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Under Bugs Bunny's careful operation, a bottle of green potion with dense bubbles constantly rising and falling was concocted.
"Boss! Was it successful?"
Bugs Bunny asked cautiously. It thought this potion, which looked a bit like poison, must have failed.
Leyton frowned slightly, took a gold coin from his pocket, flicked it into the air, and then caught it with his hand.
"It's successful!"
After finishing the divination, Leyton nodded.
"Really?"
Bugs Bunny still couldn't quite believe it; this green potion looked more like poison no matter how it was viewed.
"Really, drink it quickly!"
Leyton urged.
Bugs Bunny looked at the green potion in its hand, hesitated repeatedly, but still trusted its boss's words and drank it.
As the potion entered, Bugs Bunny felt its entire rabbit body swell up.
In Leyton's eyes, Bugs Bunny's fur seemed to come alive, starting to unnaturally curl and dance in the air. The entire rabbit instantly transformed into a giant furball.
This process didn't last too long; after about one or two minutes, the gray fur began to shrink, revealing Bugs Bunny's original appearance. However, its small jacket was torn by the fur, and the bow tie around its neck fell to the ground.
"How is it?" Leyton asked aloud.
Bugs Bunny looked down at its hands. It found that it could move each finger flexibly, and its hind legs were also a bit sturdier. The difference between it and ordinary rabbits was growing more and more apparent.
"Boss, I can also move my fingers flexibly now!"
Bugs Bunny extended its two paws and said excitedly.
Leyton frowned slightly; ordinary animals shouldn't have this kind of change after consuming a potion.
Leyton, feeling a bit uneasy, flicked a gold coin and performed a simple divination, only feeling relieved after confirming that Bugs Bunny truly had no problems.
"It seems that the previous mutation made it different from ordinary rabbits, and as it consumes more potions, the differences on its body are becoming increasingly obvious," Leyton speculated in his mind.
"Boss? What's wrong?"
Bugs Bunny saw Leyton flick the gold coin and asked uneasily.
"Nothing, just a small divination. What abilities did the Sequence 7 potion bring you?" Leyton asked curiously.
When speaking of Beyonder abilities, Bugs Bunny became excited again, standing on the table and waving its two paws, saying:
"There's an ability called 'Savage Growth,' which can catalyze the growth and reproduction of living beings and can also be used in combat. I also gained the ability to distinguish different plants and their uses. And there's a 'Blessing of Bountifulness,' which can bring a good harvest!"
"Bountifulness? Perhaps that is the key to your acting."
Leyton said thoughtfully.
"Your jacket needs to be taken to a tailor for mending. For now, wear that hooded cloak. Also, go calm the restless spirituality within you. I'll go make a charm."
Saying this, Leyton sent Bugs Bunny aside.
Then, from a small metal box, he took out a glass bottle containing the Eternal Blazing Sun's divine blood, along with the corresponding ritual materials. He lit the candle, drew mystical symbols representing the Sun and the Hermit on the ground with a ritual silver pen, and placed a small piece of gold and some Beyonder materials on top.
Leyton used a ritual directed at the Hidden Sage to seek a response for making the charm.
Because he wanted to try making different charms, Leyton made some substitutions for the materials used to make the charm, and he prayed to the Hidden Sage in advance, providing relevant explanations, hoping to receive His help.
In fact, praying to the God of Knowledge was also an option, but Leyton personally felt that the Hidden Sage, who helped him cheat, was more intimate than the God of Knowledge, who gave him exams.
After preparing the ritual, Leyton dripped a drop of "Sun" essential oil onto the lit candle and ignited the gold frankincense and rosemary powder.
Then, he began to chant the incantation in Dragonese:
"Blood of the Eternal Blazing Sun"
"You are the inextinguishable light, the embodiment of order, the God of Contracts, the Guardian of Businesses."
"I pray to you, I pray that you grant me the power of the Sun!"
As the incantation was completed, the Eternal Blazing Sun's divine blood in the dark glass bottle emitted a dazzling light, illuminating the hotel room as if facing the midday Sun directly.
The symbol representing the Hidden Sage, which Leyton had drawn on the ground with the ritual silver pen, began to gather this sunlight. The small piece of gold and ritual materials placed on the symbol gradually melted, and finally, eerily, merged with the gathered light, forming a golden charm with complex patterns on both sides.
Leyton bent down and picked up the charm, closed his eyes, and carefully felt the charm's abilities.
The "Purification" charm, highly damaging to evil spirits and Wraiths, could also be attached to weapons for use.
"It's a bit like the Solar High Priest's Purification Slash, and the strength should be similar."
Leyton murmured, then put the charm into his clothes pocket. He then began to tidy up the ritual items on the ground, restoring the room to its original state.
"Since I'm free anyway, I might as well go give Leonard some hush money and chat with the Old Man to build a good relationship in advance. Perhaps I'll need his help in the future."
