Chapter 4: Candlelight Mental Training Method
“Blood, Blood Oath Contract!” She gritted her teeth and spat out a few words, “I can make a Blood Oath Contract with you. If you die, I will die too.”
Su Chen heard about this so-called Blood Oath Contract and stopped in his tracks, “What about me?”
“You… won’t have any problems.” Jiang He responded.
He still asked somewhat unsatisfied, “I want the kind that can control your life.”
“There’s no such thing, at least I can’t do it, and you can’t control it either.” Jiang He forcibly explained: “This is the best way I can think of. There are indeed ways to evade it, but they also require a great price.”
Su Chen looked at the other party, figuring this was probably as far as it could go. He didn’t want to leave South Wind City either; that would really be a dead end, so he could only take some risk.
“Do you have a book recording this Blood Oath Contract?” Su Chen nodded.
“Yes, upstairs.” Jiang He’s tense body visibly relaxed, and she let out a sigh of relief: “Let me rest for a bit, and we can go look at it together.”
Su Chen was still a bit uneasy, but then he thought about how he had just resisted her AoE attack.
That should be a kind of Mental Attack. Before I was even Promoted to Professional, my resistance was even stronger than that of a Rope Master. It might be because I transmigrated here.
This is a good chance to test her…
Su Chen thought of this and didn’t say much more. He just walked to the side, picked up his own clothes, and picked up the rope that Old Ghost had left on the ground.
Hmm?
【First Order Item–Vein Hemp Rope: A special rope woven from vein hemp soaked in black oil for three days, which can be controlled by a Rope Master.】
Items can be identified too. Su Chen was surprised, and he casually touched other things. Only the two pieces of Shadow-Evading Clothes that could blur figures had prompts.
【First Order Item–Shadow-Evading Clothes: Clothes made primarily from shadow wolf hide.】
It seems only these Ranked Items have prompts.
“Do you know who wants to kill you?” He found a place to sit down and looked at the two corpses on the ground.
Jiang He was rubbing her brow, her clothes already tattered and exposing large patches of skin, but she didn’t care at all. Hearing this, she couldn’t help but show a bit of resentment, “Although I’ve made enemies with quite a few people, not many would go so far as to want me dead.”
“It seems you’ve gotten married.” Su Chen suddenly brought up.
“What do you mean?” Jiang He looked over abruptly, with a hint of shock and suspicion.
“Nothing, they say the closest kin can become the most distant spouses. If one spouse is harmed, isn’t it normal to suspect the other?” Su Chen said casually:
“That Withered Grass Potion has to be drunk into the mouth, right? The number of people who could drug it is very few.”
“And that Old Ghost said that if you died, your family and Academy would quickly let it rest, but he didn’t mention whether your husband would let it rest.”
“Logically speaking, based on the way he described the death, your husband should be the one most concerned.”
Jiang He’s expression changed slightly. That Old Ghost had indeed said those words, but the situation had been extremely urgent just now, and even she had forgotten. She hadn’t expected Su Chen to remember.
“Is it him… Does he dare?” Jiang He murmured lowly, her gaze sweeping over the pool of wine-red liquid on the ground.
“If it’s him, there must be a reason. Your reputation isn’t good, so it’s probably not because of a cuckold. Think carefully.” Su Chen reminded again.
The reason he wanted to figure it out too was because the person behind the scenes had clearly calculated him in as well. Since neither of them died today, there would probably be follow-up.
“Could it be…” Jiang He suddenly looked up, as if realizing something: “Third Order Profession–Mystic Arts Weaver!”
“Hmm?” Su Chen looked over. Jiang He’s expression was slightly agitated:
“A month and a half ago, my father told me that the family would select three people for key Cultivation, supporting them all the way to Mystic Arts Weaver.”
“He had been working on it for me. Half a month ago, he told me it was almost done. My father has only me as a daughter. The Quota had been secured at great cost. Even if something happened to me, my father wouldn’t hand it over.”
“He would probably give it to him.”
“It must be him!” Jiang He was almost certain, yet still puzzled, “But how could he have the ability to hire two Professionals… And this matter was a family secret. My father only told me, and I didn’t tell him.”
