Two days later.
Richard was pacing in the study, talking about something.
His two cheap students, the children of Marquis Vian, teenage boy Harry and girl Cathy, sat quietly on two wooden chairs against the wall, listening carefully, giving people the feeling of sitting in rows, The feeling of eating fruit.
Richard opened and closed his lips and said softly: "If you want to further study philosophy, you should get to know a person named Schopenhauer. Schopenhauer is a very special person. He is very talented and has written many books. However, He had almost no reputation during his lifetime.
It was not until his death that some of his ideas became widely known. Of course, the so-called well-known is only in a small circle.
He is a relatively negative person, so his view of the world tends to be pessimistic. He believes that a person's life is always under the control of pain and boredom: when you have desires but cannot satisfy them, you will be miserable; when you satisfy your desires, you will be endlessly bored, trying to fill the emptiness with everything. heart.
You don't have to accept all of his thoughts. It's best to look at them critically, select the parts that you think are better, and fill them into your ideological system.
You should pay attention to this..."
In the middle of what he said, Richard suddenly stopped because there was a knock on the study door.
"Bang bang bang!"
"hiss-"
Harry frowned, while Cathy bared her teeth like an angry little tiger. The two of them looked at the door with a bit of displeasure at being disturbed.
Richard raised his eyebrows and looked at the door. He knew that the only person knocking on the door would be his butler Jia Lie, so he asked aloud: "What's the matter, Jia Lie?"
"Well, Master, there is a friend of yours outside who wants to visit you. It's the Lord Joseph from before. I know he is a wizard and I don't dare to neglect, so I came over to tell you immediately. If I disturb you, please forgive me." came from outside the door. Gallie's explanation.
"Joseph is here?" Richard blinked, a little surprised. When Joseph met him before, he did say that he would visit him a second time, but he did not expect it to be so soon.
"Is it him, okay then." Richard pursed his lips, turned to look at Harry and Cathy sitting in their seats, and said loudly: "Harry, Cathy, I have guests visiting today, so let's Let’s stop here for the course. If I have a chance, I’ll tell you about Schopenhauer’s thoughts in detail next time.”
"Okay, teacher, let's leave now. See you next time." Harry pulled Cathy to her feet and said goodbye in a very sensible way.
"Well, see you next time." Richard nodded.
Harry and Cathy walked to the door, opened it and walked out.
Richard looked at Gallie who was standing outside the door, thought for a moment and said, "Gallie, go and tell Wizard Joseph that I will meet him in the living room."
"Yes." Gallie turned and left, and Richard walked straight to the living room.
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After a while, Richard walked into the living room.
After sitting on the main seat for a while, there were footsteps outside the door, and Joseph walked in.
As soon as they met, Joseph spoke up and chuckled at Richard: "Wizard Richard, I'm here to visit you again. I hope you don't hate it."
"Oh, how is that possible?" Richard responded, stood up from the main seat with a smile, and took the initiative to greet Joseph.
When he walked one or two meters in front of Joseph, Richard waved his hand and was about to ask Joseph to sit down. Suddenly, he felt a corrosive energy coming out of Joseph's body and attaching to his body.
Richard hesitated and looked at Joseph with a frown.
Seeing Richard's performance, Joseph seemed to have figured out what was going on. He took a step back and showed an apologetic expression to Richard, saying: "Well, I forgot to tell you, Wizard Richard. I may not be suitable to talk to you now." You’re too close because I’m not in good shape.”
"What's going on?" Richard asked.
"How should I put it? I seem to have been contaminated by several demonized beasts." Joseph answered truthfully.
"Contaminated by a demonized beast? How is that possible?" Richard questioned.
Joseph spread his hands and explained in detail: "I was careless during this mission.
Originally, the mission was just for me to eliminate a few demonized beasts with strange looks and ferocious tempers. Their combat effectiveness was not strong, so I completed it easily. But he didn't expect that when he killed the opponent's last demonized beast, the blood was stained on his body, which led to the current situation.
You should have noticed that there is a corrosive energy that is constantly emanating from my body. This energy is very uncomfortable, but it is not harmful to the human body - or at the current intensity, it is not obviously harmful. Therefore, I am not going to clean it up specifically. Let it drift away and it should be normal after a while.
Of course, if there is a way to speed up its dispersion, I wouldn't mind trying it, because one of my clothes is also contaminated and I want to save it as much as possible. This is the reason why I came to see you this time. After all, if you can think of ways to improve the efficiency of the communication crystal ball, you may also be able to think of ways to speed up the energy dissipation. "
Richard pursed his lips after hearing Joseph's words. He stretched out his hand to signal Joseph to sit down first. He sat back in the main seat and thought seriously for a moment. He shook his head and said, "I'm afraid, I really don't have any good methods to offer you at the moment, Wizard Joseph. Because I know too much about your situation." Without it, there is no idea of solving the problem at all.”
"Is that so? That's a pity." Joseph said, and then smiled, "But it doesn't matter. After all, the energy floating around me has no other harm except making people uncomfortable. Just wait patiently for a while."
"That's right." Richard agreed, carefully feeling the corrosive energy emanating from Joseph's body. Suddenly, his heart moved, and he asked seemingly unintentionally, "By the way, Wizard Joseph, where were you contaminated by the demonized beast?" ?”
"What? Wizard Richard, are you interested in this?"
"Well, I'm not interested, I just want to take precautions in advance." Richard explained, "You said before that you were performing a mission near Jialan City. So, the demonized beast that polluted you is far away from Jialan City. It’s not very far. I think it’s better for me to know their specific range, so that one day they arrive in Jialan without me knowing about it.”
"That makes sense." Joseph nodded and accepted Richard's statement, then smiled and said, "Wizard Richard, actually you don't have to worry at all, because I have killed all the demonized beasts that have the ability to pollute. Of course. Now, if you really want to know the location, there's no harm in telling you.
To the west of Jialan City, there is a small town called Shambhala. It was in the woods near the small town of Shambhala that I killed all the demonized beasts. "
"The west of Jialan City, the small town of Shambhala, and the nearby woods?" Richard read it again, nodded, then picked up the teacup on the silver tray on the table at hand and gestured to Joseph, "Wizard Joseph, please have some tea. .”
"Okay." Joseph said, not feeling anything wrong. He naturally picked up the teacup on the silver tray and took a sip.
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