Chapter Fifty-Six: Three Requirements and Alternate Elders
Xing Tianyu tested the spiritual energy in his body, and felt that he had barely reached the level of a high-level spiritual energy mage.
However, Xing Tianyu still needs to consider another issue now, that is, the aftermath.
Although Xing Tianyu's actions are very hidden, it is almost impossible to alarm anyone in theory, but the Summoner's Island is not an ordinary place, and whoever pulls it out here is estimated to be a peerless powerhouse, so although the matter was successfully completed, he still didn't expect to be able to hide it from everyone, and besides, the Summoner's Island is a very small place, and he suddenly obtained so many high-quality psionic gems, which is very likely to attract the attention of some people, in addition to this, his process of absorbing psionic energy is also likely to be discovered. After all, this is the island of summoners, a place where the strong gather, and each summoner has a variety of different abilities, and someone can detect his behavior if he can't be prepared, so he must take precautions as soon as possible.
Xing Tianyu was not a reckless person, he had considered all kinds of possible outcomes long before he started his plan, it could be that one or several summoners had discovered his abnormality and wanted to spy on him for information, or they wanted to get some benefits from him.
For such people, a few psionic gems should be able to gag their mouths, of course, it is also possible that the final result is that the summoner council finds out about their behavior, which will be a bit troublesome, but this is not a big problem, after all, the summoner council is not a dictatorship for someone, but a political system that maintains all summoners, even if someone wants to force him to hand over this method, it is not so easy not to pay some benefits. Moreover, this method is only suitable for those who have the Nightmare Lord ability, and even if they say it themselves, they may not be able to use it.
He prepared different plans for all kinds of possibilities, put away the psionic gems, and went to sleep with Sylvia.
As he had expected, the next morning, as soon as he walked down from the room on the second floor of the hotel, he found two council receptionists waiting in the lobby of the hotel, one of whom he still knew, the girl named Maya.
"Good morning, Mr. Shadow, Lady Scarlet, we have been invited to a special meeting by order of the Council." Maya said very respectfully.
"What's going on?" Xing Tianyu asked.
Namaya shook her head, "I don't know what's going on, I'm just ordered to invite the two of you to the council building for a party, which is specially requested by the Speaker, and I hope you two won't refuse." Xing Tianyu and Sylvia glanced at each other, he could see the worry in Sylvia's eyes, and handed Sylvia a reassuring look, "Then please lead the way." ”
Five minutes later, the two were inside the parliament building.
This time, however, the meeting took place not in the dimly lit room where the newcomer had reported last time, but in a well-lit lounge. It's a pretty quaint-looking room, surrounded by rows of books on bookshelves, a circle of sofas in the middle of the lounge, a coffee table with fruit snacks, a beautiful wine cabinet, a coffee machine, and even an old gramophone playing beautiful music from a vinyl record.
Several elders sat in this room, one of them chatting, some chatting while drinking coffee, and some holding a book in their hands, which looked like a library lounge.
"Ah, you two are here, please take a seat." Aurora stood up from the couch and said, gesturing to Maya, "Thank you for bringing them here, you can go down." ”
Maya turned to leave, watching Maya's background disappear into the doorway, and a bearded elder enthusiastically pulled the two to sit down. Xing Tianyu recognized this elder, as if he was called Odin.
"Don't be restrained, two, don't think of us as high-ranking officials in those secular governments, and don't think of us as directors of a consortium of large corporations, we are just summoners like you, but because we are older and more experienced, we were elected as leaders." So said the speaker, the man codenamed Zeus.
Xing Tianyu nodded, he could feel that the other party was trying to release kindness, which made him feel relaxed at the same time, he couldn't help but be a little worried, it seemed that the other party had indeed discovered his behavior, if it wasn't for a request, how could these old guys be so polite.
Sure enough, when the two of them sat down, Zeus smiled slightly, "Then I think you two should know why we called you here, right?" ”
"I can probably guess." Xing Tianyu said, "But in order to avoid misunderstanding, it is better for Mr. Speaker to make things clear." ”
"The boy is very cautious, I like it." Zeus said with a smile, and then his face suddenly became solemn, "Then I'll be blunt, we've discovered your behavior of using a certain way to absorb psionic energy. Of course, first of all, let's be clear, we didn't mean to spy on the two of you, but the Summoner's Island is a very small place, and we happen to need to monitor the security of the entire island, so we just happened to find out. As a member of this organization of summoners, I think you already know the purpose of our organization, to save this world, to fight against threats from other worlds, we must concentrate our efforts, and this method of yours can greatly improve our strength, so I want you to tell us how you did it. ”
Listening to Zeus's words, Xing Tianyu nodded, "You're right, I am indeed able to absorb spiritual energy from the sea of spiritual energy. Xing Tianyu said calmly.
