Chapter 292: Detaining Spirit and Sending Generals
The next day, Raymond came to "Angelica's Potion Shop" as promised with a copy of the manuscript.
This old witch with extremely wide-ranging hobbies was tinkering with alchemy formations in the shop today.
When Raymond came, he saw her enchanting a skull, well... it turned into a crystal skull like a light bulb. When the magic was injected into it, it would sparkle.
"Mrs. Angelica, this is the manuscript of the potion code that I copied from my family."
Raymond took out the note and handed it over directly, without worrying that she would take something and deny the person.
After all, this thing is not valuable to him.
Moreover, when dealing with high-level transcendental beings, being "generous" will always gain more initiative. These big shots will always feel unwilling to take advantage of lower-level juniors, and will often return unexpected additional benefits of transaction value.
For example, favorability.
Raymond wants to ask for clues about the "Grey Mist Heart-Eating Mushroom", but this witch may not necessarily answer. With a good impression, you can always get more information.
"Oh, put it on the table."
The old witch glanced at it casually and lost much interest.
She thought for a moment, took out a test tube containing black powder from the cabinet, handed it out, and said: "This is the 'forehead and heart bone powder of the undead skeleton war horse' you want, a sufficient amount of 200 grams. Thank you for your patronage.
, you can just take three thousand gold coins."
"Thanks."
Raymond's face twitched as he heard that the price of high-end materials was indeed horrifyingly expensive. This small bottle of ashes of the dead was enough for one to enjoy a long period of imperial luxury in the city of Eludnis.
The money is paid and the transaction is completed.
The old witch had no intention of paying attention to Raymond anymore, and kept tinkering with her "Crystal Skull Light Bulb" on her own. Judging from the way she looked, she probably wanted to place this thing high in the store to replace the old dim magic lamp.
.
Raymond was not in a hurry to leave, nor was he in a hurry to reveal his other purpose. Instead, he looked in the shop window, selected several undead materials that were not common elsewhere, and paid.
Like a wealthy adventurer who is not short of money but is curious about everything.
After a long time, the topic was not so abrupt, and he asked: "Um...Mrs. Angelica, I heard that the city of Eludnis has the world's top necromancy inheritance... Do you have any?
Have you ever heard of a material called 'Grey Mist Heart Erosion Mushroom'?"
After spending a long time in circles, the topic finally came to this material.
Hearing this, the old witch had an unnoticeable expression.
She didn't look up and asked calmly: "I've heard of it."
Raymond's expression did not change at all, but he was happy in his heart: "Well... Where can I find such a thing?"
The old witch didn't answer the question but frowned and said, "That's something only a high-level necromancer would use. Why are you looking for that thing?"
Raymond said the words he had prepared earlier and said: "I saw a magic potion formula in an ancient scroll passed down by my family. It seems that I can use it to refine a spiritual power-amplifying potion."
"oh."
After hearing this, the old witch didn't seem to have much interest in exploring further, and added: "There are no stocks of that kind of magic fungus anywhere. It will become rotten in two or three days at most, so it can only be picked and used now. There are not many of them in the world.
..."
Listening to this tone, Raymond knew that she might know the whereabouts of this thing, and he said in a relaxed tone: "If you know, may I take the liberty of asking where you can find it? I am willing to pay enough for this information."
"There's no need for compensation. You probably won't get it anyway."
The old witch shook her head, with a smile that was uglier than crying, and said: "I heard that this kind of fungus exists in the garden of Puyos Castle. But... the private castle of the Lord of the City
, probably no living person has been invited in for decades.”
Since I met that mysterious person yesterday, it is natural to start the following topic directly.
Raymond was not prepared to pretend to be stupid, and said: "Um... I'm very sorry for overhearing some inappropriate news yesterday. But Mrs. Angelica, I heard your guest said... you seem to
Is there any way to contact the Lord of the City?"
After a pause, he continued: "So I would like to take the liberty of asking, can you...please help me pick a piece of 'Grey Mist Heart Erosion Mushroom'? Of course, I will be willing to pay a reasonable reward for it."
The old witch glanced at him coldly and teased slyly: "Only by turning into a skeleton guard can you have a chance to enter the castle. Do you think I will agree to it?"
"That's such a shame."
