Lord of Mysterious Wizard-Chapter 131 - Verification Method

Chapter 131: Chapter 131 Verification Method

In the unusually dark forest path, a burly figure leisurely moved forward, heading toward the center of the forest.

The night fog within the forest seemed excessively thick, damp everywhere, and the air was filled with the mixed scents of soil, fresh grass, and some animal dung – clearly, a normal person wouldn’t venture here at midnight.

Tang Qi wasn’t a normal person, but he didn’t like it here either.

At this moment, he was walking on a path almost hidden by overgrown weeds, periodically sniffing the air that contained many subtle scents, which an experienced Secret Alchemist would determine as hallucinogenic, likely some poisonous mushrooms given the forest setting.

Memories of this forest emerged in his mind.

Since the original owner remembered it, evidently, this forest had some notoriety in Messer City, though not of the good kind.

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Rotten Truffle Forest, once a suitable habitat for the rare ingredient truffles, later became a site where an elderly wealthy man built an estate deep in the forest upon returning to his hometown, initially to enjoy his later years.

However, a violent infectious disease later broke out within the estate, killing everyone there; since then, the forest seemed to fall ill too. Although the trees still thrived lushly, they appeared lifelessly. The treasured truffles all decayed, failing to grow back, whereas some hallucinogenic poisonous mushrooms erupted massively.

Since then, the place was renamed Rotten Truffle.

“A fitting name!”

Tang Qi, sniffing the faint stench in the air, commented lightly.

At this moment, ahead of Tang Qi, the submerged path suddenly opened up, and the broken corner of the estate came into his view.

Here it is!

The temporary meeting place for this Extraordinary Market!

Tang Qi deliberately slowed down, and just then, rustling sounds began to emerge around, and numerous figures appeared from various directions within the forest, all seemingly targeting the central abandoned estate.

When Tang Qi stood at the open entrance, around fifteen figures also appeared surrounding the estate; clearly, the entrance path wasn’t only the one Tang Qi took.

And the number of people must be only these fifteen, as the estate blocked half of Tang Qi’s view, thus the actual number should be at least double.

“Does Messer City have so many Wild Transcendents?”

As this doubt arose in Tang Qi’s mind, those figures had already converged toward the inside of the estate.

No need to appear different, so Tang Qi, like an “experienced hand,” followed the crowd into the estate.

Getting closer, Tang Qi saw these people clearly, and as expected, each one was distinctively secretive, mostly ordinary-looking, including young men and women and some elderly, with nothing special in their attire.

Yet, there was a hint of excitement in their expressions.

They seemed still immersed in the thrill of the last market visit, with a few acquaintances walking together and whispering in hushed tones.

Most of their whispered sentences drifted into Tang Qi’s ears.

“So exciting… I wonder what eye-opening things we’ll see this time.”

“Yes, who would have thought a Mysterious World really existed? Last market was so lively, I even saw a centaur, that mythical creature.”

“It’s a pity that most sellers only accepted barter deals, I couldn’t buy any of those magical items with Divine Grace Coins.”

“Some sellers were willing to accept coins, but only sold some herbs of unclear use, someone bought and ate it on the spot and just died, it was terrifying.”

“However, verification is needed this time, I wonder what it will be, just in case one gets eliminated, afterwards…”

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Tang Qi leisurely followed the group of young men and women, all dressed unconventionally. His scanning gaze made his expression freeze momentarily.

Among these people, apart from a plump woman with purple eyeshadow, none were Transcendents.

Subconsciously looking towards other human figures, indeed not everyone emitted a ghostly light.

Near twenty human figures, and only about half were Transcendents.

“No wonder the market’s initiator requires verification. The Information Fragment in the Seal mentioned that the nascent market will only conduct Transcendent transactions and only welcome Extraordinary Humans or intelligent Abnormalities.”

“But these are merely enthusiasts or Contactors. How did they obtain the Seal?”

Tang Qi used a newly learned word; according to the Ancient Castle Bureau’s summary, those who just touched the Mysterious Side but did not possess corresponding powers or owned only one or two low-level Curios are collectively termed as Contactors.

That glimpse revealed half of the people emitting a ghost light, while the other half did not.

Perhaps they got the Seal from somewhere, hence considering this market as an “entrance” to the Mysterious World.

Just like the plot in those fantasy movies or novels.

An oblivious main character accidentally enters the Extraordinary Market and fortuitously obtains a treasure, setting them on a path of glory.

Unfortunately, reality is not a movie.

Choosing a meeting place like this suggests the organization doesn’t lean towards justice and the Order Camp.

The group walked past a courtyard full of fallen leaves, dried-up pond, moss-covered tiles, and complex corridors until they entered the central area of the estate, between two abandoned villas surrounded by high walls, onto a lawn.

When about ten people stepped onto the lawn, similarly, over twenty figures appeared opposite them.

But at this moment, both sides’ gaze was entirely attracted to a tall figure on the lawn.

It was a Big Man of at least two meters, under a black robe, his robust physique was undeniable, and with his buzz-cut hair, one could imagine the immense oppressive force he would exert standing before you.

However, when this Big Man wore a seemingly proper single-frame pair of glasses, the scene became somewhat bizarre.

He clapped his hands elegantly like a Professor and then said: “Ladies and gentlemen, time is precious. I think we should start the verification immediately. It will determine how many can catch up with, hmm, the real market one hour from now.”

This glass-wearing Big Man, presenting himself as refined, was actually very straightforward.

“There are two ways to verify. You may choose yourself.”

“The first is to directly prove yourself as an Extraordinary Human. You might try to show a bit of your powers. If recognized, you’ll gain entry to the market.”

“The second, if you do not wish to divulge your information, you can follow this person to a place, take on a job, and clear some low-level anomalies affected by Pollution. If you survive, not only will you gain entry, but you’ll also receive our reward.”

During his speech, he pointed to his left and right.

There, stood a Mysterious Person wearing a black hooded robe on each side.

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As soon as his words concluded, the crowd started to buzz a little.

Although everyone had a Seal, unlike the last time, this was a verification, and both methods seemed to completely exclude ordinary people from participating.

This naturally caused almost half of the ordinary people in the crowd to express discontent and reluctance, though the Big Man seemed to have anticipated this scene.