Chapter 95: Finding the Notes

The midday sun shines in Wood County, reflecting the green and lush hills of Alvin Manor.

I heard from the coachman just now that there used to be a lumberyard on this hill.

Probably because of this, the mountain roads here are quite wide and flat, and extend in all directions.

Li Feng walked for a long time on these hills, which could only be regarded as large mounds.

After a long trek, he finally found a dilapidated hut deep in the woods.

The cabin is made of wood, and its exterior walls are now dilapidated due to age and disrepair.

Wildly growing flowers, plants, trees and vines crawled on both sides of the house, extending to the roof and the entire small yard in front of the house.

Li Feng stood in the distance and watched carefully. If the dilapidated scene was removed, then this wooden house was the forest cabin he saw in the illusion.

Could this be the place where the crazy alchemist suspected of being Faranir lives?

‘Go in and have a look. ’

Lifting his cane to push away the weeds, Li Feng walked towards the wooden house.

The grass was soft under his feet, and Li Feng walked slowly into the small courtyard in front of the wooden house while being cautious.

But as soon as he stepped into the courtyard, he was suddenly enveloped by a cold, cold wind.

It was obviously the height of summer in July, but a cold wind suddenly blew in the forest.

Along with the cold wind, there were also bursts of ghostly cries in my ears.

‘Looks like this is it. ’

In the suddenly gloomy woods, Li Feng's figure suddenly disappeared and he entered the shadow world.

Everything in front of him became black and white and distorted, and the wooden house seemed like a scene in the lingering smoke.

At the same time, Li Feng felt that the original cold wind disappeared, and the ghost crying stopped.

Sure enough, the cold wind and ghost cries were the effects of some kind of barrier, just to drive away intruders.

But since there is a need to drive away the intruders, there must be something inside this wooden house.

Li Feng held the flint in his hand and adjusted the gun to the most comfortable position for firing at any time.

Then he walked through the small courtyard in the shadow world and came to the wooden house.

Since the action of pushing open the door will interact with the real world, with Li Feng's current rank, doing so will exit the shadow world.

So Li Feng didn't push the door. He went to the window of the wooden house first, and carefully looked inside the wooden house through the moss-covered and dusty glass.

In the shadow world, everything looks black and white and distorted, and the wooden house is no exception.

Li Feng cast his gaze into the room and scanned the room, but the next moment.

Behind the dirty glass, a distorted human face suddenly appeared, meeting his eyes.

…

"Are you here to fulfill your promise? Where are your companions?"

Li Feng was startled by the face behind the glass, but after he calmed down, he realized that it was just a "person".

Or to be precise, it was just a ghost staying in the shadow world.

At this moment, the ghost invited Li Feng into the house enthusiastically.

"Although I am most likely no longer human, in the past ten years or so, I have found that I can open the door. Come on, sir."

Li Feng was shocked to see the wooden door in front of him opened, and behind the door was a ghost who warmly welcomed him.

In the black and white twisted shadow world, Li Feng looked closely at the ghost.

It was a female ghost wearing a gorgeous dress. Because she was a ghost, her whole body was in a semi-illusory state.

She has no legs and her entire body floats on the ground.

Li Feng thought of something and carefully observed her appearance, but her appearance and age could not be clearly seen in the distorted image.

Thinking back on the rumors, this part of the mountain was rumored to be haunted, but no one was heard of being injured or killed.

After estimating the ability of this ghost, it seems that it can't hurt people, or it doesn't hurt people at all.

The soldiers came to cover up the water and earth. Li Feng walked into the wooden house holding the flint without any further hesitation.

"Do you know me?"

After entering the wooden house, Li Feng asked the ghost.

Thinking about what the ghost said when he first met him, "Are you here to fulfill your promise?" Li Feng thought that the ghost had mistaken him for someone.

"Hmm - let me see."

The ghost said and walked into Li Feng. He didn't feel the ghost's malice. Li Feng just stood there and let her see.

"Ah, it's a new Hidden One. Oh, you call them Hidden Ones, right?"

After the ghost looked at Li Feng carefully, he returned to his original position.

Li Feng saw her demeanor and tone when she saw the stranger, and she showed no sign of being defensive at all.

As if he were her friend, we were about to start talking about everyday things.

