321: Chapter 321 Suffering

"This is a bit tricky..."

Nie Ning scratched his head in helplessness.

Such an absurd item, yet it cannot be used; this truly made it hard for one to keep their composure.

Sometimes he truly hated that he wasn't a pervert; otherwise, he probably would have become a god or an ancestor long ago.

Whenever this happened, Nie Ning would always think of Heloise.

If Heloise were still here, she might have been able to help him modify this alchemical item.

As for handing it over to someone else to modify, facts had proven that it would only trigger an unprecedented death tide.

Human greed is infinite; some things people don't do not because they don't want to, but because the benefits are not proportional to the effort.

But for an item like the Mirror Pupil, I'm afraid there really aren't many wizards who could resist it.

Moreover, it would only become more addictive, and the dependency would grow stronger; after all, who could resist the pleasure of getting something for nothing?

Nie Ning looked at the azure book cover, a strange glimmer flashing in his eyes.

If what the book said was true, then Jonnamon's ability to master runes was worth pondering.

However, according to his understanding, he had not heard of any cases of a large number of ordinary people dying in the vicinity.

As for Transcendants, if a few hundred Transcendants died, it would have attracted attention, but he had never heard any related rumors.

Thinking of this, Nie Ning slightly raised an eyebrow: "Could it be that Jonnamon really isn't such a bad person?"

Of course, this was Nie Ning's understanding.

Among Transcendants, killing people and seizing goods to rob treasures all belonged to a very normal category.

After all, there were only so many resources, and if you didn't snatch them, you wouldn't be able to grow at all, so Nie Ning didn't have much of a reaction to Jonnamon wanting to snatch his Transcendant equipment.

When he embarked on the path of the Transcendant, Nie Ning had already anticipated this day.

He could only say that he would try his best to live; whether he lived or died in the future was not something he should worry about.

Nie Ning reluctantly placed the blue book back on the table.

Just as Nie Ning was preparing to tidy things up and then go deal with the Corrupted Wizard, a bead slid out from a pile of miscellaneous items.

It was an azure, translucent crystal bead the size of a thumb.

Nie Ning picked it up to examine it carefully and could feel a trace of very faint Spiritual Power fluctuation.

Seeing this, Nie Ning's expression became solemn.

"Is this the Mirror Pupil?"

After hesitating for a long while, Nie Ning injected his Spiritual Power into the blue crystal bead.

In an instant, Nie Ning felt a surge of pure mental energy pour into his mind, and a very strange feeling welled up in his heart.

Nie Ning looked around; the invisible Elemental Power was incredibly clear, the whole world had become colorful, and he could even intuitively 'see' the energy structure of the wooden table.

A breeze blew in from the window, and Nie Ning seemed to see the rune structure of the breeze.

But before Nie Ning could immerse himself in it, this strange feeling began to recede rapidly, disappearing in an instant.

Replacing it was a feeling of excitement, followed immediately by an indescribable sense of heart palpitations.

Nie Ning touched his rapidly beating chest, feeling as if his heart was about to jump out of his chest.

This feeling was just too exhilarating!

It was so exhilarating that Nie Ning even wanted to use another one!

Just now he had indeed seen the runes, and even caught a glimpse of the operating structure of the power of heaven and earth from them.

Unlike using rune power, this was an experience Nie Ning had never had before, as if he could control Elemental Power more directly and efficiently.

If one had to describe it, it could only be described with four words.

Following the laws of nature!

But after the intense exhilaration, a sense of nihilistic horror welled up in his heart.

Nie Ning's gaze shifted unconsciously toward the pile of miscellaneous items on the table.

His mood fluctuated between fear and excitement; he wanted to find an Mirror Pupil among them, yet he was afraid that there was nothing inside.

That... does he have to kill people...

This was the problem that Nie Ning was most conflicted about.

After a long silence, instead of looking to see if there was an Mirror Pupil inside, Nie Ning stuffed everything into his spatial ring all at once.

Yes, he chickened out.

This thing was ten thousand times more terrifying than he had imagined!

What is a wizard?

They are a group of truth-seekers exploring the truth.

And what had he just seen?

The truth!

The truth laid bare right before his eyes!

Everything seemed within reach.

Nie Ning even felt that he didn't need to kill too many people.

As long as he killed everyone in this city, perhaps his understanding of runes could reach an unprecedented level, and he could control the power of heaven and earth as he wished.

This was the terrifying thing about the Mirror Pupil; he had really started to consider killing people!

Looking at the blue book at the corner of the table again, Nie Ning constantly pondered a solution in his mind.

Perhaps he could use something else as a substitute?

But thinking carefully, how could the person capable of developing this technology not have thought of this aspect?

Many things were not impossible to replace with other things, it was just that the results might not meet his expectations; otherwise, the book would have at least mentioned something, rather than not writing a single word about it.

'Could it be some kind of conspiracy by an Evil Spirit?'

Nie Ning began to divert his attention, and various conspiracy theories flooded his mind.

In the following few days, Nie Ning suffered greatly.

He couldn't even calm his mind to cultivate; a whole day of cultivation wasn't as effective as half a quarter of an hour of cultivation before.

And in his mind, he kept recalling the feeling of using the Mirror Pupil.

Especially after rummaging through the pile of miscellaneous items, not finding an Mirror Pupil was simply unbearable for Nie Ning, and even his temper had become much more irritable than before.

Just yesterday, because Saya mentioned wanting to serve him hand and foot, he scolded her.

He was already very annoyed, and yet she insisted on doing this thing he disliked the most.

To put it bluntly, he didn't want to use his brain anymore; he just wanted to use crude methods to solve all problems, so that perhaps he would have more time to think about ways to improve the Mirror Pupil.

But with his abilities, improving the Mirror Pupil was no different from a pipe dream.

The Mirror Pupil only allowed him to see power intuitively, but it did not improve his intelligence.

Perhaps he could find the God of Nalais and obtain some World Tree leaves from Nales; that might make him a bit 'smarter'.

'Woo～'

Just as Nie Ning was lying on the bed in deep thought, a whimpering sound came from Xiaoguang by the window.

Nie Ning turned his head to look at the window, and Xiaoguang nodded slightly, signaling toward the outside of the window.

Seeing this, Nie Ning got up and walked to the window, where he saw Amelia walking into the courtyard with an ugly expression.

As Amelia looked toward the window, Nie Ning couldn't help but crouch down, feeling guilty.

But then he thought, what did he have to feel guilty about? Didn't he already have a countermeasure in mind? What the hell was he afraid of!

Thinking of this, Nie Ning stood up and met Amelia's gaze.

Seeming not to expect that Nie Ning wouldn't be afraid, a look of astonishment appeared in Amelia's eyes.

After all, normally speaking, any normal person should have realized that she had come with ill intent.

Plus, given her status in the Yishi Mansion, why wouldn't you be afraid?