Chapter 1176

Chapter 1151 Hearing about Probus again and the mysterious twelve zodiac animals!

Locke and the Sea Queen arrived at a common lounge in the Rootcrown Court, a place for wizards to rest. A musty smell wafted from it. Tree roots entwined the lounge, and Locke glanced at them, noticing signs of decay and a whitish odor.

The Sea Queen said, “Let’s enter the Zodiac Guild here. There’s a chain clock over there; when the time comes, the Zodiac Ring will summon us to a secret place. The Zodiac Guild is extremely mysterious, seemingly existing neither in the wizarding world nor in the worlds surrounding it.” “

Oh, this smell is indeed unpleasant,” the Sea Queen remarked, casually opening the lid of a wooden box resembling a small medicine chest and taking out a bottle of aromatherapy.

“Recently, this smell has been pervasive in different rooms throughout the Rootcrown Court’s branch.”

“Magical incense can suppress the odor.”

Locke looked at the rotting parts of the tree roots surrounding the lounge and said, “This is Omega wilt. It’s called Omega disease because it’s a collective term for a disease discovered by the third-circle wizard, Mr. Omega, also known as magical fungal rot. A type of magical fungus from the Omega family has invaded the magical plants here at the Rootcrown Court. The presence of Omega disease in a piece of land means that spores of this fungus are hidden everywhere, making it extremely difficult to eradicate.”

“I wonder what kind of magical fungus has invaded here.”

Locke pondered, “The magical plants used in the Rootcrown Court’s branch buildings should be of the same origin as the one in the Razer Lowlands, and protected by all the breeders of the Rootcrown Court. This must be a super magical fungus; if this fungus can invade the tree in this branch, it can certainly invade the tree in the Rootcrown Court headquarters as well.”

Sea Queen glanced at the rotting roots. “You’re the expert in the field of breeding.”

“Since you say so, it might be true.” “

Something has probably happened to the Root Crown Court, but what does that have to do with us?”

Locke decided not to take out any magical plants here, fearing that this super magical fungus might invade his own.

Locke took out a bottle of Disillusionment Potion and handed it to the Sea Queen. Before the Twelve Zodiacs Gathering began, he asked the Sea Queen, “Teacher, I’ve recently encountered a problem. For example, this is a bottle of Disillusionment Potion, but a friend of mine wants to enter a special area that can absorb magical energy. I think even if he drinks the blue Disillusionment Potion, this potion won’t last long.”

“It might not even last more than 3 seconds.”

“I would like to ask you, teacher, what should I do?”

The Sea Queen did not accept the Disillusionment Potion. Facing potions, she abandoned her frivolous and casual attitude and began to answer seriously.

“There are very few situations where the Disillusionment Potion cannot work, because once ingested, it can form a special dimensional principle around a wizard.” “

The side effects of the Disillusionment Potion are rather significant. These dimensional principles cannot be completely expelled from the wizard’s body afterward; some will remain.” “

The creator of the Disillusionment Potion is both a potions wizard and a wizard of the Evocation school. Many potion recipes are inspired by other disciplines.”

“Your inability to fine-tune the Disillusionment Potion recipe to work in the dangerous magical abyss you mentioned is not due to a problem with the recipe itself. The problem lies with you.”

The Sea Queen extended her right hand, pointing her thumb at Locke’s forehead.

Locke immediately bowed. “Please enlighten me, teacher.”

The Sea Queen seemed somewhat impatient. “Locke, you can’t possibly be so clueless about something this simple?”

“I thought you’d be smarter after curing Mountain Guest. Well, the Twelve Zodiacs Tournament is about to begin, otherwise I wouldn’t bother answering such a basic question. The Illusion Potion recipe uses the approach of Spirit Touch, I mean the approach of Spirit Touch Field within Spirit Touch.”

“You’re not modifying the Illusion Potion recipe correctly because you’re only approaching it from the perspectives of Spirit Macrocosmology and Basic Herbalism.” “

But I remember that the Illusion Potion recipe originally included a Spirit Touch Field formula for easy reference by Potions Wizards. It’s this one.”

Sea Queen used the Ganoderma lucidum magical plant to find an article and handed it directly to Locke.

