Chapter 4170: Chaos Temple

Xia De told Viga his thoughts, and Viga's footsteps paused, and she looked at this apple orchard again:

"This is indeed a place where my father and mother had deep memories. They had me in the second year after they were married. Before and after marriage, they spent a lot of beautiful time here. That sketch is the evidence."

"Then I will use..."

Xia De wanted to say he would use "Enhanced Space Perception" to investigate, but suddenly he turned his head to the left:

"Who is it?"

Before Viga could react, Xia De chased after them directly. And by the time Viga caught up with Xia De, Xia De had already stopped at the southeast corner of the apple orchard.

"Someone was spying on us just now, not an ordinary person. The other party came prepared and ran away as soon as I discovered them. They prepared some kind of relic for transfer."

"Is it a man?"

Viga asked.

"Not sure, just from the body shape, it's highly likely to be a male. I didn't see the other party very clearly; that person ran really fast."

Xia De closed his eyes and sensed again, confirming that the other party had really left before he and Viga walked toward the inside of the apple orchard again.

Viga was a bit absent-minded:

"Could it be mother? Mother wearing skin-objects or using other methods to hide herself."

"Unable to confirm. But it won't be a demon, otherwise I would definitely have a slight induction; it's not a relic, my perception of relics is also very keen. It's a ring-warlock, just don't know which side they belong to."

Afterward, Xia De used "Enhanced Space Perception" to investigate in the center of the apple orchard, and unexpectedly discovered that a small space existed underground in this piece of land. This space was square in shape, clearly dug out artificially.

According to the general location of the underground space, Viga soon found the hidden cave entrance in the mountain forest southeast of the apple orchard. It was a pity that when the group followed the secret passage in the cave to that underground space, they found that this was just another abandoned laboratory.

Although there were some experimental equipment and materials from that year in the laboratory, there were no clues left by Viga's mother. However, judging from the experimental log on the shelf, this was a laboratory that Viga's mother still used in her later years, because it was clearly written in the experimental log that she was trying to cultivate special eyes that could store life force.

These eyes were researched by Peggy Lemay after the 【Emerald Tablet】 accident broke out.

Adele of the past said that there were many alchemical laboratories in the Arcadia area whose owners were unknown; in fact, they were Peggy Lemay's laboratories. The one found now was also one of the laboratories of that year.

However, although there weren't many useful things here, it at least proved that in those places with important memories, it was indeed possible for Viga's mother's laboratory to exist.

Of course, this was just a more romantic view. More realistically, building a laboratory under the land of the Astley family had much higher security than finding a random place to build a laboratory.

(Iluna is praying...)

"Aren't you two out on a date? Why is Viga's face not very happy?"

This was the question Megan asked Xia De when Xia De and Viga returned to the Fragrant Mansion and Viga went to change clothes. Xia De then told Megan about what happened this morning. For elders who didn't worry, Megan also had a great say, so she told Xia De not to worry about this matter:

"Viga is still struggling with her mother's matter? I will go and persuade her; people should always look forward. The elders' mistakes are not her mistakes. Like me, because of the ancestor's human alchemy, I became like this, which can be considered benefiting from the ancestor, so I should also repent for the ancestor's sins."

"But Viga didn't benefit from her mother's behavior. Her chaos talent is also accompanied by physical weakness and the risk of premature death. Viga doesn't need to struggle with this kind of thing at all."

What Megan could figure out, Viga might not be able to figure out, so letting Megan chat with Viga was also a good idea.

However, Viga had long been accustomed to things related to her mother suddenly popping up after multiple "major blows". Returning with a bad mood was mainly because the date she had planned with great difficulty had its rhythm disrupted.

She also knew she shouldn't show her bad mood, so when she appeared in the dining room after changing clothes, her mood had almost returned to normal.

At lunch, Viga also discussed with Megan whether her mother had specifically learned the ability to dig holes; the civil engineering level of those laboratories built in hidden places was quite high. After lunch, everyone rested for a while, and the two Great Witches prepared to enter the Council with Xia De.

They held Xia De's hands on the left and right. As the ethereal singing of the witches rose on the second floor of the Fragrant Mansion, the three moved forward together, walking from the modern mansion corridor into that old passage with white ash on the ground.

