American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 199 The Little Trick of Teleportation

Since he intended to facilitate Seth's arrival, Xiao Xian chose to stay by the male and female protagonists' side as much as possible without changing the original plot, in order to prevent the gods from ruining Seth's arrival.

According to the original plot, it will be some time before Jenny and Nick go to Egypt. Xiao Xian does not plan to rush them because, according to mythology, different gods are active to varying degrees in different months and on different days of the week. For example, Wednesday is considered Odin's day, while March is ruled by Mars, the god of war.

Different myths have different legends, but if the date changes, and the active god on that day changes from Set's friend to Set's enemy, then the probability of success will naturally decrease significantly.

Of course, judging from Set's situation in ancient Egyptian mythology, Set may not have had many friends. But even if he didn't have many friends, the degree of hatred between different enemies was different. Some might just dislike him, while others wished they could tear him to pieces.

Since the male and female protagonists acted normally in the original plot, and Seth's ritual was somewhat successful but not by much, which was the best possible outcome, Xiao Xian would naturally try to replicate it. Unless there is a major deviation in the plot, Xiao Xian would not interfere casually.

However, this created a gap period. Xiao Xian had to stay in London to prevent any accidents from happening to Jenny and the others, but he couldn't get too close to them, otherwise Xiao Xian's good looks would be the biggest obstacle to the development of the male and female leads.

With Erica following alongside Jenny and the others, Xiao Xian, having nothing else to do, went to the museum. Since the Sun Sutra was a true artifact, then the antiques from ancient Egypt and other countries were not necessarily ordinary either.

However, this time Xiao Xian did not go to the Natural History Museum, but instead went to the Daying Museum. Compared to the Natural History Museum, which mainly contains various specimens and herbs, the Daying Museum mainly houses a large number of precious cultural relics, including many extraordinary items.

Moreover, even if they didn't, Xiao Xian could return these things to their rightful owners. As a dimensional demon god, it was basically impossible for Xiao Xian to pull the world into his own dimensional space or destroy the world, but moving some cultural relics was really no big deal, and could even be described as harmless.

The Daying Museum at night is even more tranquil and mysterious. The lights inside the museum, like pearls floating in the darkness, illuminate the cultural relics within.

Xiao Xian entered the museum, the sound of his leather shoes echoing in the empty hall, attracting the attention of a female staff member. There shouldn't be any tourists at this time. She was a woman with long hair braided into a bun, wearing a neat uniform.

Xiao Xian smiled at her, his emerald eyes sparkling with a captivating light. "I'm looking for artifacts related to myths and legends. Do you know where I can find any?"

"Hi~ Hello~" Seeing Xiao Xian's handsome smile, the female staff member forgot all about the rules and regulations and waved blankly, saying, "I know where it is, shall I take you there?"

Xiao Xian nodded, and led by the woman, the two arrived at the China Pavilion. The pavilion's collection of Chinese cultural relics encompassed the entire range of Chinese art categories. In short, ancient stone tools, Shang and Zhou bronzes, Wei and Jin stone Buddhist scriptures, Tang and Song calligraphy and paintings, Ming and Qing porcelain, and other national treasures marking the pinnacle of various cultures in Chinese history could all be seen here.

Of course, few of these treasures were obtained through normal channels; they were mostly acquired through robbery and theft.

Xiao Xian even saw a whole host of top-tier cultural relics, including "Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies", Su Shi's "Ink Bamboo", "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", and the Dunhuang mural "Preaching Under a Tree".

Looking at these cultural relics, Xiao Xian felt that he might have to come back during the day next time. With so many things, how long would it take to move them all by himself without using magic?

Then the two arrived in front of an ancient Taoist book, "The Supreme Divine Thunder Jade Pivot Thunder Treasure Scripture and Talismans".

"This is an ancient Taoist text that records many mysterious talismans, spells, and deities. It contains forty-five Taoist deities and twenty-six illustrations. Does it meet your requirements?"

The female staff member began to explain to Xiao Xian, while secretly glancing at his face as she spoke.

"I guess so." Xiao Xian sensed that the book contained no power or divine strength. He then tested it with a magic detection method and found that it had a slightly supernatural level, but not much. It was clearly not a divine artifact. Looking at the description, it was indeed an illustrated book.

Before examining it closely, Xiao Xian thought the talismans inside might be worth a look, but upon closer inspection, although the contents of the talismans appeared elaborate, once the unnecessary details were removed, they could be summarized as follows:

Founder, I offer you my magical offerings, please help me defeat him! Lord Thunder God, these are my offerings. My founder is xxx, an old friend of yours. Please, for the sake of my founder, help me strike him down! Brother Dragon King, the offerings are yours! My sect's founder is xx, holding the position of xx in heaven. Please, for the sake of my founder, send down rain!

How to put it? It has a very Eastern flavor, but it's also very obvious that the underlying code for the program (spell) isn't actually on the talisman; the talisman itself is just a text message.

Even if the talisman is drawn accurately, the materials are of good quality, and there is minimal loss of information, what truly determines whether the talisman works is the prestige of the patriarch in heaven and the amount of magical power contributed.

Based on Xiao Xian's understanding of Eastern customs and etiquette, the former is often much more important than the latter, unless the latter contributes a truly exceptional amount of magical power.

However, there was one thing that Xiao Xian was concerned about: this world actually had magic power. You should know that the mages of Kamar-Tekki did not have magic power; they only had various transactions with dimensional demons.

"Are there any texts about how to cultivate immortality?" Xiao Xian looked at the female staff member. He was quite interested in learning about the extraordinary systems of this world.

Xiao Xian's question surprised the female staff member slightly.

"Scriptures on cultivation?" The female staff member bowed slightly, her brows furrowed.

"We do have some ancient books about cultivation and immortality in our museum, but they are stored in the warehouse and are not on display. However, I do not have permission to enter the warehouse."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xian remained calm, smiling and saying in a relaxed tone, "Then take me to the warehouse, I have a plan."

The female staff member then led Xiao Xian to the warehouse door and pointed to the high-tech lock on the door.

"Only authorized personnel can enter by swiping their ID and passing iris verification. There is no other way. This door cannot even be opened by a rocket."

"That's because you haven't seen enough." Xiao Xian smiled slightly, drew circles in the air with his hand, and then a magical ring appeared in the air. A dreamlike golden light jumped and shimmered in the air, and through the ring, one could see the scenery of an ocean.

Then Xiao Xian gently waved his hand, and the magic ring moved forward, piercing through the steel door as easily as cutting through tofu before disappearing. Through the hole cut by the magic ring, one could clearly see the collection inside.

A clever trick for using the portal—cutting—Xiao Xian thought, looking at the opening in front of him, "This spell still has a lot of room for development."

(End of this chapter)