Chapter 1349: The Location of Saint Byron

"You are already stained with my scent."

After that deep breath, Fiona said softly in Xia De's ear. "What?"

Xia De thought this was some kind of lewd metaphor, but he didn't believe Fiona would say such things.

"The ancient ritual you used is equivalent to letting a dragon be 'born' again. And when dragons are born, their bodies carry a unique scent that lingers for a long time, to help the dragon mother distinguish and track her children."

She continued to sniff at Xia De's neck, as if somewhat intoxicated. Xia De could even feel the strange tactile sensation of her nose tip rubbing against his skin:

"It's this, it will follow you for several weeks. But don't worry, ordinary people won't be able to smell it. Moreover, this scent will make those ordinary beasts and monsters with low intelligence instinctively stay away from you."

Little Mia certainly didn't belong to the "beasts with low intelligence," because it obviously had no intention of staying away from Xia De; instead, it meowed on the side, as if it saw Xia De being held hostage by a mother dragon.

Fiona obviously had more thoughts and more words, but Xia De was right; there wasn't much time left, and they didn't have time to waste on other things.

So Xia De held Mia and temporarily left the tent, letting Fiona change her clothes inside. To show his gentlemanly demeanor, Xia De even turned around and faced away from the tent: "So, do you know what I did while you were sleeping?"

"I only vaguely know that you came. I fell into a very long dream. Under the illumination of the red moon, the ancient dream guided me to further awaken the power in my bloodline."

The voice behind him was very gentle, and Xia De also heard the sound of clothes falling.

"After I returned here half an hour ago, I was also startled, but fortunately, I found pigments that can paint in the night, and traded for that golden needle. It was that needle that guided me to find the dragon-shell book, 'Book of Dragons: Breeding and Growth'."

Xia De said, and Fiona's reply was a bit unnatural:

"Oh, so it was that book, that's why it recorded... Although the original 'Book of Dragons: Breeding and Growth' is lost, there are actually still some copies... used to popularize knowledge for underage dragons."

In other words, for a half-breed dragon-person, the book Xia De found was actually a book on adolescent sex education, which was why Fiona felt a bit embarrassed.

He heard the sound of clothes being picked up and shaken:

"This book should be very useful to you. In a while, we'll take the stone slab with us too; I'll carry it strapped to my body with chains. Oh, I didn't have enough ritual supplies in my hand. Did the ritual I used have any negative effects on you?"

He said, still somewhat worried, and then heard a chuckle from the tent behind him:

"The ritual was perfect; I even gained some new powers. You used the Time Sand we traded for last time? I feel that my perception and manipulation of time are even more handy; red dragons don't have this talent. Oh, also, after waking up, I inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity with the night. In a while, when we go out, I'll have to try out my new skills."

Time Sand and pigments both brought changes to the ritual, but fortunately, they were good changes.

"I was at the eleventh tier before going to sleep, and after waking up, I'm already at the twelfth tier. The harvest from this sleep is really a lot."

As she spoke, Xia De heard the sound of her getting dressed. He didn't know if his imagination was too rich, but he could almost "see" Fiona's dressing sequence.

"Teacher Olandode is the Yellow Moon, and I am the Red Moon. This Red Moon Dream further repaired my damaged mental power, and the things I had forgotten were found again."

She said softly, and Xia De asked hurriedly:

"So, what exactly is your purpose for coming here?" "To meet the god."

This time she said it quite clearly:

"Passing through the curtain of eternal night in the City of Night, when I reach the palace in the deepest part of the night, the monarch of eternal night will be sitting on the throne waiting for me."

The rustling sound was like her buttoning up her collar. "What does Miss Feilian want?"

Xia De asked again.

"A part of this city. Miss Feilian wants a part of the City of Eternal Night to become the address for the academy she is building."

Fiona said, and Xia De heard the sound of her wings flapping. Obviously, she had also cut a small opening in the back of her clothes so that her wings could extend out.

Xia De had carefully observed her wings just now; they weren't big, and the bones weren't very hard, so they should be able to be tucked away well without affecting daily life or sleep.

As for Miss Feilian's idea, it was very similar to the legend that Miss Danister mentioned in the Sixth Era. It's just that the Randel Valley in the Old Continent of the Sixth Era is currently in the Central Continent of the Fifth Era. Thinking about it this way, Saint Byron on the Great Ice Sheet in the extreme north of the Sixth Era corresponds to the location of the Northern Continent in the Fifth Era. But the current Northern Continent clearly has most of its regions as habitable areas. Moreover, the Great Ice Sheet of the Sixth Era is far from being as large as the Northern Continent is today.

