Chapter 4171: Dream of Two Shadows

As for behind the low wall on the right side of the stone room, there were some stone bookshelves and many boxes, looking like a warehouse:

"Are high-value items like relics and special materials in the Council all kept here?"

Xia De asked the witches curiously, and Viga answered this question:

"No, no, the storage room is a separate space, managed separately by each generation of Speaker. What is kept here are classics related to ancient gods and a small amount of ritual items used for sacrifice and prayer. The items used for holding ceremonies for new Great Witches are all here."

Xia De nodded and scanned the three areas in the stone room:

"It feels a bit... crude. The temples in my impression are all the more magnificent kind."

The witches all laughed. The area of this area was about four times the size of Xia De's bedroom, enough for everyone to appear at the same time.

"After all, the power of witches has also weakened a lot in the current era. The opening and use of functional areas in the Council are closely related to the power of the Great Witches. For example, the area managed by Sylvia originally should have had teleportation functions, but now that function cannot be used."

"If we could all have the level of 12th or 13th ring, although the size of this area wouldn't change, at least it definitely wouldn't look crude."

Xia De nodded:

"Then what should I do now? Pray to the holy emblem?"

Galina smiled and pointed to the bath on the left:

"Take off your clothes and go soak there. This is not an ordinary bath. Great Witches can quickly recover injuries, spirit, and physical strength through this bath. Its effect is even better than the hot spring of the 'Moon Sanctuary'. Of course, the scenery here is not as good as the Vista Forest."

Xia De didn't reject taking a bath:

"There is no water in it."

"Of course there is no water; new water must be used every time. Even if we respect our predecessors, we definitely don't want to soak in a bath that someone else has soaked in."

The water used in the bath of this special area was, of course, not water from the outside world. Viga walked out of the crowd, knelt on the soft cushion in front of the holy emblem, and prayed softly for a while. The sound of splashing water came from the left area, and at the same time, the white candles of different heights surrounding the bath in the left area also lit up together.

"Xia De, you go over there. During the time you use the bath, we must pray here together to give you a blessing."

Xi Wei explained and urged:

"There are ten people this time; you will probably soak in the pool for about half an hour. Do not leave the bath during this period, otherwise, we will have to start all over again."

Xia De nodded, bypassed the low wall, and then went to take off his clothes. The witches didn't pray immediately either, but rummaged through the right area for some prayer items such as incense, holy bells, prayer kneeling cushions, and holy symbol cards.

They were busy while communicating with each other. Separated by a low wall, Xia De could hear the voice of each person very clearly.

"Have you seen Xia De without clothes?"

This was Megan's voice, followed by a chorus of voices answering the question with laughter. Granny Cassandra didn't participate in such topics, just listening happily to the young witches teasing each other, but there were still two people complaining:

"When did you all see it?"

The ones complaining were Claire and Viga. The five witches who had had intimate relationships with Xia De went without saying. Among the four besides Granny Cassandra, the Countess of Moon Bay also had some excessive behaviors with Xia De, and Flora had hidden in the cabinet last year and painted that painting that made Danister furious, so naturally, she had seen everything.

So Claire and Viga, who knew Xia De the latest, discovered that they seemed to have been "isolated" by everyone. So after they complained like this, Vanessa's voice sounded again:

"What's there to complain about? Since you haven't seen it, then take a look."

Xia De, who had already entered the bath, couldn't stop them in time, and Viga and Claire were pushed to the area where the bath was located by everyone.

"What are you doing?"

Although they indeed wanted to see, it wasn't at this time. Claire and Viga didn't look at Xia De at all and complained as they rushed back. The laughter behind the low wall sounded together. Xia De suddenly realized that if a voice suddenly said "Why are you so happy", the situation outside the low wall would probably be more interesting.

But fortunately, Adele didn't appear here this noon.

The water in the bath overflowed directly from the bottom of the pool. This water had an inexplicable moist coldness, or simply put, it was cold water. The cold water was completely transparent, but when the liquid level gradually rose, it emitted a translucent blue color, illuminating the ceiling above the bath.

The witches outside the low wall were already praying, so Xia De sat down honestly on the edge of the bath, patiently waiting for the blessing to be completed.

【How are you feeling now? You are probably the first non-female to enter this pool.】

"You should just say 'male'."

Xia De reminded, but he wasn't in the mood. The Outsider wouldn't be lewd enough to think about messy things because of this.

However, although this water was cold, it wasn't piercing at all. Xia De, who gradually adapted to the water temperature, even felt that soaking like this was very comfortable. Although he didn't feel power surging out, he could vaguely sense that the ritual composed of the Great Witches' prayers was taking effect.

