Chapter 235

What Su Bei pursues is human immortality. These are all familiar words, but when put together they become something Ling You doesn't recognize.

She looked closely at Su Bei's eyes, but could not tell what he was thinking. Ling You had no choice but to ask, "What do you mean by human immortality? Do you mean you want everyone to live as long as the people in the Immortal Village?"

It's rare to see her say so many words in one breath, which shows that she was really shocked by Su Bei.

But this time Su Bei did not answer. He just stretched his back and answered irrelevantly: "Look for it again. If there is nothing, we will go back."

His meaning was so obvious that Ling You naturally did not ask any more questions. He nodded silently and continued to look for clues.

In the bookshelf, Su Bei found a torn page hidden in the cracks of a book. It looked like a drawing paper, with a magic circle drawn on it with red oil pen.

This magic circle seemed familiar. Although Su Bei couldn't remember it clearly, he knew where to find it - the database of the "Destiny" organization. He was sure that the last time he saw this magic circle was when he was looking at his notebook.

However, the appearance of most magic circles is similar, with only slight differences in the patterns inside. Unless you are a professional at this, ordinary people cannot remember them. Su Bei did not originally intend to remember these magic circles when he looked at them. He just wanted to make them familiar so that when he encountered them, he would know that he had seen them before, and he could check them out when the time comes.

"Have you seen it?" Ling You walked over and looked at the contents on the drawing. When he found that he couldn't understand it, he immediately retracted his gaze and turned to look at Su Bei.

"It looks familiar." Su Bei nodded, "There shouldn't be anything else here, let's go back first."

They returned to Officer Zhou's home in the dark, two hours after they left. Officer Zhou was still awake, waiting for them to return. When he saw the door open, he stood up and asked, "You're back, did you find anything?"

"Some interesting things." Su Bei said with a smile, "By the way, did the ancestor have any relatives or close friends when he was alive?"

If so, the other party may know the secret of the Life Stone and take it away.

"The village chief, the village chief and the ancestors have always had a good relationship." After thinking for a while, Officer Zhou replied, "Don't be fooled by the village chief's strong body, but in fact he is already 80 years old. I heard from the ancestors that the year when they became village chief, the ancestors happened to return to the village. At that time, the village chief took good care of the ancestors, and the two of them became close friends regardless of age."

"It seems that Jiang Tianming and his team can get a lot of clues." Su Bei stood up from the sofa and walked towards his room, waving his hand with his back to the others, "Good night."

After returning to the room, he certainly did not go to sleep as he said. Instead, he took out his notebook and quickly searched the intelligence database for content related to the magic circle, and then compared them one by one with the piece of paper.

The "Destiny" organization has collected a lot of information. There are 125 pages of magic arrays alone. Su Bei felt like he was going blind. Damn it! Can he ask for help from teacher Lei Zeen?

Lei Zeen's ability is [Teleportation], and because it is related to formations, he has done a lot of research in this area. If he were to identify formations, it would probably be a lot easier.

But if he did that, wouldn't the database in his hand be wasted? After a lot of entanglement, Su Bei finally decided to rely on his own efforts to find the magic circle. After such a careful check, he must be more familiar with these magic circles, and it will be much easier to encounter such a situation next time.

After staying up all night, at daybreak, Su Bei finally found the magic circle that was exactly the same as the one on the drawing - the "Aura Concealing Magic Circle".

As the name suggests, this magic circle is used to conceal the aura. You need to mix red cinnabar with chicken blood in a ratio of 2:1 to make a pigment. Then, draw an identical magic circle in the four directions of the east, south, west and north of the person or object whose aura you want to conceal, and the aura can be completely concealed.

It was a magic circle used to conceal the aura of the Life Stone. After reading the introduction, Su Bei immediately understood the purpose of this magic circle. This should be the method that the ancestor finally found to seal the aura of the Life Stone. In this way, even if he died, the Life Stone would not need to be handed over to the government, and it could continue to be kept in the village to benefit the villagers.

But I always feel that something is strange. If the ancestor's idea before his death was to give the life stone to the villagers and then tell them how to seal their aura so that they can continue to live forever, then why did his room become like this?

It was obvious that he did not hand over the Life Stone, which led to people who coveted his secret of immortality searching his room after his death.

Unable to figure out this doubt for the time being, Su Bei changed his mind and thought about other doubts. As he thought about it, he couldn't help but think of the three dead people in Changsheng Village.

The three people died in the east, south, west and east of the village respectively. If you ignore the fact that this paint is made of human blood, it is indeed somewhat similar to the method used in this magic circle.

