Chapter 2844

Today's most important task is to use the new tree hole to determine the true origin and story of that pitch-black dragon beast. However, before breakfast, Luweiya found Xia De and told him a piece of good news:

"Although Bella won't arrive at Vista Woodland until tomorrow or the day after, I relied on myself to perform a very effective spiritual number divination on the eggshell we brought back yesterday. I can now determine the time when that egg was laid—227."

"So early?"

Xia De was very surprised:

"The tree hole corresponds to 1479 and 308. I thought that the birth time of that egg could only be traced back to 308 at the earliest. Speaking of which, can divination determine what the creature inside the egg is a hybrid of?"

"Xia De, divination is not omnipotent. However, Grandma Cassandra has deep research on xenobiological creatures, let's see if she can come up with any results."

Xia De planned to set off for the past with Flora after breakfast. At the breakfast table, Luweiya shared her divination results, and the old witch promised to give her research conclusion as soon as possible, but she noticed another thing:

"No matter where the other bloodline of the dragon beast comes from, the black dragon bloodline can be determined. That is to say, at least in 227 of the early Sixth Era, a black dragon appeared in the Vista Woodland area. Don't you feel that this matter is familiar?"

The old witch said and looked at Miss Danister who came to eat breakfast together. The red-haired girl and she were distant relatives, and now that she had turned eighteen, she naturally regarded Grandma Cassandra as her elder:

"The assistant 13th-ring mage 'Sky Blade' found by the Nature Church candidate, the reason for leaving a legend locally, was that he expelled a pure-blooded black dragon in the early Sixth Era."

"Although the early Sixth Era is different from today, it shouldn't be such a coincidence that two black dragons flew into this forest."

Xi Wei then asked:

"Miss Danister, can you contact the Nature Church through St. Byrons' channels? Ask that Paladin about the black dragon back then."

The red-haired girl nodded gently:

"I will do this after eating. In addition, you can send someone to the forest to find the 【Hermit Group in the Woods】 to inquire about information. The church seemed to have asked them about various local legends back then, and the Hermit Group might know about this."

So after breakfast, everyone acted separately. Luweiya performed divination for Flora to ensure that this time exploration would not be too dangerous before letting Xia De set off.

"I will protect Xia De!"

The owl lady said and flew onto Xia De's shoulder. Before Little Mia stretched out her claws at her, Xia De turned the cat and the owl into toys.

He waved to Luweiya to say goodbye, and pressed the key against the symbol of the "door" on the wooden board.

【Outlander, you have opened a "Twisted Tree Hole."】

【Prompt from the Father of the Infinite Tree:】

【Use the normal time key to open the door, which will connect the following two times: Present Sixth Era 1479; Present Sixth Era 308.】

【Note: Any life other than you using this passage will be cursed by time.】

【Note: You can enter the past time through this abnormal passage for 120 minutes, and you must return through this passage after the time ends.】

【Note: After using the key to open the door here twice, the passage will completely collapse.】

This information was consistent with the information Xia De obtained when he confirmed the corresponding time of the tree hole yesterday, so he immediately chanted the prayer and turned the key in his hand.

Click!

"Hmm?"

There was no white fog or scene change around. Xia De blinked in the first second, and then saw the leaf patterns around the wooden board in his hand light up as if they were being charged.

The miracle element suddenly emerged at this moment. Xia De, who had a bad premonition in his heart, had not yet made a response, and was bounced out with a huge explosion of "bang~".

The entire third floor was equipped with a silent ritual, so there was no need to worry about the sound being heard by the people downstairs. Sylvia and Miss Bell, who were also on the third floor and did not go out, could still hear the sound.

When the two rushed into the room, they saw Luweiya reaching out to pull Xia De, who had fallen to the ground. Apart from that, there was no abnormality in the room.

"I'm fine."

Xia De said to the girls at the door while holding his chest, and after breathing a few times, he felt the pain under the repulsive force disappear.

Before they asked, he explained again:

"That key is the key to the Ash Valley I am using, there will be no problem, so it is the tree hole that is wrong."

At this time, the time key and the wooden board were lying on the floor, and there was no sign of damage. He ignored Luweiya's opposition and went to pick up the wooden board whose leaf patterns had dimmed, held it in his hand, closed his eyes and felt it, and then said to the worried girls behind him:

"If my feeling is not wrong, this sixth tree hole we obtained has been locked."

