Simultaneous Travel: Becoming a Legend in the Heavens.

Chapter 342 Magician

early morning.

As the sun slowly rose, Parrot knocked gently on the door next door as usual.

Getting no response, he took out the spare key, opened the door, put on slippers, put on an apron, walked into the kitchen and started working.

A faint mist and curling smoke filled the air as Parrot handled the ingredients with skillful movements. Today's breakfast was beef porridge, pan-fried but crispy and tempting grilled lamb chops, and fried shrimps that had been peeled, cleaned, coated with flour and put into oil.

This is a high-fat, salty, and high-carb food, and is not suitable for breakfast, but that’s not a problem as long as the person eating it likes it.

……

Lu Ke opened his eyes and felt refreshed after waking up. His almost exhausted spirituality had been completely restored.

He lingered in the bed for five minutes, and finally got up, tempted by the smell of food. He put on his clothes and slowly walked to the living room. Parrot had already prepared the meal, filled a basin with water, and was carefully wiping the blood stains on the floor.

After breakfast, he prepared to go for a walk on the street. He remembered that there was a circus stationed near the Town Hall Square, so he could go and watch the show.

After all, he is now a "magician".

The core principles of acting that each person summarizes are different. Klein’s summary during the magician stage can only be used as a reference. It is better to derive the acting yourself.

Lu Ke silently estimated the digestion process. It was estimated that it would take a month or even longer to digest the extraordinary characteristics only by relying on the ability bestowed by the main body.

This was already ridiculously fast, but he still felt it was not enough.

After all, the main body is in a state of being hunted. If it weren't for the fact that "Primal Hunger" has no brain, and there are many planets as "snacks" to attract attention during the chase, the main body would probably not even have the time to respond to itself.

The mistakes and omissions in yesterday's ceremony were probably due not only to my own lack of rigor, but also because I was focusing all my energy on escaping and was unable to pay too much attention to details.

Sooner or later, I will kill that idiot who only cares about eating!

Lu Ke silently set a goal for himself. He then changed into formal clothes, put on a top hat, a cane, a watch chain, a pocket watch and a wallet. Just from his appearance, he looked like a decent gentleman.

The cast iron street lamps still had a weak yellow glow in the morning light, but the street was already quite lively with hawking sounds coming one after another. Every vendor was shouting hard, trying to sell his wares by saying "good quality and low price".

The smell on the street became a mess. There was the fragrance of bread, the fishy smell of fish, the smell of various fruits and vegetables, the faint stench from the sewers, and the unpleasant smell of sloppy beggars and vagrants.

Luke wandered away from the crowd and came to the town square, where a circus tent had already been set up.

The circus prepares three performances every day, at 8 a.m., 2 p.m., and 8 p.m. Most residents only have time to watch the performances at night, so tickets for the evening sell best and are the most expensive. There will be fewer performances during the day, and the performances will not be particularly attentive, but the prices will be much cheaper.

At the entrance, there is a clown wearing bright clothes, with his face painted all over and a funny smile on his face. He holds a bunch of balloons in his left hand and switches two small balls back and forth with his other hand, showing his flexible hands.

"Sir, please buy a ticket!"

The clown warmly welcomed, "I guarantee you'll get your money's worth!"

"how much is it?"

"During the day, it only costs 1 soli."

“Will there be any magicians performing?”

"Don't worry sir, don't even mention magicians, we have animal trainers here!"

The clown answered cheerfully and humorously.

Luke admitted that he was amused for a moment, laughing as he bought his ticket and walked into the circus.

The venue is not too small, and the performances are scattered all over the place. There are indeed a lot of variety. In addition to fortune tellers, clowns, magicians, and animal trainers, there are also single-plank bridges, tightrope acrobatics, and high-altitude actions...

Only some of them have not yet opened. Those are performances that require complicated preparations and can only make a profit at night.

There were quite a few children in the tents. Some of them behaved normally, laughing and playing in front of their parents. Those were residents who took advantage of the cheaper price during the day on Monday to bring their children here to play.

The other group had pale and skinny faces, and were as dry as sponges that had been drained of all their nutrients. Only their curious eyes and expectant expressions were consistent with their current age.