But how could the villagers insist on using human blood when they knew that chicken blood and cinnabar were used to make the ritual array? It is impossible that they thought human blood would be more effective.

Su Bei felt that he was missing some evidence, which made it difficult for him to reason. Perhaps when he saw the clues collected by Jiang Tianming and his team tomorrow, everything would be clear.

Early in the morning, there was a knock on Officer Zhou's door. When he opened the door, he saw Jiang Tianming and Li Shu. As soon as they came in, they quickly closed the door. Then Jiang Tianming took out a book and sent a photo to the small group of four people they had specially created for this mission.

"Look at the photos first." Jiang Tianming gestured for them to look at their phones.

When everyone looked at the photo, they saw a gray stone that looked ordinary. However, because of the recent Nightmare Beast riot, everyone knew a little about this thing, so Su Bei and Ling You recognized it as the Life Stone at a glance.

Compared to ordinary stones, the biggest difference of the Life Stone is that when a superpower approaches it, he can clearly feel the vigorous vitality. In addition, he can vaguely see light white stripes on it, but if he doesn't look carefully, he can't see it at all.

Su Bei said calmly: "The Life Stone is with the village chief, didn't you bring it back?"

"You know?" Jiang Tianming and others showed surprised expressions, "When did you know?"

This question was difficult to answer, Su Bei just smiled and said nothing. Jiang Tianming didn't expect him to answer, so he looked at his expression and answered his question directly: "I'm afraid of alarming the enemy, so I'll show you the photos first."

No one knew how often the village chief would check the Life Stone. If they took the Life Stone now, they would have to leave Changsheng Village immediately. But if the Life Stone's aura leaked a little, it would cause a large number of nightmare beasts to attack. Before they could think of a way to take it away safely, they could not take it out of the village.

"Why don't we call the teacher over?" The moment he saw the Life Stone, Li Shu no longer wanted to continue getting involved in this case. Once the Nightmare Beasts found out that the Life Stone was here, they would come and kill them immediately, and it would be difficult for them to escape.

If the problem is directly handed over to the teachers, the government will not have so much trouble and they can easily get out of it now.

"No." Jiang Tianming rejected him without thinking. "Teacher Lei said that the government and the academy are being closely watched by the Nightmare Beasts. They originally wanted to use us to find the Life Stone. Once the teachers come, the Nightmare Beasts will definitely follow them, and then we will be in trouble."

If the academy and the government send fewer people, they will probably not be able to defeat the group of high-level nightmare beasts that are waiting for them. If they send more people, then the humans will inevitably be left with nothing behind.

The intelligence of high-level nightmare beasts is no less than that of humans. They can take this opportunity to raid the human world. Even if they lose a life stone, it will be a profit for them.

"So what do you want?" Li Shu asked with a headache. He knew Jiang Tianming. He was very determined and would never change his mind. Otherwise, he would not be able to break through his [Illusion] without using his ability to be immune to superpowers.

That's right, after the midterm exam, Li Shu finally found out why Jiang Tianming had never been bothered by his superpowers before. Jiang Tianming didn't hide it from him anymore and told him directly that one of his superpowers was called [Superpower Immunity].

Unexpectedly, although he felt relieved, his interest in Jiang Tianming did not diminish. They had been together for more than a year and a half, and what attracted him to Jiang Tianming was no longer his initial curiosity, but Jiang Tianming's firm belief.

After that, the two fought again. This time Jiang Tianming did not use [Supernatural Immunity], but still broke through the illusion he created with his own willpower.

Jiang Tianming already had a preliminary idea: "I want to first find out how Changsheng Village has been able to prevent the Life Stone's aura from leaking out, and then use this method to bring the Life Stone back to the academy."

Once they return to the academy, it will be like returning to their lair. Even if the Nightmare Beasts want to gather their strength and come to their door to ask for it, it won't be that easy.

Since this village has been able to hide the aura of the Life Stone, there must be something special about it. Maybe the village chief who hides the Life Stone knows the method. After they exchange information, they will go to the village chief to try to get some information.

It is worth mentioning that before carrying out this mission, several people applied to the superpower government for permission to use superpowers on ordinary people. Otherwise, it would not be so smooth now.

"You mean..." Li Shu showed doubt on his face and didn't finish his words.

Jiang Tianming immediately understood what he meant, and his face turned ugly: "Who do you think I am? Of course you can't use that method! It was said that it happened before. They only started killing people recently, and they must have had other methods before."

Su Bei blinked and took out the drawing of the magic circle from his pocket: "Ah, I think I have a method."

He agreed with Li Shu very much. They just needed to leave as soon as possible, and it would be best if they could return to the academy without getting involved in a series of troubles later. Therefore, he didn't mind providing a little help to everyone.

