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"Old Man, what does he mean?"
Leonard regained control of his body, his tone a mix of confusion and suspicion towards the Old Man inside him.
Leyton didn't wait for Pallez's reply and continued to offer his terms:
"I can also help you once when you encounter Amon. The conflict between you and him is inevitable, and I encountered Amon once at the end of last year and had some conflicts. Of course, those Amons have already been Purified."
"Why should I believe you? Maybe you had already become Amon's Avatar at that time!"
Pallez spoke again through Leonard.
"I'm not wearing a monocle, believe me, you can get the protection of knowledge, which is better than your current situation, right? Can you be sure the Goddess will take care of you?"
Leyton pushed up the framed glasses on his nose and continued to persuade him.
"Heh, you actually call the Evernight the Goddess? Does the God of Knowledge know?"
Pallez mocked him.
Leyton was choked for a moment, "Why does it feel like everyone is a Provoker except for Hunters!"
"Saying that in front of a Beyonder of the Hunter Pathway is quite Provoking too!"
Pallez used the same trick as Amon, reading Leyton's thoughts.
Thinking that the other party was reading his mind, Leyton simply recalled the memory of encountering Amon in his mind.
After a while, Leyton saw Leonard's expression opposite him become quite colorful, thinking that the other party was whispering to the Old Man in his body again.
Pallez's tone became a bit strange when he spoke again:
"You? What is your relationship with Knowledge?"
"Hmm? The relationship between a Blessed and a god!"
Leyton was a bit confused, but still replied very sincerely.
Pallez didn't ask any more questions, instead, he started asking about the terms of the trade:
"What are your trade terms?"
"Hmm? You agreed? My promise is what I just said, news of a Marauder demigod in poor condition, plus helping you once when you encounter Amon."
Seeing Pallez relent, Leyton immediately said. Then, pointing to the mutated Sun Sacred Emblem in Leonard's hand, he said:
"I need you to help me extract the drop of Eternal Blazing Sun's divine blood from this mutated Sun Sacred Emblem and give it to me."
"Eternal Blazing Sun's divine blood?" Pallez's tone became strange again.
"You said there's divine blood in this emblem! And it's the Eternal Blazing Sun's!" This exclamation came from Leonard.
"Don't make such a fuss!"
Pallez said something inside Leonard's body, then took over control of Leonard's body again. Speaking through Leonard, he said:
"Alright, but do you have a container that can hold divine blood?"
Leyton was stunned for a moment; he really hadn't thought about this question before coming. Ordinary bottles certainly couldn't hold divine blood, and once extracted, the aura it emitted could very likely be detected by the corresponding god.
"You didn't prepare?"
Pallez's tone carried some annoyance; he felt that this little kid was just teasing him.
Leyton scratched his head, saying with embarrassment:
"Wait a moment, I'll go get one."
In the Church of the Evernight, it was inconvenient to chant the honorific names of other gods or angels, so Leyton directly entered the Library in the Spirit World Depths through the Spirit World Sorcerer's circle.
As soon as he arrived at the Library, Leyton saw Mr. Hughes and a thin old man with a lemon-yellow robe and a long white beard sitting opposite each other, both turning their heads to look at him.
Leyton instantly knew the identity of this old man: one of the seven pure lights of the Spirit World, Yellow Light Venithan.
"Mr. Hughes, Mr. Venithan, good afternoon!"
Leyton suddenly realized that it was a bit awkward to address Mr. Hughes and Yellow Light when they were together.
"The Spirit World does not have the concept of morning or afternoon," Mr. Hughes replied.
"Mr. Hughes, I have a rather urgent matter that requires your help. Do you have a vessel that can hold divine blood?"
Leyton didn't mind Mr. Hughes's lecturing and eagerly asked about a vessel that could hold the Eternal Blazing Sun's divine blood.
"Divine blood?" Yellow Light Venithan looked at Leyton with surprise in his eyes.
"No, the Eternal Blazing Sun's divine blood is too noisy. Ordinary vessels would be directly assimilated and start mindlessly praising the Sun," Mr. Hughes shook his head and said.
Mr. Hughes's answer greatly surprised Leyton. Due to his previous requests always being granted, Leyton had never considered the possibility that Mr. Hughes might not have a vessel capable of holding divine blood.
Mr. Hughes, sitting with Yellow Light Venithan, glanced at Leyton with a bored expression, then waved his hand and sent Leyton out of the Library.
"Hmph! Foolish, your Messenger can temporarily store the Eternal Blazing Sun's divine blood. As long as you throw that book back quickly, nothing will happen."
Mr. Hughes's voice echoed in Leyton's mind.
Leyton came back to his senses, and the scene before him had returned to inside the Church.
Leonard was curiously sizing up Leyton, not knowing what Old Man Pallez had just told him.
Leyton was still wondering why Mr. Hughes seemed a bit temperamental today, and it took him a while to come back to his senses after Leonard had been curiously observing him for a long time.
"I have something that can temporarily hold the Eternal Blazing Sun's divine blood," Leyton said, looking at Leonard opposite him.
"You got it so quickly?" Pallez's tone carried some doubt.
