Perfume Alchemist

Chapter 106 So, what is the price?

Wen De took Ahao on a road he was very familiar with.

Ah Hao felt that he could recognize the destination just by his nose.

The smell of candlelight in the wind is cold with a trace of holiness.

"No, go to the chapel again?"

"Hey, yes, go to the chapel."

Wende pushed aside the branches blocking the way, and picked up a burning torch from the fire altar by the side of the road.

Under the dark night, the huge manor was empty.The light of the torches reflected an air of adventure.

"I've always been very surprised. Your Nordson Manor is quite big, why do you keep staring at this small church?"

"You don't understand. This small church has a special meaning to us. All the coming-of-age ceremonies of our clan are held there. You must understand the reason."

"The Enlightenment Ceremony, right?"

"Yes. All members of the Nuosen family, whether they are the main body or branches, will get a chance to become enlightened on the day they turn 18. It is this rule set by grandma that gives her a high status in our family .But apart from the first enlightenment, you have to pay a certain price for subsequent enlightenment.”

"I've always been curious, how many people are there in your family?"

"Um, I haven't really calculated this. My grandfather has three brothers, and my grandmother has two sisters. My father has five or six brothers and sisters. In short, there are always hundreds of people."

"Good guy, what about your cousin? Where is he from?"

"My cousin Ace, he is my little uncle's son. Their family has a farm in the outskirts, and they don't often come to Agadi. But their family is very simple."

Ah Hao nodded, and he always felt that people in the countryside are much easier to deal with than people in big cities.

"Here, let's go in."

Wende pushed open the main door of the chapel.In the light of flickering candles on both sides, Ah Hao saw a young man kneeling piously in front of the semicircular altar.

"Ace!"

"Cousin Wende!"

A young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes and a simple appearance turned around and looked over in surprise.

Accustomed to seeing all kinds of exaggerated evening dresses at the ball, the young man's attire in front of him can only be said to be quite simple.The multi-color patched jacket and loose jeans look very suitable for work, but the aesthetics are much worse.

"Come, let me introduce you, Mr. [Sage]. He will open the door for you today."

"Can you really open the door?" Ace looked over eagerly.

"I can't guarantee it. But it's worth a try, isn't it?"

Ah Hao's seductive magnetic voice sounded behind the mask.

After hesitating, Ace said, "But Grandma Northen. Is she not there? I still hope that Grandma Northen can open the door for me."

"She's not here. If grandma opened the door for you, why would she only charge half of your contribution?"

Ace nodded.

"Since I failed to open the door the year before last, my father has been accumulating family contributions. But the cost of opening the door again is too much. Since there is such an opportunity, I definitely don't want to miss it.

"So Wende, are you sure you only need to give you half of the contribution?"

"That's right, half price for a limited time."

Wende grinned, his neat teeth were surprisingly bright under the firelight.Ah Hao couldn't help but cast a glance at him.

"Okay." Ace took out a calfskin bag from his arms.Open it up and see that it is full of white arcane spar shimmering in it.

Ahao noticed that these arcane crystals seemed to be different from the batch he received from the association.The arcane spar issued by the association is a little darker.

Ace handed the leather bag to Wind.Wende also took out an exquisite small box from his arms.

He shook the locket. "Jade key. I just got it from my mother."

Ah Hao nodded, and took the small box.

Wende was well prepared.

However, in his original plan, he did not intend to use the jade key.

He took out the chalk and drew an extremely complicated formation on the ground.This formation has three rings, and there is a pentagram at the bottom.

Complicated structures are dotted like stars.

"This is a formation that can increase the success rate of opening the door. Please wait a moment."

"Okay." With a single sentence from Ah Hao, all Ace's worries were dispelled.Wende never had any doubts, he just watched Ahao's movements curiously.

After finishing the drawing of Lian Chengzhen, he took out [Desert Heart] from his bag, and took out a small bullet cup.

He opened the stopper and slowly poured the liquid from the bottle into the cup.

The yellow liquid reflected the flickering flames.

The desolate and lonely taste of bitterness, sweetness and pungentness overflows from the cup.

A strong sense of space spreads out, and the originally quiet church seems to have become a relic temple struggling in the desert wind and sand in a blink of an eye.

"Drink it, Ace. You'll find your way."

Ace took it ignorantly, and was putting the cup to his mouth.

Wind held his hand.

"So, what's the price?"

Ah Hao was silent for a moment.

He came to his senses, Wende was reminding him to let him explain the "price" first.

"Use part of the potential of the door in exchange for the possibility of you successfully opening the door. If there is such an opportunity, are you willing to accept it?"

Ace fell into a struggle for a moment.

"I am willing." After hesitating for a while, he finally said firmly.

He is a very realistic person.He didn't want his father to exhaust himself in saving money to open the door again and again.

"Then stand in the center of this formation first, and then drink it."

Ace stood obediently, and then drank the liquid in the glass.

"Ha." He frowned tightly, closed his eyes, and exhaled the scorching breath from his mouth.

"So bitter, so spicy!"

"But only in this way can you see your true self."

Ahao pretended to take out the emerald key, and stretched out his hand to Yaoyao.

In fact, he secretly activated the formation formation under his feet.

The power of the circle was input from his feet to form a formation.

In the formation of light, a very real door appeared behind Ace.

But Ah Hao's hand holding the key is still a thousand miles away from Ace's body.No one present had noticed this.

It worked!
Ah Hao secretly smiled behind the mask.

Now he has determined that the biggest function of [Desert Heart] is to allow people to see the door of the heart!
From now on, without borrowing the emerald key, he can also help people "enlighten"!

"Now, you can try to open the door first."

Hearing this, Ace finally opened his eyes, and looked happily at the door that was as tall as a person behind him.

This is not a distinctive door, it can only be said that it is similar to the room doors that can be seen everywhere.

"it is good!"

Ace stepped forward and grabbed the doorknob.

After taking a deep breath, he began to turn the door with a round handle, trying to push the door in.

After many hard attempts, the door still wouldn't budge.

"I can't push it away." There was a faint cry of despair.

"Even though part of the potential has been sacrificed, the door still cannot be opened? Why is that!"

After the outburst, Ace hammered on the door feebly.There was a trace of dilapidation in his body.

"No, who told you to sacrifice your potential? Hasn't this started yet?"

Wende's puzzled voice came from behind him.

Ace turned his head in amazement.

Ahao said to him helplessly: "That's right, I just want you to try and see if you can open the door without paying the price."

"Then, this, ah, so that's the case."

Ace's mentality was instantly corrected.

"Teach me! Mr. [Sage], what should I do next?"

Ah Hao waved to him, "Come here, stand back to your original position."

Ace walked back to the center of the formation.

Ah Hao also raised the emerald key in his hand high.

Inspired by the power of the circle.Around the emerald key, like a flower blooming, three ring-shaped complex formations unfolded.

Ah Hao looked down, and it was exactly the same as the Liancheng formation he had just drawn on the ground.

He smiled slightly, this is his confidence.

It is precisely because of this that he is confident that he can complete this "opening" without using the emerald key.

He needs to make sure that he can indeed open the door without any external objects.

He buckled the key into his palm, and slapped Ace's chest with a hollow palm.

"open!"

　There are too many famous scenes.

　　"So, dog egg, what's the price?"

　　Haha, in fact, this famous scene has been lingering in my mind since I opened the book.

　　After laying the groundwork for a long time, I finally wrote it today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)