Chapter 236

At the same time, after returning to the room and closing the door, Su Bei immediately opened his notebook and continued reading from the last page he had read. He was sure that this magic circle had not appeared before that page, so it could only be later.

This time, he was lucky, mainly because he had read so much last time, and there weren't many magic circles left. After turning five pages, Su Bei found the relevant content - "Life-extending Magic Circle".

The method of making the magic circle is exactly the same as what I saw in the notebook just now. Its function is not only to conceal the breath, but also has a more critical function - that is to transfer the soul of one person to another person to complete the reincarnation.

However, the price is to absorb the lives of others. The more people sacrificed, the longer you can live after reincarnation. Because it is a very evil magic circle, it disappeared long ago. It can be found in the warehouse of the "Destiny" organization, and it was handed over by an old magician in order to gain points.

However, this formation also has many restrictions. First of all, the four people who create the formation must be related by blood, so that the four formations can be connected into a whole and form a real life-sustaining formation.

Secondly, the people who need to be sacrificed, that is, the people in the village, must stay in the magic circle almost all day after the magic circle is made, at least nine-tenths of the time. Otherwise, the aura will leak out, causing the magic circle to fail.

Furthermore, the sacrificed person cannot be controlled or have too much resistance, otherwise the effect on the other party will be greatly reduced. Originally, one person can extend the life of the person who extends the life by three days, but a person with resistance can only extend the life of the person who extends the life by three hours.

Finally, the life extender must have a constant supply of vitality to replenish. This vitality does not refer to those sacrificers, but other vitality. The magic circle reshapes the body of the life extender by absorbing the vitality of the sacrificers. In this process, a third-party vitality is needed to maintain the soul of the life extender.

After all, there is a prerequisite for using this magic circle, that is, the person who extends life can only be a dying person. Healthy people will only become sacrifices in the magic circle.

The ancestor is not dead yet! After reading the introduction of the life-extending magic circle, Su Bei's first thought was this. This magic circle can only extend the life of dying people, but cannot revive the dead, so the ancestor must not be dead yet.

He wanted to use the lives of the entire village to prolong his own life!

Su Bei frowned. This matter had nothing to do with him, but the problem was that he was also in the village now! Once the magic circle was formed, his vitality would be sucked away and he would be forced to become a sacrificer.

Su Bei made an immediate decision and had to leave the village before the fourth person died.

It is known that the fate of everyone present shows that they are doomed to die. So unless Su Bei consumes a lot of mental energy, or even life force to change it, others will definitely not be able to change it.

This meant that he had no way to prevent the fourth dead person from appearing, and could only leave before the other person appeared.

The prerequisite for them to leave was to successfully create a magic circle that could conceal their aura. Only in this way could they bring the Life Stone back without causing nightmare beastism.

As for what Jiang Tianming said before, that they could leave one person here while the rest of the people went outside to find cinnabar, this method is not feasible under the current circumstances.

According to the time calculation, the ancestor gave the villagers a maximum of one month and two weeks. Under the premise that they touched the life stone, they must complete the magic circle within one month and two weeks after the ancestor's death. Otherwise, the aura of the life stone would leak out, and the nightmare army would come immediately.

Now, at least one month and eleven days have passed since the ancestor's death, and they only have two days left at most.

The reason why it is an uncertain answer is that the time of the ancestor's death itself is uncertain. After he got older, he didn't like to go out. The villagers also noticed that the ancestor had not left the house for a whole week, and then they discovered his death.

The gravekeeper in the village estimated the time of death based on past experience. The mother who told Su Bei this information said that the gravekeeper's estimated time was very accurate and generally would not be wrong by more than twelve hours.

The magic circle must be completed in about a month and two weeks, and the villagers also know this, so they will find the last person to make the magic circle as soon as possible in these two days. When Jiang Tianming and others are here, they will still be cautious, but once they leave, the fourth candidate will definitely be soon.

When the magic circle is completed, everyone in the village will die. If the ancestor succeeds in extending his life, he will definitely run away with the life stone. When they come back, the daylily will be cold.

And if they stayed, that would be impossible. Without cinnabar, they couldn't take the life stone away. Whether the villagers helped or not, they would be dead.

The normal idea is to send one person to find Cinnabar, and the others try to control all the villagers so that they cannot complete the magic circle during this period.

But the compasses of fate above these villagers' heads told Su Bei that this method would not work. Since they would inevitably die, there was a high probability that some would slip through the net when this plan was implemented.