The natural light outside the window was replaced by the firelight on both sides of the passage. The transition of the scene was not obvious. Viga's mansion corridor and that old passage merged well during the process of moving forward. It seemed that unknowingly, the three moved away from reality and came to the fog door of the 【Witch Council】.

Although he had been here many times, Xia De still said when Viga and Megan stopped singing:

"What kind of place does this passage belong to? The Council's door is the one in front of us. This passage is just a scene for placing the door, just like my home and the 【Impostor's Home】. I couldn't perceive what kind of place this was when I was low-ring; I still can't perceive what kind of place this is when I am high-ring."

【Enhanced Space Perception】 was completely ineffective in this area, and simply trying to investigate the surroundings relying on inspiration didn't yield any results.

Megan had heard Xia De say this more than once, but Viga heard Xia De mention this question for the first time:

"In the past, other witches were also curious about where this was, and some people turned around and wanted to go against the passage, trying to find the end of the passage. But everyone failed without exception. Most people returned directly to the reality location where they started, and a small number of people relied on space ability to forcibly stay in the passage, but after going deep into the passage, they encountered some..."

Viga deliberated:

"Encountered some inexplicable phenomena."

"Last summer when Miss Feilianna came to my house as a guest, I also mentioned this question, but she didn't want to answer at the time, just saying not to over-investigate this matter."

Xia De said, and then asked a question he had never thought of before:

"Has the entrance to the 【Witch Council】 been located in this passage from the beginning?"

Megan shook her head:

"The first record of this passage was in the diary of a Great Witch of the Third Era. But we don't know from which era this method continued. We can't even investigate when that witch's ballad originated."

After saying this, Megan smiled and asked Xia De:

"Why, do you want to move this door to your home too? Although we can't leave from other exits, this way, you and we could date in the Council at any time."

"But it's also possible to bump into your Speaker at any time."

"Bump into her then, anyway, I don't think you are very afraid of her."

Megan said, and then walked into the fog door in front of her with Viga and Xia De.

"May the hidden Chaos protect me, who is also a witch!"

They displayed their respective witch jewelry. Megan held the right ear pendant, and Viga held the left hand bracelet. Thus, the white fog dispersed, allowing the familiar Council scene to appear.

Beside the Council round table illuminated by light projected from high above, quite a few people were already waiting for Xia De.

Except for Adele of the present world, the Great Witch of Creation, and the Great Witch of the Moon, the ten witches Xia De knew would all be present today. Everyone strictly observed the time. When Xi Wei, the last to arrive, appeared, everyone was already sitting in their respective seats drinking black tea, discussing things like new seasonal clothing and news from various places.

At this time, Granny Cassandra was talking about how the seal of Xikar Mountain had shaken many times since the Year-End Festival but was currently still stable. The time was 12:56 PM. Xi Wei glanced at her pocket watch and then smiled at Xia De:

"It seems I am the last one to arrive. So many people have gathered in the Council, but only the Speaker is missing; I am really not used to it. Well then, let's begin."

Xia De couldn't sit in the three empty seats, otherwise the corresponding witches would have a sense, so he had been standing beside Viga just now:

"Okay, let's act quickly. Although you said the Speaker would absolutely not appear at this time, it's better to be cautious."

Each witch mastered a special location in the Council, and these locations were hidden behind or below the stone steps behind their seats. Originally, these hidden locations could connect with each other, but now they were all closed, and only Adele knew why this was.

Viga, as the Great Witch of Chaos, was responsible for managing the area that was the most important in terms of function among all special areas, because this involved the inheritance of witches, and new Great Witches obtaining seats must hold ceremonies in this area.

Xia De didn't know what the area called "Chaos Temple" was like before. This time, when Viga opened the stone steps behind the seat and the group walked inward along the deep stone tunnel for about twenty steps, Xia De saw the stone room that was not very large.

The stone room was divided into three parts: left, middle, and right. On the wall of the middle part facing the tunnel hung a huge ancient god 【Chaos Witch】 holy emblem with strong miracle elements.

Below the holy emblem was a stone offering table, on which were placed not offerings, but several items that also possessed powerful miracle elements. Although these were not artifacts, they must also have originated from a very ancient era.

The left side of the stone room was separated from the middle part by a low wall. The left side, right side, and top of this wall were not connected to the surrounding stone walls. Xia De tilted his head and took a look; behind the low wall was a pool that was not very deep, but there was no water in the pool. Judging by the style, that should be a bath.

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