Chapter 2884: Tree Hole Curse
Xia De and Matilda looked at each other for a while, letting each other's figures reflect in each other's eyes, and then started another kiss in the small corner of the cabin.
This led to Bella feeling that her apprentice's mood was exceptionally good after the divination ended that day. A professional maid should have rarely expressed her true thoughts, but clearly, Matilda "crossed the line" that day.
The countess didn't ask anything in the end and could only attribute it to an accidental phenomenon, but Tifa, who was also a professional maid, guessed what the "crossing the line" that might have happened was. Of course, only Matilda herself knew that the bright red rose inserted in the vase by the bedside was a gift from someone.
Besides the knowledge represented by the leaves and the new effects of the wonder, Xia De's harvest from this time adventure also included the god's gift.
The ancient god - 【Lord of the Black Robe】, who was the guardian of teachers, gave Xia De many, many books. These books did not exist physically, but were directly added to the "Moon Library."
This was Xia De's wonder, not referring to that wonderful space left behind when the ancient silver moon departed. And this time, the number of new books in the library directly increased the collection by several times.
However, it was obviously impossible for Xia De to finish reading all the books here in a few days. Until now, he hadn't been able to finish reading all the books left by Laplace Howard, the ancestor of Megan and Audrey, on Green Island.
However, he at least checked slightly. The books left to him by the god were not hidden history or stories about gods. Those seemed to be the former collection of the "Academy of Strange Trees," ranging from the most basic introduction to supernatural power to some shallow knowledge about the path to demigodhood, and there were no restrictions at all. As long as Xia De wanted to read, he could read immediately.
It was a pity that what he lacked was not a library, nor the interest in reading, but time. If there was enough time, he could completely get Miss Dannisite's permission to read all the collections of Saint Byron's, and then continue the story of the chosen one after reading himself to the thirteenth tier or even a demigod.
"Meow~"
The cat rubbed against the back of Xia De's hand, probably feeling Xia De's melancholy. Xia De determined in the mirror that the lipstick marks of Matilda had been wiped off by himself, and then grabbed the cat on the washbasin and returned to the cabin corridor.
And the final harvest was the method to fight against the ancient existence in the forest that he requested from the Tree Father's phantom again when this time adventure ended.
The golden light that appeared when Xia De and the cat departed from the white fog of course did not tell Xia De the answer to the question, but he saw other things in that light.
It was information about a simple divine art - Tree Hole Curse. The effect of the divine art was to open a tree hole on the trunk of a large tree. This was not a tree hole that could travel through time, but a tree hole used to store items.
The inside of the tree hole did not possess a special huge space, but possessed a time field that was almost completely stagnant. In other words, the meaning of the divine art, or the spell "Tree Hole Curse," was to open a special space used to keep objects in a stagnant state, so as to be used to preserve some things that were easily affected by time.
Of course, because it was a basic spell, it was impossible to use this kind of tree hole to control the characteristics of relics.
"Speaking of which, the 'Tree Hole Ritual' used by local residents to preserve food across years, mentioned in the book
But the information given by the Tree Father was only information used to introduce this basic spell, and did not give a specific learning method. After all, the reward for this mission was only that information, and it was impossible to give Xia De extra rewards for no reason.
"So, understanding this divine art is helpful to me, right?"
Xia De thought in his heart, intending to write to Granny Qishala to see if the elves still preserved the learning method of this divine art. But thinking carefully, the meaning of this divine art seemed very obvious, and the information of the divine art also contained how to open a tree hole opened by the "Tree Hole Curse."
This was actually very simple. You only need to find a branch on the large tree corresponding to the tree hole, and then poke it lightly at the position of the tree hole. After all, this was really just a very basic divine art.
Neither of the two great witches brought apprentices or followers for this trip to the dragon nest. Although Xierweiya was good at the power of space, she could also fly. Carrying the cat and the owl, the three arrived at their destination at ten o'clock in the morning while flying through the treetops in the forest.
The dragon beast nest, which had been covered up due to geological activities, had already been forcibly melted into a passage by Xiwei, who led the team before. After Xierweiya found the entrance covered by illusion, she took the two inside. The side walls of the deep passage were exceptionally smooth, which instead made the huge open space at the end of the passage look too rough.
Too much time had passed, and this dragon beast nest looked like an ordinary hill cave, completely incomparable to the real dragon nest connected to the "Space Maze" outside Moon Bay City, and even somewhat different from the nest that appeared in the light and shadow that had "played" in the wooden board tree hole.
