Author: Soth

"You need to find a state, and then determine a belief. You have to train to maintain the state for the sake of the belief and form a habit. As long as your belief does not fall, you can maintain the state, thereby controlling your expressions, movements, and outward direction.

message sent.”

The fraud class teacher gave suggestions and examples. He could laugh before every sentence and keep the volume above seventy decibels. He rearranged his facial muscles with a laughing expression and used this paragraph

Time to think, and once this becomes a habit, he has time to control information and observe others.

"People will call you Brother Haha." The teacher said with a smile: "This is a quick fix, just for your reference. In fact, the opposite state of Brother Haha is more suitable for you, that is, frowning and thinking all the time, always showing dissatisfaction.

"

His words definitely make sense, but Zhuang Xuteng also has his own understanding. He believes that the best expression to hide his thoughts is not a frown, but to remain serious without any expression. As soon as this idea came out, Zhuang Xuteng thought of an old friend. He is definitely expression control

The master.

Zhuang Xuteng has not visited Master Lich for a while, which is mainly related to the departure of Boss Qian. He originally promised to help Master Lich re-create his body, but this cannot be done without the help of Boss Qian and Baiqi Grocery Store. Now

Boss Qian is no longer here, and this matter has gone south. Zhuang Xuteng always feels a little sorry for Master Lich. He has been hiding from him recently, but he has to tell him about this matter sooner or later.

The seventy-two stone pillar hall is still shrouded in black mist, exuding an aura of loneliness and terror. Master Lich is sitting on the stone seat, holding his chin in a motionless position for thousands of years, not knowing what he is thinking. Zhuang Xuteng appears now

When entering the main hall, its head shook slightly, as if it had been activated. In fact, Zhuang Xuteng did not know, and Master Lich would not admit it. It was not only anxious but also expecting when he came.

"It's been a while since I've been here, probably almost a month..." Zhuang Xuteng scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed. "Well... I have some bad news, I have to tell you. I'll keep it short! Boss Qian is no longer here.

The world is over, and he can’t help you rebuild your body.”

The Lich Master did not move at all for a few seconds. Of course, this was no different from its state most of the time. After a moment, it slowly said: "No, there is no way. He is not the only one who can do it. He can do it.

Save yourself the trouble and keep working hard without him. It’s the same from the past to the present. Naike, how are you doing lately?”

"It's pretty good - except that my brother's death made me very sad - but I've basically come out of it. Being sad is of no use, and finding a way to avenge him is what I should do. So now I'm starting to prepare for the task again, so that life and

Continue the exercise." Zhuang Xuteng sighed and said, "How are you?"

"It's much better than before. I don't feel more and more stupid. I think this is an improvement..."

Zhuang Xuteng laughed and said: "Can you still feel this? If you were too stupid and couldn't feel stupid at all, wouldn't it be the same as you are feeling now?"

"I can construct a thirty-seven-layer Necromantic Ritual Array with my consciousness. Using this as a measure, my condition has been maintained."

"You used to be able to build..."

"Forty-three floors. The theoretical upper limit is forty-five floors, and the number of floors I need cannot be lower than thirty-two. It is currently at thirty-seven, and I am quite satisfied." Master Lich put down his arms, sat up straight, and stared.

Zhuang Xuteng said slowly: "The intelligence you sucked from me seems to have reached the capacity of your brain. I thought your intelligence still had potential, but it seems I was wrong."

Zhuang Xuteng smiled even more happily. He knew that the Lich Master was making fun of him and was not mocking him. "I'm sorry to disappoint you. It's just that you feel it's not enough if you take too little, and you feel it's too much if you take too much. You are really difficult to serve."

.Especially if you don’t have an expression when you speak, it will be even harder to serve you.”

"Hmph. I have no facial muscles or skin, and of course no expression."

"If I had just met you, I would probably believe what you said. But I have seen you angry, and I have also witnessed you showing excitement, anticipation and curiosity, and by the way, you also have super computing and dormant martial arts.

This time, your mental activities are more complex. Yes, you don’t have muscles or face, but your eyes, movements, voice, especially the flashing red light in your eye sockets, they can all express your emotions for you."

"You are very careful in your observations." Master Lich said slowly, "It seems that I have inadvertently leaked a lot of information."

"Maybe you feel that I am very familiar with you, and some things have a strong impact on you, so you have these emotions flowing - but most of the time you are deliberately controlling it. This can only be discovered through comparison."

