Perfume Alchemist

After Ilya put away the flower of the blade, she squatted down and looked at the shadowy water surface in front of her, with surprise and pity in her eyes.

"Void? I didn't expect that even Nia would be affected by it."

The buck raised its head and kicked the water lightly with its hooves instead.The original image on the water gradually disappeared without a trace, but another image slowly floated up from the bottom of the water.

On the hills full of blooming spirit flowers, illusory light balls of various colors floated.But after the deep purple crack opened, a yellow ball of light that was drifting leisurely was suddenly wrapped in a thick purple-black fog.

In the vibration and struggle, the light ball was dyed a mass of purple-black.A large number of light spheres on the entire hill have encountered similar situations.

However, at this moment, an illusory mirror suddenly appeared above the hill.On the mirror, there is a vaguely human figure in a long robe holding a wooden staff.

The purple-black ball of light floated up, followed the mirror surface and penetrated into the body of the person.The expression on his face was shocked and fearful at first, and then became full of hatred and malice, as if wearing a ghost mask.

The eyes on his head were gurgling, and a terrifying smile was on his mouth, but his hands were scratching his neck desperately.It seems that his head and body do not belong to the same person.

After struggling for a while, his head suddenly popped up, leaving only his twitching body.Black smoke floated below the head, rushing straight into the sky.

At this point, the picture stopped abruptly, and the stream in front of him returned to its original state.

Ahao raised his head and looked at the stag beside him thoughtfully: "What you just showed us was the birth process of Yazakana?"

"That's right." The stag turned and left the stream, "The mages of Nia are used to borrowing power from the spirits from the spiritual realm to release unique spells. These spirits were once very happy to share their power, because the back-feeding Human energy can also increase their spiritual power."

"But after the elves were polluted by the void, problems arose. The human mage borrowed power from the wrong object, and thus was occupied by the body and turned into a twisted existence that should not exist in the world, Yazakana."

"Yazakana will go back and forth between the spiritual realm and the material realm. They try to devour the power of the two realms to make themselves stronger. But such behavior will tear up the proper boundaries between the two realms and destroy the original balance that should exist."

The stag looked at Ahao and Ilya with golden eyes: "The lucky ones who came to the spiritual realm by chance, please spread the news and try to destroy the soil where Yazakana was born."

"We guardian spirits have the ability to solve the problems in the spiritual realm slowly. But in this process, no more powerful Yazakana can appear. Otherwise."

That's all the Bucks said, but Ahao understood what he meant.

These so-called guardian spirits are estimated to have limited power.Once the other side is too strong, they can't fight.That's why it needs help.

Ahao pondered for a while, and found that the stag's request was actually very simple.It doesn't ask human beings to help it, it just wants them to die less.

But there is also a problem. Ahao spread his hands sincerely and helplessly: "But I don't know the spellcasters in Nia, and I don't have the ability to notify each of them one by one."

When he left Nia, he didn't know anything about the extraordinary power of this world.His skills are also learned slowly in places like Agadhi and Quattro.He had just heard about Nia and the mage from this deer.

"Take it and go to the guardians of the balance. They will help you."

The stag slowly lowered its head towards Ah Hao, and a small piece of its dense antlers suddenly fell off.

Ah Hao reached out to take it, and found that the antler was white and greasy like jade, shaped like a curved dagger.

"If possible, please stop the invasion of the void. The expansion of the void domain is the culprit of the imbalance between the material and spiritual domains."

After it finished saying this, Ah Hao suddenly felt his world spinning.

The faint blue sky turned into a whirlpool, and all the colors and shapes were twisted together before his eyes.The rich colors of blue, purple, white and pink made Ahao have to close his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself lying on the somewhat cold stone floor.The green leaves swayed and swayed above his head, whirling and rustling.

Ah Hao turned his head abruptly, and he was relieved when he saw Ilya beside him, looking at him with the same confused eyes.

Ilya quickly stood up from the ground, patted the luxurious dress on her body: "Have we come back from there?"

"Although we don't know what happened, we should have returned to the Green Forest." Ah Hao got up and looked back, and found that the stone bridge he made was still across the road in front of him.

Beside the mountain road not far away, there were some faint voices.

The experience just now was like a dream.

However, Ah Hao immediately felt a trace of cold temperature coming from the palm of his hand.He lowered his head, and immediately saw a handful of curving antlers as shiny as jade.

This dagger-like antler reminded him that what he saw just now was true.

Ahao, who was a little confused in his mind, first returned to the tree where Yazakana first appeared with Ilya.

Before they arrived, Yazakana had already killed several innocent passers-by, so the originally normal Spirit Flower Festival was also affected.The residents of Lukang who had not yet communicated with the deceased, after seeing the blood and stumps all over the scene, did not dare to approach at all, and turned back and ran towards Lukang.

However, those who came to the Green Forest from Lukang did not know what happened before.Trouble and conflict erupted.The people outside want to come in, the people inside want to go out, and the congested trail is extremely chaotic.

Ahao found a place where no one was around, and took out the divination crystal ball that Luke gave him.Only by using the ability of strange things did he find his relatives from the chaos.

He and Ilya planned to escort the family all the way back to Lugang City safely before discussing the next step.

Grandma closed the door of the tree house with remorse: "It's rare for this to happen at the Spirit Flower Festival."

"I heard from my mother that if you see blood on the day of the Spirit Flower Sacrifice, there must be some dead people who were unwilling and turned into resentful spirits to seek revenge from the living."

"Tonight's festival, why don't you go." Grandma looked at Ilya with some worry, "I'm very disturbed, and I always feel that something bad will happen."

"Understood." Ilya nodded obediently, and after comforting grandma a few words, she turned and walked upstairs.

