From Prisoner to Si Chen

At the same time, Red Bird Aurora also shared a piece of information.

About a secret society called the "Steel Maidens".

This secret society, like the Church of Our Lady, both believes in the "Mother of Mercy" in August, but its approach is more radical and even extreme.

The "Steel Maiden Society" has a neutral stance. It only recruits virgins as members, and they are not allowed to be intimate with men for life, and always maintain their integrity.

They will even use some secret method to seal their private parts with steel to express their determination while feeling the pain.

Red Bird Aurora said that her next action will be to come into contact with this secret society organization. Dean Padmell even planned to let her enter the "Steel Maidens" to study for a period of time.

Because there are many long-term members in this secret society.

And quite a few of them are following the path of the Spiritual Sword Spiral and the "Miss Elegy" in April. Even the president of the "Iron Maiden Society", the "Iron Masked Woman" Renemes Coote, is a level 5 "incense" on this path.

‘It turns out that the essences after the second-level “clown” are the fourth-level “matches” and the fifth-level “incense”...'

Ji Lan listened and thought to himself.

He felt that Aurora's next trip had a sense of déjà vu as she went to "further study."

But Gillan expressed his support.

"Dean Padmell's suggestion is a good choice... Since you have decided to take the path of April's 'Miss Elegy', then the 'Steel Maiden Society' will be more guiding for you."

Gillan thought for a while and said.

Red Bird Aurora nodded and hummed.

"Yes, I thought so too."

As she said this, she smiled mockingly to herself.

"Now everyone is a level 2 spiritual mystic, possessing the original essence, and Mr. Hongxiao, you have already climbed to level 3... I am the only one who is still level 1, so I can't hold everyone back."

"Don't say that, Chique, your talent is obvious to all. If it weren't for Mr. Gillan's help, we would all be the same as you."

Bai Ou comforted.

At this time, Gillan took out two mysterious keystones, which were derived from the old beggar John in the "Human Will" series and Rembrandt's "Nightmare Monument" at the bottom of the lake in "The Black Lake".

He threw the two keystones into Aurora's hands, who looked surprised and puzzled.

“If you want to make rapid progress, you can’t do it without resources.”

Gillan said softly.

"You can trade these two mysterious keystones with the 'Steel Maiden Society' in exchange for a keystone with the 'Joker' brand... That will significantly help you climb to the second level."

"This is too precious, Mr. Hongxiao."

Red Bird Aurora sat on the seat, a little flattered, holding two stones and said carefully.

Ji Lan waved his hand.

"I will give a gift to each member of the secret society. Black Sandpiper and White Gull have already obtained it, so these two keystones can be regarded as gifts to you."

"Is that so..." Aurora looked at Weiner and Aleviya, who both smiled and nodded towards her. "Okay then. Thank you, Mr. Hongxiao."

Chique smiled at Jilan.

…

…

The next day.

Gilan gets up on time at six o'clock in the morning.

The morning light shone into the master bedroom. He stood up and raised his hand to aim at the open space in the bedroom. As the colored light flows, just like "3D printing", the figure of Mr. Franco the Stork appears from bottom to top.

After Cang Stork returned to reality, he first lowered his head and looked at his body, and then had a look of emotion on his face.

"It's like a dream..."

he murmured.

After taking a few minutes to calm down his excitement, he silently tipped his hat to Gillan.

Gillan smiled.

"Stork, please wait patiently. I will try to get in touch with Ms. Crow today."

"Sorry to trouble you." Franco said solemnly.

Immediately, Cang Stork offered to go downstairs to buy some food for breakfast, and take a walk to experience the world again.

Of course, Gillan would not refuse.

After the stork left, he sat on the edge of the bed and meditated, trying to absorb the elements of the universe.

Sure enough, particles of four colors - scarlet, azure blue, golden and gray-black - all poured in and were all submerged into his body.

It's just that because Jilan has climbed to the third level of "glow", his spirituality has reached the limit of a mortal and can no longer be improved.

Ji Lan didn't care about this, he was still determined to give it a try anyway.

'If you want to continue to increase your spiritual strength, I'm afraid you have to wait until you become a Kusei...'

He thought to himself.

Next, Ji Lan got up and washed up, then took out the "Alchemy Hotline", plugged in the mercury battery and made a call.

After a burst of beautiful piano sound.

There was a click.

The old man who made the stick answered the phone.

"Hey, young man, are you up so early?"

"It's early for you too, Mr. Staff Maker."

Gillan said politely.

Unexpectedly, the old man who made the stick laughed loudly.

"It's not that I got up early, but I haven't slept for four days and have been brewing new creations... By the way, what's the reason you called me?"

"I'm going to ask you to help me build a new weapon."

Guillen made his intentions clear.

Not only did the old man who made the staff not refuse, he even said enthusiastically:

"Haha, of course. So what are your requirements for this new weapon?"

