Chapter 140: Wandering.

Frankly speaking, Xiao Fen did not originally plan to gain anything from this Pan Family.

If asked how many foreign languages he mastered, he could probably talk fluently. But if asked how to identify ancient books, how to punctuate the text, or how to interpret them, he would absolutely admit defeat.

As for how majestic or meaningful the paintings of ancient famous artists were, Xiao Fen was also clueless. Determining the era and quality was really not his strong suit.

He stayed here just to stall for time and see if he could trigger another mission to earn back his Healing Potion. If nothing triggered, he would just consider himself unlucky and leave.

As for those ancient books, frankly speaking, he didn’t care about them at all. These things couldn’t be taken out of the Trial World. Keeping them was no different from waste paper. The right thing to do was to leave here as soon as possible and see if he could get those Agents from the Eastern Depot to help him complete the next mission. That would be the real best strategy.

Sitting in the study, Xiao Fen closed his eyes to think. Suddenly, he felt a movement in his heart. A familiar aura spread in from outside the study. That indescribable smell of blood began to fill Xiao Fen’s nostrils again.

However, unlike the relatively timid bloody aura before, this time the bloody aura seemed to be mixed with some hostility. Xiao Fen could even feel that this hostility was sharp enough to cause a physical stinging sensation on his body.

At this point, Xiao Fen couldn’t bother to keep silent. He raised his head and said in a low voice, “Your wife’s life, do you really not want it anymore? And you, I’ve killed so many filthy things, can I not kill you?”

The bloody smell outside suddenly recoiled. Clearly, the person creating this aura had flinched. After a while, a new tiny voice came from outside the door, “You killed so many, killed so many, shouldn’t be like this, shouldn’t be like this.”

Xiao Fen smiled slightly. He could understand the little girl’s meaning. She probably meant that Xiao Fen didn’t need to kill so many originally. But whether this girl lacked wisdom or vocabulary, she just repeated those few words over and over.

“If I don’t kill, someone else always will. Besides, even if I let them go, would they let me go?”

The girl went quiet for a while, then started sobbing. This sound slowly expanded until the entire Pan residence was filled with this crying sound that made people feel uncomfortable all over.

Xiao Fen did not stop the girl from continuing to cry. This crying actually highlighted his significance, making the people of the Pan Family not dare to have any crooked thoughts about him again.

However, this sound was extremely terrifying to the people of the Pan Family. Xiao Fen had not been sitting in the room for long when Censor Pan stumbled in, hugging his precious ancient books, and asked loudly, “Immortal, Immortal, didn’t you say earlier that you had cleaned up all these monsters? Why is there another incident now?”

Xiao Fen waved his hand and said, “No harm, no harm. When I leave, this place will be clean.”

Censor Pan did not dare to say more. He covered his ears with one hand and handed over the ancient books with the other, saying, “All my family’s collections are here. Please take your pick, Immortal.”

Xiao Fen smiled slightly. Suddenly, the corner of his eye twitched. He felt a familiar sensation from these ancient books. This sensation had appeared often recently; a Qigong Skill had come because of this feeling. Naturally, he wouldn’t let it pass now. He reached out and rummaged through them. Among several ancient books, he found a strange thin booklet.

There were a few words written on this booklet, but Xiao Fen didn’t recognize them. He turned his head and asked Censor Pan, “Where did you get this book?”

Seeing that Xiao Fen was interested in this booklet, Censor Pan let out a long sigh of relief. He thought this Immortal didn’t have very good taste, leaving so many good things aside to pick a booklet with no known origin or known content. If this booklet could send this Immortal away, that would be best.

Thinking of this, Censor Pan hurriedly said, “The Immortal has good eyes. This booklet originally came from an antique shop, attached to other items. The shop owner didn’t know its worth. He didn’t know that this book uses Small Seal Script and writes about anecdotes of the ancient Western Qin. In the end, it was given a title, something called Greek Fire. This book is of no use to me here. If it can be taken by the Immortal and remain near the Immortal, that would be this book’s fortune.”

Xiao Fen didn’t care about other things, but hearing the words “Greek Fire” made his heart jump. Various past events flooded his mind.

“That old man said, the other half of the Qigong Skill can be found somewhere, and that scroll was the clue.”

“A Qigong written in Ancient Greek.”

“In other words, the so-called clue should be something about Greece written in ancient text.”

“Speaking of what special things happened in Greece, the first thing that comes to mind is the famous Greek Fire. Could it be that this is the other half of the Qigong Skill?”

Thinking of this, Xiao Fen did not hesitate. He casually summoned a Light Screen and spent 400 Gene Points to appraise it. Sure enough, the booklet soon emitted a shining radiance. In a short while, it turned into a Primary Skill Scroll.

Xiao Fen didn’t even think. He reached out and crushed the scroll. With a bang, the scroll dissipated completely, and a new line of text appeared before Xiao Fen’s eyes.

“You have mastered the Greek Fire Skill.”

“Greek Fire: Primary Skill. Consumes 40 Energy Value. Can create a mass of hard-to-extinguish flame on the target, dealing 12 points of damage per second for 15 seconds.”

“Upgrade conditions not met. This Skill cannot be upgraded.”

Seeing this Skill, there was no prompt that two Skills could be merged. Xiao Fen’s heart went cold. He knew this was likely not the other half of the Qigong. The other half of this Greek Fire Skill probably had to be found elsewhere.

This was equivalent to wasting 2 Skill Points. In the past, Xiao Fen wouldn’t have felt the loss so much. But now his Skill Points were severely lacking. After leaving this Trial World, he might need to buy some poison to make scrolls, which also required investing points. To Xiao Fen, every Skill Point now was very precious.

However, after thinking it over, trading a Healing Potion for a Skill was still a good deal. After all, there were many keys in his backpack. He didn’t believe he couldn’t get a single Skill Point from them.

Thinking of this, ignoring the shocked look in Censor Pan’s eyes, he stood up on his own and said, “Alright, we part here.”

Just as he was speaking, his vision suddenly brightened, and a line of text appeared.

“You have triggered a new mission: Find the Source of the Skill Book.”