Chapter 2882: Rebirth Ritual (*)

Seeing Xia De say this, the countess of Moon Bay reminded him from the side:

"But there are still some problems that haven't been solved. Who corresponds to water among earth, wind, water, and fire? And among the seven candidates, two are still missing. Didn't you say that Emilia is only the second candidate?"

"If you want to talk about doubts, there are actually many more. For example, I have been suspecting that perhaps Flora's missing uncle will jump out at the end and become the most powerful enemy."

Xia De said with a smile, and a question mark seemed to appear on Miss Owl's head immediately. However, after joking, Xia De also talked about his true thoughts:

"The Bennett family will definitely have a candidate, it's just not certain if it's that most critical first candidate. As for other questions, don't worry, before I find the answer, the answer will come to me on its own."

"Then who are you preparing to deal with first? The dragon beast? The keeper of the paradox worm? Or that mysterious Bennett?"

Xiwei also asked Xia De. Xia De took away the hand that was petting the cat:

"The Bennett matter is not urgent. There are some things I still need to confirm. Luweiya, you and Bella need to confirm the bloodline source of the four children of the Bennett family as soon as possible."

If all the Bennetts were solved at once, and then it was discovered that the person who should be "collected" had already died, then the errand on the side of desire could not be completed. Xia De didn't want to run to death to collect debts.

"As for the paradox worm keeper, although it is certain that we can defeat it, I am worried that once we really take action, hundreds or thousands of worms will rush out. The hermits of the 【Hermit Group in the Forest】 have said that the worms sleeping here are in the tens of thousands. Miss Dannisite, you go and communicate with the three major academies and the church to prepare for the big battle. Yiluna, the final battle with the keeper still needs your balance power to suppress it. Now, let's deal with the dragon beast matter first."

"Do you want to destroy Kindel's grave in the dragon beast's nest? If we want to do this, we need to prepare in advance to prevent the curse in Flora from appearing again."

Bella reminded, but Xia De shook his head:

"I want to go into the forest and see that grave with my own eyes. If there is really no way, I will destroy that grave."

That is to say, if there is a way, Xia De still doesn't want to do this kind of immoral thing, and the girls also think that this is indeed the approach Xia De would choose.

Next was a series of battles, and everyone on the ship became busy. As for the task of taking Xia De to the dragon beast's nest, it was completed by Xierweiya and Flora, because they were the most free for the time being.

However, before setting off, Xierweiya still had to explain to Duoluoxi about the semi-permanent teleportation array, and Flora had to arrange for Miss Beier to continue intelligence handover with the church, so they asked Xia De to wait a moment.

After all, it was early morning, and time was not urgent. So after everyone dispersed, Xia De first confirmed the harvest of this time key.

First, and most importantly, was the 【Youthful Ye Zi】 currently held in Xia De's hand. Before this, for the "Proof of Time" ritual, he had given the two leaves in his hand to the Witch Council, leaving only the one obtained after destroying the tree hole. And adding this one, his leaf reserves returned to two.

Of course, the leaf itself had value, but more importantly, the knowledge contained within it.

Under the gaze of Little Mia on the desktop, Xia De placed the leaf in front of his right eye. Then, golden light flowed along the dense veins of the leaf into Xia De's eyes, and "a piece of true information - additional core spirit rune" was known to Xia De.

This information was not power, so it was not that Xia De directly obtained the third core spirit rune. After he took the leaf away, he closed his eyes and digested it for a while before fully understanding the content. Just like Xia De's initial guess, this was indeed a method for obtaining core spirit runes specifically for himself. After all, the directionality of this method was too clear:

【Fully know one's own origin, hold a "rebirth ritual" again at the place of birth, and obtain the following components:

Blood of the person one admires, silver but not red;

Mark of the person who protects, supreme power;

Roots of the person who teaches, cursed remains;

Finger bone of the person who observes the stars, guiding destiny;

Mao Fa of the person who pursues the moon, devout faith;

Existence of the person who sacrifices, proof of replacement.

After completing the ritual, any obtained spirit rune can be converted into a core spirit rune, and the spirit rune element type is determined by the original spirit rune type.】

Although the final "result" was stated very clearly, in general, Xia De didn't understand a single word of the process in the middle.

The general meaning should be to know "something," then go to "some place" to hold "some ritual," and six items are needed. That is to say, there are nine riddles in this "riddle" waiting for Xia De to solve, which is a bit too exaggerated.

