Chapter 857

To Franca, this sentence that the armor shadow Chen Tu was translating now could be said to be very ordinary; it was something she could often see before she traveled here. She couldn't understand why the Great Tarot Club members thought such words could potentially bring contamination.

Could it be the characters themselves?

Just like the word "I", which has completely different changes when spoken in Intis and when spoken in Ancient Hermes!

"However, isn't one sentence a bit wrong? The union of yin and yang gives rise to all things... shouldn't it be the union of yin and yang gives birth to all things?" Franca was a young person who engaged in high-intensity online entertainment before traveling here; novels and anime were among her hobbies. However, she had only ever seen "the union of yin and yang gives birth to all things" and hadn't heard of "the union of yin and yang gives rise to all things".

Of course, after thinking carefully, she felt this was also understandable:

Yin and yang unite, nurturing all things; all things grow, weaving into events!

"In that case, the logic is still quite smooth, just omitting 'all things' as the middle bridge..." While Franca was distracted by her thoughts, she still listened carefully to the sentences the armor shadow translated afterward.

She didn't take pen and paper to record the corresponding content; for a 'Witch' skilled in divination, she could easily recall the complete content in her dreams later.

The sentences that followed were similar to the first one, all talking about the opposition, contradiction, conflict, reflection, harmony, and unification of yin and yang, and they all belonged to grand principles without deep interpretation or practical details, making Franca feel a bit like yawning.

She felt the only thing worth pondering was the last half-sentence of this data:

"To approach the Heavenly Dao."

With Franca's understanding of this sentence, she naturally associated it with the knowledge that gifts would cause the recipient to gradually approach the bestower, and the way 'Daoist Ming' gave Amandine power was indeed a gift.

"To approach the Heavenly Dao... Is this data actually talking about how to make good use of body and mind, harmonize yin and yang, and synchronize oneself with the so-called Heavenly Dao, thereby obtaining power? Is this a way of praying for gifts?" Seeing that the armor shadow Chen Tu had finished translating and let the data fly back, Franca quickly restrained her thoughts, preparing for the questions she was about to ask.

After catching the data, she immediately asked in her true mother tongue:

"First question, have you heard of the matter of traveling from the world where you and 'Daoist Ming' are to another world?"

Franca didn't translate this question into Intis for Lu Mian to ask, fearing that Amandine would know about the matter of traveling—although she could ask Anthony to hypnotize Amandine later to 'help' her forget, but why not use a more convenient method if one existed?

The armor shadow Chen Tu cast its gaze toward Franca, who was speaking a similar language.

After a few seconds, it looked back at Lu Mian, transmitting the intention of "do you want me to answer".

—The current host of the ritual was Lu Mian; Franca and the armor shadow could only complete communication with his consent. Otherwise, even if the armor shadow didn't fulfill the agreement, it couldn't take the gold on the altar unless it used violence.

Lu Mian nodded:

"This is the first question."

The armor shadow gave an answer in a low, hoarse voice:

"Don't know."

It still used that language similar to Franca's mother tongue.

Amandine became more and more confused the more she listened.

This was completely unintelligible!

Throughout the entire process, she could only understand the part Lu Mian said!

Amandine looked at Jenna beside her and asked in a familiar tone, lowering her voice:

"What are they saying? What language are they using?"

Jenna laughed in a low voice:

"Don't look at me as if I'm very serious and focused; actually, I don't understand either."

Amandine couldn't help but give an "ai" sound.

"Quietly tell you, Lu Mian actually doesn't understand either." Jenna looked at Lu Mian, who was closely watching the armor shadow's movements, and said very quietly to Amandine.

Amandine looked at Jenna, then looked at Lu Mian, reminisced about the expression, tone, and manner of that sentence just now, and gave a "wow" in her heart.

Some things are inadvertently revealed!

She asked curiously:

"Why don't you guys learn that language from Lady Franca?"

"Just started these two days; trying hard, it's very difficult." Jenna couldn't help but wrinkle her face.

It's really difficult!

At this moment, Franca, who heard the armor shadow's answer, although inevitably feeling disappointed, still maintained a normal state and said in her mother tongue:

"Second question, can you show the corpse that drifted from Bovar Penglai to the river before using illusions or similar methods?"

This question was something Franca had thought of in the last two days; the direct reason was that Amandine heard 'Daoist Ming' say "be careful of Bovar Penglai", and the armor shadow Chen Tu had mentioned before that the Bovar Penglai Divine Mountain, which had mysteriously disappeared for many years, had appeared again, and a corpse from there had drifted to the river.

Franca thus felt that matters related to Bovar Penglai might be very important, perhaps relating to the hope of her and the others returning home.

Just after asking this question, Franca suddenly realized and wanted to slap herself.

It wasn't that she shouldn't have asked this question, but that the way she designed the question was problematic!

According to the current phrasing, even if the armor shadow agreed, it only needed to answer "can", without doing the thing of showing the specific appearance of the corpse; there was no corresponding mandatory requirement in the question at all!

