Annan picked up the piece of hairy cowhide that had been processed in advance and cut into the size of a handkerchief, and sniffed it gently.
It seems that for the convenience of Annan's use, the unique fur smell of cowhide has been eliminated as much as possible.
Annan placed [Dark Blue Guardian] aside.
Then he picked up the slender crystal rod engraved with complex patterns... Annan glanced at it briefly, it seemed to be some kind of star map.
It looks so high-end.
He sighed silently.
Although Annan had hardly performed any rituals, his body was moving very naturally.
Annan gently uncorked the brown vial containing "Snake's Tears", inserted the crystal rod into it, fully dipped it in and placed it on top of the cowhide.
After it has dropped "one drop" of tears, immerse it in the vial again. Repeat until three drops have fallen. After three drops of tears have fallen, the cowhide seems to have no change, but all the tears on it are suddenly sucked in.
——In this way, the simple seal lifting ceremony is already half completed.
Then, Annan turned the knob and lit the green light on the table, successfully.
After igniting a slender and stable flame, Annan used a large tweezers to pick up the "Dark Blue Guardian" and put it on the fire to roast slowly and evenly.
About every three or four seconds, Annan would touch the ring with different fingers of his left hand to test the temperature.
The most difficult thing about the ritual is that many of its indicators are unclear - such as how many steps to take, to what extent it is heated, to what extent it is cooled... It sounds like "appropriate amount" is as metaphysical. Because of the high cost of mysterious rituals,
No one dares to quantify the differences in hazards and materials.
So in many cases, we have to rely on instinct and luck.
Fortunately, the temperature required in this ceremony is not too high.
After it reached the point where it was "slightly hot but not red", Annan immediately took it away from the fire and completely wrapped it in treated cowhide. He held the cowhide bag holding the ring with both hands, like a Lantern Festival.
Generally, roll it gently between the palms of your hands and wipe it.
"……Um?"
Annan let out a light sigh.
As soon as he wiped it twice, he suddenly felt that something didn't feel right.
It's like a gem was suddenly broken off...
...I won’t rub the gems off, right?
Annan quickly opened the cowhide bag, only to find that the blue gem had fallen out.
It's not just gems. The original sterling silver part is also directly erased. It's like the layer covering it is erased. Every time you wipe it, you can see that a piece of the silver shell is erased. Just wipe it off.
After two or three blows, the part that originally held the gemstone in place was wiped away, so the gemstone fell out.
As Annan wiped it further, the remaining silver traces on it were easily wiped away. The silver dust fell down and was all stained on the cowhide.
And the ring itself reveals a new essence.
——It is a slender female ring made of dark blue stones.
Annan subconsciously raised his head and looked at the female Winter Hand named "Zhuo Ya".
The shape of the ring on her left ring finger looks almost exactly the same as this ring.
The only difference besides the color is that the ring in Annan's hand does not exude that extremely dangerous cold air. That kind of cold air would even freeze the fingers off if it were not a disabled wizard.
As for the ring in Annan's hand, even though it was still very cold, it was roughly like a metal object outside in winter... and was safe for ordinary people to touch.
Of course, if you lick it, it may not be so safe.
After Annan finished wiping, its prompt also changed:
[Deep Blue Guardian, Lily Rasputin’s Secret Ring]
[Type: Ring/Ritual Props (Gold)]
[Description: Lily Rasputin’s secret ring, its seal has been completely lifted]
[Effect: Wear it to trigger the ritual: Void Spirit Teaching]
[Ethereal Learning: In front of you, the illusion of "Lily Rasputin", the host of the ceremony, will appear. She will explain some "knowledge" to you; this knowledge is a catalog, and you can directly learn any of it.
A complete part of a type of knowledge; but after it is extracted by you, when others use this ritual again, they will not be able to inherit this item again]
I see.
Annan put the [Dark Blue Guardian] on the ring finger of his left hand without hesitation.
In his eyes, the ring suddenly burst out with intense white light, and countless particles of light dust flew out from the ring and slowly condensed in front of him. Annan quickly turned back and checked the pupils of the others.
Neither Ivan nor Zhuo Ya saw this abnormality.
Is it a complete illusion?
Soon, that light condensed into a woman sitting on a chair.
She looks young, probably in her early twenties.
Annan subconsciously glanced at the portrait on the bedside.
"Lily Rasputin" is about 70% similar to his mother Anya, and she is also a beauty; but her temperament does not look as cold and noble as Anya.
Lily's impression is more "cute". There is a small flower in her hair, which is the silver-purple flower in the sea of flowers when Annan and Kaifni first met.
...In this way, the flaws in Don Juan's appearance should be Old Crow's fault.
Such thoughts came to Annan's mind for the first time.
According to their true blood relationship...Don Juan Geraint should be regarded as Annan's cousin.
Although Don Juan's appearance can be regarded as more than delicate, compared with Annan and Maria, it is obviously more than one grade behind.
If you think about it carefully, Old Crow is the real spy agent - his appearance is completely ordinary. Even Annan's memory cannot remember what Old Crow looks like.
Eugene Geraint's almost magical "ordinariness" may also make people forget his appearance, but at least they can detect it. But there is really nothing unusual about Old Crow... Annan even
I forgot his back and voice.
This strange talent is indeed a gift to espionage personnel.
But it was precisely because of his drag that the looks of Lao Crow's sons, who might have been pretty good in the first place, dropped a lot...
But speaking of it... Old Crow and Lily must be more than twenty years apart, right?
"Ah ah ah, can you hear me?"
Lily Rasputin opened her mouth, looked at Annan and said a few words.
Her voice is light and elastic, reminiscent of an innocent teenage girl.
Before Annan could respond, she said to herself: "Although I don't know who will open this ring... But I want to make it clear first that it was not Euphemia Melvin who kidnapped me.
Come here, it’s not me who killed her!
"We're very good friends. This is our deal... to swap lives. It's a pretty crazy deal, right?"
When Lily said this, she stuck out her tongue: "If dad knew that I came here to marry an old man, he would break my legs!
"But I think...by the time this ring is opened, Dad will no longer be able to see it."
When she said this, she looked a little lonely.
But Lily quickly cheered up: "The first secret I want to reveal is the truth about the transaction between Yuffie and I——
"Actually, from the beginning, I knew I wouldn't live long."