Chapter 36: 036 The pretty face of the wellhead Chapter 36: 036 The pretty face of the wellhead An’s alcohol tolerance wasn’t great, and everyone knew it. So, when there were gatherings among colleagues without any superiors around, naturally, no one was forced to drink.
When Lin An went back, he felt okay despite his tipsy head swaying around. He stumbled through the dimly lit suburban alleyways, humming a tune and enjoying the breeze as he took a shortcut back to his neighborhood.
After taking a shower, he lazily laid in bed and, accompanied by the thunder rumbling in the distance once more, he dozed off into a hazy sleep.
The rainy season in Shenhou City continued, with the sound of raindrops pattering against the window, which seed to have a soporific effect, making one involuntarily turn over in bed quite comfortably.
At so point, Lin An suddenly had a creepy feeling in his heart.
He woke up startled, looking around the room with wide eyes. It took a while for his eyes to adjust to the darkness, but he didn’t see anything.
Scratching his head with so confusion, Lin An lay back down again.
“!!!”
As his drowsy mind was about to fall asleep again, he suddenly jolted awake, disbelievingly staring at his bedroom ceiling.
There, a ripple of water shimred.
Around the shimr were brownish patterns that looked like the skin of so creature, or perhaps a well made of stacked soft rocks.
And Lin An felt as if he was lying at the bottom of a well, looking up through the water at the well’s opening.
An idiom from his childhood popped into his mind—’a frog in the well.’
Croak~
The world outside the well appeared blurry, as if there were so shapes moving about, and before Lin An could make them out clearly, the water suddenly beca crystal clear, revealing a few young and pretty faces peering into the well from above.
“Oh my god, my innate witchcraft finally worked!” Zhou Xiaoxiao exclaid excitedly, looking up at her sisters.
But the expressions on the faces of the others were rather odd.
Chen Shuyun’s face turned instantly red, and she let out a startled ‘yaah’, withdrawing from the well opening.
The tattooed witch in denim shorts, Shasha, whistled at Lin An and gave him a thumbs-up, “Dude, that’s so serious skills!”
Then she and another sister, who was gawking, were pulled away by Qin, “You two really are…”
“…” Lin An was stunned. He reached out his trembling hand to hurriedly wrap himself with the blanket in a fluster, his face stiff as he stared at the inexplicable well opening, not daring to move. After a mont, he bent his legs and propped up the blanket.
“Eh, what’s the matter with you guys?” Zhou Xiaoxiao asked, looking completely clueless.
“Nothing…” ca the timid voice of Chen Shuyun from outside the well, “Try communicating with him to see whether your witchcraft only allows you to peek at others or can also establish a communication spell.”
“Ka ka ka…” Shasha laughed crazily, “It would be so cool if it’s just a surveillance spell that can’t communicate; then you can spy on whoever you want.”
Her voice dripped with tease, “Aww, Shuyun, why’s your face so red? Is it hot? Is the air conditioning in Xiaoxiao’s room broken?”
“You’re gonna get it~” Chen Shuyun huffed.
Zhou Xiaoxiao was taken aback for a mont before she finally lowered her head to peer into the well, tentatively calling out softly, “Lin An, Lin An, can you hear ?”
As she peered down, a giant leech seed to suddenly appear in the room.
It was at this mont that Lin An could clearly sense just how large the leech was—it stretched almost from one wall all the way to the opposite window.
The leech pressed down on him, and its sli began to drip, quickly soaking through the blanket and onto his skin, absorbing into it in a very peculiar way.
“I can hear you.” Lin An forced a smile, awkward yet polite.
“That’s wonderful!” Zhou Xiaoxiao waved her arm vigorously, exuding excitent, “I’m so sorry for disturbing you so late. But this innate ability just suddenly appeared, and I don’t know how to control it yet.”
She spoke rapidly, evidently very thrilled.
“You know, Lin An, we have to sign a contract with the Witch Organization, bound by witchcraft to never ntion the organization or other witches to anyone; even if we wanted to, the contract would affect our brains and make us forget such things.”
“But I’ve beco a witch now, I’m actually a witch! I really wanted to talk to soone about it… and I found I could only talk to you.”
“They have been witches for a long ti, they’re used to it and can’t relate, but I feel you must feel the sa way I do.”
“But I realized I don’t have your contact on any ssaging software, nor do I have your phone number, and as I kept thinking about this matter, suddenly my innate witchcraft manifested, allowing to reach you!”
“Hehe, how about that, isn’t this innate witchcraft fun? It’s incredible, I’ve finally awakened an innate ability!”
Lin An smiled as he watched her, softly saying, “Yes, it’s impressive.”
He inexplicably felt a tinge of sadness, although he had no real connection with this girl, he knew that once he fully joined the Witch-hunting Knights, he might have to face a hostile situation.
These girls weren’t bad people, but they had beco targets to be hunted.
It was as if he was feeling like a traitor.
