Chapter 182: Witnessing the Birth of Two Singers

"What do you mean 'what'? You don't actually think a curse transferred from a Dragon Egg has the ability to turn people into dragons, do you?"

"If it were really that simple, why would that Saint be so obsessed with the Dragon Communion Ritual and his piece of broken Stone?"

Watching Liuliya's blank expression, Paduola teased.

After she finished speaking, she looked at the Saint who had lost his mind not far away and said sternly, "Enough idle talk, hurry up and do what I just told you!"

"O-okay!"

Having long grown accustomed to being lectured by Paduola during her time as an assistant, Liuliya nodded nervously, then opened the wooden stopper on the vial and tilted her head back to drink the liquid inside.

"Hmph."

As the slightly bitter potion was swallowed into her stomach, a scorching sensation of burning rose from within Liuliya's chest.

One could see fire-red dragon scales growing on her skin, and a pair of massive dragon wings tore through the clothes on her back, stretching out to both sides.

"That is my Dragon Transformation Stone!"

Upon seeing the scene of Liuliya transforming into a dragon, the Saint, who had already lost his sanity, roared incoherently.

His massive body roared, and he charged toward Liuliya without any strategy.

"Hopeless fool," Paduola mocked, raising her hand to hurl several ice spikes at the dragon-transformed Saint's body.

"Roar!"

The dragon-transformed Saint's body swayed left and right from the impact of the ice spikes; he let out an angry roar and opened his mouth to spray a stream of scorching flame breath at Paduola.

"Now, Liuliya, throw the bottle in!"

Seeing this, Paduola raised her hand to conjure a Bingshuang Huzhun in front of her, blocking the Saint's flame breath, and shouted to Liuliya at her side.

"Mm!"

Hearing Paduola's words, Liuliya gripped the glass bottle filled with her own blood and threw it forcefully into the Saint's wide-open mouth.

"Urgh."

The scorching flames melted the glass bottle's casing almost instantly, yet thanks to Liuliya's powerful throw, the bottle of blood ultimately became lodged in the Saint's throat before it could be completely melted.

The blood, filled with the power of the Dragon Transformation Stone, exuded a Seductive temptation that caused the last remaining shred of the Saint's sanity to completely Collapse.

He abruptly stopped his dragon breath and swallowed the glass bottle filled with Liuliya's blood in one gulp! "You want to transform into a dragon, do you? Then taste the Curse your apprentice researched, specifically targeted at the dragon race!"

Seeing the Saint swallow Liuliya's blood, Paduola sneered and said.

She gripped her staff tightly with both hands, slammed it hard against the ground in front of her, and began chanting the spell incantation.

Seeing this, the Saint instinctively felt a trace of unease.

Having only one wing, he could not fly, so he could only imitate the posture of an earth dragon, moving his legs to charge toward Paduola.

Ignoring the Saint charging toward her, Paduola closed her eyes and continued chanting the spell.

The next second, Liuliya flapped her wings, dove down from the air, and slammed fiercely into the Saint's neck! "Bang!!"

The Saint's massive body crashed onto the stage, causing the already flimsy stage to emit a sound of unbearable strain.

Liuliya and the Saint grappled, their intense struggle attracting the eyes of every audience member.

"Hah!"

Just then, Paduola, having finished her chant, gave a light shout, and a large mass of gray-black tentacles suddenly surged from the Dragon Egg that Liuliya had placed in the corner of the room.

As if sensing some special existence, these gray-black tentacles reached out frantically toward the Saint.

"Urgh..."

The Saint let out a painful Roar; he shook off Liuliya, his massive body struggling continuously on the ground.

Seeing this, Paduola took a step forward, gently rotated the staff in her hand, and summoned a massive ice spike that pierced through the Saint's skull from top to bottom.

"Whew." Seeing the Saint's body tremble slightly before falling still, Paduola let out a light breath and said, "It's over now."

As soon as she finished speaking, a sound of noisy footsteps came from behind the stage.

"Oh no, it's the others from the church, let's go!"

Hearing those footsteps, Paduola's expression changed; she raised her hand to grab Liuliya's palm, mounted her staff, and flew out through the hole in the top of the church. 【Narrator】

The image on the stage went black, and a large number of staff members walked onto the stage to clear away the messy props.

