After the Wise Sovereign finished explaining things to Xiaobao, he went to a corner of the room and took out a picture frame from a pile of miscellaneous items.
The Wise Ruler glanced at everyone. "I'm going to take a rest inside. Tell Xiao Bao to wake me up when you're done."
Before anyone understood what he meant, the Wise Ruler's body slowly shrank and walked into the picture frame.
As the Wise Ruler disappeared, a portrait appeared in the blank picture frame. It was a one-eyed young man who was sitting on a mahogany rocking chair, enjoying the sunlight outside the window and taking a nap.
In human aesthetics, symmetry was the most harmonious form of beauty, while one-eyed people could hardly be considered beautiful.
However, in this picture, the light used in Rembrandt's style gave the one-eyed young man a beautiful, quiet, and beautiful face.
"Is he really asleep?" Dorcas looked at the sleeping young man in the picture and muttered.
"Of course the Sovereign is asleep. This painting is a sweet dream. In the painting, a short period of rest is enough to … "Little Treasure, who was sitting in the cup of water, was in the middle of his explanation when he suddenly stopped.
Dorcas looked at Little Treasure in confusion. "Go on."
Little Treasure hummed. "Brother Er Bao doesn't want me to talk about Sweet Dream's effect. I'll listen to him!"
"Sweet Dream? Is it an alchemy item? " It was Angor who asked the question. Somehow, he felt that Xiao Bao was talking about a special item instead of an ability.
But if it was an alchemy item … Angor was confused. He could clearly see the material of the picture frame with Alchemy Eye.
It was wood that Angor already knew, and it was not a supernatural material.
If it was not a supernatural item, why did it sound like Little Treasure was talking about some kind of alchemy item?
Little Treasure hummed again. "It's not a question about Moonlight Chamber. I'm not answering!"
Dorcas' question had nothing to do with Moonlight Chamber either … Angor complained in his mind, but he still tried to be patient. "Why don't you ask Er Bao? Maybe Er Bao will agree? "
Little Treasure did not answer. Instead, it closed its eyes and began to think.
A few seconds later, Xiao Bao opened his cartoon-like big eyes on the surface of the water. "Brother agreed to let me explain Sweet Dreams to you, but I can't tell you the effects of Sweet Dreams."
After he finished speaking, Little Treasure muttered to himself, "How do I explain this? I have to talk about sweet dreams again, and I can't even talk about the effects. How annoying! "
"How about I ask you a question? We don't have any Book of Truth here. You can choose to answer or remain silent."
When the Sovereign of Wise had left, he had taken the Book of Mantra with him.
No one had any objections to this. Xiao Bao himself was not bound by the Book of Truth, so it was meaningless even if he was enveloped by the Book of Truth. At most, the effect of "answering all questions" would still be effective. However, Xiao Bao could completely ignore the question or simply lie.
Also, Little Treasure's situation was very special. If he lied … everyone could tell. Therefore, there was no need for the Book of Truth to bind him.
"Alright, hurry up. The sooner you finish asking, the sooner I can go to my mother to complain."
"Complain? Are you going to tell on us? "
"If you bully me, I'll tell on you. But not now. I'm going to tell on Brother Er Bao later. How dare he ignore me? "
Everyone listened to Little Treasure's rambling and did not know what to say.
Er Bao had just finished talking to Little Treasure, and now Little Treasure was going to tell on Er Bao? What kind of brotherly love was this?
"Anyway, hurry up!" Little Treasure yelled at Angor after mumbling for a while.
"Yeah, I already asked the first question. Is Sweet Dreams an alchemy item?"
"No," Little Treasure replied.
"Then what is it? An ability? A talent? "
Xiao Bao thought for a moment. "Neither. In the words of you humans, Sweet Dreams should be considered a mysterious object. "
A Mystery item?! Everyone was wondering why Little Treasure kept asking about Sweet Dreams. But now, everyone's eyes brightened up. It was a Mystery item!
However, they soon remembered Little Treasure's words. They could only tell that Sweet Dreams did not have any effects. Everyone was going crazy again. They knew there was a Mystery item in front of them, but they did not know what it could do. It was an unbearable feeling.
"Sweet Dreams is a Mystery item …" Angor narrowed his eyes. "So its true form is this picture frame?"