The so-called "locked" was considered by Xia De to be the way the "Twisted Tree Hole" was contained and handled.

Among the two ways to handle tree holes he knew, the method provided by the elves that required the use of 【Philosopher's Stone】 and 【Time Sand】, although expensive, could permanently eliminate the twisted tree hole with one sword, and even provide 【Youthful Leaf】, so it was the safest;

And the divine seal ritual found by the Dawn Church within the Holy See under Xia De's reminder, although Xia De had never seen it with his own eyes, according to the information shared by the church, the essence of that ritual was to solidify activated time, which was "blocking the hole."

Using the church's method would not make the "tree hole" itself disappear from its physical form, but the sealed tree hole would permanently leave the mark of the True God "Mr. Dawn." Unless a powerful blasphemous element could be used to remove the power of the miracle divine art, the church's seal was basically foolproof.

As for the nature shown by the sixth tree hole this time, it was more like "blocking" than "destroying" or "blocking." The circle of green tree patterns around the wooden board that served as the carrier of the "tree hole" was the symbol of the "lock," but before being activated, it did not show any trace of elements at all.

And Xia De only understood after using it once that the "lock" itself relied on the power when starting the tree hole to charge. The lock had no effect when the tree hole was not opened, and the lock would open immediately once the tree hole was opened.

"This is a simple but very effective containment method. Although it is not as safe as the elf's method and the church's method, I bet that this method requires the least manpower and material resources."

Xia De finally reached a conclusion, so Sylvia asked:

"Since it is a lock, then your 'Key of the Door' should be able to unlock it, right?"

"Of course."

Xia De nodded but did not try, Luweiya said what Xia De was thinking:

"But since this tree hole has been successfully contained, is it necessary to forcibly destroy it for time travel?"

Xia De had long thought that there must be more than one way to block tree holes in the material world, and this tree hole also confirmed this point. Although he didn't try, apart from specialized arcana like "Key of the Door," there should be more than one way to unlock this kind of "lock."

But once the "lock" was unlocked, I'm afraid the "lock" would be completely invalid. And since this tree hole was sealed, even if it was not a symbol of time instability, there must be a reason for it to be sealed.

Therefore, if it was not necessary, Xia De did not want to rashly destroy a tree hole that had already been processed without knowing anything.

So the two-hour "journey to the past" that had been planned was temporarily cancelled, and the cat and owl that had just been turned into toys were turned back. Miss Owl saw that Luweiya and Sylvia were both by her side, and even thought that Xia De had returned.

"Can you sense which god this sealing power comes from?"

After understanding Xia De's analysis, Flora asked again, and Xia De nodded firmly:

"Of course I can be sure, this is the power of the Tree Father!"

But not conducting time exploration did not mean Xia De could not conduct other activities. Since the tree hole stored in the basement of the Kindel family was so special, it indirectly showed that the secret of the Kindel family was probably not just possessing dragon-descendant bloodline.

Although the descendants of the family were now just a noble lady who had an affair with a maid and knew nothing, and even the ancestral home of the Kindel family had become ruins, at least Xia De heard Professor Gao De talk about the orchard that the Kindel family had invested in yesterday.

Even now that the city had expanded on a large scale, the orchard was still located deep in the forest. Precisely because of this reason, although the Kindel family had built an orchard farm where workers lived like a small village there in the early stage, no one else was willing to take over there after the investment failed.

In other words, it was now in an abandoned state.

"Why do I feel that I have been exploring such abandoned places in Vista Woodland recently?"

After thinking about the plan, he was ready to set off. Flora still intended to follow Xia De. Although she was in a cursed state, she was still a high-level witch in human form when fighting.

In addition to Flora, because there was no shortage of manpower, Sylvia also proposed to follow, and brought three high-ring and six mid-ring girls into the forest.

"Speaking of which, why has Xia De been calling you Sylvia since breakfast today? Didn't he use honorifics to address you before?"

When entering the forest from the Yulun Lake pier, seeing Xia De shaking the bird feathers to summon mounts for everyone, Flora, who hadn't bumped into Ajelina last night, curiously asked her good friend. **Chapter 2845: Invaded Camp**