A translucent screen appeared before Aaron. It was his incomplete golden finger.
Just now, he had nearly lost himself while studying the copied manuscript of World-Shocking Book. It was the golden finger that had pulled him back.
[Discovered copied manuscript of World-Shocking Book (Incomplete)!]
[Usage: Immerse your mind in reading. You will obtain incomplete information concerning "arcane arts," but your body will undergo mutation and develop inhuman traits!]
[Removing contamination...]
[Core component missing. Unable to completely eliminate the price!]
[Modifying...]
[Modification complete!]
[Usage: Soak this book, pound it into pulp, and make new paper. Take cinnabar, mix it with gecko blood, and use a wool brush to draw talismans. On the night of a full moon, burn them before the moon and swallow the talisman water. You may obtain some incomplete information on arcane arts, and your body will not mutate!]
"Reading it directly will mutate my body?"
Aaron stroked his chin. "Being strong is a matter of the moment; being handsome is a matter of a lifetime. Of course I'm choosing the second option..."
But then, something suddenly occurred to him!
Cheng Dongnan had copied World-Shocking Book, so he must have studied it for a long time as well. Why, then, had there seemed to be nothing unusual about him the last time they met?
Could he have had someone else copy it? No—how could he entrust something so important to another's hands?
So... he probably has changed somehow, only he's concealed it. Or... his body hasn't mutated, but his mind has... A patchwork monster of the mind is even more terrifying than one of the flesh!
Aaron immediately made up his mind to keep farther away from Cheng Dongnan in the future.
As for running away?
Now that he possessed the disguised copied manuscript of World-Shocking Book,