Chapter 15: Condition Three - Bathing in Fire
The small notebook before him was probably the thing that left the deepest impression in the original owner's memory.
Xu Le was very clear about the original owner's personality.
Besides a few childhood playmates, there seemed to be nothing else worth remembering for him.
Even the impression of his parents was very faint.
Except for this...
Although he was already familiar with the contents in his memory,
After coming here, Xu Le still couldn't help but look through it again.
After all, this was a notebook recording supernatural powers.
On the first page of the notebook:
[Disaster, as the name implies, calamity and harm.
And Disaster Mages are the most destructive of all mages.
Their abilities are as straightforward as their name, being able to create disasters as independent entities.
They control the powers of frost, flame, thunder, earth, storm, etc. The violent energy can tear everything apart.
They possess extremely terrifying killing power, explosive power, and large-scale attack capabilities.
Destruction is their synonym.
Of course, the shortcomings of Disaster Mages are equally obvious.
Compared to other mages, the abilities of Disaster Mages are mostly more direct and intuitive.
This leads to Disaster Mages having poorer self-protection abilities and fewer special abilities.
The advancement process is more extreme, etc...]
The content recorded in the notebook was not much, probably only a few pages.
It was basically an introduction to the abilities of Disaster Mages and an evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses.
As Xu Le flipped through the contents of the manual, the force of his fingers unconsciously increased.
Turning to the last page of the manual, he took another deep breath.
[Disaster Mage - Flame LV1 Advancement - Sacrifice Method, specific conditions as follows.]
LV1 - Flame Secret Mage
Sacrifice advancement conditions:
One, consume Guyun products; the purer and stronger the energy, the higher the success rate.
Two, weave ten flame flowers into a wreath with strange threads, wear it on your head at noon on Monday, and feel the afterglow of the scorching sun.
Three, bathe in fire.
Successfully bathing in fire will allow advancement.
Reaching the end, Xu Le's mouth still couldn't help but twitch.
There was no mention of failure or such content above, but the original owner's own notes were already filled with situations of failed advancement.
Consuming Guyun contaminated products would likely result in immediate death, with a small chance of mutating into an aberration.
Either way meant the person was gone, so there was no need to consider other consequences of failure.
Then there was the second condition, feeling the afterglow of the scorching sun.
This was basically just a pure resource condition and ritual content; he didn't know if there would be any additional situations.
The last condition was also very simple and straightforward, the core of the sacrifice.
Bathing in fire.
The result of bathing in fire also didn't need to be considered.
Didn't you see the words "successfully bathing in fire"? They didn't even write about the result of not succeeding.
If you reach this step, success is success; if not successful, the person is probably gone, so there's no need to consider other things.
After digesting the contents of the manual, Xu Le was speechless for a long time.
Curious? Yes.
Longing? Also yes.
But if he were really asked to try it, Xu Le felt it was better to take it slow!
Moreover, he had a slight doubt about the contents of this Flame Secret Mage Advancement Manual.
Was this manual real?
This question couldn't be confirmed, but the original owner believed deeply in its contents.
It was because of this deep belief in its contents that the original owner killed Old Zhou and seized that Guyun seed.
Consuming Guyun contaminated products is an extremely dangerous act, not an exaggeration to say it's nine deaths out of ten.
But Guyun fruit is different; it's a pure Guyun product. Most people who eat Guyun fruit won't have problems, and some might even awaken additional powers.
The only drawback is its price - extremely expensive.
Even half a Guyun seed was something the original owner, with his current qualifications and financial capacity, couldn't afford even after ten years of saving.
The original owner's desire for the supernatural was too strong, leading him down this path of no return.
"Ah, life is always full of choices! Choose wrong once, and you can't turn back."
While sighing, Xu Le looked at the last page again.
The manual clearly emphasized the sacrifice method.
So besides the sacrifice method, were there other methods?
If there were other methods, would those other types of methods be much safer than the sacrifice method?
These were all questions in Xu Le's mind, but at this moment, no one could give him answers.
"Today is Tuesday, let's see in a few days."
Xu Le put away the manual and came to the window.
Looking down at the narrow alley between the two single-story houses below the window, Xu Le was silent for a long time.
Paper, lots and lots of paper, all crumpled into balls; what was inside, most men could probably guess.
The quantity was so large that it almost covered the entire surface of the narrow alley.
There were no windows on the opposite side, so these papers were likely thrown by the original owner...
"I probably know why I have so many lust fruits now.
But why can't I remember the specific content clearly? What was he getting off to?"
This question troubled Xu Le for a long time, but even by late night, there was no answer.
Walking to the door, at this time, the streets of the lower city district were already deserted.
The pure white moonlight mixed with the brightness of the street lamps fell on his face.
"The moonlight is white, so why is the moon in the original owner's memory always red?"
Suddenly, an intense heat appeared in his heart, this time the feeling was stronger than ever before.
It was almost to the point of making him frantic.
Enduring the discomfort, Xu Le covered his head, and all the objects around him became like a distorted kaleidoscope.
Xu Le looked around, but there were no prompts or mutations.
But where did this strong feeling come from?
With doubt, Xu Le suddenly stopped, then abruptly looked up at the sky.
The originally pure white moon had now turned a bright blood red.
In this state, where everything else was blurry to his vision, the red moon appeared particularly clear.
The red moon was rotating, and the air around the red moon was rotating with it.
This air was like gears covered with grooves.
Just like a countdown!
[The Red Moon Calamity will arrive in 1 day and 1 hour.]
"Red Moon Calamity!" Xu Le murmured.
This prompt had appeared since he first came to this world, he remembered clearly.
2 days' time seemed very distant to him back then.
Compared to the aberration that was about to refresh in the small cabin in 10 minutes at that time, it indeed wasn't worth extra attention.
But now it's different, he has entered a safe area.
But even in this safe state, the Red Moon Calamity prompt still appears.
This means that even in a city with sufficient light and safety, this point will not change.
Tomorrow is June 30th, the end of the Scorching Season in his memory.
On this night, it's also the day when the Guyun Black Tide will descend.
"Red Moon Calamity... is it the Guyun Black Tide?"
(End of Chapter)
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