Chapter 1146: Weng Falos 3.2 (192)

"Oh?" Luoshalia's lips curled into a faint smile, her eyes silently glanced over, "'Manager'… that's an interesting term."

"Ai Ge Le governs the sky, Senatos governs death, Se Xi Si governs wisdom." Wen Di set down his cup, lifted his head, his gaze seeming to pierce the ceiling toward the sky island hidden in the clouds. "And above these managers… could there be a 'higher will'?"

"Oh? As expected of the City of Mondstadt's finest bard, your imagination is indeed rich." Though speaking lightly, Kai Ya had already withdrawn the smile from his face. "The 'higher will' you speak of… could it be the master behind those Titans? The 'Mother' that Ou Luo Ni Si mentioned?"

"Can't rule out that possibility, huh?" Wen Di smiled, gently swirling the wine in his cup. "To become a Titan's 'Mother', she must be its creator. It's reasonable to suspect that this 'Mother' is also the creator of other Titans—an will that stands above the Titans."

"If this conjecture is beyond doubt, then the creator of the twelve Titans must hold a high stature—aside from the already‑glimpsed Fuli, she is very likely one of the three Command‑Level figures of Weng Falos."

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"By the way, these complaint letters reminded me that there's a place in the Tree Court where clues not found in any stone tablet might exist… between the foundation stones, Professor Ke Xia's Alchemy laboratory."

Dan Heng expressed some doubt: "Given the Tree Court's collection style, could such an oversight really be hidden right under one's eyes?"

"It's a secret: aside from the chief's nominal position, the seven sages each have a private forbidden zone where they can conduct uninterrupted research while daydreaming. Even the caretaker of the Hall of Fellowship cannot breach the ban to record the sages' projects. But now…"

"The Tree Court has become like this; breaking the ban a little won't hurt…" a sly glint flashed in the girl's eyes as she quickly flicked her tongue. "Sorry, Professor Ke Xia."

The two passed through the long corridor and arrived at a dim Alchemy laboratory.

"We've arrived, but… there's nothing here?" Feng Jin exclaimed in surprise, looking around. Through the thin light filtering from the windows, the lab was empty, with only a few collapsed wooden tables and half a broken cabinet.

"No alchemical materials, no talisman diagrams, not even the seal of the ban… could Heichi have destroyed them all?"

Dan Heng mused: "No wonder, there was hardly any proper defense along the way. Have you been in here before?"

Feng Jin shook her head: "No, I've never even approached. Alchemy is high‑risk, and Professor Ke Xia is fond of odd materials. Students often see him go in neatly, but emerge with soot‑covered faces and hair standing on end, so they naturally avoid this place."

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Masked Rider Builid.

"Hmm… I kind of want to see Professor Ke Xia's hair stand on end."

Mei Kong couldn't help imagining Ke Xia's green hair spiking up, looking a bit like a cat whose fur stands up in anger.

Long Wo kept observing the empty Alchemy lab, which was as clean as if a robber had looted it. "Looks like Ke Xia already moved everything out in advance; his actions remind me of a phrase that once circulated online."

"What phrase?" Mei Kong frowned at him.

"Before a person dies, they must delete their web browsing history completely…"

"Hmm, makes sense. So the cleaner the lab, the more it suggests Ke Xia is conducting some indescribable, absolutely secret dangerous experiment and research?"

In fact, given Ke Xia's personality, Mei Kong didn't think he would hide his experiments. Or rather, if it were merely a dangerous alchemical test or a blasphemous experiment, he'd have no reason to conceal it.

But if there were an experiment he himself needed to hide, its content would likely be quite ominous—

"I think so too. Perhaps Ke Xia has, through his research on 'souls', touched a 'truth' that could overturn Weng Falos." Zhan Tu said, "But that portion of the findings isn't verified yet; even if destroyed completely, he doesn't want it spread before he dies."

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"…Huh? Only that bookshelf over there is perfectly preserved."

The two approached the collapsed bookshelf; these were the files Ke Xia had requested. Though most seemed to belong to the intellectual species school's research scope, a notebook titled "Investigation of the Golden‑Blooded Background" was spotted by the sharp‑eyed Feng Jin.

It recorded investigations into the identity of the Golden‑Blooded, noting descendants of the Saint of Janusapolis, Aglaea, Wandi, Feng Jin… all of whom have varying connections to Titans or Titanic powers.

Golden blood… inherited from priestly lineages… or royal lineages…?

Anaxagoras himself, so far no such connection found.

What basis did the creator KefaLe use to forge Golden blood… shaping the Golden‑Blooded?

But Ai Diliya's death attendant Xiadie… is neither of Titan priest origin nor a Demigod… yet has walked the earth for millennia, possessing the ability to grant "death"… where does that power come from?

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Another document recorded the giant‑dragon legend of Stikokisia City… alchemy that extracts "souls" from a dragon's carcass, interesting…

The existence of the giant dragon seems to be a Titan creation…

Is there a reverse method, relying on Alchemy, to fuse a human soul with a Titan creation, enhancing the purity and divinity of Golden blood, approaching the utmost purity?

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This is a verifiable method; an auspicious day will be chosen for the experiment.

After reading the notebook, Feng Jin was shocked: "What's going on… Aohema's family, and me? Even I am within the teacher's research scope?"

"This notebook has many points worth scrutinizing— from the Abyss of Destiny to Xuanfengcheng, I've seen many Titan creations, and the Tree Court also houses numerous Se Xi Si‑created beings. But fusing them with human souls via Alchemy? I can hardly imagine…"

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Demon Slayer.

"Xiadie is actually over a thousand years old??"

"She, she… did she actually live in the same era as Aglaea, Ti Bao and the others?!"

Although it was previously said that Xiadie has traveled through most of Weng Falos's city‑states, Ganlu Temple never considered her as an Immortal Race, since she is very naive with people, like an introverted girl, making it impossible to discuss…