Mystery: Start with the Reader

At night, Abner placed "the complete brain of the Phinx Lion", "five-color brilliant stone", "ordinary leaves of the Tree Mentor", "the blood of the Phinx Lion", and "five kinds of dragon's blood five-color flowers". petal". The main and auxiliary materials of "Lunberg Wisdom Spring Water" were listed on the table in the bedroom. While staring at them in trance, he was thinking about what Russell said to Lion Leon during the previous dinner.

"Why did he tell me the opening spell of the 'Moon' card? Was he sure that I would definitely get the 'Moon' card?

"Although I don't remember some things, I also know that besides the image of Russell in women's clothing, this card should be contaminated... Well, it is very likely that there will be pollution from the 'primordial moon'!

“Is he trying to frame me, or does he have other motives?

"In addition...'Silver Moon Project'...Silver Moon, I remember that in the original book, Lilith's ring summoned a bright, silvery moon... Could this be referring to her?

"I just don't know whether this plan is to help Lilith deal with the original moon, or to deal with Lilith directly...

"Hey, doesn't Russell hate the way the 'Soothsayer' talks the most? Why did he become the 'Riddler'... Did he join just because he couldn't beat him?"

Just when Abner was complaining that Russell had also contracted a "bad habit", there was a knock on the door. He came back to his senses and was about to ask, but he saw Ms. Crossfia appearing in front of him. in front of.

She glanced at Abner and the various materials on the table in front of him, and then joked with a smile: "I really didn't expect that you would ask a married woman like me to meet in your bedroom in the middle of the night."

Abner visited Crosphia at the villa in the dock area in the afternoon. In addition to informing her of the changes in the nightmare ruins, he also asked her to come to his place in the middle of the night as a "ritual" to help. Promote yourself to sequence 5.

The reason why he chose to drink the magic potion at his club's residence was also due to safety concerns. After all, Mr. Azik was still living here temporarily, and with the boss protecting him, the promotion ceremony would not be interrupted accidentally.

At this time, facing Crosfiya's teasing, he was speechless and thought to himself: It's already here, do you still care about this? You and Dunn have been traveling together for so long, haven't you ever thought about whether it's appropriate?

What's more, they are all demigods, why should they pay attention to those worldly eyes? When other people look at you, they will probably forget everything they are thinking, right?

Of course, thinking so, Abner still looked embarrassed on the surface. Then adhering to the principle of talking less and doing more, he turned around, picked up the utensils he had prepared, and began to mix the potion.

In accordance with the principle of "auxiliary" first and then "main material", when Abner finally carefully added the five-color icosahedron gem, a light mist of water began to rise in the vessel, and the liquid also followed. It turned into five ever-changing colors of black, white, red, blue, and yellow, which looked gorgeous and colorful, but also contained vague dangers.

In nature, whether flowers, plants or insects and snakes, the brighter the colors, the more likely they are to contain deadly toxins...

The magic potion of the "Secret Master" is similar. It seems to help extraordinary people communicate with the extraordinary essence and "analyze" the inner principles. However, it will inevitably face the "spiritual pollution" in it, and it will also cause "scholars" to explore the essence. The impulse makes him unconsciously addicted, and eventually leads to loss of control and self-destruction.

At this time, rituals and the gaze of a mid- to high-sequence Beyonder or an adult dragon in the “spectator” path are needed to avoid or reduce this risk.

Taking a deep breath, Abner picked up the container containing the five-color liquid and turned to look at Crossfia.

After seeing the other party nodding seriously, he raised the container and drank the potion inside.

As the slightly bitter potion passed through his throat and esophagus with a sticky taste, it went straight to his stomach...

Suddenly, Abner found that his brain had entered an overload state, and countless information washed away his soul. This feeling was as if he had opened the "Pure White" for the first time in that dilapidated rental house in the East District. "Eye" to "analyze" the characteristics of the "reasoning student"!

The difference is that at that time, I could no longer hold on under such an overload and passed out on my own.

But now, there is some kind of inexplicable excitement and impulse, which makes his brain, his eyes, and his spirituality uncontrollably "get closer" to his own "characteristics", as if he cannot fully "analyze" it completely. , will not give up.

I don’t know what will happen to other “learned scholars” when they are promoted, but Abner can feel this abnormal “addiction”. He tries to control it, but with little success. It seems that he can only watch himself going towards the level. The edge of control slipped.

At this moment, an invisible "comforting" wind blew into his heart, which made Abner suddenly refreshed and began to "control" himself cooperatively.

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In another bedroom on the third floor, Mr. Azik was sitting on a wicker chair and flipping through a local history book on Indo.

He picked up the coffee at hand and took a sip, then glanced in the direction of the master bedroom, with a smile in his eyes.

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In the guest room on the second floor, Lion Lion looked up and muttered:

"You actually don't trust me...I can obviously help complete that ritual...

"I learned a lot about the ability of 'audience' from the old man Hermes."

