Chapter 352 Chessboard
Soon, Old Charles led the three of them into the apartment and went straight to the living room.
Jilan stood up from the sofa and turned to look.
I saw a lady wearing a lace straw hat and a white chrysanthemum dress walking in, holding a beautifully packaged carton in her hand.
Behind her were two young men, a man and a woman. The young man looked familiar. He was Cordel Lotito, whom Guillen had met in the Silver Lizard Club.
He was once a member of Dedel's inner circle, and even had a crush on Dedel. It's a pity that his genius brother Renaudian Lotito died at the "Black Mass" dinner and became one of Didier's sacrifices.
Beside Cordell, there was a girl who looked younger than him and seemed to be his sister.
The girl has her black hair tied up in braids. She is wearing a sky blue dress and a mutton-sleeved gown on her upper body. She combines cuteness and elegance.
"Good morning, Mr. Gillan."
The lady came over and said with a smile.
"Sorry for the rash visit."
"I heard from my husband that the youngest foreign minister of the empire moved next door, which surprised and honored me. So, I prepared some handmade snacks for a visit. "One time."
"You're welcome, madam." Gillan stepped forward, took the box, and smiled politely. "Please have a seat."
Soon, the lady took her children and sat down on the sofa. Since the maids were out shopping, the butler, Old Charles, had to be responsible for making tea and entertaining them.
After a cup of hot tea, Ji Lan chatted with the lady for a few words. Through the introduction, we learned that the other party's name was Norma. After marrying Propaganda Minister Stavin, she took her husband's surname Lotito.
The girl's name is Fulla, Cordel's sister and the youngest daughter in the family.
While chatting, Gillan noticed that Cordell always looked at him with complicated eyes. The girl's face was full of curiosity and inquiry.
“My husband told me last night that he personally handed the national flag to you during your inauguration ceremony and listened to the entire speech. He felt that you were worthy of being a young talent valued by the head of state. "
Mrs. Norma praised.
Jilan smiled and said:
"Mrs. Norma is so complimentary. I am still young and have a lot to learn from Minister Stavin."
"You are so humble, Mr. Gillan."
Mrs. Norma said with a smile on her face.
Obviously, it was Jilan's promotion that made her feel quite useful.
While chatting with the lady, Jilan's keen sense suddenly noticed that he was swept by a weak spiritual vision.
He looked calm on the surface, but with a glance from the corner of his eye, he caught an unnatural look on the face of the girl on the lady's left.
Fura's eyes flashed with shock.
"The strength of this young foreign minister is so strong!"
Just now, she tried to use her newly learned spiritual vision to detect the blond young man, but was attracted by the dazzling light blooming from his body. Shocking.
Fura couldn't even tell which original level this young man, who was only a few years older than herself, was at.
"Could it be that he is a Kusei who has transcended the stage of the Mysterious One?! No...impossible?!"
Fura's heart was filled with disbelief, and at the same time she lowered her eyes, trying her best to cover up her emotions.
However, what she didn't know was that all her reactions were "seen" by Jilan.
‘Interesting. ’
Jilan secretly thought.
'The daughter of the Propaganda Minister turned out to be a mystic... Is she only a level 1 "Kingdom"? It seems that she has just come into contact with mysticism not long ago, and her talent is quite good. ’
Mrs. Norma just came to visit as a neighbor and congratulate Gilan on moving to a new home, so she stood up and left after chatting for a while.
From beginning to end, Cordell kept his head down without saying a word. As for Fulla, she was a little distracted.
When leaving, under the urging of her mother Norma, who was slightly dissatisfied, Furla came to her senses and quickly raised her skirt to Gillan and said goodbye politely:
"Thank you, Mr. Gillan. Hospitality.”
"You're welcome, Miss Furla."
Gilan chuckled.
“You can come and sit again when you are free, you are welcome at any time.”
As he said that, he asked Old Charles to take out two business cards, write down the apartment’s landline phone number on the back, and hand them over To two siblings, Cordell and Fulla.
This may seem like a polite move, but in Mrs. Norma’s eyes, it is a signal that she is willing to make friends.
This made the lady happy on the spot, and she quickly asked her children to thank her.
Gilan kept a decent smile and asked Old Charles to send the three guests out of the courtyard.
His eyes paused on the girl's back and smiled faintly. Then he turned around and went upstairs, ready to continue refining the "wick potion".
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"Cordell, why didn't you say a word just now?"
As soon as she got home, Fulla asked her brother Cordell in a low voice.
She said intentionally or unintentionally:
“Didn’t you say before that you knew Mr. Gillan? Are you bragging?”