"She" in his ear chuckled. Xia De touched the cat lying on the desktop. Actually, although he didn't know the answers to some "riddles," he instinctively guessed them:

"Blood of the person one admires, silver but not red—is this the Philosopher's Stone?"

【Why?】

"I feel it is the Philosopher's Stone, but it shouldn't be an ordinary Philosopher's Stone. Roots of the person who teaches, cursed remains—does this refer to the roots of the cursed tree that Miss Hailenna Ka Te turned into after her death?"

【Why?】

"After all, roots and curses, I can only think of this, and she did teach me. Finger bone of the person who observes the stars, guiding destiny—is it the finger bone of the astrologer Euclid?"

【Why?】

"This person from a hundred years ago is really too mysterious, and thinking of him and thinking of Miss Hailenna Ka Te, there is another common reason: they both died suspiciously at the 'Moon Tower' on Mount Kalas. Didn't I already understand a long time ago that this place has a very significant relationship with me?"

"She" in his ear continued to smile gently, asking in a light tone:

【So, the location of the ritual is at the collapsed tower on Mount Kalas, right?】

Although Xia De's eyes were looking at the void in front, he didn't care about anything in his vision at all. The maids were cleaning the banquet hall and didn't disturb him. His right hand was placed on the desktop, tapping the desktop one by one:

"It's very likely to be there, but why are these people who died on Mount Kalas related to my additional core spirit rune? There is also the hair of the person who pursues the moon... I suddenly thought of Miss Bisi Te, but what does this have to do with her? I should just be thinking of her because I just parted ways with her.

Miss Bisi Te lived in the Fifth Era, and she is not a special existence like Miss Yilaise. Existence of the person who sacrifices... this is the hardest to understand. And the mark of the person who protects, supreme, um... don't understand."

"Meow~"

Little Mia printed her paw print on the back of Xia De's hand placed on the desktop, but the force was very light, as if she was stepping on his hand to play.

"Finally, it's 'fully know one's own origin.' Isn't this the path to demigodhood you mentioned before?"

【Then do you know your own origin?】

"I know I came because of Luweiya, but that's my soul."

He pulled out the hand that Little Mia was stepping on and pressed it against his chest:

"This body definitely didn't come with me from my hometown. I can also be sure now that the results of the background investigation conducted by the academy on me are also wrong. So, I still need to know where this body came from... The answer is probably also at that collapsed tower."

This time "She" didn't speak again, just smiled gently. So Xia De summarized:

"Nine riddles, of which 'origin,' 'location,' 'blood of the person one admires,' 'roots of the person who teaches,' and 'bone of the person who observes the stars'—these five all need to go to that tower to understand. And 'rebirth ritual,' 'mark of the person who protects,' 'hair of the person who pursues the moon,' and 'existence of the person who sacrifices' still need me to understand."

He thought for a while and shook his head again:

"But I always feel that these are also related to that collapsed Moon Tower."

【This doesn't seem to be something that can be solved in a short time.】

"Yes, if it's really solved, I feel I might become a demigod all of a sudden."

Xia De said this, which was not a joke. That tower must be closely related to his appearance. Although he started this journey from the bedroom on the second floor of No. 6 Saint Delan Square in Tobesk on the "Silver Moon Shining Day" in the summer of 1853, the time and place he arrived in this world were definitely not then and there.

Various signs indicate that the answer is very likely the spring of 1853, and it is also related to the collapsed tower.

However, it seems that he doesn't need to worry about this matter at all. Even if the third core spirit rune has not been obtained, after he is promoted to the ninth tier, he can still immediately prepare the sublimation words for the high tier.

He only needs to determine what core spirit rune he wants, then obtain that spirit rune before being promoted to the thirteenth tier, and finally convert it into a core.

Therefore, Xia De has a strong premonition that the acquisition of the third core spirit rune will probably not be a recent matter, and it will not even be this year. That will be a matter for a long time later. He just hopes that this matter can get an answer before the "end."

Thinking in his heart, he reached into his pocket and took out the souvenir of this time adventure, which was the silver crescent pendant that Miss Bisi Te threw to him at the end. Looking at the pendant with his eyes, his fingertips gently rubbed it:

"My soul came because of the impossible miracle triggered by Luweiya, then whose body did I come because of?"

【Maybe it's Little Mia.】

"She" said with a smile.

"Meow~"

The cat squatted obediently on the table and looked up at Xia De, hoping that Xia De would reach out his hand as soon as possible.

"Yes, maybe it is... 'hold' the rebirth ritual again... is it a ritual to celebrate rebirth, or a ritual to give rebirth?" ===== CHAPTER 2883 =====