Chapter 2993: White Town

Early the next morning, Dank City returned to its usual appearance. There were many people on the streets and alleys laughing and talking about one thing: the "Goddess Kidnapping Incident."

It was a misunderstanding, or rather a love story. The content was that the Goddess and a priest had secretly developed feelings for each other and eloped together last night, which led the Kodo School to mistakenly believe that the Goddess had been kidnapped, hence mobilizing the power of the entire city to search for the Goddess's whereabouts.

This morning, because the Goddess couldn't bear the care the Kodo School had given her for many years, she made a difficult choice between love and faith. In the end, the Goddess chose faith, and this love story ended there.

This news, which carried a hint of scandal, very well covered up another matter.

This kind of thing wasn't the first time the bishops had made a mistake; they were all old hands at this. The whole thing was set up without a single leak.

As for that priest, because of his negligence, he was demoted and sent to "Old Royal Capital: Talu" to guard the branch there for 49 years, during which he was not allowed to leave the Old Royal Capital for a single step. Does this story feel familiar? Of course, it had happened once more than 30 years ago.

Not to mention the love story that the Dank City residents were laughing about, at this time in an inn on Gem Street, Su Xiao sat at a wooden table. After the matter was accomplished last night, Melos and Marcia both disappeared, leaving only this inn.

Su Xiao wasn't worried that these two would go find the King of Light first. After Melos took a small amount of the Goddess's blood, he found an opportunity to leave and didn't participate in the subsequent "negotiations."

The door of the inn was pushed open, and an old man wearing a white robe walked in and sat on the chair opposite Su Xiao.

"I am Bishop Noah of the Kodo School. Is the Goddess alright?"

Bishop Noah didn't come alone. Around the inn, dozens of Ancient God believers had already surrounded the place.

"She's alright, just a bit picky about food."

"What?"

Bishop Noah looked slightly suspicious. He hadn't expected that even at this point, the Goddess would still dare to be picky about food?

"You brought the 100,000 Lang of Crystal Fat. Where is the Goddess?"

Bishop Noah raised his hand, and several men and women in black robes brought in several large cloth bags, placed them on the ground, and opened them. Pieces of fist-sized Crystal Fat appeared.

The door of a guest room was pushed open, and the Goddess walked out, skipping and jumping.

"She is?"

Bishop Noah's complexion began to turn gloomy.

"She became more cheerful."

"Cheerful."

Bishop Noah looked at Su Xiao. He didn't need a Goddess who had become a fool.

"She will recover in five days at most."

Su Xiao snapped his fingers. The Goddess's gaze was dazed for a moment, and after her expression twisted for a while, she became lively and cheerful again.

"It seems that is indeed the case."

After saying this, Bishop Noah stood up, intending to leave.

"Take this thing as compensation."

Su Xiao tossed out a notebook. This was something he had written an hour ago, recording his research on Ancient God energy. This was the insight of an alchemy master. Of course, the core content was only half-complete.

These pieces of knowledge, if one didn't obtain any of them, it was nothing, but if one knew half of them, for the remaining content, it would be heart-wrenching.

Bishop Noah didn't care when he received the notebook. After flipping through two pages casually, his expression became solemn, and he soon immersed himself in it, standing there reading.

"This, this, this..."

Bishop Noah was a bit horrified. According to his understanding, the content in this notebook was an analysis of Ancient God energy on another higher knowledge dimension. It wasn't developed toward combat, but was a more straightforward, more detailed analysis. The organization name "Kodo School" represented one thing: this organization knew that knowledge was power.

"What price do we have to pay?"

Bishop Noah spoke in a deep voice. If it weren't for what happened last night, he would have tried every means to make Su Xiao join the Kodo School, and then place him under house arrest to squeeze out all of Su Xiao's value.

Now it was different. The confrontation last night had let Bishop Noah see Su Xiao's means. At this moment, in Bishop Noah's heart, the two sides were at the level of equal negotiation and couldn't be unilaterally squeezed.

"..."

"No need to be subtle, just say it directly. What do I have to pay to take this notebook away?"