"Yes, the extraordinary person who believes in the Stranger in the Shadow is called the Hidden One."

Li Feng replied, but at the same time he was also calculating in his mind.

'Companion, Hidden One, has it been possible that she has seen those two Hidden Pirates? ’

"May I ask, are you Mrs. Alvin?"

Facing the ghost, Li Feng asked what he had guessed.

"Ah~ It seems you are here for this too!"

Ghost said, holding up a thick black book, and she showed the cover of the book to Li Feng:

"Faranir's Alchemy Notes."

Li Feng stiffened when he saw the note and didn't know what to say.

He really didn't expect that there would be no need for trickery or fighting.

This notebook that had troubled him for so long and made various outside forces crazy about it appeared in front of him so easily.

Seeing Li Feng's silence, the ghost suddenly smiled and sighed again:

"Oh - yes, I am Mrs. Alvin. This matter is a long story."

A breeze blew outside the wooden house, causing the shadows of the trees to move wildly.

Mrs. Alvin had no hostility towards Li Feng who had not put down his gun. Instead, she generously told Li Feng the whole story.

More than 50 years ago, when the Alvin family had not yet fallen, she was the mistress of the Alvin family.

Alvin Manor and these hills all belonged to the Alvin family.

The family had many fields and therefore many tenants.

Gad Linton was one of them.

"Gad was a poor and lonely young man. His parents died early, and he was thin and sick. He liked to study some bottles and jars.

So he usually had a hard time completing the work of cutting trees on the mountain."

Mrs. Alvin floated on a chair in a ghostly state and told Li Feng about the past.

"I know that nobles have a bad reputation, but my husband and I are not stingy people.

Waiting for Gade's rent will not have any impact on our lives, so if he can't pay, we will just let the butler put it on the account and let him pay it back next year.

But in fact, this is just a saying. In fact, we have never forced him to pay back the debt.

But..."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Alvin looked out the window and sighed:

"But, Gade, he is too stubborn, or he is too grateful.

About fifty years ago, I died because of a spring cold. I didn't feel good before dying, so I didn't follow you. Described in detail.

However, about a month later, I was actually "alive" again.

Yes, that's right, I am now living in this twisted black and white world.

I was very scared and frightened at the time. I didn't know what happened to me until I met Gad.

It was he who used those things he had been studying to turn me into what I am now.

He told me that I was kind-hearted and the Seven Gods shouldn't have taken my life so early. He said he could resurrect me.

Gad was very sure at the time, and I was really happy to hear that I could be alive. "

Mrs. Alvin paused here.

In the twisted world, Li Feng could still see her happy smile.

"I was only 37 years old when I died. I have elderly parents, a loving husband, and a lovely daughter. How could I bear to leave them?

I want to go back and continue to live with them.

So from then on, I followed Gad's arrangements and stayed here peacefully, watching him make various potions and experiments.

However, no matter how many methods he explored and how many theories he researched, his potions could not really revive me.

In the end, looking at my completely rotten body, I knew I could never go back.

I was extremely devastated at the time, because this meant that I had to die again, and die again as a ghost."

Mrs. Alvin said this, looking at Li Feng with a sad expression.

"Sir, I think you must have never experienced death, but please believe me, death is really a very terrifying thing.

But now that things have come to this, I can't be resurrected, and I can't stay in this twisted world forever.

So I asked Gad to kill me.

He was very reluctant at first. He cried and told me that he still had a way, but we all knew that there was no way.

Finally, he raised his gun and shot at my heart, but... I didn't die.

But I had made up my mind at that time. I couldn't stand this twisted world at that time."

Mrs. Alvin looked around when she said this. She was referring to the shadow world.

"Later, I tried many ways to kill myself, water, fire, knife, I used all kinds of methods, but I still couldn't die. I was completely trapped here.

Death is a terrifying thing, but wanting to die but not being able to die is even more terrifying.

Since I was a child, my parents taught me to be kind to others, but by then, I could no longer do so.

At that time, I cried all day long. I resented and blamed Gad. It was he who made me like this.

He promised me that he would continue to find a way, but, but suddenly, he disappeared and never came to the shadow world again."

"Please wait a moment."

Li Feng heard the key point, interrupted Mrs. Alvin, and asked:

"Are you saying that Gad is also a hidden person?"

