Chapter 00278: Confusion Spell
# Confusion Spell
Chapter 278
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 278 Confusion Spell
Li Chengxi had no idea what Audel had encountered; their timing was just off.
He sent Aidas off, then grabbed a box of instant noodles for dinner and went upstairs.
Seeing that Audel and her group had already left the Nautiloid and were continuing their advance, Li Chengxi turned around and took out his newly purchased laptop.
Aidas had mentioned earlier that no matter the type of power, they all shared common ground, and to a large extent, they could even be compatible with each other.
This gave Li Chengxi a wild idea.
What would happen if he used divine power to circulate an internal energy cultivation method?
He still hadn't given up on his wuxia dream.
So, seeing that Audel's side was fine for the moment, Li Chengxi eagerly opened his new computer and found the screenshot of the Ultimate Intent Vajra Technique he had taken before.
At the time, he had only saved it as a backup, thinking he might study it later when he was bored, but he didn't hold out much hope.
After all, when Yang Yiyi first started learning the Breathing Technique, Li Chengxi had tried to mimic her breathing rhythm and nearly choked.
But Li Chengxi had always harbored a wuxia dream, and he wasn't going to give up on it that easily.
However, it soon proved once again what they mean by "the ideal is plump, but reality is skinny."
"Spirit returns to the Jade Ring, Qi rushes the Wind Mansion? What does that mean?"
The very first line of the Ultimate Intent Vajra Technique had Li Chengxi completely stumped.
He had to look it up online to learn that the Jade Ring and Wind Mansion were acupoints, but how was the spirit supposed to return? And how was the Qi supposed to rush?
He understood even less of what came next, things like tempering the spleen and heart, or the flesh and bones filling out.
After staring at it for a long time, the only phrase he could understand was the final one: 'Qi returns to the Dantian.'
And his interpretation of that was... wasn't returning Qi to the Dantian just farting...
Then he looked at the accompanying meridian energy circulation diagram.
It was very clear, but how was he supposed to circulate anything?
Li Chengxi had only just learned the simple application of divine power and was far from proficient.
He didn't even know where the human acupoints were.
Never mind the risk of Qi deviation, if he tried to practice this, it wasn't impossible that he could explode and die.
This highlighted the importance of a foundation.
Li Chengxi had always complained that the Breathing Technique was garbage, but in truth, without the foundation from the Breathing Technique, you wouldn't know how to practice a high-level internal skill even if it was handed to you.
But the Breathing Technique only existed in the Teaching Box, with no written record.
Li Chengxi couldn't even go back and make up for it.
He could ask Yang Yiyi, that was an option, but for the great Heaven-Holding Immortal to ask about something as simple as a Breathing Technique, it felt like the grand persona he'd built up would collapse.
So, now there was only one option left.
Ask Lei Lei.
Asking a cultivator about wuxia matters should be fairly reliable.
After all, the acupoints were all the same.
It was just that Lei Lei had recently gone back to her hometown, so this matter would have to wait until she returned.
With that, Li Chengxi could only shut his new laptop with some disappointment and turn his attention back to his desktop computer.
At this moment, Audel and the others were in a place that resembled a library.
To put it elegantly, they were conducting archaeology.
To put it bluntly, they were looting...
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Not long after leaving the office, the group found a room that might contain some spoils.
The reason they said "might" was because the place was filled with chest-high bookshelves, clearly indicating it was a library.
In this era, paper was very expensive, and books were highly valuable.
Even if they weren't magic books, but simply books recording knowledge, their price could easily be several gold coins.
The high cost of books was a major reason why knowledge was inaccessible to commoners.
It was common to find adventurers who couldn't read a single word.
Generally speaking, Priests were in a slightly better position, as reading was a basic requirement for them to interpret theological scriptures.
But the writing here was all in the Ancient Language.
Even Audel could barely understand it, let alone the others.
A few thousand years was enough time to turn any paper to dust.
The good news was, there were no paper books in the library, but rather ancient clay or stone tablet books.
In that era before the invention of paper, this was the only method of recording.
But precisely because it was ancient and primitive, these baked clay and stone tablet books had survived to this day.
Audel conducted a quick search and found some materials that would be of great interest to historians.
For example, "Magical Miracles of the Elves," "Secrets of the Ancient Aberrations," "Mages of the Void," and "Shadow Mysteries."
These books all recorded legends or knowledge from the Mythic Era.
From a modern perspective, many parts had already been proven to be false rumors, but they still held historical value.
Acting on the principle of "since we're already here," Audel had everyone move the stone or clay tablets they found over to be stuffed into a magic bag, and offered a high price of one gold coin per piece.
The illiterate adventurers had no idea how valuable these things were, but Audel did.
If she sold them back in the City of Academics, the cheapest one would fetch at least ten gold coins.
The profit margin was absurdly high.
But at the same time, Audel noticed something very strange.
She found no books written with the Demon God as the main subject, not even any that mentioned Him.
It was as if they had been deliberately selected and destroyed by someone, as if they were afraid that future generations who came here would learn the secrets of this deity.
Or perhaps, this action was a way to kill a deity.
Gods were not immortal and indestructible.
They had no limit to their lifespan, but they could be killed, even though it was very difficult.
The most practical and effective way to kill a deity was to eliminate their faith, and even their very existence.
If no one remembered them and no books recorded their deeds, then no matter how powerful that god was, they would eventually fall as a result.
This also suggested that the person who did all this was extremely worried that the Demon God might one day return, which was why they were so meticulously destroying everything related to the Demon God.
Of course, there was no need to share these thoughts with the three hired adventurers.
The magic bag had a capacity of sixty cubic meters, and stuffing all the stone tablet books from the entire library inside didn't even fill half of it.
After clearing the area, they exited through a doorway on the other side of the library and continued to explore deeper.
A T-junction appeared directly in front of them.
The path to the left looked like a spiral staircase, but unfortunately, it was blocked, and they could not go down.
Heading to the right, Nimia dismantled two traps that had likely long been deactivated.
This time, they arrived in a room so empty there was nothing in it.
Walking inside, the sound of their footsteps echoed continuously.
It was bare, seeming to be just an empty room.
Just as the group was about to cross through and continue on, Audel suddenly said:
"Stop. There is something here."
When the others turned at her words, Audel had already walked over to one of the walls by herself.
A faint magical light flickered in her eyes, as if she were searching for something, her fingers tracing back and forth along the cracks in the wall.
"I don't see any secret doors or mechanisms. Is it magic?"
As a rogue, this was Nimia's area of expertise, but if an entrance was hidden by magic, then it was beyond a rogue's professional scope.
"A clever confusion spell. For someone with poor mental resistance, it is impossible to discover its existence."
Audel explained briefly.
Then, seeming to have found the right spot, she tapped the wall three times with her staff.
This might have activated some sort of magical mechanism.
The others saw Audel take half a step back after tapping, and then the wall she had struck began to make cracking sounds as dust fell from it like smoke.
In an instant, that wall split down the middle and retracted inward, revealing a doorway large enough for a single person to pass through.
And inside the cave, they could faintly see a tall sculpture, facing them directly.
(End of this chapter)