Volume 4: The Winds and Clouds of the Western Blue Sky Chapter 50 Sage? Prisoner!
Soon, the magic ceremony ended.
Lani let go of Qi Ji's face, gently stepped aside, and looked at him with a mischievous smile.
However, it can be seen that after Lani cast this special magic, her aura dropped significantly and her face turned visibly pale.
Qi Ji's expression was neither funny nor sad. He finally understood what Lani meant when she repeatedly emphasized to him not to move under any circumstances before casting magic.
There is such a thing in love. What a guy, he is taking advantage of me!
Seeing Qi Ji's embarrassed expression, Lani smiled faintly, although weakly, "Although the process of the ceremony is a bit abrupt, feel it and see if there is any difference?"
However, before Qi Ji could feel it carefully, the prompt from the transcendence panel came first.
[You have accepted the magic ritual "Information Concealment"]
[Information shielding: Under the witch's blessing, most of the actions such as watching, positioning, summoning, and divination directed at you will lose their effects]
[The gaze of the Demon Lord "Gluttony" disappears]
[The gaze of the Demon Lord "Greed" disappears]
[The positioning and summoning functions of the Demon Feast Blood Curse are invalid]
After a series of prompts, Qi Ji himself indeed felt that the feeling of being "locked in" had completely dissipated.
He sighed lightly and nodded, "This magic ritual has indeed worked... But, Teacher Lani, you don't seem to be in good condition. I'm sorry."
Lani waved her hand gently and said, "It's okay. I'll just rest for a while. After all, this is a special-grade magic, and it consumes a lot of energy to perform."
Qi Ji was silent for a moment. He finally understood why Lani needed him to come here from afar.
This requires extensive preparation and a powerful ritual that consumes a lot of energy from the caster, and it certainly doesn't seem like it can be performed by remotely controlling a puppet.
It might even be necessary to be in a special space like the "Holy Land" and rely on magic power that exceeds the activity level of the outside world in order to perform successfully.
Although the incident was caused by the curse he blocked for Melina, a student of Lani, he did not care about it and felt that it was her duty to remove the curse for him. (Although it was indeed her duty)
Qi Ji was not the kind of person who would take advantage of others for nothing. He took the initiative to say, "Teacher Lani, we are just casual acquaintances, but you are willing to give so much . I wonder what I can do for you in return?"
Lani chuckled and said, "Qi Ji, I am a witch. My code of conduct is very different from yours. Everything I do has already been predetermined by fate and the rewards for it will be in the future. I don't need you to do anything specifically for me."
"Of course." Before Qi Ji could speak, she immediately smiled and said, "If you are really willing to do something for me, then I really need a helper to run errands for me right now."
Qi Ji smiled: "Just say it!"
Lani thought for a moment, as if organizing her words, and then she said slowly, "The reason I came to the Holy Land this time was to respond to the call of the great sage Merlin..."
Before she could finish, an old voice suddenly sounded in this floor of the Mage Tower.
"Rani, let me tell you myself."
Lani was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is it the Great Sage?"
"It's me. Come here and bring your swordsman to me." The old voice confirmed, and then the voice stopped.
Lani sighed and looked at Qi Ji with a smile: "Come on, follow me to see the Great Sage!"
Qi Ji naturally agreed.
…
Ten minutes later, a large magic carpet slowly landed from the sky on the top of the mountain in the center of Fairy Island.
Qi Ji followed Lani and jumped gently down from the magic carpet.
Looking at the magic carpet that seemed to have intelligence and danced like a pet, Qi Ji couldn't help but exclaimed: "Teacher Lani, what magic can do is really amazing."
Lani smiled slightly: "Unfortunately, magic has always been regarded by the Holy See as a taboo spell that will challenge their orthodox status. Let alone promoting it, it is difficult for witches to live a normal life in the Western Cang Continent."
Qi Ji stroked his chin, thinking of the Donghua Continent where he thought hundreds of schools of thought were flourishing, and couldn't help but ask, "Teacher Lani, has the Witch Society ever considered expanding to other continents?"
Lani glanced at him, understood what he wanted to say, and smiled, "You mean to develop in Donghua Continent?"
Qi Ji nodded calmly.
Lani sighed: "Of course I have thought about it, but I can't do it at the moment."
"Can't do it?"
Lani nodded: "The Western Cang Continent and the Eastern China Continent are not adjacent to each other. If you want to travel between them, you can only do so by air or water. However, the sky is full of powerful flying dragons, and the sea is full of extremely terrifying mysterious beasts. Except for the few "emperor" level peerless masters, even the top four super masters would still find it incredibly difficult to migrate."
She added: "What's more, in the history of Xicang Continent, there have indeed been cases where an "Emperor"-level peerless strongman tried to go out to sea for exploration, but ended up never returning. Under such restrictions, no one would consider leaving their own continent, even if their strength reached the fifth level."
The two walked and talked, and soon came to a special altar.
Qi Ji looked at the scene before him and couldn't help but reveal a look of horror.
I saw a white-haired old man floating above the altar, his limbs, neck and waist were tightly tied up by faintly visible golden illusory chains. These golden chains seemed to come from the void, all stretched straight, fixing the old man's posture into the shape of a "big" character.
On the side, Lani bowed respectfully to the old man: "Good day, Sage Merlin!"
Qi Ji was completely stunned.
So, the old man who was imprisoned on top of the altar like a prisoner was the great sage that Lani had always admired?
The saint Merlin who is said to be the source of magic?
The old man lowered his head, looked at Qi Ji with a smile, and said, "Black Swordsman, I'm sorry to meet you in such an embarrassed state."
Qi Ji immediately bowed respectfully to the other party. No matter what the other party's identity or strength was, he was now a kind old man, and it was always right to be polite.
Merlin smiled kindly and said to Qi Ji: "As you can see, the so-called great sage is now nothing more than a pathetic prisoner. Back then, I was deceived by the fallen goblins due to my negligence and was imprisoned here. It has been about a thousand years since then..."
"Thousand years!?" Qi Ji repeated in surprise. According to what he learned in Donghua Continent, Zhang Sanfeng, who lived the longest, only lived for 800 years.
This Saint Merlin has been imprisoned for a thousand years, so how old is he?
How terrifying is his true strength?
Could it be a being beyond the fifth level?
