Chapter 889

Lu Mian roughly understood the meaning of those words from Lady "Magician":

There was a reward for the "Samaritan Woman's Spring" water and the soil from the "Dream Festival" ancient tomb area that he had previously taken, and the reward was another lucky gold coin. But the giver of the reward needed to wait until all that "Samaritan Woman's Spring" water and the soil from the "Dream Festival" ancient tomb area were used up and their effects confirmed before they would actually pay. And using these items needed to be done in batches, with time intervals; they couldn't be consumed all at once—that might instead lead to bad results.

"Still need to wait a few more days?" Lu Mian cast his gaze toward the horizon stained with golden-red colors and nodded lightly, saying, "I understand."

He wasn't impatient; having been arranged for so long, a few days didn't matter.

Lu Mian asked further:

"How many lucky gold coins in total need to be collected to wake up Mr. 'Fool'?"

"The lucky gold coin is an item, a medium, not the awakening itself, and there are only five such coins in total." Lady "Magician" no longer answered in riddles, explaining quite clearly, "After you get the last lucky gold coin, the five of you will be able to use your respective coins to enter Mr. 'Fool's' dream and attempt to wake him up. Understand? The lucky gold coin is the medium to help you participate in Mr. 'Fool's' dream.

"Of course, with your sequences, even holding the lucky gold coins, you won't be able to decide when you can enter that dream. What you can do after entering the dream requires us to provide assistance, ensuring that you can go at the same time and possess sufficient clarity and rationality."

Lu Mian listened quietly until the end, his eyes turning slightly, his lips pursed:

"Mr. 'Fool's' dream? We are responsible for waking up Mr. 'Fool'?"

"Yes." Lady "Magician" answered with just one word.

She sized up Lu Mian's profile, which presented a dreamlike aesthetic in the dusk light, and sighed inwardly.

Lu Mian frowned slightly:

"What do we need to do to wake up Mr. 'Fool'?

"Haven't the previous lucky gold coin holders entered Mr. 'Fool's' dream and made any attempts?"

Why must it be us few?

"I don't know exactly what needs to be done to wake up Mr. 'Fool' either." Lady "Magician" was very frank, "You have to explore that yourselves. We will provide some suggestions in time based on your feedback."

She paused and said in a teasing tone:

"The previous holders of the lucky gold coins did indeed enter Mr. 'Fool's' dream and made quite a few attempts, but they were all successively discovered by that Xuanhuang Tianzun's spirit and either kicked out of the dream or had their actions restricted, unable to do much. Among them, one person, after being kicked out of the dream for the first time, regardless of whether they disguised themselves or behaved, would be kicked out again within one minute after re-entering the dream.

"You must also be careful. The beginning stage is fine, but if you are really discovered and locked onto by that Xuanhuang Tianzun's spirit later, you will also be kicked out of the dream or become a mute, a blind person, or a fool."

Lu Mian thought for a moment and said:

"Are we the destined people to wake up Mr. 'Fool'?"

"Perhaps, perhaps not. We cannot be sure yet." Lady "Magician" explained simply, "We can only say that the previous holders of the lucky gold coins would suddenly feel at some moment or in some scene that they should trade the lucky gold coin away, trade it to someone. This might be the revelation of fate."

Lu Mian didn't ask any more questions, instead mentioning that he had satisfied all the conditions to contact Omebella's remains, and finally said:

"Can I apply to New Bai Yin City now?"

"I will help you inform Mr. 'Sun'; just be prepared." Lady "Magician" smiled and said, "Of course, you can't really take Omebella's remains away. That is New Bai Yin City's property. A '0' level sealed artifact is very precious wherever it is. Without paying the corresponding price, no one will gift it to you.

"What you can be allowed to do is read the relevant records of Bai Yin City, contact and study the items turned into by the remains within New Bai Yin City. If you encounter difficulties, after the vote and approval of New Bai Yin City's 'Council of Six,' you can briefly borrow that '0' level sealed artifact and return it within a certain period of time."

"This is already very good." Lu Mian said sincerely.

According to "007," this official Beyonder, he had to report in advance and obtain approval to use a "1" level sealed artifact, and he had to satisfy the corresponding conditions. As for a "0" level sealed artifact, that was something he couldn't even dream of in his dreams.

And now, New Bai Yin City might actually allow him to borrow Omebella's remains for a period of time!

Lu Mian "habitually" gathered his hair and told Lady "Magician" about the reaction of Termiboros, which was Amon's true body, when he first learned that the name of the "Great Mother's" formless divine child was Omebella, as well as his own guesses.

"This might really hide a very large and very important secret, and it has a certain connection with that bird egg in the depths of the Netherworld and the missing 'Lady of the Night' Pualis." Lady "Magician" raised her hands slightly, as if feeling the freshness and vigor of the early spring wheat seedlings.