Xiao Bao: "Of course not. Sweet Dreams has no true form. It's just a dream. "
Perhaps because he saw that everyone didn't understand, Xiaobao thought for a moment and continued, "Lord Ruler once said that the predecessor of Sweet Dream was a fragment of a Blank Dream floating in the Empty Mirror Sea. By chance, it absorbed a large amount of Sweet Dreams, and under the push of the right time and place, it transformed into a mysterious item … Mysterious Dream."
"It has no true form. The Lord Ruler took it in because of a white-haired big sister with strange pupils. Now, it is stored in a special mirror world. "
"Don't be fooled by the fact that the Lord Ruler entered through this picture frame. Actually, the picture frame isn't important. The Lord Ruler can enter through any mirror."
The others might not understand it yet, but Angor did.
This was actually a mysterious object in an abstract sense.
Angor saw many similar Mystery items in Cuolo's records. For example, "Germinal" was an out-of-order item, which was also an abstract Mystery item. To enter Germinal, one did not need to find the item's true form. No one could find the item's true form. All one needed to do was to read the corresponding runes and enter Germinal's out-of-order rhythm.
There was also the "Lonely Clown's Heartbeat", which would make all creatures who heard the heartbeat dance. At first glance, it seemed that the heart was a Mystery item, but that was not the case. The heartbeat was the core of the item. As for a Mystery item like the heartbeat, it was also an abstract Mystery item.
Other than that, "Nurturing Ray", "Old Dream", and "Echo" could all be classified as such.
Angor was not surprised to hear that Sweet Dreams was a Mystery item without a true form.
Compared to its form, he was more interested in the process of its birth as described by Xiao Bao.
Was the birth process that the Wise Sovereign had described real, or was it something he had randomly made up in order to fool Xiaobao? If it was real, would he be able to find the key to the creation of Mystery items from it?
"How did the Wise Ruler know about Sweet Dreams' creation? Did he witness it with his own eyes?" Angor decided to ask.
"If the Lord Ruler said so, then so be it. Why do you have a problem with that?" Little Treasure did not understand Angor's question. As far as it could remember, the Wise Ruler never lied. If the Wise Ruler said so, then it had to be the truth.
On the other hand, it was Angor and the others who were being overly suspicious that made the one-eyed Daemon a little uncomfortable.
Angor also noticed the disdain in Little Treasure's tone. He considered and added, "I'm just wondering why I'm not lucky enough to witness the creation of Sweet Dreams like the Wise Ruler did."
Little Treasure quickly hid its displeasure when it heard Angor's words. "The Lord Ruler is a great man. You can't compare to him."
Angor nodded with a smile as if he agreed with the idea.
After making sure Little Treasure was happy again, Angor asked, "Does Sweet Dreams have something to do with dreaming?"
Little Treasure was about to answer when he suddenly realized something. "Hmph! I'm not telling you."
"I understand why you don't want to tell me. But can I guess how it works? "
"Whatever. I'm not going to tell you anything."
"Sweet Dreams can make people fall asleep?"
Little Treasure did not answer. But Angor could tell from Little Treasure's expression that he did not think much of it.
If this happened in another situation, Angor's guess would be wrong. But here, it did not mean anything.
This was because the Wise Ruler had entered the frame right in front of them and appeared to be in a sleeping posture. This was basically telling them that the sweet dream would make them fall asleep. It was normal for Little Treasure to not think much of it.
Angor knew that he only asked this question to let Little Treasure relax so that he could better sense Little Treasure's mood later.
"When you fall asleep, Sweet Dreams will work as a Mystery item," Angor said. "Maybe you'll gain some positive benefits when you're dreaming?"
Little Treasure's mood fluctuated a little. But it was mostly because of confusion. Little Treasure's confusion started when Angor mentioned "positive benefits".
Angor was also curious about Xiao Bao's reaction. Did he say something wrong?
"Um, what do you mean by 'positive income'?" Xiao Bao asked.
Angor did not know what to say.
He was trying to figure out what Little Treasure was thinking and whether he said something wrong. However, Little Treasure did not understand what Angor meant at all.
"Positive benefits are positive effects," Angor said.
Xiaobao: "Isn't that obvious? Would the Lord Ruler allow himself to have negative effects even when sleeping? Fine, fine, fine. I got it. I'll stop. "
The first sentence was meant for Angor, while the second one was for Er Bao. Obviously, Xiao Bao was talking to Er Bao. Er Bao probably told Little Treasure not to continue.
