Chapter 152: The Magician

"How long does it take to gradually extract the traits?" Ke Lai En hurriedly asked.

As long as it doesn't exceed a week he can accept it; if it goes beyond a week, the next Tarot meeting will require Mr. World to take a leave.

"About one or two days."

This is Lei Kedun's estimate based on the time Mr. Huang previously spent separating traits for him.

Ke Lai En promptly nodded: "No problem, I'll bring it to you in a moment."

The dummy world manifested at the Tarot meeting relies on the Secret Pair Master's ability, so Ke Lai En isn't worried that the extraordinary trait left by Luo Sa Ge, once gradually extracted, would no longer be able to manifest the dummy world.

The conversation then returned to this morning's anomaly:

"What did you do this morning? My inspiration was triggered then, and in a daze I seemed to hear a choir chanting that I've never heard before."

"I used a mysterious re‑manifestation on that mass of flesh and blood bearing the True Creator's divinity; it might come back to life in three days."

"Come back to life!?" Ke Lai En briefly considered whether to move away from Mingsike Jie.

Ke Lai En stared at Lei Kedun, trying to read something on his face; he even suspected that Lei Kedun might have gone mad from the Hidden Sage's influence, only showing it subtly.

Lei Kedun endured Ke Lai En's gaze, waved his hand and said:

"The effect of that mysterious re‑manifestation is to let a person whose body, soul, and traits remain intact revive in a brand‑new state after three days."

"Since the True Creator is a true god, this effect might manifest differently on His flesh and blood."

As Lei Kedun spoke, Ke Lai En's expression grew increasingly strange; he became more convinced that Lei Kedun was a hidden lunatic influenced by the Hidden Sage.

A normal person could never conceive of experimenting with flesh and blood containing a demon god's divinity, let alone putting it into practice.

"It shouldn't be a big problem; the divinity contained in that flesh is limited, and even if it turns into a divinity‑infused mad monster, the Hidden Sage can deal with it."

Under Ke Lai En's increasingly wary gaze, Lei Kedun offered an explanation.

Ke Lai En expressionlessly nodded, silently thinking to himself: "How did I not see it before? This guy also has a mad scientist side."

Ke Lai En didn't stay long; he excused himself to retrieve Luo Sa Ge's leftover traits and left.

After returning to his rented house opposite the answer, Ke Lai En immediately set up a ritual, prayed to himself, responded to himself, and extracted the All‑Black Eye formed from Luo Sa Ge's leftover trait that had been placed on the gray mist.

He hastily concluded the ritual, then took the iron box holding the All‑Black Eye to the opposite house, handed it to Lei Kedun, and left without lingering.

Lei Kedun glanced at Ke Lai En's departing steps, feeling the other party was a bit hasty, but didn't pay much attention.

Returning to his study, he retrieved the ritual materials, quickly set up the ceremony, and sent the iron box containing the All‑Black Eye to the spirit realm library.

Then Lei Kedun, via the ring's connection to the library, brought his consciousness into the library as well.

Mr. Huang already held the All‑Black Eye in his hand; he seemed to be looking at something through it, remaining silent for a long time.

Lei Kedun stood quietly aside, not disturbing him. After a while, Mr. Huang finally set the All‑Black Eye aside and said:

"I didn't expect the Night to choose to cultivate a person to compete for the Lord of the Mysteries; she has always been decisive and scheming, which makes me somewhat interested in the one the Night selected."

As Mr. Huang finished, he casually glanced at Lei Kedun, a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, and continued:

"Actually, I have more confidence in Mr. Men, but unfortunately He is too heavily corrupted."

"However, compared to A Meng, I prefer to support this little fellow cultivated by the Night; come back tomorrow to collect the extracted traits."

Lei Kedun promptly nodded, without asking Mr. Huang how he knew so much; he already harbored some doubts and speculations about Mr. Huang's identity.

Before leaving, he borrowed a few books from Mr. Huang, and after receiving permission, he immediately left the library.

He then rearranged the ritual and retrieved the borrowed books.

Holding the books, he dragged a lounge chair onto the balcony; under the warm sunlight, Lei Kedun placed a book over his face and fell into a deep sleep.

At noon the next day, the book messenger arrived to inform Lei Kedun that the traits within the All‑Black Eye had been fully extracted.

"Why are you so proactive in helping Ke Lai En compared to helping me!"

Lei Kedun muttered a silent retort in his mind.

After waiting for the book messenger to finish praising the god of knowledge and wisdom, Lei Kedun set up the ritual and extracted all the traits from the All‑Black Eye.

There were five in total—clusters of traits in deep blue, deep black, or black‑green—arranged before him. Lei Kedun pinched the jelly‑like traits, waved his hand lightly, and emitted a spray of starlight.

The starlight turned into transparent amber pieces, encasing the extraordinary traits, then carried them into the spirit realm, arriving in Ke Lai En's living room.

