Chapter 1056

The Arboreal Court has always welcomed seekers of knowledge; Sersis would also send tender leaves on the breeze and stretch out its branches to form a path, as a sign of welcome. But now… whether it's the emissaries of the Arboreal Court or the Titans, they seem unmoved.

Has the Arboreal Court closed its doors to guests?

Xiadie shook her head: 'It shouldn't… right. After all, Miss Fengjin didn't mention this either.'

Tian'an then laughed and said: 'Perhaps everyone is just asleep because class hasn't started yet! They shut the door to avoid being disturbed.'

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Original God

The Divine Enlightenment Arboreal Court surprisingly has not a single student…… As an academy likewise built in a great tree, it seems our Sumeru Teaching Office is far ahead in academic atmosphere.

After this comparison, Kawei actually felt a bit proud.

Indeed far ahead." Alhaitham turned the page of the book in his hand without expression, "Ahead to the point that the sages' rights can arbitrarily deduct research funds, can support their favored projects, and suppress those they aren't interested in. Ahead to the point that students from the desert and rainforest are divided into three-six-nine ranks, educational resources skewed…… These are the best proof that our Teaching Office's academic atmosphere is far ahead—after all, without a sufficiently relaxed academic environment, we couldn't cultivate outstanding graduates like Grand Architect Kawei.

Hey, Alhaitham, why do I feel like you're scolding me?

Alhaitham raised an eyebrow: 'Where, aren't you the Grand Architect Kawei?'

You'd better drop that 'Grand'; hearing you praise people is worse than hearing you scold them." Kawei pursed his lips, turning his gaze back to the sky, "But speaking of which, an institute without students…… Don't you find that strange?

Of course it's strange; only you would link this odd situation to the academic atmosphere." Alhaitham said lightly, "Do you still remember the Fontaine horror reflection you watched before?

Reflection? What reflection?

Alhaitham made a barely audible 'tsk': 'It's the one you insisted on watching at night, then screamed and yelled, refusing to sleep unless you kept the light on——'

Kawei quickly waved his hands to interrupt: 'Okay, okay! I get it! Can you not say these things outside?'

According to the plot of that reflection, overly quiet occasions often foretell major events, just like how the clouds become especially still before a storm.

Kave felt a chill down his spine: "Hey hey…! Alhaitham, I'm telling you, don't take that set from the Illusion Realm and bring it into reality to talk about things—do you really think there'd be pitch-black ghosts popping out of the Sumeru Garden to commit crimes?"

Are ghosts considered some rare species in Wuthering Sea? Isn't Xianyun able to ferry the souls of the dead? Alhaitham's gaze sank, his expression unusually stern: "... I'm just afraid there might be something even more terrifying than ghosts hiding in the Sumeru Garden."

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A few people took Janus's secret path and quickly arrived at the Garden of Benevolence beside the Sumeru Garden.

But even after going deep in here, Xianyun still didn't see a single person. This time she was certain something had happened in the Sumeru Garden; the surroundings were eerily quiet.

""Maybe… they're really just sleeping in?""

Xianyun shook her head: "It's not likely… in my memory, the sound of debate never ceased in the Sumeru Garden."

""Is… there… anyone…?""

Seeing this, Tiboo also raised her voice and shouted toward the Sumeru Garden, but the only reply she got was endless silence.

""…" Tiboo still smiled and said, "No!"

Xianyun borrowed a golden spindle from Tiboo, placing it in her palm: "Do you remember? Lady Aglaea said that on the territory of the Sumeru Garden, the thread it draws can also outline everything formed or unformed for everyone……This is because the Sumeru Garden is not only where the roots of Therasys lie, but also a manifest site of the Golden Cocoon——"

Having said that, Xianyun held the spindle in her palms, closed her eyes, and chanted softly:

""Moneita! With the 'Binding' sealing the covenant, I make a wish to you—may your golden threads entwine with love around my body!""

Star got goosebumps listening to this: "Who came up with this line? So abstract…"

Xianyun also felt a bit embarrassed: "This… is how it's recorded in the Moneita Priest's Manual……If I'm not mistaken… we should be able to draw power from the golden threads from this chrysalis."

But seeing that nothing happened before their eyes, Tian also raised a doubt: "Hmm, it seems there's no response… could it be that it didn't take effect?"

""How could this be? It shouldn't be like this……"

Mimi suddenly got excited and shouted, her little short hand quickly gesturing for everyone to look ahead: "Huh, everyone quickly look over there—what's coming out?"

Not far away, a humanoid blue specter floated in midair, responding to everyone with silence.

""Is this… fairy wood?""

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Spirit Cage

I've been wanting to ask this for a while—it feels like the relationship between Therasys and Moneita is anything but ordinary, one a rational Titan, the other a romantic Titan; they're not dating, are they?

Holy cow, why didn't you say so earlier?

Even through his mask, Shan Da could more or less see Xutong's mocking expression, and he said displeased: "How come, did you guys already know about this?"

From the moment Xianyun first introduced the Meridian Little Path, I had guessed this direction, and when she recited that prayer again, I became even more convinced.

Compared to the battles between the Titans and the Golden Lineage, Xia Dou was obviously more interested in the Titans' love-hate grudges and personal gossip; as soon as the topic of romance came up, her eyes lit up with a 'swish': "You all say, since Moneita and Therasys are on such good terms, with Moneita's spark going to Aglaea, will the future recipient of Therasys's spark among the Golden Lineage inherit this feeling, planting deep roots of affection for Aglaea?"

After all, Aglaea is so gorgeous, a total intellectual beauty; even if the demigod who inherited the rational spark is bewitched to the point of being unable to walk the path, that's still a normal phenomenon.

But Aglaea's humanity has already begun to fade, so she's definitely indifferent to feelings; that rational demigod's feelings will very likely go unanswered, and then——

Xia Dou put on a teary-eyed expression. In less than two minutes, she had already imagined all kinds of unrequited, tangled love and hate between Aglaea and that yet-unseen rational demigod.

"Come on, are you fantasizing a bit too much?" Xutong deliberately placed his hand on Xia Dou's forehead, "How could you even guess that? For someone like Aglaea, feelings are totally a weakness—she may be a romantic demigod, but she's probably the least romantic, most cold-hearted and unfeeling of the bunch. Even if she had any spark of feeling, it would've been snuffed out long before she became a demigod."