Chapter 40 The Occult Course

"Fun trick?"

Klein asked very curiously.

Old Neil smiled and said:

"I went to inspect the weapons, materials and literature library. You use the two cups on the table to make two cups of coffee, and put bad things in one of them. You can make up your own mind and use your imagination. Li, the only requirement is not to waste too much coffee powder, which I grind by hand with the coffee beans specializing in the plateau!"

"Okay." Although Klein didn't quite understand what Old Neil wanted to do, he agreed happily.

Watching the other party take out the copper key and open the iron door of the arsenal, he heard long footsteps echoing inside. He slowly placed the cup and confirmed that there was hot water in the pot.

Lifting off the lid of the silver-lined tin can, Klein used a small spoon with metallic luster to shake a spoonful of fragrant coffee powder into the two cups, then poured hot water and stirred it thoroughly.

——As a traveler who came from an era of abundant supplies, he is no stranger to coffee.

After doing all of this, Klein thought for a moment, sat down, raised his right leg, took some dirt from the soles of the leather boots with his hands, and put it into the cup on the left.

Then he carefully stirred it again until the two cups of coffee were almost indistinguishable in appearance and aroma.

After a few minutes, Old Neil tossed the keychain, walked out of the arsenal, and closed the iron door with a clang.

"It's done." His slightly cloudy dark red eyes turned to look at Klein across the table.

"Okay." Klein nodded and replied.

Old Neil laughed and sat down while undoing the silver chain wrapped around his wrist.

His expression quickly became calm, and the chain in his left hand stretched out, letting the silver chain hang vertically above the coffee cup on his right side, and the pure white crystal was only about to be stained with liquid.

In a burst of relaxing tranquility, the white crystal inexplicably swayed slightly, with the silver chain making a small counterclockwise rotation.

"This cup is for letting go of bad things." Old Neil said in a positive tone.

Without waiting for Klein to confirm, he put away the silver chain and took a sip from the cup of coffee next to him:

"Do you like bitter coffee? I'm used to a spoonful of sugar and a spoonful of milk."

Klein didn't answer, and asked with great interest:

"Your divination result is very accurate. Do you rely on that white crystal? Is it a white crystal?"

"This is the pendulum method in divination, also known as the spirit pendulum method. It relies on the connection between its own astral body and the spiritual world and the starry sky, and uses some natural materials to communicate with spirituality, such as crystals, gems and special metals to divination things. Good or bad... Let's go back to the two cups of coffee just now, swinging counterclockwise is bad, clockwise is good, not moving is good and not bad. You can also write the incident on paper, pay attention, it is the incident, not the incident Question." Old Neil put down the coffee cup in his hand and explained in detail.

Klein seemed to be thinking:

"That is, don't use interrogative sentences?"

"Yes, you can't use 'Who is willing to be my fiancee', but use 'Who is willing to be my fiancee', write it on a piece of paper, lay it flat on the table, and then hold the chain with your non-dominant hand, Pay attention to your dominant hand." Old Neil laughed and said, "At this time, straighten your arms, adjust the length of the pendulum chain so that the crystal hangs just above the paper, almost touching the events we wrote, then close your eyes, Recite the words in your mind seven times, and after reciting, open your eyes to see if the pendulum is moving, if not, close it again, and repeat the previous process until there is a swing."

Klein nodded slightly and said:

"Counter-clockwise 'no', clockwise 'yes'?"

"It can also be interpreted as not smooth and smooth." Old Neil corrected it and taught Klein other uses and details of pendulum divination.

Klein reminisced several times and found that this was a very practical divination technique.

For example, when you are in an unfamiliar environment, you can use it to quickly confirm whether the food is poisonous, and you don't need to "click" "wild biology" and other skills.

Of course, this form of divination is too simple, and there are only two or three kinds of answers, which makes it impossible to conduct in-depth exploration and interpretation. For example, although some things are harmful to themselves, they can become very beneficial after a certain treatment, such as Some ingredients are indeed harmful to the human body, but they are not serious. In the case of dying of starvation, eating them is actually not a big problem. These cannot be judged by the pendulum method.

"I have to save money to buy crystal or sterling silver as soon as possible to make a pendulum..." Klein sighed.

Old Neil gave him a surprised look:

"You can apply for it directly. This belongs to Beyonders, especially the standard equipment for Beyonders like us. There is also a citrine and a sterling silver pendulum in the arsenal."

"But I'm not yet a full member of the team..." Klein's heart pounded, hesitant.

Old Neil chuckled lightly:

"For Beyonders, whether they are full members or not, since there is no salary increase, they must be given some convenience from other aspects."

"It may be more appropriate to use 'welfare', I will apply to the captain later!" Klein secretly clenched his fists and made a decision.

If you don't try it, how will you know if the captain agrees?

