Chapter 4181: The Way of Change

The rain was still falling, but the croaking of frogs around disappeared completely at this moment.

The moment the seal was completed, most of the frogs that appeared because of the relic turned into liquid and merged into the city. As for the few normal frogs, it is thought that they could increase some biological diversity for Arcadia City.

"Successfully con... no, it's gone."

Xia De sensed the situation inside the coffin:

"That mummified corpse has disappeared."

Mr. Finch, who breathed a sigh of relief, said:

"Although your sealing technique is powerful, the 'Rain Man' is essentially a natural phenomenon influenced by supernatural power. Your action is like forcibly dispersing the clouds on a rainy day. Although the sun comes out and it stops raining, it doesn't mean it will never rain again from now on.

Although this doesn't mean that this kind of relic cannot be contained at all, this is definitely not something that a sealing technique can achieve. All three major academies have papers on researching such relics. Unfortunately, each containment method for such relics has its own corresponding particularity, and people haven't found a way to completely contain the 'Rain Man'."

After speaking, the old man signaled Xia De to open the seal to see the situation inside. When the stone coffin was opened, the mummified corpse was indeed gone, leaving only a large piece of frog skin soaking in the rainwater.

"Relic derivative - Rain Frog Skin. It can be made into good armor with a little processing. It can reduce damage from filth and water-attribute attacks, and provides the ability to breathe underwater and avoid rain."

Mr. Finch explained, looking uninterested in this skin. This relic derivative sounded very useful, but Xia De didn't intend to keep it in his hands either, so he fished the skin up and handed it to Ms. Handel:

"You were the first to find it, and your contribution was the greatest. This is your trophy."

Although on the surface it looked like Xia De had defeated a Sage-level relic head-on, in reality, before he and Mr. Finch arrived, Ms. Handel and Joey Barton had already severely injured the other party.

"I don't wear frog skin."

Ms. Handel shook her head and refused, saying it very sincerely. As for Joey Barton, he was essentially just a soul, and such armor was meaningless to him.

"These two are my friends. I invited them to the local area to help me find an alchemist who had died but refused to leave."

Xia De then introduced them to Mr. Finch. Although Mr. Finch was curious about the origin of this strange person and ghost, seeing that the other party just nodded coldly at him, the old man didn't chat with them.

The relic had been solved, so everyone quickly left. After Ms. Handel said goodbye to Xia De, she left with an umbrella. The rainwater was evaporated from her body bit by bit; they had other things to do today.

Xia De and Mr. Finch returned to the carriage. The old man intended to send Xia De back to Fragrant Mansion, and he could go to the Mechanical Tower afterwards.

"Things went even more smoothly than I thought. Your two friends really look extraordinary. If I didn't see it wrong, what that powerful soul pulled out from the 'Rain Man' was the humanity remaining in that corpse, right? It's really amazing."

Mr. Finch exclaimed. "Humanity" is an extremely precious alchemical product, an intangible existence more valuable than a soul. Xia De had only heard of this from ancient books; Ms. Handel and Joey Barton were indeed very special.

The old man sighed again:

"If I could have had companions like you when I was young, the accident back then wouldn't have caused such serious consequences."

"This time it was also good luck, not letting the relic develop to the third stage."

Xia De said, taking the frog skin to the table in the carriage to observe. By now, both of them had evaporated the rainwater on their bodies, but the fishy-smelling rainwater just now had completely dirtied their clothes. Xia De thought that he really needed to take a bath in a while.

"The 'Rain Man' clearly has abilities such as life creation and biological evolution. It was also attracted by the massive life energy locally. This relic is very interesting. Although the body is a corpse, it uses the power of life."

"Relics always have characteristics that are difficult to reproduce under normal circumstances."

Mr. Finch smiled and praised again:

"But you also performed very powerfully. That series of transformations at the end was really skillful. Speaking of which, do you have ten transformation forms?"

Xia De shook his head. Cat, wolf, snake, dragon, unicorn—even counting the special red butterfly incarnation form, there were only six:

"No, why?"

"If you have 10 transformation forms, I can help you contact the 【Academy of Universal Transformation】 for the Transformation Master assessment. They, like the three major academies, also train Ringed Shushis and specialize in transformation, but their scale cannot be compared with the three major academies at all."

"However, the Transformation Master license they issue is still very valuable. The academy cities of the three major academies all recognize this license, but wanting to get this license is even more difficult than the 'Registered Diviner' of the Seer Society."