Ke Lai En, still having lunch, leisurely dragged out a chair beside him and gestured; he's become accustomed to Lei Kedun's frequent, ghost‑like trips through the spirit realm.

"The traits within that All‑Black Eye have all been separated."

Saying that, Lei Kedun tossed the five transparent amber pieces he was holding onto the dining table.

Ke Lai En watched the differently colored extraordinary traits before him, blinking; this was his first time seeing so many extraordinary traits at once.

After examining each trait, Ke Lai En handed the two traits belonging to the diviner and the clown to Lei Kedun:

"This is your reward; I don't need to repeatedly consume the diviner's and clown's magic elixir."

Lei Kedun didn't refuse, taking the two traits directly from Ke Lai En. These traits would make decent material for a beginner's figurine.

Ke Lai En had already obtained the true root and sap of the Mist Tree Person from Little Sun; although the main material is no longer needed, he could resell it.

Ke Lai En set down his utensils, swiftly fetched his prepared auxiliary materials, and immediately began concocting the magic elixir.

Under Lei Kedun's gaze, a bottle of magic elixir was brewed, its colors exploding like fireworks, blooming in myriad hues that constantly radiated outward and vanished.

Lei Kedun curiously examined the oddly shaped bottle and couldn't help saying:

"Strange colors, like a pile of overturned paint buckets."

Ke Lai En didn't reply; instead, he pulled a one‑pound gold coin from his jacket pocket, flicked it into the air with a clink, and caught it.

He performed a simple divination, received an affirmative answer, stepped back a few steps, sat on the sofa, quickly entered meditation, steadied himself, and drank the entire bottle of magic elixir.

Lei Kedun quietly watched Ke Lai En as he drank the elixir.

The other remained calm, though his expression was somewhat twisted.

After a while, Ke Lai En's skin began to change.

One arm's skin became deeply wrinkled, like a centenarian; the other arm lost its color, turning transparent, revealing the veins, muscles, and tendons inside.

A subtle violet hue flashed in Lei Kedun's eyes, his vision suddenly altered; every inch of Ke Lai En's skin, each muscle and bone, was now visible to him.

LeiKedun clearly saw KeLaiEn's body undergoing wondrous changes under the transformation of the demon elixir, with many strange unknown symbols etched into his flesh.

Under the intense feeling of being watched, KeLaiEn quickly regained his senses from the demon elixir's effects.

As soon as his vision recovered, he saw LeiKedun nearby, whose eyes bore a barely perceptible violet halo, appraising him.

He felt that under the other's gaze he had no secrets.

Then KeLaiEn noticed his skin had become strange; his caution instantly rose, and he watched the most obvious abnormality on his arms with vigilance.

"This is the demon elixir reshaping your body; after a short while it will return to normal."

Hearing LeiKedun's hint, KeLaiEn let out a sigh of relief.

After five or six minutes, everything returned to normal.

"No wonder in advancement every extraordinary being appears so cautious."

"I only chose advancement after fully digesting the Sequence Eight demon elixir, yet it still has such severe effects; those extraordinary beings who rely on time to gradually digest the elixir…"

LeiKedun walked over to a side chair, sat down, and said casually:

"The world of extraordinary beings is that cruel! Of course, there are some lucky ones who can even swallow the demon elixir whole and digest it."

"Swallow the demon elixir?" KeLaiEn's expression turned odd; he thought no one would be foolish enough to swallow the elixir whole.

LeiKedun waved his hand lightly, not delving further into the topic; the lucky ones belong to the Light Key, and it has nothing to do with the two of them.

"Show me your extraordinary ability, and I'll analyze it."

LeiKedun reminded KeLaiEn, this was a deal they had made long ago.

"Fine." KeLaiEn nodded slightly.

Just a brief recollection, and the magician's spell‑like abilities automatically surfaced in his mind.

KeLaiEn snapped his fingers lightly, "Boom!" A stack of papers on the coffee table ignited on its own, erupting into a massive flame; a blaze also surged around KeLaiEn, tightly enveloping his body.

The next moment, KeLaiEn's figure vanished in the fire, then reappeared in another blaze. He emerged from the flames completely unscathed.

"Snap~" He snapped again, and an invisible air projectile shot out, shattering the glass cup on the coffee table.

The broken glass cup then vanished, and an intact glass cup reappeared on the dining table.

It was an illusion; LeiKedun glanced at it and saw its essence—his Eye of Insight has an advantage in this regard.

KeLaiEn demonstrated the magician's abilities one by one, except that they required a pre‑prepared paper dummy as a substitute.

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

"Very good!"

LeiKedun clapped, praising KeLaiEn's display of extraordinary ability.

In KeLaiEn's puzzled gaze, LeiKedun smiled and explained:

"A performance needs the audience's cheers; that is the source of feedback when you act."

KeLaiEn fell silent, carefully feeling the demon elixir inside his body; indeed there were faint signs of digestion, though not obvious.

(End of Chapter)