So Xia De closed his eyes and planned to wait patiently for the end of half an hour. As a result, because this water became more comfortable the more he soaked, he fell asleep soon after closing his eyes. Consciousness sank into chaos and disorder, and the dream was a shoreless fog, in which two majestic shadows emerged—

On one side was a silhouette woven from silver brilliance, with cold star marks between the hair, and the light falling from the fingertips became order that could be touched but not grasped. That was the whisper of the sage, as light as moonlight falling into palm lines; on the other side was a silhouette entangled in chaos, the hem of the robe rolling with formless wind, and the eyes filled with shattered and chaotic myriad phenomena. That was the witch whispering, as deep as the abyss passing over the ankles.

The two shadows stood in front of Xia De, whose form was tiny. They stretched out their hands together, light and chaos merged, and someone was singing softly in the thick fog:

【Moon falls into chaos, fog is born from light and dark; whatever is sought, must be repaid.

When the ancient place welcomes the moonlight,

When the chaotic tide passes over those whose names are not engraved in fate,

Bring the blessing to welcome new challenges,

At the beginning of birth, meet the time of the end.】

The two shadows in the fog overlapped, and the glowing figure seemed to want to embrace Xia De at that moment. He felt his soul melt into that piece of chaotic but cold light, melting into this piece of strange but gentle dream.

That merged shadow really had the radiance of motherhood.

"Xia De, Xia De, wake up."

The voice coming from his ear awakened Xia De from that deep dream. He recognized that it was the voices of Vanessa and Sylvia. Consciousness only then returned to clarity. When Xia De opened his eyes, he indeed saw them standing by the bath looking at him worriedly:

"Are you awake? We also wanted to let you rest for a while, but this is not a place to sleep."

Viga's voice came from behind the low wall:

"Xia De, you can rest again after returning to my home; there are no other arrangements today."

"Awake. I'm fine, it seems... I had a dream."

Xia De covered his forehead, feeling that he had dreamed of something extraordinary just now, but now when he tried to recall, the dream disappeared as quickly as the tide when it ebbed.

【Outsider, you have obtained "Chaos Blessing": significantly resist mental abnormal states, significantly reduce the risk of self-loss of control, significantly increase soul strength, and significantly enhance the effect of chaos-attribute miracles.】

【Validity: one week.】

"Successfully obtained the blessing."

Xia De said, so Vanessa reached out and pulled Xia De up from the bath, and Sylvia handed the clothes Xia De had placed aside to him.

When Xia De followed the two witches around the low wall to meet everyone, he still felt soft under his feet, as if he were drunk. Everyone looked at him worriedly, because no male had ever received the "Chaos Blessing", and they suspected whether this was Xia De not adapting to this power.

"I'm fine."

He shook his head:

"I slept too deeply just now, and my brain hasn't recovered from the sudden awakening."

"Don't sleep so late at night, and pay attention to rest."

Xi Wei reminded him with concern, but when she said this, she deliberately looked at Galina, clearly reminding a certain Duchess to let Xia De rest well recently and not always stay overnight at Xia De's home.

Galina felt she was very wronged. Yesterday was the Day of the Red Butterfly, and the one staying overnight at No. 6 St. Deran Square was definitely not her; the day before yesterday wasn't her either. She was very busy that day, and it seemed to be Luweiya and Danister at St. Deran Square.

As for before, previous things, of course, couldn't count.

Seeing that Xia De was really fine, everyone urged Viga and Megan to take good care of Xia De in a while, and only then watched him leave with Viga and Megan.

And after returning to the Fragrant Mansion, Viga immediately wanted Xia De to return to his room to sleep for a while, but Xia De felt he was much better after waking up. He wasn't a lazy cat and could use the afternoon time for sleeping.

"Viga, didn't you say you arranged activities for the afternoon too? Where are we going this afternoon?"

Xia De then asked, and Viga shook her head very seriously:

"You should rest for a while; you really slept very deeply just now. We called you many times and you didn't respond, and Vanessa then woke you up directly."

Megan was of the same opinion:

"Xia De, your date with Viga can be carried out at any time; there's no need to rush this one afternoon."

"But I'm really fine."

He emphasized:

"I had some gains just now. I'll go to the underground miracle practice field first to experiment with the enhancement of the blessing on me. After I come back, if you two have nothing for me to do, I will continue reading in the study."

After saying this, he really walked toward the underground palace. Megan looked at Viga helplessly:

"You see, he is always so stubborn. What else did you arrange for the afternoon? Take him to do it together."