Chapter 1331: Heavy Memories

"Luweiya and I are basically certain that the guardians are highly likely to be the Chosen Ones of the Earth. It's just that we aren't very clear about why the guardians didn't clear away the Mad Earth in the cave if they had also come here according to the content of the newly discovered poem fragment... What I am even more uncertain about is the current form of existence of the guardians."

After Xia De finished speaking, he looked at Miss La Se Si under the light of the campfire:

"If the guardians are truly the Chosen Ones, I will need you to communicate with your father when the time comes."

Miss La Se Si nodded:

"No problem."

Xia De stroked the cat that was full and dozing on his lap, and just as he wanted to suggest conducting that ritual to extract the earth's memories, he looked at Miss La Se Si again:

"Also, can you promise me one thing?"

Miss La Se Si blushed inexplicably. Of course, that might also be an illusion under the reflection of the campfire:

"I can. You've helped me so much, I already owe you... What is it?"

"Before the matters in the Randell Valley are finished, no matter what anyone says to you, you must not give up your life."

"What?"

Instead, Miss Benanisi asked Xia De in surprise:

"What does this mean?"

"When I contacted the earth this afternoon, I saw some strange hallucinations. I'm not sure if that was me foreseeing the future, reading the memories of the earth, or if it was truly an illusion. In short, Miss La Se Si, please cherish your life."

The young blonde girl nodded, at a loss:

"I understand."

She actually didn't understand what Xia De wanted to do, while Luweiya looked at Xia De with an inexplicable gaze. She was almost the girl who knew Xia De best, so she naturally knew that Xia De definitely hadn't told the truth just now.

"Is the ritual ready? Let's start now. Oh, I really should take a bath as soon as possible."

Xia De said, taking the lead to stand up, and then looked at the brilliant galaxy in the cloudless night sky on the side of the cliff. The scenery that Luweiya and Miss La Se Si saw on a certain night in the Sixth Era last time was just as charming as tonight.

【If the appearance of the Chosen One of the Earth requires the death of Siris La Se Si, what will you do?】

"She" asked softly.

Xia De didn't hesitate, but asked softly in his heart:

"Didn't I come here to change all of this?"

"She" just chuckled and didn't speak again, but Xia De understood that "She" knew what he was thinking.

Miss La Se Si's divine ritual needed to rely on the sun, moon, and star pattern on the ground. Because this was the Night Temple, conducting a ritual related to "earth" also required adding extra symbols related to the moon, so Xia De provided some "Moonlight Water."

Xia De and Luweiya stood against the cliff wall, and Xia De was still holding Xiao Miya to prevent it from running around. Miss La Se Si stood on the sun pattern on the ground, and Miss Benanisi stood on the moon pattern on the ground. As the young girl began to cast the spell, the ritual array on the ground flashed with light again.

Under the night, starlike light gathered from the bottom of the mountain toward the high place, and finally, through the ritual array at the feet of the two ladies, the light gathered in front of Miss La Se Si, who had her eyes closed and her two arms slightly spread in front of her.

Even Xia De couldn't distinguish what those pure white light spots were. But he clearly felt the heavy and ancient power becoming more and more obvious because of Miss La Se Si's spellcasting.

The expected duration of the ritual was about ten to fifteen minutes, but those rays of light only lasted until the seventh minute before disappearing bit by bit.

Miss La Se Si opened her eyes, watching the light of the ritual array at her feet also gradually disappear. The witch, who was shaking a silver bell in her hand, asked suspiciously:

"How do I remember that the ritual should last a few more minutes before ending? Did it fail?"

"It succeeded, but it can't be considered a complete success."

Miss La Se Si opened her palm, which she had been clenching tightly, and a smooth white pebble lay in her palm:

"This is a memory crystal extracted from the memories of the earth."

"What happened?"

Xia De and Luweiya also walked over, and Miss La Se Si shook her head at him regretfully:

"I felt it. Someone left a segment of memory in the earth that doesn't belong to this land. That should be the memory you are looking for. But sorry, I can't extract it right now. The weight of that memory is truly surprising. With my current power, and the number of Ringed Shushi in the Sect, the divine ritual is not enough to extract such a memory."

Xia De thought for a moment:

"Just because your power isn't enough?"

"Yes, and the earth also refuses me to touch that memory. Someone reached a contract with the earth to store that extraordinary memory here."

Xia De even knew that the sacrifice for reaching the contract was the girl in front of him:

"In other words, if you were closer to the earth, even if you didn't raise your level, it would be possible to extract that memory?"

