Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor

The face of the three-eyed skull is quite deep and terrifying.

He nodded, quite satisfied with the equipment's appearance. Dark aesthetics are still aesthetics after all.

Chapter 39: Visitors from Hongdu, the Viscount Arrives

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, visitors to the lighthouse began to arrive.

Lin Bo stopped his work of repairing the circuits and greeted the townspeople who came seeking medical care.

This time he did not move the clinic outside to the open air. Last time he treated patients in front of the public, also considering gaining people's trust. Now that his medical skills have been recognized, he can just move the clinic to the first floor of the lighthouse.

Besides, the Night's Watch also planned to take this opportunity to brush up his proficiency in the magic of truth and illusion.

The degree of freedom of the Mantra Illusion is much higher than that of the Mantra Controlling Technique, and it can reflect everything in the mind exactly in the illusion.

"(True Word) Steel."

Lin Bo recited his real name, and the power of the words transformed into a silver iron ball, which hovered above his palm and changed into a rattle with a handle according to his thoughts.

The illusions created by the mantra not only confuse the vision, but also make the sensory experiences such as smell, taste, and touch seem real.

This is of course also because the mage has a deep understanding of the semantics of the True Name. If it were a mage who only knew the True Name of Steel from a book, the illusion he created would likely be full of errors.

He gripped the handle and shook it gently, and the clapper hit the wall, making a clear and loud sound.

Anyone who heard it would think it was a real rattle, but Limbaugh knew something was wrong the moment he heard it—it had no language.

In the eyes of the True Name Mage, even lifeless rocks, rain and snow are alive, and silent illusions are the real dead things.

But it is completely sufficient to fool laymen.

The visitors who came today had learned their lesson and knew they had to wait. Most of them brought their own stools and sat in the small courtyard of the lighthouse.

Lin Bo didn't register, so he let them line up on a first-come, first-served basis.

Visitors gathered in groups in the courtyard, talking in low voices. They gazed past the lighthouse's open doorway and saw a makeshift incandescent bulb emitting a bright orange glow.

The light illuminated the dry firepit and hanging stove, the spice jars, withered bouquets of flowers and glass jars of fireflies stacked on the wall, and the sacks and wicker baskets against the wall that stored bread, potatoes, salt fish and vegetables.

The fine dust floating in the air swirls in the orange light like a puff of warm smoke.

The night watchman placed a mottled wooden round table and two square stools in the middle of the room. He sat down facing the main door, raised the silver iron bell, and just shook his wrist lightly. The light on the steel surface flickered like a spark.

Jingle Bell--

"Please come in."

The first visitor of the day stepped into the lighthouse, closing the door behind him and leaving it ajar. He then saw the night watchman placing the bell on the corner of the table, shining brightly.

What a beautiful piece of iron, he thought.

[Skill judgment successful...]

It is not difficult to acquire proficiency in the art of illusion. As long as one is capable of judgment and believes that illusions are real, then one has completed a training session.

As to whether the same illusion can only gain proficiency once, and whether deceiving multiple people at the same time can gain multiple proficiency judgments, we still need to explore and try to find out.

Lin Bo smiled and asked the person to sit down. He placed a soft hand pillow on the patient's wrist and took his pulse with his fingers.

This is a young fisherman who sails at night and sleeps during the day. His face has a slightly drunken blush. It seems that his first meal after waking up was at the Bailuo Tavern.

"After a few days, I will be able to prepare medicine for you after collecting the herbs." Lin Bo chatted casually while giving acupuncture to the fisherman.

They said they were collecting medicinal materials, but in fact they were preparing to cultivate medicinal mushrooms. There were quite a few patients in Shita Town, and it was difficult to meet the demand simply by collecting herbs from the wild, so they could only rely on fast-growing all-round fungus strains.

The young fisherman was sweating profusely, as he was frightened by the acupuncture. He quickly chatted with the night watchman to distract himself.

He mentioned the latest news in Stone Tower Town. When distinguished guests came to visit, the mayor would go to greet them and wait at the dock at noon.

"Viscount Pearl came with the master and the young lady of Hondo," said the fisherman.

Lin Bo knew Viscount Pearl. Stone Tower Town and some surrounding villages were the hereditary fiefdoms of the Pearl family. The lighthouse keeper's employment documents also had the signature of the current head of the family, Veron Pearl.

The Night's Watch and the rest of Stonespire were all subjects of the Viscount. Even though the power and prestige of the nobility had greatly declined after several reforms over the past century, they still held significant secular power.

He smiled and asked, "Did you see it?"

"Of course, they were strolling around town for a while, and many people came to watch the fun. You should have gone too. It's not often you get to see the Viscount. And the Viscount is accompanied by a beautiful woman from Hongdu, a woman who's studying at a university, which is even rarer!"

"I also wish I had that kind of free time." Lin Bo shook his head. "Okay, go sit on the bench over there for a while. I'll come over to remove the needle for you later. Tell me if you feel any discomfort."

The fisherman didn't dare to move, and moved stiffly to sit on the stool by the wall.

Jingle Bell--

The night watchman rang the iron bell.

The townspeople who came to see the doctor came in one by one. Lin Bo could not cure all diseases. For those illnesses that he was helpless to treat, he could only give advice on recuperation and do his best to alleviate the pain the patients were experiencing.

The bell was lowered and raised again.

The sound of the successful release of the mantra illusion rang out again and again.

Around five in the afternoon, there was a noisy commotion outside the lighthouse. Lin Bo thought someone was cutting in line and disrupting the order, but the noise soon stopped, so he didn't pay much attention to it and continued to treat the woman in front of him.

