Chapter 749

Ding-a-ling.

That thing like a steam train drove past Lu Mian's front quickly.

Although the mist stained with a deep black luster was still thick, Lu Mian still barely saw a few details:

Both carriages were blue, and they seemed to be crowded with passengers; they all stood facing the street, their expressions blurry and unclear, and their bodies seemed to lack outlines.

There are more than what I saw in Fourth Epoch Trier before... It's not steam-powered... Lu Mian had just flashed these few thoughts when he found that at the other end of the street, a figure was bending over, pulling a black small cart with two wheels and a canopy over.

Inside the small cart sat a lady holding a round fan and wearing a long dress; the thick mist obscured the specific outlines of her and the puller, as well as the details of their clothing.

Lu Mian looked over involuntarily, gazing at the black small cart from far to near.

Just at this moment, the lady sitting in the small cart with a canopy picked up the round fan, blocked it in front of her face, and turned sideways slowly, looking back at Lu Mian.

At this moment, the mist seemed to fade quite a bit, and Lu Mian saw clearly the back of the hand of the lady holding the round fan:

Swollen to the point of shining, with blue-black patches everywhere.

The puller with a towel hanging around his neck stopped, and the lady blocking her face with a flower-and-bird round fan seemed to want to get off the strange small cart and walk toward Lu Mian.

Lu Mian felt a burst of fear for no reason, instinctively repelling any contact with that lady.

He then heard a panicked low shout.

That came from himself!

But he clearly didn't have such a thought!

Placed in the deep black mist, standing at the edge of the street, watching all that, he seemed not to be completely identical to the real him!

Lu Mian suddenly felt a tightness in his heart and tried to step back.

He flew up suddenly, flying into mid-air.

He saw at the core of the thick mist, somewhere in the huge city, stood a tower with a strange outline, as if only a black shadow remained, and beneath the tower was indescribable and unspeakable terror and eeriness.

He flew toward that direction involuntarily.

Almost simultaneously, dots of starlight appeared before his eyes.

Lu Mian exited the state of meditation suddenly; before his "eyes" there was no longer that city and tower wrapped in deep black thick mist, nor were there the two-section train and the lady holding a flower-and-bird round fan.

He opened his eyes and saw Ms. 'Magician' and Mr. 'Hanged Man.'

"Your state just now wasn't quite right; signs of a certain loss of control appeared, so I had to wake you up forcibly." 'Magician' explained simply.

Lu Mian thanked her, extinguished the corpse oil candle that emitted an alluring dark fragrance, and then told in detail about the scenes and characters he had seen in meditation.

Ms. 'Magician' nodded gently:

"Similar to the effect of a secret pact ritual.

"This allowed you to establish a connection with an unknown existence, gradually becoming compatible, but different from a true secret pact, the object of a secret pact ritual is a god, an angel, a devil, or an evil spirit—an existence with a spiritual entity, while what you seem to have made a secret pact with is a city.

"If I hadn't interrupted the process in advance, you might have obtained certain high-level knowledge or power through this secret pact experience; of course, this is highly unlikely to be a good thing."

Lu Mian was no longer a beginner mysticism enthusiast and knew very well the essence and effects of secret pact rituals; he asked back thoughtfully:

"In other words, that city in the thick mist is real, it is closely related to Fourth Epoch Trier, very special, and I established compatibility with it across a long distance and heavy seals through this corpse oil candle?"

"Correct, it is not a hallucination." Ms. 'Magician' cast her gaze toward the light yellow and red candle contained in the small glass bottle, "Besides the corpse oil of an 'Iron-Blooded Knight' and a 'Despair Witch,' this candle should also have been mixed with some special materials whose source and situation I don't know. Hmm, compared to here, the other two scenes are more suitable for it to exert its effect, able to help you see more and experience more, but that is too dangerous; you already showed signs of loss of control just now, so I don't suggest you try it now."

"The other two scenes..." Lu Mian's heart stirred, "Is one of them Fourth Epoch Trier?"

In Fourth Epoch Trier itself, one can directly see part of the scenes of that misty city; if one lights the corpse oil candle again and enters a state of meditation, one can definitely see more and experience more!

"Correct." 'Magician' confirmed Lu Mian's guess.

"Where is the other place?" Lu Mian asked curiously.

Unless the "School of Truth's" Vortex Plan points to Fourth Epoch Trier and can open the seal there, he couldn't possibly enter that Trier of the Fourth Epoch again for a very long time.

'Magician' looked at Lu Mian for a few seconds and answered simply:

"Bansi."

Bansi... Bansi Harbor? That harbor which was destroyed by the Church of Storms because it suffered some kind of contamination, and not a single person escaped? That was once the location of the 'Red Angel' Medici's family... Lu Mian nodded imperceptibly.

Combining the gains of that 'Red Angel' in Fourth Epoch Trier and His own pathway, Lu Mian no longer had any doubts that Bansi Harbor possessed something special similar to Fourth Epoch Trier.

"Of course, it must be a certain place in Bansi Harbor, not just any location." 'Magician' added, turning to say, "There is also another place, but I'm not sure if it's also suitable for the corpse oil candle to exert its effect."

"What place?" Lu Mian first asked, then a flash of inspiration struck, "'City of Exile' Morora?"

"Not bad, able to clearly perceive the connections between things now." Ms. 'Magician' praised, then warned seriously, "If you really want to risk using the corpse oil candle in those places to help with meditation and complete a secret pact, it's not impossible, but you must ensure someone is by your side, monitoring your state at all times, ensuring that as soon as any abnormality appears, you are forcibly woken up."

