In Woody's vision, the underground lake outside the waterfall is like a spring in a deep well, surrounded by towering rock walls on three sides, leaving only a deep hole going downwards. If nothing else, there is a diary underneath.
The "Black Tower Forest" among them.
Woody searched for a while and found a man-made path going up to the left, but he did not choose to go up it.
He has already obtained what he should get from this trip. If he continues to explore, in addition to increasing risks, it is still unclear whether he will gain anything.
He has not forgotten that the current owner of this area is the drow.
So, in the end, he just took a deep look in the direction of the Black Tower Forest, and then whispered the incantation engraved on the "Thor Ring". With a burst of khaki luster, his body quickly merged into the moist water.
In the black soil.
He retraced his steps, experienced the closed ground that claustrophobia fears most, and it took him a while to return to the original entrance.
Woody controlled his body to rise. As he got closer to the surface, he found that apart from the group of young pigs that were restrained by ropes and humming, he could not detect Angelina's position in his perception.
"Maybe it's out of range?"
Woody subconsciously thought that she might have gone to another place in the shark lizard's lair.
However, when his head was completely exposed from the ground, his eyesight was restored again.
Then he saw Angelena sitting cross-legged on a clean floor in the lair, her eyes closed.
Obviously, she was currently doing the necessary training for a warrior monk.
——"Meditation Practice"
But it was precisely because of this that Woody's eyes flashed with shock.
Because he found that his telepathy could not detect the monk girl in front of him, Angelena's body disappeared from his world of perception.
There are many reasons for this.
Either his perception is very low and he is unable to detect things around him. Just like a normal person, closing his eyes means his five senses are weak. Unless he is at a close distance, he cannot detect anyone nearby at all.
Either she is surrounded by a layer of "Protective Will Barrier". This spell can block all kinds of sensory detection. The sounds, smells and even vibrations made by the body will disappear without a trace, except for your eyes.
Except for being able to see, other things are equivalent to advanced invisibility, and it seems to have been completely wiped out from this world.
But his perception attribute is not low, with a full 17 points, which is more than enough to be a druid or a priest.
And Angelina cannot have a magic spell of up to fifth level to protect her at all times, nor does she have any magical objects.
Then there is only the last factor.
While meditating, Angelina entered the realm of transcendence.
In the terminology of the monk profession, it is called "entering concentration".
Translated into the player's mouth, it means that the system has prompted.
You have mastered part of the information about a certain specialty, and you only need to practice for a while to acquire and master the new specialty.
As for what this specialty is, we can draw a conclusion from Angelena's face that showed no sadness or joy at this moment.
——"The heart is like still water."
Not to mention that Woody was shocked, even if he didn't shout, he was restrained.
You must know that in his last life, in order to pass through the forest of dryads, which is famous for its charm spells, it took him two full weeks to master the special information of "Heart as Still as Water", and this was only with the blessing of his experience.
The young monk girl in front of her just meditated once when her physical strength was exhausted, and she entered the state of "tranquility".
How terrifying, even Angelena's initial extraordinary perception did not shock him so much.
He couldn't help but mutter in his heart: "Could it be that she has other specialties that I don't know about, such as the pre-specialty "Innate Six Senses" of "Clear Six Senses".
This is the talent that all low-level monks dream of. It not only allows the monks to get a +2 perception check when learning any skills, but also a +2 saving throw bonus when detecting and facing charm spells, especially
During meditation, it can greatly increase the probability of entering samadhi.
But thinking about it this way, Woody immediately understood why a legendary monk from the Dragon Temple in the main material plane would choose to accept a disciple in an unknown remote plane and teach him his skills.
How can it be done without this kind of talent?
In the land in the far east of the plane of Terra, there are not a few natives born with keen senses, but there are only one who can successfully enter the Shenlong Temple and become a Shenlong monk.
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Although meditating completely closes the six senses of the meditator, when faced with a crisis, the meditator will still be able to break free from the meditative state.