"I just said it, this is compensation for everything that happened last night. It's free for you."

A smile appeared on Su Xiao's face, a very kind smile.

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Bishop Noah felt the notebook in his hand was very hot. Reason told him to discard this notebook immediately, while greed told him to take it away—he must take it away.

"Then I won't be polite."

Leaving this sentence behind, Bishop Noah took his people and left. Under the escort of dozens of Ancient God believers, he strolled while reading the notebook in his hand.

Ten minutes later, the door of the inn was pushed open again. Bishop Noah walked in. In his heart, it was as if thousands of ants were crawling. The core content of this notebook was only half-complete.

If he obtained the other half, the development and research of Ancient God energy by Bishop Noah's faction would undergo earth-shaking changes. And the remaining half of the core knowledge was something they couldn't reach even after researching for a hundred, or even a thousand years. That was knowledge of another system.

The inn was already empty. Bishop Noah hesitated for a long time, and in the end, he didn't choose to send people to find Su Xiao. The other party gave half, and there must be some purpose. Taking out the other half was sooner or later. This free thing might be more expensive than imagined.

On the east side of Gem Street, inside a Crystal Fat jewelry store.

"This guest, what do you need?"

Behind the all-metal counter, a pretty girl smiled.

Su Xiao came here to use Crystal Fat to buy some Crystal Fat ornaments fused with gems. He now had 100,000 Crystal Fat and could splurge a bit.

Amu placed several large bags of Crystal Fat in front of the counter. Seeing this, the pretty girl took out a tray, which was filled with Crystal Fat ornaments.

If one went to the Bug Kingdom, Crystal Fat ornaments could be exchanged for many good things. Regarding trade with the bugs, Gem Street always maintained a limited sale of Crystal Fat ornaments. This was a mandatory requirement of the Kodo School.

Su Xiao only wanted Crystal Fat ornaments with life and vitality characteristics; these were the best. He picked up seven rings of different specifications. These rings could be opened to adjust the diameter, and humans, beasts, and bugs could all wear them.

【You have obtained Crystal Fat Ring: Blessing x7 (This is an Epic to Saint-Spirit level item; due to its characteristics, it cannot be taken out of this world).】

【Wearing effect: Specific Ancient God energy resistance +2 points.】

【You have obtained Crystal Fat Pendant: Soul Life x3 (This is an Epic to Saint-Spirit level item; due to its characteristics, it cannot be taken out of this world).】

【Wearing effect: Specific Ancient God energy resistance +5 points.】

Ten ornaments cost Su Xiao 91,750 Lang of Crystal Fat. The remaining 8,250 Lang of Crystal Fat was reserved for emergencies.

Su Xiao looked at the pendant in his hand. This pendant was very similar to a green gem pendant.

The structure of the Crystal Fat pendant was very complex. If he had free time, Su Xiao prepared to try to improve the effect of this ornament through alchemy, to trade with beasts and bugs, and obtain resources and equipment that could be taken out of this world.

Su Xiao walked out of the Crystal Fat jewelry store. Gem Street was a good place. Now that he had a channel, he could consider using Gem Street to trade with the bugs to reap benefits.

This had a prerequisite, which was that Su Xiao could improve the wearing effect of the Crystal Fat ornaments through alchemy. Only in this way would the bugs be willing to pay a high price.

Walking toward the Bug Tower crystalized by the One-Legged Gang, after knocking open the door, it was still the woman with the long braid inside the Bug Tower.

"It's you guys again. Still the original price, 30 Lang of Crystal Fat once. Where are you going?"

The long-braided woman walked toward the spiral staircase behind as she spoke.

"Abandoned Capital, Sentinel Light."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, the long-braided woman's foot stepping onto the metal steps paused, and then she continued to move forward.

Su Xiao paid 30 Lang of Crystal Fat. The Bug Tower was activated. The sound of dozens of Void-Sound Bugs vibrating their wings entered his ears. The sound waves made everything around him blurry.

