The second point is why he made this book about character. If it was Frant who made it, his purpose was most likely to get someone to rescue him.
But if that's the purpose, he shouldn't portray himself as a villain in his story; instead, he should distort the truth and shape himself into a hero.
So the truth should be the exact opposite of what's recorded in the human skin book: Frant was the one who helped the townspeople, while the Bouncing Pot was the murderer who killed everyone.
Based on Frant's diary, Su Yu guessed that this secret realm was actually used to seal the Jumping Pot.
However, after Frant's death, as time passed, the Jumping Pot usurped some control, but it could not completely control the Secret Realm. When the innkeeper almost revealed the truth, it could only take back the innkeeper completely.
The three entered the Jumping Pot Temple, and the nun, just like yesterday, stepped forward to guide them. Su Yu and the others followed the nun to the shrine of the Jumping Pot.
This time, however, he didn't pray. Instead, he looked up at the towering cauldron and asked directly, "Why did you kill everyone in the town?"
Jumping Pot's voice was as calm as yesterday: "Outsider, I don't understand what you're talking about?"
"No, you understand. Not only do you understand, but you also want to trick us into drinking the potion you gave us. Don't tell me you don't remember us being here yesterday. That's really stupid," Su Yu interrupted bluntly.
Jumping Pot paused for a moment, then said, "Foreign wizards, I do know you came yesterday, but I didn't kill anyone. I think you must have misunderstood something!"
"Misunderstanding? Haha, is that so? In that case, why don't you let us leave?" Su Yu revealed a cold smile.
"Of course you can. I gave you a bottle of spatial sensing potion yesterday. As long as you take the potion, you can leave with your friends," Jumping Pot said sincerely.
"So I still have to drink the potion, right? What if I don't?" Su Yu asked back.
The bouncy pot's tone turned helpless: "I'm sorry, outsider, I'm just a bouncy pot. I can only customize potions for people according to their needs, and I can't do anything else."
Upon hearing Jumping Pot's answer, Su Yu couldn't help but laugh: "Hahaha, alright, alright, alright, what a helpless excuse. Well then, let me tell you something. See him? His name is Teemo, and he's a house-elf."
"You should know what house-elves are. They have a completely different magic system from wizards. They are born with the ability to apparite. If we want to leave, he can take us with him anytime."
"Then why are you still staying here?" Jumping Pot's tone became emotionless; he felt that Su Yu was bluffing him.
Su Yu grabbed Timo's hand: "It seems you won't act until you see the benefit. In that case, Timo, let's go. Once we're out, I'll destroy that human skin book as soon as possible."
"Wait, you came here because you wanted to have me, right? Are you really willing to leave so easily?" Jumping Pot's tone began to take on a seductive quality.
"Whether you're willing or not, life is the most important thing; everything else is just external." Su Yu said, feigning nonchalance.
The Jumping Pot fell silent once more, then suddenly, with a "poof," another potion jumped out of the cauldron and landed in Su Yu's hand. The Jumping Pot said:
“Wise wizard, this is a potion of contract. You can scrape some fragments off me, add them to this potion, and drink it. Then you will become my master,” said Jumping Pot.
"Become your master? Are you sure?" Su Yu asked the Jumping Pot, but his eyes were on Snape.
Snape nodded and said, "There are such potions, but they are usually for animals. I'm not sure if they would work on the Bouncing Pot."
Jumping Pot said, "You should have heard some of my legends. I cannot lie, and I must obey the requests of those who pray and provide the appropriate potions according to their needs."
"So don't worry, just drink it. After we finish, we'll be a family."
Jumping Pot's seductive charm was amplified, to the point that Coal Ball felt a little uncomfortable. It poked its head out of Su Yu's arms and yelled at Jumping Pot.
Su Yu remained unmoved, simply staring at the bouncy pot, and said, enunciating each word clearly, "I don't believe a single word you've said!"
"Hahaha, good, good, wizards these days are getting more and more amazing. How about I tell you a story?" Jumping Pot's voice suddenly turned excited.
"I'd like to hear the details." Su Yu gestured for him to proceed.
Jumping Pot said, "About 500 years ago, the people in this town lived a very miserable life. Their lord, Dracula, levied huge taxes on them every year."
“One day, a young man from the village found me in a mountain valley and brought me back to human society. To repay him, I decided to become the guardian of this town.”
"Their first target is Dracula, so I provided the townspeople with a large number of strength potions, speed potions, and stamina potions."
"Using the potion I gave them, they successfully drove away Dracula and no longer had to pay a single penny of tax. The town gradually became prosperous."
"People also built this temple for me and enshrined me. Every day, a large number of believers come to the temple to pray devoutly and offer me their faith, and I will give them the medicine they need."
