Lord of Arcane

Chapter 959
After setting up the basic protective and alert measures, Xia Duo leaned on the seat, let his consciousness enter a state of concentration, and gradually increased the degree of concentration until it reached a limit, allowing him to see the soul.

Yes, Xia Duo sensed the soul again. The collective rehearsal just now made him the absolute protagonist on the square. Although he knew that the sporadic power of faith at this moment might not bring much change to the blood and soul, he still couldn't help it. Want to check it out.

The state of the soul is no stranger to Xia Duo. When he does routine meditation training every morning, he often perceives the state of the soul, which naturally includes this morning.

After some perception, the current soul has not undergone any qualitative changes compared with the morning. It is still a large amount of faith that constantly impacts the "body surface" of the soul, which in turn stimulates a thin glow, reflecting a small piece of space around the soul.

Originally, the perception this time was just Xia Duo's temporary idea, and he never thought about any unrealistic thoughts at all. Wanting to awaken the bloodline again is not enough for the attention of this gathering.

but--

When Xia Duo saw the fleeting figure in the small space around the soul reflected by the light, he was almost stunned!
What's happening here? !

The extreme shock almost made it impossible for him to maintain such a level of concentration. He suddenly lost the state of perceiving the soul, but even if he could no longer perceive the soul, the scene just now remained deeply in his mind.

what is that?
Why is it here?
Will it cause harm to the soul?

A series of questions came to Xia Duo's mind. Originally, he wanted to take advantage of this spare time to study the demiplane, but now he is in no mood to study the demiplane!
The soul can be said to be the most private thing of a person, if it can be called a thing, but now a figure appeared around his soul, although it disappeared quickly, how could it be regarded as not seeing it!

Although it was from the perspective of the soul just now, he saw very clearly that it was a figure with a head, hands, and body, and he was even wearing a plain linen shirt.

It's just that the person's face is a little fuzzy, and Xia Duo searched in his memory for a long time, but he didn't find a similar existence. If he can see the person's appearance clearly, he may be able to determine the identity of the other person.

Then infer the other party's purpose, or the secret behind this matter.

Being able to exert influence on his soul, there must be a big article in it, the figure is fleeting, if he didn't just perceive the soul at this time, he might have missed it.

Because of this, Xia Duo regarded this incident as some kind of intuition-triggered vigilance mechanism, otherwise, why did he know that there were hundreds of people in this area and didn't watch them intensely, and it wasn't enough to bring any changes to his soul and blood? But he just sensed the soul at this moment.

It's hard to say this isn't intuitive.

Recalling the fleeting figure I just "saw" in the space around the soul, although the face was blurred, and even other features were not clear, but some things can be judged without being very clear.

For example, the style of the linen shirt that the figure was wearing!
Similar to what Xia Duo is wearing now, Xia Duo is not particular about what he wears, basically as long as it is not uncomfortable, the shirt he is wearing now is just the most common shirt in Netheril.

It's a bit similar to the ancient middle clothes in Xia Duo's hometown, but the form is simpler and the clothes are not complicated. This is the biggest reason why he didn't design his own shirts.

With his current status, he could find a tailor to design a new style, but because the color-resistant shirt was still comfortable to wear, he didn't change it.

Of course, the shirt he is wearing now is different from the shirt he wore during his apprenticeship, but the difference is only in the material, and the style has not changed much.

Netheril has been established for nearly a thousand years, and it has been influenced by many elves during this period. Shirts, which are worn every day and worn by everyone, must have a relatively mature style.

Just like the underwear on the earth, each era also has a relatively stable style in each era. At most, there are only some changes in details, but the major styles have not changed much.

This is why Xia Duo can recognize at a glance that this is the style of Netheril, not the style of elves or dwarves.

But knowing this is not enough. There are millions of people in Netheril, and there are countless people wearing this kind of shirt. It is necessary to have a clearer face.

In this way, possible targets can be found through detection spell positioning.

If there is too little information, he can only use the legendary prophecy, which Xia Duo does not know, and he has not heard of many people who know it.

Obviously, not everyone can master this kind of magic. The more famous ones who have mastered the prophecy are the archbishop of the Great Temple of Severton and the great arcanist Cliff.

And the latter is not a pure arcane spellcaster. Strictly speaking, they should be classified as priests, but they have also made extraordinary achievements in the path of magic.

As for the other people who have mastered prophecy in the rumors, there are no pure arcane spellcasters. The closest one is also a worshiper of the goddess of magic, and they are existences with holy power.

Xia Duo suspects that the undirected prophecy may require the participation of God, so he doesn't have to think about it himself. As for asking for help, it will inevitably reveal the secrets of the soul.

Otherwise, can the other party give an accurate answer just by saying that I have a doubt?

Then such a prophecy is too exaggerated, to the point of unimaginable exaggeration, and may even subvert his cognition of God.

If no clues are given, the prophecy can give an accurate answer, which means that as long as the other party needs it, they can learn most of the secrets.

This is almost omniscient. Before seeing it with his own eyes, Xia Duo absolutely did not believe in such magic or magic. In his opinion, even a god may not be omnipotent.

How could the priest of God be so powerful!
……

Repeatedly thinking to no avail, Xia Duo entered a state of extreme concentration again, and re-observed the small space around the soul, but he was unable to maintain concentration until he was mentally exhausted, and he never encountered that mysterious figure again.

While this made him a little disappointed, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Perhaps it was some kind of natural phenomenon that happened occasionally, and no one was operating it behind the scenes, it was all because of his overthinking.

Xia Duo really wanted to think so, but reason told him that the appearance of the figure was abnormal, and the disappearance was also abnormal. Even if it was a natural phenomenon, how could it happen around the soul?

And the obvious Nai color shirt, almost telling him brightly——

look!I am not a natural phenomenon at all!
(End of this chapter)