Chapter 206: Moon and Library

Taking advantage of the other party flipping the book, Xia De hesitated whether to discuss the topic of "Sublimation Language" with her.

A Thirteenth-Ring Shushi would certainly not know nothing about the secrets of Sublimation Language, but before he could speak, the lady opposite took the initiative to talk about this problem:

"Mr. Hamilton, I have read the report compiled by Dorothy Louisa. Since you witnessed the Sublimation Language at close range, it is impossible not to be curious about it."

Her eyes were always on the flipping pages, but she was definitely talking to Xia De.

"Yes, indeed curious... That kind of power doesn't look like the power of mortals."

He organized his wording very cautiously.

"It is indeed not the power of mortals. To be precise, the Ringed Shushi system, which took shape in the mid-to-late Fifth Era and gradually replaced the witch supernatural system, contains secrets that are directly related to gods. After the Tenth Ring, Ringed Shushi will gradually understand what kind of power they possess, and the church and mainstream academic views believe that Sublimation Language is the language of gods, so it has the power to make mortals sublimate."

This was very close to the truth Xia De knew. Mortals could not face gods directly, so it was impossible to want to know the truth directly through his own observation like Xia De.

Since the topic started, he also wanted to express some of his own views, but found that the flipping book stopped.

"Oh, there is an answer."

Miss Danister said, reaching out to take the book floating in front of her:

"【Silver Moon】, 【Space-Time】 combined with 【Gluttony】, 【Echo】... Good luck, there is actually one. Oh, what a coincidence, this was written down by the founder of Saint Byrons and is one of the Sublimation Languages recorded in this *Canon of Sublimation* initially... I should have started flipping from the beginning just now."

Her right hand moved in the air, allowing the glowing characters to appear one by one. After the sentence took shape, she flicked it gently, and the characters turned in the air, telling Xia De the answer.

Xia De stretched his head to look, and that sentence was—

【The echo of space-time shakes the sleeping power.】

"Space-time, echo, shake, sleeping, power."

Miss Danister counted the spirit runes Xia De needed. Although Xia De didn't deeply understand the acquisition difficulty of the remaining three spirit runes, just from the meaning represented by the spirit runes themselves, sleeping, shaking, and power didn't seem to be very difficult.

And the meaning of this sentence itself made Xia De think about what kind of scene would appear once he used the power of Sublimation Language like the Doctor.

Inexplicably, the scene where he stood in the void and heard the bell when witnessing the fall of 【Innocent Creator】 automatically appeared in his mind.

"The echo of space-time..."

Silently reciting this sentence in his heart, for some reason, things about *The Whisper Poem* also surged into his heart. Miss Annet had clearly said that the mainstream view believed that after the last door mentioned in *The Whisper Poem* opened, it meant the resurrection of the Old Gods. And this Sublimation Language Xia De chose also seemed to imply something similar.

"Coincidence?"

He could only think this way for the time being.

"You are very lucky, Mr. Hamilton. I originally thought I wouldn't be able to find it. Although the college's accumulation of Sublimation Language has reached four digits, the number of spirit runes is even more astronomical. It is not an easy thing to piece together specific combinations from this. Your luck is truly good."

She closed the book in her hand and threw it into the pile of books on the coffee table. Only then did Xia De have the opportunity to see the cover of the book. The book title was of course *Canon of Sublimation*, but the book pattern was the side face of a woman wearing a hood.

This was hand-painted with oil paint, and the colors were exceptionally bright. Miss Danister saw Xia De looking at the book curiously, so she introduced:

"This is the founder of the college, Miss Mana Filiana who lived in the Fifth Era. Many oil paintings have recorded the image of this lady. As for the portrait in this book, it was drawn by my previous librarian, which is basically consistent with the image of the oil painting kept by the college."

Saying this, she gave Xia De another document to sign. The document was to confirm that Xia De Su Lun Hamilton had viewed the college's *Canon of Sublimation* and confirmed that he had obtained the next step of advancement ideas.

After signing the document, it meant that Xia De's Second Ring, Third Ring, and Fourth Ring courses would be adjusted around those three runes that had not yet been obtained, so as to adapt to Xia De's Ringed Shushi power system.

And after doing these, the matter about Sublimation Language was over. Miss Danister put the document into the pile of books on the coffee table, leaned slightly on the back of the sofa, and ten slender fingers pressed against each other, looking up slightly, as if considering a problem.

This lady, although a bit old, had a beautiful face, and coupled with the identity of the librarian, her temperament was quite outstanding:

"Mr. Hamilton, let's continue the topic just now. Using an Angel-level Relic to let you come to the college, you probably also understand that there are things that must be said in person. To be precise, I need a Ringed Shushi who masters the power of the moon to help me do some things."

"Must it be me?"

Runes related to the moon are not rare, Xia De didn't believe that there was only one of him in the vast Saint Byrons.

"According to the college's rules, core runes related to the moon, students and teachers who meet such conditions total 103 people. I tried to find some people to help, but their core runes were not pure enough. Besides your 【Silver Moon】 and my 【Red Moon】, pure moon core runes include 【Night Sky Moon】, 【Half-String Moon】, 【Moonlight】, 【Moonlight】, these four people I have found one by one, and none of them can help me."

