Vivien's mentor?

This title made Mu You realize that the two of them seemed to be more than just colleagues in the Mystic Association.

Looking at the old man's continuous tears, it was like a left-behind little girl who had been lonely for too long and suddenly saw her parents.

Mu You silently exited the room and closed the door.

No matter what their relationship is, when two old friends meet, they must have a lot of personal things to say, and staying by themselves may make it difficult for them to speak.

"Mu You, where's grandma?"

At the door, a circle of people were still waiting outside the house, and when they saw him, they all immediately gathered around, Lin Xue hurriedly asked.

"It's still inside."

Mu You shook his head at her, and then looked at the others: "Don't go in, let the old man rest for a while." ”

The others didn't have a problem with this, they had just heard the sound of sobbing coming from inside the house, it was obviously not appropriate to go in now, and if something really happened, the alarm in the house would go off.

"Little brother, what kind of medicine did you just use?" The middle-aged man who was talking next to him leaned over and asked in a whisper.

As soon as these words came out, the needles around could be heard, and everyone was waiting for Mu You's answer.

"Follow me!"

Lin Xue suddenly pulled Mu You's sleeve, took him downstairs quickly, and walked out of the villa.

Mu You found that Lin Xue's status in this family was relatively detached, and none of the other elders of the Lin family stopped him at this time, so he could only watch the two of them leave the villa.

Lin Xue took Mu You to the garden next to the villa, and found an open shade tree, so she had time to ask him, "Do you really have a way to save my grandmother?" ”

In this regard, Mu You just sighed and shook his head.

He wanted to tell Lin Xue that he could save it, but in fact, he couldn't save it.

Mu You originally thought that Pisces would be a powerful magician, and the reason why he was seriously ill and dying was only because of some curse or other influence.

It wasn't until he saw the old man that he realized that this was just an ordinary old man, who didn't have half a bit of magic power fluctuations in his body, and there was no hint about the astral spirit realm in the omniscient crystal. And what she is suffering now is not an ordinary disease, but the exhaustion of Yang Shou.

As a member of the Astral Spirit Realm, Pisces can't access the Fool's Game, and can't gain lifespan through the game, and once the lifespan is exhausted, it's really gone.

As for the potion just now, it was only to temporarily remove the pain on the old man's body, so that she could relax for a while, but it could not prolong her life.

Besides, if it's just a matter of lifespan, it's okay, Mu You has a life-prolonging artifact like a unicorn by his side, and a potions master like Vivian, so it's not difficult to make some life-prolonging drugs.

However, Vivian didn't mention this at all just now, which made Mu You realize that the problem of the old man may not be as simple as lifespan.

Thinking of this, Mu You looked at Lin Xue: "Your grandmother, have you ever given you anything recently?" ”

Lin Xue was stunned when she heard this, nodded, and took out a ring from her body: "This is the ...... that my grandmother gave me last week when I became a player."

Mu You took a look, this ring is exactly the same style as the Aries ring, the only difference is that the carving at the top has become two swimming fish.

As expected, the old man really passed the Pisces ring to Lin Xue......

"You haven't activated it?" Mu You asked.

Lin Xue shook her head, looked at the ring in her hand, and sighed: "Grandma asked me to put it on as soon as possible, but I always feel that when I put it on, it is when grandma leaves me......"

Of course, Mu You knew that her feeling was right, the complete inheritance of the secret art crystals could only be officially entrusted to the next inheritor after the death of the previous secret master.

And since her grandmother handed over the ring to Lin Xue, it means that she is ready to face death.

"In fact, sometimes, death is not a painful thing for some people, and living is the only way for them to continue to suffer, and death is a relief." Mu You looked at Lin Xue and said seriously.

Mu You could see that when the old man saw Vivian just now, his eyes revealed not only the joy of reuniting the old man, but also a sense of relief. This was the same as when he first met Vivien, and Vivien showed this kind of ease of unloading all burdens at that time.

For people like them who have lived too long, the only goal of life is to entrust the inheritance, and once they have achieved their goal, they can calmly meet death at any time.

Lin Xue looked at Mu You carefully, and suddenly said: "Grandma once said that she has been waiting for someone to appear, and now it seems that the person she is waiting for is you." ”

"No, it's not me ......"

Mu You shook his head amusedly: "The person your grandmother is waiting for is called Anseni Vivian." ”

"Ann...... Senny? ”

"Well, it's my master, and your grandmother should also be a teacher and a friend."

"Can you tell me about this man?" Lin Xue thought for a while and asked.

"Okay."

Mu You didn't hide it, he explained in detail the secrets of Vivian, the Mystic Association, and the twelve Mystic Masters to her, and by the way, he also briefly talked about the previous few Mystic Associations.

Lin Xue is about to become the heir of Pisces, and she has the right to know these things.

"Original...... That's ......"