The grave was located at the deepest part of this nest. There was no tombstone, and the grave mound had long since collapsed. Xiwei and the others probably discovered it after careful investigation.
"Do not try to probe the part below this ground with spiritual power. I know your soul is very powerful, but the curse here is connected to the entire forest."
The owl stood on the shoulder of Xia De, who had returned to human form, and reminded him. Xierweiya cast a spell to illuminate the surroundings and signaled Xia De to confirm the situation as soon as possible.
"Flora, don't come near me for now, and step back with Xierweiya."
The owl flapped its wings and flew to the shoulder of the black-haired witch again. After the two retreated to a safe position, Xia De knelt on one knee and pressed his hand on the ground.
Even without spiritual probing, perception could still be used to tentatively observe the differences here. Xia De maintained the posture for a long time without speaking. It wasn't until the witches were a little worried that he stood up:
"If it wasn't for coming this morning, even if I came here last night, I probably wouldn't have discovered anything. This tomb is a tree hole. No, no, not a tree hole that travels through time, but a tree hole for storing items."
He introduced the general situation of the divine art "Tree Hole Curse" to the witches:
"Someone used this divine art to preserve Kindel's corpse, so that his corpse could always not rot."
"But can't this divine art only be cast on trees? After all, this is not 'Earth Hole Curse'."
The owl raised a question, and Xierweiya guessed:
"Perhaps what is buried underground is not a coffin, but a piece of wood standing and growing in the soil. After all, this is the Weisi Forest, and I wouldn't feel strange if any weird things happened."
"Then can you open the tree hole? If we can directly obtain Kindel's remains, we can indeed find a way to lure out that dragon without destroying his remains."
Flora said again, and Xia De was not very sure:
"I only understand the information of the divine art, but I haven't actually come into contact with it... I'll open the blockade of the surface mud first. The curse comes from underground, and the protective power of the ground is just a facade."
He took off the black key on his chest, flicked it lightly and turned it into a black staff, then the bottom of the long staff touched the mud under his feet -
"Key of the Gate!"
The mud under the long staff then automatically surged toward the surroundings, gradually revealing the rectangular tomb pit. Xierweiya carefully took Flora and looked down from behind Xia De, seeing countless black roots stretching out from the side walls of the tomb pit, tightly entwining a huge tree trunk.
Those roots looked as if they had grown together with the truncated tree trunk, because the tree trunk clearly still had vitality.
It was just that even if it was extravagant, no one would use the World Tree as a coffin, so the long staff in Xia De's hand could not open the tree hole opened on the tree. However, at least when the long staff tried to poke the tree trunk, those dense roots did not suddenly wriggle and attack the three.
The strong curse came from that black tree trunk, while the mud and those roots had no problems. In order to test, Xia De even dripped a few drops of No. 3 holy water onto the tree trunk, and the black smoke that immediately emerged showed how powerful this curse was.
"Destroying this coffin directly will probably cause big problems. Although the roots here are very thin, they are very similar to the dense paradox worm vesicle roots I saw under the mine. I am worried that once these roots are touched, not only will that dragon beast appear, but paradox worms will also appear."
If it wasn't necessary, Xia De didn't want to face two enemies at once. So about half an hour later, the elf girl riding Little Liana also arrived here.
The faint light on the unicorn looked even more sacred in the darkness. Little Liana had been taken care of quite well recently, but probably because she had a large group of land birds as playmates and could run around in the forest, she didn't get fat like she did in the summer of this year.
The elf who poked her head looked into the tomb pit, and then said to Xia De in a relaxed tone:
"It's a tree hole opened by Tree Hole Curse~ I also often use this divine art to store snacks that I haven't finished eating. I mean spellcasting materials that are easy to spoil."
"Can you open it without touching those roots? Inside should be Kindel's corpse."
Xia De asked, and the elf girl with pointed ears nodded:
"The person who made this tree hole had quite high means. However, this is merely a basic divine art after all, and this can't stump me. But I need time. Opening this kind of tree hole is like a high-level thief trying to open a safe locked by eighteen mechanical combination locks. This requires patience and luck."
This statement was correct. They indeed wanted to steal precious treasures from others:
"About how long will it take?"
"It's ten-thirty in the morning now... It should be open before tonight." ===== CHAPTER 2885 =====
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