Forget it, I'll go touch the Life Stone tomorrow, and then find a way to leave. The easiest thing in the world is to give up. Unable to think of a solution, Su Bei quickly decided to give up.

His mission this time was just to get in touch with the Life Stone and use it as an excuse to let Wu Mingbai test the material of the Life Stone. As for other things, whether it was the lives of the villagers, the whereabouts of the Life Stone, or the siege of the Nightmare Beast, they had nothing to do with him.

During lunch, Jiang Tianming expressed his thoughts: "Teacher Lei said he had never seen this magic circle, and he is asking his magician friend. I'm not sure what this magic circle does, but I have a feeling it won't be used in a good place, so I want to stop them from completing the magic circle, what do you think?"

Although he had only a vague understanding of the information, Jiang Tianming still chose the most correct option based on his previous experience in dealing with problems.

Others naturally had no objection, and they also felt that a magic circle made of human blood could not be a good thing. The only magic circle they had seen that required human blood was the magic circle that summoned Cyril and the other two at the Three Schools Competition. With this as a comparison, it was hard for everyone not to doubt the magic circle left by their ancestors.

Seeing everyone nod, Jiang Tianming told his plan: "Then let's go to join the Zhou family's mourning activities. Then split into two groups, two people go to buy cinnabar, and the rest stay to guard the north of the village. This is the last position for the formation of the magic circle. As long as we take good care of this place, the villagers will not be able to form a magic circle. Master Wang, you have to drive, so you can only be in the outing group. Who else wants to buy cinnabar?"

To be honest, even Su Bei couldn't hear any loopholes in this plan. He was really curious about how the villagers would complete the last step of making the magic circle under such circumstances.

He wanted to stay and watch the fun, but he was also worried that he would get into trouble if he stayed. You can't have your cake and eat it too. After thinking it over, Su Bei finally raised his hand and said, "I'll go."

If you want to know the sequel, you can just wait until everything is over and read the comics. The author of "The King of Superpowers" is a good painter, and many times can make readers feel as if they are in the story.

But once you get into trouble, it's not easy to get out of it.

And most importantly, Su Bei needs some time away from the team to create the illusion for others that he has secretly touched the Life Stone.

No one was surprised at his choice. They would have been surprised if Su Bei hadn't raised his hand. Jiang Tianming nodded calmly: "Then the rest of us will stay."

After changing into black clothes, everyone came to the Zhou family's funeral hall. In the middle of the hall was a black wooden coffin that looked very expensive, inlaid with gold edges. The whole hall was obviously expensive, with people playing suona and crying, and it was very lively. The posthumous honors were sufficient, although they were of little use.

Su Bei looked around the mourning hall casually, and suddenly fixed his eyes on a person in the corner. This person was wearing a black long dress, with a white flower on her chest. Her face was as pale as paper, and her back was slightly hunched. Su Bei could tell that she was in a bad condition without getting close to observe.

I guess this person is the second daughter of the Zhou family who is seriously ill that Ling You mentioned.

However, what surprised Su Bei was not her identity, but the destiny compass on her head. In the compass with the big needle pointing downward and the small needle pointing to the right, her compass was out of place and exactly the opposite of others.

So far, this is the only "living person" Su Bei has seen in this village, except for the protagonists and Driver Wang.

What's so special about this person that he could help her escape from the clutches of her ancestors? Su Bei rarely showed an expression of surprise and stared at the man.

"Subei...Subei"

Jiang Tianming's voice interrupted his thoughts. Su Bei retracted his gaze and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

"What are you looking at, that second daughter?" Jiang Tianming looked in the direction he had just been looking at, but could only see that person.

Without denying the question, Su Bei said meaningfully: "That person's fate is very interesting."

Hearing this, Jiang Tianming immediately had a bad feeling. You know, the word "interesting" in Su Bei's mouth is not a good word for normal people. What is interesting about it?

However, Su Bei did not give him a chance to continue asking questions, and asked back: "What did you ask me to do just now?"

Jiang Tianming then remembered that he had something to say: "Oh, I was just trying to say that I just did a search and it seems that there are a lot of fake cinnabar. Be careful not to buy fakes."

If they were fully prepared but were discovered by the Nightmare because of the counterfeiting of cinnabar, their death would be too funny.

Thinking of that scene, Su Bei couldn't help but shudder, and then confidently assured: "Don't worry, I have a unique way to buy genuine products."

As long as he is lucky enough, fakes won't come into contact with him. Everything he sees is genuine.