When the lights came on again, Paduola was sitting on her staff, which was supported by a stand, while Liuliya flapped her wings, Flying in the air with her.

At this point, the story of the Song of Sairuliya was nearing its end, and the band members hidden behind the scenes walked onto the stage one after another, beginning to play the background music for the finale.

And from Paduola's mouth, the audience and Liuliya finally learned the various details that had not been revealed in the final battle.

First was the matter of why the Dragon Transformation Stone was inside Liuliya's body.

This point was not hard to guess; after all, the Dragon Transformation Stone was originally stolen by the Saint's apprentice, and the dragon that killed that apprentice happened to encounter Liuliya as it was dying.

Therefore, that Dragon Transformation Stone could only have been given to Liuliya by that dragon.

As for why it would do such a thing, no one knew.

Next was the matter regarding the potion Liuliya drank.

There was actually nothing much to say about that.

Because when the two of them were heading to the Tifeng Kingdom, Paduola had frequently drawn Liuliya's blood for research.

Although she hadn't been able to detect that the dragon power came from the Dragon Transformation Stone at the time, it wasn't difficult to research a potion that could stimulate that power.

Finally, there was the issue of the Curse.

Regarding the Curse that the Saint's apprentice had released before dying, which was specifically targeted at dragon-kind.

Paduola guessed that it was originally intended for his master, and it was precisely because of this that it spontaneously transferred itself after sensing the dragon's aura.

And drinking the blood containing part of the Dragon Transformation Stone's power accelerated the Saint's dragonification process, causing him to transform from a half-dragon into a true member of the dragon race.

It was precisely because of this that she was able to use magic to transfer all the curses from the Dragon Egg into the Saint's body.

One has to say, this master and apprentice were truly loving, weren't they?

A benevolent master and a filial apprentice?

Shaking her head, Liuliya stopped thinking about this matter.

"So, why couldn't we fly through the sky when we came?" she asked Paduola in a low voice.

"Because my staff cannot carry people," Paduola replied without the slightest hesitation.

"Really? I don't believe you."

"Dummy, I already told you it can't carry people, ahhh!"

Crack!

The scene of the stage play froze on the moment the two were bickering in the air; furthermore, the Dragon Egg carried on Liuliya's back suddenly cracked open a fissure. Plop!

The lights on the stage shut off instantly, and all the actors and staff members participating in the "Song of Sairuliya" appeared above the stage, standing in a neat row. When the lights came back on, after the two leads took the lead in bowing, the remaining actors and staff members also smiled and bowed to the audience below the stage one after another.

"Clap, clap, clap!"

"Ooh, ooh, ooh!"

"Great performance!"

"The stage play with the best special effects!"

"Oh my god, their acting was so realistic!"

Massive amounts of applause and praise erupted from below the stage; the eyes of the two Second-tier Elite leads were flashing with an inexplicable luster at this moment.

Without any warning, Paduola (played by Aisanni) and Liuliya (played by Luonuola) stepped forward, walked out from the crowd, and then began to dance gracefully.

Before people could marvel at the dance steps of the two leads, they opened their mouths and sang softly—

In such a vast and unknown world, two souls meet; having weathered the storms, they embrace one another.

Carrying unspeakable love, shining brightly.

We stand side by side, weathering the storm together, through life and death.

Friendship is so firm, courage is indomitable.

Bound by sisterly love.

Amidst the trials of tears and fire, we shall face the revelations of life.

Information surged within the Ether World, and a large amount of Spirituality gathered above the heads of the two on stage, rising up in a double-helix structure similar to DNA.

This was the first time Yun Mu had watched a scene of other Transcendental beings advancing their profession.

She did not know if it was because the two were advancing together, or if the commotion of advancing to a Third-tier Expert was just this massive.

Yun Mu felt that the commotion here was likely perceivable by Transcendental beings within a radius of ten kilometers.

It was absurd.

This made her start to consider whether she should find a sparsely populated place when she advanced to a Third-tier Expert.

