Chapter 2234

The increasingly high white bones eventually seemed to form high walls of bone on both sides.

Xia De, dizzy from the heat, felt as if he had walked into a small path flanked by those towering walls of bone without realizing it. Shadows had appeared, but the heat remained completely unchanged.

Everything before his eyes was becoming blurry. Hands reached out from the walls of bone wanting to grab him, but they were all shaken off by Xia De. The bones reached out to grab Granny Sienode behind him, but were also shattered by Xia De after he roared and swung the 【Sun Greatsword】 he had just summoned.

Holding the skeleton with one hand and swinging the greatsword with the other, Miss Mester's figure disappeared in front of him without him noticing. Xia De, tired, thirsty, and hot, just walked mechanically through the bones surrounding him, only occasionally wondering suspiciously, "With so many undead, why is it not cool around here?"

Walking through the high walls made of bone, crossing the terrifying temple made of bone, stepping over the courtyards and treehouses of the elves made of bone—this was everything in Granny Sienode's memory of her hometown, all made of bone.

But all of this was bone; there was not a single living person here.

Holding the elf skeleton with one hand, although Xia De felt increasingly tired, the heat his body felt made the light emitted by the Sun Greatsword grow stronger and stronger. He knew that he was likely fighting against the air, but it did not matter; he was already too hot to think.

Miss Mester had completely disappeared, and Xia De did not know how he had climbed onto the hill made of bones, then defeated the bone elf giant rushing toward him with a single sword strike. He continued to walk toward the mouth of the giant skull; the road ahead seemed still very long.

Suddenly, he felt that Granny Sienode on his back seemed to be getting heavier. Subconsciously turning his head, he actually discovered that Granny Sienode's head had also turned into bone, with only gray-white hair and a little pink flesh still attached to it:

"Why does the body become heavier after turning into bone?"

Xia De thought with a blurry consciousness, and then continued forward. After Granny Sienode also began to turn into bone, the bones blocking the way around them actually became fewer. The 【Sun Greatsword】 at this time did not even need Xia De to swing it; it had almost become a torch burning fiercely in this world of golden sand and white bones. The fighting gradually became sporadic, until Xia De no longer needed to swing his sword:

"If I keep walking, will I comprehend the 【Sun】 spirit rune myself?"

But obviously, there would be no such good thing. No matter how large a deep pit was, there would always be an end. When Xia De saw the young elf girl standing in front of his field of vision, he knew he was finally about to reach his destination.

"Hoo~ hoo~"

Every step felt like his legs were filled with lead, and the skeleton of Granny Sienode on his back finally moved:

"Lia..."

The barefoot elf girl then smiled and welcomed the two of them at the edge of the sand pit. She very gently hugged Xia De, who now only wanted to drink water, and then wanted to take down the skeleton on his back:

"Thank you for your hard work; leave Mother to me now."

"No."

Xia De, although dizzy, was not foolish:

"We are going back to the Sun Temple. You are fake; I cannot leave Granny with you. Can you let me pass? I know you are fake; do not waste time, okay? Otherwise, next time I will let my cat bite you."

The smile on the elf girl's face did not change:

"Neither you nor I have the qualifications to make a choice for Mother."

Saying this, she looked at the skeleton Xia De was carrying on his back:

"Mother, you were so persistent in wanting to find a way out for the clan, but now the clan is gone; your responsibility can be put down."

She gently patted the old elf's shoulder blade:

"Stay with us, Mother; there is no need to move forward."

Xia De, however, spoke up:

"Granny, you have already come this far with such persistence; why not continue forward? Whether it is real or fake, you have to complete the road ahead to know. You do not look like someone who gives up halfway, and your persistence will not let you stay here.

Even if you know the result might not be good, are you going to give up before you truly see the result?"

The elf girl wearing the flower crown gave Xia De a reproachful look:

"This man is really good with flowery words. But Mother, I am here, we are all here, everyone in the Moon Creek Clan is here. Do you really want to leave us?"

Xia De felt that the skeleton on his back seemed to want to get off his back, so he, who was truly eager to go back quickly, said:

"Moon Creek Clan... it seems there is one person not here. Actually, I wanted to tell you just now, but you were not listening to me."

He dropped the Sun Greatsword, grabbed to the side with his left hand, and brilliant starlight appeared under the sun; the illusory bookshelf appeared even more transparent than usual.

Xia De then grabbed a semi-transparent book with starlight colors from the bookshelf. After opening it, the face of Emilia and the small unicorn poking their heads out of the car window last Sunday morning appeared on the pages together.

