Chapter 3625
The "Upper Spring" was a spring eye. Since he didn't see it at a glance, it was likely buried under the snow surface, and Xia De definitely couldn't see it with the naked eye. He actually had the ability to summon flames to melt the snow in the entire ruins, but out of consideration that the seal might be here, he didn't do so.
Therefore, he could actually only quickly find the functional places in the temple and the highest peak area of the mountaintop, so Xia De walked up with a clear goal.
The Ancient God temple was in the core area of this ruin, exactly the same as when he saw it on the snow mountain last time. However, Xia De did not approach there, but bypassed it from afar. Then he climbed up a snow slope and came to the high platform behind the ruins.
The end of the snow slope was located to the south of the high platform, and the gray stone tower stood on the edge of the plaza, guarding the west side of the peak. After passing through three archways that were extremely similar to the archway at the end of the "Pilgrimage Road," Xia De also came to the edge of the plaza.
White snow covered the plaza, and some stone pillars erected around the plaza formed a ring around the edge of the plaza; in a very few places where the pillars were closer, the tops of the pillars were connected to each other by gray giant stones.
It could be seen that hundreds of stone pillars should have stood here originally, but now only these remained.
"Oracle Plaza? The place where ancient supernatural beings called for the descent of the God of Fate."
Although he felt solemn and respectful, there were still no obvious traces of elements here. Xia De approached and went to check those stone pillars; there were some recognizable ancient languages remaining on them, and he translated a few sentences:
【The Ouroboros is the ring, and the ring is fate.】
【Fate is impermanent, may fate bless you and me.】
【The eternal philosophy of head and tail connecting, the wise man who achieves perfection in self-devouring...】
It seemed that they were all prayer terms or sentences from religious scriptures that Xia De had never seen, and they did not possess any power.
He sighed, and when he stood at the edge of the crooked stone pillar looking at this place, he vaguely felt that the scene in front of him was somewhat familiar. Then he stepped on the thick snow and walked towards the center of the "Oracle Plaza," looked up at the sky, and asked in his heart:
"This place should belong to the venue that satisfies the release of my sublimation words, right?"
【Of course.】
This meant that the low-level sublimation words for summoning the witches of the Fifth Era could be used here as long as there was enough spirit.
As for the intermediate sublimation words, it also needed to satisfy conditions such as "under the moon," "enemies that Luweiya had defeated head-on," and "luck reduced for a period of time after spellcasting."
However, Xia De was very sure that Rapunzel must have defeated "Mr. Snake"; she couldn't possibly not face the strongest enemy at the end of such a story, especially since it was a story of fate now.
"At least this counts as good news."
Xia De thought in his heart, he would deal with the God of Misfortune of the descent himself, and if there was a chance, he could summon Rapunzel to help deal with Mr. Snake. As for his luck being reduced for a period of time, this was a price Xia De thought was completely worth it.
"Speaking of which, before the ancient years, before the old days began, that God of Fate also stood here just like me."
He didn't have the arrogant thought that "the God of Fate is the same as me" because of this, just thinking that fate is impermanent, lowered his head to look at his feet and sighed, then bent down to push aside the thick snow layer, thinking in his heart whether he could find traces like the footprints of the Ancient God here.
This was of course wishful thinking, but there was indeed something under the snow layer. On the rough brick floor eroded by time, a gray ring was embedded in it, and the position looked just right at the very center of the entire "Oracle Plaza."
Xia De initially thought this was a decoration, or a pattern designed by diviners to facilitate locating the center position. But when his hand touched the cold ground, with a light "hum~" sound, the gray ring seemed to be lit by his hand, immediately emitting golden light.
"What?"
Xia De, who was taken aback, subconsciously took two steps back, and then immediately realized what this was:
"Ring of Fate?"
A star-blue big book emerged from his side, and "She" read softly for Xia De:
【Ring of Fate · Luck, this is the fate of everything going smoothly.】
【Fate Interpretation: Luck and misfortune are two sides of fate, and this one is luck.】
【Utility: The holder of this fate will gain luck.】
Without a professional diviner explaining to Xia De, he himself could know the particularity of this Ring of Fate. It was left at the position where the God of Fate had appeared in ancient times, left at the very center of the plaza prepared for the descent of the god, which was enough to explain everything.
"Could it be that this is the benefit of entering the ruins in advance?"
Xia De immediately wanted to dig out the ring embedded in the ground, but after trying, he found that he couldn't do it at all.
The ring seemed to be completely integrated with the entire plaza. When he wanted to risk destroying the floor tiles to take out the ring and then use time reversal to repair the floor tiles, he was surprised to find that as soon as he started, the runes on the remaining stone pillars around all lit up:
"What does this mean?"
Subsequently, Xia De confirmed that he couldn't take out this ring himself. It was not only integrated with the plaza, but could even be said to be integrated with the entire ruin. This Ring of Fate maintained the power of the entire ruin; although it didn't look like it was used to seal "Mr. Snake," as long as Xia De didn't want to completely destroy this place, it was best not to take action.
