Chapter 71: Her

Doctor Shi Nai De and the friend who accompanied him walked toward Lake Shi Lu He. It was already 7:30 in the evening, and there were many young men and women in evening dresses and beautiful long skirts walking by the lake.

The miraculous three moons and the stars were reflected in the lake together, and the sparkling lake surface seemed to overlap with the night sky. This picture made Xia De, who drilled out from the flower bush path and suddenly came to the moonlight from the dark environment, stunned.

In no life had he ever seen such a scene. Under the blowing of the cool summer night breeze, the outsider actually had some feelings for this picture:

He hurried through civilization, and a casual glance seemed to touch the power of great nature. In this relatively idealistic world, this wonderful feeling represented power.

"Don't you want to say something?"

He stood on the high ground far from the lake, looking at the calm lake surface reflecting the moonlight and stars, feeling the summer night breeze. In the distance, he could only see the faint rolling mountains. This picture was truly beautiful.

【You expect to gain power from a small feeling? No, it hasn't reached that level yet.】

"I am quite curious, which element should the power sensed from nature belong to?"

【That belongs to your enlightenment.】

During the conversation between the two, the Fate Ring in the soul rotated slightly, and brass-colored particles attached to the Fate Ring. During the rotation, the elements were transformed into spirit, stimulating the enhancement of the flesh and soul.

Every wonderful feeling had meaning, even if this was just inconspicuous power.

【Active and deep contact with the four elements will enhance your spirit and temper your soul and flesh.】

Looking at the lake, the whispering sound sighed softly by his ear, like a woman putting her head on Xia De's shoulder and whispering.

"In other words, theoretically speaking, even if I have always been a First Ring Shushi, if I can frequently contact the four elements, can I defeat a high-ring Shushi with physical strength?"

Xia De asked, and then heard the woman's laughter. This sound was quite pleasant. He might have misunderstood the connotation of the laughter in the past, but this time it was definitely mocking:

【Outsider, you still haven't understood the strongest point of the Ringed Shushi system. You still don't understand the power of the element Spirit Rune.】

"What is that? How do you know?"

【My vision is different from yours. What I see is different from you.】

"Then, is the sudden feeling a continuation of that luck just now?"

Xia De still hadn't forgotten this matter.

【The result of the Fate's Dice will be clearly displayed in front of you. All you need is patience.】

The woman laughed lightly:

【I thought you had already noticed. Do you still remember what I said when I asked you to throw the dice?】

Xia De thought for a moment, and repeated while looking at the lake with his hands behind his back:

"'I used my vision to see interesting things for you'."

【Yes, at that moment, I saw someone trying to kill you through the means of fate.】

"Who is it? Oh, it must be Mercury Blood. Is this the failure of revenge using the Secret Keeper-level relic mentioned by the dwarf rat Peter? What did you do? Can you influence reality?"

He was a bit surprised.

【Of course I cannot influence the world. But you are outside of fate. I just used your peculiar fate and used the power of that die to counterattack. You can treat this as my unique power, born from your power. Currently, the power I master is only this. This is your uniqueness.】

"So, you can help me resist all attacks from fate?"

Xia De frowned, actually curious about whether the other party had other abilities. It was not strange for "Another Face" to have some special abilities, but most of these special abilities were very weak and not worth mentioning. They were "special functions" produced after the "Another Face," which was the other side of the soul, passively accepted the elements and spirit after the self became a Ringed Shushi.

It was just that the power displayed by Xia De's "Another Face" was truly astonishing.

【Your power is just power, and it still needs tools, such as that die.】

Xia De nodded slightly and let out a long breath, still feeling worried about someone wanting to kill him. His eyes noticed the pleasure boat on the lake in the distance shaking slightly, but he couldn't see the people on the boat clearly, nor did he know what had happened.

But he had no mind to care about that:

"Is tonight's good luck because of this? But this is still not clear."

【Then wait. The person who intends to kill you will eventually appear in front of you. This is what that die has destined.】

"With you like this, how can I believe you are me?"