【You watched a somewhat special advancement ritual, and your understanding of Mysticism has deepened!】 【You obtained the passive skill 【Mysticism】】 【Your Spirituality +1, Perception +1, Inspiration +2】 【Mysticism lv1: After long-term study and observation, you have finally mastered and understood those supernatural powers and phenomena to a preliminary degree.】

【Just be vigilant at all times, because what you know is merely the tip of the iceberg for this world.】

"Huh?"

Looking at the information that suddenly surged on the Game Panel, Yun Mu was slightly stunned; she didn't expect that she could obtain a new skill just by watching a stage play.

However, a skill like Mysticism would have appeared sooner or later anyway.

After all, she dealt with Transcendental beings every day and would frequently set aside time to read books related to them.

Her knowledge reserves were indeed gradually increasing.

It was just that she had transmigrated for so many days, she had read plenty of books, and she hadn't heard any less knowledge about Transcendental beings from others.

Why did this Mysticism skill only unlock today? Could it be that in all the days since she transmigrated, the knowledge she had learned and understood had only just touched the surface of Mysticism!? If this could only be considered the surface, then what level would the Mysticism Mastery in Lucy's traits require to be obtained? At this very moment, Lucy's image in Yun Mu's mind became increasingly tall; meanwhile, on the stage, the two actors—oh no, they should be called Singers now.

They had already finished their dance and singing and were giving their final concluding remarks.

"Thank you all for your presence, and thank you all for being able to enjoy the program brought by our troupe."

The older sister of the two, Aisanni, stood before everyone and chuckled: "Although there is still much I wish to say, we have occupied the stage for long enough."

"For the time that follows, please leave it to the programs that come after!"

After finishing her words, she led the entire cast and crew of the Song of Sairuliya to leave from above the stage.

Yes, the Warm Winter Art Festival was still continuing.

After all, the Song of Sairuliya troupe was not the only one that had signed up to participate in the program.

At this time, it was only seven-thirty in the evening, and there was still an hour and a half left for the subsequent program groups to perform.

And regarding the time between each program, it was clear that the organizers had made arrangements long ago.

There was no need to worry that some program groups would be unable to perform at the end.

Even if there really were, one would only need to briefly postpone the end time of the art festival.

And after the Song of Sairuliya stage play ended, everyone watched a band performance called "Warm Snow".

As well as two rappers with very unique styles who were trading trash talk on stage.

William seemed to quite like the latter program, and even Brenna looked like she was still fairly interested in it.

Only Yun Mu, because she really couldn't understand some of the Frost Kingdom jokes those guys were telling, felt very bored.

This feeling was probably like two people on stage playing with memes, but because they were all foreign memes, she couldn't understand them at all.

Fortunately, this program did not last too long, otherwise she really would have fallen asleep in her seat.

The subsequent programs were a ballet dancer performing a dance alone on stage, and a circus troupe performing all kinds of eye-catching acrobatics.

In that circus, Yun Mu even discovered two First-rank entertainer Transcendental beings.

She didn't know if it was her good luck, or if it was just that easy to run into 【Entertainer】 series Transcendental beings in Winter City.

The acrobatics those two performed were indeed quite interesting; even for Transcendental beings, it would certainly be very difficult to complete without a large amount of training.

For example, riding a unicycle on a tightrope while juggling balls at the same time... in any case, Yun Mu certainly couldn't do it.

And after the circus performance ended, it was time for the final grand finale.

Somewhat surprisingly, this final grand finale was not particularly spectacular.

Placing it here, rather than calling it a grand finale, it would be better to say it carried some other, special meaning.

Because this final grand finale was a choir composed of the children's choir from the Winter Cathedral singing on stage.

The songs they sang themselves were also many classic works, and there was no innovation among them.

Of course, that last sentence was what Yun Mu heard from William and Brenna.

To her, the vast majority of the pieces among these songs were heard by her for the first time.

And the slightly immature, ethereal voices of the young children, plus the children's adorable faces.

With these elements combined, in her view, this grand finale was still quite spectacular.

PS: The lyrics were made up by me.

I would like to remind everyone here that the characters in the story are singing in the Frost Kingdom language.

Although after I wrote out the Chinese lyrics, I tried humming them myself and felt they were very lackluster.

But that does not mean they are lackluster when sung in the Frost Kingdom language. (Dog head)

(End of this chapter)