She shook her head regretfully, while Xia De considered what kind of thing needed such great effort.

"According to the college's rules, correspondence Ringed Shushi cannot enter the college in any way before the group gets permission. This time I can be considered to have broken the rules and was fined three years of salary for it. But I think this is worth it. If 【Silver Moon】 is not feasible, then there is no other way."

"What specifically needs to be done?"

Xia De asked cautiously, feeling that the lady opposite seemed to have great confidence in him.

"Very simple, look at this."

She beckoned behind her back, and immediately, a book with a black cover flew from a bookshelf in the distance and fell into her hand just right. This was not a complicated Curse, basic Curse 【Move Object】, which was telekinesis, could achieve this effect.

"Open it."

She handed the book to Xia De, and Xia De stood up and bent down to take it. The book cover was all black, without any patterns or text. After opening it, the first page was a blank page, and it was the same situation flipping backward.

"Blank page, right?"

Miss Danister asked.

"Yes."

He looked at it again against the light of the ceiling lamp, and there were no traces at all.

"Still blank."

"Hmm... expected."

The red-haired Thirteenth-Ring Shushi thought for a moment:

"Spread this book open and place it on the coffee table between us, maintaining the spirit light illuminating the paper page of the book."

"What exactly is to be done?"

While thinking about it, he sized up the coffee table, and then placed the book on the highest position of the book pile. After he sat down again, he found that Miss Danister opposite also fully summoned the Ring of Fate. Xia De glanced at it, and her core runes were also two, 【Forbidden Book】 and 【Red Moon】 respectively.

The spirit light of 【Red Moon】 flashed, illuminating the paper surface of the spread book together with Xia De's 【Silver Moon】.

The detective and the librarian looked at the white paper illuminated by the light, and then saw blurry dark blue ink marks appear on the paper page at the same time. But those ink marks were like being soaked in water, only confirming that there was text and even pictures, but neither of them could distinguish what it was.

"This means we are still missing..."

"Yellow Moon?"

Xia De added, and Miss Danister nodded, signaling Xia De that he could take back the Ring of Fate.

Slightly tilting her head to stare at the wordless paper page, Miss Danister's brows furrowed:

"It seems that only when the power of the three moons appears at the same time can this book reveal its content. 【Yellow Moon】 core rune... Saint Byrons definitely doesn't have it..."

She fell into deep thought. Xia De didn't disturb her, but looked around with interest.

Presumably because she knew that the librarian would meet guests here, none of the footsteps around walked toward this side. Xia De originally expected to communicate with the Saint Byrons students, look forward to his life in a few years or even decades, and share what he saw and heard with Doctor Schneider after going back, but it seemed there was no chance this time.

"Although it still couldn't see the content on the book, it can be considered to have found a clue."

It took a full ten minutes for Miss Danister to speak. She snapped her fingers, and the black book flew back to the depths of the bookshelf automatically.

"Mr. Hamilton, I am afraid that I will look for you again soon, but that will be after I find the 【Yellow Moon】 core rune."

"No problem, I have time anytime."

Xia De nodded gently, and then hesitated:

"However, may I ask, that book..."

A pause at just the right time.

"This is not a college matter, it is my own matter. For these years, I have been looking for the location of the 'Sage Library'. There is knowledge I want to find in the library."

"Sage Library?"

Miss Danister smiled:

"Mr. Hamilton, you must have thought this was some ancient ruin."

She was right.

"But this is not a ruin, this is a hall left by a god. To be precise, the oldest moon god..."

Xia De felt a thump in his heart, and the image of the woman on the 【Founder · Silver Moon】 card automatically appeared in his mind.

"Before the oldest moon god left, she left a library. That library is hidden in the cracks of history and time. No means can enter directly, but there is knowledge recorded about the whole world. I have been pursuing this secret since I was young... I have been pursuing it for a long time, since I was a student like you, until I got this book from the ruins of the New World not long ago. This is probably the end of the pursuit."

"Then the Sage is... the Old Moon God?"

"Miss Danister shook her fingers, directing the teapot on the coffee table to pour tea for herself. Her voice was very light, as if afraid of being heard by a third person:

"I rarely discuss this topic with people, but since you asked, answering is not impossible, just please don't tell a third person.

Mr. Hamilton, perhaps Professor Garcia has mentioned Old Gods to you. The original moon god was one of the thirteen Old Gods, called 【Mysterious Lady】, 【Moon Goddess】, 【Dark Night Lady】, etc., by mortals, but the most common name for this distant god is—"

She deliberately paused, and that answer appeared in Xia De's heart almost immediately:

"Silver Moon Sage." ===== CHAPTER 207 =====

"Mr. Hamilton, perhaps Professor Garcia has mentioned the Old Gods to you. The original Moon Goddess was one of the thirteen Old Gods, known to mortals as the 【Lady of Mystery】, 【Goddess of the Moon】, 【Lady of the Night】, and so on, but the most common title for this departed deity is—"

She paused deliberately, and the answer appeared in Xia De's mind almost immediately:

"The Silver Moon Sage."