It thought for a moment, showed a humanized evil smile, and then used the "secret technique" to throw the image of Ms. Crossfia knocking on Abner's bedroom door it had just sensed into Jane's dream next door.

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In the master bedroom, as Crossfia continued to help with various situations using different abilities, Abner finally defeated the urge to be "deeply addicted" to the essence of his personality, gradually took control of himself, and spent the most difficult time in the world. Dangerous stage.

After an unknown amount of time, Abner exhaled a breath of thick air, and the throbbing pain in his brain also eased.

He felt the wet clothes on his body and sighed silently:

"Finally Sequence 5!

"I am the 'Secret Master'!"

Ms. Crossfia's eyes were flowing, she looked at Abner with a smile and said:

“Congratulations on your promotion.

"You are much better than the last 'Secret Master' I dealt with. He didn't have the energy to control himself when he was promoted. He only managed to succeed by relying on me...

“He was almost out of control at that time.

“Of course, it must be because I was only Sequence 5 and lacked experience.

"Haha, speaking of which, I don't know what Taylor is like now. He was really a very charming man at that time. There were many people pursuing him. My husband didn't like him very much at the beginning."

That is because I have the experience of relying on the "Pure White Eyes" to analyze extraordinary characteristics. Others do not have this convenience... But even so, this process is dangerous enough... If there is no Ms. Crossfia as a ritual, I am afraid I can only You rely on the "pure white eyes" to prevent yourself from being contaminated by the spirit in the potion. As for that kind of "addiction", you have to rely on willpower to overcome it.

Whether you can advance smoothly in the end depends entirely on luck...

I am like this. It will definitely be more difficult for other "learned scholars" to be promoted to "secret instructor". It is no wonder that Sequence 5 is the backbone of a force and can be called a strong person...

In addition, madam, if you praise a man so much, your husband will naturally be unhappy...

However, the "Secret Masters" seem to be very popular and charming. Edwina is like this, this gentleman named Thales is like this...well, so am I.

After muttering a few words narcissistically in his heart, Abner drank a cup of prepared black tea to replenish the lost water. Then he stood up again and solemnly thanked Crossfia: "Thank you for your help."

Crossfia accepted his thanks and said with a smile: "This is a deal. I also hope that your 'performance' tomorrow night can meet my expectations."

"I will." Abner said seriously.

Isn't it just the "second one"? This is much less "risky" than going to Darkville!

"It's getting late. You should also be familiar with the abilities you get after being promoted. I'll leave first...Tomorrow afternoon, you can bring your companions to the villa in the dock area to find me and Dunn. In the evening, we Enter the ruins together."

Crossfia smiled, then put on the hat she had taken off before, opened the door gracefully and walked out. Then her figure gradually dimmed, as if she had merged into someone's dream.

In the bedroom, after seeing Miss Lazy leave, Abner packed up the bottles and jars that had been used to store materials, then sat back on the bed and carefully recalled his previous feelings and the abilities and spells he had obtained.

First of all, the "analytic" ability has been further enhanced, and it has been possible to penetrate into the essence of some extraordinary abilities, observe its structure, and make limited additions, reorganizations, and changes to form new spells, which are "secret techniques."

Abner had experienced this ability before with "Pure White Eyes", but at that time he could only simplify the ability, but could not optimize or integrate it.

Secondly, the "learning space" has also "evolved" again. It is no longer the state of stars in the sky before, but more similar to a "laboratory" located in the spirit, which can be used to store knowledge, simulate abilities, and learn new secrets. Technological experiments.

Even with a thought, he can "decorate" that space to a certain extent, making its style closer to his own aesthetic...

Since he had seen Edwina's "space" through the "Scholar's Communication Technique", Abner first changed the interior into a cabinet display like the other's.

"This effect is very similar to the reward of the 'Dream Maze Tower'... It's just that you need points to decorate the 'Dream Maze Tower'... And my 'Learning Space' is to consume spirituality...

"But there is no difference in the feeling principle... Could it be that the 'Dream Labyrinth Tower' is actually created by the high-level extraordinary characteristics of the 'Reader' path?

"Well, it's very possible... In other words, Russell at least used the high-sequence characteristics of the 'Reader' when he built it!"

While speculating in his mind, Abner looked at the additional spells he obtained during his promotion.

Because every "Secret Master" will uncontrollably deepen the characteristics brought by the potion when he is promoted, he will naturally gain some benefits in the process.

To put it simply, based on the source of the material and the spiritual residue contained in it, one or several secret techniques will be automatically obtained after becoming a "secret instructor".

This is the same as when the "Peeper" path uses the blood of mythical creatures to be promoted to demigods, different benefits will be obtained due to different sources of blood.

But at this moment, Abner became speechless after sensing the specific content of the secret technique.

Since the "Finx Lion Brain" in the feature comes from the lion Leon, it naturally retains its imprint...

Therefore, the first secret skill Abner obtained was——

"Leon's Underwear Stealing Technique"

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