Chapter 63: Attempts at Spells

Besides everyone exchanging and complaining about their respective studies, the three also exchanged their recent plans. Xia De did not mention the Founder Silver Moon matter, intending to wait until after the final appraisal next week to bring it up, while the doctor had already accepted the academy's bounty to obtain the Secret Keeper-level Relic 【Counterfeit Philosopher's Stone】.

Even knowing that this matter was related to the Sage-level Relic 【God's Gift Box】 and the crazy plan of the 【Mercury Blood】 organization, the doctor still intended to participate. He planned to invite Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha to participate in his plan, but urged Xia De absolutely not to get involved in this matter, as there would definitely be Ringed Shushi battles in the end.

And compared to the Fourth and Fifth Ring Ringed Shushi, Xia De was still almost just an ordinary person.

Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha's plan for next week was much simpler. Besides assisting the doctor, she made up her mind to study at home and absolutely not go out. In the exam season at the end of July, she had to pass at least five exams so that she would have hope of advancing to the fifth year at the end of this year.

The blonde girl had already gathered four different Spirit Runes of the Fourth Ring and was now just waiting to hold a ceremony to connect the sublimation words of the low-level Ringed Shushi and promote to the Fifth Ring in one go. These matters had already been reported to Saint Byron's, and the academy would send a mentor to Tuo Bei Si Ke this autumn to assist in this critical sublimation.

Therefore, exams in cultural and theoretical courses were the biggest difficulty hindering her from entering the fifth year.

The diviner Miss An Na Te had not yet returned to Tuo Bei Si Ke City, and Priest Ao Gu Si had not appeared until this evening, so Xia De had no chance to ask what the "God's Afterglow" mentioned by that old god of the past was.

He did try to mention it once in front of Doctor Shi Nai De and Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha, but the two had no reaction, treating it as some kind of religious metaphor.

"Sure enough, if such things could be easily inquired about, it wouldn't match the difficulty of the event corresponding to this matter. Just like a simple commission, it's impossible to get a high reward... except for Mia."

Xia De comforted himself in his heart and planned to visit Priest Ao Gu Si at the Dawn Church in person when he had time.

Of course, the priest did not appear, not because he had encountered an accident due to bad luck. Later in the evening, he entrusted someone to send a letter to the psychological clinic, explaining that the church had temporarily arranged a meeting this afternoon to discuss the activity arrangements for the Dawn Church's Holy Prayer Day to be held in July.

The Dawn Church would hold a grand religious celebration in late July every year, which was the day with the longest daylight hours. Believers called it "Holy Prayer Day," and heretics called it "Holy Prayer Festival." So Priest Ao Gu Si would probably be quite busy in the coming month. An old priest like him who had participated in countless Holy Prayer Days was an important organizer of the event.

And like today, it was very common for only three people to attend the study group, which should have had five people. Everyone had their own lives and plans, and life was always full of bizarre accidents. This was what Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha, who was a writer, said.

"Ha, this sentence is not a quote; it's something I said myself, written in my short story 'Midsummer Night's Wish'."

The blonde writer said with a hint of pride.

After returning home to Saint De Lan Square that night, Xia De immediately learned the spell 【Frog's Leap】. Thus, including the three basic spells, the number of spells Xia De mastered climbed to six.

The spell learning material was the supernatant of ground frog viscera and four complete frog skins, all provided free of charge by Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha. She even provided more than ten air-dried frog legs for Xia De to use as casting materials.

Xia De would have to prepare these things himself in the future, so the doctor urged Xia De that he could clear out a special room in his home for alchemy, potion preparation, and herb planting.

Xia De planned to take the wooden boards of the first floor apart after a while to see if there was space in the basement. And that night, both he and the orange cat Little Mia did not sleep well for half the night because of the smell of the frog materials.

But at least he learned the spell. He applied three-quarters of the supernatant of the ground material to his two legs and wrapped his ankles and knees with the four frog skins. Using a steel needle to pierce the wrapped knees and ankles until they bled, he recited the incantation provided by Miss Lu Lu Lu Yisha in this injured state.

Xia De once again exerted his ability to "understand and read, but not speak or write." After reciting those strange syllables, he understood that this was a way of using witchcraft sacrifice to pray for the help of the killed frogs.

"Kill them and then ask for their help?"

Although he didn't understand this behavior, after enduring the feeling of nausea and vomiting, drinking the last quarter of the supernatant, and jumping while injured amidst the feeling of dry heaving, he finally learned this sixth spell.

"Since you are me, can you complete these terrible studies for me?"

He still had the mood to ask in his heart, but the woman's whispering voice that usually appeared by his ear did not appear this time.

Since he had learned it, he had to try it out. After Xia De cleared the furniture in the living room and left enough open space for activity, he recited the incantation while grinding the air-dried frog legs with his fingers. As the feeling of power in his legs gradually became obvious, he seemed to see a cyan halo appear on his legs.

Throwing the frog legs away casually, as the spell was completed, he jumped upward violently. After turning 360 degrees in the air, with a 'thump', his feet landed steadily.

"Oh! This is really amazing!"

Xia De thought with a smile. The feeling of power had not weakened, representing that the power of the spell could last for a long time. Just as he wanted to try again, he saw the orange cat lying on the sofa staring at him with big eyes.

Subsequently, Mia stood up on the sofa, tried to jump a few times slowly, and then suddenly jumped up with great force. The whole orange cat imitated Xia De's appearance just now, made a beautiful turn in the air, and then fell onto the sofa.

The sofa was soft, and Mia didn't jump very high either. So it struggled and stood up, looking up to see Xia De watching it. So it turned around, turned its back to Xia De, and lay down again. The whole cat curled into an orange cat ball in the corner of the long sofa, looking like it had made up its mind not to pay attention to Xia De.

"Hmm..."

Actually, the joy brought by raising a cat at home was enough to offset the cost of cat food and daily care. At least looking at the money for high-end cat food placed on the coffee table, Xia De would be happy, but he wouldn't have this kind of happiness from the bottom of his heart.

Of course, this night also had unhappy things. The smell of frog skin and supernatant did not completely disappear until the next morning. And as for the taste in his mouth, Xia De suspected he would remember it for a lifetime. ===== CHAPTER 64 =====