Chapter 2601: Oil Painting, Potion, and Rune

"How is this painting? The first of the six oil paintings promised to you is now complete. I created it overnight, and after it dries for a while, I will use sorcery to dry it. I am quite satisfied with this painting."

The gray-haired artist lady looked very proud, and she didn't look tired at all.

But the red-haired female sorcerer sitting on the sofa also pointed out:

"I remember the scene at that time was not like this, and were there owls flying in the night sky at that time? How do I remember that after you fell, I was the one holding you?"

She asked suspiciously.

"Daniste, this is artistic creation, and it must be different from reality. And I created this oil painting with Xia De as the center, so I must consider the combination of the picture and colors. This owl is very good when added."

"Then why didn't you add me too?"

"Um... the color of your dress last night didn't match the night sky. Is that so, Charlotte?"

The young girl who was bending over to prepare tea didn't know what to say after being mentioned, but fortunately, Miss Daniste didn't make things difficult for her:

"Xia De, you don't know how many questions Fulora asked me after you left last night."

Fulora Winslet didn't feel embarrassed because of this, just complained a little:

"Daniste, this is a conversation between the two of us, how can you tell Xia De?"

She stood up from the sofa and came to the oil painting:

"Don't be in a hurry to take it away. Wait until I have painted enough six paintings, and then you can take them away together. It's a pity that I wasn't there when you used the mirage yesterday afternoon, otherwise that scene would also be very suitable for painting."

"Can't Miss Miss Beiya dictate it? Or share memories."

Xia De was still standing in front of the easel admiring the oil painting, and the cat was also looking at it but obviously not interested.

"Of course not. Scenes that haven't been personally experienced, no matter how complete the description of language and pictures is, will eventually fail to give me the most real feeling, so even if it can really be painted, that oil painting will definitely not be perfect."

She stood beside Xia De with one hand on her waist admiring her work:

"Just wait, I will paint the remaining five paintings sooner or later."

"Since you gave me an oil painting, then give this to you as a gift."

He reached behind him, and the silver transparent bookshelf appeared beside his hand with the background of the galaxy. Xia De pulled a book from it at will, and then handed the book with a translucent cover to the witch.

"What kind of sorcery is this? But it looks related to the moon and stars."

She said while opening the book, and was surprised to see that it was all in the language of the middle of the Fifth Era. However, she could barely translate it, and roughly understood that this was a potion formula. So she turned directly to the last page, where the effect of the potion was written:

"Warmth? This name doesn't conform to the standard potion naming rules, and its effect is to fill the coldness of the soul and..."

She looked up in surprise at Xia De, and Xia De shook his head:

"Don't ask about its origin, and don't reveal the contents here to anyone. The materials inside are not complicated, but you need to correspond the material names of the Fifth Era with the current names, so don't make a mistake. The last step needs my flames to help, tell me when you are ready."

"What is that?"

Miss Daniste asked curiously, but Fulora Winslet looked down at the potion formula and pursed her lips without saying a word. Xia De didn't want to tell a third person about this potion formula involving the death witch and the First Fire:

"A potion formula I found for Miss Winslet to help her treat some hidden illnesses."

"She has some hidden illnesses that you know but I don't?"

The red-haired young lady was even more suspicious, but she couldn't get an answer.

Then, Xia De shared with them the news that Sister Sister Daifulin had left the area, and the two ladies told Xia De what happened in the city last night on this rainy morning.

This was not because something strange appeared above the city again last night, but after midnight, the local Peace Church, Sun Church, Dawn Church, and Creation Church dispatched together and actually surrounded the oldest cathedral of the Nature Church in the area:

"Don't look at the city atmosphere today, it's very normal, but it was almost a fight last night."

The red-haired young lady sitting quietly on the sofa said with a smile.

"You saw it with your own eyes?"

"Yes, Fulora's followers originally had a group monitoring the Golden Music Hall, wanting to see how the church would check there, but didn't expect to see the church's troop mobilization."

"Fulora and I both stood on the roof far away and saw it. The local four churches surrounded the Nature Church. Although they didn't fight, the atmosphere at that time... I never thought that our era could still see the five churches hostile to each other."

The incident this morning was an extension of the "Father Francois" incident yesterday morning.

That mixed team of the Dawn Church and the Sun Church seemed to have completely figured out the situation. The siege of the Nature Cathedral by the four local churches might also have come from a direct order from the Holy See to prevent key figures from escaping.

