Talent level increased by one, a transcendent Star Wizard

Just as Xia Jian was cautiously observing his surroundings, the scene inside the house changed drastically. The original little house shattered like a dream, turning into a burrow filled with intertwined tree roots.

At the same time, the three knights who had been killed by Natsumi reappeared and stood quietly in the center of the earthen cave.

Suddenly, Yves' body swayed, and Natsumi gripped his longsword tightly, ready to strike.

What's wrong with me?

Yves shook his head, looking around with some confusion.

When Yves turned around and saw Natsumi's murderous expression, his heart tightened: "What do you want to do! If you kill me, the lord will not let you off!"

Yves's voice startled the two people next to him.

Although they didn't understand what had happened, both knights looked at Natsumi warily upon seeing Yves's appearance.

"You were just bewitched, and you even tried to attack me."

Xia Jian curled his lip and started spouting nonsense.

This is actually true, since the three of them did indeed attack him in the illusion.

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding."

Seeing that Xia Jian had said that, Yves smiled broadly and wisely did not take the matter to heart.

He then turned and glared at his two companions: "What are you two doing? Put your weapons down."

Upon hearing this, the two knights exchanged a glance and obediently put their weapons away.

Xia Jian ignored the three of them and turned to walk to the left side of the earthen cave, where a small blue flower with black spots fell to the ground.

After careful examination, Xia Jian confirmed that it was indeed the Namo Illusion Flower.

This plant is quite special; it gives the power to manipulate minds to its flowers, but its roots provide the energy. So when it is cut off, the illusion is also broken.

Xia Jian carefully picked up the small blue flower and dug out its roots as well.

"It was this thing that affected your minds. It's called the Namo Illusion Flower, and it has the power to control people's minds. You're fine now."

Yves and the other two examined the small blue flower in Natsume's hand, but couldn't see anything wrong with it. In the end, they could only conclude that the world is full of wonders.

"Won't this happen again?" Yves asked hesitantly.

To be honest, he felt that Xia Jian was more likely to be mentally ill than to be caused by the strange flower.

However, even if it was really Xia Jian who did it, they couldn't do anything to the powerful psychopath. They could only report the whole story to the lord.

"No, you can go out now. You can leave as soon as you have nothing else to do."

Xia Jian nodded, his gaze falling on the several black-robed corpses entangled in the tree roots.

They must all be unlucky souls attracted by the Namo Illusion Flower.

However, this outfit doesn't look like a knight's attire. After all, armor is a knight's second life. Wearing a black robe without armor probably means he's not a respectable person.

Upon hearing this, Yves' face lit up with joy. He exchanged a few pleasantries with Xia Jian and then hurriedly left the pit with his two men.

Seeing the three leave, Xia Jian used his longsword to poke at the black-robed corpse, and a small booklet, corroded with impulsive energy, fell out.

Upon seeing the Motuo script on the book cover, Xia Jian was immediately struck by a thought: a wizard!

I wiped the cover, and by the light of the torch, I could vaguely see the three words "Archery Technique" written on it.

"Archery?"

Xia Jian was stunned for a moment, feeling somewhat disappointed.

"You're insane! A book on archery techniques written in Mohist script!"

After making a couple of complaints, Natsumi put the booklet away.

Since he hasn't learned any archery skills anyway, he might as well learn them in his spare time as a pastime.

I searched for a while longer, but couldn't find anything else.

There were some bottles and jars, but the contents had long since spoiled and turned black, so Xia Jian threw them away without examining them further.

Xia Jian sighed, "Well, at least we've gained something."

Thinking of the Namo Illusion Flower in the cloth bag, my disappointment eased considerably.

After looking around and finding nothing else, Natsumi jumped out of the pit.

Just as Xia Jian had expected, the group of knights had long since vanished, leaving only a pile of corpses behind.

Xia Jian's face was full of emotion and helplessness.

I initially thought the villagers were sick, but it turns out they were just bewitched by the Nanwu Illusion Flower. Their deaths were truly pathetic.

However, this feeling quickly dissipated; the villagers were simply unlucky to have encountered such a situation.

If it weren't for him, who practiced meditation and resisted the allure of the Namo Illusion Flower with his mental strength, even more people would probably have died.

Just as Xia Jian was about to leave, she suddenly remembered the villagers' earlier reaction: "Does the Namu Illusion Flower also have the effect of making people more resilient to life?"

Xia Jian scratched his head, his mind full of questions.

Unfortunately, he didn't know much about the wizarding world, and could only conclude that the travelogue was incomplete and that he should wait until he went to the wizarding world to learn more about it.

Turning his head to look in the direction the knight had come from, Natsuma continued toward the location indicated on the map.

As for the villagers' bodies?

If it were just one or two people, he could have buried them without a second thought. But with so many people, let's just leave it be and wait for the knights to come back and deal with it.

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the other side.

The knight squad had just escaped the village, and one of the knights was about to express his feelings when he inadvertently noticed a brass-colored object in Yves' left pocket.

"Captain, you didn't find gold in the cave, did you?"

The knight looked at Yves, who was a body length away, and asked with a smile.

No wonder Yves told them to hurry up; they'd found something good.

"What are you talking about?"

Yves frowned.

My brother-in-law talks nonsense all day long and is never serious.

It's a miracle you didn't lose your life; even if there really was gold, you'd have to be brave enough to take it.

"You're still pretending; you've already shown it."

The knight pointed to Yves's pocket and joked.

The others turned to look at him upon hearing this.

Yves glanced instinctively at his pocket, then paused, momentarily stunned. "What's this?"

He took the item out of his pocket; it was a statue with the head of a lion, the body of a human, and the body of a deer.

But Yves was certain he hadn't brought anything with him, nor did he remember taking anything from the village.

Yves' brother-in-law snatched the statue away, but upon discovering it was a brass statue, he immediately lost interest: "It's just a brass statue. I thought it was some kind of treasure."

"I didn't know the captain had this hobby. It would be nice to take it back and use it as a decoration."

The others laughed upon hearing this, their bad mood from the escape earlier easing considerably.

Yves took the statue back in confusion. Could it have been given to him by the young man from the village?

Looking at the statue, Yves seemed a little dazed: "It's in pretty good condition; it should ward off evil spirits if you put it at home."

"Now that I've got such a good thing, I'll have to treat you to drinks when I get back."

Another knight joked with a laugh, which was met with unanimous agreement from the others. It was indeed time to give this stingy captain a good beating.

"Okay, don't let any of them run away."

A somewhat wooden voice came from Yves's mouth.

The others looked surprised. The captain was actually being easy to talk to. Could it be that this experience had made the captain have a change of heart?

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