“If you approach it from the perspectives of Spiritual Macrocosmology, Herbalism, and the Principles of Planes, you’ll find that the world you speak of is so unique that it’s impossible to understand. But the Principles of Planes are unique in every world. Approaching it from this angle is inherently difficult. However, if you start with the Spiritual Touch Field, no matter how unique and complex the Principles of Planes of a world may be, the basic principles of the Spiritual Touch Field are common.” “The reason why

Spiritual Macrocosmology, Spiritual Touch, and Spiritual Breath are the main core doctrines of the second stage is because even if the Principles of Planes of a world are infinitely varied and have no similarities, the objects described by these three doctrines are largely consistent across different worlds. However, Spiritual Macrocosmology is the hidden true form of all things and everything, so starting with Spiritual Macrocosmology offers a very large number of solutions to the Illusion-Destroying Potion. But starting with the Spiritual Touch Field is much simpler.”

Locke finished reading the information and then began calculating the spirit field of the hadron world on the ancient planet according to the formula. His eyes brightened slightly; changing the perspective did indeed make it much simpler.

Locke quickly explained the disillusionment potion formula he had readjusted. “Teacher, thank you.”

“My adjustment to the potion seems much more reliable.”

Neptune nodded. “You handle these things yourself; I don’t care.”

“Locke, you’ve only just begun your studies in potions. If there’s anything you don’t understand, read more articles. Your foundation is still too weak. Potions involves many disciplines. Although you don’t need to study spirit fields, you certainly can’t learn them all. Spirit field studies are incredibly complex; even a small branch like spirit field studies is extremely complicated, even capable of constructing a discipline as complex as enchanting.” “

But you can consult many reference books. For example, this book on commonly used conversion formulas for spirit fields in potions. You can study this book.”

Neptune took out a book as thick as a child’s height from her astral ring and tossed it to Locke. She casually flipped through it, and pages immediately appeared, filled with formulas.

“Refining the Archangel Potion also requires the spiritual energy of the Spirit Touch Field. I’ve discovered that’s your current weakness. You’ll need to memorize this entire book.”

Locke looked at the magic book, feeling a headache coming on. “Thank you… teacher.”

He put the book into his astral ring.

This was the price he had to pay for seeking guidance from a Throne Wizard; he hadn’t expected to end up with a book he had to memorize.

The Sea Queen looked at the ring on her hand and then said, “The Zodiac Gathering is about to begin. Locke, quickly find a seat.”

The Sea Queen sat on a sofa, then put her arm around the armrest, and Locke immediately found a sofa next to the table and sat down.

Locke felt dizzy. He looked at the crocodile iron ring on his right index finger in surprise, because logically speaking, the soul of a Moon Ring Archmage should be protected by a powerful, permanent defensive force field. Even against a Moon Ring-level soul magic attack, it shouldn’t be possible for it to work silently.

This Zodiac Gathering… what exactly is… this organization?

When Locke regained his senses, he saw a starry sky above him and boundless darkness below. A black and red line formed between the starry sky and the darkness, and a massive, gleaming iron bull’s head appeared before him. Then, a wizard in a black robe and a black and red bull’s head mask emerged from before this colossal iron statue. The two horns of the mask were even burning with black and red flames.

At the same time, more iron heads of the twelve zodiac animals emerged from the darkness: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, crocodile, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, pig…

Locke touched his face, feeling the cold iron mask and the warmth of the black and red flames. He looked up at the starry sky, where his face was reflected like a mirror. It was a mask with crocodile eyes, ferocious and menacing, like a gluttonous beast. The edges of the crocodile mask burned with lingering black and red flames, the flames curling and emitting black smoke.

“Two new faces this time?” a witch wearing a pig mask spoke, her voice a woman’s. The pig mask was also engulfed in black and red flames, looking incredibly fierce. The pig mask also had two three-dimensional tusks, looking like two longswords growing from the face.

The ‘Pig’ potion master said, “There are only seven people at this gathering. And why is there no rat at all these gatherings? Does the rat even exist?”

The potion master wearing a dog mask seemed somewhat panicked. He looked around, trying to remove the dog mask from his face. When he realized he couldn’t, he tried to remove the dog’s iron ring from his hand. “What is this?” “

Get off me.”

“Who are you?”

The ‘Pig’ potion master looked at the zodiac potion master with greedy eyes. “So you’re just a greenhorn. You know nothing. Since you know nothing, how can you solve the dog zodiac puzzle? By the way, where are you from?”

The ‘dog’ potion master was terrified. He was about to speak when, in the next moment, his mouth opened and closed, but no sound came out.