Those are apprentices hired by the circus. Some homeless people who have no money to survive will send their children to be apprentices to do simple jobs. Although they don't have enough food or warm clothes, at least they can survive. If they can practice martial arts and be formally recruited by the circus, becoming a clown or a magician is also a way to make a living. If they are not so lucky, stealing is also a way to make a living.

Lu Ke came to the stage where the magician was performing and sat down at a random spot.

The top of the circus tent cast a rusty-colored glow in the sunlight. A young magician wearing an opaque black vest and a cloak appeared on the stage and bowed deeply.

On the simple venue, he took off his top hat and showed the audience that there was nothing inside. Then he crumpled the top hat into a ball to show that there was no mechanism in the top hat either.

Then he turned his wrist, and a deck of playing cards appeared in his hand. The magician calmly scattered the playing cards into the sky. The flying playing cards immediately attracted the attention of all the audience.

At this moment, the magician tapped his top hat, and four pigeons flew out of the top hat without warning. They flew in the air, picked up four cards, and flew back to the magician's shoulders and top hat as if they had been trained.

The magician took the cards from the mouths of the four pigeons and spread them out. There were four cards of the same card with different suits. He blew into his top hat, and the four pigeons obediently went in again.

Then he showed a serious expression and stomped his feet hard to make sure there was no problem with the floor. He then turned the top hat with the pigeon inside upside down on the ground and stepped on it hard the next second!
"what--"

Some children in the audience screamed and some ladies closed their eyes. They might still have felt that there was a mechanism on the floor, but the magician's movements were too fast. He stepped on it immediately after putting down his top hat, leaving them no time to do anything.

The moment the shoe stepped on the ground, there was a dull sound and a rapid sound, similar to the scream of a bird. A sad expression appeared on the magician's face, and he reached out heavily to his top hat.

He exhaled, lifted a corner of his hat, covered his eyes, showing a look of sadness and reluctance to look directly at the scene, and then repeated this action several times.

The audience couldn't wait to know the result. It was not until Lu Ke couldn't help but complain in his heart, dragging out the time like in the variety show in his previous life, that the magician finally quickly lifted his hat up.

Nothing at all!

There were roars of exclamations and cheers from the crowd, followed by a wave of praise for the magician's superb skills.

The magician bowed gracefully and slowly stepped back, and then the clown and the ventriloquist who were stepping on the ball came to the front of the stage and began to perform, taking his place.

Amid the laughter caused by the clown's deliberate fall, Luke thought thoughtfully about the performance just now.

Even without mentioning the blessing of the extraordinary characteristics of the "Magician", this level of magic is quite crude in Lu Ke's eyes, but this magician still shows the characteristics of magic quite well. His technique is not sophisticated, but his acting skills are good, his expression is just right, and he can affect the audience's emotions at the right time. It is a "performance" rather than a mere show of skills.

All the methods he used were to divert the audience's attention, such as throwing playing cards into the air and making exaggerated expressions, all for the purpose of changing the cards and diverting the pigeons.

The essence of magic is to conceal one's true intentions, achieve one's goals silently, and stir up the audience's emotions.

Luke felt that the digestion process of the potion had accelerated a little, and nodded slightly. Next, he had to prepare a large magic show to digest the "Magician" in one breath.

It has to be a little dangerous... There has to be high-sequence audiences or a lot of people watching... It has to be able to arouse the audience's emotions... It would be best if I could get Sequence 6 and Sequence 5 Beyonder Materials.

Where can we find such a stage at this stage?
As Lu Ke was thinking, he casually watched other performances. Although they didn't seem very interesting at the moment, looking for flaws in the performers could barely help pass the time.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the circus show ended.

Luke followed the crowd out of the tent. He strolled around the street and bought some cat food such as cakes, sweet iced tea, and chashi pies to take back.

Today is Monday, and the three people at 2 Narcissus Street are not at home. Benson and Klein have gone to work, and Melissa will not be back until the evening. Luke handed the food to Parrott and asked him to wait for Moretti to come back before delivering it.

After lunch, he read Tingen City's Honest Man newspaper for a while. It reported that some places had opened new trains, the economy in some places continued to improve, the number of poor people was further reduced, and Backlund's air pollution was further controlled.

Lu Ke read it for a long time, looking at it from all angles, but he always felt that the newspaper he was reading was not honest. Finally, he threw it aside in disgust and lay down on the bed.

