Lord of Mysterious Wizard-Chapter 1043 - 10: Old Man Huang (2/4)

Capítulo 1043: Chapter 10: Old Man Huang (2/4)

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… 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

About a few dozen breaths later, somewhere within the ice and snow forest, far from the Nameless Village camp, Hu Zu slowly began to reveal his true form.

He walked out like a noble prince, his clothes, hat, golden lock, brocade bag… all were indicative of his extraordinary origin, each a curiosity, though entirely distinct in style from the New Continent, Old Continent, and even Southern Continent.

Of course, strictly speaking, the extraordinary systems of each continent are different, creating various styles.

These differences have also given rise to some special professions, such as minstrels, traveling merchants, adventurers, and so on.

Naturally, Hu Zu is none of these; he’s a Fox Demon from the Eternal Heaven Dynasty, likely a Prince of the so-called “Ancestor Mound Fox Clan,” deliberately blending into the investigation team, probably to covet the flesh remnants left by the Sovereign within the Dragon Nest.

He desires to become more powerful, to save his sister forced into marriage, and the oppressed clan.

Tang Qi is curious about what kind of “Curios” guided him across the long and harsh border line from the distant Eternal Heaven Dynasty to this truly cold land, the Slavic countries, hailed as the “Frost Kingdom.”

The unexpected answer quickly appeared.

Hu Zu gently exhaled a breath, looked up at the sky completely covered by dark clouds, and suddenly began to move.

He started dancing, without any ceremony, or a prior bonfire, or placing some things, he just began dancing under the dark nightfall.

As he danced, one after another, snow-white tails glowing with ghost light appeared, soon making him look like a huge, leaping “white flame.”

As the enchanting yet extremely strange dance continued, the spell he uttered in “Ancient Longevity Language” echoed in the forest.

A different linguistic system, a completely different way of expression.

But Tang Qi could still discern the meaning within; Hu Zu was praying, seeking guidance from an ancient and wise sage.

As he chanted, reaching a critical point.

Hu Zu’s entire body suddenly stagnated; he curled up on the ground, his body trembling, a layer of light-yellow ghost light, incredibly familiar to Tang Qi, seemed to be peeling off from Hu Zu’s soul, with a multitude of tadpole-like symbols emerging, seeming to possess life, eventually condensing into a page of eerily textured “withered yellow paper.”

“Secret Scripture of Immortality!”

Tang Qi looked at Hu Zu, curled up on the ground, drenched in sweat as if pulled from water, looking at the floating withered page, a look of unexpectedness in his eyes.

Simultaneously, a small surprise occurred.

The Secret Scripture of Immortality page before him seemed to have unlocked the prohibition through Hu Zu’s prayer dance.

This time, Tang Qi’s gaze was unrestrained, the content completely revealed.

“Extraordinary Artifact: Secret Scripture of Immortality, Seventh Fragment, the content above is… Eternal Blood Swap Curse.”

Without any embarrassment, information regarding the Eternal Blood Swap Curse flowed through Tang Qi’s mind.

“Eternal Blood Swap Curse: This is a spell deemed taboo, it cannot be encapsulated by magic or witchcraft, it’s a completely new promotion method.”

“Using this method, one can exchange their blood with any Extraordinary Creatures, each exchange allows the extraction of some sort of extraordinary power from the target’s blood, enhancing oneself… the more exchanges, the stronger the user becomes, and life becomes increasingly enduring.”

“Side effect, each exchange exacts a different price, excessive use will gradually lead the user into madness.”

“Example 1: The thirty-sixth user of this curse, a Wildman named ‘Qing’ outside the city, exchanged blood with an Extraordinary Creature known as ‘Ghoul Ape,’ eventually transforming into a being with a human upper body and an ape lower body, covered in corpse spots, possessing a tail.”

“Due to this exchange, he gained an Undying Body, Swift Speed, Climbing, sharp claws, Roar abilities, the price being he can no longer enjoy any delicious food, his sense of taste fully degraded, only having a desire to eat raw meat.”

“Example 2: The eighty-ninth user of this curse, a nameless pawn who crawled from a heap of disposed war prisoners, exchanged blood with a creature named ‘Three-eyed Hyena,’ ultimately transforming into a half-human, half-hound form with a third eye and entirely covered in mottled dog fur.”

“Due to this exchange, he gained Insight, Swift Speed, Spit Venom, Spread Plague abilities, lifespan increased by twenty years, the side effect being he can no longer have desires for human females, had to marry over a hundred female hounds, currently seeking a female Three-eyed Hyena, but that requires defeating a hyena pack, after all, the Hyena Queen… never marries out.”

…

This taboo spell on the seventh fragment of the Secret Scripture of Immortality slightly surprised Tang Qi.

Though he hasn’t seen the content on other pages, based on the way the spell is expressed, the process of its creation, and its unhesitating usage, it’s likely the content on other pages is of a similar style.

However, Tang Qi doesn’t immediately conclude that the “author” of the Secret Scripture of Immortality is a being from the chaotic, Evil Camp, that would be too hasty.

Aside from the content, there’s something else on the page that suddenly prompted Tang Qi into action.

On the ground, seemingly extremely fatigued, Hu Zu lifted his fox head drenched in sweat, pleaded to the floating scripture page, saying: “Great Sage, I have already blended into the investigation team of the alien race, next…”

Hu Zu hadn’t finished speaking when suddenly, at the center of that page, a blurred face, seemingly eternally calm, eternally present, with a withered yellow hue appeared.