When the spatial fluctuations subsided, Su Xiao was already standing in the Bug Tower of "Abandoned Capital: Sentinel Light." A withered figure sat in the corner.

"Rare guests, welcome to Sentinel Light."

The person sitting in the shadows had a hoarse voice. His aura made it hard for people to believe that this was a living person.

Moving downward along the spiral staircase, Su Xiao pushed open the door of the Bug Tower. A scene of desolation came into view.

Vultures circled over the ruins. The streets were covered in pits of various sizes. Buildings half a kilometer away were completely razed to the ground, and some building debris floated in mid-air, maintaining a splashing shape.

Sentinel Light, like the Old Royal Capital, was an Eighth-Tier danger level. The battle between the Mother God and the Ancient God happened in Sentinel Light, and afterward, the King of Light, the Great Sage, and the Wolf Spider Queen also clashed with the Ancient God, which was also in Sentinel Light.

Su Xiao took Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baja and walked among the ruins. As for Benny, this cat-star person couldn't stay idle and had already gone treasure hunting.

The scene in view was one of decay. A cold feeling permeated the air. The pedestrians one could occasionally see had eyes like hungry wolves.

The King of Light wasn't in Sentinel Light. One had to go east of Sentinel Light, pass through the Lost Withered Forest, and then arrive at the White Town.

Su Xiao didn't stay too long in Sentinel Light and headed straight for the east side of the ruins. Half an hour later, he arrived at the outskirts of Sentinel Light.

After rushing at full speed for more than four hours, he could occasionally see withered trees in the surroundings. "Lost Withered Forest" was about to arrive.

Sure enough, after continuing to move forward for more than 20 minutes, a completely withered forest appeared ahead. This was the Lost Withered Forest.

Su Xiao found a few broken stones, carved twisted runes on them, and tossed a broken stone into the withered forest.

The broken stone flew out not far before it disappeared, and a few seconds later it flew out again, landing near Su Xiao. He calculated the position, moved sideways a few steps, and tossed a broken stone again. This was the entry method the Goddess had mentioned. As for whether it was accurate, the Goddess at that time would say anything for a candy bar.

After testing more than a dozen times in a row, Su Xiao locked onto the position. He took out a cloth bag and filled it with more than a hundred broken stones carved with twisted 's' runes. These were path-opening stones.

Su Xiao stopped in front of an invisible barrier, took out a rune stone, and tossed it in front of his feet. The rune stone landed, emitting a sound that was somewhat heavy, yet ethereal.

Su Xiao began to move forward, with Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baja walking behind, following in a line. Every time Su Xiao walked a distance, he would toss a rune stone forward.

Tap~

The ethereal landing sound of the rune stone spread. Fluctuations rippled in the surrounding air. Looking down from above, Su Xiao's forward trajectory unknowingly formed an 's' shape.

In Su Xiao's senses, he had always been moving forward in a straight line. This was the Lost Withered Forest. Without the method to open the path, no matter how capable one was, one would be trapped inside. This was the place that had once trapped the Ancient God and was later sealed with a container.

Where the container was, no one knew. This was Su Xiao's purpose: open the container and kill the Ancient God.

Su Xiao moved forward for a long time before the withered trees in the surroundings gradually thinned out. He felt himself pass through a layer of barrier.

Boom~

A slight rumbling sound rang by Su Xiao's ears and then vanished. The scene before his eyes changed greatly.

The scene in view was all pale. A small town was one kilometer ahead. Most of the buildings in the town were broken, suspended in mid-air in the shape of rubble, with only the central street remaining intact.

Grayish-white ashes, like snowflakes, drifted down from above, making this already ruined small town look pale, desolate, and cold.

On both sides of the intact main street of the small town, there were more than a dozen buildings: a Bug Tower, a blacksmith shop, a bookstore, and the other buildings were unknown for what purpose, some already half-collapsed.

Located at the end of the main street was a palace, a completely pale palace. The King of Light was inside that.

【Hint: You have arrived at the High-Risk/Neutral/Safe Area: Pale Town. The danger level of this area will be determined by your actions.】 ===== CHAPTER 2994 =====