On the Seven Towers

"Li Jia" sat back on the chair with a dull expression.

Perhaps because he had been exposed, Shu Ling completely gave up on pretending and was too lazy to use up his strength to control his muscles. He sat there with only his eyes moving, looking like a puppet with its strings cut off. After thinking for a while, he raised his head and asked without any emotion, like a poor speaker: "Tell me first, how did you find out."

Xiao Chen sat down, leaned back, and crossed his legs. He tilted his body slightly, placed his hands interlaced on his legs, tapped the seam of his trousers lightly with his fingertips, and looked at Shu Ling, "It's not important. You don't have the chance to tell me Li Jia's situation again."

"Xiao Chen, I have read a lot of your memories." Shu Ling raised his head slightly and looked at him sideways, "Many people around you have not noticed that you seem gentle and friendly, but in fact you are as stone-like as you are. The same stubborn person.”

"Thank you for the compliment."

"Stubbornness will make you powerful, but powerful magicians often get lost in controlling things. But after so many years, I am tired of the feeling of being controlled." Shu Ling said, opening the collar of his clothes to reveal his heart position, "If you insist, you can try it with that sword."

Xiao Chen narrowed his eyes. He really hated Li Jia's current expression. Such a stiff and funny look was something Li Jia had never seen before. What a poor knockoff, he thought. He stood up and took hold of the hilt of the Spark Sword with his hand.

The book spirit raised his head, looking like he was righteous.

"Huh, let's try it." Xiao Chen pulled out the sword, and his spiritual power penetrated the sword like sea water, causing it to burst into hot white flames. This magical flame caused the temperature in the room to rise sharply, and at the same time completely ignited the tense atmosphere.

Shu Ling's face was indifferent, but a trace of panic flashed in his eyes. He didn't expect Xiao Chen to draw his sword right away. This was not the magician's routine, it was simply the style of a berserker. Shu Ling leaned back instinctively, causing the front legs of the chair to tilt up slightly.

Nina also covered her mouth in surprise and exclaimed: "Sir, what are you going to do?!"

Xiao Chen raised his sword high and struck hard, but the target was not Li Jia, but the "Shadow Scroll of the Sea of ​​Knowledge" on the ground. I saw a flash of Bai Lian, and the "Shadow Scroll of the Sea of ​​​​Consciousness" made a loud "dang" sound and burst out with a burst of colorful light. A corner of the book was neatly cut off, and the cut part was instantly burned into pieces. Gray, and the cut surface close to the sword body was directly baked into black. After the flaming sword slashed through the "Shadow Scroll of the Sea of ​​Knowledge", half of the sword blade directly penetrated the ground made of thick wooden boards, turning the surrounding floor directly into coke.

"Asshole! Are you crazy!" The moment the sword fell, Shu Ling jumped up and rushed towards Xiao Chen, but because he was unable to control his body balance, he fell to the ground with his mouth chewing mud. He ignored the blood flowing out between his lips and teeth, and threw himself at the "Shadow Scroll of the Sea of ​​​​Consciousness" on the ground. However, Xiao Chen swept away with his foot and kicked the "Sea of ​​Knowledge Shadow Scroll" under the bed like garbage.

Shu Ling knelt on the ground, clenched his fists with both hands, looked at Xiao Chen ferociously, and growled: "This is the holy book of the 'Tower of Dreams'! How can you do this! He has passed it down for thousands of years, and has never There is no damage! You actually use a sword to attack such a treasure! You barbarian, bastard, cursed idiot!"

Xiao Chen pulled out his sword from the ground and brought out some fine black dust. He looked down at Shu Ling and said, "I like your expression better now. I'll ask again, what's going on with Li Jia now!"

"You!" Shu Ling said bitterly, "You won."

Later, Xiao Chen called Shi Hao and Ye Zi in, while Luo Jie and others continued to guard the door. Ye Zi and Shi Hao stood on either side of the book spirit, ready to deal with its abnormal movements at any time.

"Two souls are trapped in one body, sinking in the ocean of subconsciousness. The channel connecting the two bodies has been closed. I don't know their current situation." Shu Ling is now much more honest, with fatigue in his voice.

"Then how did you judge Li Jia's success rate in rescuing Selinda? How sure are you of the real situation?" Xiao Chen asked.

"No one can say for sure about magic." Shu Ling avoided Xiao Chen's gaze and lowered his head and said, "However, based on my judgment and Li Jia's ability, there is a possibility of curing Selinda..."

He paused and glanced at the "Shadow Scroll of the Sea of ​​Knowledge" that Xiao Chen placed on his lap, "It shouldn't exceed 10%."

"Damn it!" Xiao Chen raised his fist and punched "Li Jia" in the face. Xiao Chen was so strong that "Li Jia" stumbled and fell off the chair. Half of his face immediately swelled up and the corner of his mouth was torn. From the mouth, blood flowed straight down.