Jiang Tianming was surprised: "Where did it come from?"

Ling You was also surprised: "This is the function of this magic circle"

Su Bei answered their questions one after another: "We found it in our ancestor's room. The function of the magic circle is to conceal the aura."

After thinking for a moment, he added: "The materials are quite special, you can prepare them in advance."

Chicken blood is easy to get in the countryside, but cinnabar is not so easy to get. It is probably impossible to deliver to this mountain village, and it is impossible to buy it online.

"I'll ask Officer Zhou if he can go out and buy some cinnabar later." Jiang Tianming nodded, "If he can't..."

After thinking for a moment, he continued, "Then we'll leave one person here to see what happens, and the rest of us will go to the city to buy things first."

After saying that, Jiang Tianming took the drawing and examined it carefully, and soon his expression became strange.

He handed the blueprint to Li Shu and said, "Does this magic circle look familiar to you?"

After taking a look, Li Shu immediately understood what he meant: "It does look alike."

Seeing that he thought so, Jiang Tianming opened the notebook and turned to a page. There was also a magic array on it that was 80% similar to Su Bei's: "These two arrays are too similar. The methods of use are also very similar. The only difference is that the former uses human blood, while yours uses chicken blood and cinnabar."

It was true, the two magic circles were quite similar. However, Su Bei only found the Chicken Blood Magic Circle in the intelligence database of the "Destiny" organization and stopped searching, not knowing what the second magic circle was for.

Therefore, he ignored the other person's words and started to look through the contents of the notebook. The notebook belonged to his ancestor. After realizing that he had little time left, he began to record some of his thoughts.

It was similar to what Su Bei had guessed before. The ancestor had indeed accidentally obtained the Life Stone in the Nightmare World many years ago, which was the "treasure" mentioned in his diary. After discovering that this treasure contained rich vitality, but had an aura that was extremely attractive to Nightmare Beasts, he decisively used his ability to conceal his aura and brought it to the small mountain village.

Because psychics are very sensitive to their own bodies, after several years of research, the ancestor discovered that the Life Stone can indeed increase lifespan, but the effect is very weak and can only be achieved by staying around the Life Stone for a long time. After he confirmed the efficacy of the Life Stone, he renamed the village the Longevity Village, hoping that he and everyone in the village could live forever.

The first part of the diary records some experimental steps and his mental journey. He seems to be a good person. Although he is a superpower, he does not think he is superior to others. Instead, he often secretly helps the villagers to eliminate nightmare beasts to ensure their safety.

However, when I turned to the back, several pages were suddenly blank, and the next page with words had only four words on it - "I'm going to die."

A few pages were torn off at the back, and then the ancestor seemed to calm down, and calmly narrated that he thought he could rely on the power of the treasure to live forever, but now he finds that the treasure can only enhance vitality and make people live longer, and it does not have the ability to make people immortal.

He is about to die, and has placed a good news transmitter on the baby in advance. If no one touches the baby within two weeks, someone will come to take it away soon.

Seeing this, Su Bei guessed that he wanted to contact the supernatural government to take the life stone away. The supernatural world does have a prop that can send message signals at regular intervals, and it is quite cheap.

The next page says that if someone touches the treasure, there are only two options. Either make a phone call immediately and ask the owner of the phone to take the treasure away. It is worth mentioning that the phone is indeed a public phone of the supernatural government.

Either leave the treasure in the village, but use a method to cover up its aura. That method is to use human blood to make a magic circle. Each magic circle must consume at least four-fifths of a person's blood. Make magic circles in the four directions of the village. If it is not made successfully, the whole village will be destroyed in a month.

As a 150-year-old man, everyone with a discerning eye knows that he is extraordinary. He is a respected elder in the village, and his words are quite credible in the eyes of the villagers.

The villagers' choice is clear. It is obvious that they do not want to lose the opportunity of longevity. Even if it is just longevity instead of immortality, it is precious enough for many people. They are unwilling to give up such a treasure.

This can also explain the subsequent deaths in the village. Sacrificing the small self for the sake of the big self, no matter whether they themselves are willing or not, as long as the vast majority of others agree, the matter will be done.

In the face of huge interests, the bad nature of human beings is fully revealed.

No wonder everyone in this village had such a strange attitude towards the dead, no wonder Grandma Wang's son suddenly got a fortune, no wonder Grandpa Zhou's children seemed to have known that he would die...

Everything has a traceable path, this case is a joint murder by the entire village.

But now the murder in the village is no longer their focus. The focus is that the life stone that the nightmare beast outside is frantically looking for is actually in this village!