Sigh~
But I am just trying to save myself, and with my hands full taking care of myself, how could I possibly look after others?
Just then, another voice ca from outside the well; it was Chen Shuyun, “Xiaoxiao, I’m going back to sleep. Don’t chat too late, we only have ti tomorrow morning to teach you.”
Zhou Xiaoxiao hurriedly looked up to respond, and after moving completely away from the well opening, the sound of the door closing ca. Zhou Xiaoxiao’s face appeared again at the opening of the well.
Suddenly, the giant leech reappeared.
“Lin An, have you joined the ‘Mad Warlock’s Hollow’ Organization?”
Zhou Xiaoxiao’s question left Lin An unsure how to respond, but clearly, the other party was just asking out of politeness and continued chattering about her own affairs.
She was obviously too excited.
“I was just a wizard apprentice before, and to beco a real wizard, I need to find a dium for casting spells that suits .”
Lin An raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, “A dium for casting spells?”
“Yes.” Zhou Xiaoxiao seed a bit hesitant, “Shasha’s thod is the simplest. Her tattoos are said to be a particularly effective thod. It’s said that ancient wizards used this thod to connect themselves with nature.”
“That way, spiritual energy wouldn’t directly contact the body, but would have a vessel to carry it.”
“However, I don’t really want to get a tattoo on my body. Although Shasha said she could help tattoo it in a more hidden place, it still might not be suitable for .”
“Qin told that the dium for casting spells needs to be sothing that has been eroded by spiritual energy, and I have to find it myself. It’s said that this belief cos from overseas, where destiny will guide one to find the dium that suits them best.”
She looked full of anticipation.
Lin An was contemplative, eroded by spiritual energy…
Do wizards count?
If so, does that an that his previous approach was essentially using the spiritual blood of a wizard as a casting dium?
So, had he naturally used a kind of witchcraft that enhanced brain function?
Just then, as he listened to the leeches squelching on his body and felt their mucus dripping onto him and being absorbed, he raised an eyebrow.
He quickly closed his eyes to feel, and indeed, there was a piece of translucent liquid oscillating like amber.
Could this thing be used in the sa way as Chen Xinmi’s dark golden spiritual blood?
Lin An wasn’t sure. If it could, did that an the blood that dripped from his ugly head was actually his own casting dium?
Zhou Xiaoxiao chattered on about her excitent, ntioning how her father’s chronic illness, which lasted so many years, was healed by Shasha overnight. Witchcraft seed nothing short of a miracle to her.
For her, witchcraft had truly transford her life.
Perhaps she would be an unquestionably devoted wizard.
She talked and talked until dawn almost broke, and it was only when she glanced outside at the sky by accident did she realize she had been talking to Lin An all night.
But in fact, it had almost all been her talking.
Zhou Xiaoxiao looked a bit embarrassed, “Sorry for keeping you up.”
“Not at all,” Lin An smiled as he looked towards her pretty face outside the well, “I’ve learned a lot too.”
Zhou Xiaoxiao stuck out her tongue cutely and waved goodbye, saying goodnight without continuing the conversation, “I need to catch so z’s now, otherwise I won’t be sharp for Shu Yun’s lecture later.”
Once the shimring well disappeared from sight, Lin An hastily threw off his blanket and jumped up. He opened the wardrobe to find underwear to put on and then looked out the window to the slightly blue-tinged sky with so anticipation.
He sat cross-legged, eyes slightly closed, leaving a sliver of space between his lids. Soon, his vision surged into the daylight.
Sky Drifter Eyes!
This was his innate witchcraft.
He could easily hover in the air above the neighborhood, looking down over the entire area and the streets outside, then shift his view to look into a window of a building beyond.
But he was no Peeping Tom and didn’t indulge in such behavior.
Lin An only dared to try out this witchcraft in the neighborhood while Professor Cao was away getting treatnt from Doctor Zhang. Otherwise, with Professor Cao living next door, a visit would be just a minute away.
His vision quickly retracted, his eyes slowly closing completely, feeling a deep darkness within his body.
There were two images there: a mass of dark golden blood and a small puddle of leech sli turned into amber.
He tried to use this Amber Spirit Essence to aid him, his eyelids opening slightly again.
Quickly, his gaze once more plunged into the daylight.
But this ti, he wasn’t just hovering a dozen ters above ground; he was completely absorbed into the clouds, his sight even covering half the city.
It was as if he was standing atop a mountain, overlooking the entire city.
No, even clearer.
He could distinctly feel the effect of his spell, which was a huge eye suddenly appearing above the dense cloud layer, looking down upon the entire world.
“Sorcerer Zombie!”
A muffled roar echoed through the heavens, and a street was enveloped in red light. A breakfast stall owner wearing an apron with a chicken essence ad stamped on it kicked the ground and shot into mid-air, staring in horror at the great eye.
The great eye blinked innocently.
Pop~
And disappeared.
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