Chapter 18: Perception, Concealment, New Skills!
You mean, you didn't get your hands on the blood of the saints?" said Luo Lan with a strange expression. γFengyun Reading Network.γ
"I can't be blamed for that," Florsanders cried in a roar, "I went in and found no sign of it! He pinched his chin and leaned over and whispered, "You say, could it be that the Guardian Knight hid them?" β
Luo Lan stepped back a little, frowned, and said, "You don't need to be so quiet," he glanced at Niltina towards the riverbank, and said, "She can't hear her." β
He lowered his head and thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "As for the Guardian Knight hiding it, I think it's very unlikely. β
"Yay?" Flosanders tilted his head and looked at him, "Why?"
Luo Lan glanced at him and chuckled: "Through previous contact, I found that although these Guardian Knights have firm beliefs, they are actually a group of extremely stubborn and rigid people, they have said that the Holy Blood cannot leave the altar, so first of all, they will definitely not violate this principle." Also, since they refused our help, it means that they didn't think about the consequences of defeat beforehand, so why are they hiding the Holy Blood?"
Frosanders blinked, pointed at Luo Lan's heart, and said, "Dangerous guy, please tell me honestly, do you suspect that I hid the holy blood?"
Luo Lan smiled and said, "It's a little bit, but I can't imagine the purpose of what you did it, and." If you really have it, then I can only say that you are so stupid that even ordinary people would suspect you if they used their brains, so why should you take such a risk? The excuse used is too clumsy. β
Flosanders stared at him for a long time, until he made Luo Lan feel uncomfortable, and he suddenly turned his head and shouted into the forest beside him, "Did you hear everything?"
Well?
Luo Lan turned his head vigilantly, and at the same time he moved his footsteps, and suddenly distanced himself from Florsanders.
It's only a dozen paces away. From the side of a dry, gray tree trunk came a handsome man in a white robe, about twenty-five or sixteen years old.
He walked slowly towards the two of them, his expression calm. There is a deep and melancholy temperament precipitated in the deep eyes.
When he got closer, this person nodded at Luo Lan and said, "I heard your conversation very clearly, according to your estimate." Where do you think the Holy Blood has gone?"
Luo Lan's eyes narrowed slightly, looked at him vigilantly, and said, "Are you?" Without being discovered by him at such a close distance, this is a master!
"His name is Hodirke. It's the guy Daphne invited to help but didn't arrive, and he couldn't have come at the right time......" Florsanders pouted. A look of dazedness. He seemed dissatisfied: "I told him a long time ago that I didn't take the Holy Blood. But he didn't believe me, and almost strangled me to death. So I thought about you dangerous guy, hehe, I knew you could definitely think of a reason to explain it to me. β
He rubbed his neck, as if he had been abused by the other party.
Unexpectedly, Frosanders also took advantage of him, and Luo Lan suddenly laughed a little.
Still, Flosandros, this man appeared at the right time.
Hodirke glanced at Florsanders lightly and said, "This can only say that your suspicion has been reduced a lot, but it can't completely relieve my suspicion, so it's best not to leave my sight in your future actions, otherwise...... You should know the consequences. β
He looked at Luo Lan and said in a slower tone: "I don't really care about the blood of any saints, but Daphne is now in the hands of the Council of the Dead, if it weren't for it, these people from the Council of the Dead would probably kill her, I heard that you are the person she trusts the most, so I want to hear your opinion." β
Daphne's most trusted person?Luo Lan raised his eyebrows, and the corner of his eye swept away from Flor Sanders, who quickly turned his back and coughed repeatedly.
This guy really dares to say anything in order to protect himself.
Luo Lan lowered his head and muttered, "Actually, you don't have to worry, the Council of the Dead is not what we imagined. He raised his head and looked at the two men with a smile: "As long as we let them know that the blood of the saints is not in our hands, they will not do it." β
Hodirke looked at him suspiciously and said, "Why are you so sure?"
Luo Lan smiled and said to Flosanders, "In the last ten years, have any important members of the Monks and the Council of the Dead died?"
