At five in the afternoon, Lex opened his eyes, confirming that he had left Above the gray fog and returned to his cabin on the passenger ship.
During this Tarot Club meeting, Lex truly experienced the benefits of increased channels. Justice had already obtained the 'Fruit of the Elder Tree' and 'Mirror Dragon Blood' from that Sanguine. It was clear that Moon had his own channels.
Moreover, this channel was vast and powerful, possibly the Sanguine's private internal channel, or even the Sanguines themselves!
In any case, with Moon as a channel, collecting materials would be much easier in the future.
Other members also engaged in many transactions, and most of them went smoothly.
Justice also purchased a magical item from Hanged Man, showing that she was very wealthy.
Sun also purchased the 'Sun Priest' formula from Hanged Man, while Alger himself bought Dragon Eye Sea Eagle eyeballs from Magician.
Lex, on the other hand, sought the 'Machine' potion formula from the members. This was the name of the next Sequence potion after 'Monster'. Lex intended to upgrade Grego. Based on his understanding during these days of leave, he confirmed that the parrot had completely digested the 'Monster' stage potion.
Additionally, Lex also sought the 'misty treant's true roots', which was for Kaven's advancement.
Finally, Lex issued a commission, entrusting the Tarot Club members to investigate the mastermind behind Tusk. Justice, Magician, and Moon all agreed to participate in the investigation. If there was any news, they would inform Lex at the next Tarot Club meeting.
This made Lex once again realize the benefits of this mysterious gathering. Although he was no longer in Backlund, he could still pursue the clues he wanted through the members of the gathering.
During the free communication session at the gathering, Mr. World mentioned something related to the Sea.
An anomaly had occurred in Bansi Port!
Ancient customs had revived on that Sea Island, some residents had become cultists, and even the Bishop of the Storm Church had fallen.
Lex knew the Bishop of Bansi Port; it was this Bishop who had granted him the storm emblem. He never expected Bishop Miller to be corrupted and fall.
But that wasn't the most astonishing part.
Mr. Fool, shrouded in the gray mist and seated at the head of the long table, also revealed a terrifying piece of news.
Medici, who founded Rose Redemption, had Bloodline descendants living in Binxi.
And Binxi was the ancient name for Bansi!
In other words, the anomaly in Bansi Port was very likely related to Medici, that Angel King!
This made Lex sincerely thank the Observers; they had warned him early on that Bansi Port was very dangerous. Originally, a descendant of an Angel King actually lived in Bansi Port!
"This world is truly full of dangers everywhere."
A few days later, the passenger ship passed near Bansi Port. Lex looked at it from afar and saw that the Sea Island stood alone between the Sea and sky, with no ships visible, as if it had been blockaded.
Bayam.
In an abandoned warehouse, Klein leaned a door panel to cover the entrance. He had prepared the ritual to summon Spirit Realm creatures, and the warehouse was filled with the intoxicating scent of herbs and essential oils.
He had previously asked Mr. Azik about feasible methods for obtaining a messenger, and he finally received a reply not long ago.
Klein decided to try it himself first. After he had his own messenger, he would sell the safe summoning ritual to Chariot. Similarly, he could also sell it to other members, which would be a considerable income.
After lighting the candle that symbolized himself, Klein stepped back and said in ancient hermes, "I!"
"I summon in my name."
"Spirit lingering in the void, friendly creature that can be commanded, a swift one beyond imagination."
A gust of wind suddenly blew through the warehouse, the candle flame turned an eerie green, the surrounding temperature dropped sharply, and a blurry figure rushed out, too fast to be seen clearly.
Then.
It disappeared.
"..."
After waiting for a moment and receiving nothing, Klein could only end the summoning.
He made several more attempts, constantly modifying the description, but he never got the messenger he wanted.
After the last modification, Klein looked at the silently burning candle flame, stepped back, and summoned again.
"I!"
"I summon in my name."
"Spirit lingering in the void, friendly creature that can be commanded, a unique existence willing to be my messenger."
Whoosh!
Inside the spiritual wall, the wind howled, the candlelight flickered, expanding to the size of a human head, its color so pale it seemed to have no warmth.
A translucent head slowly emerged from the air, as if breaking through a thin membrane. Its hair was light gold and smooth, its eyes blood-red, and its appearance was bright and elegant.
After the head fully emerged, what followed was not a neck, but an illusory hand holding the ends of its hair.
When she fully appeared, a tall woman with only a cut at her neck, but holding four identical heads in her hands, appeared before Klein.
"Are you willing to sign a contract and become my messenger?"
"Yes." "Each time..." "One..." "Gold coin."
Through this exchange, Klein acquired his own messenger.
When the passenger ship sailed into Bayam, Lex finally ended his Nine Days journey at Sea. He stood on the deck, with the parrot Grego perched on his right shoulder, drawing considerable attention.
A little boy next to him, riding on his father's neck, boldly reached out to touch the parrot. Grego turned his head, glared fiercely at the little boy, and said, "Take your dirty paws off, or I, Lord Grego, will leave my noble excrement on your little head!"
The little boy was dumbfounded, then hugged his father's head and shouted, "Dad, it talks, that parrot talks!"
The father was preoccupied with disembarking and didn't notice that his son had just been threatened by a parrot. Hearing him, he casually said, "Parrots naturally learn to talk, there's nothing special about that."
"No, it—"
At that moment, a crew member announced that they could disembark. The father then quickly walked towards the gangway with his child, not bothering to listen to what his son was saying.
In the crowd, Lex chuckled softly, "If I hear you speak in public again, I'll make you spend the night with Ms. Kardashian."
Lex's clothes 'wiggled' slightly, and Grego flapped his wings twice, squawking a couple of times, then said in a voice only he could hear, "Who will cure this devil?"
After disembarking, Lex found an inn, settled everyone, and then left Bayam with Levto to go to the Red Theater. Of course, he wasn't going to the Red Theater for pleasure, but to an unnamed clinic in an alley nearby.