After Lin Xue listened, her eyes turned a little red.

is as smart as her, after listening to these secrets, she naturally guessed the most likely outcome next, and her grandmother's death seems to be a fact that cannot be changed.

Of course, she didn't show too much grief, because from Mu You's description, she had vaguely understood that this was a better choice for her grandmother.

At this time, Lin Xue's mobile phone rang.

She took it out and looked at Mu You: "Grandma told us to go back." ”

"Okay."

The two then returned to the villa, and under the gaze of the others, they went straight to the hospital room on the second floor and closed the door.

On the hospital bed, at this time, Grandma Lin Xue's mood had calmed down, and her state seemed to be much better, looking at the two people who entered the door with a kind smile.

Vivian was still standing in front of the bedside table, Mu You noticed that the magic power in her body had been consumed a little, and it seemed that she should have used some means to help the old man stabilize his condition.

When the two of them walked to the bed, the old man looked at Mu You gently and said, "Child, if you have any questions you want to ask, just ask, and I will try my best to answer them." ”

Mu You nodded, he did have a lot of questions that he had been puzzled about for a long time, so he pondered it for a while and spoke: "I want to know, why do the twelve mystics have to find a fool as the inheritor?" ”

In fact, this question also includes an implicit question: why did the twelve of them who were so powerful mystics end up dying......

"Hehe, it's not hard to understand this, it's actually because of the curse of black magic." The old man smiled and said.

"Cursed?"

Mu You was a little confused when he heard it: "Hasn't the curse of losing control been solved by inventing secret art crystals?" ”

The curse of the dark arts refers specifically to 'out of control', and when it gets out of control, the caster permanently transforms into a monster of sorts.

However, the existence of the secret magic crystal itself was born to avoid getting out of control, and it allows everyone to use black magic safely and stably without side effects. Mu You didn't quite understand what the old man meant by the curse for a while.

"Out of control is just a curse on the surface, and with the use of dark magic, there is another deeper curse." At this time, Vivien next to her spoke.

"What?"

"Humanity."

The old man sighed and said, "Dark magic is a means of manipulating the power of nature, and every time black magic is used, the caster will be eroded by the rules of nature, and thus lose a part of his 'humanity'. Although the amount lost each time is incalculable, when the more you use it and the more you lose your humanity, when you accumulate to a certain extent, you will change greatly in a short period of time, become cold-blooded, lose your normal reason and feelings, and become extremely obsessed with killing and blood. ”

"And this change is irreversible, because in this case, man will become more and more dependent on black magic, and the degree of loss of humanity will only deepen until the day when humanity is completely destroyed, and he will become a slave to the laws of nature, a pure killing machine......"

"And that kind of thing?"

Mu You was stunned when he listened.

He suddenly remembered that when he killed the fat wizard on the beach, it was obviously his first time killing someone, but he didn't have any psychological fluctuations, and the calm made him feel abnormal.

Now that I think about it, at that time, could it be that he had also been affected by black magic and lost part of his humanity?

"Yes."

Vivien continued, "At first, we didn't know that there was such a hidden influence of black magic, and by the time we found out that something was wrong, it was already too late, and by that time the twelve of us had already subtly devoured too much humanity by black magic. Although we have consciously reduced our use of dark magic since then, it has only slowed down the rate at which we die. ”

"Then we ......"

Mu You looked at the two strangely, if the black magic had the same effect on him and Lin Xue, Vivian had no reason not to tell him, and Lin Xue's grandmother was even more unlikely to harm her own granddaughter, and took the initiative to hand over the inheritance to her.

"Rest assured, the curse of black magic has no effect on you."

Vivien shook her head and said, "In other words, you fools' lost humanity can be quickly regained in daily life, and this seems to be a special ability that belongs to your fool's bloodline. This is also the reason why we must find the Fool as the heir, and the dark magic is only really harmless magic for the Fool. Vivien said.

"That's ...... so"

Mu You finally figured out this biggest question.

The old man smiled bitterly at this time: "After discovering this curse, the twelve of us agreed that before everyone loses the last of their humanity, we will leave the inheritance to the next generation, and then commit suicide." ”

"Mentor Vivien and the other eleven mystics all left their inheritance in the Star Spirit Realm before they died, and I was the only one who escaped to the Forgotten Lands. I forgot all the magic, sealed the crystals of mystical arts, abandoned my former identity, and tried to fit into the life here, and after years of repeated adaptation, I finally stopped losing my humanity. ”

"Later, I started a family here and wanted to pass on the legacy to future generations, but when the children were born, I realized that they still had half of the Star Spirit bloodline, and they were still affected by the curse of dark magic. I had no choice but to continue to wait for the birth of the next generation...... Fortunately, among the next generation of children, there is finally a fool who meets the conditions of the heir. ”

"That's it...... Me? Lin Xue was stunned.

(End of chapter)