Chapter 37: Old Families
Daily life in the weird country is peaceful.

In the afternoon, the butcher took Sean to Ms. Hecate's labyrinth library. When passing the long suspended corridor again, Sean saw mountains in the distance that were flattened by some great force.

There should have been several mausoleum-like monasteries there, but now even the mountain peaks have been completely wiped out.

"The Weird Kingdom has not been peaceful during this period." Xiao En said silently in his heart.

The butcher noticed Xiao En's gaze, reached out and patted his shoulder, and comforted him: "It's okay, it's over."

The traces of a great war have been covered up, but the flattened mountains cannot deceive people.

Xiao En hesitated slightly and asked softly, "What happened?"

The butcher pondered for a moment and said, "There are some things that you are not yet capable of knowing."

"I can only tell you that all this is related to the [Old Families]."

Some secrets of the weird kingdom are accompanied by deadly dangers. If you are not strong enough, knowing too much is not a good thing.

It is easy to cause indescribable vanity.

Old family?

Xiao En's expression gradually became solemn.

"However, I should still tell you something." The butcher changed the subject and said in a deep voice: "Someone wants to get rid of you alien souls while Ms. Hecate is away!"

Ok?
Get rid of the alien soul?

Xiao En frowned and listened carefully to the butcher's words.

"I didn't expect them to act so quickly." The butcher glanced at the high wall in the distance and said slowly, "I was just out hunting, and they have already planted a mental hint in you without anyone noticing."

A transcendent person with spiritual path?
Xiao En's expression froze. He had never realized that anyone had planted a mental suggestion on him.

"no way."

"At the time, I could only play along and let you walk out of the high wall, infecting you with the madness of the evil creature. In the end, I used this as an excuse to send you back to the real world for refuge."

The butcher's voice was filled with murderous intent as he said calmly, "We'll talk about everything after Lady Hecate returns."

Now Lady Hecate has returned.

In other words.

The butcher had already cleaned up everything that needed to be cleaned before Sean returned to the weird kingdom.

Xiao En seemed to recall something in his mind.

He remembered that when he first talked to Loris, the other party used some kind of secret voice transmission spell, and even reminded Xiao En not to speak, but just nod or shake his head in response.

At that time, Loris was very cautious and alert.

But later on they seemed to have forgotten this and were communicating and planning their escape in a completely normal way.

After the seeds of doubt were planted, Sean always had an urge to see the truth with his own eyes.

Thinking back now, the scene was very strange.

"The butcher knew all along. He was following me secretly at the time."

"That's why [Death Rewind] didn't trigger."

At this moment, Xiao En thought of many things and felt the horror of the mental path. He even suspected that Loris's memory had been tampered with.

"That's why Loris doesn't trust them at all!"

The spiritual path.

In Weirdland, your thoughts aren’t necessarily your thoughts.

If you were on Earth and you suddenly wanted to go on a spontaneous trip, you would be really bored.

But in the weird country, if one day you suddenly feel like taking a trip on a whim, you have to first think about whether you have the ability of psychic channels, or have been inspired by some ancient and indescribable calling.

The biggest difference between Sean and Loris is that the butcher is Sean's guide and he has someone to protect him, but Loris's guide never showed up from beginning to end.

Xiao En was silent for a while, took a deep breath, and asked, "Why do they want to get rid of the alien soul?"

The butcher said calmly: "Because of interests, resources, the road and so on."

"The talents of the souls from other worlds are excellent, but they have no sense of identity with this world. Even with the blessing of soul echoes, it is difficult for them to have a stable anchor in this world."

“There is a group of people whom you call the indigenous people.”

"They don't trust the spirits from other worlds."

"Once the alien soul gets out of control, the damage it causes is far greater than that of others!"

The butcher seemed to recall something, with a trace of regret on his face, and whispered: "The souls from other worlds will occupy the resources of the Heavenly Fate Path, and they would rather control the power in their own hands."

"But the existence of souls from other worlds is also protected by the rules here."

"They don't dare to act openly, so they want you to die on your own." The butcher was Xiao En's guide, and he was only responsible for Xiao En's safety.

The life and death of others is not within his consideration.

Hearing the other party's words, Xiao En thought of the girl who was as delicate as a doll in an instant.

She wanted Sean to rest in peace on his own initiative.

But in the echo of the soul, he tried his best to save him.

"It wasn't Cecilia." The butcher seemed to have guessed what Xiao En was thinking, and said calmly, "She was the first one to discover that someone had planted a spiritual seed in you."

Isn't it her?

Who could that be?

"The original ceremony."

"The door that is opened should bring in a living person."

"Unfortunately, we miscalculated."

"They are jealous of the souls from another world, and they are also afraid of the souls from another world."

The butcher sighed, "In the end, some of them were taken advantage of by the old followers and transformed into polluters of Chaos followers."

So much for the butcher.

What this means is that Xiao En shouldn't ask too many questions about what happened later, as it's actually safer not to know some things.

Dead? Living?
Has the way the souls from other worlds come to us also been distorted by the weird kingdom?

"Lady Hecate returns at last?"

"Have they settled accounts with these people?" Xiao En still had many doubts in his mind: "What about the real world? Those dangerous extraordinary relics that flowed into the real world from the weird kingdom?"

"Did they find a way to bring it in too?"

"There are traitors in the human race?"

Ahead is Lady Hecate's labyrinth library, with an undead banshee already waiting at the door.

"The lady is waiting for you."

A pale but beautiful maidservant whispered, "Please follow me."

Xiao En walked into the maze corridor again.

Nothing here has changed from the past, except that Sean seemed to be able to vaguely sense the undead banshees busying themselves without having to take off his cloak.

The elegant figure of Lady Hecate sat at her desk, working.

She raised her hand and knocked on the table.

Xiao En sat obediently in a seat nearby.

Ms. Hecate now had the appearance of a bright girl, with pretty features and a pleasant voice. She showed a hint of appreciation and said, "You performed well in Dorne this time."

"I'm thinking about giving you a small reward."

Xiao En stood up and said respectfully: "It's all thanks to the teacher's good teaching."

Lady Hecate chuckled at this and said, "Well then. If you don't want it, forget it."

Xiao En suddenly became a little anxious.

He raised his head and glanced at Lady Hecate secretly, and whispered, "There is a saying in my hometown that a gift from an elder cannot be refused."

Ms. Hecate, who appears in the form of a young girl, should be the easiest to get along with.

She's even a little frisky.

An expressionless undead banshee placed a large number of heavy books in front of Xiao En. He noticed that some of the books on the first row of bookshelves were also placed in front of him. These books were different from the ones he had read before. Some of them had lavender virtual tentacles extending from the pages, and some had dark red flesh marks on the sheepskin covers of the books.

These are magic books!
Sean was not qualified to read them before, but now the banshee maids put them in front of Sean.

"Today we are going to talk about the 24 Career Sequences."

Ms. Hecate knocked on the table, and Sean immediately sat down obediently, looking like a good student.

The lady was very satisfied.

She paused for a moment, picked up the black-framed glasses beside her and put them on. She immediately looked intellectual and bookish, and said slowly: "The career sequence is one's own law, and the mythological path is the law of the world!"

"Before you embark on the path of destiny, you must first learn to master your own laws."

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(End of this chapter)