【But this is indeed derived from your power. You will understand soon. I am with you.】

Walking along the side of the back garden of Lake View Manor near the lake, he didn't see Doctor Shi Nai De's trace. And giving up the search, wanting to return to the courtyard in front of the manor, he probably had good luck continuing, so he saw Priest Ao Gu Si in the maze of the garden fence.

The priest was wearing a white robe, with the holy emblem pendant of the True God 【Dawn Sir】 hanging on his chest. This looked like the attire of a clergyman.

When Xia De saw him, the old priest was talking to an old gentleman leaning on a cane. The old gentleman was wearing a somewhat outdated brown suit, and the huge gold ring on his finger made Xia De's gaze stay for several seconds.

Because he didn't want others to discover that he knew Priest Ao Gu Si, Xia De didn't approach rashly. Instead, he pretended to walk past the two people inadvertently, letting Priest Ao Gu Si discover him actively.

Ten minutes later, Xia De, standing under the statue of a knight riding a horse and holding a long sword high, successfully waited for the priest to walk over.

"Mr. Hamilton, why are you here?"

Priest Ao Gu Si was very surprised. He walked over with big strides, and his vigorous appearance didn't look like an old man who was advanced in age.

"This matter is complicated to explain. Simply put, it's for Luo De cards... this is not important. I just saw Doctor Shi Nai De."

He immediately started talking about the business.

"What, Bill is here too?"

The old priest walked a few steps closer, allowing the circle of candles placed under the statue to illuminate both of them at the same time. The cool night breeze of the summer night made the candlelight sway, and the breeze blew through the grass in the garden, making a rustling sound. This was not midsummer yet, so he couldn't hear the cicadas for the time being. It looked like a very peaceful night.

"Don't you know?"

Xia De was even more surprised than Priest Ao Gu Si:

"Just now I also saw two Ringed Shushi squads of the True God Church. One I don't recognize, and the other is the 【War and Peace Church】."

He briefly described the characteristics of the first Ringed Shushi squad, and Priest Ao Gu Si immediately understood that it was the Ringed Shushi squad under the 【Sun and Earth Church】 of the True God 【Lantern Old Man】. This sentence also reminded Xia De that he vaguely remembered the shop owner of Purple Iris Lane mentioning the identity of the young girl with brown long hair.

"How did this happen? Is something going to happen at Lake View Manor?"

Priest Ao Gu Si asked uneasily, looking up at the Lake View Manor mansion with Xia De, but nothing happened now.

"Something is probably going to happen. Just now I even saw Mr. Lawrence and his mistress, Mrs. Lasoya."

Xia De added, thinking this was the key, and therefore suspected that being able to meet so many acquaintances tonight was also a part of the inexplicable good luck tonight.

Sure enough, saying the correct "keyword" got him new information from Priest Ao Gu Si, and the priest suddenly realized:

"So that's how it is. Now I understand. Mr. Hamilton, although I am not a Ringed Shushi of the church, I can also get some news about the actions of the church's Ringed Shushi. You mentioned Mrs. Lawrence's plan at the study group yesterday. I heard about this when I went to find the doctor last night. Can you guess where Mrs. Lawrence found the Ringed Shushi to help?"

The old man asked, and Xia De thought for a moment, asking incredibly:

"She found the True God Church?"

"Yes."

Priest Ao Gu Si nodded:

"The noble lady your former client met at the tea party had encountered mystical events, so she knew the power of the church. She introduced Mrs. Lawrence to the church. That somewhat reckless lady, without confirming whether Lasoya really had a Ringed Shushi background, directly told the church her information. This is probably similar to a false alarm. Mrs. Lawrence only wanted revenge... Subsequently, Lasoya's information was fully investigated. He is indeed a member of 【Mercury Blood】, and the church has been looking for him for a long time."

"Is Mrs. Lasoya a man?"

Even though he had guessed it long ago, Xia De still couldn't help but click his tongue. ===== CHAPTER 72 =====