After joking with each other, Su Bei continued to think about the matter of Zhou's second daughter. He was really curious about how this person, with a weak body, managed to escape from the crisis that affected the whole village.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard my second daughter coughing weakly. When the people around heard the cough, their expressions immediately changed, and they backed away as if they were afraid of being infected with some virus.

This is also human nature. She is seriously ill, and in the eyes of many people, the disease is contagious, so they will naturally stay away from her.

etc.

Su Bei suddenly thought of the difference between his second daughter and the others. She is now suffering from a terminal illness!

If dying of old age is a state of near death, then is suffering from a terminal illness also a state of near death?

If it was really as he guessed, then it would be very interesting. When there are two dying people in the life-extending array, whose life will the array extend first?

It all depends on the second daughter's fate. Su Bei doesn't know whether the life-extending magic circle can help the ancestor extend his life, but he knows that the magic circle must have extended the life of the second daughter. If the magic circle really only chose the second daughter in the situation of choosing between two, and the ancestor who worked so hard for so many things ended up with nothing, then Su Bei would really laugh to death.

Just thinking about this possibility, he couldn't help but smile. Now Su Bei was a little regretful that he had chosen to buy cinnabar just now. If such a scene really happened, he would be very sad to miss it. Even if he could relive it through comics later, it would definitely not be as funny as witnessing it with his own eyes.

Today is the last day of the mourning ceremony, and the village chief has also come. Of course, he is not here just for the dead, but more importantly for the living. Looking around, he saw Su Bei and others, and he hurried over: "Did you students sleep well last night?"

The three people present, except Ling You, were all very sociable. But when the three of them were present at the same time, Su Bei was of course too lazy to socialize, so he winked at Ling You, and the two of them quietly walked to the side.

Seeing that their chat was meaningless, the bored Su Bei looked at the second daughter again. He was a little interested in this lucky girl. Anyway, he was free now, so it wouldn't take much time to learn about the other party's case.

Thinking of this, he strode towards the girl who was probably about fifteen or sixteen years old: "Excuse me, do you know where the toilet is?"

Su Bei certainly knew where the toilet near the funeral hall was. It was a little roundabout, and you had to go to the back of the funeral hall and walk through a small path, where there was a public toilet. So if you wanted to show someone the way, you would probably have to lead them there yourself.

Sure enough, the second daughter thought for a moment and said, "I'll take you there."

She wasn't worried about being in danger, because there were many people crying for the dead, and there were also many people going to the toilet. She would always run into a few people there, and if she was in danger, she would shout and someone would definitely come over.

However, the main reason why she was willing to help Su Bei was that he was indeed very handsome. She had to admit that appearance did play a big role in socializing. Good-looking people, whether men or women, could reduce the vigilance of strangers.

On the way, Su Bei asked like gossiping: "Second Miss, can I ask you to verify some rumors I heard from others?"

His open gossip made people feel less resentful. The second daughter coughed, looked at him, and replied in a weak voice: "You don't have to call me Second Miss, just call me Zhou Min. Ask me."

Seeing that she agreed, Su Bei immediately began to guide the topic: "I heard that Mr. Zhou and his children don't have a good relationship. Is this true?"

He did not ask "You and Mr. Zhou don't have a good relationship", but used language to bring both of them into a third-party perspective. This allowed her to be more relaxed and objective when answering questions, and effectively prevented Zhou Min from lying because of personal emotional problems.

"It's true." Zhou Min was obviously not surprised at all that Su Bei would have such a question. He sneered and answered neatly.

Upon hearing this, Su Bei immediately expressed his attitude and provided emotional value to the other party: "If all the children have such a bad relationship with him, then Mr. Zhou must have a big problem himself."

This sentence really pleased Zhou Min, and her expression softened a little: "I thought you would think we are unfilial."

"If it were just one or two people, I might have such an idea," Su Bei said honestly, "but all five children have the same attitude. It's impossible that all five children have problems. Even if that's the case, then there must be something seriously wrong with Mr. Zhou's education."

After these words, Zhou Min's attitude has changed from aloof to warm: "If you have anything else to ask, just ask them all at once while I'm in a good mood."

"If you were asked to rank 'how much brothers and sisters hate their father', who do you think would be number one?" Su Bei really asked the next question, but the question was so entertaining that no one could tell there was a problem at all.

"Me." Zhou Min answered without hesitation.

Su Bei pretended to be unconvinced and said half-jokingly: "I'm afraid if you ask this question to all the children in your family, everyone will give the same answer."

Just like when she answered the previous question, the girl was just as decisive this time: "They will all answer that it's mine."

