Chapter 2670

"Temple of Time? Related to that Ancient God?"

Xia De asked excitedly, and understood that after going around in a big circle, he finally found a clue.

And Mr. Edmund gave a relatively vague answer:

"Related, but not particularly related. In the era when the Ancient Gods had not yet left, although the Old Gods also existed, the belief in the thirteen Ancient Gods was the mainstream. The Ancient God believers of the First Era, like the True God believers of today, built religious buildings all over the world.

Among them, the believers of the Ancient Tree God not only left behind buildings for religious activities, but also out of the idea of 'leaving the past to the future, so that our era can be remembered by the past', left behind a series of 'Temples of Time'. The scale of these temples is usually not large, but after solving the puzzles in a specific way, one can often obtain precious documents, alchemical items, and even lost relics left by ancient supernatural beings."

Xia De was very surprised:

"Temples for hiding treasures? I have never heard of such a thing."

The old gentleman then smiled:

"Of course you haven't heard of it. How could the Temples of Time left by the First Era be the turn of our Sixth Era Ring Mages to get the rewards?

In the Second Era after the Ancient Gods left, people who knew the secrets took away most of the things;

Then in the Third Era, ancient evil spirits were rampant, and the ancestors would scrape everything possible to fight against the demons.

In the Fourth Era, the era of darkness and chaos, more ancient buildings were destroyed in the chaotic war;

Although the powerful witches of the Fifth Era also tried to protect the few remaining ancient ruins, they preferred to take away the things they liked first, and then protect the buildings that did not meet their aesthetic pursuits."

Mr. Edmund held the teacup and listened to the sound of rain and tide, summarizing briefly:

"So nowadays, Temples of Time, Night Temples, and Dragon Altars have all become legends. Even if you can find the broken walls and ruins scattered all over the world, most of them have no meaning. Like the Dragon Feast Altar floating above Moon Bay today, it is an exception among exceptions. Don't expect to find such ancient and complete buildings anymore."

Xia De sighed:

"So the Temple of Time in the southeast of Lengshui Port City..."

The old man shook his head:

"Oh, this one is not empty. That was the luckiest time in my life. I stepped into the dilapidated ruins, solved the ancient puzzles, and then found some... it's not convenient to tell you, but in short, that was the turning point of my life. You see how leisurely I live now, of course it's not because I worked hard enough when I was young, but because I was lucky enough."

He was very satisfied to see Xia De show a surprised expression:

"Even if the probability is low, the possibility of us finding a building from the First Era in our era is not zero, right? The patterns you showed me just now, in my opinion, are very similar to the patterns that appeared in that Temple of Time, so if I'm not mistaken, you are looking for something, right?"

"I can't even be sure if there is anything there."

Xia De's friendship with Mr. Edmund was established last summer, so he told the old man directly about the music hall.

So it was Mr. Edmund's turn to be surprised:

"The Golden Music Hall was once a temple of the Ancient Gods?! I thought there were no complete Tree Father temples in the material world anymore.

No, the Temple of Time is different from the temple you described. The scale of the former is not large. Except for being used for hiding treasures, it can only be used for small-scale sacrifices and prayer activities. But judging from the scale of the Golden Music Hall, that is definitely the scale of a regional main temple."

"But it cannot be ruled out that both places used similar methods to hide things. Mr. Edmund, how did you crack the puzzle of the Temple of Time?"

Xia De asked again, and the old folklore scholar did not hide it:

"The decryption methods of different Temples of Time will definitely not be exactly the same, otherwise wouldn't one be able to open all the treasures after mastering one method?

The Temple of Time I found in the southeast of Lengshui Port back then required interpreting the astrology described in the temple murals, and then according to the date corresponding to the astrology, using a mirror to accurately reflect the moonlight in the temple, so that it was projected onto the area corresponding to the murals, and then a secret compartment opened."

This doesn't sound very difficult, but it requires profound astrological knowledge, because what is described on the murals is the starry sky of the First Era.

But this also raised new problems:

"But the Golden Music Hall in Vistalin land did not have complete murals for us to interpret before renovation."

Mr. Edmund then pointed out:

"The believers of Time in the First Era seemed to have mastered some kind of incredible power of time. This power ensured that as long as the secret treasure had not been taken out, the guidance used to crack the mechanism would definitely not disappear.