Cordell glanced He glanced at his sister and was silent for a while.
"Half a year ago, I met a few times at the Silver Lizard Club, but I didn't know him well. At that time, he was just the illegitimate son of Earl Farhan, and he had just arrived in Muse City not long ago..."
He told it casually. After hearing about what happened in the past, my sister Fula looked shocked.
A long while.
Fura's expression gradually became complicated.
"...was Mr. Gillan present the night Brother Lenoir died? Or was he the one who stopped the cultists?"
"Fura, I know you are interested in occultism, but I advise you to ask less about him and don't try to get close to him."
Cordell tilted his head.
Noticing his mother Norma coming upstairs, he added in a deep voice:
“I once heard my father talk about him on the phone with the department, saying that Gilan is very dangerous. , is far from being as simple as it seems on the surface..."
"He and we...are not on the same level at all!"
"Danger?" Fulla was startled. "Mr. Gillan looks very friendly..."
"Heh." Cordell sneered. "That's because you've never seen him kill people!"
Recalling the bloody and sinister look of Guillain Iros on the night of "Black Mass", Cordell couldn't help but feel his hair stand on end.
Looking at his sister who still had an interested expression on her face, his heart skipped a beat.
"Fula..."
Just as he was about to say something else, the phone suddenly rang.
Dingle bell!
Soon, a middle-aged maid at home quickly walked to the living room and called to the two brothers and sisters:
"Miss Fulla, I have your phone number. This is your college." Friends inside.”
“Okay, got it!”
Fulla responded, as if she thought of something, and quickly ran over.
Cordell opened his mouth, but finally just sighed with a sullen face, shook his head and went upstairs.
In the hallway behind the living room, a telephone is placed on a narrow counter.
Fuura walked quickly, took the receiver and microphone from the maid, and said:
"Hello?"
"Fura, it's me, Salena...I'm with Beili now. Zelens and the others have investigated the mysterious place recorded in the 'Jordan Suicide Note', which is consistent with what the devil said."
"Is it true..."
Fula was startled, and then she fell into deep thought.
The girl's question came from the other end of the phone:
"What should we do next, Fulla?"
"What do you mean?"
"I think this matter is very dangerous... Beili, like Zelens and the others, is very interested and plans to go over and have a look together."
"The Dugarte Mountains are not far from Museciti, only half a day's drive away... I think we can give it a try, and maybe we can actually find the secluded place recorded in the 'Jordan Suicide Note'."
Fulla thought for a moment and spoke in a rather expectant tone.
“I have also found some information in the past few days. Jordan Phoebe was indeed a great astrologer who was active two hundred years ago... Maybe we can find some manuscripts about him and learn more profound things. Occult knowledge.”
"This...Okay, Fulla."
Although the female voice on the other end of the phone hesitated, she still agreed.
Fu La smiled and comforted:
"Don't worry, we can go to the security company to hire a bodyguard to escort us into the mountain... Moreover, Zelens and his family don't have You should also know some good friends in a fighting club, right?”
“Zelens would not agree”
The girl named Salena said on the phone.
"And...I don't agree with letting others know about this."
"Well...let's meet at the same place tomorrow and discuss it then."
< br>Fu La pondered for a moment and said.
After hanging up the phone, she took a deep breath and smiled expectantly.
Immediately, the girl took out a business card from her outer pocket and turned it to the back. There was a series of landline phone numbers written on it in black pen, and the name "Guilan Iros" was also noted.
Fula thought for a while, and finally chose to carefully take the business card back.
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At three o'clock in the afternoon, the sun sets.
Lenice drove the four maids back, and the group entered the apartment with large bags and smiling faces.
Jilan finished refining another batch of "wick potion", came down from upstairs, stood on the stairs, and called his female secretary.
Lenice turned around and said a few words to the maids, and asked the housekeeper, Old Charles, to help. Then she quickly walked to the steps and said respectfully:
"Sir."< br>
"Lenis, help me investigate a person."
Gilan calmly looked down and said.
“Fora Lotito, the youngest daughter of the Propaganda Minister’s family.”
Lenis was startled.
Gilan added:
"You can use part of my authority in the mysterious investigation committee to request their assistance."
"Yes, sir."
Lenice adjusted her glasses and said solemnly.
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Around six o'clock in the evening.
Not long after Jilan finished dinner, another distinguished guest came to the house.
After being informed by Old Charles, Gilan went to the courtyard to greet him personally.
I saw an old man with white hair standing alone outside the iron gate. He was wearing a simple black suit, holding a white cane, and looked at him with a smile.
"Teacher, you are here."
Jilan opened the courtyard door and said respectfully.
