Lord of Mysterious Wizard-Chapter 136 - Mad Wizard’s Notebook
Chapter 136: Chapter 136 Mad Wizard’s Notebook
Once he set his mind, Tang Qi was about to go back to the stalls he had noted earlier and use Divine Grace Coins to stock up on those materials.
However, just as he was about to turn around, he saw a figure dart past, looking like a young man in a hurry. It seemed he had just finished strolling through the market and couldn’t wait to become a seller.
He chose a black tree and laid out various items under its roots.
Startlingly, they were pages that resembled yellowed manuscripts.
Fortunately, there was no wind in the valley; otherwise, this young man would be frantic by now.
It was his first time setting up a stall, and the young man hadn’t used mist to slightly conceal his surroundings, allowing Tang Qi to see the ghost light gathering on those manuscripts at a glance.
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“Hm?”
Without hesitation, Tang Qi walked straight over.
As he approached, an image already reflected in his eyes.
Then, Tang Qi’s body imperceptibly stiffened, his face showing surprise and delight amid the smoke.
Clearly, he hadn’t expected to encounter such a treasure at the market.
Intense ghost light gathered in his eyes.
[Curios: Mad Wizard’s Notebook.]
[State: Intact (Sealed).]
[Information Fragment One: This is a genuine wizard’s notebook, from a wizard with immense creative power but who was mentally unstable. He imagined a divine being, then considered himself a follower, writing letters to the deity and dedicating various witchcrafts he created.]
[Information Fragment Two: A genius who initially could have ascended to Professional Level as a Wild Wizard ultimately went mad and died. Due to his death, the notebook is sealed. Decryption method: Find the descendants of the Mad Wizard and use their fresh blood to concoct a specific potion.]
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Tang Qi maintained a steady pace, walking towards that stall.
Thoughts swirled in his mind.
Through a small handbook from the Ancient Castle Bureau, Tang Qi already knew about the general levels of Extraordinary Humans and various Professionals. Although all these could potentially be overturned in combat, they were still suitable for reference.
Wizards, without a doubt, belonged to a strong Combat Class.
But correspondingly, advancing to Professional Level posed terrifying difficulties.
For wizards like Tang Qi or Abu, who already had a school heritage, it was already tough enough.
It was hard to imagine how frightfully difficult it would be for a Wild Wizard wanting to rise to Professional Level. According to the description by the Ancient Castle Bureau, everyone who achieved this was an undisputed genius, all eventually stepping into the ranks of the truly powerful.
Now, Tang Qi was seeing such a genius’s left-behind manuscripts.
In the end, he did not ascend to Professional Level, but he left behind a notebook sealed with various witchcrafts he created.
Most crucially, Tang Qi effortlessly learned of the decryption method, as Information Fragments flowed past, including some bloodline information of the Mad Wizard.
“Logically speaking, if the Mad Wizard had descendants, he should have left the decryption method for them, right? Why would it end up outside?”
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“Perhaps he died too crazily and couldn’t in time, or maybe there’s some trap, but no matter, this is definitely a good item, even if there are traps, they can’t hide from my abilities.”
With a thought, Tang Qi had already arrived at the front of the stall, the first customer.
Pretending to have casually walked over, Tang Qi first looked over the manuscripts, then asked the stall owner lightly, “May I take a closer look?”
The thinly-built young man, who had just set up the manuscripts and was sheltered behind the stall by the smoke, seemed also surprised that the first customer appeared so quickly.
Hearing the question, he replied instinctively, “You can, but only one at a time.”
After speaking, he seemed to realize that wasn’t quite the tone for selling items, and quickly added, “These I got from a weird old villa’s basement, they are definitely Extraordinary Items, they were all floating in mid-air back then, and they attracted many ghosts, if it weren’t for my…”
The young man stopped talking mid-sentence.
But his words had already revealed much information; the manuscript came from an abandoned villa’s basement, and he definitely still had other Curios on him, and he himself was a Contactor.
If you’ve already started cultivating Extraordinary Power, you definitely wouldn’t easily sell a handbook-like Curios.
In the smoke, Tang Qi looked at a manuscript before him, its characters exceptionally chaotic, various words combined like garbled code, looking like the ramblings of a madman, most of its content expressing the author’s adoration for a Goddess.
Obsessive, adoration.
Some sentences combined together are almost like erotic fiction.
So this is a madman, fantasizing about a Goddess, and while indulging in her, dedicating the witchcraft he created.
Because this madman died, the witchcraft was sealed.
“Indeed, in the Mysterious Side, obsession is the primary productive force.”
Tang Qi lightly put down the manuscript, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly, he said silently,
“What do you want?”
“Ah?”
The young stall owner, seeing Tang Qi put down the manuscript after a glance, thought the customer was about to leave, was stunned by the question, but he had a plan ready and quickly responded:
“I don’t need money, so I don’t accept Gold Coins, only trade for items.”
“Weapons, I want weapons.”
“If you want to get them, you must provide a weapon that can instantly give me strong Extraordinary Power, with no side effects, and one that I can use.”
“I demand a contract notary during the trade!”
At the end, the young stall owner pointed towards a wooden house at the side of the Valley, lit with lights.
A very reasonable demand!
Tang Qi pondered for a moment, he heard something in the young stall owner’s tone, he urgently needs weapons, perhaps for revenge, or to continue adventuring, you could even say, courting death.
In any case, he actually made a wrong choice.
He is currently just a Contactor, relying on a certain Curios, if Tang Qi were him, he would use this opportunity to trade for a bottle of permanent effect Secret Medicine, or a learning opportunity without future troubles, both could offer permanent Extraordinary Power, more reliable than weapons.
Of course, Tang Qi isn’t him and can’t make decisions for him.
His request put Tang Qi in a dilemma, he did bring weapons on this trip, but neither Blood Python One nor Heige’s Resentment could be traded.
And the Serland’s Dual Blades he did not bring also didn’t meet the stall owner’s requirements, although the Blar Viper Drum fit, he hadn’t brought it, and that drum wasn’t at a stage to be traded.
Thinking on spot, Tang Qi suddenly came up with something, his expression changed, and he too pointed at those wooden houses, saying: “I think, we can have a three-party trade!”
The three-party trade mentioned by Tang Qi actually required a small feature inside the “Contracted Wooden House”.
At this moment, the two stood in front of a counter.
On the counter, there lay a special Curios, a pearly white conch.
Before this, Tang Qi had already paid a total of ten Divine Grace Coins for one-time usage rights, its function was simple: advertising.
Tang Qi leaned in, spoke softly, the next moment every Transcendent in the Valley heard a trade request.
From Tang Qi, the stake was … Devil Dog Hybrid Manuscript.
The ask, an Extraordinary Weapon without side effects.
After finishing, Tang Qi looked through the wooden house windows, seeing many stall owners and buyers inside the Valley somewhat tempted, Tang Qi stated the function of the manuscript directly, even a normal human could breed a Devil Dog with the manuscript, though the risk was quite high.
But after a moment, those people were tempted, none came in.
Tang Qi let out a breath, leaned in again, directly adding two more incentives: fourteen Devil Dog teeth, plus one “Beast Taming” service.
No sooner had he finished speaking, within a few seconds, the door to the wooden house was pushed open, and three Responders walked in simultaneously.
Seeing this scene, amidst the smoke, Tang Qi’s mouth immediately curved into a brilliant smile.