Thinking about the item that could hold the Eternal Blazing Sun's divine blood, Leyton was also a bit speechless; it turned out to be his own Messenger. And from Mr. Hughes's words, it usually stayed in that Library.
"Found it, I have it myself, but wait a moment, let's make the most of this mutated Sun Sacred Emblem first."
Leyton wanted to use the Eternal Blazing Sun's divine blood to make two charms first, and also give the poet classmate a bit of hush money.
As soon as he finished speaking, he remembered that he hadn't brought any ritual materials. At this moment, Leyton really wanted to slap himself.
"How did I become as forgetful as the Sleepless!" Leyton self-mocked.
"Do you have some misunderstanding about the Sleepless?"
Leonard retorted on behalf of the Sleepless.
"You're right, it's the Nightmare who's forgetful! Let's not talk about this. I'll take out the item for holding divine blood and we can start directly. Mr. Leonard, I'll bring you your hush money later. I left in too much of a hurry today and forgot to bring the ritual materials."
Leyton waved his hand, not wanting to dwell on the topic.
Actually, Leyton didn't even have the ritual materials to summon a Book Messenger, but since he knew the Book Messenger was in the Library, and Mr. Hughes had thrown him back so directly, Leyton felt there was a simpler way to summon the Book Messenger.
Leyton closed his eyes and meditated, then vibrated his spirituality. Behind him, as his spirituality rippled like water, a fragmented circular ring made of gears and chains emerged.
"Spirit wandering in the void, a friendly upper-world creature to humans, the exclusive Book Messenger of 'Al Tines'."
He chanted his Book Messenger's summoning incantation. At the same time, Leyton also communicated with the Library located deep within the Spirit World through the ring behind him.
After a short while, a brass-colored book fell from the Spirit World to Leyton's front.
Leyton reached out and took his Book Messenger into his hand, then offered it to Leonard:
"Let's begin. This is what will temporarily hold the Eternal Blazing Sun's divine blood."
Leonard stared at Leyton with a strange look for a long time. Leyton felt that not only Pallez but Leonard himself was also staring at him with that strange look.
"Alright!" Pallez's aged voice sounded.
Then Leyton saw a huge, ancient, mottled grandfather clock phantom appear above Leonard's head. This phantom was divided into twelve segments, each either grayish-white or bluish-black, mixed together with distinct boundaries and different symbols.
This huge, ancient, mottled grandfather clock phantom gently rotated clockwise once. Leyton felt as if he heard the illusory sound of a bell, but when he listened carefully, there was no sound at all.
The sacred emblem, stained by the Eternal Blazing Sun's divine blood, which Leonard held in his hand, dimmed slightly, its surface luster decreased, but it was not obvious. However, if one didn't look closely, they wouldn't notice it.
The huge, ancient, mottled grandfather clock phantom gently rotated counter-clockwise again, returning to its original position, then quickly faded and disappeared.
At the same time, the brass-colored book Leyton held in his hand turned golden, as if cast from gold.
"Alright, don't forget your promise!"
Pallez's voice came again, but it felt a bit weaker than before.
Leyton threw the golden Book Messenger back into the Spirit World, letting the Book Messenger return to the Library by itself.
"The demigod parasitic on the rat is hiding on Boklun Street in Backlund. The student it intends to use to replenish itself is named Hazel Macht, the daughter of Councilor Macht. With this information, you should easily find it."
Leyton directly told Pallez and Leonard the information about the rat demigod. At the end, he added:
"I'm not sure about the current situation of that Marauder Pathway demigod, but it will definitely be in this situation when you arrive in Backlund. You can understand this as a prophecy."
Since there was still some time before Leonard went to Backlund, Leyton felt that the rat demigod most likely hadn't started the most unlucky period of its life yet.
"Prophecy?"
Leonard frowned slightly, looking at Leyton with some suspicion.
"You also heard the summoning incantation for the Book Messenger just now. You can summon it through the Book Messenger summoning ritual. If you need anything, you can contact me. I'm leaving now. I'll send you your hush money later."
After getting the Eternal Blazing Sun's divine blood, Leyton was eager to leave.
After speaking, Leyton Imitated Spirit World Travel and left the Church.
"Old Man, is his word credible? That prophecy? And the Marauder Pathway demigod he mentioned? Also, are you really a Grounded Angel?"
After Leyton left, Leonard immediately asked a series of questions to the air in front of him, muttering to himself.
"You have too many questions. His relationship with Knowledge is clearly unusual. That prophecy should be true. As for your worries, there's no need at all. You're not a Beyonder of the Marauder pathway, so you don't meet the conditions for me to devour you and regain some of my strength."
Pallez didn't explain too much to Leonard.
"But!" Leonard wanted to say something.
"Alright, helping that kid extract the divine blood and conceal its aura just now made this old man, who is already in poor condition, even more uncomfortable. I need to go into a deep sleep for a while."
"Don't look for me if there's nothing wrong! Don't look for me if there is something wrong! If you have trouble, summon that kid's Book Messenger. Before he gives you hush money, extort him as much as you can."
After Pallez finished this long speech, he fell silent.
"Old Man!"
"Old Man?"
Leonard called Pallez for a long time but received no response.
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