Chapter 53: The Land of Dreams: Another Palace
"Please move the screen to the palace where I am. Li Jinyi said to the disc.
The image on the plate suddenly changed, and he quickly pulled the camera to the top of the ancient book as he did last time, and turned directly to the third page.
"Puppet Scholar?"
Seeing the name of the spell, he tilted his head a little confusedly.
"Summons a puppet that cannot speak but can fly, and it can help the summoner hold a book while turning the pages according to the summoner's commands. This puppet cannot move more than five meters away from the summoner, otherwise the summon will be lifted immediately. Summoning spells are used every one day. β
Li Jinyi touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "Although it is only an auxiliary summon, it is much more useful than those poisonous insects on the first page, with a scholar, if you want to use the spells in this book when fighting, you don't have to turn the pages yourself, you can free up your hands to concentrate on fighting, I have to say that the author of this book is quite thoughtful."
"No, if it's really thoughtful, the spells in this book don't need to be turned to the corresponding number of pages to cast, which is a real headache. He then retorted to himself.
With a frustrated smile, he once again focused his attention on the ancient book.
"Required: 5 hairs of a female humanoid, 1 kilogram of liquid gold, and a page of a magic book that has been burned in just half and with embers. After reading this, Li Jinyi's tone became more and more hesitant.
"1 kilogram of gold! I'll go, I can buy a car here! There is also a magic book, and this one in my hand can't be torn, if I buy it in its entirety, it won't be cheaper than 1 kilogram of gold! God, this "Gate of All Worlds" is for local tyrants to play!" Li Jinyi's face was full of melancholy, and he almost wrote a poor word on his face.
After a moment of silence, he muttered in a low voice, "Why don't you find a panda head to borrow first?" Although, it's a bit like a scumbag's behavior, but I'm not not going to pay it back, and I still have the three needles of star soul blood in my account. β
Well, I've got to make some money. Li Jinyi scolded a sentence, then raised his head and continued reading.
"Mantra: May all things be blessed and puppets be given souls. β
"It's so short, it's good, it's easy to remember. β
Li Jinyi silently memorized both sides in his heart, closed the book, looked at the hourglass, there was still more than half an hour left, and then walked down the spiral staircase, left the palace, and walked towards the golden garden.
Coming to the fountain in the middle of the garden, the fountain is no longer the image of the cosmic betrayer. He looked around at the remaining three palaces, hesitate for a moment.
There are three palaces, one in white and resembling a top hat, one in gold and resembling a trident, and the other in gray and resembling a platform stacked upwards one by one.
After thinking for a while, Li Jinyi walked towards the Trident Palace.
Since it's gold, you might be able to get gold. He thought so.
Walking out of the garden, ascending the stairs, to the square in front of the Trident Palace, the square is empty, surrounded by colorful flags embroidered with inexplicable patterns are fluttering in the wind, and the distant scenery is blocked by golden auspicious clouds, unable to see clearly.
When I came to the palace gate, unlike the previous palace, this time the gate was closed.
Lai Jinyi walked very carefully up the steps in front of the door, ready to go over and knock on the door. As soon as he was halfway there, the gate made a "knock" sound, and he slid open to both sides.
Seeing this, Li Jinyi choked in his throat and asked inside as usual.
"Anyone?" "Can I come in and have a look?" "Say something?"
After asking these questions repeatedly for more than a minute, and after confirming that no one inside responded, he walked into the palace with confidence and boldness.
Behind the door is a rotunda with a ceiling illuminated by magic crystal chandeliers, decorated in white gold tones. On the opposite side of the gate is a bidirectional bifurcation staircase that leads to the second floor. There was an arch at the bottom left of the stairs, and Li Jinyi planned to go there first.
Walking through the hall and into the gold-framed archway, he found himself in a banquet room, with countless round tables and high-backed chairs that showed the hustle and bustle of the past.
Where have all these people gone? He couldn't help but wonder.
Li Jinyi reached out and lifted the chair that shone with golden light with a little expectation, and the expression on his face sank.
"This weight is certainly not made of gold. He sighed.
There was an exit on the side of the banquet hall, which connected to a courtyard outside, and Li Jinyi walked around it for a few minutes, but found nothing special.
Back in the banquet hall, I went to the back kitchen, which was full of bright tableware, which looked like it was made of silver.
Further inside, there were some kitchen utensils, but none of them appeared in the golden color that Lai had hoped for.
"Alas, it seems that this golden palace is only a faΓ§ade. He sighed.
Li Jinyi turned around to leave, but his eyes were suddenly attracted by a pointed kitchen knife that he caught a glimpse of.
The tip of the knife was stuck in a heavy wooden cutting board, and there was a halo around the blade, revealing the characteristics of a Star Soul weapon.
Li Jinyi's eyes widened, and he hurriedly ran to the cutting board, grabbed the handle of the knife with his right hand, and pulled it out.