But this “face of the sage” did not face Hu Zu, instead looked towards another place.

A voice like a meditative old man, gentle and serene, yet possessing infinite wisdom, echoed from within the page.

“It is an honor to meet you, unknown True God. I sense a friendly, familiar aura from you. Do you have an affinity for my Creator? No, you have an affinity for the Eternal Heaven Dynasty…”

Upon hearing this voice, Hu Zu seemed to experience something terrifying. He abruptly turned his head, immediately seeing a dreamy light shadow slowly approaching from the darkness.

Inside the light shadow was a handsome middle-aged gentleman.

Hu Zu instantly recalled that there was such a person within the investigation team.

“Did I just stumble upon a Divine being while joining the investigation team to get some benefits?”

Tang Qi, able to see through the ambitious thoughts of this fox demon, suddenly had a mischievous urge to tell him: not just one, but actually, Diana is the true Divine being, and he is still merely a Pseudo Sovereign working hard to complete various Authority Divinities.

However, clearly, Tang Qi’s attention was entirely captivated by that book page.

Unlike the fragment he possessed, Hu Zu’s page had given birth to “will,” and it was a very ancient will.

Facing the withered yellow page, Tang Qi first responded to its question.

“Affinity? Yes, and no. More accurately, it’s curiosity.”

After speaking, Tang Qi slightly furrowed his brows.

This abnormal area of the Dragon Nest also had a vague will, and it seemed due to the ancient will appearing on the Eternal Secret Scripture, the “Blood and Flesh Pollution” that filled the abnormal area was intensifying, converging in this direction.

“Your name?”

Tang Qi’s inquiry was directed at that withered yellow face.

As a formless will, that face nonetheless possessed a rare grandeur, reminding Tang Qi of the “Saint Prophet Piers” who reincarnated after a brief encounter, the two sharing a similar aura.

The withered yellow face smiled and replied, “You may call me ‘Yellow’s Old Servant’. My Creator is the ‘Old Man Huang’, so it’s quite reasonable for me to be called Old Servant, isn’t it?”

Tang Qi nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

Then, he continued, “It’s evident you’re not very welcome here. That is a primitive and crude will. Would you like to visit my kingdom?”

“It would be my honor!”

Hu Zu, on the ground, was still in a dazed state, somewhat at a loss with this sudden turn of events.

Seeing that he was about to head to an unfamiliar place, he wanted to voice his disagreement, after all, he had his plans, and he was still holding the identity of an Ice Witch mascot.

Tang Qi seemed to sense this, smiled reassuringly at him, and said, “Don’t worry about your schemes, I will arrange everything accordingly.”

As his words fell, a dreamy phosphor shimmer swept over, and Tang Qi returned to the Dream Kingdom with Hu Zu and Yellow’s Old Servant. The Ice and Snow Forest regained its silence, the initially surging malice and Blood and Flesh Pollution came to a halt, the ravaging scarlet air emitted a puzzled roar.

…

In the Dream Giant Tower, Hu Zu’s weary body had just touched new things yet to be examined, and his gaze was quickly drawn to what Tang Qi was holding while sitting in the Beckfast Chair.

The Eternal Secret Scripture Fragment, another one?

A strong desire immediately occupied Hu Zu’s heart.

As a resident of the “Eternal Heaven Dynasty”, although not a bona fide human resident, he was keenly aware of the status the Eternal Secret Scripture held within the dynasty. Numerous transcendent factions, if traced back to their origins, would ultimately converge on this incredibly ancient and bizarre text.

Any fragment within the Eternal Heaven Dynasty could ignite life-and-death madness and warfare.

Hu Zu believed the key to reviving the “Ancestor Mound Fox Clan” laid in the fragment passed down through countless generations in the Ancestor Mound, birthing the will of ‘Yellow’s Old Servant’.

The reason he left the Eternal Heaven Dynasty and came to this Frost Kingdom was also under the guidance of Old Servant, believing a fortuitous opportunity awaited here that could allow him to use the “Eternal Blood Swap Curse”, to reach a high transcendent level in one swift move, marking the moment he rescued his sister “Hu Li” and revived the Fox Clan upon returning to the Eternal Heaven Dynasty.

He clearly did not expect that the Secret Scripture Fragment, so coveted by the residents of the Eternal Heaven Dynasty, had fallen into the hands of an unknown Divine being.

“Impossible to obtain it now.”

While Hu Zu’s thoughts became increasingly complex, Tang Qi was reading the fragment he had possessed for a long time but only recently decoded.

Actually, since the “All-Knowing” transformed, Tang Qi already had the strength to violently decode the fragment.

But perpetually busy, if not for Diana uncovering it, things like the Mysterious Cocoon would remain buried within the Curios Collection, the same fate that awaited the fragment.

Now, brute force was unnecessary. Having witnessed Hu Zu’s “Prayer Dance,” Tang Qi seemingly glimpsed a password, enabling direct reading.

Due to having seen the Eternal Blood Swap Curse a second ago, Tang Qi’s interest in the Eternal Secret Scripture surged.

His gaze swept across it, unveiling similarly peculiar and forbidden content.

“Extraordinary Artifact: Eternal Secret Scripture, Second Page, the content above is… Blood and Flesh Multiplication Spell.”