Seeing that Jiang He had already pieced together her thoughts and roughly determined the suspect, Su Chen didn’t continue analyzing for her. He just said: “How do you Promote to Mystic Arts Weaver?”
“This…” Jiang He shook her head, “I don’t know either. Mystic Arts Weaver is an advanced Profession from Mystic Arts Scholar. I don’t even know how to Promote to Mystic Arts Scholar.”
“This information is absolutely confidential.”
Mystic Arts Apprentice, Mystic Arts Scholar, Mystic Arts Weaver—they should be a set of Profession system.
He folded the Hemp Rope and Shadow-Evading Clothes together; the volume wasn’t large. Su Chen asked: “In that case, how do you Job Appointment as Mystic Arts Apprentice? You should know that at least.”
Jiang He hesitated slightly but still said, “First, you need to raise your Mental Power to a certain standard, then pass the Whispering Trial.”
Su Chen frowned slightly: “Reach a certain standard—how do you measure it?”
Jiang He hesitated. Su Chen made as if to stand up, and her eyelid twitched. A First Order Profession wasn’t some big secret.
“Candlelight Mental Training Method…” She hurriedly said: “If you can complete ten cycles in one minute, that’s enough.”
“You should have it.” Su Chen stretched out his hand.
Mystic Arts Apprentice is a First Order Upper Tier Profession, definitely stronger than 【Strongman】.
“Yes…” At this point, Jiang He felt a bit more at ease and said, “It’s also upstairs. Follow me.”
“These corpses…” Su Chen mused.
“You don’t need to worry about them. I’ll handle it tomorrow.” Jiang He seemed to have recovered some spirit, regaining the demeanor of “Violet.”
She picked up the silver bracelet from the ground and put it on her hand, and a grayish-yellow virtual projection popped up from it. The image was very blurry.
Su Chen’s expression turned strange for a moment, and various memories surfaced in his mind. This World seemed quite unique.
Following Jiang He out of the Room, this wasn’t the living room, but the Basement.
The servants had already gone off duty. The Room was empty, solemn and dignified.
The two went up the stairs. A large Wedding Photo was hanging in the stairwell: one man and one woman. The woman was Jiang He, smiling very happily.
The man looked handsome too, with a gentle smile. The most striking feature was his pair of pale blue pupils.
Su Chen deliberately stared for a few moments.
They arrived at the study. Jiang He took out one or two books from the safe; they weren’t too thick, just a few thin pages.
“You can’t take the Candlelight Mental Training Method with you. If you want to practice it, it’s best to memorize it here.” She couldn’t help but emphasize, “Every faction strictly investigates this kind of Profession Information. Taking it out would be Trouble for you too.”
Su Chen took it and flipped through it roughly.
The first book recorded several rune arrays, and the Blood Oath Contract was one of them, with the same effect as Jiang He had described.
The second book was the Mental Training, similar to Meditation: outlining the shadow of Candlelight in one’s Mental domain, then imagining being burned by it.
Of course, it wasn’t purely imagination. It described several Mental nodes and some tips, like first simulating with real Candlelight.
It looks like…
Su Chen closed his eyes and tried it briefly, imagining his Mental Power outlining a flame of Candlelight, bit by bit depicting the exterior, then the temperature…
Boom–
Su Chen only felt his mind heat up, then he abruptly opened his eyes, shocked and uncertain.
“It’s normal not to outline it the first time. A normal adult would take at least three to five months to complete the first outline. Even though you’re already a First Order Professional, it’d still take you over ten days of practice.”
“You just need to memorize it roughly. Afterward, when you audit South Wind Academy, you can come ask me anytime…” Seeing Su Chen’s appearance, Jiang He couldn’t help but reassure him, afraid this guy would forcibly take the item away.
Su Chen said nothing. This thing was truly no difficulty for him—a small gift from transmigration?
The so-called ten cycles meant continuously outlining Candlelight ten times. He had just done one with no pressure at all.
The only thing to note was the time—one minute was a bit short.
Thinking of this, he suddenly had a realization and quickly opened his skill Panel.
Sure enough, besides the Strongman Profession, there was now an additional standalone skill.
【Candlelight Mental Training Method—Beginner: 50%】
