Chapter 307: Test

Lu Mian didn't rush to flip through the thick stack of spirit world creature materials, putting them together with Aurore's witchcraft notes into the iron cabinet added some time ago.

He had other things to do now.

He unscrewed the lid of the wide-mouthed bottle, reached his hand into the green spirits, and fished out the gorse flower brooch named "Decent."

Lu Mian intended to test the ability characteristics and negative effect intensity of this sealed item now.

This couldn't wait until a real battle to be familiarized. At that time, there would be no way to grasp it, and no way to form a sufficiently effective cooperation with his own extraordinary abilities and attack rhythm.

Similarly, the intensity of the negative effects must be tested now when the state is good, and cannot be hastily borne after a battle where both body and mind have suffered trauma.

By grasping the characteristics of the negative effects in advance, Lu Mian could make a truly effective choice that could avoid most of the influence after being forced to use "Decent."

If a "Hunter" is not familiar with his "weapon," it is easy to encounter failure!

Lu Mian wore the brooch carved into a gorse flower in front of him and began to concentrate, trying his best to sense it.

During this process, he felt wind blowing in from the window, so he moved in his heart, stood up, reached out his right hand, and closed the half-open window.

Accompanied by this action, the wind in the room disappeared suddenly, as if it were completely blocked outside the glass window.

Lu Mian then turned his body, walked to the door, opened the door, and closed it gently.

This safe house suddenly became quiet, as if it had become a sealed space isolated from the outside world.

Lu Mian sat down again, letting his body emit a feeling that could make small animals disgusted and hateful.

This is an application of the "Provocation" ability.

Almost at the same time, a squeaking sound rang out, and a mouse drilled out from somewhere, waving its claws at Lu Mian.

Lu Mian bent his index finger and thumb and flicked it quite casually.

A spark of crimson flew out, landing on the black-haired mouse, burning it until it squeaked in pain.

This mouse was roasted with extreme pain, got rid of the influence of "Provocation," and began to scurry around in the room, seeking a passage to escape here.

But whether it was the door crack or the mouse hole it had originally dug, they were blocked by invisible power, blocking it back.

It lacked the ability to "open the door."

Lu Mian nodded with satisfaction, using this mouse to experiment with other abilities of the "Decent" brooch.

It was about twelve or thirteen minutes. Lu Mian, who had no pocket watch to accurately grasp the time, was cautious and took off the "Decent" brooch, throwing it into the green spirits.

At the same time, he flicked out another small crimson fireball, ending the mouse's life, and the room was filled with the smell of grease being roasted out.

Lu Mian tucked away the wide-mouthed bottle, walked out of the safe house, and prepared to test the extent to which being disgusting and disliked could reach.

In the evening, when gas street lamps had been lit, as soon as he walked out of the apartment gate, he felt the pedestrians passing by and the vendors on the road turn their heads to look at him in unison.

They seemed to have seen the thing they hated most and couldn't wait to pick up the knives, wine bottles, or iron pots cooking food in their hands to attack Lu Mian.

The iconic gold-in-black hair color of "Lion" Charles prevented them from turning the impulse into reality.

This, this effect is equivalent to a large-scale "Provocation"... It's just not under my control... Lu Mian had a rough judgment, walked on the side of the road in the unfriendly gazes, and leaned toward the Market Avenue direction.

Just then, two police officers wearing black uniforms, silver shoulder badges, and standard pistols at their waists patrolled past.

As soon as they saw Lu Mian, they pointed at him and shouted loudly:

"Stop there, police inspection!"

The effect is really strong... Lu Mian didn't say a word, turned his body, ran away wildly.

"Stop!"

The two police officers shouted a few times and drew their pistols at the same time, aiming at Lu Mian's back.

Lu Mian dodged the right foot quietly stretched out by a pedestrian, made a sharp turn, turned into an alley blocked by barricades, and rushed into the underground Trier without looking back.

He didn't bring a calcium carbide lamp, nor did he have dark vision, but "Pyro" could create light for himself in any environment.

Lu Mian had another crimson fireball on his head and both shoulders, easily shaking off the two police officers, and walked toward another entrance of the underground Trier near White Coat Street.

While walking, Lu Mian suddenly turned his body and dodged a black shadow ejected from the corner.

It was a snake-like creature with dark green scales.

It raised the front half of its body, spat out a bright red core, and confronted Lu Mian aggressively.

It's not just disgusting and disliked by humans... It must be seen or contacted to have an influence... Lu Mian shook his head with emotion, let one of the fireballs fly out, and blew the dark green poisonous snake into three sections, with a charred fragrance overflowing.

Because he had basically determined the intensity and range of the negative effects, he no longer "took risks," found a rock cave with no creatures nearby, extinguished the fireballs, sat in the darkness, and waited quietly for the effects to disappear.

After an estimated hour, he stood up, manufactured three crimson fireballs on his head, left shoulder, and right shoulder again to illuminate the tunnel in front.

