Chapter 2574: The Doctor's Big Plan

"Potionology can be discussed later."

Miss Dannister pulled the topic back:

"To summarize, the enemy this time is a Ringed Shushi who knows the tree hole but doesn't master the tree hole himself, and is over fifty years old? If the other party is strong enough, sixty or seventy years old is not considered old. So Xia De, how do you plan to arrange tomorrow? I won't agree to you going alone."

"Of course I won't go alone, Miss Winslet. I'll have to trouble you to turn back into an owl and follow me."

"No problem."

The witch immediately said with a smile, very satisfied that she could not only return to the past with Xia De but also continue to follow Xia De in the present because her true form was an owl.

But the red-haired female spellcaster was dissatisfied because of this:

"Then what about me? Stay and continue flipping through the materials?"

"Dannister, until we find a way to limit the tree hole, someone must stay to watch them. Your contribution is no less than mine."

The witch said with a smile, and then ordered her apprentice to prepare lunch:

"Since you have something to do in the afternoon, we will meet here tomorrow. For safety, I will arrange for my followers to ambush nearby. Don't worry about the confidentiality issue; my girls are very good at hiding themselves."

The red-haired girl on the side tugged at Xia De's sleeve, looking very unhappy, but there was no other way.

After lunch, Xia De didn't throw the crystal shoes home, because this would take the book out of Vesta City. So he honestly set off from the city to the woodlands, and it took nearly an hour to reach the tree house of the elf girl.

Very coincidentally, she was eating lunch on the platform outside the tree house, and this position could see the scenery of the woodlands. Seeing Xia De turn into a red butterfly and fly up, she said stingily:

"I didn't prepare your lunch."

"It doesn't matter, I prepared yours."

He restored the food packed from the hotel and placed it on the table. The blonde elf pouted slightly and got up to get a new set of knives and forks for Xia De:

"You came to me, it must be because there is something to do again, right?"

"I would come to you even if there was nothing to do. Of course, this time there is something. I found another tree hole and discovered a bizarre story."

During the second lunch, Xia De briefly recounted the story of the Cumming family. He was already very proficient in telling this story now. After finishing, he took out the book, and the elf lady didn't refuse:

"It's no problem to help you store this book temporarily, but you can't always be like this. If you discover a brand new tree hole next time, who else can you go to?"

"This is the problem. I now lack the means to destroy these twisted tree holes, and also lack the means to limit these tree holes from opening at will."

It was clearly a conversation while eating, but her movements were very elegant:

"Can any of you thoroughly eliminate the 'Special Light Area' that appeared with Moon Bay as the center? The church has only mastered the 'Night Curtain Seal' to resist those lights to this day. Therefore, twisted tree holes cannot be easily eliminated either."

She was right. Even the "Power of Earth · Healing Aura" could only weaken the light intensity of the special light area, rather than thoroughly purifying it:

"Then since the tree hole cannot be thoroughly eliminated, is there a way to limit it?"

The emerald green eyes glanced at him:

"Of course there is a way, but I can't tell you now... Get the second arrow and I will tell you."

Xia De didn't object either:

"I can use these tree holes without carrying the curse by using the Time Key. But I can perceive that this kind of opportunity has a limit on the number of times. Do you know what will happen if I use up the number of times?"

He asked again, thinking the elf in front of him would propose new conditions or say a "riddle" he couldn't understand, but he didn't expect the other party to answer very simply:

"This is very simple. The tree hole will be completely out of control."

"These tree holes still depend on the main body of the 'tree' and are still limited by the residual power of the Tree Father. If you use up those limiting powers, the twisted space-time channel will completely open and spread rapidly. This will probably lead to the overlap of two space-times, which in turn will lead to the collapse of time on a large scale, and finally cause the entire Creekwood Town to disappear completely in the long river of time."

Xia De nodded to indicate he understood:

"That is to say, if I can find a way to restore those limiting powers, I can actually realize the 'recharging' of the number of uses of those twisted tree holes?"

The elf lady smiled:

"Interesting idea, but you have to explore the possibility yourself; I can't help you."

"Then what about the paradox worm? The matter of the Cumming family has been basically investigated. After confirming who 'blackmailed' Baron Cumming tomorrow, I will go to find a way to find the second paradox worm. Can you come to help? To be honest, fighting the worm alone is also very difficult for me."

The tall elf girl nodded:

"Of course you can. After all, I still need you to help me find the arrow, so I can't let you encounter danger."

"However, things are not as troublesome as you think. If you can perceive which soul the worm is in by using the 【Youthful Leaf】, maybe you can kill it before it leaves the human body and manifests its power. The worm hiding in the soul of the cursed person is not terrible, at least not terrible for you and me."

