Chapter 400

Because there was a precedent of 【Pure Creator】 storing divinity in special items to pass it on, Xia De knew that the way to obtain divinity was not only to face the god directly.

After learning some information about the Sea Sending-Back ritual, he highly suspected that the "power of the evil god" in the deep sea referred to divinity. Although the probability was not high, compared to facing the evil god directly to snatch power, facing a tsunami that submerges the city and exploring the secrets of the evil god's kin was nothing at all.

Finding Miss Miss Jia Lin Na to inquire about the secrets of the Sea Sending-Back was for this part of the information. And besides the witch, Xia De believed that the Light-Guiding Yinxiu Society also had data.

"You..."

Mr. Edmund looked at Xia De in surprise, not expecting him to ask such a question:

"I thought you came to me to protect your friend... what on earth do you want to do?"

"Protect this city."

Xia De answered without thinking. The two people in the lighthouse of course both knew this was a lie.

"Oh, I really shouldn't have let you in. Young man, mortals shouldn't covet..."

The old man felt some regret.

"So you are unwilling to answer?"

Xia De asked.

"Of course... willing."

Mr. Edmund, wearing pajamas, changed his tone, and his face became serious. He squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Xia De. The frowning action made the wrinkles on his face more obvious:

"Whether you are a lunatic or not has nothing to do with me. What kind of end you will face because of your greed is also not something I should care about. I won't take your gold pounds, but I want you to agree to another thing."

"You also want to see what that is?"

"Of course not, I'm not a lunatic like you."

Mr. Edmund shook his head and said with unusual caution:

"Regarding the three faiths that have been spreading on this land since ancient times—the guardian of the mermen, the god of thunder and storms, and the god of the drowned in the deep sea, I have been doing research. Over the years, I have had many interesting ideas, and even tried to look for traces of those secret sects. But these ideas are difficult to realize, and now that you have come, I have a chance."

Even though there were only the two of them in the lighthouse at this moment, Mr. Edmund still lowered his voice, which made his voice become unusually hoarse:

"If, I mean if, you are lucky enough to obtain the power left by the so-called 【Lord of the Scarlet Spiral】 in the material world, I want you..."

A sudden thunderclap exploded outside, and the waves violently hit the seaside cliff. Xia De even felt the chair trembling.

"Draw this symbol on that item."

He picked up a book from the corner of the desk and opened the page with the metal copper bookmark. What Xia De saw was a symbol in occultism that symbolizes lightning. But unlike common symbols, the lines of this symbol were not straight, and the edges of the circular outer frame were filled with a large number of dense runes.

Xia De tried to interpret it, and immediately felt the world spinning. The hair on his body stood up because of his bold move.

"What is this?"

"The local faith of Lengshuigang, the holy emblem of the evil god—【Fury Storm】."

The old man explained in a low voice.

"You want me to draw the holy emblem of one evil god on the power left by another god in the material world?"

Xia De asked in surprise:

"Oh, sir, which one of us is the lunatic? No, although I am bold, I am not stupid. Besides, even a fool wouldn't do such a thing of publicly blaspheming the gods. If you want to study the hostility of gods and the conflict of faiths, why don't you do it yourself?"

"Because I'm afraid."

The old lighthouse keeper said naturally.

"I'm afraid too."

Xia De followed up and said, so Mr. Edmund frowned and thought for a while:

"Indeed, if I let you do this, the possibility of you coming back is even smaller... Then I'll change a request... The information I give you is considered my investment in you. If you can have some gains, the item-type gains belong to you, but the knowledge-type gains must be shared with me. The book I wrote myself, "Examination of the Three Secret Sects of Lengshuigang," needs more content."

Only then did Xia De realize again that this old man living alone in the old lighthouse outside the city called himself a folklorist.

He nodded:

"This is of course no problem."

"Good, but you have to mortgage something with me. If you die, your things belong to me. If you don't die, these things can ensure that you won't leave Lengshuigang directly."

Xia De thought about it. All the relics on him were directly related to his identity. The only unrelated 【Leaf of Eternal Youth】 was a life-saving thing. He was going to do such a dangerous thing, so it was impossible to leave the Leaf of Eternal Youth behind.

So he reached into his pocket and then took out money in stacks. Finally, he took out a thousand pounds of banknotes. He wasn't afraid that Mr. Edmund would run away with the money. When he came with Lei Qianya last time, Xia De had seen the ancient books and relics he collected. The other party didn't need to lose the residence where he had lived for a long time for 1000 pounds.

"Are you so rich? Inside your clothes, it doesn't look like you can hold so much money."

The old man asked suspiciously.

This money was turned into toys by Xia De and placed in the inner pocket of his coat. He just restored them just now.

"This is all my family property. This money is kept with you, and I will come back to take it. Now please tell me, what exactly did that Sea Sending-Back ritual associated with the nursery rhyme awaken from the deep sea?"

Xia De said a lie seriously. His current savings are 2300 pounds.

Mr. Edmund put away the banknotes and nodded:

"In the development of history, myths and legends often deviate from their original meanings. For example, people say that eating mermaid meat can lead to immortality; this is the most typical example. And we have to dialectically and critically draw from legends..."

"Can you get straight to the point? I don't have much time. I have to enter the city in a while, my friend needs me."

Xia De coughed and interrupted somewhat impolitely.

Mr. Edmund smiled somewhat awkwardly:

"Okay, the point, what was I going to say, oh, that's right. When the red ocean descends, in the legendary ancient merman undersea city, the residence when the evil god—【Lord of the Scarlet Spiral】 descends, the giant mermaid corpse that the great being once used will be awakened and come to the coast. It will carry a tsunami and storm, letting Lengshuigang sink to the bottom of the sea forever."

The "giant merman corpse" is exactly what appeared in the dreams of the cursed person in the curse of the sage-level relic 【Mermaid's Song】.

"The power left by the god refers to that corpse?"

Xia De guessed, but the old man shook his head and denied:

"No, the power left by the god is a pearl in the ancient merman's undersea city. In legend, that was transformed from the bubbles spat out by the evil god 【Lord of the Scarlet Spiral】 when he descended into the material world. The Sea Sending-Back ritual is to sacrifice to that pearl, letting the power within it activate that undersea giant corpse."