The bishop is unfathomable.

"Although I've said it many times, thank you so much, Mr. Li Wei!"

Inside the Supervisory Bureau, in a room specifically used for supervising promotions, Vera bowed to Li Wei once again to express her gratitude.

Li Wei waved his hand, then continued to inscribe the ritual array on the ground: "Alright. It's just a temporary team formation; it's a mutually beneficial relationship between us."

"Sincere cooperation and a smooth promotion ceremony are the key points, aren't they?"

"Especially since you also managed to get the Bureau of Supervision facilities for my promotion, so I don't have to worry about any accidents happening during the promotion ceremony."

Vera chuckled, scratching the back of her head as she said, "Hehe, it's mainly because I'm using your name."

"Without Mr. Li Wei, and with Master Wagner's recent contributions, I think it wouldn't have been so easy to borrow this place."

Upon hearing this, Li Wei inquired, "By the way, how's the textbook compilation going, Mr. Wag?"

"It's almost finished. I heard that formal teaching can begin next week," Vera replied casually, then looked at Levi and asked, "Mr. Levi, what kind of ritual are you drawing right now?"

Li Wei laughed: "Just think of it as some kind of... method that can help us easily pass the promotion ceremony."

This is a lie.

What Li Wei is currently setting up is actually the ritual formation for illegally forming a team, which Felicia taught him.

It's like using a secondary account to smurf. If you want to smurf, a secondary account is essential.

To participate in the promotion ceremony, only the soul and spirit need to enter together.

The purpose of the ritual array drawn by Li Wei was twofold: firstly, to guide Felicia's soul, who was unable to attend the promotion ceremony at the Bureau of Inspection.

An identical array has already been drawn in the study on the third floor of Li Wei's house. If an identical one is set up here, they can both take effect at the same time.

Once they begin meditating and performing the ascension ritual, when the ritual requires three people to begin, Felicia will be prioritized to serve as the third teammate.

But to be fair, Levi did not lie to Vera.

This is indeed a way to help them easily pass the promotion ceremony.

Vera nodded as if she understood, but the face looked strangely familiar.

She wasn't good at rituals and only knew a few simple procedures she had learned at school, but she felt that the ritual array Li Wei had depicted was somewhat familiar.

It was as if she had seen it many times before.

Then she realized that although she had only undergone one solo advancement, her two older brothers were already superhumans at the third or even fourth level.

She seemed to have seen similar ritual patterns when they were promoted within the family.

Vera was taken aback, but then she remembered that Levi's mentor was Albert, and she immediately understood.

He's a student of that master, so it's not a problem for him to know more.

Moreover, with Mr. Li Wei's help and this ritual array, the promotion might be much smoother this time.

In this way, I can save some time to practice my martial arts skills.

Since arriving in Beldor, she has been in charge of clerical work, and her occasional fieldwork is just checking identities. This has made her quite rusty. If she doesn't practice properly, she will be too embarrassed to see her father, even if he doesn't blame her.

"Mr. Li Wei, please continue with your work. I'll go and get you a cup of tea."

Vera was about to push open the door to get some water for Levi when Levi stopped her, saying, "No need. The drawing will be finished soon."

"And judging by the time, it's almost time to meditate."

Li Wei rushed out of the library as soon as it was time to buy some materials needed for the ceremony. Fortunately, they were mostly calming herbs, so he didn't have to go to Luogu Lane to buy them, otherwise it would have been delayed by another day.

After buying the items, I took the cat that had followed me to the forbidden book section home, then drew a magic array before finally arriving at the Bureau of Supervision.

Several hours passed in the blink of an eye.

Fortunately, the preparations are almost complete.

I can also experience the three stages of the Soul Poem spell that I have mastered.

As Li Wei finished drawing the final incantation, he glanced again at the description of the new spell on the panel.

[Soul Bond: All damage and negative effects acting on the Creator will be preferentially absorbed by the familiar. If the familiar is unable to absorb the damage or negative effects, the familiar responsible for absorbing the damage and effects will enter the "Disintegration" state and will be nullified from the damage or negative effects.]

Damage sustained while in Soul-Possessed state is primarily borne by the familiar. However, once the damage received by the familiar exceeds the limit, the Soul-Possessed state will automatically end.

[Through the connection between your souls, you can freely exchange positions with your familiar when the distance between you and the familiar is no more than 500 meters. Each exchange consumes 15 points of spiritual energy.]

[Disintegration: The familiar that emerged from the shadow of your soul will disintegrate into shadows and return to your soul. It needs to be summoned again using the Soul Shadow skill.]

[Note: Each familiar that enters a state of disintegration can only be summoned again once within seven days.]

[After swapping positions with a familiar, you cannot swap positions with the same familiar again within five seconds.]

The new spell's effect is simple and straightforward: pure survival.

It's like giving yourself an extra health bar, or even more than one in the future.

The only downside is that his own body lacks combat power. Without his familiar, he can only use the wind vortex spell he just learned to gather monsters.

It's definitely more reliable to advance to the next level and then summon a second familiar.

As he pondered, the ritual array was completely drawn, and the setting sun outside the window disappeared completely at the horizon as the bells of the clock tower rang.

The pale moonlight slowly rose in the deep blue night sky, and Levi and Vera sat down on the two chairs that had been set up in the room.

Meanwhile, Felicia, who had already discussed things with Li Wei, was also making preparations in the study on the third floor.

Transformed into a catgirl with long, straight black hair, she sat in the center of the ritual array and began to meditate, regenerating her mana while waiting for Li Wei to initiate a team-up request.

Three minutes later, after all three had entered a meditative state, and under the influence of the ritual, as Felicia and Levi had wished, the three, who were not even in the same room, exploited a loophole and completed an illegal team formation.

When Li Wei's consciousness re-entered the dream world, he appeared in that familiar waiting hall.

Vera immediately looked around, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Levi sitting next to her.

But she quickly became nervous again, because right to Li Wei's right sat a strange yet familiar-looking woman with demi-human features, who looked no different from a human.

Before Vera could think further, the ghost had already appeared in front of the three of them. He then stared meaningfully at Felicia before turning his gaze to Levi and Vera.

"Welcome to the promotion ceremony." Yuuki's slightly mocking tone rang out again: "There are three participants in this ceremony."

"If all three of you are ready, then let's begin the ceremony."

"To clear away the fog of history and see the right path."

As soon as Yougui finished speaking, without even giving the three of them time to reply, the promotion ceremony officially began.

When Li Wei regained his sight, he found himself in a noble manor, and then he heard the wandering ghost's prompt.

It is now April 1828. You are a member of the Shadow Guard, a secret intelligence organization directly under the Censorate, even more covert than the Royal Gendarmerie.

[You have received a mission today. Escort the youngest daughter of the Marquis of Shulton to the Colossus Research Facility within the Valak Territory...]

Li Wei: "?"

Where to? The Colossus?

Wait a minute... 1828, isn't that sixty years ago? The end of the Three Kingdoms period?