But at least the incident last night was finally resolved peacefully. At 3:00 a. m., the Thirteenth-Ring mage from Wilndale officially arrived in Vista City and entered the Nature Cathedral.

The witch and Miss Daniste couldn't say clearly what happened in the cathedral afterward, but at least the ancient cathedral was still receiving believers today, and ordinary people couldn't see that such a shocking event had happened last night.

"The church hasn't notified the three major academies about this, but I have already reported the incident. Since it involves time travel and the Chosen One, I think the three major academies will soon negotiate with the church."

"Who is the Thirteenth-Ring from Wilndale?"

Xia De was very curious about this:

"Before the Great Event of the Silver Moon Flash last summer, the only Thirteenth-Ring stationed in the Tobesk Diocese for a long time was Mr. Sari Pirot, the 'Iron Right Hand' of the Creation Church. After the summer ended, Hoger Lundell, the 'Sun Great Sword' of the Sun Church, was arranged to stay."

"The importance of the Wilndale Diocese is about the same as the Tobesk Diocese. Who is the one dispatched this time?"

"Mr. Gerald Delong, the 'Constructor' of the Creation Church."

Miss Daniste said, and seeing Xia De as if recalling whether he had heard of this person, she added:

"This gentleman participated in the 'Cold Water Port Shadow Great Event' last summer. When the Scarlet Cult tried to launch the 'Sea Return' ritual to drown Cold Water Port, he once entered the temple of the murloc priests and defeated the great high priest of the cult."

Miss Winslet thought she was introducing, but in fact, she was reminding Xia De.

And Xia De remembered it as soon as she said that. When Princess Princess Lei Lei Qianya finished her visit to Casenrick and returned to the country last summer, she happened to stay in Cold Water Port, so she was affected by the mermaid curse. Xia De also entered that temple at that time and had seen that Thirteenth-Ring mage, but didn't know who he was at the time (Chapter 420).

Xia De remembered that the gentleman manipulated some small brass mechanical devices to cooperate with each other for attack and defense, and Miss Aurora and Ivan Darkness were also present at the time.

And the old murloc died before he could finish his prophecy for the four in his madness, and the evaluation of that Mr. Gerald Delong seemed to be—"You, as a human, actually try to abandon flesh and blood."

"So that gentleman was stationed in the Wilndale Diocese, but how was he transferred to Cold Water Port to help last year? The two places are separated by half a continent."

"I don't know about that, the church should have its own arrangements."

"Then now that he has come here, doesn't Wilndale have one less Thirteenth-Ring?"

Xia De sat on the sofa on the side, and the witch answered:

"Wilndale is very close to Vista City, this is not too big a problem."

"Now it seems that the five churches are also very cautious about this matter. We originally expected them to send at least two Thirteenth-Rings to temporarily suppress the situation, but now they have only transferred one from nearby. It seems that the church is also wary of the power of time. I even suspect that this 'Constructor' will not stay here for too long. In the face of time, even the Thirteenth Ring may not perform better than the mid-ring."

"But at least the church can send some professionals, and there are a group of secret keepers in the five churches studying the power of time."

The red-haired young lady maintained a relatively optimistic attitude, and after saying that, she asked Xia De curiously:

"I feel like you seem a bit strange."

"What's strange?"

Miss Winslet didn't understand, and also looked at Xia De:

"He looks like he rested very well, and he is very good now."

"Fulora, I know him better than you. I witnessed him walking to where he is today step by step... Xia De, did you obtain a new spirit rune?"

The red-haired young lady asked suddenly, which surprised Xia De:

"How did you see it? Yes, some things happened this morning, the Fire-Holding Sister shared part of her power with me—Enlightenment - Direction. The last spirit rune of the mid-ring sublimation language is already in hand."

He summoned the life ring behind him while speaking, and Miss Daniste was naturally happy for him, but also a bit unhappy:

"In this way, there is no need for you to read the "Mind Compass" I gave you (Chapter 1993). I originally planned to teach you something while we were in the Vista Woodland."

"So there are always more unsatisfactory things in life."

The witch on the side understood the matter, and picked up the book on the tea table again:

"However, Xia De, have you considered what I mentioned to you last time about teaching you transformation? Although I am cursed now, I have plenty of knowledge in my head."

Although it was raining outside, he still had to go out today to meet the 【Hermit Group in the Forest】 again. With Old John's letter and the help of the hermits to the "time travelers" he learned in the past, Xia De felt that he would probably have a great harvest this time. ===== CHAPTER 2602 =====