Mr. Finch explained in a good mood, and Xia De nodded:

"To deal with such an enemy with evolution and degeneration abilities, transformation is indeed very useful. I have been studying flesh creation and flesh decay before, and now that I think about it, flesh transformation is also an important subject in this field."

Mr. Finch couldn't help Xia De with this. The old man specialized in alchemy and mechanical manufacturing and didn't know much about the field of life and flesh.

Xia De then continued to check the somewhat disgusting frog skin. He didn't need this himself, and he didn't know which of the girls around him would be interested in this material, but this skin...

His fingers touched the frog skin directly. In an instant, Xia De seemed to see the complete process of a tadpole evolving into a frog. This didn't touch the Outsider much; he had learned relevant knowledge in middle school biology classes in his hometown.

He thought of how he had just used different forms to deal with different situations, and then he thought of the time war in the Vesta Woodlands last year, when Blaney performed the "Moon Hunting Ritual" to ascend to a demigod, she had also used different forms to compete with his different forms (Chapter 3068).

The spiritual rune corresponding to the transformation technique he possessed was also 【Flesh】, which already showed that flesh change was also an important subject in the flesh field. It's just that the Outsider was very satisfied with his human appearance, so he had never thought about delving into physical transformation before.

【Doesn't the moon also change at all times?】

"Her" voice rang out at this moment. Xia De was startled. The red moon seemed to appear before his eyes. He looked at the phase changes of that red moon and thought of the "Star-Moon Hundred Phases" he had learned from the eyes of the moon beast in the "Whispering Hills" inn.

"Yes, the moon is also changing at all times. Different moon phases correspond to different meanings and powers. The way of the moon's change..."

【Outsider, you have gained insight into 'change'.】

"Her" voice reminded softly. Xia De was a little curious:

"Change? Not transform?"

【Because the moon corresponds to change, not transformation.】

Xia De nodded gently. His high-ring sublimation words 【Falling Traveler, Rewriting the World's Poem】 had currently obtained the 【World】 and 【Falling】 spiritual runes, and still lacked 【Traveler】, 【Change】, and 【Poem】.

Although "rewrite" appeared in the sentence, it was clear that the focus of this sublimation word was "change," which was 【Change】.

If Xia De could obtain this spiritual rune, then he wouldn't need to deliberately learn the 10th-ring sublimation word spiritual rune. He only needed to wait for the completion of the 10th-ring blasphemy and enlightenment spiritual runes, and he could consider the matter of ascending to the 11th ring.

"Change."

He thought in his heart, listening to the sound of rain and thinking about future arrangements.

Mr. Finch sent Xia De back to Fragrant Mansion and left. It was raining heavily, so Miss Feilian naturally didn't leave home, but when she wanted to hug Xia De as usual, Xia De kindly reminded her:

"My hands just touched the frog skin directly."

"So what? It's not a skin item. When I do magic potion experiments, I touch plenty of animal skins."

She hugged Xia De and said with a smile:

"Things are resolved, right? I haven't heard the sound of frogs in the rain for a while."

"Good luck, my friends found the relic body in advance, and I banished the relic with them. Is the hot water ready? I want to take a bath."

Although he didn't know when he started to become almost dust-free, Xia De still felt that he was stained with the fishy smell of the frog mucus.

Miss Feilian gave him a reproachful look:

"Are you that impatient?"

"I..."

He finally decided not to bother explaining. Miss Feilian was obviously not really complaining:

"It's been ready for you for a long time. I knew you would go out in this weather, and you must take a bath when you come back. I heard from them that the bathroom in your house is very small, and the bathtub can only hold two people. You can come to me at any time in the future. Now that you have the ability, you should learn to enjoy life, shouldn't you?"

Xia De actually wanted to explain that his own bathtub could actually hold three people at its limit, but he soon found that Miss Feilian didn't let Miss Rolin and the others help, but personally held the change of clothes prepared for Xia De and led him towards the bathroom:

"Go for a simple rinse before soaking in the bath. I'll let Laura and the others wash your old clothes. Remember to take everything out of your pockets."

"Got it."

And when Xia De came to the side of the bath in a bathrobe after a simple shower, Miss Feilian was indeed already inside.

She stood up with a smile, gave Xia De a few seconds to enjoy the scenery again, and then reached out to pull him into the bath:

"You've been busy all morning, I can't let you take a bath alone. Thank you for saving this city once again."

Miss Feilian hugged Xia De's neck and asked with a smile:

"Do you want to kiss me?"

"Of course."

"I can allow you to do so, but accordingly, I don't want to suck your blood for treatment today."

She blinked at Xia De:

"Guess, how long can I stay underwater at most?" ===== CHAPTER 4182 =====