"Then, what is the bargaining chip Miss Feilian is putting forward? Since she wants to trade with a Great One, the bargaining chip she puts forward should be quite amazing, right?"

Xia De asked, and then he continued to hear the rustling sound. Distinguishing carefully, it sounded like fabric sliding over skin, and at the end of the sound, a very elastic "pop~" sounded. Xia De raised an eyebrow; this was the elastic part at the end of the stockings hitting the skin.

Then the other one repeated the same thing.

"Only this point, I haven't remembered yet."

Fiona's regretful voice said, and as she spoke, the sound got closer and closer until she walked out of the tent and came behind Xia De. The red dragon girl reached out again and hugged Xia De, who was facing away from her, from behind. The tactile sensation was quite soft:

"You promised that you would enter the deepest part of the City of Eternal Night with me, and then leave with me, right?" "Not leave together, but send you away safely."

Xia De corrected. Having used so many time keys, he had never once been able to actively leave the range of the mission location set by the Tree Father.

"Yes, you promised."

She said in Xia De's ear, and Xia De felt his ears inexplicably turning a bit red.

Turning around to look at Fiona again, the new clothes she had put on were the same set as last time. Outside the women's shirt with lace vertical stripes on the chest, she wore a dark blue coat that looked a bit small. The lower body was a dark red skirt reaching the knees, her legs were covered by black fabric, and on her feet was a pair of small brown leather shoes.

The red dragon girl raised her right foot, and the toe of her shoe tapped the ground. "What about the wings?"

Xia De asked curiously. Seeing Xia De looking her over, Fiona put her hands behind her back and turned around in place somewhat embarrassedly, letting Xia De see the small area on her back where they were exposed:

"The wings can be completely tucked away and unfolded when needed. This requires consuming spirit, but the consumption is very small."

After she finished turning around, she saw that both Xia De and Mia were staring at her tail. The girl, who had been very bold just a moment ago, blushed instantly:

"The tail cannot be tucked away; no matter what, it cannot be tucked away."

In short, because too much time had been consumed earlier, Xia De only had less than ten minutes left. The two quickly packed up the camp, and then Fiona took the golden needle from Xia De's hand and used great strength to directly pierce it into the center of the compass she had been carrying all along.

The compass itself was stuck in the gear obtained from the clock shop, and the teaspoon obtained from the cafe was strung onto the golden needle by Fiona.

After doing all this, she used the metal mechanical parts still in her small bag to process the compass, refining the originally crude compass into something with a very gear-like mechanical feel. Afterward, she bit her finger and wrote the rune symbols representing the four directions on the compass.

"Moonlight."

After chanting softly, the red moonlight from her fingertips shone onto the compass. Under Xia De and Mia's curious gaze, the shadow of the golden needle appeared on the surface of the compass, then the shadow rotated clockwise, while the teaspoon rotated counter-clockwise.

The traces originally carved on the surface of the compass, which Xia De had thought were scratches, lit up one by one until they formed the appearance of a star map on the surface of the compass. And

the gear of that unknown clock also began to rotate in stops and starts under the infection of the star map's light. Every time it turned, Xia De seemed to be able to hear the ticking sound of a clock.

After waiting for a full three minutes, the rotating teaspoon and the shadow of the golden needle finally stopped completely and overlapped together. They pointed together to the southwest direction, which was the corner of the art gallery's front hall:

"Are we supposed to walk to the southwest of the city? Although we have this cat now, there's not enough time." Xia De asked.

"Use this."

Fiona took out that piece of black curtain again:

"The compass pointed in that direction, so as long as we unfold the curtain in that direction and use the compass to locate it, we will definitely be able to arrive. This is an alchemical item made by Miss Feilian, it won't go wrong."

She had quite a lot of confidence in Miss Feilian.

Two telescopic metal rods were forcefully pierced into the gaps in the floor by Fiona, and the crossbar was placed above the metal rods. Afterward, the curtain was hung on it, forming the style of a curtain door.

The compass that had been painstakingly collected and made was placed under the curtain, and the light of the compass added some starry colors to the pitch-black curtain that looked like the night.

"Ready to set off, this is the last stop."

Xia De was wrapped in chains, carrying the half-person-tall stone slab on his back. He held Mia in his arms with one hand and took Fiona's hand with the other. Because of Mia, they didn't go to buy long-burning candles this time.

"Yes, the last stop."

Fiona took a deep breath and then, together with Xia De, who was holding the cat, rushed toward the black curtain that was being moved by an unknown wind. ===== CHAPTER 1350 =====