Secrets: Priestess

Chapter 11 Heartbeat
In the bustling college cafeteria, Jiang Zhe stood alone for a long time, even attracting some people to turn around and look at him.

A beautiful girl standing and looking out will always attract some people's attention.

Jiang Zhe came back to his senses, calmly sat back in his seat and continued eating.

At this moment, Ms. Dai Li's ethereal voice echoed in Jiang Zhe's ears: "Go home."

Jiang Zhe was not panicked, but felt more at ease in his heart: Ms. Dai Li is indeed keeping an eye on me in mysterious ways.

Being protected by Ms. Dai Li, Jiang Zhe even had the energy to guess Ms. Dai Li's methods:
Is a psychic a means of conveying the soul?
Considering that she had been feeling a bit chilly since last night, Jiang Zhe felt that this might not be her illusion, but a stress response to some mysterious means.

After a quick cleanup, Jiang Zhe picked up the plate and placed the used cutlery in the designated place, then followed the flow of people out of the cafeteria where she felt something was wrong.

As graduation approaches, the flow of people to Tingen University increases significantly due to the current students of the school, graduates returning from internships, and external examinees.

Jiang Zhe followed the departing crowd out of the academy. Because there were so many people, he had to wait for two public carriages before he was able to get on one.

After getting in the car, Jiang Zhe saw Daley Simone, who was still dressed as a psychic, sitting conspicuously in the car. He raised his hand and smiled at her, asking her to sit over.

"Sister Dai Li, you are in this car?" Jiang Zhe was surprised.

You know, she missed two carriages.

Daly held the crystal ball and smiled playfully, "Mysterious forces can make coincidences inevitable. That's why people like us have a hard time. Even if we do encounter a 'coincidence,' we have to carefully consider it... We're treading on thin ice."

After saying this, Ms. Daly put on her hood and closed her eyes to rest.

Jiang Zhe tactfully did not discuss unusual things in front of the crowd.

As we got closer to home, there were fewer and fewer people in the car.

When they finally got out of the car and there was no one around, Daly took the initiative to ask, "I can tell through the spirit attached to you that your aura is unstable, which is a manifestation of your emotional instability. What happened to you?"

Jiang Zhe recalled the scene in the cafeteria and hesitated:

"Someone approached me in the cafeteria..."

Jiang Zhe recalled the awkward feeling and said slowly, "But I drove that person away with an attitude that was not very like my style."

Dai Li glanced at Jiang Zhe with her emerald eyes and asked, "How did that person approach you?"

Jiang Zhe frowned slightly, "I don't remember."

Daly's expression became more serious: "What does that person look like?"

Jiang Zhe frowned at first, then raised his brows slightly, opened his mouth, and looked confused: "I... forgot?"

She had completely forgotten what that person looked like, his name, and even his gender.

This is no longer just forgetfulness, but a supernatural event!

Daly's expression grew even more serious. "You must have encountered an extremely dangerous Beyonder or mysterious object... Strange, the warning measures I set up didn't work."

Daly murmured and continued:
"Your encounter this time is very likely to be dangerous. From this perspective, forgetting it is actually a good thing for you."

"Is this actually a good thing?" Jiang Zhe was surprised.

Daly explained, "This is your spirit helping you avoid danger."

"My spirituality? Ordinary people also have spirituality?" Jiang Zhe confirmed with Dai Li.

Dai Li nodded and said:
"Yes." "Just like we always see things we shouldn't see, always hear things we shouldn't hear... Occasionally our own spirituality will warn us. Forgetting, ignoring, running away... these are all warnings."

"However, for ordinary people, this kind of spiritual warning is not obvious. In your case, it is obvious..."

Dai Li looked at Jiang Zhe and said, "This shows that your spirituality is far superior to that of ordinary people."

Pondering Daly's words, Jiang Zhe reflected on her experiences traveling through time, the rewards of spirit fusion, her experiences with ritual magic, and her experience absorbing Claire's memory fragments...

Perhaps her extraordinary spirituality is related to one or more of these factors:

"So, in this respect, do I have the talent to become a Beyonder?"

Dai Li shook her head after hearing this:

"This kind of thing can't be called good or bad. But you really are determined to become a Beyonder..."

Facing Jiang Zhe's puzzled gaze, Dai Li smiled and explained in detail:
"Beyonders from different paths differ greatly in every aspect and cannot be generalized."

"Take the 'Corpse Collector' path as an example. After taking the potion, the user's spirituality will be enhanced. The stronger the user's spirituality, the greater the degree of improvement."

"For someone like you who is already too spiritual, the moment you drink the potion, you might see things you shouldn't see, and go mad or even die."

Jiang Zhe was stunned when he heard this: "How could this happen?"

"Because for some beings, simply knowing their honorable names, or even knowing their existence, can pollute us, leading us to madness or death, or even to the point where we can't even die if we want to."

"I once participated in the treatment of a contaminated person. When I saw him, his bulging belly kept giving birth to 'children'."

"Him?" Jiang Zhe shuddered with disgust, noticing the incongruity of a certain word.

Daly rubbed her eyes:
"Before being contaminated, his gender was indeed male."

"So if you can choose the potion route, I don't recommend those that can enhance inspiration. There are also potions that don't enhance spirituality at low sequences, or only enhance spirituality very little. Personally, I think those potions are more suitable for you."

Hearing Daly talk about her choice of potion, Jiang Zhe suddenly had a guess in his heart and asked quickly, "Has the Holy Temple responded?"

Daly chuckled and said, "So you're really perceptive. Yes, the Holy Temple agreed, but it will take a while before they can send anyone over."

"This situation is rare. As a rule, the local Nighthawks will be directly approved to give you the potion formula and potion. The potion formula and some reserve materials are stored behind the Chanis Gate."

"You should be familiar with Chanis Gate. It's named after Archbishop Chanis, the founder of the modern Nighthawk system. Behind the gate are several different areas, where highly classified documents, extraordinary materials, and items are stored."

"But don't be curious about what's there. Behind that door are imprisoned heretics, alien species, cultists, members of secret organizations, and living 'Sealed Objects'."

"So a city's Nighthawks have enough experience to help newcomers like you embark on an extraordinary journey."

Jiang Zhe listened with fascination. No matter how others warned her, she could not suppress her yearning for the extraordinary, even in the face of all kinds of crises. "Then why does the Holy Temple need to send someone to me?"

Daly said, "I guess it will bring you different sequence paths. You've already inquired about it, and I won't hide it from you. The Tingen Nighthawks have the initial sequence potion formulas and corresponding extraordinary materials for 'Sleepless Man', 'Corpse Collector', 'Secret Peeper', and 'Fortune Teller'."

"And the Holy Temple does have more sequence pathways."

"Perhaps it's your noble status, or perhaps due to other considerations, that the Holy Temple has opened up more options for you."

For some reason, when Jiang Zhe heard the word "fortune teller", he felt as if his heart stopped for a moment.

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