The Ox Potion Master spoke calmly to the Pig Potion Master: “Zodiac Pig, according to the rules, when our Twelve Zodiacs meet, no one can ask others about their real-world information. Everyone is here. There are two new members joining this time. What a coincidence. The Dog Zodiac puzzle and the Dragon Zodiac puzzle were solved at the same time.” “Those who

are here this time are Snake, Dog, Pig, Dragon, Ox, Tiger, and Rabbit.”

“Horse, Sheep, and Rooster cannot come. These three seem to have been arrested or died offline for some illegal activity. In any case, they voluntarily removed their Zodiac Rings. As for their fate… perhaps they died from the Zodiac Potion, or perhaps the puzzle has been solved. It doesn’t matter; leaving and joining both require solving puzzles. This is a tradition of our Twelve Zodiacs.”

Locke looked at the Sea Queen wearing a snake mask. The snake mask was rather long and winding, looking extremely elegant, and when worn on her face, it resembled a lady bowing.

The Snake, representing the zodiac sign, said, “That’s why I often advise everyone not to get too caught up in solving and setting problems. It’s too easy to get caught in real life. But three of us were caught at once, does that mean there’s a spy within our organization? Should I ask the Ox or the Tiger?”

The Ox and Tiger Alchemists stood together, one wearing an Ox Demon mask and the other a Tiger King mask, looking imposing.

All seven zodiac alchemists were enormous, each with a massive iron zodiac statue behind them, and in the very center of the statue was actually a staircase and a chair, looking incredibly domineering.

Tiger spoke up, “This should be a coincidence. Or perhaps it can’t be called a coincidence. It should be said that the information wasn’t updated in time. According to my investigation, Horse and Rooster may have unintentionally violated wizarding law when setting up the zodiac puzzles, and were captured and killed by the White Wizarding Association. Sheep’s situation is a bit special. He may have been poisoned because he couldn’t solve the zodiac puzzles left by our members. Speaking of which, it’s all Ox’s fault. He set such a difficult puzzle, and it was the Ox’s puzzle that poisoned him.” “

These three didn’t die at the same time. It’s just that they didn’t show up when we didn’t require everyone to be present, so we thought they were just skipping meetings. It wasn’t until this time, when new members joined and everyone was required to be present according to the rules, that we discovered these three had already died.”

“Fortunately, although we’re missing these three, we now have two new members joining, namely Dragon and Dog,”

the Rabbit Potion Master, who had been silent, asked Tiger. “But ‘Chicken’ didn’t solve my three puzzles before. She also owes me three potion puzzles. Now that she’s dead, how do we settle this?”

‘Tiger’ calmly replied, “There’s nothing we can do about it.”

‘Ox’ was direct. “It’s all settled. A debt is settled with a dead person.”

“Rabbit, you should be more discerning next time.”

The potion master ‘Rabbit’ was clearly angry. “I’ve been itching to solve these puzzles lately, it’s driving me crazy. I’ve put so much effort into preparing puzzles for everyone, isn’t anyone going to repay me with a potion puzzle that I can’t solve and that fulfills my wish? You’ve all gone too far.”

“All my enthusiasm has been wasted. I need questions! I need questions! I need to do questions now. Hurry up and start doing questions, I’m itching all over!”

The female potion master, ‘Pig,’ looked at ‘Rabbit’ and said, “Rabbit, your problem-solving addiction is really too great.”

“I suggest you rein yourself in. Horse and Rooster are your cautionary tales.”

The potion master, ‘Ox,’ said, “According to tradition, we should ask the two new members to introduce themselves without revealing their real identities. ‘Dragon,’ ‘Dog,’ and this ‘Rabbit,’ loves solving problems and creating problems. He is the most problem-obsessed wizard in our Zodiac Society. He is skilled in making and detoxifying poisons and is an expert in toxicology. If you want to do problems related to detoxification, you can find him.”

“This ‘Snake’ is a witch whose potion-making skills are unknown, unfathomable, possibly the highest among us. Who knows? She is shrouded in mystery, and the quality of the problems she creates is always very high, with no record of failure. She has many areas of expertise; she can be considered an all-rounder.”

“This ‘Pig’ is skilled in shapeshifting potions. You can ask her for help with any shapeshifting potion puzzles. She’s rather greedy, but her puzzles are of very high quality, so you might need to offer two puzzles in exchange for one of hers.”