After a moment, he rang the phantom bell.

The half-open door was gently pushed open by the hunched mayor. He slipped his slightly plump body into the house and led the group of people behind him in.

The visitors passed through the narrow door frame one by one and stood inside the house.

The lighthouse keeper looked from behind the desk and saw that the leader was a young, healthy, aristocratic man, who was leaning sideways, and next to him was a bookish woman in a dress.

Her eyes stayed on the night watchman's face as she entered the room. The whalebone fan in her hand was half open, but she forgot to cover her slightly open lips.

The mayor loudly introduced the young nobleman. He was Viscount Pearl, the chief of security of Stone Tower Town and the ruler of this territory.

All the patients in the room stood up and hurriedly greeted the lord.

The mayor then hurriedly introduced the Night Watchman to the distinguished guests. He was the best doctor in Stone Tower Town.

Upon hearing this, the visitors from Hongdu and Viscount Pearl all greeted him. The ladies bent their knees slightly and the men bowed their heads slightly.

The mage stood up and nodded to the guests with a smile.

Viscount Pearl's eyelids twitched when he saw the patient with needles stuck in his body by the wall. "I know there's a new Night Watchman in Stonespire Town. This is the first time we've met. I didn't expect you to know how to heal illnesses, let alone that you're a foreigner."

The lady from Hongdu nearby asked, "How did you get here? Did you attend medical school?"

Lin Bo responded simply and said little, and his Kening language with a slight accent sounded strange to the listeners.

A professor of archaeology, who was in the crowd and loved to join in the fun, volunteered to ask the night watchman to examine him. Lin Bo felt his pulse and then asked with a smile, "Do you exercise regularly?"

The professor was in the prime of his life and “was simply spending time in nature.”

"Well, my knees are a bit worn out, and my waist and ribs have some old injuries. My shoulder and neck muscles are very stiff, and there are some adhesions in the fascia tissue."

"You can tell the condition just by touching the wrist?" The professor was a little surprised.

"Did I say something wrong?"

"No, that's accurate. I did get injured quite a bit during my expeditions, and I get really sore when it rains."

"What's there in Stone Tower Town worth exploring?"

"These are just some vague rumors. We're just here to try our luck. If nothing works out, we'll just consider it a trip."

Lin Bo took out a homemade needle knife, inserted it into the professor's skin and started to move it, cutting open the adhesion of the fascia.

This kind of treatment was unprecedented. The professor endured the pain without saying a word. The onlookers felt heartbroken just by watching the thin needle knife moving under the skin, and their faces were all horrified.

After the acupuncture treatment, it was like straightening out a misaligned gear. The sustained-release effect was immediate, and many old injuries were greatly healed. When the night watchman received the massage, it was as if all parts of his body had been completely renewed, and his body and mind were extremely relaxed.

"Doctor, I really wish I had met you earlier."

"You didn't meet me when you came to Shita Town earlier." Lin Bo smiled.

"That was the old man guiding me to appear here at the right time." The professor's tone to this church member was flattering.

Viscount Pearl and his companions looked at the professor with a smug look on his face and knew that the Night's Watch was indeed a capable person.

The lighthouse wasn't a suitable setting for entertaining guests, so Lady Hongdu invited Lin Bo to the evening banquet, clearly intending to establish a closer relationship. Even Viscount Pearl, the host, didn't see anything wrong with it; he was, after all, a physician.

However, this invitation was declined as Lin Bo had many reasons for being busy.

"What a pity. Goodbye for now."

Viscount Pearl took the guests from Hongdu and said goodbye. Behind them, the sound of jingling bells was clear and bright. Some people turned around and looked. The night watchman was shaking the iron bell. The swaying steel looked like a beam of fire in the light.

[Skill judgment successful...]

A few people turned around, and the proficiency check sounded several times.

"What a wonderful person." Lady Hongdu said with a nostalgic tone.

The professor of archaeology shook his arms and said, "The lighthouse keeper needs to patrol the coast frequently. Perhaps he knows some clues about shipwrecks and ancient coins. Let's go to him privately tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to ask."

"If the lost treasure is really found, it will be an amazing archaeological discovery, and my graduation thesis will be saved." The lady was excited.

"Not only that, you might even be hired by a university to teach." The professor smiled.

The group got on the carriage while chatting and laughing, and the wheels rolled away.

Chapter 40: Night Visit to the Lighthouse, Hurricane Approaching

Before the sun sets, all the townspeople who came to see the doctor dispersed. Even if they were unlucky and didn't get a chance, there was nothing they could do.

After all, fishermen have to go out to sea at night, workers should rest their tired bodies, and night watchmen should guard the lighthouse.

Lin Bo once again refused the townspeople's medical fees and gifts, but they still left the things in the yard.

The total amount of this consultation fee was 932 yuan. It was sorted and kept separately from the last consultation fee.

He planned to use the money to purchase some medicines and chemicals in the city to prepare more medicines. Since the townspeople were paying him, he might as well spend the money on them.

The sun set below the sea level, and the night watchman opened the Fresnel lens on time. Winding up the rotating device was much simpler than before.

"(True Word) Steel."

The Mantra Control Technique - Flow, drives the crank to rotate, winding up the spring neither hurriedly nor slowly.

When controlling different things, the mage can feel the differences in their nature.

The power of the waves is heavy and powerful, while the wind is light and swift. Steel is slightly less powerful than the waves and not as fast as the wind, but vice versa, the wind is light and the waves are slow, and both are difficult to shape. Steel is the magical medium that combines these three advantages.