Both the elf girl and Granny Sienode looked at the book, and Xia De said very firmly:

"This is also a girl of the Moon Creek Clan, and she is a High Elf. It is said that she is qualified to become a priestess or something... I do not understand either. But in any case, not all Moon Creek elves are here."

"You are lying. Who is this? Why have I never seen her?"

The elf girl retorted. Xia De originally did not want to say it:

"Emilia Sienode, an elf living in the future, grew up in Saint Byrons. Yes, the surname is Sienode. Granny, you know I have the Tree Father's blessing; in the name of the Tree Father, I will not lie."

The elf skeleton on his back began to lighten again, and the flesh and blood on that skeleton seemed to be refilled as if time and space were flowing backward:

"She also has the surname Sienode?"

The old elf confirmed. Xia De, who was almost frantic from the heat, nodded firmly:

"Yes, she said her mother, grandmother, grandmother's mother, and so on, all have this surname... Only then did I realize that the Moon Creek Clan is a matrilineal clan."

The old woman, whose body had returned to normal, stared at the book in Xia De's hand and then looked at her daughter in front of her:

"Look, this is a descendant of the clan; she looks really beautiful, just like you when you were young."

The elf girl nodded helplessly:

"She just looks silly; at first glance, she is the type who is easily deceived by this man."

After saying this, she gave Xia De an inexplicable glare, then shook her head, and her flesh and blood collapsed and turned into golden sand, disappearing.

Xia De did not say anything more. Carrying the old elf on his back and holding the skeleton in his arms, he continued to climb the sand dune with effort.

When he finally climbed to the top of the sand dune, Miss Mester, who did not know where she had gone just now, was already waiting for them there. The lady with brown skin even kindly pulled Xia De, preventing him from falling back into the sand pit.

The three of them walked a few more steps forward. It seemed that in the next moment, the Sun Temple appeared before their eyes, and Miss Knight and Miss Sander were anxiously waving at the entrance, waiting for them to return from their long journey.

And when Xia De turned his head to look behind him, there were rolling golden sand dunes; he could not see any deep pit at all, and there were no eerie white bones on the golden sand scorched by the scorching sun.

He looked at the skeleton he was holding in his arms again, but all he saw was sand constantly falling from the clothes and his palms. Some of the golden sand even seeped directly into Xia De's skin, and Xia De also heard "her" prompt:

【Outlander, your spell "Stone to Mud" has been upgraded; you can turn stone into mud and sand.】

When the sand and dust dissipated, all that remained was the flower crown woven from fresh flowers.

Xia De placed the flower crown on the head of Granny Sienode, whom he was carrying on his back; the latter had already squinted her eyes and fallen into a semi-comatose state.

"Is this the first illusion?"

"Yes."

Miss Mester said with a smile:

"It was also a test for Sienode. She passed; she is qualified to continue searching for the Heart of the Oasis."

"Is this testing her or testing me? Granny was clearly just carried by me the whole way!"

The smile on Miss Mester's face became even more radiant. The two walked quickly forward, the temple getting closer and closer, and then—

"Oh~"

When his body entered the cool shade of the temple, Xia De let out a long sigh, feeling that this was the happiest thing. Having left the dry and hot environment, the sweat sticking to his body was still a bit uncomfortable.

Miss Sander helped Granny Sienode, whom Xia De was carrying, to sit down. Xia De tried hard to restrain the urge to lie on the floor tiles and barely managed to sit down, and Miss Knight handed over a cloth for Xia De to wipe his sweat.

The two girls left behind did not immediately ask what had just happened, but nervously checked Granny Sienode's current state.

However, Xia De was not too worried. Although Granny Sienode had fainted, that was just because her mental fluctuations were too great; she would recover soon. After all, she was a genuine 13th-tier witch.

Miss Mester had also sat down on a bench nearby, and she thanked Miss Knight with a smile when she took the water bottle handed to her.

Xia De placed the towel for wiping sweat aside and also took the water bottle. After drinking it all in one go, he felt the heat in his body subside a little.

His shirt was completely soaked, and he planned to change it after going home. Miss Knight stood aside and asked Xia De if he needed anything else, and Xia De shook his head:

"Not for now."

As an ordinary person, Miss Knight could not make too many contributions, so she consciously took on these chores that did not need to be done by witches; this was also the way of survival for ordinary people in this era.

Placing the empty water bottle aside, Xia De, feeling that he had recovered, thought for a moment and said:

"Help me tidy up some things; I still have some supplies here, you probably need these."

What he took out before setting off were all food and water; he was not very familiar with things at the time, and it was not appropriate to take out things like changing clothes directly.