Pala walked in slowly, took a look at the environment, and said with a smile:
"Have you adapted to the new residence?"
"Pretty good "Jilan answered as he led the teacher inside. "The environment here is quiet and relatively close to the Triumph Building."
"Yes." Parra nodded.
When the two entered the living room of the apartment, Gillan called Old Charles and whispered to him to let the maids go back to the house.
"Okay, Master."
Old Charles understood and nodded in agreement.
As an experienced butler, he knew that the young master needed a quiet environment to talk about secret topics.
"Teacher, please sit down."
Gillan invited Parra to sit on the sofa, and then poured her a cup of hot tea with her own hands.
Para picked up the teacup and took a sip.
“I am here this time to take you to the important gathering of ‘Midnight Rose’ as a formal member.”
Hearing this, Ji Lan felt happy.
“Teacher, do you need my attention?”
"No need." Parra chuckled. "Although 'Ye Mei' is an ancient esoteric sect that has gathered outstanding alchemists, it does not have many rules and is relatively free and loose."
"But you are new here and you are not proficient in alchemy. Please listen more and learn more." It’s better to see.”
“Yes, teacher.”
Gilan smiled awkwardly and said.
Alchemy is indeed not his strong point.
He only mastered the refining methods of "green gunpowder" and "wick potion", and this was thanks to Shabotai's formula, which clearly marked the steps and precautions for each step.
Gilan’s actual level of alchemy is not even an entry-level level.
"Teacher, when will the party start?"
He asked curiously.
Pala put down her teacup and glanced at her watch.
"Almost. Let's leave now."
"Now?"
Gilan was wondering, then he was shocked to see the white-haired old gentleman take something out of his pocket.
That is a chess piece made of pure gold.
King chess.
bite.
Pala looked calm and flicked his finger.
The king's chess piece spun and flew up, then seemed to be sucked out of thin air by a force and hung upside down in the air.
This scene is like there is an invisible and intangible "chessboard" that is upside down in the air, and the king's chess is exactly where it should be.
Buzz——
The chess pieces suddenly glowed with dazzling golden light.
Jilan instinctively closed his eyes and felt a strong suction force appear, pulling his body and flying in an unknown direction.
When he opened his eyes again, he was surprised to find that he had left the apartment and entered a strange garden.
Surrounded by a green lawn, covered with bright red roses, you can see as far as the eye can see.
The cool wind blew by, carrying the sweet floral fragrance and hitting Jilan's cheek, refreshing her spirits.
The night sky above our heads, with countless stars shining brightly, is extremely majestic.
What particularly surprised Jilan was that there was no moon in the night sky, but instead, there was a sun!
The sun's rays are not strong, but they illuminate the surrounding environment, "in the same frame" as the night, without any violation.
“This is the ‘Chessboard Manor’.”
Parra on the side explained with a smile.
"The real stronghold of 'Ye Mei' is."
"The manor does not exist in the world, but in a folded space like an 'alchemy pocket'."
"It comes from An ancient alchemical miracle, said to have been created by the original alchemist, was later mastered by successive leaders of 'Ye Mei'. "
"Currently, 'Chessboard Manor' is owned by the contemporary leader of the Tantric Cult, 'Mei Weng'. Owned by Ms. Flamel Jaber."
"Only formal members are eligible to be given the key to the door of the manor - that is, the 'chess piece'."
Parra turned to look at Gilan and gestured to the golden king chess piece in his hand.
“At the same time, this is also a status symbol within ‘Ye Mei’. The higher the level of the chess piece, the higher the status it represents.”
After listening to Parra’s explanation, Jilan was secretly speechless.
I sighed in my heart, it is indeed an ancient esoteric religion to have such a miraculous thing.
But soon, he recalled the last words Parra said and said in shock:
"Teacher, then this piece of yours..."
"Well, it is of the same level as the queen chess piece in the hands of the leader 'Mei Weng'."
Pala said calmly.
“I thought the position of leader was too troublesome at first, so I refused.”
“…”
Ji Lan opened his mouth and was speechless.
Pala didn't pay attention, gestured for him to follow, and then walked forward with his cane.
"Let's go, let's take you to meet other people."
"Yes, teacher." Jilan followed closely.
Soon, he followed Parra deep into the manor.
From a distance, Gilan saw several romantic-style buildings in white and pink among the lawns and flowers.
There are several round tables placed in the open space, as well as exquisite high-backed white chairs.
At this moment, there are more than ten or twenty men and women sitting around chatting, eating and drinking.
As Parra and Gilan approached, those people turned their heads and looked at each other with smiles on their faces.
"The White Sage and his students are here..."
(End of this chapter)