At the same time, the blade began to make a low sound, which was in response to Lai's touch, and also indicated that the knife had no owner.
"It's strange that the knife that appeared in the kitchen could have no owner. Li Jinyi frowned, thinking of this empty palace, and muttered, "Could it be that you are dead?"
The corners of his mouth twitched, and he carefully examined the sharp knife in his hand.
"I don't know what special effects this weapon has. β
"Eh, ask the magic sword to try, after all, it is also a star soul weapon, maybe you can see it. β
As he spoke, he summoned his soul and ordered it to test the characteristics of the sharp knife.
The magic sword "um" agreed, and a black shadow immediately surfaced on the body of the soul lan, and went straight into the sharp knife, and after a while, the black shadow returned, and the magic sword spoke:
"This is a star soul weapon used to absorb elemental magic, and it has a strong tolerance, but it can only be absorbed, not released, and the absorbed magic energy will dissipate in a relatively peaceful form. This thing is supposed to be used in the kitchen to handle certain special ingredients, such as extremely high or low body temperatures, or electrically charged alien creatures. β
"You didn't lie to me, did you, can you really detect this?" asked Li Jinyi cautiously.
"Hmph, can I get any benefit from lying to you?" Xin Yuan Soul Lan chuckled.
"According to you, this knife is a good self-defense tool, do you think I should keep it for myself?"
"You don't need to ask me, you already have the answer in your heart. The magic sword's answer was quite zen.
"Well, you can see it. Li Jinyi said and cut his little finger with a sharp knife and established a contractual relationship with him.
The blade was activated and shrouded in a golden glow, and Li Jinyi threw it at the cutting board, and as soon as the sharp knife was inserted into the cutting board, he immediately dissolved it, and the sharp knife disappeared, and then he imagined the shape of the sharp knife and summoned it again, and a moment later the knife reappeared in the palm of his hand.
"It seems that the contract was successfully concluded, and it needs to be given a name, well, let's call it the Dharma Drawer, what do you think?" he looked at the abyss soul floating in the air.
"I don't judge. The magic sword reacted coldly.
"Hey, I personally think it's pretty good, that's the name. With that, he disbanded the Heart Abyss Soul Lan and the Dharma Cultivator at the same time, walked out of the back kitchen, walked through the banquet hall, and prepared to go up to the second floor of the palace to have a look.
Walking down the stairs covered with a silver-blue carpet, he took out his phone and looked at the time.
At 10:39, it was about 9:50 when I came, and there were ten minutes left, so time was running out, and I had to practice summoning a swarm of poisonous jaws before I left, alas, an hour was really not enough. He muttered to himself silently.
The first floor of this palace is about 20 meters high, and Li Jinyi walked unhurriedly for almost half a minute before reaching the second floor.
The first thing that catches your eye is a hall similar to the decoration on the first floor, but the area is relatively small, and there are more than a dozen doors with different patterns around the hall.
Li Jinyi pushed the doors around the hall one by one, and only one of them was pushed open.
Behind the door is a very spacious living room, luxuriously decorated, but without any signs of being inhabited. There are no clothes in the closet, and there are no daily necessities on the table. The whole room has just been renovated, but the owner hasn't had time to move in.
An uneasy mood spread in Li Jinyi's heart, and he hurriedly retreated and closed the door.
I took out my phone again and looked at the time, there were still 2 minutes left.
"Go to the third floor and have a look. β
With that, he hurried up the stairs and ran upstairs.
At the end of the stairs, a ten-meter-high carved double-opening door blocked the way.
The muscles on Li Jinyi's face twitched slightly, and with the attitude of giving it a try, he stepped forward and pushed the huge door.
With a humming sound, the seemingly unshakable giant door opened inward under the push of the palm.
Li Jinyi gasped, and in the slowly widening doorway, he saw that in the hall on the third floor, facing the bottom of the wall here, there was a disc! the same disc as in the previous palace.
Walking into the hall and coming to the disc, the screen was pitch black, and he checked the other facilities on the disc, and found that it was exactly the same as the previous one, even the hourglass was accurately timed, and the remaining time was less than a minute.
He touched the surface of the disk, layers of ripples appeared, and in the background of the universe, a blue planet gradually appeared, but unlike the earth, this planet is only blue, that is, it has no land!
If it weren't for the lack of time, I really wanted to immediately observe the life scene of the aborigines of this planet up close, but unfortunately I had to practice summoning in the last few tens of seconds, Li Jinyi muttered silently in his heart, and then took out "The Gate of All Souls" and turned to the first page.
"King of Mantades, Lord of the Feverish Swarm, God of Infinite Split! I beg you to ......"
A crack suddenly tore open in midair, and dozens of poisonous jawworms poured out in all directions.
"No, why did it come out? The last sentence 'Bring destruction to the world!' hasn't been read yet! What is going on?!" Seeing this, Li Jinyi's face was full of confusion and horror, and he hurriedly fled out the door.