Not long after, Lu Mian arrived at an exit next to White Coat Street and saw a figure carrying a calcium carbide lamp coming from the side tunnel.

Lu Mian laughed and raised his right hand to wave:

"You also became a mouse that likes to be active in the underground Trier?"

The visitor was Jenna.

Jenna also saw him and frowned:

"Did you use 'Provocation'? Why are you so annoying!"

"About the same," Lu Mian answered vaguely.

Jenna couldn't control the disgust in her heart and blurted out:

"Damn! Why did you use 'Provocation' on me?"

Not bad, didn't come over to beat me directly, indicating that she still treats me as a friend... When the negative effects are about to disappear, the intensity is about like this... Lu Mian smiled and explained briefly:

"Because of some encounters, I was stained with an aura that makes people hate, which will disappear soon."

He then changed the topic and looked at Jenna, who was wearing a light white shirt and a light yellow long skirt, her hair draped softly, without any makeup, and a small sun holy emblem on her neck:

"Why did you come to the underground Trier?"

Jenna, who now looked more like a university student in the Memorial Hall District, curled her lips:

"Meeting those two 'Purifiers.'

"Didn't you say, let me show my piety to the gods? I deliberately dressed like this according to the style advocated by the church and wore a sun amulet. As a result, they led me to the underground Trier, saying it was to avoid passing pedestrians. Damn, it's very strange to enter the underground Trier dressed like this!"

Perhaps because the negative effects brought by "Decent" were really nearing the end, Jenna, who knew the reason, completely controlled her own reaction and communicated with Lu Mian about her experience with a stable mood.

"Is it effective?" Lu Mian looked at the brown wooden box held in front of her chest by Jenna, not rushing to ask what it was.

Jenna said somewhat puzzled:

"It's effective. The 'Purifier' named Valentine had a much better attitude toward me, and Imre had a similar change. But I don't know why, they seem to be more guarded and vigilant against me."

"Maybe they think you are deliberately pleasing them, fearing you have other plans," Lu Mian tried to analyze the mentality of the two "Purifiers" and pointed to the wooden box held by Jenna with his chin. "Did they give you a reward?"

Jenna couldn't help but smile:

"Yes, they have already verified the authenticity of the intelligence on the Deep Valley Quarry and told me that it is indeed very important. They gave me two main materials and one auxiliary material for the 'Instigator' potion as a reward, and I have to collect the rest myself."

"Franca should have the remaining auxiliary materials," Lu Mian said thoughtfully. "The main materials for a Sequence 8 potion are not cheap, and can even be called precious. Is the intelligence of the Deep Valley Quarry really that important?"

What kind of matter does this involve?

Jenna hummed:

"They didn't say in detail, just told me that due to problems between churches, the 'Purifiers' cannot directly enter that quarry now to do a complete investigation, but they will keep watching to prevent the situation from worsening.

"They also asked me to continue contacting that client to see if I could get more information from the side. One of the main potion materials was an advance reward."

"That's reasonable," Lu Mian nodded slightly.

Jenna then sighed:

"I have fallen."

"Why do you say that?" Lu Mian raised his eyebrows.

Jenna scratched her draped hair:

"I should have asked for a sum of money first to pay off all the debts, and then consider the materials for the 'Instigator' potion."

"After you become an 'Instigator,' those debts are just a small matter," Lu Mian sneered. "You don't still want to be an underground singer to pay off debts, do you?"

Jenna was silent for a few seconds:

"But I don't want to harm others."

"Isn't it fine to find those bad guys?" Lu Mian tried hard to "ignite fire" in Jenna's heart.

"Damn, you are the 'Instigator', right?" Jenna muttered and turned to ask, "How much money should I compensate Franca? That intelligence was obtained by us together. I can't be the only one getting the reward while she gets nothing."

Lu Mian laughed:

"Counting the potion formula she gave you, even if calculated at a friend's price, you have to give her nearly 20,000 Felkin."

"Nearly 20,000 Felkin..." Jenna had a painful expression. "I can only owe it first. You say, will the debt get bigger as the sequence gets higher? Potion formulas and materials are so expensive..."

"But the ability to earn money will be stronger," Lu Mian said half-inciting and half-comforting.

He extinguished the three fireballs on his body, rubbed against the light of Jenna's calcium carbide lamp, and walked toward the exit of the underground Trier.

After walking a few steps, Jenna asked suspiciously:

"Why do you want to put a fireball on your head and on both shoulders? What is the meaning of this?"

"Haven't you heard that there are three lamps on a person, one on the head, one on the left shoulder, and one on the right shoulder?" Lu Mian asked back.

"No," Jenna shook her head and asked with great thirst for knowledge, "Is this occult knowledge?"

"No, folk legend," Lu Mian smiled. "I think this is very cool, so I simulated it."

Jenna couldn't help but swear:

"Damn! You are so childish!"

During the exchange, the two left the underground Trier and walked into the 601 apartment at 3 White Coat Street in Franca's suspicious gaze.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 308 =====