"So, is it not the time to get 'luck' yet?"
The situation where the treasure is right in front of you but you can't get it is very maddening, but the outsider is not the kind of greedy person. Although he was also very regretful, he didn't doubt at all that this Ring of Fate could definitely be taken out in the end, but that was a matter for later. Now the story of fate had not yet reached the end, and "luck" should not appear yet.
The south side of the plaza was the end of the snow slope, the west side was the high tower, and the east side was the ruins located at a lower position on the peak, so the north side should be the end of the ruins—the Saint's Cliff.
Xia De stood in the center of the plaza and looked over there, and finally decided to go to the high tower to take a look first, leaving the cliff for last.
The information revealed by Leikins Pulisia said that this high tower was called the "Tower of Myriad Phenomena." Xia De initially thought it was for astrology, but when he came under the tower, he inexplicably felt that there seemed to be other uses here.
He didn't feel the entrance to the space maze or the First Fire jumping, but felt that this tower seemed real, and also seemed false.
"Strange feeling."
As the only complete building besides the temple itself, although this tower had no doors, there was a layer of pale purple barrier at the entrance below to block the wind and snow from entering.
"It wouldn't be a rune lock again, would it?"
He reached out to touch it, and indeed felt resistance at first, but as the pale purple light mark on the back of his hand flashed, his hand passed through smoothly. "Noble Fate" was described by Luweiya as a kind of qualification, and obviously this kind of qualification could work here.
Xia De showed a smile, just as he was about to walk in to see the situation, he unexpectedly heard the rustling sound of shoes crushing the snow behind him at this moment.
A calm man's voice said behind him:
"Please do not enter this high tower."
"Who?"
Xia De turned around immediately, and then saw that standing not far behind him was a blond man wearing a white robe.
He held a rolled-up parchment scroll in his hand and looked at him with a mysterious expression that was unfathomable and definitely only said half of what he meant.
At first glance, the other party looked like an ordinary person, but there was no pattern information about the race on the top of the other party's head, and the powerful whisper elements increased with the time of staring. This person's temperament was very unique; he was like the high tower behind Xia De, looking like he existed, yet feeling like he didn't exist.
"Humanoid relic... Angel level... No, Unknowable level?"
He really didn't expect to encounter such an existence here, and he couldn't even be sure if his conclusion was correct for a while.
And the blond man took the initiative to introduce himself:
"Unknowable level relic - 【if】, salute to you."
He bowed slightly while speaking, and Xia De immediately remembered that he had heard of this relic.
After the academy conducted a second background check on the five members of the group last spring, they warned them that an Unknowable level relic - if (Chapter 1554) was suspected to have appeared in Tobesk.
At that time, the Green Lake incident broke out, the Edwards family appeared, and Laplace Howard revealed clues. While Xia De was busy with the Green Lake side, he was also guarding against really encountering 【if】 in Tobesk, but in the end, the relic did not appear—actually, Iluna encountered "if".
When he saw Adele at the end of the past life at the beginning of this month, Adele also mentioned this relic. It had the ability to write possibilities and was a superior substitute for the Angel level relic 【Divergent Kaleidoscope】.
And besides that, Xia De actually didn't know much about it. And although he had thought in advance that this exploration of the mountaintop ruins would encounter some accidents, the accident in front of him was still a bit too terrifying.
Xia De knew few Unknowable level relics with characteristics, such as 【Desire】, 【Between Life and Death】, 【Time of Retracing】, 【Pedestal of Fate】, 【History of Years】, each of which had incomparably powerful power and characteristics. Among them, the "humanoid"... the "humanoid" desire was even so powerful that the outsider still couldn't describe it to this day.
Xia De didn't know whether the 【if】 in front of him was stronger or weaker than 【Desire】, but at his current level, he would definitely not be the other party's opponent.
The outsider made plans to retreat in his heart, but he still maintained calmness on the surface:
"Hello... You won't let me enter this tower, right? Do you understand it?"
Xia De asked, and the man holding the parchment nodded gently:
"This land we are stepping on at this moment, no matter which area, has functions beyond mortal imagination. The Oracle Plaza was once the place where that ancient God of Fate descended, and the tower next to that plaza would not be a simple astrology tower.
The tower is named Myriad Phenomena, representing the myriad possibilities of fate, and its birth history predates most races in this world. When the Mythological Era had not yet ended, only those diviners who had hope of advancing to demigods and understood and comprehended the myriad phenomena of fate were allowed to set foot in it.
The power of the Myriad Phenomena Tower is very similar to the power I possess, and it hides countless possibilities. Entering it, one does not see the interior of the tower, but the world produced by other possibilities. And only by finding the fate that truly belongs to oneself from infinite possibilities can one be called a demigod."
Xia De blinked:
"You want to tell me that the Myriad Phenomena Tower behind me connects to other parallel worlds?"
End of Chapter