“This ‘Tiger’ is skilled in buff and debuff potions. He’s particularly adept at using debuff potions to create puzzles. Be careful, he’s very powerful.”

“I am the ‘Ox.’ I am the first of the twelve zodiac animals, which means I am your leader. My specialty in potions is… I’ll keep that a secret. I won’t appear at every trade fair, but every time I do, I’ll bring you unprecedented challenges, and I’ll provide the highest quality potion-making materials and resources available at the fair.”

Sea Queen and Locke both looked at him.

At this moment, the “dog” potion master’s legs trembled as if he were about to die of fright. He raised his hands and asked, “Where…where is this? Why can’t I understand what you’re saying?”

“Who are you?”

Locke, who had been observing for a while, spoke first. “We are all wizards.”

The “dog” potion master paused, then said in a tearful voice, “So, what is a wizard?”

Locke looked up at him. This was unexpected. In other words, could this “dog” potion master’s true identity not be a wizard from the wizarding world?

Then how did he get in?

Potions is considered a relatively difficult subject in the wizarding world.

If these people aren’t potion masters…no, he definitely is, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to get in here without solving the zodiac puzzle.

“Ox” looked at Locke and said, “Dragon, you’re new here and may not know the rules. But I must remind you, you can’t test someone’s identity here. What you just did is forbidden. If you repeat this behavior, the Twelve Zodiacs might restrict your participation in the trade fair.”

“Dog, don’t answer questions about your identity. Don’t be afraid; this place is neutral, unrelated to any power in the Endless Void. We are a group of the purest potion masters, and no one can stop us from solving our problems!” “

This is a sacred space for quiet discussion of potion-making problems. No one will disturb us, no one will shout.”

“There is no ethical or moral scrutiny!”

Locke bowed to “Ox,” saying, “I understand, Head of the Twelve Zodiacs.”

“Ox” glanced at Locke in surprise. The potion masters here were all geniuses among geniuses, so he hadn’t expected Locke to bow to him. However, he quickly felt extremely pleased, believing that this was befitting of the Head of the Twelve Zodiacs.

“Ox” nodded in satisfaction at Locke. “Dragon, you know that’s good.”

“Now you two can start introducing your strengths. This will make it easier for our members to ask you questions and solve problems in the future. Let’s start with Dragon.”

At the same time, the Sea Queen suddenly complained, “Why is Dragon starting first? I prefer Dog. This Dragon looks cunning and treacherous; I don’t like him at all.” The

Ox Potions Master extended his left hand and said, “It was just a random order. Besides, we are all wizards from the same wizarding organization, and we came here to exchange ideas on potion-making problems. We will get to know each other again here, so there’s no need to worry too much about these details.”

Locke glanced at the Sea Queen, knowing that she was just trying to distance herself from him, making it seem like they didn’t know each other.

Anyway, the magical pressure within the Zodiac Society was all shielded, so it was impossible to know the identity of the other party through the nature of the magical pressure, nor could it know their magic level. Thus, it was impossible to confirm whether the Zodiac Society was a second-ring or third-ring organization. However, the fact that they could even summon third-ring wizards showed that this gray organization was very complex.

Moreover, Locke was somewhat unsure whether this organization truly qualifyed as dark wizardry.

Locke began by introducing himself. “I’m skilled at crafting potions with destructive power, and that’s the kind of potion I enjoy. I unintentionally solved the Dragon/Zodiac puzzle before. Although being summoned here was surprising, I really like it here, and I hope to have fun with everyone in the future.”

‘Pig’ glanced at Locke. “Another dangerous fellow has arrived,”

‘Rabbit’ chuckled. “What an arrogant person. I hope your arrogance matches your strength. The gathering was quite interesting, even though ‘Chicken’ is dead.”

‘Ox’ said to Locke, “‘Dragon,’ this is wonderful. Our Zodiac Society lacks a wizard like you who is passionate about potions.”

“The Zodiac Society will fulfill your wish and give you the greatest stimulation in potions.”

“‘Dog,’ now it’s your turn to introduce your talents and ideas.”

Everyone immediately looked at the ‘Dog,’ who was filled with doubt and fear. He was still trying to remove the mask from his face. “What is this thing? Who are you people? I have to go back. You don’t understand. I have to go back. If I don’t go back, I will die. I will die.”

The ‘Dog’ became very frightened.