Leyton thought for a moment and quickly made a decision.
Bugs Bunny had already changed into a small hooded cloak. With the tall top hat on its head and the red wooden melodica in its hand, it had more of a Magician's demeanor than when it wore a small vest.
Looking at this rabbit showing off in front of the mirror, Leyton inexplicably felt that the Apprentice or Seer Pathways would be most suitable for it.
"Come on, let's go out."
Leyton called out to Bugs Bunny, who was still in front of the mirror.
Upon hearing this, Bugs Bunny took off its top hat, bowed formally to the mirror, and then quickly jumped onto Leyton's shoulder.
Leyton felt his shoulder sink, and his body uncontrollably tilted backward. He quickly grabbed the windowsill, thus avoiding being knocked over by Bugs Bunny.
"Why did you get heavier after drinking the potion? You can't perch on my shoulder anymore; my shoulder can't take it."
Leyton said, grimacing.
"Ah!"
Bugs Bunny jumped down from his shoulder, very disappointed.
Leyton straightened up again, rubbed his faintly aching shoulder, and felt quite helpless.
Neither the Reader nor the Mystery Pryer Pathways are known for physical prowess. This rabbit's current weight was already unbearable for his small body.
"Grab my pant leg."
Leyton reminded Bugs Bunny.
Before Bugs Bunny could react, Leyton directly used Spirit World Traverse to leave the hotel room.
While traversing the Spirit World and divining Leonard's location, Leyton arrived at an asylum.
As soon as he exited the Spirit World, Bugs Bunny released its grip on Leyton's pant leg and sprawled on the ground in a disheveled state.
Leonard, who was monitoring the asylum, saw two figures, one large and one small, suddenly appear in front of him. He instinctively recoiled and drew his gun.
"Tsk! Quick reaction, aren't you!" Leyton teased him aloud.
After clearly seeing who was in front of him, Leonard's expression grew even uglier:
"Can't you just use the front door? Always appearing and disappearing so suddenly, are you acting as a ghost?"
"I'm not from the Exotic Species Pathway; I don't need to act like that."
Leyton replied. Without waiting for Leonard's reaction, he took two charms from his pocket and threw them to him:
"Your hush money: one Purification charm, one Sun charm."
Fumbling to put down his gun, Leonard then caught the charms Leyton threw him. He curiously examined the two charms for a moment, noticing that their material seemed to be gold, and they were inscribed with similar but not identical mystical symbols.
"What are they for? And since they look so similar, how do I tell them apart?"
Leonard's tone was not particularly friendly.
"Roughly equivalent to a Sequence 7-level charm. The activation incantation for the charm is 'Sun.' Just say it in a language that can leverage natural power. For the specific effects and how to tell them apart, just ask your Old Man."
Leyton didn't explain in too much detail.
Hearing the other person mention the Old Man in his body, Leonard's expression grew a bit uglier again.
"He went back to sleep after helping you steal a drop of divine blood last time."
Leonard hesitated for a moment but still revealed the information that Pallez had fallen into slumber again.
Leyton stared at Leonard for a good while, a bit confused. Was stealing just one drop of divine blood truly that exhausting?
However, aside from Leonard's increasingly grim expression, he couldn't discern anything else.
"Alright, the one on the left is the Purification charm. It can unleash a single strike against evil spirits and Wraiths, and it can also be attached to weapons for use. The one on the right is the Sun charm. Within a twenty-meter radius, it can effectively boost companions' courage and purify the evil forces within their bodies. You can put them in different pockets for easy identification."
Leyton still explained the functions of the two charms in detail.
"How do their names and effects sound exactly opposite?"
Leonard asked, full of confusion.
"I just named them randomly. If you're not satisfied, you can call them the other way around. It doesn't really matter."
Leyton shrugged indifferently.
With Pallez the Old Man falling into slumber, Leyton's original plan to chat with the Old Man and deepen their relationship was forced to be canceled, and he temporarily couldn't find anything else to do.
"Do you know of any good food nearby? Or local specialties would be fine too."
Leyton felt that since he had gone to the trouble of going out, he shouldn't just deliver a charm and go back.
"I don't know. This is just a small City. What could there be to attract someone like you?"
Leonard really didn't want to bother with Leyton. But the other party had just given him two charms as hush money, so it was hard to refuse.
"Someone like me? Do you know me?"
Leyton suspected whether his wanted poster from the sea had reached here.
"No, but you're clearly not an ordinary Sequence 6 Beyonder."
Leonard revealed some information the old man had told him last time.
"Update your outdated information. I'm already Sequence 5 now."
Leyton corrected him.
Leonard glared at Leyton. He felt the other party was there to show off to him.
The other party seemed one or two years younger than himself. Leonard suddenly felt that he should also work harder. Klein also advanced to Sequence 8 yesterday. If this continued, they would all surpass him.
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