"I want a sword. It's sharp, durable, and capable of hurting spirits... As for the rest, you can just watch and use it."

Gillan thought for a moment and said.

The old man who made the stick thought for a while, then hummed and said:

"No problem. I'll make it into the form of a cane, what do you think?"

"Um...ok." Gillan said.

"What about materials?" the old staff-maker asked.

"I'm not proficient in mysterious materials, but I will give you some of the mysterious materials I have on hand. If they are missing, please help me replenish them. The required material fees and commission fees will be calculated together at the end."

Gillan laughed.

The old man who made the stick was not particular about it, so he just said hello.

Immediately, Jilan reversed the "hot line" and summoned the golden light alchemy array. He put in all the mysterious materials he had on hand, such as the Maoxi Old Seal, the Secret Disc Stone, the Sand of Evil, etc.

Even the demon hunting ax was put in by him.

"Hey... these materials of yours are not common, especially the 'Maoxi Old Seal', which is almost impossible to find now."

The old man who made the stick was quite surprised.

"But what is this ax for?"

"Oh, that ax is a weapon I eliminated, but it is mixed with some mysterious materials. You can smelt it out if it is useful."

Gillan responded.

"Okay." The old man's voice came through the phone. "The manufacturing of new weapons may take some time. How about I contact you when it's ready?"

"No problem." Gillan said expectantly. "By the way, old gentleman, I would like to ask you a favor here."

"Say it."

"Can you contact Ms. Crow for me? I have something I want to talk to her about."

"Of course." The old staff-maker smiled. "Then let's do this for now. If she has time, she will call you personally."

"Thank you." Ji Lan thanked him solemnly.

…

…

It didn't take long after hanging up the phone.

About half an hour later, the "Alchemy Hotline" started to vibrate.

Gillan picked up the phone and put it to his ear.

With a soft click, a mature woman's beautiful voice came from the other end:

"Hello, I'm Crow."

"Hello, Ms. Crow." Gilan responded respectfully.

"You asked the 'Old Man Who Made the Stick' to contact me. What's the matter?"

Although this was their first conversation, Ms. Crow’s tone was gentle.

It must have been the previous transaction that left a good impression on her.

"Well... I have heard from the 'White Sage' that you are following the path of the Furnace Sword Spiral and February 'Director'. So I want to ask you for the secret of the 'Makeup Artist'."

"It seems you have reached level 3."

Ms. Crow didn't seem surprised by this.

"In fact, there are not many members who take this path within the secret sect. It is understandable that you come to me to ask for the secret information... I can give it to you, but according to the principle of equal exchange, you also need to reward me accordingly. "

"Of course. Whether it's Caesar or something else, I will try my best to meet your request."

Gillan said sincerely.

Ms. Crow smiled.

"The circulating price of the fourth-level secret in the mysterious circle is about 500 caesar, but in most cases it is priceless and almost impossible to buy... Just give me 100 as a token, but I need you to transfer " Tell me the secret history of Pan."

Hearing this, Ji Lan raised his eyebrows.

He didn't know how Ms. Crow judged that she had mastered the secret history of "Pan", but the other party's request was just what he wanted.

"Okay." Gillan said. "Oral or recorded?"

"Just dictate it." Ms. Crow chuckled. "When you record secret history, bad things will happen."

"Okay." Gillan held the phone and said after a little wording: "The story told in the film "Pan" is actually about the experience of the May apostle "Twin Kite" before his ascension..."

It took him a few minutes to succinctly relay the secret history to Lady Crow. The other party listened silently, only occasionally asking questions for confirmation, and Jilan answered them patiently.

Not long after.

"Very good, I'm very satisfied with this secret history."

Ms. Crow smiled.

"Call the alchemy array, and I will send you the secret message."

"Thank you." Jilan looked happy and breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately afterwards, he summoned the golden alchemy array and placed a "100" gold foil banknote into it.

Whoosh!

The Golden Caesar disappeared and was replaced by a palm-sized red thin-covered book.

Jilan picked it up and after confirming that it was correct, he picked up the "Alchemy Hotline" again.

"Have you received the stuff?" Ms. Crow asked.

"received."

"Happy trading then, and I wish you can surpass the limits of mortals as soon as possible and become a long-timer."

the lady wished.

"Thanks……"

Gilan thanked him but did not hang up the phone in a hurry.

"By the way, Ms. Crow, there is one more thing."

"Well, you say."

"Is such that……"

Jilan did not beat around the bush and directly explained Cang Stork's situation, hoping to introduce him to join the "Recording Club" headquarters.

"Franco Thurman?"

Ms. Crow seemed lost in thought.

"I do have the impression that he was once the host of the Brack City branch... Since he is one of our own, I will certainly not refuse this request."