Thus, at the group meeting this afternoon, Xia De brought "the story of the Cumming family" to everyone.

Although Luvia already understood this story, Dorothy probably knew a few words from Galina through Leisia, Dr. Schneider was used to all kinds of family trivialities and quarrels, and the old priest had heard even more sensational things in the church, but stories were always fascinating.

After all, the story of the Cumming family involved the grievances of three generations, incest within the family, chaotic parent-child relationships, conspiracies and deeper conspiracies, sacrifices, and true "fate."

According to Dorothy, if someone wrote this story, when the editor wrote the recommendation, those "keywords" would even be written on the back of the waist seal.

"I can't adapt this story this time, I can only draw some inspiration. After all, although there are looming mystical elements in my detective novels, time travel is too much."

The writer lady was quite regretful, and Xia De, who was peeling an orange, said casually:

"When the Year-End Festival comes, release the 'Detective Who Travels Through Time' as a special chapter. Just write that the detective traveled to a hundred years ago and solved the case against the background before the steam age. You can write more about the jokes caused by the different eras and cultural backgrounds."

"Wait until the end of the story, the detective perfectly solves the case, and then let the detective 'wake up' in the modern era and find that it was just a dream, but finally leave the evidence that he might exist 100 years ago that he saw in the archaeological news. But that evidence must be very vague, representing openness."

After speaking, he was about to tease the cat with the stimulating orange that the cat didn't like, and then found that everyone was looking at him.

"Xia De, you are truly a genius!"

If it weren't for the fact that everyone in the group was here, Dorothy would really want to give Xia De a passionate kiss immediately.

Priest Augur also nodded in surprise:

"This idea is indeed good, and even if some people don't like it, it's just a special chapter for the Year-End Festival."

"Let's discuss the business."

Xia De tried to lead the topic back, and asked Luvia again:

"Didn't you participate in the autumn stargazing activity last year? Are you participating this year?"

"Of course!"

So Luvia would also have to take out a week or two this autumn to live at 6 St. Deran Square.

And the topic of the group study meeting was successfully led back by Xia De. Now that the autumn semester had started for nearly a month, lazy people also wanted to find some serious things to do for themselves.

Considering that everyone in the group completed a promotion in the Moon Bay incident this summer, everyone needed new strange arts, relics, and courses. Although everyone had been planning separately since the beginning of this month, they only confirmed it one after another until now.

And besides these conventional self-improvements, the most critical thing was that Priest Augur, who entered the middle ring, and Dr. Schneider, who entered the high ring, had to determine their own sublimation words.

Sublimation words were the secrets of Ringed Shushi, but there was no need to hide them from other members of the group. After all, maybe they would need help for specific spirit runes in the future.

Therefore, Priest Augur, who was sitting on the single sofa on the side, introduced his situation first:

"My core spirit rune is only one 【Glimmer】, and the sublimation words for the low ring are—"

"Falling into darkness, sinking into the abyss, I am the glimmer."

"For the middle ring sublimation words, I found a suitable sentence directly from the academy's 'Code of Sublimation'—"

"Glimmer rises, the mind shatters, all is void. Glimmer, rise, mind, shatter, void. Among these, only void is more difficult, and the others are considered common spirit runes."

"But the meaning of this sentence is not very good."

Xia De reminded, and the old priest who was wiping his pipe said happily:

"Don't worry about me anymore. After a vacation in Moon Bay, I'm fine now. At least for now."

Next, the doctor introduced his situation:

"My core spirit runes are the same as the detective's, both are two: 【Light of Mind】 【Dream】. The low-ring sublimation words are: The hound of light runs in the malicious dream; the middle-ring sublimation words are: The madman walking in the darkness, the light that destroys the mind."

"The two core spirit runes were used in both the low ring and the middle ring, so the academy said that the core spirit runes used in the high ring can be any one of them. The academy's 'Code of Sublimation' doesn't have sublimation words suitable for me. I currently have my own ideas, but I still need to verify them before I can realize them. The general situation is... I am thinking of ways to add a core spirit rune for myself."

After the words fell, the other four looked at each other. None of them expected the doctor to intend to do this. Finally, the writer, the diviner, and the priest all looked at Xia De, so Xia De had to represent everyone to remind:

"Doctor, you know the risks involved." ===== CHAPTER 2575 =====

As the words fell, the other four looked at each other; none of them had expected the doctor to intend to do this. Finally, the writer, the diviner, and the priest all looked at Xia De, so Xia De had no choice but to speak on behalf of everyone to offer a reminder:

"Doctor, you know the risks involved in this."