Although the other protagonist in the incident is called Gad Linton, Li Feng can roughly guess that he is the alchemist Faranil of his grandson's generation.

So Li Feng is very concerned about whether he is a transcendent or a hidden person.

But when Mrs. Alvin heard Li Feng's question, she shook her head:

"No, Gad didn't get a response from the gods, he is not a supernatural being.

But he is an excellent alchemist, he can enter the shadow world by taking some kind of potion.

Yes, it is the 'shadow world', that's what he called this distorted black and white world."

"I see."

Li Feng nodded:

"What happened later?"

"Later..."

Mrs. Alvin sighed:

"That's how it was, I stayed here for years, I don't know how long it took, until...

Until one sunny morning, I suddenly walked out of the shadow world, I saw the real world outside."

Li Feng was surprised to hear this:

"Can you come out?"

"Yes."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Alvin laughed happily again:

"But it can only last for a short while, and I can't leave the cottage too far, so I can only wander around here.

After returning to the real world, I met living people and learned the year from their mouths.

That was about 30 years after my death. "

Hearing this, Li Feng understood that this was probably the reason why this mountain was haunted.

"However, people are afraid of me. They will run away as soon as they see me from a distance."

Mrs. Alvin continued speaking, her expression a little lonely:

“At that time, I understood that my current appearance must be very scary, so from then on, I stopped going out during the day and only went out at night when I couldn’t see clearly.

However, they seemed to be more afraid of me, so much so that the lumberyard not far ahead was moved away. "

Li Feng:......

Isn't it more scary at night?

"By the way, sir, since you can find this place, do you know where Gad went?"

"Well……"

Li Feng opened his mouth. It seemed that Mrs. Alvin didn't know what was going to happen next.

"Do you remember the last time you saw Gad Linton and what he said to you?"

Li Feng thought for a moment and then asked about it first.

After hearing the question, Mrs. Alvin thought for a while:

"That day, Gad told me he was sorry, and then he gave this to me."

Mrs. Alvin pointed to Faranir’s notes and said:

"He also said that as long as this notebook is here, someone will definitely come to help me."

Li Feng was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment and then asked:

"So... was this note written by Gad?"

"um, yes."

Mrs. Alvin nodded:

"The notes are all manuscripts he wrote while doing alchemical experiments."

“But why is the name on the cover of the note ‘Faranir’?”

Li Feng asked, thinking he was getting closer to the answer.

"I heard Gad say that Faranir is his grandfather."

Mrs. Alvin thought back as she spoke:

“But I also heard during my lifetime that this Faraniel Linton was a prodigal son. He almost never returned home and never took care of his wife and children. No one knew what he was doing outside.

But for some reason, Gad admired his irresponsible grandfather very much. "

At this point, Li Feng finally understood.

A hundred years ago, Faranir Linton was a hunter. He was obsessed with hunting demons and did not even interact with humans or go home.

And Gad Linton fifty years ago was a mortal who was extremely talented in alchemy.

Even though he is not an extraordinary person and does not have extraordinary abilities, he has actually achieved great results in alchemy.

Although resurrecting Mrs. Alvin failed, Li Feng read the 10 pages of notes he already had.

Even if you can't understand it, you still know that it is definitely not something that ordinary people can study.

"That's all I know."

While Li Feng was deep in thought, Mrs. Alvin's voice sounded again:

"Then sir, can you tell me now, where is Gard?"

"He committed suicide."

Mrs. Alvin is a reasonable ghost who solves many of Li Feng's problems.

Li Feng didn't hold anything back and told his wife all the follow-up information he read in the county annals.

Mrs. Alvin was silent for a long time after hearing this. In the end, she said nothing and just sighed.

In the shadow world where everything is black and white, a gentle breeze blows outside the window.

Li Feng looked out the window and saw that the wind was causing the branches and weeds to sway, and everything became more distorted.

In the small rectangular wooden house, one person and one ghost were silent for a long time.

After that, Mrs. Alvin suddenly asked Li Feng:

"Sir, I think you are a transcendent. So, can you kill me?"

Hearing this, Li Feng was stunned.

As if she was afraid that he would misunderstand, Mrs. Alvin immediately took the note and added:

"Of course I don't ask for your help for free. If you can kill me, this notebook will be yours."