Zhuang Xuteng then asked his own question: "Do you know how to control your expression?"

Master Lich stared at Zhuang Xuteng for a few seconds and said: "I've been wandering around for a long time just for this... It must be one of your missions that requires this. I'm not a judge, a master of disguise, or a necromancer.

There is only one way to absolutely control your expression, and that is to let the wraith lie on your face."

"Possessed by a resentful spirit?" Zhuang Xuteng asked.

"Yes, you can think of it with just a little reminder. This means that you have studied, but you have not thought enough to integrate the knowledge. I have taught you the method of being possessed by evil spirits, and I also said that it can cause harm to the human body.

That includes body paralysis. If you paralyze your facial muscles, you won't be able to make any expressions."

"Uh... all the muscles are paralyzed, won't my expression collapse? Hmm... don't remind me, let me think for myself, I seem to be about to catch it." Zhuang Xuteng scratched his face and said: "The reason for paralyzing the muscles is

Avoid changes in micro-expressions caused by sudden emotions. After the wraith is possessed, it controls these muscles, and the wraith will only act when it hears commands. This means that the expression is controlled by specific instructions. Think about it.

You can put on whatever expression you want."

The Lich Master nodded slightly and said: "There are advantages and disadvantages to this. The advantage is that the control is simple, and it is very difficult for the Necromancer to realize it. The disadvantage is that the understanding and expression of the resentful spirit are very poor.

The resulting expressions will give people a weird feeling, like toy dolls. The only expression they can do well is cold seriousness."

"It makes sense. The main purpose of letting the wraith control the expression is to prevent the small reactions in the corners of the eyes, mouth, nose and other parts from revealing inner thoughts. As long as this 'unconsciousness' can be prevented, you can still speak normally for the rest of the time."

"But it's not that simple." The Lich Master leaned forward and said: "The resentful spirit is not a gust of wind. Letting it enter your body will not only benefit you. You are alive, and the resentful spirit is dead. It will continue to cause

Physical damage and mental pressure. This is very similar to the shadow slave implant. In the end, the best destination for a necromancer is to become like me, allowing the spirit to be eternal and the body to die."

Zhuang Xuteng shook his head and said: "At least for now, I don't want to become a lich at all."

"Of course you don't think so now. When I was young, I would not have turned into a lich as my ultimate goal. Lich, or necromancy, is just a means, it has never been and will never be the goal. But if one day you

If you want to take this step, go and look at the stone pillar over there. The method of becoming a lich is written on it."

"Pillars? The runes on them are all damaged and can't be seen at all." Zhuang Xuteng glanced back and then said, "Are you going to repair them?"

"They have always been good, and the so-called damage is just a disguise and protection measure. If your knowledge and ability cannot understand them, they are damaged historical relics in your eyes. Complex spells are a burden on your brain. You first

You have to proceed step by step to a certain level before you can understand the runes and spells on the stone pillars."

Zhuang Xuteng suddenly became interested and immediately turned around and walked towards the stone pillars. He was also interested in the environment of the hall for the first few times and observed the 72 stone pillars. At that time, the reliefs of the stone pillars were covered with traces of damage, almost

Unable to find complete lines, patterns and runes, Zhuang Xuteng only knew that the pillars were different, and they were all carriers of certain knowledge. He was worried about whether the pillars would collapse, but did not ask whether they could be restored.

"I've learned some necromancy now, so I should be able to understand it a little bit, right?" Zhuang Xuteng walked among the pillars, looking east and west, but there were still ruins of pillars as far as he could see.

The Lich Master raised his hand, pointed to the corner of the hall, and said, "Go and take a look over there. What is recorded on that pillar is the necromantic spell of the Wraith Spirit system."

Following the direction of its finger, Zhuang Xuteng ran quickly and finally found something he could understand. In his eyes, the damage of the pillar itself contained information, and the damaged runes could be repaired based on his knowledge. The damage would be

The information in the text was superimposed with the completed runes, and Zhuang Xuteng slowly began to understand the meaning.

"This is the structure of the resentful spirit: here is the absorption magic circle, here is the storage and transformation, and here is the command. Yes, this part is the basis of the resentful spirit spell, and then upwards..." Zhuang Xuteng raised his head and looked up at the tall

At the middle of the pillar, he said: "There are some advanced usages there. I see it seems like deformation here and autonomous action over there. Possession, possession here... There seems to be something on it, but I can't understand it.

