The Secret Passage in the Academy
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After leaving Isabella's Blood Cloud Area, Shaya, who had just recovered, also came out. She landed next to Gu Xi, stretched her body, and finally tried to open her eyes.
How are you feeling?
Gu Xi glanced at Shaya.
"It's alright, the other injuries have been treated, but it seems she can't do anything about the eyes."
"This is normal. The ghosting effect produced by your knife cannot be eliminated. It will persist as long as you use it."
Shaya agreed with Gu Xi's words, but she didn't really care about them.
After several days of practice, she can now distinguish quite accurately which of the double images is real and which is fake.
It doesn't even affect combat; it won't look into empty spaces while talking to someone.
"Even if we don't use it anymore, it will still exist. It doesn't matter. If it doesn't work, I can just fight with my eyes closed."
Shaya had learned blindfolded fighting and was confident in her hearing.
However, Gu Xi still paid more attention and decided that when choosing Purple Equipment for his Contract Undead subordinates next time, he should take into account the characteristics of the Contract Undead.
Let's prevent this problem from happening again.
After leaving Isabella's area, Shaya became the one leading the way.
Shaya has quite detailed information and can take Gu Xi to find the most suitable candidate.
The faculty member they were looking for this time was the Secret Passage Manager within the academy.
Compared to the train that constantly travels back and forth between mountains and lakes, he is the master who can move quickly within the academy.
He can appear anywhere in the academy in the shortest amount of time.
He was also the most difficult undead to communicate with in the entire academy; even Shaya only knew where he was, but had no way to contact him.
When Shaya brought Gu Xi to the spirit, Shaya pointed to a statue not far away and said.
"The information I received is here: as long as I can cast a spell on this strange statue, I can summon the spirit of David."
The person who summoned him can approach and communicate with him. If he agrees, the person who summoned him can pay a fee to borrow a secret passage for rapid advancement.
Following Shaya's explanation, Gu Xi used a Summoning on the statue.
Under the Summoning, a gaunt old man emerged leisurely from behind the statue.
He wore a faded Linen Cloth Armor, his skin like that of a dried-up old tree, and he leaned on an ancient staff in his right hand, the runes on the staff shimmering in the air.
In his left hand he held an old Lantern, which emitted a faint but steady light.
His face was twisted and deep-set, his eyes flashing with an eerie light, as if he wanted to devour everything.
When he stepped forward, Gu Xi immediately looked up at the top of his head.
Under the influence of the Death Lord's ability, Gu Xi could tell that the old man's attitude towards him was relatively neutral, indicated by the color yellow.
"Hello, I am the soon-to-be-appointed Department Head. This is my certificate. I plan to take a tour of the college to choose a good location for my department. I heard that you have a suitable secret passage here."
I'd like to use your secret passage.
As Gu Xi spoke, he took out the key and showed it to the old man.
"This is the key to the Department Head's office. You have access to all the secret passages. Do you want to go to your own office?"
"Does this office exist?"
Upon hearing this, the old man shook his head. "No, the academy has disappeared. All the secret passages leading to the academy's interior are gone. Only the outer secret passages are still usable."
"So your privileges have been greatly reduced?"
Gu Xi glanced at the old man.
"Yes, but we've made it through all these years. At least new secret passages have been appearing all these years, and I've also found some new paths."
"What about after that? They've already joined forces, and the new academy will probably appear in the next few days. Will you still have control over the secret passage then?"
"Of course there is. No matter who is the dean of the academy, the management authority over the secret passage is with me."
The old man said smugly.
However, he himself was unaware that during his conversation with Gu Xi, the yellow color, which represented absolute neutrality, had slowly turned into green, which represented friendliness.
However, turning green was the limit. This old man's existence was probably even older than Isabella's. He maintained an attitude of not participating no matter who came.
In the end, he only agreed to help Gu Xi open the door so that Gu Xi could quickly go to every corner of the academy.
He did not agree to join Gu Xi's ranks.
In this situation, Gu Xi couldn't force the issue.
He could only inquire about how the secret passages were opened when the old man was opening them.
The old man didn't hide anything about the secret passages, since he had set them all up by himself.
The method of setting it up was quite simple. Wherever he saw a suitable spot, he would place a marker there as the entrance to the secret passage, and then place an exit at the other end. That was all.
For the old man, the secret passage was that simple.
It's as simple as a two-way Teleportation Gate.
His words were so vague that Gu Xi didn't understand them at all, but Gu Xi wasn't someone who had no way out.
He went straight up and asked.
"I have a city. The city is very big now, and ten new districts will soon appear. I'm afraid I won't be able to handle the traffic flow between the city on my own. So I would like to ask how I should set up secret passages."
Gu Xi's question hit the nail on the head.
Over the years, this old man has never found a place to make a difference.
He had been setting up secret passages in the mountains surrounding the academy.
But he knew very well that his greatest abilities lay within the city.
Therefore, setting up secret passages within the city is what he should be doing.
If he hadn't known that a new academy would soon appear, he would have joined Gu Xi's team right now.
Even so, when he led Gu Xi into the secret passage, he still offered Gu Xi some suggestions on how to arrange the passage.
Gu Xi certainly couldn't just casually place two entrances and exits and claim there was a secret passage there, like he did.
However, the Sewer and waterways in Gu Xi City can be converted into secret passages.
At the same time, the most crucial part of the secret passage is the secret door. How to arrange the secret door well is also what the old man boasted about.
Gu Xi listened the whole way. Although he couldn't build a secret passage in Aryadovi City right now, he still learned some techniques for finding secret passages.
Gu Xi felt that another piece of useless knowledge had been added to his list.