Wizard: Starting from Escaping Another World to Pioneering

Chapter 132 The Origin of the Forgotten Map

"Huh, I remember you just recently advanced to intermediate wizard."

"How come you've been promoted to advanced apprentice in just a few months?"

"Your mental strength is probably around 70 points now."

"When we last met, I clearly remember your mental strength was only in the forties—"

"How did your mental strength improve so quickly!"

As a spirit, Pero was extremely sensitive to fluctuations in mental energy and immediately noticed the difference in the other party.

Matthew made up an excuse in his mind and was about to give a perfunctory response.

At that moment, Perrault's shrill voice rang out again.

"Never mind, these little things don't matter."

"He's still a bit lacking compared to the old man."

"Old man?" Matthew asked, puzzled, then suddenly realized something.

He turned his head and glanced at the huge portrait on the wall.

"You're not talking about that old man, are you?"

"Yes, it's him."

"He is my master, Joseph."

"Joseph?"

Perrault nodded. "He was the dean of the Tidal School in previous years."

"But I doubt anyone remembers him now."

"According to seniority, the current head of the school, Phoenix, is still the old man's disciple and grand-disciple."

Matthew certainly didn't know much about the history of the Tidal School.

He only knew about the current dean of the school and the two previous deans, and didn't know much about anything before that.

Not only him, but most of the students in the school were the same.

After all, this knowledge cannot enhance one's own strength.

At this moment, Matthew suddenly remembered the "Key of Joseph's Bloodline" that he had extracted from Luke's crystal ball in the Winter Realm.

It was through this bloodline activation ritual that he fully awakened the Flame-Eating Dragon bloodline within his body.

"Was that book, 'The Key to Joseph's Bloodline,' created by your master?"

Upon hearing this, Perrault suddenly realized what was going on.

"Looks like you activated your bloodline using that bloodline ritual."

"That book was indeed created by the old man."

"He likes to tinker with all sorts of strange rituals when he has nothing to do."

"And that old man was so vain; he always liked to name the knowledge he created after himself."

"If he knew you activated his bloodline through his bloodline ritual, he would definitely ask you for an autograph!"

"Look at this self-portrait on the wall; it's his masterpiece!"

"None of the other deans of the school were as vain as him, insisting on hanging his self-portrait on it—"

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Pero's face became dazed, as if he were reminiscing about the past, while his mouth kept babbling about Joseph's various deeds.

"Where is Dean Joseph now?"

Matthew's words interrupted Perrault's recollection.

It came to its senses, and its sharp voice came out again.

"I don't know either—"

"However, he did return to the school more than three hundred years ago."

"It seems to have been to bring some kind of meditation diagram to the school of thought."

A thought flashed through Matthew's mind.

"Hmm? A meditation image—"

"That meditation chart you mentioned, it wouldn't happen to be called the Forgetting Chart, would it?"

"Oh, right, right, I remember the old man called that meditation diagram the Forgetting Diagram."

"I see—" Matthew's doubts were finally resolved.

He felt that the meditation picture was quite peculiar when he was in the stone chamber.

He had inquired with the guard, Melson, about the origin of the meditation image.

At the time, the other party only told Matthew, and he didn't know either. Perhaps only the dean of the school knew its origin.

However, after the wizard advancement trial ended, Dean Phoenix came to Matthew to inquire about the details of the trial.

At that time, Matthew also took the opportunity to ask him about the Forgotten Map.

However, the other party was unaware of this, only stating that the forgotten image already existed before he became the dean of the school.

Phoenix was also quite interested in the Forgotten Map, and he had asked the former dean about it, but still did not receive a positive reply, so he had to give up.

"I never imagined that the Forgotten Map was brought back by Dean Joseph."

"But what exactly is so special about this Forgotten Map?"

Why did he bring this meditation image back to the school?

Perrault shook his head and replied in a shrill voice, "I'm not quite sure about that either—"

"That old man always wanders around aimlessly, collecting all sorts of strange and unusual things."

"I don't know where he found this meditation image—"

"I didn't expect that even you didn't know—", Matthew asked after a moment of silence.

"Where did Dean Joseph go after he returned?"

Is he still alive?

"I don't really know where the old man went after that —"

"He only said he was going to France, but he didn't tell me what he was going to do there."

"But given that old man's level three wizard strength, he should still be alive, right?"

Perrault looked worried and added uncertainly.

"If only he could control his damn curiosity—"

"Then why didn't Dean Joseph take you with him and instead left you here?"

"Actually, I did go out with him in the past few years —"

"It was only after I lost my physical body and transformed into a spirit that he left me here—"

"But the old man said that he would help me transform my spirit into a physical body once he finds a way—"

"Hmm?" Perot's answer greatly surprised Matthew.

He originally thought that Pero was a cultivated spirit.

Unexpectedly, the other party actually had a physical body, and only later transformed into a spirit.

"So you were originally a magical pet trained by Dean Joseph?"

Perrault nodded noncommittally.

Seeing this, Matthew's eyes lit up and he said, "Then could you exchange the method for raising that kind of magical pet with me?"

After saying that, he took out a glass tube from his storage space.

But Pero shook his head. "Although I am not a wizard, the old man taught me about equivalent exchange from a young age."

"These solutions are the ones you promised to bring me last time."

"So you should have given it to me in the first place."

"But now you are exchanging them with me, which does not conform to the principle of equivalent exchange."

Matthew was not disappointed by his words; on the contrary, his face was full of confidence.

These solutions were extracted by Matthew from hallucinogenic mushrooms he cultivated himself.

This solution is different from the failed mushroom extracts that were traded with Milo last time.

"This time is different," Matthew said without further ado, immediately opening the bottle cap.

Pero twitched his face and sniffed, then suddenly his pupils contracted as he felt a surge of intense soul power wash over him.

Its shrill voice trembled slightly, "Ahhhhhh~"

"What is this?!"

"Why is this solution so much more concentrated than last time?!"

Matthew smiled and asked, "So? Are you willing to switch places with me now?"