He was so calm, but it surprised everyone, at least most of the elders didn't expect Xing Tianyu to admit it so easily, and at the same time, everyone was also a little surprised, although they found all kinds of clues, all pointing to a certain possibility, but because this possibility is too amazing, when this possibility is recognized, it is inevitable that they will still be a little surprised.
"So, how did you do it?" Zeus asked very politely.
Xing Tianyu smiled slightly, "I can tell you this method, but don't you think that there should be some price to pay for obtaining such valuable information?" After all, knowledge is power, knowledge is capital, and it costs money to acquire knowledge on the island. ”
These words were said by the elders to the newcomers at the beginning, and now Xing Tianyu repays the favor with his own way, but it also makes those elders unable to refute it.
"So what kind of compensation do you want?" Zeus asked very seriously.
Xing Tianyu said in his heart that he was willing to talk, but he was really a little afraid that the other party would take advantage of the situation to oppress others, "I want you to promise me three conditions, as long as you can do these three things, I will tell you my method." ”
Zeus stretched out his hand to show that he was listening.
"First of all, I want you to find a way to relieve your Arcane addiction, so that the Scarlet Witch can retain her power without being negatively affected by Arcane energy."
Sylvia, who was beside him, listened, but glanced at Xing Tianyu with some emotion.
Several councillors looked at each other, "I'm afraid this is a bit difficult, we don't know a lot about arcane magic, after all, almost no one among the summoners can practice arcane magic, so there is no guarantee that this will be done, but we can provide all the items in the council's inventory that can lift the curse and heal damage, whether it's the tears of the phoenix, the elixir of the fairy in the lake, or the blessing of the fairy dragon, as long as you need, we can give it to you." ”
Xing Tianyu nodded, although this is not perfect, but at least there is one more choice. "Okay, the first request can be as you say."
"My second request, I must be given the right to travel freely between the summoner's island and the real world, not every three years like other summoners."
Xing Tianyu's thoughts are very clear, he only touched the threshold of a high-level psionic mage by absorbing psionic energy twice, if he absorbs it a few more times, wouldn't he become a psionic venerable in minutes, or even a psionic god, at that time, even if he doesn't summon the lamp god, he can be fearless, and if he wants to summon the lamp god, in case he summons the gods and ghosts, he doesn't have to be afraid.
Hearing his request, Zeus showed a look of embarrassment on his face again, "I'm afraid this is a bit troublesome, according to our tradition, only elders have such power, and ordinary summoners are not allowed to return to the summoner's island frequently unless they hand over the book of the other world and give up their position as summoners, so as to avoid summoners being too lazy." ”
At this time, the witch doctor suddenly said, "Then let him become an elder." ”
Anubis stood up and said with a displeased expression, "What are you kidding, a new person becomes an elder, this kind of thing has never happened before. ”
"Maybe make him an alternate elder." An elder that Xing Tianyu did not know spoke, but this elder was an Asian, Xing Tianyu guessed that it was very likely to be Chinese, because his title was Zhurong.
"Neither can the alternate elder! Such honorable titles should not be conferred on others at will. Anubis still didn't back down.
Another elder, Odin, also said no.
Seeing that everyone was a little bit about to quarrel, Zeus slammed the table, "Okay, don't argue, since we can't talk about it, then the old rules, let's vote." Zeus said.
Everyone looked at each other, agreed, and then each gave their own choice.
Soon the votes came out, but it was three to three, with Zhurong, the Witch Doctor, and Aurora all agreeing with this, while Odin, Anubis, and a female elder named Quetzalcoatl all objected.
As a result, the eyes of several elders were all on Zeus.
Zeus pondered for a moment, but nodded, "I agree to make him an alternate elder." ”
Zeus's words made everyone react differently, but the votes have already come out, and they can't oppose it, and those few opponents can only sigh and keep silent.
"So, you agreed?" Xing Tianyu asked.
Zeus nodded, "We agreed, we will announce it at tomorrow's summoner's conference, so say your third request." ”
Xing Tianyu said, "The third requirement is that I want to have the right to freely flip through and download the materials in the summoner's library. ”
"No way!" This time Zeus flatly refused, "I can't let you do this." ”
"Why?"