Flosanders held his chin, looked up at the sky, and muttered, "It seems that in addition to rounding up a dead man's council."
Outside of the thief, there is no one. β
Luo Lan's heart trembled, he forcibly held back the resentment in his chest, and said slowly: "This is actually a very simple reason, although the Monks Guild is in a hostile state towards the Council of the Dead, but the two seem to restrain each other, even the friction is kept within a small range, because they don't want each other to cause a full-scale war because of some inducement, so Daphne should not be in danger of life for the time being." β
He pointed to Niltina in the distance and said, "If I hadn't caught a member of the Council of the Dead and learned something, I wouldn't have dared to make such an assertion. He paused, and then said, "I was also planning to negotiate with someone from the Council of the Dead, but since you help us, the odds are a little greater." β
Hodirke nodded slowly and said, "Tell me what you plan to do." β
Luo Lan smiled faintly and said, "Some parts of this plan still need to be improved, so it's hard to say now, but if you are willing to listen to my opinion, even if there is no holy blood, I am also very sure that I can rescue Daphne through negotiations." β
Hodirke looked at him deeply and said, "Are you sure?"
Luo Lan seemed very sure, he said without hesitation: "Don't worry, one of my servants has also fallen into their hands, I won't joke with her life, not to mention, one of their members is also in our hands, this is also a bargaining chip." β
Hodirk looked down at the river beach and said, "A mid-level thief." He glanced Luo Lan up and down again, and said, "It's really not easy for you to catch her." β
Luo Lan smiled bitterly: "I relied on a little luck, and there were some tricks." β
"Luck and trickery are part of strength, but I thought it wasn't enough. Hodirk said in a deep voice: "I can not ask about your plan first, but in order not to reveal our hole cards during the negotiation, you need to hide your true strength, so that you can't be seen through at a glance like now." β
Luo Lan was stunned and said, "Hidden?"
"Looks like you don't know this skill yet. Frowning slightly, he thought for a moment and said, "That's it, I'll instruct you on how to master this skill." β
"The so-called concealment is a skill that hides the elemental energy in your own body and does not let the other party notice. To master it, you first have to know what perception is. He held out a hand, and it suddenly glowed white.
Luo Lan's pupils shrank slightly, it was a light element that was so dense that it was like gelatin, could this person also be a member of the Light Sect?
Hodirke continues: "You must know that the vibrations of one element are not alone, and when they are condensed to a certain density, they affect the activity of other kinds of elements. For example, the elements in your body, you try to feel it, if there is any difference. β
Luo Lan's whole body relaxed, silently feeling, sure enough, there was a faint fluctuation of the light element in his body, but it was not very strong.
"You try to stay away. Dao.
Luo Lan took a few steps back, only to find that the feeling was getting weaker and weaker, so faint that it was almost imperceptible.
Hodirk shook his hand and said, "See, you can use this method to detect your opponent's fighting energy, elemental and even dark energy activities. But it takes a long time to practice, and when you can skillfully extend the elements out of your body and sense them without your opponents noticing, that's the initial mastery of this skill. β
"And the concealment skill is not simple, you need to condense the elements in your body at all times, just like water freezes, so that they do not affect the outside world, just like me, pay attention. Suddenly, Hodirk's hand clenched into a fist, and all the intense light elements on it suddenly disappeared without a trace, as if they had never appeared.
He stared at Luo Lan and said, "These two skills must be mastered in battle, otherwise the condition of your body will be clear to the enemy." There are no secrets at all, on the contrary, you have mastered the distribution of the enemy's energy, and you are in control of the situation in battle. β
Luo Lan suddenly found that his previous understanding of combat was somewhat superficial.
Just as a thief needs to grasp the intelligence and information of the target before acting, perception is the ability to obtain information about the other party, and concealment is to hide himself, which is part of the battle itself, not out of it.
Hodirke said lightly: "You have to use them skillfully and reasonably, and when these two skills become your physical habits, you can be regarded as having a little foundation." β