"Okay." Old Neil smiled and said, "We are starting the official 'occult study course'. One of its foundations is called 'symbol'. Do you know what a 'symbol' is?"

Klein recalled the few words he heard before and what he had seen and heard in the spiritual world and above the gray fog, and said with consideration:

"Whether the spiritual world, the illusory starry sky, and those unknown fields are all outside our sensory world, it cannot be accurately described by the information obtained by the ears, nose and eyes. What we get can only be indescribable intuitive revelation and experience, they appear as abstract symbols and graphic symbols, and these symbols represent different things with different meanings.”

"Very accurate, as expected of a 'divine'." Old Neil nodded solemnly, "Only if you master the ability to decipher symbols, can you truly enter the door of esotericism. Well, the patterns on the tarot cards, each symbol on the pattern. An element, all a symbol, a symbol prescribed by man to help us understand and interpret the original 'revelation'."

He took out a piece of paper, picked up the pen beside him, and drew a short arc.

Immediately following, he added a few vertical lines below the arc, looked up at Klein and said:

"Do you know what this symbol represents?"

Klein looked and looked, before hesitating for a while, and said:

"Eyelashes?"

"..." Old Neil sighed and said, "This is the symbol of the Harvest Constellation, this is the Thunder Constellation, this is the White Frost Constellation..."

He drew several symbols at random.

As Klein remembered, he couldn't help but said:

"The names of these constellations are really, really simple, yes, simple!"

So rustic, so primitive...

Old Neil smiled and said:

"Emperor Roselle thought so too. He always planned to change the names of the constellations to Virgo, Cancer, and Scorpio. Unfortunately, he still failed to resist the power of tradition, at least the ancient names of these constellations and the dates they represent. Can guide the cultivation, guide the harvest.”

"I have to say that Emperor Roselle is a man of ideas." Klein didn't know how to complain.

Well, Emperor Roselle should have been a decent person before his death...

Old Neil couldn't understand Klein's humor, and continued to explain various basic symbols, such as those of various constellations, such as the sun, red moon, brown star, red star, and blue star.

When talking about this, he also taught the drawing method and precautions of the divination astrolabe, the production of crystal balls, the selection of materials, and the selection of incantations, which made Klein feel almost dizzy.

If he hadn't discovered that the Diviner potion had slightly improved his memory, he would have told Old Neil to stop it so that he could digest the gains.

"Today's 'occult study course' is here, you can think for yourself, and you can come to me if you have any questions." Old Neil took out a golden pocket watch, snapped it open, and glanced at it, "Don't forget to read my The historical materials you prepared, frankly, I was horrified when I saw them."

"Okay." Klein took the drafts Old Neil wrote with symbols, and quickly went through the mysterious knowledge he learned today to avoid obvious forgetting.

Old Neil took another sip of the re-brewed coffee and said:

"Memory alone is not enough, you must use it frequently, so that knowledge can be turned into your instinct, and meditation must be carried out every day. Only by practicing and using more, can you truly grasp the power of the potion and discover its hidden potential. Mysterious, eliminate bad influence."

Speaking of this, Klein thought of acting, thinking of the divination club, and tentatively said:

"My potion's ability is related to divination. It is not enough for me to practice alone. I have to get in touch with a large number of people and give them divination separately, so that I can master it as soon as possible. I plan to join the 'divination club' when I have extra money. , the one on Halls Street, North End, to be a real 'divine man'."

This matter will definitely not be concealed from the Nighthawks in the future, so it is better to lay the groundwork in advance.

"Your thinking is very similar to Daly's. She always said to be a real 'psychic'. Old Neil shook his head and smiled, "Why wait until you have extra money? You can write an application to Dunn and have him approve the fee! "

"Organizations such as the 'divination club' may have members mixed in with cultists and evil organizations. As a civilian of the Night Watch Squad, a standard Beyonder, joining them and monitoring them conveniently is required for work! Before we These places will be inspected regularly, just because there are not enough manpower to keep track of them for a long time, and now it is just handed over to you.”

And this kind of operation? Seeing Old Neil's serious expression, Klein was stunned.

This is just looking for a reason to reimburse the expenses of one's own private affairs!

I just don't know anything about anything like that...

I'm really just a keyboard powerhouse...

"Do you want to use your own money to do this?" Old Neil added with a smile upon seeing this.

Klein immediately shook his head and replied firmly:

"I'll report to the captain later!"

Old Neil nodded in satisfaction, looked at the cup of coffee with bad things that had not been poured out, and said:

"What exactly did you put in there?"

Klein smiled embarrassedly:

"It's just, just a little bit of mud on the sole of a leather boot, and it's about the same color as your coffee powder, about the same."

Old Neil was stunned for a moment, suddenly put his hand to his mouth, and roared in a low voice:

"Don't take it away and throw it away!"