old dream

Chapter 10 Net Salt

Four years ago, Colin learned of Ji Li'an's existence by eavesdropping on the communications between the organizations of the order.

The secret report happened to be input into the scarlet meter by him, so it was completely recorded.

The letter was written in plain text, the sender: "Stadde Abbey School", the recipient: "The Holy Province of the Principality, the General Office of the Jackdaw Hunting Regiment".

Both names are rare, which is why Colin became interested in the letter.

After deciphering, the content is roughly as follows:
"The assessment is completed, the risk of object leakage is ruled out, and the withdrawal is monitored."

Ji Lian was also a refugee back then, but she was obviously from Anhe.An orphan Anhe fled back to the mainland from a dependent country, and never mentioned her surname, maybe she had a prominent background.

After a period of eavesdropping, Colin was generally informed.At that time, some monastery schools would select potential children from people like Ji Li'an, and then train them.

It's about the training of transcendental knowledge, everything that people like Colin have no chance to touch.

This is one of the ways in which the Order absorbs new blood.

According to the original trajectory, Ji Lian may lay a solid foundation in the monastery school, and then transfer to other institutions in the sect for further study according to the different qualifications displayed.

But she was eliminated after half a year.

Because she was confirmed by the church to have tuberculosis symptoms, which is pulmonary tuberculosis.The world's medical progress is rapid, but it is still a terminal disease that has not been overcome.

For those who are eliminated, after signing a non-disclosure agreement with them, the order will regularly send people to monitor and evaluate them to judge whether it is necessary to adopt more radical methods.

Probably because she was dying soon, and she rarely interacted with outsiders, Ji Lian was quickly assessed by the sect as a harmless object.

It was by following this clue that Ke Lin had to find Ji Li'an.

She has experienced some extraordinary education and is a rare source of information.

……

It was six o'clock in the morning, three hours after Colin was injured.

But there were signs of suppuration on his wound.

Ji Lian approached and observed for a while, and Ke Lin could vaguely feel her breathing.After a moment:

"It has to be debridement, otherwise the carrion will affect the healing." Ji Li settled for a while, then remembered Colin's description of the thing: "Well, just in case, part of the normal tissue should also be cut off."

"I don't have anesthesia here, though."

"……fine."

When the scalpel at her fingertip fell, Colin knew what it meant to feel like cutting flesh on the wound.

Perhaps because of the psychological preparation, it seems to be longer and more unbearable than those sudden injuries.

Although the pain was so painful that he was about to burst into tears, Colin still tried his best to keep his face expressionless.

After the treatment, Ji Lian disinfected him again with alcohol and wrapped a bandage.

"If that thing really looks like a scale man, I just remembered something." Ji Lian said suddenly, adjusting the bandage on Colin's body.

"what?"

"You still remember the saying that there were scale people in the ancestors of the Cynthili people."

"I don't really believe that kind of nonsense."

Cynthili has a long coastline. In the Middle Ages, most of them went out to sea to fish for a living, and once had a developed kipper export industry.

Probably because he was handling fish all the year round, one or two unwashed scales would always stick to the man's body.Outsiders occasionally see this, and unconsciously there is the saying that "Cynthili people are descendants of scale people".

It can also be regarded as a basis for proving that they are inferior races, although most people do not actually believe these nonsense.

Ji Lian covered her mouth with a handkerchief again, avoiding her head and coughing for a while.

"I just think it's a bit of a coincidence." Ji Lian put away the handkerchief and said in a flat voice, "You do worship things related to scales."

There are indeed many scholars who believe that Cynthili is the birthplace of the legend of the mermaid.

Ji Lian picked up the tweezers again, and picked out the flesh and blood in the tray—those belonging to the monsters that hurt people, and wrapped them in gauze.

Then she took out a small dish of salt in a small unpainted cabinet.

These salts have been specially treated to dissolve and precipitate naturally in the water leached by the moon crystal flower, and worship at a fixed time every day with a clear mind, maintaining its ether close to purity in such a tedious way.

Ji Lian buried the gauze packet in a saucer with the salt and placed it in the middle of her small table.Then he lowered his head, clasped his hands in front of his chest, closed his eyes and began to wait quietly.

In the prayer posture, her body appears small.The long straight pale blonde hair seemed to be fading, with a translucent texture, and the long eyelashes trembled slightly.Colin didn't dare to breathe, afraid that what she was emitting would interfere with her perception.

Some juice seeped from the gauze, slowly discoloring those salts.Of course, this is just an appearance on the physical plane, and it doesn't mean anything.

Ten minutes later, Ji Lian opened her eyes, and her face looked paler again.

"No traces of spiritual elements were found."

"...It could also be that they are beyond my perception," she said.

According to Ji Lian, the "lantern" used by the sect is only an advanced version of this detection method.

It has always been difficult for human beings to perceive all aspects of spiritual elements, and there are no omissions.

Ji Li'an once said that her perception was already quite sharp among the same group of students. With the ether environment that was close to the vacuum with the dish of pure salt, she still didn't find anything in these flesh and blood.

Colin recalled the performance of that monster, and felt that at least as far as it was concerned, it was more likely to have nothing to do with transcendence.

After all, it also needs a lot of oxygen consumption to burn its own body, which means that most of its energy cycle stays in the material layer.

Colin thought, and hurriedly picked up his hat.

"Where are you going?"

Colin glanced at his watch:
"Work."

The duty hours of the seminary report room today are from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-].

"Being injured by an unknown monster, can you be in the mood to go back to work before you find out what it is?"

"If it is really contagious, it will spread to the whole body in the carriage." Colin said.

And even if you rush to do it now, it is unlikely to find useful clues within 24 hours, let alone get something like a vaccine.

After all, it is not a novel, how can it be so smooth.

"Didn't you bind someone? Go and interrogate her." Ji Lian's calm tone had a hint of urgency.

"The interrogation started last night," Colin said.

"I have observed all the way, and I have long seen that she doesn't know anything. Maybe some people want to kill her or protect her. The initiative is in their hands. All I can do is wait."

"And I have a reason to go back."

In recent days, Zhelan's analysis documents on indigenous witchcraft have been continuously delivered.

Colin definitely didn't want to miss out on the only things available.

I don't want to die.

"Related to those papers?" Ji Lian noticed something.

There is an agreement between Jilian and Colin.

She will do her best to help Colin break the memory seal, no matter how long it takes.

Correspondingly, Colin has to provide her with enough information.Whether it's about that seal, or about her illness.

Since there is no cure for tuberculosis in the world, it is up to you to create it yourself.

This is her idea, simple and pure.

No matter what situation you are in, try your best to survive.

Ji Lian had no way of knowing where Colin got so many confidential materials.The weak body does not allow her to go out to do any exploration.

To her, Colin seemed to possess the power of magic, bringing almost limitless information that even her convent school could not have imagined.

"Extraordinary is so important? Might die." She asked in confusion.

Colin didn't answer, put on another coat, opened the door and left.

That's right...more important than living.

(End of this chapter)