Chapter 115
Then the crystal ball flickered, and the image completely vanished.
Yu Xunge silently held the pocket watch in her palm again and said, “It’s possible that this crystal ball can’t find any information about the Blue Star.”
“Oh? Is that so?” Hecqipa smiled lightly, pulling out a strand of hair and blowing it towards the crystal ball once more.
This time, the crystal ball revealed a female spirit reaching out to a small Maqi who had fallen to the ground.
The scene began to rewind; the female spirit withdrew her hand and stepped back, while the small Maqi stood up, and the two retreated from each other.
The female spirit was very cautious, moving only to less crowded areas and keeping at least two meters away from every passerby. The initial appearance of the small Maqi seemed like an accident.
She retreated to the herbal shop, passed by the blacksmith’s, and lingered for a long time at the auction house. She went to many places and handled numerous matters, eventually retreating into a small, shabby house. As the scene shifted, she appeared in a room filled with modern vibes.
Her face slowly transformed, revealing a distinctly human appearance.
Hecqipa patiently watched with Yu Xunge for a while longer, until the woman prepared to take a bath. Only then did she turn off the crystal ball and look at Yu Xunge.
Yu Xunge was drenched in cold sweat. This person was definitely a powerful player from the Special Affairs Bureau, possibly even responsible for transporting resources between the two realms...
Fortunately, she had come from the Blue Star and not from the treehouse stronghold, and luckily, when the small Maqi took her hair, she hadn’t yet visited the stronghold...
Yu Xunge also understood why the crystal ball had dimmed just as she passed through the portal earlier.
Her disguise lasted only one hour, and she couldn’t afford to waste a single second. Although transforming into a cat allowed her to attend classes, she couldn’t take notes. So, most of the time, she activated her disguise at the very moment she stepped into the portal.
But she still felt uneasy.
Hecqipa noticed her anxiety and handed her a potion. “This resets the cooldown time for your skills.”
Yu Xunge immediately stood up, closed the door of the alchemy shop, canceled her disguise, and returned to her original appearance. Then she drank the potion, transforming back into a goblin, and quickly used the pocket watch to modify her divine talent information and attributes.
She didn’t change any of her other information.
In the past, she had always habitually used the Soros pocket watch to adjust her information after disguising, but she had never tested it with anyone. She wondered what it would be like to use 【Jia Lai!】 without the Soros pocket watch.
She asked, “Teacher, can you check my current information? What do you see?”
Hecqipa stared at her for a moment. “Aside from your divine talent and attributes, everything else is a question mark.”
Yu Xunge plucked a hair from her ear and handed it to Hecqipa. “Teacher, can you try again?”
This time, the crystal ball only lit up for a moment. The image showed the goblin sitting at a table, exchanging a few words with Hecqipa, and a few seconds later, the crystal ball dimmed again.
Hecqipa said to Yu Xunge, “See? Your disguise skill is different.”
Whether it was related to Zelan or the Blue Star, it was as if the connection had been severed entirely, transforming into a completely different existence.
Using goblin hair, they could only see Yu Xunge’s experiences in her goblin form. The moment she transformed back into a Blue Star person, it was as if the connection was cut off.
But Yu Xunge immediately recalled the time Liang Yuchuan had someone divine her fate, which the Soros pocket watch had sensed. She suspected that this skill wasn’t just a simple transformation into another existence; 【Jia Lai!】 was something more advanced. It was like putting on a disguise from the outside, but inside, she was still herself.
Others truly couldn’t divine her, but if paired with the Soros pocket watch, not only would she be undetectable, but she could also sense who was trying to divine her!
What a domineering skill!
Yu Xunge’s face turned serious, her lips twitching slightly.
Hecqipa said, “...If you want to laugh, just laugh.”
Yu Xunge replied, “Hehe.”
“…” Hecqipa said, “So, I want you to use your disguise skill to help me with something.”
She didn’t mention any rewards, but Yu Xunge didn’t mind. She had been worried about her tuition fees for a while now. How could trivial things like cigarettes and alcohol be worth the precious knowledge of a master alchemist in one-on-one teaching?
In fact, she treated every class with Hecqipa as if it were her last.
She was always grateful that Hecqipa was willing to teach her and had been thinking of doing something for her. Wasn’t this the opportunity she had been waiting for?
But she still calmly asked, “Teacher, can you tell me what it is first?”
Yu Xunge’s calmness and composure pleased Hecqipa. It seemed that the earlier incident of “Didi Didi~ Chaba Chaba~ Lulululu~ Labalaba~ Haji Gumi Lulululu~ Huhuhuh” was just an accident.
After a moment of silence, Hecqipa finally spoke.
