I Might As Well Quit This Lousy Wizard Profession-Chapter 263 - 227 Oh no you found out

Chapter 263: 227 Oh no, you found out!

Chapter 263: 227 Oh no, you found out!

The detective siblings had been doing well before joining the Sorcerer’s Sanctuary, making a living off their knack for finding people.

In their own words, there wasn’t a person they couldn’t find.

“Every living being that walks the earth leaves traces,” said Chen Shen, the high school student brother, with an affectedly dramatic tone as he explained their abilities.

These words had given Lin An some inspiration.

Spirituality is a trace of life’s past activities, which might not only represent the past of the concepts of soul and body but perhaps also include traces of the world that have been influenced by life.

It concerns not only the individual but the entire world as well.

Such extended thoughts were due, not only to his increasing exposure to ‘Heart to Heart’ witchcraft, but also to the Trace Reveal Wizardry being performed by the siblings before him.

He carefully observed every detail of the siblings’ spellcasting.

Whoosh~

A ghostly figure swayed in the shimmering golden light points of the dust, exiting the elevator and making its way onto the city streets.

It paused beside the road, its figure flickering.

None wanted to expose witchcraft to the ordinary world, so the Lottery Wizard drove a van that the siblings had used before, concealing this phantom image.

A few people hid in the van’s spacious back seat, curiously watching this phantom figure.

“She looks a bit strange!”

Chen Jie, the sister, pointed to the phantom in front of them and said to Lin An, “She seemed to have a clear purpose in the elevator, but now she hesitates.”

Whoosh~

Chen Shen, the brother, lay on the floor inside the van, blowing another breath, with two streams of golden dust colliding, making Zheng Miao’s phantom seem more real.

At the same time, Chen Jie was casting a spell to reveal more details of the phantom.

Within the ‘Daydream Conference Room’ spell maintained by the Lottery, Lin An commanded the old accountant, “Give Chen Shen a hand!”

“Okay~”

The old accountant seemed to be spellcasting using everyone’s figures within the daydream constructed by the Lottery. Soon, a jolt of the vehicle shook it, affecting the spellcasting of Chen Shen and Chen Jie, yet it fully revealed the dust-shrouded phantom figure.

Chen Shen whistled in amazement, thinking of telling his sister that perhaps it was with the old accountant’s blessing that their current spellcasting was the most effective. Maybe afterward, they could use this method to find a way to improve their performance in casting spells.

But Chen Jie wasn’t listening to him, seemingly stunned by the scene before her.

Indeed, the phantom of Zheng Miao appeared increasingly real, revealing subtle details before their eyes.

——Half of her cheek was covered in roots that writhed like worms, endlessly emerging from her left eye socket. Blood seeped continuously from her right eye socket, spreading and climbing wantonly across her face.

“Is she being influenced by that computer graphic we just saw? She’s being eroded!”

Chen Jie gasped in shock and cried out.

“No, it’s not like that.” Lin An crouched down, gently reached out his hand into Zheng Miao’s phantom and shook it gently, raising an eyebrow, “On the contrary, her psyche seems to be fighting against two external spirits. The fact that this struggle is manifesting through the windows of the soul—the eyes—shows that her psyche is resisting controlling influences, and it’s working quite well.”

The concepts of psyche and spirituality are too abstract, too general for the organization members he was teaching. Maybe the scene in front of them could provide some enlightenment.

Lin An was also inspired—judging from the spellcasting effects of the detective siblings, spirituality truly didn’t represent the ‘past’ of the ‘present’ psyche but was more a trace of the heart’s influence echoing back to the psyche from its activities in the world.

It was like a fallen leaf drifting onto the surface of a lake, creating ripples, and then being carried in dynamic rhythms by those very ripples.

Understanding this was essential.

Lin An seemed to be gradually grasping the so-called ‘Super Dimensional’ aspect of wizardry.

It seemed to have more of an effect on ‘the world’ rather than ‘the individual’.

He had a vague idea, thoughtfully touching the phantom, as three shadows gradually appeared before his Eye of Spirituality.

——”No, no!” The mermaid wearing a little seashell sobbed.

——”Stop struggling~ Bring me the hard drive!” The giant black cat looked down at her, licked its paw as if it was ready to tear the little mouse in front of it to shreds at any moment.

——”I can’t!” the mermaid screamed, “I cannot betray my idol, I love him!”

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——Pfft! Three sharp cat claws stabbed into the mermaid’s torso…

——”Hahaha, go on, go on, since you’re Chen Xinmi’s undercover spy, make haste and take An’s results to your association president Chen Xinmi! You’ve been yearning for this, haven’t you? You’re about to earn your stripes~” The face formed by entangled roots sneered sinisterly from one side, “Quick, don’t hesitate. Though I’m curious to know what An has come up with, I’m keener on finding Chen Xinmi through you!”

Lin An’s expression turned odd.

This was his first glimpse into the traces of past spiritual activity through past images.

Every living being that walks this world leaves a trace behind. Chen Shen was right, the traces of spirituality had indeed been smeared across the world, transcending the concepts of time and space.

The van slowly merged into the city’s traffic, with the Lottery Wizard driving steadily, continuously communicating in the ‘Daydream Conference Room’ with the detective siblings, constantly adjusting and moving directions.

“This is much more convenient than the drivers we used to hire!” Chen Shen felt thrilled by this mode of communication, it was just too convenient, especially for the casting of their Trace Reveal Wizardry.