Considering the inconvenience of grandma's legs and feet, in this newly purchased tree house, the second floor is exclusively for grandma, and the third floor is used as a guest room and their temporary residence.

Yi Liya went up to the third floor and found Ahao lying by the window, looking at the crowd below.

She stepped forward curiously: "What's the matter?"

"Not quite right." Ahao sniffed his nose, "There was a smell very similar to Yazakana in the wind. Something must have happened to Lugang."

"Is it another masked monster? What should we do? Are we going to save someone?" Illya squeezed to Ahao's side and looked down anxiously.

The flow of people on the street below is obviously much thinner than in the morning.There are not many pedestrians stopping in front of the huge mushroom-shaped shops beside the street.

The rest of the passers-by, even though they were wearing fancy clothes, were all in a hurry, with worries and fears on their brows.

Ah Hao shook his head: "That's not necessary. The smell of blood has faded away. I guess someone has already dealt with these things, but I don't know who it is."

"That's good." Ilya relaxed and left the window sill, sat down by the tea table, and quietly loosened the girdle that was tightly wrapped around her waist.

"It's probably the guardian of Nia or something. Although you haven't seen it, they should exist alone."

She rubbed her head: "By the way, the talking stag, what it said was too profound, and I didn't understand most of it. So I couldn't get in the words just now."

Ahao closed the window and sat opposite Ilya: "I have basically figured out everything else except the concept of the spiritual realm."

While recalling, the two discussed the information revealed by the Bucks, and quickly figured out the ins and outs of the matter a lot.

Illya's expression was a little dazed: "Agadi said that when we cast Arcana, we may suddenly mutate, the head will run away by itself, and become Yazakana? That's really scary."

"Although you omitted a lot of things, the meaning is correct." Ahao touched his neck with some discomfort, "It's no wonder that stag said that the void has a more profound influence on the spiritual realm."

"If Nia's transcendents, the source of power comes from the spiritual realm. Then the spiritual realm is polluted, which means that every time they release their abilities, they are in danger."

Illya picked up the pen and paper, and began to write and draw on the tea table: "So the best way is to stop them from borrowing power from the spiritual realm. The messenger of spring wants us to help pass on this thing, right?"

"It doesn't sound too difficult."

Ahao shook his head: "This matter is not as simple as you think."

"Assume a situation where an Azakana appears in front of you. If you don't use your ability, you will be killed by them; but once you use your ability, you may be infected and become a new Azakana .”

"This presents a dilemma. Putting myself in this situation, I would definitely risk using my abilities. Therefore, this kind of 'infection' is almost unavoidable."

Yi Liya suddenly figured out something, she opened her eyes wide, and looked at Ahao steadfastly: "But we can destroy Yazakana without the power of the spiritual realm."

"I understand why that deer came to us! Only us outsiders will not fall into this dilemma!"

Ah Hao showed an awkward smile: "I'm not a foreigner."

"Haha, anyway, the source of your power is different from that of the native Transcendents in Nia." Illya secretly covered her mouth and smiled, "You are considered a foreigner in the concept of Transcendent."

Then she carefully took the huge flower out of her pocket. The edge of this blade flower was extremely sharp, and she had to be careful not to be hurt by it.

"Anyway, that deer is pretty smart. He gave me the Flower of the Blade, which is considered to be a reward in advance. So I don't mind helping out with some masked monsters."

Ahao also took out the willow sapling that he had been keeping in his arms all the time: "There is also this thing, it seems to have the ability to restrain Yazakana. With it, these masked monsters are actually not dangerous to us at all."

Thinking of this, he also made a decision, "Then let's look for the so-called Guardian of Balance later."

The antler dagger given by the Spring Envoy did not respond.So Ah Hao is going to use his own method to find clues.

Later, the two repaired at home and left the tree house again.Before leaving, Ah Hao secretly set up the tree house, leaving behind some trigger formations.Once someone tries to break in here, it will immediately trigger a counterattack.

He went to his uncle's house again and installed the same device for his grandparents.After ensuring the safety of his family, he followed the smell of Yazakana in the air to find clues to the Guardian of Balance.

The person who can solve these Yazakana should be the transcendent hidden in Lukang.From their mouths, they may be able to ask relevant clues.

But even if there is no such thing, Ahao doesn't mind contacting the local Transcendents in Xiania.He is also very curious about this.

The taste of Yazakana appeared in a market near the sea in Lugang.In addition to the smell of Yazakana, there was also a strong smell of blood on the field.

There was no time to deal with the bright red blood on the ground.The incomplete pieces of meat looked very much like the remaining parts after being devoured.

Illya only glanced at it, and said with certainty: "Same as the situation in Ao no Mori, those masked monsters that eat people should also appear here."

Ah Hao nodded, trying his best to distinguish the smell of participation in the air.Besides the sweet, bloody rust of Yazakana, he smelled something special.

"Is this scent sandalwood?"

Ah Hao quickly focused his gaze on the hill at the other end of Lukang.Lukang faces the sea in the east and mountains in the west.Ah Hao knew that there was a Taoist temple on the mountain to the west.Although this Taoist temple is not open to the public, he has never been there.

But those people in the Taoist temple occasionally come to Lukang to purchase supplies.And he had smelled a similar smell from these Taoist priests.

"Did you find anything?" Ilya walked around the market and returned to Ahao without finding anything.

Ah Hao nodded, but his gaze was still fixed on the distant mountain.A small Taoist temple seems to stand among the mountains.

"It seems that we have to go climbing."

Unlike the Green Forest in the southwest of Lukang, the trees on the [Hongting Mountain] in the northwest all have fiery crimson leaves.

Ah Hao and Yi Liya stepped on the long stone steps and headed towards the top of the mountain amidst the swaggering red leaves.Over there, there is a temple hanging high on the top of the mountain.