"I will remember." Lu Mian promised seriously.

Ms. 'Magician' signaled Lu Mian to put away the corpse oil candle and thought for a moment:

"Use the 'Sword of Courage' as a sealed artifact for now; when you need to prepare the 'Iron-Blooded Knight' potion, I will help you restore it to a Beyonder characteristic.

"Hmm, the sealed artifact crafted from the 'Siso' Beyonder characteristic should be completed in these few days."

"Thank you, Ms. 'Magician'." Lu Mian thanked her sincerely.

Although obtaining the main ingredients for "Iron-Blooded Knight" so quickly and easily gave him a feeling that it wasn't real enough, thinking about how the 'Blood Emperor's' residual aura came to be, who played a key role in the middle, and the problem of the 'Netherworld Daoist' seal, he felt it actually wasn't "easy" at all.

Lu Mian turned to talk about the umbilical cord remains of Omebella and the three ways to handle Ludwig, finally saying:

"Can I eat that umbilical cord remains to make myself possess a bit of the 'Great Mother's' divine child bloodline?"

Ms. 'Magician's' expression became slightly strange; she looked toward 'Hanged Man' Alger, seemingly consulting this companion's opinion.

'Hanged Man' looked at Lu Mian and asked seriously:

"This will indeed bring you some opportunities, but at the same time, it will also bring corresponding dangers. We will give you help, but it's impossible to do so every moment. You need to think clearly whether you are willing to take this risk and whether it is worth it."

Ms. 'Magician' also followed up:

"Although saying the 'Great Mother's' gaze sounds very ethereal, not real enough, seemingly unable to cause substantial influence on you, and you are also usually enduring the gaze of the existence named Fate, adding one more doesn't seem like a big deal, but you must remember, the 'Great Mother's' interference and infiltration into our world far surpass that existence named Fate. If you really eat Omebella's umbilical cord remains, it is very likely that you will encounter some unknown influences or be targeted by special enemies without even knowing it yourself.

"Of course, it's only a possible risk, not a certainty."

Lu Mian cared more about another point:

"Ms. 'Magician,' Mr. 'Hanged Man,' you seem to have already clearly known that eating Omebella's umbilical cord remains will bring some opportunities?"

And this is very likely to be a quite useful opportunity; otherwise, Ms. 'Magician's' expression wouldn't have become strange, and she wouldn't have gone to consult Mr. 'Hanged Man's' opinion.

Things with only disadvantages would be vetoed directly; having disadvantages while also having huge advantages would make Ms. 'Magician' hesitate!

Ms. 'Magician' deliberated and said:

"The Vortex Plan might involve a place contaminated by the 'Great Mother's' power, where there are quite a few monsters produced as a result. If you possess the 'Great Mother's' divine child bloodline, theoretically you don't need to worry about being attacked by them, and can even simply command them.

"This is one aspect; another aspect is that when you satisfy two other prerequisites, you should be able to contact and pick up a Grade 0 sealed artifact and use it briefly."

Grade 0 sealed artifact... very dangerous, cannot be inquired about, cannot be spread, cannot be described, cannot be peeked at, a Grade 0 sealed artifact that can destroy a country or even the entire world... Lu Mian felt his spirit lift upon hearing this.

Up to now, he had already indirectly contacted two Grade 0 sealed artifacts, "0-01" and "0-05."

"What is the number of that Grade 0 sealed artifact?" Lu Mian asked curiously, "Why can I contact and use it briefly after possessing the 'Great Mother's' divine child bloodline?"

Ms. 'Magician' looked at Lu Mian and said:

"I cannot tell you its detailed situation for now; the only thing I can say is that it's not the 'Great Mother's' divine child bloodline that allows you to contact it, but the fact that Omebella's umbilical cord remains and you have merged a bit can help you contact it without bearing huge danger, because it was formed from Omebella's remains."

Omebella's remains... Omebella didn't even have remains before being born? Not right, this is very normal; He didn't even have umbilical cord remains before being born... Uh, the one with the same name? No, obviously not just a relationship of the same name... Lu Mian asked thoughtfully:

"The remains of that 'Harvest Goddess' from ancient times?"

ps: Last day to ask for double monthly tickets~ Everyone should know that I'm doing a book signing in Guangzhou tomorrow, traveling back and forth, needing to save manuscripts to support it, so if there are extra updates, they will be placed on the weekend next week. Please forgive me; tomorrow is a normal update.

ps2: Today's travel journey is really outrageous. Heavy rain in Hangzhou, I left half an hour earlier than the estimated time, but as a result, traffic control, couldn't get on the elevated road, and immediately missed the high-speed rail, going to be ten minutes late.

On the way, I first bought a flight for early tomorrow morning, then five minutes later told me the flight was canceled due to Guangzhou weather, and other flight times couldn't catch up with the afternoon event, so I had to anxiously refresh 12306, thinking about countermeasures, thinking that the tickets to Guangzhou were gone, could buy a transfer to Nanchang, who knew, the trains to Nanchang were all at Hangzhou East, and I was almost at Hangzhou West.

Just when I was about to despair, I found that 12306 hadn't reminded me that the high-speed rail time was almost up, that it was going to be delayed. Usually, wouldn't there be one? I looked carefully, ho, you kid are also late, and said it would be three hours late!

So, I'm not afraid of delaying the high-speed rail myself now; I'm waiting for the delayed high-speed rail..

(End of chapter)