Chapter 4150: Seed of Life

After the Pseudo-men confirmed that they could not influence the door inside their core long ago, for hundreds of thousands of years, they also tried to find the second door in every corner of the material world. After all, what they cared about was not the door itself, but the delivery room behind the door.

It was just that although the material world had been secretly circulating rumors about the "delivery room," even if the Pseudo-men went to pursue it with purpose, they had never found their traces, as if fate had arranged for them to never be able to touch other doors.

But not finding it didn't mean there was no gain. Dannister had found a ritual to summon the "Silver Moon Library Door" once, and opening the door by calling it through a ritual was obviously not the exclusive door-opening method of the "Silver Moon Library."

In the knowledge provided by the Pseudo-men to Xia De this time, it actually really contained the ancient ritual called "Contacting the Delivery Room Door." Xia De hadn't heard of most of the complex materials required for the ritual, and some couldn't even be translated into the common language of the current era, but this didn't prevent Xia De from seeing that this ritual was highly likely to be true.

"Have you used this ritual?"

Xia De, who was pondering, asked the high-level Pseudo-man who opened the door, and the latter nodded:

"Tried collecting materials, but very obviously, we don't meet the basic conditions for using this ritual."

"Can't it be a relic?"

"No, only the orthodox descendants of the race created by ancient gods can use this ritual. We are accidents born from the cracks of the door, not the creations of the Great One."

Speaking of this, whether the Outlander, who might not even be a human, meets the conditions for using the ritual is definitely not certain. Dragons, elves, and humans also don't meet the requirements. However, there are many different races in St. Byron Comprehensive Academy. If Xia De really gathers the ritual materials one day, it is very simple to ask Dannister to help find a senior or junior of the halfling race to open the door.

Xia De could think of the method, and the Pseudo-men could certainly think of it too. And the reason why the Pseudo-men didn't try to open the door in this way was because they couldn't find the core item for the ritual.

No matter what method is used to open the Silver Moon Door, it requires those three "Moon Stone Tablets" as keys, and the three stone tablets are also the artifacts required to open the formal door.

And the key required to open the door of the "Creation Delivery Room" through a ritual in the last step of the ritual is the "Seed of Life." Many ancient legends and myths have recorded this magical item. They are not relics, but their mysterious degree is higher than most relics.

No one knows how to obtain this crimson seed, but Xia De had seen the function of this seed in those books collected in the "Different Tree Academy"—

Bury the seed in the body of a life. After the life dies, bury the corpse containing the seed into the earth. When the next spring comes, the newborn child will grow up. That is the second life of the deceased.

This is also one of the few resurrection methods that exist in the material world that are completely without cost. But saying it is without cost is not accurate. Although the returned life still retains the original memory, the life form has to start again from the childhood era, and its own power will also lose more than half.

But compared to the second life, this cost is really too slight.

"Seed of Life..."

Compared to things like "Mercury Blood" and "Delivery Room Mother Liquid," "Seed of Life" doesn't sound very difficult to obtain. After all, the material world has clearly appeared many such items, and Xia De only needs to find it again in the current era.

In this way, although the Pseudo-men firmly refused to let Xia De touch their door again, Xia De also obtained other means to enter the 【Creation Delivery Room】, and suspected that he had learned the incantation and artifacts needed to open the delivery room.

As for the means of the Pseudo-men to extract "Delivery Room Mother Liquid" to make "Pseudo-man Mother Liquid," Xia De had also learned it through mental connection. But what they gave Xia De was not alchemy or potion craft, but a strange spell to transform blood.

"Pseudo-man Mother Liquid" is not made at all. The entire 【Pseudo-man's Home】 is a huge life form composed of countless Pseudo-men. The mother liquid is transformed through special organs in this strange life form. This probably involves the true origin of the Pseudo-men, and the Pseudo-man obviously couldn't tell Xia De what that organ looked like.

The spell they gave Xia De only simulated the "mother liquid organ" of the Pseudo-men to process blood. This protected the secret of the Pseudo-men to the greatest extent, and also weakened the connection between this spell and the Pseudo-man to the greatest extent.

That is to say, this spell is very safe, no need to worry that this is a conspiracy of the Pseudo-men.

It's just that this spell is not for Xia De to learn. According to the information Xia De obtained, the spell named "Mother Liquid Manufacturing" is learned by the object needing mother liquid, and then it absorbs the raw materials and processes them by itself.