Of course, he wasn't going to waste his time. Mystery items might not necessarily give him anything in return. No matter if it was good or bad.
Its effect was actually more of a "violation of the rules", which was an effect that could not be distinguished by logic.
For example, the "Lonely Clown's Heartbeat" allowed one to dance along with the heartbeat. Was that a positive or negative effect? Neither. It just made one want to dance uncontrollably. Mortals and legends alike would sing and dance to the sound of a heartbeat. Once a person entered the rhythm of a heartbeat, there was no way to deal with it without help from other people.
Xiao Bao's understanding of Mystery items was clearly incomplete, so according to what he said, the Lord Ruler couldn't have given him any negative effects. This made sense.
Little Treasure did not think it provided any useful information, but it was actually quite useful.
It was a Mystery item that could give its user a positive effect, which was extremely rare among Mystery items.
"Not all Mystery items have positive effects," Angor said. "Usually, Mystery items have some negative effects."
Angor was trying to lure Baby Treasure into asking questions, but Baby Treasure did not fall for it. It just kept mumbling and refusing to speak.
Angor had no choice but to keep talking to himself. "For example, I once heard of a Mystery item. It's a small wooden house. As long as you live in this wooden hut, you will be immortal. "
Little Treasure did not feel anything when talking about immortality. For a "child", the word was not very attractive. However, the others all looked at Angor.
"Is there really such a thing? You're not lying, are you?" Dorcas asked.
"Yes, there is."
"Then can I really live forever?" Dorcas's eyes lit up as he asked.
Angor nodded again.
Dorcas's eyes shone even brighter, but just as he was about to ask for more information about the wooden house, his heart suddenly quivered. "You just said that Mystery items usually have negative effects. What is the negative effect of this wooden house?"
Angor did not hide anything. "You can't leave. As long as you stay in this wooden hut, you will never grow old, and you will never die. But once you leave the wooden hut, you will die instantly. "
Dorcas: "… I think only Wa Yi can endure this kind of immortality."
"Otaku" Wai grumbled, "It's not like I can't go out forever. How am I supposed to go to your stupid bar if I don't go out?"
"Well, there is a way to get rid of the negative effect of the Mystery item. As for how to do that, it's in the name of this wooden house."
Angor's way of explaining and keeping them in suspense attracted everyone's attention. Even Little Treasure's big eyes were filled with curiosity.
"The name of this house is — The Lonely Log House."
"A lonely … wooden house?" Kael muttered in a low voice. "A lonely … wooden house? It's not a living thing. How can it be lonely? "
Kael's mutterings seemed to remind everyone of something.
Dorcas said, "Could it be that the cabin is very lonely and needs someone to accompany it, so the person accompanying it can live forever?"
Angor looked at Dorcas with a smile and asked him to continue.
Dorcas said, "And once the person who accompanied the wooden house leaves, the wooden house becomes lonely again, so it punishes the traitor and kills him immediately?"
"You said the way to get rid of sudden death is in the name of the house. The most obvious name of the house is' Lonely '. So if the house is no longer lonely, can it get rid of sudden death? "
Dorcas continued, "So, as long as there's another person to accompany the Lonely Log House, it won't be lonely anymore, and it won't die suddenly?"
Angor clapped his hands and gave Dorcas a thumbs up. "Nice explanation, and the answer is just as you said. As long as there's someone to replace the person inside the house, the person inside the house will leave unharmed.
"But the Lonely Log House won't stay in one place forever. Its appearance will change according to where it goes. So, the first person who enters the house will usually do so by accident. So, how does he get someone to replace him?
"Deception. Deceiving passersby with words, and deceiving friends with Mana QQ.
"So, if one of you receives a message from a friend asking you to go to a certain place, and that place is a wooden house, you should be careful. You might get tricked."
Angor changed the topic as everyone pondered. "Speaking of which, I'm just saying that it's normal for Mystery items to have negative effects. But most of them have ways to get rid of them.
"Sweet Dream isn't always a positive thing. Maybe it has negative effects too."
Angor looked at Xiao Bao. "Judging from the name of the Mystery item, Sweet Dream must be a beautiful dream, and it's easy to get lost in it and not want to wake up. Maybe the negative effect of Sweet Dream is that once you fall into it, you can't wake up on your own? "
[End of Chapter]
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