‘Ox’ looked at the ‘Dog,’ his tone calm. “‘Dog,’ joining the Zodiac Society will give you another way to acquire resources. Don’t worry, as a potion master who can solve the Dog Zodiac puzzle, you are the elite of the elite. This is your paradise. We can improve our potion-making skills through sparring and exchange potion information.”

“Every potion master who joins our Zodiac Society has seen their potion-making skills improve rapidly.”

“Without exception.”

The ‘Pig’ witch said, “As long as they aren’t caught by the White Wizarding Association. But some people are just too obsessed with solving puzzles. So…”

The ‘Dog’ did something that surprised everyone present: he turned and tried to run away. Locke saw that the ‘Ox’ and ‘Tiger’ didn’t move, but saw the ‘Dog’ run eastward and then run back westward on his own. He ran three times before finally sitting down, panting.

Locke suddenly asked him, “Sir, didn’t you solve the Zodiac puzzle?”

The “Dog” turned to look at Locke. Hearing that Locke was also a newcomer, he was naturally less wary of him. Now, seeing someone in the same predicament, he grasped at a last straw. “Yes. I’ve never solved the Zodiac puzzle,”

Locke said. “If you haven’t solved the Zodiac puzzle, how did you obtain the Zodiac Ring?”

The “Dog” turned to Locke, gesturing wildly, “One day, someone suddenly shoved this ring into my hand and forced it on. This thing… it’s not mine at all. Take it away! I have to go back, or I’ll die!”

“Please!”

The other Zodiacs looked surprised, as this had never happened before.

The Zodiacs all looked at the “Ox” and the “Tiger.” Locke and Neptune exchanged a glance; they hadn’t expected this to happen before their coordinated attack.

But this was a good opportunity.

An opportunity to test the Zodiacs’ secrets.

Locke recalled the information the Sea Queen had given him: the Zodiac Gathering had never made a mistake in previous editions; every participant was a genius potion master, and those potion masters capable of solving the Zodiac puzzles must possess a deep passion for potions—otherwise, who would venture into the wilderness to solve such strange problems,

especially with no real benefit?

However, this “Dog” seemed like an ordinary person, and the Zodiac ring had been forcibly given to him.

Locke wanted to test the Dog’s identity to determine the Zodiac Gathering’s pool of potential members.

Even the Sea Queen wasn’t sure if the Zodiac Gathering was a local organization within the wizarding world or a larger organization—these were two different concepts.

Previously, potion masters had been incredibly cunning, each a seasoned fox, never revealing their true intentions. Yet, at this secret gathering of potion masters, such an unusual figure had appeared.

The “Ox” stepped forward, replacing the “Tiger,” whose situation was now inexplicable. “The Zodiac puzzle never fails, the Zodiac riddle never fails, and the Zodiac potion never fails. This person is the potion master who solved the Dog Zodiac puzzle. That’s for sure, and he’s also the one who drank the Zodiac potion. ‘Dog’ is really too much of a joker. Without at least a Star Ring Wizard’s foundation, how could you withstand the intensity of the Zodiac potion?”

“But if you’re at least a Star Ring Wizard, whether you reached Star Ring on your own or not, how could you perform so poorly? None of this makes sense. The only logic is that you’re joking. ‘Dog,’ introduce your strengths.”

A strange magical force controlled ‘Dog’s’ body, causing him to uncontrollably stand up from his seated position.

The Sea Queen immediately noticed his magic.

This was the first time she had seen ‘Ox’ cast magic.

‘Mind School?’

Locke also noticed that the other party’s spell model structure was Mind School, but this did not necessarily mean that the other party’s secondary profession was Mind School, because the other party was only using a Star Ring-level Mind School telekinetic spell. This might be a test of the “Dog.” If the “Ox’s” magical level is at the third circle, then he might have just casually used a spell from another school to protect his identity.

That makes sense.

But if the “Ox” isn’t a third-circle wizard, that’s another story. Such profound telekinetic magic must have taken a long time to master.

Under the “Ox’s” gaze, the “Dog” gradually calmed down. He seemed to realize he had to introduce himself, otherwise he would anger the “Ox,” so he stammered as he introduced himself.

“I am a cultivator, a beginner. I come from the [Dao Shen Palace]. I live in a world where any cultivator who interferes with the mortal world will be suppressed by the heavens. This is determined by the laws of heaven. If we do anything against the understanding of mortals, we will be obliterated.”

