Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 359

Part of the mysterious power entrenched in the mysterious room was eliminated.

Although it has not been completely cleaned up, at least in the hall of the mysterious house, there is no longer any interference from mysterious forces. It is quiet enough for Merlin to sit by the warm fireplace and listen to a spirit body from the 16th century. An old story.

"You, do you have a name? What are you?"

Merlin threw a cleansing spell on the sofa by the fireplace, and after the sofa stained with blood and strange substances became clean again, he sat on it, crossed his legs, and looked at the purple woman standing in front of him spirit body.

"My name is Xuanlan."

The purple spirit replied in a gentle voice:

"I am the center of the mysterious house. Its spirit body, you can understand that my existence represents the consciousness of this house. I was created to serve the owner of the mysterious house."

"Ah."

Merlin nodded. He could understand what Xuanlan meant. Although he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he had heard of similar examples in some magic books.

Some wizards will use special methods to make some inanimate things give birth to thinking, so as to serve them better.

"That thing, what is it?"

Merlin pointed to the mass of decomposing flesh and blood on the floor, which was the corpse of the hacked alchemy creature.

It is not a naturally occurring life, its existence violates the laws of nature, it should not appear, and it should not exist. Therefore, after the integrity of the body is destroyed, it begins to quickly decompose.

There are some silver fragments of strange and peculiar mechanical items scattered in the flesh and blood, representing its strange vitality, not purely from magic.

"It's the gatekeeper."

Xuan Lan calmly explained:

"It is an alchemy work made by the master Da Vinci according to the ancient classics when he is free. It was created to serve as the experimental assistant of the master Da Vinci and maintain the normal operation of the mysterious house. It used to be not violent, The appearance is not distorted by flesh and blood, but when the spiritual body infection occurs, it is also infected by mysterious power, becoming irrational and gradually crazy."

"During hundreds of years of killing, it has become a node of filthy spiritual power in the mysterious house. It has its own thinking, and it still faithfully fulfills its previous mission, but it no longer drives out those intruders, but It is to kill them cruelly, and trap the ghosts who have nowhere to go, and transform them into wraiths guarding the mysterious house."

Merlin nodded, and he asked again:

"What do you mean by spiritual infection?"

"It's a secret study."

Xuan Lan is like a real housekeeper, she said:

"It was that research that attracted the unknown spirit, which came at midnight and occupied the mysterious house. The master Da Vinci left, and the spirit followed. But only the breath it left here, Completely infected the House of Mysteries."

"..."

Merlin didn't continue to ask questions. Instead, he raised his head and looked at Xuan Lan in front of him. This spirit body claimed to be the spirit of consciousness of the mysterious house.There was a trace of scrutiny in his gaze, but Xuanlan didn't show any more expressions because of this gaze.

After tens of seconds, Merlin said:

"Are you also infected by the residual breath of the 'spirit'?"

Xuan Lan didn't answer.

"You obviously have emotions."

Merlin snapped his fingers and said:

"Although you have tried your best to restrain yourself, when I appeared, there was still unconcealable joy and anticipation in your voice... It's like an item that has been abandoned for a long time, finally found a user again."

"Have you been looking forward to having a new master? Xuanlan, tell me, don't hide it."

Facing Merlin's questioning, the spirit body in the mysterious house finally nodded.

The purple spirit raised her head, looked at Merlin, and said:

"That powerful spirit occupied the mysterious house, and it gave me wisdom. I don't know if it's good or bad, but I think that if there is no owner in a house, then it loses its meaning of existence."

There is emotional light in the eyes of this purple spirit body, but she has been trapped in the mysterious house because of her wisdom. She is very smart, but she doesn't have much experience in communicating with other people, so she is still very innocent. Learn to lie.

After Merlin noticed, she frankly admitted her abnormality.

"I knew it."

Merlin rubbed his forehead, he said:

"The gatekeeper is also under your control? You set the triple test of cold, wraith and gatekeeper? Why?"

"This mysterious house was built by Da Vinci's master. He used the mysterious house to store knowledge."

Xuanlan said:

"Although Master Da Vinci left in the end, it doesn't mean that anyone who breaks into the mysterious house can become my master. Although I am not powerful, I also have my own dignity."

"Then why didn't you choose Constantine?"

Merlin asked curiously:

"If I'm not mistaken just now, he also passed the cold test."

"He's a very... indescribable man."

Xuanlan's anthropomorphic face finally had a humanized expression, and she said to Merlin with some confusion:

"He used deception to get the key to the mysterious house from the descendants of Da Vinci's master. But the first time he entered here, he didn't want to explore the secrets and knowledge of this house. On the contrary, he just wanted to be with him. Vampire female companion, find a tryst place where you won't be disturbed."

The purple spirit body said with a dissatisfied face:

"He has no respect for knowledge, he is not qualified to be my master, so I let the gatekeeper drive him away."

"Ok."

Merlin said helplessly:

"This is indeed Constantine's style. But Xuanlan, you said that I was your new master, but you obviously hid a lot of things from me...Frankly speaking, I don't trust you."

"My existence is to serve the master."

Xuan Lan said with a blank face:

"Time will tell."

"Ok."

Merlin shrugged, stood up from the sofa, and said to Xuanlan:

"Tell me about the mysterious house. What is the use of this house? You just said that Mr. Da Vinci stored a lot of knowledge in this category? Are they still there?"

"The House of Mysteries was severely damaged when the spirit infection broke out."

Xuan Lan pointed to the messy ground around her, and replied to Merlin:

"I can try to restore the mystery house, but it will take some time to replenish the magic power. In addition, when Da Vinci's master left, he took most of the books with him, and the rest were put in the basement. The basement is the place where the spiritual body infection first broke out, and there is still a very dangerous force entrenched there, I do not recommend that the master clean it up now."

