Lord of Mysteries: The Cultivator - Chapter 6

Above the boundless gray fog, the magnificent palace, like the dwelling of a giant, stood silently.

Twenty-two ancient, heavy chairs were arranged in a circle, surrounding an equally ancient and mottled bronze long table.

Only seven of the twenty-two chairs had owners, and Quinn was one of them.

The mysterious “Fool” sat high at the head seat. He gently tapped the ancient bronze tabletop with his finger and announced, “We have a new member joining us.”

Swish, swish, swish! Before Quinn could observe the other members, he felt several direct gazes cast upon him, which made him, accustomed to long-term reclusion, feel his scalp tingle a bit.

Then, at his one o’clock position, a tall woman with long golden hair but a blurry face stood up, faced “The Fool,” and bowed, saying, “Good afternoon, ‘Mr. Fool’—”

After “The Fool” nodded in acknowledgment, she greeted every member in turn: “Good afternoon, ‘Mr. Hanged Man’…”

“Good afternoon, ‘Mr. Sun’…”

“Good afternoon, ‘Mr. World’—”

…

After she had greeted every attending member, she turned her gaze towards Quinn: “You may call me ‘Justice’.”

She said this with an impeccable smile.

“Emp… Empress.”

Quinn recalled his codename, and his face, slightly flushed beneath the layers of gray fog, he grit his teeth and said.

This is the arrangement of fate… he thought resentfully.

“Empress”? “Justice” Audrey Hall blinked, a little suspicious of her own eyes.

Even though it was hard to see clearly here, “Empress,” no matter how she looked at him/her, appeared to be male… Did he/she choose this codename himself/herself? Hmm, thinking like this is very impolite. She nodded and sat down.

Relying on her Sequence 7 Spectator pathway ability, “Justice” took a subtle glance and gleaned a lot of information from “Empress” Quinn:

“Mr. Empress seems a little nervous. That’s a reaction every newcomer has.”

Her hands were placed properly on the bronze table. “His hands and feet are moving unconsciously. Hehe, like a child called in with his parents to be criticized by the teacher. His accent is very unfamiliar. He doesn’t seem to be from Loen, like the foreign guests Dad used to receive.”

I am a complete newcomer here. I must first familiarize myself with the members… Taking advantage of the fact that the transaction had not yet begun and “The Fool” had not yet spoken, Quinn quickly observed each member.

“Justice” looks like a female. Her temperament is very dignified and generous. She is particularly respectful to “The Fool,” and she seems very practiced in dealing with newcomers like me. She must be one of the earlier members of the gathering.

She looks like someone with high emotional intelligence. If I’m not careful, I could easily be played in circles by her. However, judging by her attitude, she is highly unlikely to do anything to trick others.

“The Hanged Man’s” hair is blue, like seaweed… He looks like a Beyonder from the “Sailor” pathway, but I can’t definitively conclude that yet.

And he seems to have a sense of hidden depth. Hehe, people like this are as rare as giant pandas in the “Sailor” pathway!

“Mr. Sun”… Ah, he is also looking at me. That direct gaze… he looks a little simple-minded.

Ahem, in other words, he’s innocent, and his temperament is very similar to the male protagonists in adventure anime from my previous life!

Quinn smiled at “The Sun.” “The Sun” was stunned for a moment and returned a smile.

“Mr. World” looks like someone owes him tens of thousands of pounds, gloomy like a villainous BOSS, and his expression and movements don’t look like a living person; he’s cold… I’m really afraid that he’ll suddenly smile at me.

As for “Miss Magician,” she seems a little distracted, as if she, like me, was accidentally pulled up here and “forced onto the boat.”

She could be a hidden powerhouse…

“The Moon”… Huh? Black hair, red eyes, he really looks like Snow… Could he also be a vampire?

And although his clothes are a little blurry, but… hiss! I definitely can’t be mistaken, that’s the vestment of our Mother Earth Goddess Church! This…

“I heard that Bishop Utravsky in Backlund caught a vampire and planted the faith of the Mother Goddess in him. Could it be him?”

As Quinn observed “The Moon,” “The Moon” was also observing him, and when he saw the slightly blurry Mother Earth Goddess Bishop’s robe on him, he was visibly stunned.

At this moment, “Justice” stood up and said, “Mr. Fool, recently I have acquired two additional pages of Emperor Roselle’s diary.”

Following this, sheets of parchment materialized in front of her. She lowered her head, and lines of text quickly appeared on the parchment.

However, her words just now stirred up a colossal, earth-shattering wave in Quinn’s heart.

“Emperor Roselle’s diary! Why would ‘The Fool’ collect his diary? Can ‘He’ also read it? But this is Simplified Chinese! Could ‘He’ be from the same world as me?”

One huge question after another surfaced in his mind, making him so excited that he could hardly restrain himself. His gaze involuntarily turned towards “The Fool,” who sat high at the head seat, His figure growing ever more mysterious.

“The Fool” Klein nodded in his heart. “Empress’s” reaction further confirmed his suspicion that “He” was also a transmigrator.

But Klein was still nervously hesitant in his heart, afraid that after lifting this veil of mystery, he would face a huge blow.

“The Fool” quietly read on His seat. Seeing that no one else intended to speak, Quinn also suppressed the excitement in his heart.

Phew… Don’t be too excited. Maybe Simplified Chinese is no longer a secret among hidden existences… He placated himself haphazardly.

Before long, “The Fool” put down the parchment in His hand and nodded lightly, saying, “Now it is the trading session…”

The content of the trade can reflect the overall level of an Extraordinary gathering. I don’t have to participate, but I must listen carefully. Quinn told himself.

The subsequent mention of non-human creatures like “Elder Tree,” “Vampire,” and “Mirror Dragon” gave him a rough judgment.

These creatures were not particularly dangerous or bizarre, and their level was around Sequence 7. Quinn, a Sequence 6 “Biologist,” had a detailed understanding of the physical structure of various Extraordinary creatures and had a certain knowledge of most of them.

It seems that aside from being concealed and mysterious, the overall level of this gathering is not very high.

With this thought in mind, he gathered his courage and proposed one of his needs: “Um… does anyone have any information regarding the ‘Philosopher’s Stone’?”