Xi Gu sat behind the counter of the bookstore, quietly sipped his tea, and shook his head in boredom as he watched the girls behind the glass door leave one by one.

Since opening a bookstore here, it's not uncommon for me to see something like this.

In the thousands of days since the awakening ability, it has been accompanied by the continuous improvement of physical fitness. Xi Gu naturally showed many different characteristics from ordinary people in his body.

Although in appearance, he did not become human-like, nor did he grow an extra hand or foot. But there were no parasites on his body anymore, and the pores of his skin seemed to be completely smoothed out.

As for the colonies in the body, whether they are probiotics or harmful bacteria, they have all been completely excreted from his body, and from top to bottom in the body, there is absolutely only Xi Gu's own will, only his life system.

Although this is a violation of the laws of biology, since Xi Gu has already crushed the laws of physics to slag, it seems that it is not a big deal to subvert another biology.

Of course, it was precisely because Xi Gu's body had deviated far from the realm of normal people, so when he was not paying attention, his appearance had become a very eye-catching category in the human world.

——Heroic but not strong, beautiful but not charming, mysterious, dustless......

All kinds of words that seem to be imposed on the worldly immortals can be used to describe himself.

So......

"It's a by-product of evolution, right?"

Xi Gu fiddled with his teacup boredly.

But what's the point? I just want to sit here quietly and look for the next transcendent and transfigurative possibility, creating more and more kinds of transcendent abilities in this world that will feed back to me and make the world a more interesting place.

“…… How could I possibly want to be in a relationship with an ordinary human woman with parasites pouring out of every pore, mites on her skin and squirming in her stomach all the time?"

Shaking his head, Xi Gu threw these boring things out of his mind and remembered his experience during this time.

"In the past ten days, I have been sitting in the bookstore, and I have met a total of three hundred and fifty-one ordinary human beings...... However, for now, it seems that no one has the potential to be transformed, and even if one of them were to give the blood of evolution, I am afraid that I would not be able to achieve a result that will surprise me.

"Although the temperament of human beings will change with the change of experience, status, and identity, but the natural endowment also has a great effect, if the simple transcendent user, unable to condense the soul, purify the spirit, after becoming the transcendent, still forge ahead, there is no possibility of further progress, wouldn't it be very boring?"

Yang Luo's existence has already cultivated Xigu's taste.

At least for now, before he decides to spread the volume on a large scale, completely shake the social structure, and make everyone become extraordinary, Xi Gu still wants to implement the "boutique strategy".

"If there is really no way, just choose a person with more 'potential' from the people you have seen so far, and see how far the other party can exert his extraordinary power."

Thinking like this, his eyes moved to the glass door, and suddenly he found a girl who was hesitating at the door.

Is that......

The girl stood outside the door, through the glass door, her eyes constantly looking inward, staring closely at the side of the bookshelf.

After noticing Xi Gu's gaze, the girl's gaze tightened, and her face turned red.

Xi Gu walked straight over and opened the door.

"Ah......h

The girl stood in the doorway, shrinking her hands and feet, as if she was a little embarrassed.

Xi Gu looked at her and looked straight at her:

"I think you were the companion of the maiden named 'Lucia' just now. What are you doing?"

Manami Mizuhara squirmed.

"My name is Manami Mizuhara...... That, that...... When I just left, I saw a book on the shelf......"

Oh?

"What book?"

Xi Gu smiled with interest.

"It's on the third row of bookshelves, the one on the far right...... It's ......"

The girl snorted, her right hand pointing with difficulty toward the bookshelf over there.

"Come in and talk."

Xi Gu opened the door directly and let Manami Mizuhara enter the bookstore.

The girl leaned over, said softly, "I'm sorry," and walked to the bookstore, and then walked to the shelves with a pace that could not contain her excitement—

"Wow......"

Mana Mizuhara picked up the book from the bookshelf in a practical tone, but the moment her fingers touched the spine, she turned around and confessed to Xi Gu:

"That...... Can I touch it?"

Xi Gu nodded.

"It's okay, you can take it down."

The girl exhaled a long breath, couldn't hide her excitement and said thank you, then grabbed the book from the shelf, opened the preface and table of contents, and let out a whining sound:

"Sure enough, sure enough—it was really Corodin Caswini's Hermes Sage...... Woo woo, 'Jade Record Explained', 'Triple Great Alchemy Soul', 'Stars and Runes', 'Sage Silhouette'...... It's exactly the same as the catalogue circulating on the Internet......"

"Do you know the book?"

Xi Gu, who was standing on the side, looked at Manami Mizuhara and asked with a smile.

"Of course I do!"

At this time, Manami Mizuhara had completely withdrawn from her previous shy and trembling posture, and she had never been so radiant and loud as she was now:

In order to study and get close to the archetype of the triple greatness of Hermes, Casveni analyzed each passage of the preface to the Jade Catalogue in ancient Greek, Latin and Egyptian scripts, and successfully linked the triple greatness of Thoth, Hermes, and Mercury with the occult.

"And Casvenny is also one of the most famous alchemists in history, and it is said that in this book of Hermes, he unified his lifelong alchemical research with the occult study of 'Hermes', and obtained the 'eternal spirit of the philosopher's stone'. Because of so many origins, this "Hermes Sage" has always been regarded as the supreme masterpiece in the field of occultism, but it is a pity that this book came out at the time of the Church's crazy witch hunt, so it can only be secretly printed, and no more than five copies have been circulated today, and the true face inside cannot be glimpsed on the Internet, so many people think that this book is just a legend, but I didn't expect to see it here today......"

Minami Mizuhara gushed about the excitement of having the first opportunity to confide in others about her occult accumulation outside the network, and the excitement made her almost fly. Not to mention that he still has occult works in his hands that only exist in rumors. Under the superposition of multiple joys, her eyes became extremely bright, her body was hot, her breath was short, and her face showed an unnatural flush.

Under the extreme high spirits, Manami Mizuhara got close to Xi Gu's body, and even stuck to it tighter than the previous Liangzi, and the light fragrance of the girl's body poured into Xi Gu's nasal cavity:

"That...... Manager, where did you get this book? Are there any other books on the occult? Why did you collect this book of Hermes? Are you also interested in the occult? Is it? Like me? Store manager, store manager, store manager? ”

Manami Mizuhara's eyes widened, and although through the glasses as thick as glass bottles, she could see that there was no bloodshot between her eyes, and she was full of excitement.

However, for the girl who was crazy to get closer, Xi Gu's reaction was-

"Sorry...... It's too close. ”

"Ahh

Mizuhara Manami was stunned for a moment, only to realize that he was only a few centimeters away from Xi Gu's body at some point, and he was even about to hit his chest, and immediately took a few steps back with a flushed face, and bowed to Xi Gu in a panic:

"Yes, I'm sorry...... That's what I do when it comes to exciting things - Gobaa, I'm out of shape! ”

The girl leaned down, bowed nearly ninety degrees, held a book between her palms, and apologized to Xi Gu with her hands folded, with an extremely sincere attitude.

Looking at Manami Mizuhara's performance, Xi Gu showed a thoughtful expression and smiled slightly.

"This ...... Manami-san, looking at you, you should like the occult-related field, right? ”