, what is that?”

"The exchange of resentful spirits is a very powerful way of self-protection." Master Lich said: "Put your body into the space of resentful spirits, and then control the resentful spirits. This state cannot be maintained for a long time, depending on your mana.

It can take anywhere from minutes to days. You will become a wraith and your body will be hidden."

"Wow, then I can't go through walls like the wraiths? Wherever I want to go?"

Master Lich waved his hand and said: "It doesn't apply to you. This transformation can only take effect on your original body, but you still have an implant. If you do it forcefully, it will be equivalent to stripping off the implant directly.

Once the time limit for transformation has expired, you will have no choice but to return to a mutilated body with serious internal injuries, and you probably won't survive. The transformation of the wraith cannot extend your lifespan, and its danger-avoiding specialties will not be effective on you. That's why I didn't teach you

Those things of yours."

Zhuang Xuteng wiped his forehead and said, "It feels so dangerous. You were right not to teach me."

"Many spells seem very powerful and magical, but dangers are always involved. The caster's teacher is not for control, but for protection. Seventy-two series of spells are recorded on the seventy-two stone pillars, all of which are mine.

Personal knowledge. Once upon a time, the most complete record of magic was eighty-one stone pillars, which were placed in the big library, but that was a combination of the strengths of many experts, highlighting a comprehensive aspect. From a personal perspective, my seventy-two stone pillars are the ranking

Number one.”

"Wow... it's amazing." Zhuang Xuteng quickly complimented, then ended his viewing and prepared to return to the throne. His eyes swept over the stone pillars again, and suddenly felt something strange there.

It wasn't because he could understand something about a pillar that made him feel differently. It should be a more basic situation. He stopped, observed the pillars carefully and intently, and compared them with his own memory. At this time, he was stunned.

After a moment, he looked confused and asked: "Why are there more pillars?"

"Oh? Did you see it? I use a pillar to record my understanding of Shadow Clan and the so-called technology of this world, as well as the cross-world spell conversion methods discovered and tested by you. New knowledge creates new pillars, which

It’s normal.”

Zhuang Xuteng counted quickly again and said, "How many pillars did you add? I counted 74."

"No, 73." Master Lich swept his eyes across the hall and said, "You counted wrong, 73."

"Where is the pillar of Ying Cong Knowledge? Can you point it out to me? Oh, that one, yes, that is extra." Zhuang Xuteng turned his head, walked to the corner of the hall, chased a stone pillar and said, "Then this one

What's going on? It didn't happen before."

Master Lich's eyes flickered, staring at Zhuang Xuteng, and then he snorted hard. "Are you entertaining me? There are no pillars where you are pointing. Oh, you are practicing expression control, I understand..."

"No, no, no, there is a pillar here. I'm not fooling you." Zhuang Xuteng slapped the pillar a few times and kicked him again. The reaction force almost knocked him down. "Look, there is indeed something here!"

The Lich Master paused for a moment, and finally began to pay attention to Zhuang Xuteng's movements. It stood up from its seat, floated down the steps like a kite, then pushed away the thick black mist that kept rolling, and quickly flew to Zhuang Xuteng's side. "Here?" Lich

The master stretched out his hand and touched forward according to Zhuang Xuteng's instructions.

"Sure enough, there is something, it's a pillar! Why can't I see it?" Master Lich put both hands on the pillar, stroking it slowly and carefully, just like a blind man feeling his lover's face with his heart. After a moment, he was even more confused.

He said, "It's such a smooth pillar with no relief. This is wrong. Zhuang Xuteng, what can you see?"

"There are some reliefs, convex and concave, can't you feel them?" Zhuang Xuteng looked at it intently, and then said: "It's a little weird. These are not magic runes, they seem to be some words. They are changing and constantly combining, just like

Like so many articles.”

"What's there?"

"Well, I need to be very focused to stabilize the text. Just wait a moment..." Zhuang Xuteng rubbed his eyes, read hard, and then read: "This article is called "About Organization", and this article is called "Investigation is Solving Problems"

", "Contradiction"... I feel a little headache and my eyes are dizzy when I look at it. It may be like a pillar of magic. If I don't have the ability to understand it, I can't understand it."

The Lich Master looked a little confused, even at a loss. It murmured to itself: "How come there are pillars in my domain that I don't even know about?"
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