Once they find out, as our ancestors said, no one here can escape, and the whole village will be destroyed. And now they are trapped here, unable to ask the teacher for help.

Fortunately, Su Bei found a magic circle that could conceal the aura. They only needed to get the props to leave safely with the Life Stone. As long as the Life Stone was handed over to the government or the academy, everyone would be safe, and it would not be too late to deal with the murder case in Changsheng Village.

However, Su Bei didn't think so. After Jiang Tianming finished speaking, he tapped the table with his fingers and said, "Aren't you curious about what the ancestors wrote in their notes about the use of the magic circle that requires human blood to make?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone who had almost ignored this point was stunned. This is indeed a very suspicious point. It is certain that the human blood magic circle must not be used to conceal the breath. Otherwise, there is a magic circle that can be made without sacrificing human lives. Why did our ancestors insist on giving us this magic circle?

Therefore, the human blood magic circle must have other uses, and this use cannot necessarily be ignored by them. Throughout the ages, things that require the consumption of human lives to make must have some evil nature.

Although the ancestor seemed to be a good person in the diary, he not only wanted to live forever, but also wanted to bring immortality to the villagers. After learning that he was going to die, he did not go crazy, but gave the villagers a variety of choices. He even guessed that someone would come to his house to steal the life stone, but he did not set a trap, but gave the thief two choices.

It can be said that the villagers chose to kill people for the sake of life, which was entirely their own will. They killed those people because they were greedy and wanted to keep the longevity of the whole village.

The guilty ones here are not only the families of the deceased, but also all the people in the village who knew about the incident. Judging from the current situation in Changsheng Village, I am afraid that everyone is an insider. They either watched, instigated, or took action... Everyone planned the death of the deceased together.

Why is the formation different?

"Are you sure that the magic circle in your hand can conceal your aura?" Li Shu asked doubtfully, "When did you know about magic circles?"

Those who don't have relevant abilities basically won't take the initiative to learn about these things. After all, they are hard to use in normal times, and the preparation time is long. And unless you are a magic circle type ability user, even if ordinary people make a magic circle according to the drawings, the effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

For example, the introduction to the concealment array that Su Bei saw in the "Destiny" intelligence database clearly stated that if it was made by an ordinary person, it could only last for a week, and the object whose aura was concealed could not be too large, and a large amount of mental energy would be drained. However, if it was made by a related psychic, the time could be extended to two to three weeks, and the range of the array would be much larger.

"I have always been knowledgeable and talented, don't you know that?" Su Bei answered confidently, "After all, I am always in the top five in my grade in exams, please respect me."

He was not lying, and even a little modest. Su Bei was really good at cultural subjects. The top three in every exam were basically Si Zhaohua, Lan Subing, and Su Bei. Sometimes Su Bei would surpass Lan Subing, or be surpassed by Qi Huang. This mainly depended on whether he reviewed before the exam and how familiar he and Qi Huang were with the content of the exam.

It felt like what he said was not a lie, but it also didn't seem to be the truth. Li Shu hesitated for a moment, and soon thought of a good way to expose Su Bei. He pointed to the magic circle in the notebook and asked calmly: "Since you said you are knowledgeable and talented, then tell me what this magic circle is."

After listening to their conversation, Jiang Tianming immediately chose to "aid the tyrant" and said in agreement: "Li Shu is right. I'm sure you, who is as smart as you, will recognize it."

Ling You also nodded very unkindly: "Yeah."

Unfortunately, all three of them underestimated Su Bei's shamelessness. He was not one to be held hostage by language: "Don't flatter me. I am knowledgeable but I don't know everything."

Without giving others a chance to react, he yawned and said, "I'm so sleepy. Don't call me before lunch time."

When he returned to the room, Li Shu frowned and asked, "Do you think he knows or doesn't know?"

Although Su Bei refused to answer their questions, he was very cowardly and did not reveal whether he knew the effect of the human blood magic circle. He just perfunctorily changed the subject.

This was actually a way out that Su Bei had deliberately left for himself. If he could find the relevant content in the notebook, he would have a chance to reveal it in the future. If he didn't find it, it didn't matter. As he said, being well-educated doesn't mean being omniscient. It's okay if you don't know.

"I don't know..." Jiang Tianming answered, then realized that his words were ambiguous, and quickly explained, "What I mean is, I don't know if he knows."

Ling You concluded coldly: "Whether he knows or not, he will definitely not tell anyone."

This was true. The three of them looked at each other helplessly. Jiang Tianming said calmly, "I'll go to Officer Zhou to ask for cinnabar. You can send this drawing to Teacher Lei to ask."