The zodiac animals exchanged glances.

Locke pondered, because he had never heard of a similar world in the wizarding world. Could it be a niche world?

But since there are both celestial beings and mortals, it means that the world consists of two different levels of planes. Judging from this characteristic, the other party must be in at least a medium-sized world, because the upper plane of a medium-sized world is incomplete and should not be able to form a complete ‘celestial being’.

Locke asked, “‘Dog,’ if the upper plane you’re in, oh, the ‘celestial being’ you’re talking about, will eliminate you. You’re worried that contact with the twelve zodiac animals will bring you trouble, then it’s simple. You can change your spiritual energy and spirituality. That shouldn’t be difficult for you, right? If you can’t do it, then ask the people here to help you. As long as you change your own soul constitution, I think you can bypass many tracking or restrictive things.”

‘Dog’ didn’t understand Locke’s series of words at all, but he could understand the last sentence.

He quickly shook his head. “No. Absolutely not. The laws of nature dictate everything in that world. Mortals have their world, and cultivators have theirs. Mortals must follow the customs of the mortal world, and cultivators must follow the customs of the cultivator world. Now I’ve come to this strange place. That violates the customs, and that’s the law of nature. I’m going to die.”

Locke glanced at ‘Ox’. Seeing that ‘Ox’ didn’t stop him, he guessed that ‘Ox’ was probably confused and curious about how this guy got here.

Locke continued to press, “Violate the customs? Does entering this space count as violating the customs? According to you, you just went to a place you wouldn’t normally go, and that’s violating the customs?”

‘Dog’ looked at Locke in confusion. “Don’t you know about the Heavenly Laws?”

“How could you not know?” “

The Heavenly Laws are the rules that the world must abide by. Unless you’re not in this world, how could you not know them? The Heavenly Laws are the conventions of various things witnessed by cultivators and mortals throughout history. These conventions constitute the Heavenly Laws. The more people who witness something, the more normal it is within the Heavenly Laws. The fewer people who witness something, the more fragile it is within the Heavenly Laws. That’s why we cultivators constantly display our supernatural powers in front of mortals, making them mistakenly believe we possess supernatural powers, so we can use our magic and supernatural abilities.”

The Dog’s words silenced the other zodiac animals.

The Ox, based on the logic he was currently using, quickly deduced what he was truly worried about.

“According to your logic, under the Heavenly Laws of that world, you haven’t yet cultivated the ability to teleport or have your soul leave your body. Therefore, by coming here, you have violated the Heavenly Laws, and you will be punished if you return.”

The Dog nodded hurriedly, then realized what he meant and looked at all the zodiac animals with a puzzled expression. “Don’t you all know the laws of Heaven? You don’t know the laws of Heaven, yet you dare to use

your supernatural powers recklessly?” The ‘Pig’ witch covered her mouth and chuckled. “I can’t take it anymore. I’m about to die laughing. In this situation, why did ‘Ox’ and ‘Tiger’ invite an ordinary person in? He doesn’t understand anything, and judging by his intelligence, he’s not capable of solving the zodiac puzzle. You’ve completely misunderstood. He’s clearly a native.”

“His worldview is limited to his own world.”

“Hahaha, I’m dying of laughter.”

“Then to him, aren’t we all outsiders?”

‘Dog’ looked at ‘Pig’ witch in confusion. “Outsiders?” ‘

Pig’ the potion master replied, “Yes, there are heavens beyond heavens, and I am an outsider. I come from another great world.”

Locke and Sea Queen quickly glanced at her; with just this one sentence, they were certain that the Twelve Zodiacs were definitely not an organization native to the Wizarding World, but rather recruiting people everywhere in the Endless Void.

Because when wizards native to the Wizarding World introduce themselves, they wouldn’t say they come from a great world. The Wizarding World alone has thousands of great worlds within its satellite worlds and colonies; how could they possibly say they come from one great world?

Wizards native to the Wizarding World might say they are from the Nightmare Legion, even if it’s to conceal their identity, that still means they come from a super world.

Because there are many super worlds in the Endless Void:

the Abyss, Hell, the Wizarding World, the Trojan Horse Great World, and so on.

Therefore, this ‘Pig’ zodiac member is not from the Wizarding World either.