The one needing treatment is Vigo, so Vigo just needs to learn this spell. According to the information, the "mother liquid" processed by absorbing Xia De's blood or other body fluids in this way can extend Vigo's life to the greatest extent, and the "mother liquid" made by this spell seems to be unable to be stored for a long time...

"In this way, wouldn't Vigo have to suck my blood once a day? No, it shouldn't be every day, but it must be regular."

Xia De thought in his heart, and still wanted to communicate with that high-level Pseudo-man, but found that the house disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye. The 【Pseudo-man's Home】 left here, or rather, left the Arcadia region, as silently as when they came.

"Is this afraid that I will take action against them immediately after achieving my goal?"

Xia De shook his head, left the riverbank, and walked along the small path toward the direction where the girl driving the carriage stopped.

【Weren't you planning to do that?】

"She" asked with a smile.

"Of course not... at least not now. I didn't even take the 【Night Watcher】, so even if the pseudo-humans let me in, I wouldn't agree."

Xia De turned his head to look back once more, then continued walking along the rugged mountain path toward the main road:

"However, for these cockroach-like fellows, if there is an opportunity in the future, I will not let them off. I have a subtle mental connection with the pseudo-humans. Although neither side can influence the other through this connection, as long as a pseudo-human appears in my vicinity, I will definitely be able to sense it."

【Do you not wish to cooperate with them?】

"Oh, the whole world is showing me every day just how terrifying relics can be. I don't even trust 【Desire】, with whom I have cooperated many times, so why would I like these strange things?"

【Then what about Grace and Helen?】

"She" asked with a smile again, and Xia De replied:

"They are different!"

After answering in his heart, Xia De laughed to himself. He walked quickly toward the front, where the young lady driving the carriage was already waiting for him.

On the way back to the Fragrant Mansion, Xia De stopped by the Finch Gear Workshop to share the ins and outs of the 【Skin House】 incident with Mr. Finch. Since he was already there, Xia De asked the question he had thought of before entering the 【Skin House】:

"Mr. Finch, I heard that the 【Light-Guiding Ascetic Society】 has explored many secret places related to ancient gods. Do you know about the 【Creation Maternity Ward】?"

In the exploration log left by a long-ago member of the 【Light-Guiding Ascetic Society】 that Xia De found in his own basement, it was clearly mentioned that the Ascetic Society had already touched upon information regarding the Maternity Ward (Chapter 145). This intelligence was obtained when Xia De first entered the hidden space in his basement.

Mr. Finch, who had just finished his welding work, still carried the scent of the factory on him. He frowned slightly:

"【Creation Maternity Ward】? I seem to have heard that name... You should go ask Old John. In the Ascetic Society, I mainly engage in research on mechanical manufacturing and the collection of related civilizational achievements; I don't know much about these ancient secrets."

Xia De nodded. This way, before visiting the doctor tonight, he could also make a trip to the pawnshop first.

And by the time Xia De returned to the Fragrant Mansion, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon.

Miss Vigo and Miss Rowling had gone out together and had not yet returned, but Angelina and Miss MacDonald were both there. Although Angelina had only been there for a week, it seemed that her relationship with Miss MacDonald was already very close.

The two planned to go to the Candlekeep Library together. Miss MacDonald happened to need to return a book, so she could take Angelina along to see the ancient library on the way. The round trip would take them at most half an hour, so Miss MacDonald invited Xia De to go with them:

"Teacher will probably take another hour to return. You must be very bored by yourself in the Fragrant Mansion, right?"

The young lady with rose-gold long hair asked with a smile. Angelina glanced at her new friend and then took Xia De's hand:

"Let's go together. Sister said I can't wander around Arcadia casually, but with you following me, Sister will definitely be very reassured."

Xia De then went out with the young ladies again. Although Angelina's appearance was not known to everyone, to prevent any accidents, she still used the witches' eyeshadow to disguise her looks. Of course, her height and figure remained as they were.

The three did not take a carriage but walked from the Fragrant Mansion to the Candlekeep Library, chatting and laughing. After obtaining a library membership for Angelina, Miss MacDonald whispered to Angelina in the library, introducing the history and stories that had happened there.

Although Angelina had read some introductions about the Candlekeep Library in books, she was still quite amazed when she truly stepped foot there.

Because Xia De was following, Miss MacDonald later took Angelina to see the local black market beneath the Candlekeep Library. Angelina followed closely behind Xia De very obediently, and using the excuse of executing her sister's orders, she kept holding his hand and would not let go.