Chapter 804: Genesis Proverbs, Remnants of Maiyelita

However, Xia Duo was not discouraged; he remembered very clearly that in "Brandon's" memory, many of the Sangqi Family's books were written with fluorescent ink.

Drow are afraid of light, but what they fear is sunlight, not all light; if it is cold light without temperature, Drow do not fear it, though their eyes will grow sore and water if they look at it for too long.

Generally, only Drow who aspire to become Mages will undergo cold light training, or even stimulation from normal firelight.

After all, fire spells are simply like weapons of mass destruction in an environment like the Underdark; if one as a Spellcaster cannot even adapt to them, how can one use them to attack enemies!

The body Xia Duo is projecting has not undergone cold light training, but generally, looking at cold light for a short while does not affect it, just as it is not a problem for humans to look directly at the sun for a short while.

Additionally, he had seen gray-white cold flames twice before at Maluxisi's place; that kind of cold flame is even dimmer than cold light, and it causes almost no irritation to the eyes.

That kind of cold flame also has a faint lighting effect and could be said to be an excellent light source for Drow, but it was impossible for him to have Maluxisi provide him with lighting.

Now, he could only first look to see if there were any books written in fluorescent ink.

Once the Sunlight Adaptation Training at the Scout Training Ground ends, he should be able to just light a fire for illumination!

Given Maluxisi's "favor" toward "Brand," since she said the reading room was open, she must have considered "Brandon's" actual situation.

Before long, Xia Duo found more than ten books and scrolls written in fluorescent ink, as well as quite a few Magic Books and books crafted into Magic Items.

"Great!"

What was even better was having the Memory Retrospection ability; he no longer needed to consider what to copy first or what to memorize first, as he had to do previously in the 【Projection Plane: Arcane Empire】.

Now, he did not need to consider anything; he just had to flip through them.

Of course, there were strategies when flipping through them; when he came across books on general geography, humanities, or Kelaorui Family Documents, he would flip through them faster, almost not like reading, just flipping through them casually.

But when he came across books related to Magic, he would flip through them more slowly, though still quite quickly, as if he were searching for a specific piece of information.

In fact, Xia Duo was indeed searching for a specific piece of information, but this search was merely an insignificant step in his grand book-scanning undertaking, specifically meant to deal with Maluxisi.

How many books could a small library have? Before long, Xia Duo had finished flipping through all the readable books, scrolls, and Magic Books.

However, after finishing, he also discovered a problem: it was unlikely that this was the location of all of Maluxisi's collection.

Here, he did not see any content related to High Magic; if all that content was in books not written in fluorescent ink, then what about the Magic Books? Surely not only shallow Knowledge was crafted into Magic Books!

This was unreasonable.

There must be a library of a higher level!

"Genesis Proverbs"!

This was a rare book written on dragon skin that Xia Duo found after flipping through all the readable books; the Xia Duo main body in the Main Plane had a pair of Dragon Skin Boots on his feet, and he was very familiar with the feel of dragon skin.

Tough and firm, yet without losing softness, somewhat similar to the feeling of non-Newtonian fluids on Earth, but dragon skin is indeed a solid; one can only say it is the wonder of the Magic world.

What attracted Xia Duo to pick up this book again was not just its material; compared to the material, he cared more about the content recorded in this scroll.

This was a scripture of the Creation Mother Goddess, and the text on it exceeded Xia Duo's expectations; it was actually Ancient Elven Script.

Drow have their own script; although the language is of the same origin as Elvish, the script already has considerable differences. Of course, Drow script, like Drow language and Elvish, is consistently fluid, smooth, and rich in meaning.

Xia Duo himself had no research on Drow script, but through "Brandon's" memory, especially that previous immersive experience, he had a very profound understanding of Drow script.

However, the text on this "Genesis Proverbs" was indeed Ancient Elven Script, extremely similar to the text in 【Maiyelita Sukanweisa City】 from his first projection, almost to the point of being exactly the same.

Considering that Maiyelita was established by Wood Elves and Suri Elves, and that the scripts of the Elven Nations at that time also had obvious differences, the fact that the Kelaorui Family preserved such written records might be related to the Ancient Elven Kingdom of Maiyelita.

According to Xia Duo's previous speculation on the origin of the Drow, the predecessors of the Drow were likely mostly Suri Elves, who became the Drow of today after being driven underground.

But if there were Wood Elves driven underground together at that time, perhaps they could also become Drow.

Maiyelita and Aryvandaar were hostile; the vast majority of the members of Ilythiri, who were Suri Elves, were also hostile to Aryvandaar, while Maiyelita and Ilythiri were allies.

During the period Xia Duo projected into, Maiyelita even sent a large number of soldiers to Ilythiri for training, after which they returned to Maiyelita to continue resisting Aryvandaar.

Seen this way, this Kelaorui Family or a certain branch of the Drow family in Ao Zu Bei En Cheng came from Ancient Maiyelita.

It is even possible they are Wood Elves.

Of course, knowing this did not have much meaning for Xia Duo; it was nothing more than knowing some secrets, but this was indeed the first time Xia Duo had seen this "Genesis Proverbs."

In the previously projected 【Maiyelita Sukanweisa City】, although the Elves there often kept the Creation Mother Goddess on their lips, and there was even a specific prayer and thanksgiving session before meals,

Xia Duo never once saw a concrete scripture of the Creation Mother Goddess; it was as if mentioning the divine name and praying was merely a tradition, a habit, and had lost its religious significance related to the divine.

Over endless years, could a tradition turn into a religion?

Additionally, there was another point of doubt: in the 【Projection Plane: Arcane Empire】, the Priests of the Creation Mother Goddess possessed Holy Power, and it was the same here.

But in 【Maiyelita Sukanweisa City】, let alone Holy Power, there were not even any specialized Priests of the Creation Mother Goddess, because that was simply not a sect, and its presence was very low.

If Xia Duo were not an outsider, he would not have even noticed it.

This is like in his hometown, where no normal person would deliberately pay attention to "Heaven"; occasionally mentioning "Oh my god" on their lips, they might not even have the concept of "Heaven" pass through their minds; it is entirely a habit, an unconscious behavior.

"Could it be 'Faith Forging Gods' over endless years?"

Xia Duo flipped through "Genesis Proverbs" while pondering the possible origin of the Creation Mother Goddess, but it is difficult to infer the true situation of the Main Plane using only clues from the Projection Plane.

If it were only the situation of the Projection Plane, then it would be meaningless; once Xia Duo leaves, the Projection Plane will vanish in an instant.

Up to now, Xia Duo had not heard of any Projection Plane that exists for a long time!

The Arcane Union is willing to open up Projection Plane journeys to the outside world but is secretive about true Plane journeys, which obviously might also indicate some issues.

For Xia Duo, only the Main Plane has meaning.

The Projection Plane can at most serve as a reference or a source of Knowledge.

The Main Plane has no Creation Mother Goddess, only the Elven Main God; there is likely a huge secret hidden within this!