"Because I can't, even we elders don't have this power, the library's database is managed by the Underworld Council, because it is the knowledge accumulated by countless summoner ancestors at the cost of life and death, those old immortals think that they must not give it to people casually, they must pay the price, and they also feel that if a summoner does not grow up, he will obtain too much information from another world, but it will cause them to be lost in many other worlds, There is not enough strength to face the enemies of those terrible worlds. ”
Xing Tianyu thought for a while, "There is really no way to do this, then I will change my request, I want to learn the script of the Sakadum people." ”
There is a reason for his request, firstly, it allows him to create his own summoning spell, secondly, it can make him not restricted by the otherworldly book, and most importantly, he saw the dream of the witch doctor that day, and in the future revealed, he was obviously exploring the ruins of a Sakadum people, and on the three stone doors, there were obviously some symbols that seemed to be written on them, and if he could learn the Sakadom script, it would be of great help to him in the future.
Several councils looked at each other, "We can promise you this, so are these your three requests?" ”
Xing Tianyu nodded, "That's right." ”
"Okay, as long as you tell us your method, and we can be sure that it's true, we'll fulfill your three requests."
Xing Tianyu nodded, and then he explained his method of obtaining spiritual energy.
Hearing his words, the more the elders listened, the more surprised they became.
"So, you can move freely in the dream world, and the dream world and the real world overlap?" Aurora asked, incredulous.
Xing Tianyu nodded, "That's right." ”
"So, we have to become a Nightmare Lord before we can absorb psionic energy, but how do we become a Nightmare Lord? Are there any other Nightmare Lords? ”
Xing Tianyu hesitated, but did not confess Bai Xingyue, "There are many, I used to cooperate with some of them to fight against the Nightmare King, our Nightmare Lord's identity was given by the Nightmare King, and the Nightmare King is likely to be a Sakadomite." Xing Tianyu told the story of the Nightmare King again.
After listening to Xing Tianyu's story, the seven elders immediately gathered in a circle to discuss.
"According to what he said, it seems that this Nightmare King should indeed be a Sakadum." Anubis said.
"A living Sakadum? That's impossible! What age is this? Quetzalcoatl said incredulously.
"How could it not be? DON'T FORGET THAT WE HAVE IT UNDER OUR FEET ... Aurora stopped talking.
Odin coughed, "If, according to him, the nightmare space overlaps with the location where people sleep, then doesn't it mean that the real body of the Nightmare King should be located in the center of the earth." ”
"Maybe we can summon him over, as long as he has a real body, with the strength of the seven of us, we can definitely forcibly summon him." Zhu Rong also put forward his own ideas.
The Witch Doctor worried, "But if that Nightmare Lord is really as powerful as the Shadow says, I'm afraid it will be very dangerous. ”
Zeus smiled proudly, "What are you afraid of?" With the strength of the seven of us, even if the gods came to us, what could we do, and there was nothing to fear from the lonely ghost of the Sakadom. ”
Xing Tianyu listened to it and said in his heart, okay, are these guys so awesome?
The witch doctor still frowned slightly, "But a Sakadom who has lived for millions of years may be more powerful than a god." However, he thought of the scene he had seen in his dream, the scene of the summoner's island being attacked by otherworldly monsters, which was completely impossible, because it was impossible for otherworldly creatures to reach here through the energy storm, and the only possibility was that they took the initiative to summon it.
"You're so cowardly, that Nightmare King can't even be a normal summoner in reality, what can be powerful, as long as we don't enter his dream." Odin said with a grin.
Several people discussed and discussed, and finally decided to find an opportunity to summon the Nightmare King, first give him a set of the Ten Manchu Ten Tortures, and then let him hand over the Nightmare Lord's method, as long as he mastered this method, the strength of all summoners' psionic magic can be quickly improved.
However, due to the strong request of the witch doctor, it was decided not to summon from the summoner's island.
Xing Tianyu was very happy to see this result, if the Elder Council could really summon the Nightmare King and subdue and enslave him, then he would save himself trouble.
"Alright, Shadow. Although it has not been confirmed, we believe that what you said is true, we will fulfill your three requests, the news of your becoming an alternate elder will be announced at tomorrow's summoners' conference, and if you want to learn the Sakadum script, we can arrange for you to do so at any time. ”
"As for the cure you have asked for to relieve your addiction, we will do our best to help you find it, but we cannot guarantee that we will find it, you can also go to our treasury and take a look at it, you can choose one of them that you think will be helpful to you, but be careful, it is limited to the things that will help you relieve your addiction."
"We're going to summon the Nightmare King in a while, and if you want revenge or something, you can join us."
Xing Tianyu nodded, "Then so be it." ”