In order to prevent his trance from being disrupted, Woody chose to guard a position ten meters away from Angelina after coming out of the mud.
It just so happened that he could take advantage of this period of time to review the recent events and his next plans, and before the effect of the scroll disappeared, he could look through the gray dwarf diary to see if there were any omissions.
It was like this for about two hours before Angelina opened her amber eyes again, looked at Woody ten meters away, and subconsciously exclaimed.
"Woody, when did you come back? I fell asleep, could you wake me up?"
Angelina was a little embarrassed. In her perception, she was just tired and wanted to rest against the wall. She subconsciously made a gesture with her heart in the sky. She never thought of letting Woody wait for her to wake up.
In her opinion, this is a very shameful behavior.
Not only are you being lazy, but you are also wasting other people's time.
But what she didn't expect was that Woody's expression became particularly complicated.
"Why are you looking at me? Is there something on my face?"
"It's nothing. How do you feel now? Your body is still feeling."
Woody looked a little helpless as he looked at the monk girl who had entered a state of trance without realizing it, but he could still shoulder the responsibility of guiding the newcomers.
"I feel... it feels good! Hey, it's strange, my feet were so sore before, but now they are all gone after a good sleep, and I no longer yearn for the sea, or in other words, I don't long for it that much..."
Only then did Angelina notice the changes in her body and was a little surprised.
"Because you enter a trance state." Woody explained.
"Entering the state of concentration, what is the state of entering concentration."
Angelina became more and more confused as she listened, but after Woody's three-minute explanation, she understood what it meant to be in a trance state.
"You mean I'm about to master "Heart as Still as Water"?" The joy on Angelena's face could no longer be concealed.
In her opinion, Woody's words meant that she was not far off from completely controlling herself.
"Well, according to common sense, this is indeed the case."
Woody's eyes were a little incomprehensible, and in the end he could only sigh that he was worthy of being chosen by the legendary monk of Shenlong Temple.
"Thank you!"
Gu Xiao
Facing Angelena's thanks, Woody suddenly understood the mentality of the aborigines when they looked at the player.
Conflicting and complex.
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When Woody walked out of the dark and deep cave entrance under the double baptism of the chilly sea breeze and the faint sunshine hanging high in the sky, he subconsciously looked at the brass ring on his right thumb, and it felt a little like he was in another world.
The monk girl had left just now. He took the young pigs out of the ruins and took a while to come out.
Angelena has entered samadhi, and her expertise in "mind as still as water" is already a certainty.
When the training came to an end, she planned to go to the city to find Lin and others who had been rescued, and tell them the good news.
Woody, on the other hand, planned to drive the young pig back to the sales office and complete a "return".
Then he returned to the winery and continued making potions and polishing the unformed shrine.
However, not long after Woody entered the dock area, when he was passing through the street, he saw the adventurers who had already left the city to look for traces of drow and met in the arcane store.
They seemed to be chatting on a daily basis on the roadside. Woody subconsciously stepped forward and walked out among the flow of people coming and going.
I arrived under the eaves of an inconspicuous street, like an ordinary passerby who wanted to escape the cold sea breeze blowing from the sea.
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"Boss, that idiot Vermeer canceled the commission. He said it well when we met yesterday. What should we do now? Don't we go?"
The one who spoke was the big man he had seen in the secret shop before, and the female ranger who pulled him was also there. His face looked particularly helpless at this time, like a salted fish who had watched his dream shattered before his own eyes.
"Miss Kamina, what do you mean?"
The middle-aged man who was suspected to be the captain of the team did not answer Gruul's question. Instead, he looked at a spell caster shrouded in gray robes. She was not tall but had a clear voice.
"Don't be sad, Gruul. This is actually a good thing. I divined whether our trip went smoothly this morning, and the result was not very good."
"Originally I wanted to give you some advice."