Do I have to prepare another 100,000 Vergold in gold? I'm almost bankrupt, with only two thousand-plus Vergold left... Franca regretted it to the point of heart-wrenching pain.

Fortunately, the armor shadow Chen Tu was relatively honest; after the question was approved by Lu Mian, it immediately let the countless transparent faces on the scales desperately protrude outward.

This caused the surroundings to instantly become gloomy green, with cold winds blowing.

Water droplets quickly condensed on the surface of the altar, gathering into a water surface that reflected a human figure.

That figure floated in the deep, dark gloom that couldn't present a specific shape, as if it had been hollowed out; both the black robe and the body were highly decayed, flowing with pus.

Its face was relatively complete; through those deep, bone-visible festering marks, one could still see pale, dim skin, soft-lined contours, and a thin layer of black hair...

Franca was stunned:

This, isn't this that visitor from Resurrection Island, Harrison?

He had already died long ago, turning into a rotting corpse drifting on the river suspected to be the 'River Styx'; why could he still be active in Trier?

Moreover, this corpse appearing on the river should have been a matter from several years ago, and only afterward did the 'Devil Wizard' encounter Harrison!

Although Lu Mian couldn't understand what Franca asked, he roughly guessed why Franca would be so shocked from the three key details of "floating state", "corpse", and "Harrison's appearance".

He turned his head and looked at Franca, seeing surprise, astonishment, and confusion in those lake-blue eyes.

Lu Mian nodded to show comfort, then said to the armor shadow Chen Tu:

"Thank you for your answer."

The gold placed on the altar disintegrated, turning into clear light, surging like water onto the surface of the armor shadow.

Seeing that the fish-scale armor had become golden and shiny, sacred and heavy in most places, Lu Mian frowned slightly and ended the ritual.

After extinguishing the candlelight, he immediately said to Franca:

"Two more times, and the armor shadow should be able to reshape its golden body; we can summon it at most one more time."

"Mm." Franca finally broke free from the shock of seeing Harrison's past corpse.

While Lu Mian was cleaning up the altar, she smiled and said to Amandine:

"We can leave now."

"Ah?" Amandine was very confused, "Weren't you going to let me provide help? I haven't done anything yet..."

"You have already provided help." Franca said with a smile.

Amandine was even more confused.

When did that happen?

Jenna helped explain:

"Don't you feel that the language Franca and that armor shadow spoke was very similar to what that figure said in your ear?"

Amandine recalled carefully:

"It is a bit similar."

Lu Mian, having cleaned up the altar, walked back and said casually:

"The shadow just now should have been sealed by your teacher, mm, that figure. You can mislead it here, making it think this represents that figure's attitude, reducing the difficulty of our communication with it, so it won't attack us.

"This is the help you provided; just stand by and watch."

Amandine instantly remembered the gaze and the overreaction of the armor shadow when it first appeared, and realized suddenly:

"So that's it...

"This, that, I, what is my teacher's name?"

Although we all know this question is asked very normally, it still sounds strange... How can one not know their teacher's name and need to ask an outsider... Jenna muttered two sentences in her heart.

Franca smiled and answered in Intis:

"Daoist Ming.

"Also, you must call him Master, not teacher."

"Daoist Ming..." Amandine repeated this title described in Intis in a low voice.

After a few seconds, she asked with satisfaction:

"What is the difference between Master and teacher?"

"Master has the meaning of 'possessing the status of a father' more than teacher." Franca explained, feeling very tired.

Amandine didn't ask any more, and said with crystal-clear eyes:

"I can still provide help later!

"Can you guys help me collect the potion formulas and Beyonder characteristics of the 'Darkness' pathway for low and middle sequences?"

"No problem." Franca didn't tell Amandine that those would be available very soon.

Lu Mian laughed:

"I thought you would say bring you to the 'Samaritan Woman's Spring' again."

Amandine smiled a bit reluctantly:

"I'll adapt for a while longer; I'll go again once my own sequence reaches the gift level."

After speaking, she muttered silently:

"I don't want to turn into an old grandpa with a white beard..."

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After sending Amandine away, Lu Mian, Jenna, and Anthony sat in the living room of Apartment 702 at 9 Orosay Street, listening to Franca talk about the sentences translated by the armor shadow.

"What do they mean?" Jenna felt like she understood a little bit but also didn't understand at all.

Franca had no choice but to use her own language and her own understanding to blindly translate what "Isolated yin does not grow, solitary yang does not arise..." meant.

As Jenna listened, her body gradually didn't know how to pose, and her gaze didn't dare to move around randomly.

Lu Mian tactically took a sip of water, and Anthony's expression didn't change at all.

"I think these sentences are all too ordinary; they aren't worth such high-standard treatment." Franca made her concluding remarks.

Lu Mian pondered for a few seconds and said slowly:

"No, they might be very important."

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(End of chapter)