Perfume Alchemist

The dim light of the candles illuminated the dark space.

Holding the candle in his right hand, Ah Hao slowly approached his left hand.

That's when he found out.What he held in his left hand was a small black shadow-like hand.And Xia Duo had already disappeared without a trace.

In an instant, in the surrounding shadows, more than a dozen mouths emerged at the same time, and they opened and closed and said:

"Well, I don't care about being stared at by you. As long as you don't get scared."

The mouth in the darkness chuckled, its sharp canines gleaming in the candlelight.

Ah Hao resisted the urge to close his eyes, and took a deep breath: "So, is this your form, Xia Duo?"

"Thinking about it carefully, I have seen the water form and the lightning form, and it is not uncommon for you to have a dark form."

The mouth in the darkness bent into an O shape at the same time: "Oh, you are very knowledgeable, Mr. Sage."

"That's right, what I use is indeed the skill commonly mastered by arcanists of the fourth-order element system—elemental incarnation."

"It's just that after my research, it has the ability to move people."

Ah Hao felt the fear in his heart, but was suppressed by curiosity: "Why is the fourth-order arcane master able to be mastered by everyone? Aren't the arcanist's doors all different?"

"The appearance is different, but the essence is always similar." Voices came from all directions.Xia Duo really has a lot of mouths.

Xia Duo continued to say: "As for the fourth level, it is a threshold. Only after crossing this threshold, you are qualified to explore the world behind your door."

"After successfully returning from exploring the world, you can master this avatar-like skill. This is also the easiest way to acquire abilities."

The world behind the door?
Ah Hao's own door of truth immediately appeared in his mind.From the beginning to the end, it only opens and closes briefly and then closes.He had never stepped through that door himself.

"What will happen if you are dissatisfied with the fourth step?"

"You will die." Xia Duo's tone was light, but his words were very solemn, "Before the fourth level, never step through that door. So this news, basically only the fourth-level arcane masters will know."

"Although ordinary arcane masters want to cross it, they can't cross it at all."

Xia Duo's voice gradually fell silent, and Ah Hao unconsciously began to think in this dark and quiet environment.

The door in the heart of the arcane master can actually be passed by himself. , which he never thought of.

But think about it, isn't the biggest function of the door is to let people pass through?
Walking into the world of rain and thunder, can you gain the ability to avatar the corresponding element?
Then what can he gain by stepping through the door of truth and entering the world behind?

Could the people he helped to become enlightened, after paying a huge price, still pass through that small door?
Xia Duo interrupted his thoughts with an echoing voice: "Here we are."

The shadows around him gradually dissipated, as if the curtains were quickly torn apart.

The scene behind the curtain is a dilapidated wall and overgrown weeds.Ah Hao quickly looked around, and found that he was in an inconspicuous corner of Agadi's central square at the moment.

"It seems a bit early, right? Payne said we won't meet until noon."

Xia Duo regained his human form at some point, and he slowly walked out from the shadow under the wall: "If I were that person, I would definitely come earlier. So we have to come earlier than him."

"It makes sense."

Ah Hao yawned, walked out of the corner, and looked around to see where it was suitable to monitor the audience.

Ahao looked at Xia Duo who was sitting opposite, and said softly: "Aren't we going to spy on him? Isn't it a bit conspicuous in other people's stores?"

Xia Duo shook his head: "On the contrary, this kind of crowded square is easy to be found no matter where you wander."

"The two-story building next to this square is the most suitable. Most people will alert their surroundings, but they rarely look up."

"That makes sense, waiter! Bring me a classic Di-style breakfast."

Ahao called the waiter around him, and ordered a hearty breakfast that is common in Agadhi, consisting of fried sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs, toast and baked beans.

"Okay, come right away."

The corners of Xia Duo's eyes twitched: "Didn't you drink coffee in the morning?"

"Can coffee be called breakfast?" Ahao looked at Xia Duo, "Don't you want some?"

Xia Duo waved to the waiter: "Just bring me a cup of black coffee."

While enjoying his breakfast, Ah Hao looked at the square below, and suddenly thought of the scene on the day of the press conference.

"Speaking of which, do you know about the poison gas incident that happened some time ago?"

Xia Duo's hand holding the coffee paused for a moment: "I fished Dr. Taiman myself, how could I not know?"

"Then Dr. Taiman was responsible for this matter in the end? Didn't you find the mastermind behind it?" Ahao continued to ask, "I always thought it was done by the organization that attacked the star gate."

"The poisoner has been found. The man behind the scenes is officially determined not to exist. Taiman was only punished because of poor supervision and joint and several liability. So it is not difficult to find it out."

Ah Hao stared at Xia Duo: "Who is the poisoner?"

"It's a dead man." Xia Duo lowered his head and stared at the coffee cup below. "The poisoner died directly at the scene, and he was the first to die. This is a suicide attack."

Ah Hao's mind also became heavy: "Why?"

"Who knows?" Xia Duo stirred the coffee in his cup with a stirring stick, "Actually, I am more concerned about those murderous poisonous gases. The strange thing is, I can't find where those poisonous gases come from."

Ah Hao had some guesses: "The maker of the poisonous gas should be the mastermind behind the scenes, and the poisoner should be just a tool man."

"Maybe you come here, the target appears."

Xia Duo moved to the left and shared his discovery with Ahao.

Ah Hao walked over curiously, and saw the changes of light and dark and gray scale in the black liquid in the coffee cup in front of Xia Duo.

The scene is also slowly generated in the coffee cup.

A young man with prickly hair was walking slowly.After walking a certain distance, he randomly found a bench in the square and sat down.

"It's Payne! How did you do it?" Ah Hao looked at the scene in the coffee cup and couldn't help but scream out in surprise.

He turned his head and glanced at the real square, and found Payne from a far corner.It's just that the distance is too far, but it can be seen more clearly in the coffee cup.

Xia Duo looked at Ahao with a little satisfaction: "When I was in the square just now, I have already set up my field of vision. This is what my 'Shadow Whistle' sees."

"sharp."

Ah Hao couldn't help thinking about whether he could use alchemy to achieve the corresponding effect.

Before he could come up with the result of his thinking, the picture in the coffee cup changed.

A man wearing a wide-brimmed cowboy hat sat silently on the other side of the bench.

"is it him?"

Hearing Ahao's question, Xia Duo turned to look at him expressionlessly.

"Ahaha" As soon as the words came out, Ahao himself became embarrassed, "Keep watching, let's continue watching."

The two people in the coffee cup sat quietly on a bench for a while.

Ahao felt that they were talking.After a while, Payne put the bag he was carrying on the bench.

With just this one action, Ahao can be roughly sure: "They should be making a deal. What is in Payne's bag is my perfume."

"Can you tag him? We'll track him straight down later."

"Yes." Xia Duo picked up the stirring rod and poked the man in the cowboy hat in the cup.