She spoke lightly. A spiral witch hat firmly covered the speaker's face, but the silver hair exposed from under the hat and the light and beautiful voice were enough to show that the spellcaster was very young.
However, the age of the caster cannot be defined by his voice and face.
But Woody was still a little surprised, because out of the corner of his eye he saw the card with an unclear pattern but a very beautiful one on her finger. Based on his past knowledge, he was keenly aware that it was a magic wonder.
things.
And it is used for prophecy.
"This is... a divination card?"
"A spellcaster who specializes in prophecy?" Woody only dared to capture the scene with his peripheral vision flickering, while his mind was spinning crazily.
A prophecy mage does this? Are you kidding me?
You must know that the prophecy department is one of the eight schools of magicians, although it is not uncommon.
But most mages who specialize in prophecy will choose to live somewhere instead of traveling around adventuring like wandering mercenaries.
After all, by looking for something for some nobles in the city, or by working as a private detective, you can get a generous salary, which is faster than taking risks.
If an advanced mage from the prophecy system joins a team, there must be a reason.
But this was not the information Woody wanted to know. He narrowed his eyes slightly. He had been glancing out of the corner of his eyes just now. He spent most of the time staring at the weathered bricks on the roof not far away, and did not attract any attention.
While they were paying attention, Woody continued to listen to the information, which actually didn't contain much inside information.
"So what should we do now?" Gruul asked.
"Maybe "waiting" is a good choice, and there is a storm coming in two days, and we can't go anywhere."
The spellcaster named Kamina's answer was still clear and organized, and it was hard to refuse.
"Okay!" The strong man's discouraged voice was accompanied by someone's suggestion to go to the tavern for a drink, and the team immediately left the place.
Woody just shook his head slightly. He gained very little information from his stop just now, but he was just stopping as he pleased. If he really wanted to hear some important secrets, he would feel something was wrong.
After returning the young pig, he quickly left the dock area in a carriage and returned to the winery.
However, after returning to the manor, he was stunned by the information Cromwell told him when he sent the potion ingredients.
Not long ago, the Dawn Temple tracked the location of the escaped drow and found the entrance to the Underdark area two kilometers away from Palermo. It also joined forces with the other two temples and the private soldiers of the nobles in the city to form an underground crusade team.
The purpose is to target the drow that invaded Palermo.
After all, with the three temples going out together, not to mention the drow tribe, even if a giant dragon nests in Palermo, it can be easily driven away.
Secondly, a large number of nobles in the city were purged with the appearance of the drow. If it was still in a state of turmoil yesterday, today the situation has been completely cleared up.
When Woody heard the news, he was shocked by Palermo's resolute actions.
But thinking about it, Drow almost climbed onto the city lord's bed, which was obviously enough to influence those nobles who thought they could watch the fire from the other side to take action.
However, what surprised Woody was that the name Vermeer among the cleared nobles was somewhat familiar to him, as if he had heard it not long ago.
Yes, the client whose commission was canceled by the adventurer team seems to be named Vermeer. It seems that he has been liquidated. No wonder the Adventurer Guild canceled his commission.
But it had nothing to do with him, and Woody soon forgot about it and spent all his time making potions and carving shrines.
Time passed quickly, and the morning of the next day arrived.
Woody left the winery again, planning to go to the beach to continue supervising the progress of Angelina's expertise.
When he was leaving the noble area, his carriage was stopped by Vile Tahan from a few days ago.
"What's the matter?"
Woody looked at the guard captain who suddenly stopped his carriage and asked with some confusion.
"It's like this. Yesterday we caught a suspect related to Zall. She said she knew you. To be on the safe side, I want to ask you."
The gatekeeper, Vil Tahan, kept his posture very low.
"What's his name?" Woody replied casually. He was now thinking about whether he should bring Angelina to the city for training today. As for the sandpit, there is also a winery.
"Master Woody, her name is Angelina..."
Veer Tahan's voice was as respectful as ever, but it was like thunder in Woody's ears.