"Yes... for example, Earth Power."

Miss La Se Si said quite certainly.

Looking at it this way, the Miss La Se Si that the long-haired Luweiya knew definitely wasn't the current Seventh Ring. The time point of their conversation was 1857 of the 【Past Sixth Era】, and now it was only 1854. Not to mention, the long-haired Luweiya must have done something to let Miss La Se Si obtain Earth Power, otherwise, as the third candidate, she wouldn't have the qualifications to conduct the ritual.

"Xia De, is the memory you want to find left to you by the witch of the previous era?"

Luweiya asked from the side, and Xia De nodded immediately:

"Yes, a long-haired witch from the previous era."

This time he didn't lie at all.

But Miss La Se Si's ritual wasn't without gains. Although she didn't extract the memory Xia De wanted, at least she obtained the memories of the land itself. The smooth white pebble in her hand was a by-product of the ritual, a "memory crystal," which could be interpreted through special means.

The way to interpret the memory was very simple. Miss La Se Si put the stone into boiling water. After the stone melted completely like sugar crystals, she immersed her face into the water basin and read the content of that memory.

"I saw a witch from the Fifth Era."

The first sentence the young girl said after lifting her face from the water basin.

"Is it the Witch Emperor?"

Miss Benanisi perked up and handed her a towel to wipe her face.

"No, it's a member of the Forgotten Sect in the Fifth Era. Although not a Witch Emperor, the power was also quite terrifying. I just took one look at her in the memory, and I felt my soul freeze. I didn't expect the Sect to have such a formidable lady in the previous era."

Miss La Se Si pressed her temples with a headache. Reading the memories of the earth would place a heavy burden on the spirit.

Luweiya helped her sit down, and Xia De used his strange art 【Cynthia's Silver Moon Grace】 to help her recover her spirit.

"However, it's not a stranger either. It's the witch Xia De once mentioned, Maggie Brecht."

She looked at Xia De:

"That lady left a memory here, and only a Ringed Shushi belonging to the Sect can extract it. That memory only contains one strange art."

"What strange art?"

"Earth Power · Land Memory."

This was the strange art that Ms. Brecht obtained at the end of the Butterfly God's banquet.

She had once promised that she would pass on this strange art through the Forgotten Sect, but Xia De hadn't discovered the traces of this strange art in the Sixth Era. He didn't expect that she had indeed kept her promise, just as Sister Perry had promised to leave the "Butterfly-Calling Flute" to Xia De. Even across the transition of eras, they had both done what they promised.

"Have you learned this strange art now?"

Miss Benanisi asked quite pleasantly surprised, but Miss La Se Si shook her head:

"No, I just know how to learn it. This strange art is quite complex, and it requires me to contact the power of the earth, which is a necessary condition for 'Earth Power.' I need to prepare. The traces left by my father that we found recently should guide me to contact the power of the earth."

In this way, it would only take some time for Miss La Se Si to master this peculiar strange art. Therefore, the third candidate for the Chosen One of the Earth was fully qualified to conduct the ritual after the first two died.

Coming to the mountains deep in the city this Thursday hadn't wasted time. Even though he still hadn't gotten that time key, at least Xia De knew more things.

Everyone packed up the camp and prepared to return to the city. They hadn't received news from the city for a day, and didn't know how the petrification disease was doing.

Miss La Se Si and Miss Benanisi packed up slower than Xia De and Luweiya because they had to erase the ritual traces on the ground. So Xia De and Luweiya stood side by side on the edge of the cliff waiting for them, and the two looked at the stars all over the sky together:

"Speaking of which, it's very strange. I always feel like this isn't my first time coming here."

The purple-eyed girl said, and Xia De looked at those stars and asked softly:

"You often have this feeling, right? Not just here."

"Yes, you truly understand me. This should be because the diviner's perception of fate is too strong."

Luweiya said with a smile, turning her head slightly to look at Xia De, who was holding Xiao Miya and looking at the sea of stars:

"Recently, I always feel like you have a heavy heart... Well, you always have a heavy heart. I know you have some things you can't tell me, and can't tell others, but at least please remember that I am always with you."

She held Xia De's hand, and Xia De nodded and looked at her too. Under the starry sky, those purple eyes were so charming that they were almost maddening. He suddenly kissed her on the side of her face, and the purple-eyed girl blushed immediately, looking at Xia De with shining eyes:

"Did you forget one thing?"

"What thing?"

【Twilight Dust.】

So, Xia De almost forgot the most important thing. ===== CHAPTER 1332 =====