Soul Master Manual

Chapter 125 Spirit Beasts and the Fog of History
"Xiao Huan, peel off its shell."

Looking at the giant gavel, Li Changan said to Xiao Huan.

"Meow~~"

As the little guy pawed layer by layer, he removed the wood chips wrapped in spiritual threads with some difficulty, revealing the wood spirit doll stuck in the middle.

but.

At this moment, the wood spirit doll has lost its previous appearance, only a gear the size of two fingers is left.

Li Changan held it in his hand and shook slightly.

"The book says that the core of spirit beasts like wood spirit dolls is the gear on their chest. This is not only their spirit core, but also their body."

Looking at this dull gray gear, Li Changan gently rubbed against his chin.

"The skill 'Clockwork Heart'?"

I have some understanding of the "unyielding heart" Li Changan.

But I don't know much about "A Clockwork Heart".

It sounds like it is a skill similar to "Indomitable Heart", but whether the specific effect and function is still open to discussion.

"Go back and look through the illustrated book. It's best to ask Fei Chengqing to send me a copy of the illustrated book from the headquarters."

After so many incidents, Li Changan felt more and more that organizations such as the Donghong Kingdom, the Imperial Spiritualist Association, the Tranquility Society, and the Pale Picture Scroll were deliberately concealing and covering up something.

And the way of covering up is very simple and brutal.

It is to start from the most basic, from the knowledge of spirit beasts.

It is very convenient to throw the gear into the pocket.

However, when he thought of the spirit beast beside him now, Li Changan showed a headache but didn't know what to do for the time being.

Xiao Huan and Kuidou, a Moying three-tailed civet, and an unyielding tree demon, these two are spirit beasts that he has already concluded a contract with, let's not talk about it for now.

But besides them, Li Changan also carried a psychic mouse with him.

Now add a wood spirit doll.

Four spirit beasts.

How could he, an ordinary person who had just become a Tier [-] Spirit Master, afford it?

The only thing I'm more fortunate about.

It is probably because Xiao Douding is sleeping most of the time now, and he can't even maintain a stable daily diet.

But the figure didn't mean to lose weight at all, but became more and more rounded.

And the wooden spirit doll has also turned into the current gear. I don't know what to do, or how long it will take to wake up.

"If it doesn't work, let's keep the wood spirit doll in the Mimic Area of ​​the Tranquil Society. It's safe there, and there's not much pressure to survive. It's more suitable for its personality."

Xiao Douding didn't say anything, he promised it.

And it did help him find some precious spiritual materials.

It was in the case of Lao Cao that he gave the most critical reminder.

But Li Changan, the wood spirit doll, doesn't have much ties to it, and the mimicry area may be its best destination.

"Let's go, it's time to go back."

After making a decision in his heart, Li Changan said to Xiao Huan.

But the little guy sat down on the ground, clutching his stomach, grinning his teeth in a "painful" look.

Seeing this, Li Changan was taken aback.

Immediately smiled.

How can you still not understand its idea?

When Li Changan returned to Fuyang Town.

The blue moon has been introverted, and the morning light of the sun has covered the entire town.

The town, which was originally quiet at night, also became lively with the arrival of day.

On the street, the sound of hawking can be heard endlessly.

"Come, come, delicious cakes!"

"Have a cup of soy milk, drink a cup of soy milk in the morning, and be energetic all day long."

"The fresh pheasants just hunted today only cost 81, [-]!"

"Peas, fresh peas—"

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Vegetables, fruits, breakfast, and mobile street vendors selling cooked food shouted loudly, greeting passers-by who were in a hurry.

Walking on this busy street, it seemed that the exhaustion from not sleeping all night and the sleepiness after the battle had dissipated a lot.

This is a scene that is not seen in Yangcheng, but it is also full of the reassuring atmosphere of a small town.

Here, it is rare to see some spirit masters with spirit beasts, most of them are just ordinary people, living an ordinary but fulfilling and peaceful life.

Li Changan found a shop called "Ali's Breakfast" and walked in.