Seeing Hecqipa’s expression as if she were facing a monumental problem, Yu Xunge couldn’t help but ask, “Teacher?”
Hecqipa snapped back to reality. “Oh, I want you to sneak into the royal library of the Moon Fox clan and steal some books. Only moon foxes with six tails or more can enter there; no other holy clan, even the royals, can get in.
“Your disguise can fool me, so it can definitely fool the moon foxes there. As long as you evade their pursuit, they won’t be able to divine your identity afterward, allowing both of us to escape unscathed.
“I’ll provide you with information and resources, and I’ll prepare escape tools for you. Even if you fail, you won’t be in danger. So, what do you say? Are you willing?”
Hecqipa had even prepared escape tools for her, and since this matter had nothing to do with the Blue Star, what else could Yu Xunge say? “I’m willing, Teacher. What books do you need?”
Seeing Yu Xunge agree, Hecqipa smiled with satisfaction, then pulled out a folded piece of paper and unfolded it in front of Yu Xunge. “Not much, here’s the list of books.”
As soon as Hecqipa unfolded the paper, Yu Xunge caught a glimpse of the ink on it. It was indeed very brief, just three short lines.
But when those three lines were placed before her, she realized she was still too young.
“Moonlight Potions: The Alchemical Key” – 859 volumes
“The Most Mysterious Potion Materials: Moonlight” – 3 volumes (upper, middle, lower)
“Moonlight and Time” – 2 volumes (upper and lower)
A total of 194 books.
You want me to go to the Moon Fox library to stock up, right?
Yu Xunge said, “Teacher, my disguise skill only lasts for an hour. I might not be able to carry all these books at once.”
Hecqipa pulled out a potion box and pushed it in front of Yu Xunge. “Inside are 30 potions that reset skill cooldown times.”
Earlier, when Hecqipa had given her the potion, Yu Xunge had immediately thought of her one-time-use skill, 【Thief of Thieves, which can also mean the Thief of Robbers】!
Unfortunately, the cooldown reset of this potion had a limit; it couldn’t exceed 5 hours…
And this was already a master-level potion, indicating that even higher-level potions couldn’t reset a lifetime.
Hecqipa then pulled out a scroll. “Here’s a map of Moon Lake City. I’ve marked the location of the library.”
Next, she took out three bottles of liquid, each a different color. “This is a perfume I concocted, essential for disguising as a moon fox. Every moon fox makes their own scent. Additionally, this will help you escape; the moon fox clan can track by scent. Each bottle lasts for 12 hours, and the scents are different. You can arrange them as you see fit.”
Hecqipa also produced a gem. “This is an escape gem. When crushed, it ignores all binding skills and teleports you to the place you feel is safest in your heart, or to a designated location in your mind.”
Yu Xunge smiled like a bountiful farmer, cradling all these items in her arms. “Okay, okay!”
The goblin’s face was truly an eyesore; even Yu Xunge’s aura couldn’t save it. For a moment, Hecqipa worried that this ugly creature might run off with all the items.
Yu Xunge tucked everything away. “I’ll go back and study the map of the Moon Fox clan’s main city and the appearance of the six-tailed moon fox. I’ll come back in a few days. Goodbye, Teacher.”
As Yu Xunge turned to leave, Hecqipa grabbed the goblin by the ear and pulled her back, laughing, “What’s the rush? You haven’t even asked me what your reward will be.”
She had actually been waiting for Yu Xunge to ask about the reward.
She genuinely enjoyed cigarettes and alcohol and appreciated Yu Xunge’s talent, but that didn’t mean she was willing to give endlessly.
If she wanted, she could easily create the tobacco she had smelled and brew the fine wines she had tasted; she just didn’t want to waste her precious time on things that could be bought with money.
And today, Yu Xunge’s reaction didn’t disappoint her.
Yu Xunge exclaimed in delight, “There’s a reward?” She would have willingly done it without one, but if there was a reward, she wouldn’t be shy about asking, “Teacher, what’s the reward?”
Hecqipa patted the goblin’s bald head and smiled. “I promise to impart all my alchemical knowledge to you. I will teach you every formula I know, and this promise will remain valid until one of us reaches the end of our life.”
Even though Hecqipa didn’t say it outright, Yu Xunge understood that she had officially become Hecqipa’s student.
But that was fine; just as Hecqipa said, “On the battlefield, we are enemies; outside the battlefield, we are teacher and student.”
Yu Xunge replied, “Okay, Teacher!”
It was hilarious; she had read Hecqipa’s autobiography, and this person never went to the battlefield, only handled logistics.
As she left the alchemy shop, Yu Xunge said to Hecqipa, “Teacher, my name is Yu Xunge.”
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