“Ox,” the voice boomed, “Let me clarify one point again. The Zodiac Ring locks onto a person’s soul, and it will never choose the wrong one. This person has the potential and possibility to solve the Zodiac puzzle. There is no doubt about that.”

The Sea Queen spoke up, “Effect before cause? What kind of world is this, so utterly confused? Fate and cause and effect are both true forging. Fate is naturally true forging; the number of rings in different worlds is particularly high, especially in the endless void. Cause and effect, however, has been truly forged in some worlds, and different worlds may have different levels. It’s not naturally true forging, therefore it doesn’t exist in every world.”

“You, the Heavenly Law, possess the ability to manage worlds and maintain cause and effect and fate, yet you’re so utterly confused.”

“This is simply a fake forging level.”

“Effect before cause, and the most foolish kind of fake forging without any potential. What kind of world is this? You’re practically a puppet living in someone else’s world. If I were to live in a world like yours, it would be too stifling. I’d rather find a place to drink, eat, sleep, and die of old age.”

“There’s no need to struggle anymore.”

All the zodiac signs looked at Neptune.

Neptune looked at everyone in confusion. “Why are you all looking at me?”

Locke felt a headache coming on. Working undercover with his other teachers was going well, but Neptune was just too good at self-destruction. Not everyone here had reached the third ring; most wizards were probably around the moon ring level.

Locke could guess that from their words.

You could tell someone’s basic level just by listening to them speak.

However, Neptune’s words just now indicated that she was at least at the third ring level.

Teacher, you’ve exposed yourself.

Wait…

While everyone’s attention was drawn away by Neptune’s words, Locke fell into thought. A world where cause precedes effect… He seemed to have felt this repulsive quality before.

Locke closed his eyes, his fake forge, which had infiltrated the wizarding world, vibrated continuously. Locke opened his eyes, a rare look of shock in them. He remembered; he had encountered such a world before, only once, in a fleeting glimpse, with his witch teacher, Catherine.

Locke quickly looked at ‘Dog,’ taking advantage of the opportune moment when everyone’s attention was diverted, and asked the man, “‘Dog,’ I ask you, are you from the myriad realms?”

“Have you heard of the [Bannaradgar Gods]?”

‘Dog’ scratched his head. ‘Bull’ instantly turned his attention to his hands, a mental spell model appearing in his palm, but it was too late. ‘Dog,’ completely unsuspecting, said to Locke, “I heard about the [Bannaradgar Gods] from a monk named Probus, but I’ve never heard of the myriad realms…”

“Ugh…”

‘Dog’ covered his mouth, blood gushing from it, his pupils filled with horror.

‘Bull’ looked at Locke with a stern gaze. “Dragon, I’m being a little more patient with you since this is your first time here. But I promise this is the last time.”

“Dog, this is also the last time for you. If you dare reveal your identity in the real world again, I’ll have no choice but to expel you.”

Ox took out a bottle of potion, chanted a spell, and the potion inside the golden crystal bottle instantly boiled and evaporated, transforming into countless misty needles that pierced the back of Dog’s neck. Dog screamed in terror, thinking he was about to die, but he quickly realized there was only a little warm liquid near the back of his neck.

The Ox said, “I injected you with a potion for taking your own life. Even if you die once, you will be resurrected. This is a Ganoderma lucidum. Take it. According to what you said, your world has a special law that is considered normal once witnessed. Therefore, healing people and resurrecting the dying are necessary medical advancements that occur in every civilization.”

“Eating this Ganoderma lucidum will revive you, forming a complete explanation for your resurrection.”

“According to the rules, I have solved a potion-making problem. Haha, everyone, congratulate me!”

The zodiac animals immediately applauded.

The Rabbit said, “Not bad, not bad. This solution is simple and clear. I also thought of one, but it’s not as simple as the Ox’s.”

The female potion master, the Pig, kept clapping, seemingly agreeing with the solution.

The Sea Queen clapped perfunctorily. “What is this, robbing Peter to pay Paul?”

At the same time, the zodiac statues behind the animals began to rise, increasing in height, but steps descended from the statues, reaching each zodiac animal.

The Ox said, “According to the rules, each solved puzzle allows for a trade fair. Please, all zodiac animals, ascend your thrones. I will have the Ox Warrior present the items we wish to trade. Also, have the Ox Warrior escort over the first puzzle I originally prepared for today. Unfortunately, it has now become the second. Let the trade begin.”

“Please, zodiac animals, ascend your thrones!”