Chapter 161 Ritual: Void Teaching

Annan picked up the hairy cowhide that had been pretreated and cut to the size of a handkerchief, and sniffed lightly.

It seems that for the convenience of Annan's use, the peculiar smell of fur on the cowhide has been removed as much as possible.

Annan put the [Dark Blue Guardian] aside.

He picked up the slender crystal rod engraved with complex lines... Annan glanced at it roughly, it seemed to be some kind of star map.

It looks so advanced.

He sighed silently.

Although Annan hardly performed any rituals, his body was moving very naturally.

Annan gently uncorked the tan vial containing "snake's tears", put the crystal rod into it, dipped it fully, and placed it on top of the cowhide.

After it had dripped "one drop" of tears, it was re-immersed in the vial. Repeat until three drops fall. After the three tears were immersed, the cowhide didn't seem to have changed, but all the tears on it were suddenly sucked in.

——In this way, the simple seal lifting ceremony is already half completed.

Only then did Annan turn the knob and simply lit the green light on the table, a success.

After igniting a slender and stable flame, Annan used a large pair of tweezers to pick up the "Dark Blue Guardian" and put it on the fire to bake slowly and evenly.

About every three or four seconds, Annan would touch the ring with different fingers of his left hand to test the temperature.

The most difficult thing about the ritual is that many of its indicators are not clear-such as how many steps to take, how much to heat, how much to cool... It sounds like "the right amount" as metaphysical. Because of the high cost, danger, and material differences of mysterious rituals, no one dares to quantify them.

So in many cases, it is necessary to rely on instinct and luck.

Fortunately, the temperature required in this ceremony is not too high.

After it reached the level of "slightly hot but not red", Annan immediately pulled it away from the fire, wrapped it completely with treated cowhide, and held the cowhide bag holding the ring with both hands, like a lantern festival. Generally, it is gently rolled and wiped between the palms.

"……Um?"

Annan snorted lightly.

As soon as he wiped it twice, he suddenly felt that it didn't feel right.

It's like breaking a gem suddenly...

...I won't rub the gem off, will I?

Annan hurriedly opened the leather bag, but found that the blue gem had indeed fallen.

Not even just gems. The original sterling silver part was also directly erased. Just like the layer covered on it has been erased, every time you wipe it, you can see that the silver shell has been painted off, but after only two or three times, the part that originally fixed the gemstone has been wiped off. . So the gem just fell out.

And as Annan wiped further, the silver traces left on it were easily wiped off. The silver dust fell, and all of it was stained on the cowhide.

The ring itself revealed a new essence.

—It was a slender female ring made of dark blue gems.

Annan raised his head subconsciously and looked at the hand of the female named "Zuo Ya".

The ring on the ring finger of her left hand looks almost exactly like this ring.

The only difference other than the color was that the ring in Annan's hand did not exude that extremely dangerous cold air. The icy cold, if it wasn't for an incapacitated wizard, would even freeze his fingers.

As for the ring in Annan's hand, although it was still very cold, it was roughly like a metal object outside in winter...a level that ordinary people could safely touch.

Of course, if you lick it, it may not be so safe.

And after Annan wiped it, its prompt changed immediately:

[Guardian of Dark Blue, Lily Rasputin's Secret Ring]

[Type: Ring/Ritual Item (Gold)]

[Description: Lily Rasputin's secret ring, its seal has been completely lifted]

[Effect: Wear it to trigger the ceremony: Void Teaching]

[Void Spirit Teaching: In front of you,

A vision of the ceremonial master "Lily Rasputin" will appear, and she will expound some "knowledge" for you; this knowledge is a catalog, and you can directly learn the whole part of any kind of knowledge; but in After being extracted by you, when other people use this ritual again, they will not be able to inherit this item again]

I see.

Without hesitation, Annan put the [Dark Blue Guardian] on the ring finger of his left hand.

In his eyes, the ring suddenly burst out with a strong white light, and countless particles of light and dust drifted out from the ring and slowly condensed in front of him. At this time, Annan quickly turned his head and checked the pupils of others.

Neither Ivan nor Zhuoya saw this abnormality.

Is it a complete illusion?

Soon, that light condensed into a woman sitting on a chair.

She looked young, in her early twenties.

Annan subconsciously glanced at the portrait on the bedside.

"Lily Rasputin" and his mother, Anya, are about seven points similar, and they are also a beauty; it's just that the temperament does not look as cold and noble as Anya.

Lily feels more "cute". There was a small flower in her hair, which was the silver-purple flower in the sea of ​​flowers when Annan and Kafne first met.

... In this way, Don Juan's appearance is flawed, and it should be the old crow's pot.

Such an idea appeared in Annan's mind for the first time.

According to their true blood relationship... Don Juan Geraint should be regarded as Annan's cousin.

Although Don Juan's appearance can be considered to be more than delicate, but compared with Annan and Maria, it is obviously more than one grade worse.

If you think about it, the old crow is the real spy - he looks like a complete passer-by. Even Annan's memory couldn't remember what the old crow looked like.

Eugene Geraint's almost magical "ordinary sense", although it will also make people forget his appearance, but at least it can be noticed. And the old crow really had nothing unusual... Annan even forgot his back and his voice.

This strange talent is indeed a gift for spies.

But it was because of his drag that the old crow's sons, who might have been considered good-looking, dropped a lot...

But speaking of it... Old Crow and Lily, it's more than 20 years old, right?

"Ahhh, can you hear me?"

Lily Rasputin opened her mouth and watched Annan speak.

Her voice was light and elastic, reminiscent of a teenage innocent girl.

Without waiting for Annan's response, she said to herself: "Although I don't know who will open this ring... But I must first state that it wasn't Euphemia Melvin who kidnapped me. Come here, I didn't kill her!

"We're good friends. It's our deal... swapping lives. It's a pretty crazy deal, right?"

When Lily said this, she stuck out her tongue: "If Dad knew, I ran over and married an old man, and he would break my leg!

"But I think... By the time this ring is opened, Dad shouldn't be able to see it."

When she said this, her expression was a little lonely.

But Lily quickly picked up her spirits: "The first secret I'm going to reveal is the truth about my deal with Yuffie—

"In fact, from the very beginning, I knew that I would not live long."