"At first, I thought I would stay here forever, protecting this town. But unfortunately, people's hearts can change, and they can become extremely greedy."
Chapter 62 The Truth (Part 2)
As he spoke, Jumping Pot's tone suddenly became impassioned, his voice becoming sharp and crazed: "Hahahaha, you'll never imagine what people can be like when they get greedy."
“They no longer pray every day, taking what I give them for granted, and just keep asking me for things, as if I were a wish-granting machine.”
"Moreover, they are not satisfied with the one-time-per-day-to-make-a-wish opportunity. They want more, and their wishes are becoming more and more outrageous. I am just a bouncy pot that can make potions. I am not a god. I cannot possibly meet all their needs."
"Then their attitude towards me changed, completely changed. They started to hurl insults at me, and even destroyed the temple, wanting to smash me to pieces to see if I really had an infinite supply of potions inside me."
“I wanted to leave this town, but I was unwilling to give up. I was so good to them, but they repaid kindness with enmity. So I secretly hid away. I wanted to see how painful and pitiful they would become as little insects without me.”
"But not long after, that nasty wizard arrived. He could also make potions and cast spells. The townspeople initially wanted to capture him and make him the new wish-granting machine, but he killed several of them."
“I was overjoyed. I thought these poor insects would miss me, but they didn’t. They changed their tune and went to that nasty wizard. The wizard agreed, but he would charge them silver and gold.”
“I thought the villagers would be dissatisfied and continue to resist, so I could step in to help them again. But they were happy to do it. Every time they went to the wizard for help, they would not only pay money but also smile and flatter him.”
"Why should I? I clearly gave them more, I clearly didn't take a penny, as long as they sincerely prayed to me, I would give them help."
"But in the end, I was insulted and driven away by them. That wizard clearly charged them for every help he gave, yet they treated him like an honored guest. Why? Tell me, why?"
"So you killed all the residents of the town?" Su Yu was speechless, but sometimes that's how it is. Stories of gratitude for a small favor being repaid with excessive kindness are common in history.
"That's right, I put poison in their well and killed them all. I want to see if that wizard can resurrect them! Hahahaha!" Jumping Pot laughed wildly.
Su Yu shook his head. Often, honest people are the most terrifying when they turn evil. He then asked, "So why are you in this secret realm, and where did that wizard go?"
Jumping Pot said, "That wizard found me. After realizing he couldn't kill me, he dragged the entire town into this alternate dimension and turned the townspeople's corpses into shadow corpses to guard me here."
"But he didn't fare any better. He was poisoned by my curse potion and died soon after. I was unwilling to be trapped here. I wanted to get out, so I used his skin to make that book and sent it out."
"All I wanted was to escape this cage. What did I do wrong? Tell me, what did I do wrong?"
Su Yu remained unmoved and sneered, "You still won't tell me the truth? Then let me guess. If I'm not mistaken, you can absorb some of the power in the environment and turn it into your own magic, such as the power of faith."
"At the same time, you also need to follow certain rules. For example, if someone makes a wish, you need to try your best to fulfill it."
"So the wizard created these undead not to guard you, but to make wishes on you every day to deplete your magic. This is probably the wizard's way of killing you completely."
"He dragged the entire town into this space and created this semi-real, semi-illusory secret realm, causing these undead to drain your mana every day, making it impossible for you to replenish it."
"Over time, you will be exhausted and collapse on your own, but it is clear that you have found a loophole and altered some of the Yin Corpse's settings to make them work for you."
"This leads to people like the owner of the Green Apple Bar recognizing our wizarding identities."
"Of course, none of that is the point. The real point is that your magic cannot be replenished, and the Shadow Corpse cannot provide faith. You need fresh power, so you created that human skin book to lure wizards into this secret realm."
After Su Yu finished speaking, he stared at the jumping pot in front of him, and the leg on which the jumping pot was standing began to slowly bend. Then, with a great leap, it jumped off the shrine.
Su Yu and the other two quickly retreated, took out their wands, and remained on guard. Timo also took out the magic oscillator that Su Yu had just made. Once these townspeople turned into undead, he would release a magic oscillation every three seconds, as Su Yu had instructed.
The bouncy pot that jumped down from the shrine did not attack, but instead let out an almost manic laugh: "Hahahaha... You're a very clever little guy, you guessed right, but there's one thing you didn't guess."
"I originally thought I could only absorb the power of faith, but after I killed these people, I realized that the soul is the best tonic, so I need souls, more and better souls."
"I made that human skin book, and over the years it has brought me a large number of high-quality wizard souls. It's just a pity that thirty years ago, a little mouse escaped it, and no one has been able to come in since."