"Is it about time?"

……

Blackthorn Security Company.

Klein, who was reading a document in the civil servant office, got up on time and went to the bathroom.

He locked the door, walked four steps backwards, walked out of a square, and silently recited the corresponding Chinese characters and names, repeating the first experience, except that he did not prepare any staple food.

Suddenly, the air around him seemed to stop flowing, becoming sticky and strange. Immediately afterwards, all kinds of endless whispers rang in Klein's ears.

……

Above the gray fog, in the solemn and grand palace, the long bronze table looks mottled and ancient.

Three figures slowly emerged at the long bronze table. The figure at the top, shrouded in thick gray fog, sat back with his hands flat, touching the edge of the table.

Audrey, who had smooth blonde hair and was tall, spoke in a brisk tone.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool~"

Then she turned around and spoke in the same tone:
"Good afternoon, Mr. Hanged Man, Mr. Emperor~"

Lu Ke nodded slightly to her as a return gesture, and the Hanged Man next to him did the same.

After the greetings, Audrey asked Alger expectantly whether he had received the ghost shark's blood. She was relieved when she got a positive answer, and Alger kept his promise and told her the formula of the Sequence 9 "Audience" potion.

Klein at the top quietly activated the clairvoyance he had just learned not long ago, a skill that allowed him to observe auras and judge information, and he looked at them one by one.

Miss "Justice" is still an ordinary person. Her aura is red where it should be red, and purple where it should be purple. She is a lively, cheerful and healthy girl.

Mr. Hanged Man's aura was also normal, except that his emotion was blue, which represented calmness and thinking. However, his innermost aura was unified, indicating that he should be an Extraordinary, a very powerful Extraordinary!
At least better than himself and Old Neil, Klein silently judged.

As for his mysterious fellow countryman, Klein originally thought that he was a Sequence 6 or above, but he told him that he was just a Sequence 8 scammer.

According to official data, the Thief's combat power was weak in the early stages, at least Sequence 9 and Sequence 8 were very weak, probably not as strong as Alger.

He looked expectantly at the last person, the powerful extraordinary person who appeared from the mysterious black stars and seemed to be able to leave the gray fog freely.

It's also a normal aura, but the color is unusually deep, which means that the other person's health level is far beyond that of ordinary people, and his life breath is unusually strong. There is a faint golden light outside the aura, with a sense of moderation and harmony, and looking at it will slowly make your heart become peaceful and calm.

This feeling inexplicably reminded Klein, who was a keyboard expert in his previous life and knew a little but not too much about everything, of a term.

Qi cultivator!
Moreover, it is the authentic Xuanmen, the one that is passed down from a famous family!

"Tsk... How could I think of elements of cultivating immortals in a Victorian-style other world? It's as outrageous as the appearance of faders in the Taiwu scroll."

Klein laughed in silence and shook his head, denying his strange thoughts.

In short, we can probably only know that Mr. "Emperor" is a powerful Beyonder!

“Do you know how to meditate?”

Having successfully advanced to Sequence 7, Alger spared no effort in taking care of the after-sales service and instructed Audrey on the precautions to take after taking the potion.

"I don't know what meditation is like for you. Let me describe it first... After taking the potion, start meditating as soon as possible to control your spirituality and power... You must practice every day to truly master the power of the potion and dig out its symbolic meaning and more mysteries. Only in this way can you avoid the danger of losing control to the greatest extent. The focus of the potion's symbolic meaning lies in its 'name', such as 'audience'!"

Audrey nodded continuously, trying to remember Alger's words.

Klein's heart moved when he heard this. He just organized his words and was about to tap the table to install a wave.

Mr. Emperor, who had not participated in the conversation, noticed that the Fool seemed to want to raise his hand, and suddenly coughed lightly, then spoke slowly.

“It’s not about mastering, it’s about digesting.”

"It's not digging, it's acting."

"The name of the potion is not only a symbol, but also an image. It is also the key to digestion."

Audrey, who had just entered the extraordinary world, didn't quite understand. Alger, who came from the Church of the Lord of Storms, was stunned. He had a brainstorming session and his face was full of excitement as he figured it out. There was something wrong with the way he looked at Luke.

Klein was stunned.

No, you said my words!
(End of this chapter)