"Boss, two bowls of soy milk, one bowl of salty, one bowl of sweet, and two drawers of steamed buns, three deep-fried dough sticks, and two pancakes."

"Okay, just wait a moment."

He ordered breakfast for himself and Xiao Huan very skillfully, and found the person he was looking for in the crowded shop.

A young man with a gentle appearance, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and a watermelon head, about 25 or [-] years old.

Sitting alone at a table.

Li Changan, who looked silly at first glance, but shrewd upon closer inspection, secretly complained about the words Fei Chengqing used to introduce that "expert" to him.

It should be him, that's right.

"Li Changan."

Sitting opposite the man, Li Changan took the initiative to announce his name.

Hearing this, the man who lowered his head and was absent-mindedly eating buns slowly raised his head, looked at Li Changan, and showed a shy smile.

"Chang Kai."

Chang Kai, a member of the No.13 team of the Supervision Department of the Tranquility Society.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, I made a special trip." Li Changan said tactfully.

Chang Kai shook his head, smiling shyly.

"The responsibility lies."

"So, any conclusions?"

Cutting directly to the topic, both Li Changan and Xiao Huan put down the steamed stuffed buns in their hands, and pretended to listen carefully.

They were all very curious about what happened in the abandoned train station last night.

And when it comes to the topic, Chang Kai seems to be a different person.

She was no longer shy, but her eyes were burning with interest.

"First of all, it's not haunted. This is the first option I ruled out." He pushed his glasses and said with great certainty.

"why?"

"Meow?"

"Because." Chang Kai looked to his side.

"Porphyrin!"

Just then, in the originally empty place beside Chang Kai, a spirit beast in the shape of a doll suddenly appeared.

The body is colorful, as if it was pieced together by pieces of rags, and there are bright white silver needles stuck on the body.

"Meow!———" (Ghost!——)
Xiao Huan shuddered and almost jumped up.

Fortunately, Li Changan quickly covered his mouth and did not attract unnecessary attention.

Chang Kai smiled, didn't care, and continued:

"Because my cursed doll doesn't feel anything resembling a ghost."

Cursed doll?

Li Changan glanced at the petite spirit beast that looked like a doll.

Is this what my mother-in-law once said, ghost-like, ghost-like spirit beasts?
This kind of spirit beast also belongs to the spirit beast that should not appear in textbooks, and some common spirit beast books.

"Woooo?"

Xiao Huan, whose mouth was covered by Li Changan, blinked.

It's not as scary as I thought it would be.

As if reading its eyes, the cursed doll beside Chang Kai showed a weird smile.

next second.

click-

As soon as it exerted force, it directly twisted its own head off.

It even pulled out a large amount of black cotton wool from its doll-like body.

"Woooo!! Woooooo!!!"

Xiao Huan widened his eyes.

"Don't be surprised."

Li Chang'an knocked on the little guy's head, and he didn't feel good about it.

"Porphyrin—"

Seeing this, the cursed doll immediately smirked.

"Don't make trouble."

Chang Kai put away the cursed doll in a panic, and then returned to his shy look before, holding his glasses with one hand, while stumbling apologetically, "Hold, I'm sorry."

Li Changan waved his hands again and again.

"It's okay, the little guy is more naughty, I understand. My little guy is also very naughty."

Hearing this, Chang Kai's glasses brightened slightly.

"You, aren't you afraid?"

"Of course. They're all spirit beasts, so what's there to be afraid of?"

Li Changan wiped the cold sweat from his palms without any trace, and said with a smile without changing his face.

Xiao Huan who came back to his senses gave him a suspicious look.

Are you really not afraid?
"Go ahead."

Li Changan turned Xiao Huan's head back, and said to Chang Kai.

"it is good!"

Chang Kai took another look at Li Changan, it seemed that because he was not afraid of cursing the doll, he had some kind of closeness and affection for him.

He was usually looked at with strange eyes because of the special nature of his spirit beast.

Created his shy character.