Such a positive answer made Su Bei raise his eyebrows, and he was 80% sure of his guess. It was known that the five children should have jointly decided to make their father the raw material of the magic circle, so Zhou Min was so sure that she hated her father the most. There was only one possibility - she was the first to propose, or even the one who took the lead in pushing her father to death.

It is definitely impossible to take the money just to treat the disease. The Zhou family is very wealthy in the village. If Mr. Zhou really wants to, he can definitely pay for his daughter's treatment.

The reason why Zhou Min pushed him out to die without hesitation, and only wanted the money for medical treatment and nothing else in the distribution of inheritance, can only indicate one possibility - the deceased Mr. Zhou had no intention of treating his daughter's illness at all.

Even thinking more darkly, maybe it was Grandpa Zhou who wanted to push the seriously ill Zhou Min to be the material for making the magic circle.

But then again, Zhou Min was able to fight back when she was terminally ill and her biological father wanted her to die. She is definitely not as naive as she appears.

But being cunning is a good thing for anyone, especially for people in difficult situations. If she didn't have this brain, she would be the one lying in the coffin with her blood drained out.

Su Bei had almost understood the case, and he had satisfied his curiosity. When he arrived at the door of the public toilet, he waved to Zhou Min: "Thank you for leading the way. I already know the way. You can go back first."

"It's okay. It's nice chatting with you." Zhou Min nodded in a good mood and turned to leave.

After walking a few steps, Su Bei's clear and charming voice suddenly rang out from behind her: "By the way, how is the relationship between your family and the ancestors in the village?"

"Why do you suddenly ask this question?" Zhou Min didn't turn back, but stopped.

Su Bei replied naturally: "Senior Zhou said that the ancestor is highly respected in the village. I think your father should be happy to meet him."

"That's true." Zhou Min's voice became a little lighter. "He often takes us to Grandpa Zhou's house to play. But I have no interest in that place, and usually stay at home."

After the explanation, she said no more and walked away from Su Bei's sight. Su Bei withdrew his thoughtful gaze and no longer paid attention to her.

After the activity, Su Bei and others said goodbye and then began to complete their respective tasks according to the previous assignment. Su Bei and driver Wang left the village and came to the car parked outside the village. As soon as driver Wang entered, he heard Su Bei say outside: "You go buy cinnabar, I have something else to deal with."

"Am I going alone?" Driver Wang asked in surprise, "What if I buy a fake?"

"Don't worry, you won't buy a fake." Su Bei said as he casually adjusted the little finger for him.

Driver Wang was still a little hesitant. He secretly felt that Jiang Tianming was much more reliable than Su Bei, who was always messing around. Is it really okay for Su Bei to suddenly leave the team when Jiang Tianming has already arranged the task?

Seeing his concern, Su Bei waved his hand nonchalantly: "What you are worried about is just a small matter. One person can handle it. But what is going to happen here is not that simple. If I stay, I can have more strength."

As soon as these words came out, Driver Wang was immediately convinced: "Okay, then I'll go first, and I'll be back as soon as possible."

Don't be fooled by his distrust of Su Bei just now, that's just his distrust of Su Bei's character. Driver Wang has 100% confidence in his ability. He also watched the live broadcast of the three-school competition, and Su Bei's performance in it was not to be underestimated.

A fate-related psychic said something was going to happen next, so he must have "seen" something. Since he felt that it would be more useful to stay, Driver Wang certainly couldn't force him to do unnecessary work with him.

After successfully tricking the man away, Su Bei quickly climbed up the tallest tree in the small woods east of the village to gain a favorable view. There was a wide road to the north of the village, so the previous deaths did not happen here. Only the last time, when there was no choice, did he have to bleed here.

The location where Su Bei was now could clearly see the situation on the road, which was a perfect Feng Shui location. With the leaves blocking the way, it was not easy for others to find him, and if anything happened, they could rush over to support him immediately.

Yes, in the end he decided to stay and watch the show. Firstly, Su Bei was very curious about how the villagers completed the last magic circle under the strict defense of Jiang Tianming and others, and secondly, he was also very curious about how the ancestor capsized in the dark and let Zhou Min take advantage of it.

As for the safety issue, as long as he was not within the range of those magic circles, he would be safe. With the protagonists around, he probably wouldn't need to take any action to defeat the BOSS.

Even if he did it, it didn't matter, because he was originally a character who loved to watch the show in the comics. It could satisfy his curiosity and it wasn't OOC, so Su Bei certainly couldn't miss this good thing that killed two birds with one stone.