For the sake of all that was said, it was not easy for Raymond to continue to pester him.
Click until you finish, so as to leave some room for next time.
He said goodbye to the old witch who seemed to have lost her patience: "Excuse me, Mrs. Angelica."
"Wait a minute."
Just as he stepped out of the door, the old witch's strange smile came from behind.
"Jie Jie... There is no deal that cannot be reached in this world. If there is, then the reward is not enough."
It was as if she suddenly changed her attention and said: "As long as you can pay a high enough price, I can help you to ask the Lord of the City... But you should know that the reward that can make the Lord of the City fancy may not be enough.
It will be small. Are you really willing?"
Raymond frowned slightly: "Can I take the liberty to ask, what kind of price do I have to pay?"
He felt that he could not act too eagerly, and added: "If it exceeds the value of the materials by too much, I think I will probably give up trying that formula."
The Puyos family has been operating in the City of Eternal Night for hundreds of years, and the wealth they have accumulated is probably unimaginable.
Obviously expensive ones are definitely not as good as suitable ones.
Sure enough, the old witch said: "The city lord is a high-level necromancer, and he is not very interested in money and property. But he is interested in everything related to the necromancer, such as magic tools, undead curses, high-level corpses...
.As long as what you bring out pleases his eyes, it’s fine.”
Raymond frowned and pondered for a moment, then asked: "Corpse? What level of corpse are you referring to?"
Neither high-level magic tools nor any forbidden spells can be taken out by Raymond, but as for the corpses...he has a lot of them in his backpack. The batch of high-level abyss monsters he harvested on Earth Demon Island last time
The corpses are still in the backpack, and there are eight-level, ninth-level, and even tenth-level corpses.
The old witch said: "Biological corpses can also be used, but they must be sufficiently complete and high-level. If it is a rare biological corpse, it doesn't matter if it is a lower level. But if it is a common sea beast... it must be at least ninth or tenth level.
, you can probably get into the eyes of the city lord."
"Well, thank you for letting me know...I'll go back and discuss it with my elders at home."
Raymond nodded, did not respond eagerly, and said with a slight regret: "You know, if you want to hunt the corpses of high-level monsters, the price will be very high."
The verbal deal was reached, so he did not stay in the shop longer and decided to come back in two days.
...
"Huh...how could I forget that high-level corpses are more attractive to necromancers than any weapon magic skills!"
Raymond left "Angelica's Potion Shop" with a smile on his face.
When he thought about it, no matter how expensive the "Grey Mist Heart-eroding Mushroom" was, it could only be exchanged for a few corpses.
Now the materials for the Sequence 6 [Soul Master] have been collected, and the main ingredient for the Sequence 5 [Godfather of the Undead] has also been revealed... The harvest of this trip to Eludnis City has far exceeded expectations.
"But...why do I always feel like something is weird? Is it because this is the City of the Dead, so it's so easy to encounter two main ingredients of Haines' Soul Sequence?"
But he always had a strange feeling lingering in his heart, and his intuition made him feel that something was wrong.
"Maybe I'm overthinking it...Bartering is the main way of trading high-end materials. There doesn't seem to be anything strange about what the old witch did."
...
The legendary potion currently being brokered is not too difficult for Raymond to refine.
After he got the "Browal Heart Bone Powder of the Undead Skeleton Horse", he prepared the magic potion that day and successfully advanced to Sequence 6 [Soul Master].
[Soul Master (Legendary)]
Mental power 75, extra 13%
Perception 23
Mental strength 9
Soul strength 16%
Psychic spell specialization 35%
Mental spell damage 30%
Necromancy Specialization 150%
Undead affinity 133
Detailed explanation: Powerful soul potion; potion fusion, attribute adaptive growth; it allows you to have a feeling of intimacy with the undead;
Before Raymond saw the properties of this potion, he vaguely guessed that Heines' subsequent series might be related to undead magic.
The most thorough research on souls in the world is naturally only this group of undead extraordinary beings who like to deal with corpses and bones. He even guessed that Heins may have been a super-level necromancer!
Moreover, after successfully advancing the potion, he saw the contents of [Haines Death Note 4], which made him even more sure of this.
The hidden content of the fourth notebook is as follows:
"Is the body the carrier of the soul? Yes, but no..."