"Based on the current state of the House of Mysteries, what I can offer to the owner is an alchemy laboratory left by the owner of Da Vinci, and the most basic 'any door'."

Xuan Lan pointed to the closed door, she said to Merlin:

"As long as you hold the key and open the door, the master can go anywhere you want in this dimension...Of course, before the mystery house is fully restored, there may be deviations in the opening of any door, so I don't recommend the master rashly Trying to open the door to a dangerous place."

"Oh, is it so amazing?"

Merlin walked to the door with great interest, he looked back at Xuanlan, and said:

"Can I just think about where I'm going and open the door?"

"Yes Master."

Xuanlan clasped her hands together, placed them on her abdomen, and said to Merlin with a very professional butler attitude:

"The more you know about the destination in your mind, the more accurate the opening of any door will be. In addition, during your absence, I will clean up the mystery room and help you prepare various equipment for the alchemy laboratory ...do you have anything else to order, master."

"Change your appearance, Lan."

Merlin turned open the door and said to the spirit steward:

"Maybe you can change into something that makes me feel more comfortable...Okay, see you next time."

"click"

Merlin twisted open the door and walked out.

In the hall behind him, Xuan Lan savored the words left by Merlin. The spiritual steward opened her hands, and her appearance changed rapidly. Soon, her face turned into a face that resembled Carol and Her hair is very similar to Hill, and her body is very similar to Elsa. The body of that kind of person also wears the black and white tuxedo of the housekeepers in the 16th century.

Xuan Lan, a weird and mysterious spiritual body, snapped her fingers, and a mirror appeared in front of her eyes. She looked at herself in the mirror, then stretched out her hand with a white glove, and clamped a gold-rimmed monocle in the mirror. on the left eye.

Looking at the image in the mirror, she nodded in satisfaction, then turned around, picked up the bell around her waist, and while shaking it, she said to the empty hall:

"Come out! Work!"

"Be sure to clean up the mysterious house before Master Merlin returns! And...Master Merlin doesn't like the appearance of spirit bodies, so change your appearance."

Under the order of the housekeeper Xuanlan, one after another, the wraiths floated out from the walls, floors and oil paintings of the house. Under her order, these wraiths changed their shapes very well. , the servants in suits and maid uniforms got busy under the command of the butler.

The interior of the mysterious house has been subjected to space magic, it is much larger than it looks, and it has not been cleaned properly for more than 300 years.

All in all, this general cleaning is estimated to last for a long time.

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Merlin stepped out of the mysterious house, and the destination he chose was his own home.

The 'Any Door' attached to the Mystery House worked very well. Merlin didn't feel the bumps that the teleportation technique should have at all, and stepped on the wet ground with one step.

Wait, wet?

Merlin looked at the water flowing under his feet. When he raised his head, he saw Elsa with her eyes closed standing under the warm water, enjoying her bath time in the mist rising in front of her.

"???"

Looking at the white scenery in front of him, Merlin activated the Displacement Charm almost immediately, and before Elsa opened his eyes, he disappeared into the bathroom.

"what?"

Elsa in the bathroom wiped the water from her face. She turned her head and looked at the empty back with doubts. She said:

"Just now I clearly felt...as if someone was there. Am I feeling wrong?"

On the other side, Merlin, who appeared on the streets of Queens, New York, patted his chest with some fear.

What a surprise, it was almost discovered.

Although it doesn't matter if he is discovered, Elsa can't beat him, but the problem is that this kind of behavior of spying on subordinates is really too tasteless.

"Damn it, the funky-looking 'Any Door' doesn't work at all!"

Merlin breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at the ancient key in his hand. For a moment, he even wanted to throw the key into the trash can at hand, but after thinking about it, he gave up this idea.

Speaking of which, Elsa's figure is...unexpectedly good...

stop!Can't think about it anymore!Merlin!When did you become so obscene!

Merlin stretched out his hand and twitched his cheek, trying to make himself forget about the scene just now.

He raised his head, looked at the street in front of him, and found that the landing spot he had chosen out of desperation was very close to his cousin's house, so Merlin planned to go to his cousin's house to sit and play with little Peter by the way.

But just as he took his steps, he suddenly remembered another thing.

If he remembered correctly, Professor Charles' School of Mutants should also be in Queens... and it's also not very far from here.

"Professor Charles helped me last night. Without his help, I'm afraid I would have become a plaything in Ruiwen's hands now."

Merlin thought:

"Maybe I should visit him. Counting the last time he woke me up from a coma, this is the second time he has saved me."

Thinking of this, Merlin no longer hesitated, he reached out to stop a taxi, opened the door, and got in.

"Go to Xavier Academy for Gifted Boys."

"Hey, Mr. Merlin! What a coincidence."

A familiar voice came from the front seat, Merlin raised his head and saw Chas' chubby face.

Good thing...not Dupont.

"Okay, Chas."

Merlin greeted the fat driver and said:

"It seems that we are really destined, but speaking of it, I remember you said that you have to rest for a few days? Why did you come out to work in the afternoon?"

"Oh, so it is."

While turning the steering wheel, Chas said to Merlin:

"This car is newly replaced by Du Pengde. He went to watch a movie with his cousin today, so he asked me to help him lead the shift."

"Dupender's new car?"

Merlin looked around, and sure enough, the interior decoration of this taxi is very new.He thought for a while, stretched out his hand, and tore off the music player on the bridge without hesitation.

Then he said in an exaggerated tone:

"Oh my god! Look at me, clumsy me, accidentally broke this beautiful music player...but it's okay, I'll pay for it."

After finishing speaking, under Chase's stunned gaze, Merlin handed a few banknotes to Chase, and he said:

"Chas, we're friends, right? So just pretend you didn't see anything, okay?"

(End of this chapter)