he misjudged his height and jumping ability! But Black Crow immediately grabbed his hand and pulled him onto the roof.

The people in the auction house were shouting and cursing below. Some people imitated them by stepping on boxes to climb up, some brought ladders from nearby shops and chased after them, and from time to time there were people shooting at them with earthen guns - most of the Gray Fox firearms required magical power to activate, and could not be used here.

Ash and Black Crow ran and jumped on the roof, crossed the balcony, and climbed the beams. The shopkeepers on the street stopped and followed their backs with their eyes. The torches and shouts on the ground followed closely, and those lights and sounds seemed to compose a flowing music, which became the accompaniment of their journey.

Tonight, Black Robe Town dances for them.

A sense of absurdity spread in Ash's heart. He thought to himself that he, a legendary magician, was being chased by a group of ordinary magicians with at most two wings and had to flee in panic. Although he didn't know what was in the bag, it was definitely not an ordinary auction item that he needed or even looked down upon.

Running to the end of the eaves, Ash suddenly jumped up, but his jumping ability was really not good enough, and he was about to hit the wall like a mosquito, but Black Crow grabbed his arm and pulled him up.

Ash raised his head, and what came into view was the inky night sky.

Strangely enough, although the hustle and bustle behind him was very close and the lights were very bright, it felt very far away to Ash; although the night was very far away, misty and deep, he felt as if he was in it. A subtle sense of alienation quickly grew in his heart.

He knew that this was a silly thought that would occur to anyone who walked onto the roof, but he also felt that the wasteland knew his feelings and was seeing him off in a unique way, reminding him not to forget his luggage.

He let out a long breath and said, "Tamahi Crow Killer."

Black Crow turned and looked at him.

"Give up your revenge, give up your homeland, and come with us." Ash stared at the Black Crow and said, "Then, start over."