After sorting out his thoughts and wording a bit, Chang Kai continued:
"First of all, I ruled out the problem of ghosts. Then I went to the abandoned train station you mentioned, but I saw shelves piled up like scaffolding inside, but I didn't see the stone pillars and gates you mentioned."

"No?"

Li Changan was startled.

"No."

Chang Kai spoke with absolute certainty.

"However, based on your description of the ferocious insect-like spirit beast on the iron gate, it reminds me of a possibility."

Li Changan didn't speak, but just listened silently, listening very carefully.

"Before the establishment of the Donghong Kingdom, in the third era full of mist. In the cities where humans lived, suddenly there appeared a kind of extremely ferocious, violent and vicious spirit beasts. They had the shape of sharks. Teeth, clad in thick, spiked armor, feed on fear and live on flesh. Their lust will consume everything in sight."

Why does this sound like some kind of unofficial history written in an extremely exaggerated way, or a novel? Li Changan couldn't help but slander in his heart.

"This is what was recorded in some documents I have seen. The creatures described in it are very similar to the sculptures you see. However, there are actually some spirit beasts that look similar to it, such as the 'fear' attribute Horror beasts, for example."

"Third Era."

Li Changan rubbed his fingers.

The patterns carved on the doors and pillars at that time were similar to the patterns on the teacher's genealogy.

Could it be that the teacher's family was passed down from the ancient third era?
This is too long ago.

You must know that even with the development of technology and the system of imperial masters, human beings don't have a deep understanding of the history before the fourth era.

I just know that in the distant Fourth Era, before the formation of the current Donghong Kingdom, Xiheng Kingdom, and Beiheng Kingdom, there were two relatively powerful countries.

A dynasty named Ancient Dynasty was the predecessor of the Donghong Kingdom, and its old capital was located in Molong City.

The other is the Daheng Dynasty, which is the predecessor of the two kingdoms of Xiheng and Beiheng.

As for why the two great and powerful dynasties at the beginning evolved into the current situation, there is not much revealed in the history books.

In the history textbooks of universities like Yangcheng University, there is only knowledge about the three kingdoms of Donghong, Xiheng, and Beiheng.

The former Li Changan was curious and wanted to try to understand, but he was not very satisfied with the final result.

All I know is that what led to this situation was because of a battle.

The battle called "Battle of Promotion".

Even the history of the fourth era is so vague, let alone the more distant third era.

Of course, this may also be because Li Changan's status was not enough at that time, and he was not qualified to know these things.

For example, Chang Kai, the third-rank imperial spirit master who is the supervisory team, has read historical documents that Li Changan has never seen, even involving the third era.

Just like some information about spirit beasts, these hidden histories were also covered up by those powerful forces.

The euphemistic name is: for stability.

However, if the teacher's family is really a family that has existed since the third era.

To be able to pass down the genealogy to this day, what a terrifying and powerful family it must have been?
"It's far away."

Chang Kai suddenly interrupted his narration, and smiled a little embarrassedly, so he easily digressed.

"Besides that door, based on your experience and encounters, I think there are two possibilities."

Paused.

"One is the dream. This can be done, if there is a spirit beast with the 'illusory' attribute and not weak, it can be done. But the premise is that it has experienced what happened that night."

"The other is the overlapping of timelines. It's just that spirit beasts with the attribute of 'time' only exist in legends. Moreover, the phantom of the girl you met in Yangcheng can't be explained."

Illusion, time. Li Changan repeated it silently.

With the highest probability, is it a spirit beast with the attribute of 'Unreal'?
Li Changan didn't know much about spirit beasts of this nature.

and so.

What message does "Jie Analysis Hong Tong" want to convey?
Ignoring Li Changan's contemplation, Chang Kai pushed his eyes, quite moved and even said with a little excitement:
"I'm planning to go in tonight, when you entered the abandoned train station yesterday, and take a look. Maybe you can gain something."

Looking at Chang Kai who was not frightened by the incident at all, but full of desire and thirst for knowledge.

Why does Li Chang'an feel that spirit beasts with the attribute of "knowledge" are more suitable for him?

(End of this chapter)