Try to look for what kind of ancient traces still remain in the Golden Music Hall today. I can give you some reminders. Based on the experience I summarized when studying the Temple of Time in my youth, astrolabes, mirrors, sundials, hourglasses, curtains, and murals, these are all likely to become the focus of puzzle solving."

Xia De wrote down all these contents and asked curiously:

"Can you really not reveal what you got from the temple back then?"

Mr. Edmund then laughed again:

"Well, since you are really curious, I can tell you that I got three items at that time. One was a book, one was an angel-level relic, and the last was a small piece of curved glass. I searched through ancient books for a long time before confirming that it was a special material known as a 'Time Fragment'."

"Time Fragment? What can it be used for?"

"There are too many uses—repairing time rifts, fusing into time-type relics to permanently enhance their power, adding to time-type rituals to achieve extreme spellcasting like the Philosopher's Stone, diviners can use it to see the future better, alchemy masters can make it into glasses to gain insight into time, or lift time curses, summon time guardians, or plant trees."

"Wait, lift time curses?!"

Xia De almost stood up from the sofa, and Mr. Edmund nodded:

"Yes, but I don't know much about what a time curse is, that's just what the book says. But looking at you, it seems I can learn about these from you."

"Please wait a moment, how did you deal with that Time Fragment back then? Is it still in your hands now?"

Xia De asked a little urgently, so the old gentleman understood that there must be someone around him who was cursed by time:

"In 1830 of the General Calendar, you were probably not born yet. At that time, a shocking unknowable-level relic runaway event occurred in the northwest of the Old Continent. This is also the most dangerous relic runaway event known in the material world in the past 500 years, outside of the 【Life and Death Rift】.

Even if you check this matter, you won't be able to find it. Everyone who participated in this matter back then was tight-lipped about it. That level 0 relic is known as the 【River of Future】, it is a location-type relic, but its essence is... a part of the materialized River of Time."

Xia De showed an incredible expression. The consequences of such a thing running out of control might be even more terrifying than the 【Time of Retracing】 running out of control:

"You used that fragment to suppress the relic's runaway?"

"Yes, but the fragment only suppressed it. In the end, it was the Dawn Church that completely solved the relic by summoning a god. But it was not containment, it was just temporarily expelled outside the material world. That river intersected with a certain river that has now disappeared from the map of the Old Continent, causing a total of more than 30,000 people to drink the river water before the church intervened. That disaster..."

The old gentleman widened his eyes slightly, and the hand holding the teacup shook a few times, then he sighed for a long time:

"Do you know about the Great Famine in southern Delarion in 1848?"

Xia De nodded immediately:

"I know, this matter hasn't passed ten years yet. It is said that this is the worst natural disaster since this century. Of course, after this year, maybe the 1854 Great Famine will become number one."

The academy's report stated that this body of the Outsider fled north from the green shade town of Carlton County in his hometown because of this matter to Tobesk City, and then met Detective Sparrow.

"There is some evidence that the 1848 Great Famine was a follow-up impact of that unknowable-level relic runaway. More than 100,000 people died in that matter back then, but the impact may continue until the end of this century... It seems a bit off-topic. In short, I don't have any Time Fragments in my hands. That material was used in the place where it should be used most.

In that matter back then, I also inquired with the thirteen-ring mages of the True God Church. As far as I know, no one holds this material. But don't be disappointed, young man, at least you still have a chance. Go and see the music hall in Vistalin land, maybe the fragment is waiting for you in it."

Using the special material "Time Fragment" is the third method Xia De knows to remove time curses, besides "First Fire and the Chosen One" and "Joining the 【Hermit Group in the Forest】". And this method sounds not only simpler than joining the Hermit Group, but even faster than the nun's method.

The only problem is to find the "Time Fragment".

Xia De's exploration of the secrets of the Golden Music Hall was originally just because he wanted to help the Elf Miss find more "arrows" unearthed there, but he didn't expect such a harvest. However, in addition to the surprise, he did not rush to say goodbye to Mr. Edmund, but patiently held the teacup and talked to him about the current situation in Vistalin land.

For this old gentleman who provided important information, Xia De told him most of the news he could tell, except for concealing the identities of Miss Danister and Miss Wensley, which also included "Time Curse" and "Time Travel Rules".

Of course, he did not mention that he now has three tree holes in his hands, nor did he say that he could ignore the curse and travel through time. As for the remains of the World Tree, after careful consideration, Xia De roughly mentioned this possibility.