Sister Chen Jie, however, appeared stunned, looking at her own hand in confusion, then at her brother, “Are you maintaining this sorcery right now?”

Her brother was also taken aback, turning towards his sister, “Isn’t it you who’s maintaining it?”

They looked at each other, blinking, and couldn’t help feeling a bit of terror as they watched Zheng Miao’s phantom drifting in the middle of the van. This target had just apparently stolen a motorcycle from the side of the road, jumped on, and drove off. How could it still be accurately floating in the middle of the van now?

Usually, they would cancel the casting of this wizardry, relocating only at the next intersection!

“Don’t panic, I’m maintaining it.” Lin An gently shook his palm, his gaze blurred as he felt the unique sensation coming from his fingertips.

It was particularly delightful.

He seemed to have touched the spirituality within the traces of the world.

The tender and familiar feel of a mermaid, the thick yet light touch of the roots, the fluffy and warm sensation of the black cat’s fur.

He could even see that all three spiritual entities turned their heads to look at him.

Yes, they were looking beyond the dimension of time, from these traces of the past, at him.

But they were only looking; it seemed they could not affect him through the dimension of time, they were each saying something of their own.

—”Wuwuwu, I’m sorry, I’m sorry~~~” The mermaid only knew how to cry, appearing exceptionally weak.

—”An, are you going to mess up my plans again?” the roots roared.

—The black cat’s gaze was deep, not saying anything, simply swishing its tail lightly, a smile on its lips.

In the eyes of that black cat, it seemed to say, ‘Eh, you caught me!’

Yes!

Lin An had discovered it!

The black cat had lied to him; spirituality was not something from the past at all!

Because Lin An clearly felt that it was not the body that carried spirituality but the traces of the body’s activities in the world! Spirituality was active within these traces.

Therefore, he was able to see these spiritual entities at the moment of eye contact!

Seeing is itself a process of the heart’s window opening to accept information from the outside world, a trace of the body’s activity in the world!

All at once, Lin An had connected everything together.

The biggest difference between Wizards and ordinary people is not spirituality, but the refinement of past traces, that dark gold statue!

And this refinement relies on witchcraft after witchcraft!

No wonder Chen Xinmi told him that practicing the Breathing Skill Furnace would damage the very foundation of a wizard.

This Furnace refined not the so-called ‘True Self Spirituality’ of the black cat, but the ‘Witchcraft Spirituality’ of the past traces guided and refined by witchcraft—that dark gold statue!

Spirituality to the dark gold statue is like the heart to the body.

This is a two-sided gambit of unity, the duality of people’s nature, not a ‘body, spirituality, heart’ trinity.

Of course, if one doesn’t distinguish too finely, combining the dark gold statue and the True Self Spirituality together and calling them both spirituality doesn’t seem to contradict the patterns summarized before.

This discovery finally made Lin An understand the key to casting witchcraft.

Not that ugly head, right, that thing has never been of any help in casting spells for him.

It was the dark gold statue!

A pair of pale colossal hands tore open the fabric of the space, revealing a world enshrouded in dark gold mist, where a dark gold statue emerged.

It slowly extended its hand, moving in sync with Lin An inside the van.

Following Zheng Miao’s phantom, along the traces of past life activities, it delved deeper and deeper.

“This is simply unbelievable!” Chen Jie exclaimed, looking at Lin An, “Great Commander, is this the method you used to mobilize our abilities to cast witchcraft?”

Lin An smiled faintly, “It’s more or less the same technique.”

With that, he materialized a map in the Daydream Conference Room constructed by the Lottery Wizard in his mind, “Follow this direction, find a place no one is noticing, and I’ll take everyone to space warp over! Old accountant, give the Lottery some help.”

“Got it!” Both the old accountant and the Lottery responded in unison in the Daydream Conference Room.

The van suddenly sped up, changing lanes on the road, turned a corner, and headed for the suburban areas.

Hiding one’s traces in a bustling city is a difficult task, but it seems like one that Chen Shuyun is particularly skilled at.

As a series of subtle electric currents stimulated everyone, making their skin crawl, Chen Shuyun nodded at Lin An, “It’s done, no one will monitor this place, unless there’s a satellite or a telescope watching us.”

Therefore, the van drove into a dark alley, and then a giant creature resembling a snow leopard emerged, carrying the van decorated with colorful glitters and disappearing without a trace.

Lin An quickly led everyone along the trail in pursuit.

At last, they arrived in front of an abandoned hardware factory.

The traces glimpsed through spirituality were disturbed here, Lin An asked the Lottery to follow in the car, ready to back up the group, and told the detective siblings to get ready to cast the Dust Reveal Witchcraft again.

“It seems a fierce battle took place here!” Chen Shuyun looked around with a solemn expression, “I feel like I sensed my sister’s presence here! Lin An, we should be careful!”

Upon hearing this, Chen Shen immediately squatted down and blew fiercely, golden light swirling within the dust surged, and he suddenly changed expression, “Great Commander, it seems we’re surrounded!”

Suddenly, towering trees rose up to the sky, which seemed to speed up as if they had accelerators, growing from a few meters off the ground to hundreds of meters tall in an instant. The thick branches expanded and the leaves stacked upon each other, occluding the sun from sight.

“Ah, you’ve found out!”

One figure after another appeared in every corner of the factory, each cloaked in black robes and wearing masks made of kapok flowers.

Their voices sounded mixed, young and old, male and female, yet eerily uniform as if they were coming from the same person.

In unison, they said, “An~! My good student, you’re always causing trouble for me, today just stay here for good!”