"Senior! You, you! This body belongs to Li Jia." Ye Zi said in shock.

"But it's Shu Ling who's hurting now."

Xiao Chen carried Shu Ling back to the chair, and Shu Ling slumped in the chair like a ball of mud. He had never felt real pain. He was suddenly slapped in the face by Xiao Chen, and it hurt so much that tears flowed out of his eyes. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, then covered his face with his hands, looked at Xiao Chen in fear, and trembled about what to say, but finally saw Xiao Chen's eyes and wisely closed his mouth.

"Listen up!" Xiao Chen stretched out a finger and pointed at Shu Ling's nose, "I know that you were not afraid of pain or injury when you were a spirit body, but unfortunately you are now a 'human'. As a sensitive and fragile human being, there is a lot of pain waiting for you to endure.”

"I cooperate! Don't hit me again!" Shu Ling said aggrievedly.

Xiao Chen clenched his fists, his knuckles crackling, and he said, "Okay. Now, I want you to use all the methods you can think of to reopen the channel so that I can connect to their spiritual world. Don't play any tricks. Otherwise, both of your bodies will disappear."

"I have one last condition!" The book spirit said hurriedly, fearing that Xiao Chen would do something else. "When I finish this, you have to find me a magician's body. I don't want to go back to the book anymore. This is a win-win situation! After leaving me, the "Shadow Scroll of Consciousness" is a completely useless book, but as long as I hold it, it will have the same power as before. Think about it, this is a book that laid the foundation for the Dream Tower. Let me live and control this holy book, which is much more useful to you than dying."

"Do what you should do first." Xiao Chen glared at him and said.

The book spirit held the "Shadow Scroll of Consciousness" in one hand, knelt beside Serinda, and used the other hand to draw a virtual line above Serinda's forehead. A complex magic circle gradually took shape in the air. The magic circle shone with a faint colorful light, and the characters that looked like seal script were connected by lines and kept flashing.

"We didn't know you actually brought such a valuable treasure on the road. Now I have to be thankful that I didn't let outsiders know about this, otherwise if we encountered robbers, we would have a lot of fun." Shi Hao said, "Why don't you leave it in school?"

"The school meant to let me run in with the "Shadow Scroll of the Sea of ​​Consciousness" so that I can host the concentration ceremony when I go back. Moreover, this book is a treasure, but also a temptation and danger." Xiao Chen shook his head, and the other two immediately understood the terrible consequences.

"Fortunately, if something like the book spirit took over someone's body in school, no one might find out." Ye Zi said.

At this time, the book spirit had finished drawing the diagram. He turned to Xiao Chen and said, "It's going well. Now I'll start injecting power. It's up to you after that."

"I've done what I promised you, and you should remember to fulfill your promise."

"I can only promise to give you a temporary body. You either accept it or have nothing." Xiao Chen walked to the window and pointed to the gatehouse at the door of the Earl's Castle and said, "Your temporary body is there."

As if in response to his words, a few dog barks came from the gatehouse.

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Selinda supported Li Jia and let him lean against the wall. Li Jia tilted his head, as if he fell asleep because he was too tired, without any sound.

Selinda looked around the castle that was already in a mess, and a feeling of powerlessness came over her. Li Jia became a more powerful wizard by opening a book, but she almost lost her life.

"Li Jia, Li Jia, do you know this kind of pain? If you know, will you forgive me? Or... have you already forgiven me?" She looked at the unconscious Li Jia and said softly: "Even if I fell into the abyss, I didn't plan to ask anyone for help. I didn't expect you to appear here. But you still came. Why are you so... stupid, so stupid that it makes me uncomfortable?"

She gently stroked Li Jia's face with the back of her hand. It felt unreal, like touching a statue. She couldn't feel his temperature, nor could she convey her tenderness, which made her hate this place more and more.

"Now that I'm awake, we will definitely get out." She whispered in his ear.

However, at this time, Li Jia had a strange change. On his body, colorful dots floated. The dots looked only the size of sesame seeds, like bubbles in the water, slowly floating upwards, as if Li Jia's body was dissolving.

Celinda grabbed one of Li Jia's hands and found that as these light spots dissipated, Li Jia's fingers were turning translucent.

"This is..., this is the same symptom as before, he is disappearing! His consciousness is beginning to die!" Serinda muttered to herself.

"Li Jia! Wake up!" But no matter how Serinda pushed him or called him, Li Jia was still the same as before, without any response.

Just now he used his spiritual power to fill my body, now, the only thing I can do is the same. Serinda carefully recalled the feeling when Li Jia repaired his body, leaned over and threw herself on Li Jia, pushing the power in her body in the opposite direction. However, unlike the situation just now, Serinda's own body overlapped with Li Jia, and strangely turned into a ball of light together with Li Jia.