"How is the soul born? Is the body the seed that breeds the soul? But how do those artifacts with 'spiritual intelligence' come into being?"
"Is the carrier of spiritual power the soul or the body, or are both indispensable?"
"The physical bodies of gods will be destroyed, but their wills can exist for thousands of years..."
"Is the body that breeds the soul the most compatible 'carrier' for the soul? If the soul is free, can the soul become an independent 'individual' existence?"
"If the body is only the carrier of the soul, how can the soul survive forever without the decaying body?"
"..."
Most of the content in this notebook focuses on the above issues, and in the second half of the book, Haynes recorded his own research on the above issues.
Raymond gradually became fascinated.
He was also eager to know the questions and answers raised by Heines.
"Obviously, the soul will also dissipate like the body, disappearing in a way that I haven't yet understood..."
"I tried a soul separation experiment, hoping to find a way to make the soul last forever... Because I had carefully studied the ancient magic in a certain civilization and developed this kind of soul-stripping magic. Then, I obtained
Initial success..."
"Theoretically, I have derived a conclusion: if the 'carrier' is not destroyed, the soul will not be annihilated. Therefore, I chose to find a new 'carrier' for the soul..."
"I call that kind of wandering soul a 'corpse witch'. Unfortunately, the experiment was not successful. I exhausted all the materials and only got a 'semi-finished product', which is my disciple..."
"..."
After reading the entire notebook, Raymond suddenly felt that his head was a little big.
Hayings' unbridled imagination made him suddenly feel like he had discovered a new world. This crazy idea of taking a wrong approach and wanting to perpetuate his soul made people think of Uncle Snake in a certain Naruto movie, an obsessive man.
The mad scientist with physical immortality.
Their thoughts are surprisingly consistent. Since the body cannot last forever, then give the soul a "container"!
But obviously, their research still had huge flaws and was not ultimately successful.
.....
The content of the notes was limited, and this was the first time that Raymond was so eager to see the contents of the following notes. He wanted to know how far Heines had gone in his crazy experiment.
But obviously, it has definitely not reached his ideal point of "eternal existence of soul and God", otherwise his "works" would have been left in this world.
After reading the content, Raymond unexpectedly got a skill.
[Ju Ling Sen General Lv0]
Potential points required for skills 0/999
Detailed explanation: You have the ability to capture and enslave free souls; as your skills improve, you can capture and control higher-level undead.
This skill...
For a moment, Raymond didn't think about the use of this skill.
The name of [Spirit-Restraining General] sounds deceptive, but it doesn’t look like an attack skill. It can’t forcefully pull out the souls of creatures to kill enemies and monsters like the star-absorbing magic; it can instead capture some of the original abilities
Souls in a "free" state. For example, the soul of the "Evil Eye Emperor" sealed in Raymond's notebook.
However, after the death of a living creature, the soul leaves the body. Except for very few special circumstances, all souls are unconscious.
The so-called "detention" and "dispatch" in the skill description...
It doesn't seem to be of any use.
Hmm...this skill is a bit useless for the time being.
...
Raymond was not in a hurry and went to "Angelica's Potion Shop" to find the old witch in exchange for "Grey Mist Heart-Eating Mushroom".
After he advanced to [Soul Master], the feeling in his soul became stronger and stronger, and he always felt that there might be something wrong with this matter.
Because he thought of a possibility that he had ignored before...
If someone knew the detailed formula of Heines' potion sequence... wouldn't he know that Sequence 5 and Sequence 6 were exactly the two he was looking for?
To say that it is one of them can be considered a coincidence. I have asked for two main medicines one after another. Doesn't it indirectly prove that I am the successor of Haines?
If that witch is from the World Headquarters, or someone with evil intentions.
Although the chance of this is very small (there is a system hostility prompt), Raymond is not willing to take the risk.
He planned to wait until the Enzo boss rematch was over, bring his bodyguards, and then go look for this "Grey Mist Heart-Eating Mushroom".
It just so happened that the magic potion took a few days to digest.
Enzo's "ten-game winning streak" rematch is about to begin.
This was the last part of the "Get Rich Plan", and he had to watch it in person.
However, what surprised him even more was that a real super dark horse did appear in this ten-game winning streak!