Lu Mian stopped in front of a pond used for water storage and was silent for a few seconds before saying:

"Lady, what is the true purpose and final result of the Vortex Plan?"

Lady "Magician" told him all the trades and developments of the matter she had learned, but because Lu Mian no longer had the false angel rank and had lost Mr. "Fool's" seal, he could no longer bear certain knowledge. She uniformly used descriptions like the evil god outside the barrier, the one worshipped by the "Brokers," and the "Great Mother" to refer to those great existences.

Hearing that Emperor Roselle had been resurrected as the "Black Emperor" and had chosen to die again in order to heavily damage the great existence who preached in the name of "Truth," Lu Mian's expression changed several times, and in the end, he didn't say a single word.

"I understand your feelings." Lady "Magician" comforted her little Arcana card who had turned into a female in a self-deprecating tone, "I don't like that one, and I also hate that one's methods, but I have to admit that He is indeed preparing for our world to welcome the apocalypse, and it's not just using a banner to do things that only benefit Himself, so my feelings are very complicated."

Lu Mian's expression was cold, and he remained silent.

Lady "Magician" didn't continue to communicate about this aspect, raised her right hand, let dots of starlight emerge, and fall toward Lu Mian's left chest, forming a phantom symbol composed of layers of doors.

This holder of a Great Arcana card said simply:

"There's no need to seal the angel; purely protecting Aurora and the others' soul fragments is enough with my power. There's no need to trouble Mr. 'Fool.' Moreover, if Mr. 'Fool' really came to seal it, it would instead affect the matter of Aurora's soul fragments gradually recovering with the help of your female state.

"Mm, if you are unwilling to take the lucky gold coin to Mr. 'Fool's' dream, we won't force you. I will still help you reinforce the seal regularly."

Lu Mian gave a bitter smile:

"That one has already made the choice for me."

He was silent for a while, his slightly pale lips moving a few times:

"Can being in the 'Witch' state really allow Aurora's soul fragments to gradually recover? Is this really the only way to resurrect Aurora?"

"Not necessarily the only one. At least I can't give you an accurate judgment. It would take Mr. 'Fool' to give the corresponding answer." Lady "Magician" didn't deny that one's statement, nor did she affirm it.

Her current knowledge and ability were not enough to support her in refuting it.

The only thing she could be sure of was:

"This is indeed a way to resurrect Aurora, it's just that the final resurrection is not that complete."

"Why must it be Aurora's soul fragments that gradually recover, and not other villagers' soul fragments? There are many soul fragments sealed in my body; why is Aurora the most special one?" Lu Mian was now most worried about this problem instead.

Lady "Magician" said:

"Aurora's soul fragments satisfy three conditions simultaneously: one, she was a Beyonder and had once accepted the transformation of the spirit by Beyonder characteristics; two, she had the contamination of fate power on her; three, at the end of the ritual, her soul fragments were protected by that one or some others, so the condition is relatively better, and it is the kind that can gradually recover.

"Therefore, her soul fragments are indeed the most special one among all the soul fragments in your body. The remaining soul fragments might only have to wait until you become an angel of the 'Hunter' pathway in the future and exist in the form of half-human, half-object puppet soldiers."

Lu Mian thought for a while and said:

"If I were a Beyonder of those three pathways of the 'Great Mother' now, I wouldn't doubt that Aurora's soul fragments could gradually recover in my body, but the 'Witch' doesn't have the symbol of rebirth..."

"But the 'Witch' has the authority of resurrection. Have you forgotten that one of the descriptions of the 'Unaging Witch' is being weird and hard to kill, and being good at resurrection and rebirth?" Lady "Magician" reminded him.

Lu Mian quietly let out a breath and said:

"If I continue to advance to 'Unaging Witch,' will the recovery effect of Aurora's soul fragments be better?"

Lady "Magician" smiled:

"No need to deliberately pursue it. You can also obtain all the abilities and traits of the 'Unaging Witch' after jumping to Sequence 2 of the 'Witch Pathway' later, unless you find a way to separate the corresponding 'Unaging' Beyonder characteristic."

Seeing Lu Mian nod lightly, Lady "Magician" asked with a smile:

"As a demigod who has switched pathways, you should have some special, blended abilities now, right?"

Lu Mian said "Mm":

"The most special ability is the application of fire.

"On one hand, I can use the 'Hunter's' scorching white flames and the 'Witch's' own black flames separately. On the other hand, I can make them fuse together and erupt. This can physically destroy human bodies and items, and can also ignite spirituality and burn spirit bodies, causing all-around damage and destruction to a target.

"Mm, after the 'Despair Witch' Beyonder characteristic and the 'Hunter' pathway Beyonder characteristic fused, new arcane knowledge appeared, calling this black flame that suppresses irritability and madness 'Fire of Destruction'."

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