"Since the three of you are here, then stay and serve as nourishment for my growth, hahahaha..."
Upon hearing what Jumping Pot said, Timo tensed up: "Thirty years ago, the person you mentioned who escaped, was his name Catoll Anthony?"
Jumping Pot said, "Cartor Antony? Who cares about the name of a dead man? After drinking my potion, even if he escapes from here, his soul will eventually belong to me."
"You bastard! Thunder Explosion!" Teemo roared furiously. His master had been killed by this guy in front of him, and he had to pay for it with his blood!
A red spell was cast from Teemo's wand. Most house elves have very high magical talent, which is why the Ministry of Magic has explicitly prohibited them from using wands.
Su Yu felt that this explosive spell could definitely reach the LV9 level. With a clang, the spell hit the pot of the Jumping Pot and scattered, but the Jumping Pot itself did not change.
"You think you can hurt me with a spell of this level? You're delusional. Since you're so eager to know what happened back then, why don't you meet that wizard from back then!"
After saying that, it spewed out a large amount of black flesh and blood from the jumping pot. This flesh and blood kept writhing and eventually formed a terrifying, mutated monster.
"It was him. He stole my faith, gained greater prestige than me, and even tried to kill me. I skinned him and used a potion to transform him into this monster. I want to see if these foolish townspeople will still respect him when they see him like this. Hahaha... Hahaha..."
Chapter 63 The Shattered Secret Realm (Part 1)
Looking at the deformed humanoid monster that was about two meters tall and covered in black slime, Su Yu and Snape felt a chill run down their spines. Was this thing really that Slytherin member?
"Roar!" The monster roared and charged towards Su Yu and Snape. Snape immediately cast a fire spell, and flames shot out from the tip of his wand, engulfing the monster.
Su Yu also waved his wand, unleashing a thunderous explosion that he threw into the fireball. The fireball immediately exploded, billowing thick smoke, and many stone pillars in the temple were blasted apart.
Seeing that the temple was about to collapse, Su Yu, Snape, and Timo quickly escaped, but the intense magical fluctuations had already attracted the attention of the surrounding townspeople.
Just like yesterday, the townspeople's faces began to contort, quickly transforming into shadowy corpses and surrounding Su Yu and his companions.
"Teemo!" Su Yu shouted.
Timo was already prepared. As soon as these undead came within fifty meters of him, he would start releasing the magic oscillator. However, he needed to be careful not to let it overlap with the time when Su Yu and Snape were casting spells, otherwise it would interrupt the spellcasting.
Su Yu and Snape stared at the temple, where the marble dome had collapsed. They wondered how badly the monster and the bouncy pot inside were injured.
With a loud bang, the mutated monster broke free from the temple ruins. Its body was covered with burn marks from the flames, and there was a dent in its chest, clearly caused by the Explosion Curse.
However, the mutated monster was holding two Yin Corpses in each hand, which were actually two nuns from the temple. Could it be that this monster knew how to cherish women?
Just as Su Yu was wondering what was going on, the monster's head suddenly split open from the middle, as if it had opened a huge mouth and swallowed the two Yin Corpses one by one.
After swallowing the two corpses, the mutated monster's wounds began to heal at a visible speed, and in the end, it was even stronger than before.
Both Su Yu and Snape were horrified, and the bouncy pot leaped out of the ruins, laughing maniacally.
"Hahahaha, you've all discovered it, haven't you? That's right, he can devour those Yin Corpses to strengthen himself."
"I'm afraid even he himself couldn't have imagined that after his death, these Yin Corpses he created would become bait for his own growth."
After devouring the two Infernals, the mutated monster charged at Su Yu and Snape again. Su Yu waved his wand: "Upside-down Bell!"
The powerful magic bound the mutated monster's legs, and the immense force pulled it up, actually lifting it up.
Snape looked at Su Yu, a smile flashing in his eyes. Back in school, Su Yu's spell level wasn't high. Upside-down Bell was his main spell when fighting the Marauders, and it was also a classic combination between the two.
If the opponent were James Potter, Snape would most likely unleash a Slug Curse or a Tooth-on-the-Big Stick at this point.
But if this is a mutated monster, then we need to increase its power: "Divine Edge Without Shadow!"
A sharp cutting sound rang out in the air, louder and more piercing than the sound Su Yu made when dealing with the giant monster.
*Thud* An invisible blade pierced the mutated monster's neck, leaving a long cut on its surface. Unfortunately, the cut was not deep enough to cause sufficient damage.
Snape wanted to cast a few more cutting spells to see if he could, like Su Yu had done last time, use the high-frequency, multiple uses of the Divine Edge to cut off the mutated monster's head.
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