Chapter 769: Price and Punishment

"You are... Sister Delage? Xia De mentioned you to me. I am Yin Yi Yi Lu Na Beiyasi."

Out of respect for the Eleventh-Tier Shushi, and being amazed by the temperament on the nun, Yin Yi Yi Lu Na introduced herself cautiously.

Sister Delage maintained a calm expression and nodded slightly:

"Hello, Chosen One of Balance."

After speaking, she actually handed a business card to Yin Yi Yi Lu Na. There was only the name Delage, no surname, and the position was the Dean of Snake Heart Hospital.

"This is mine."

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na also hurriedly found her business card. Although she felt it was a bit shabby, she still handed it over, and then introduced:

"This is Priest Lat Augustus, a friend of Xia De, belonging to the Dawn Church."

"Hello, Sister, I am from the Tobesk diocese."

The old priest said, and also exchanged business cards with Sister Delage. The nun "looked" at Priest Augustus through the firelight and hesitated for a moment:

"Hello."

"Sister Delage, may I ask how you got in?"

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na put away the business card and asked curiously.

"I assisted the two witches in fighting Joey Barton. Barton summoned some terrible things, terrible things from the Fifth Era, which held back the witches. I chased him into the passage in the mountain belly, and then fell into the well together."

The three people by the bonfire were busy exchanging business cards, while Xia De at the beach turned his head again to look at Mr. Barton, who had a look of desolation on his face:

"What are you going to do next?"

Mr. Barton sighed:

"Of course, it is to bring her over. Mr. Watson, you once asked me what price I was willing to pay to bring her back."

The three people by the bonfire also looked over at this time. Joey Barton looked at Xia De, and the light in his eyes was very powerful:

"I am willing to pay everything I have."

He supported the stone with both hands, tried hard to jump down from it, and then, very unexpectedly to Xia De, stepped toward the quiet dark water area.

Mr. Barton did not sink into the water, but stood on the water surface, like those white shadows, facing the dark moon and moving forward toward the distance.

Xia De did not speak but looked at his feet. Joey Barton's corpse was lying on the shore of the beach with his eyes closed, his face pale, and his deformed, child-like body was gradually losing temperature. Looking up again, the soul had already gone far away.

He really paid everything he had.

"So infatuated..."

All other wandering souls were white shadows with similar appearances, only able to distinguish differences vaguely. Only Mr. Barton's soul was so unique and real. He did not disappear but stopped in the depths of the water area, as if calling, and as if crying, but Xia De did not observe any white shadows stopping their advance, nor did he see any souls returning from the end of the dark moon.

"Xia De, you must stop him as soon as possible."

Priest Augustus's voice came from behind. Xia De turned around and found that the three people by the bonfire were all looking at him.

"If he really brings back a soul that has passed away for many years, even if it is not brought away from this gate, something very terrible will definitely happen—the boundary between life and death is clearly broken. This is not dangerous for Midhillburg, but it is an extremely bad symbol."

Priest Augustus should know many things. Xia De believed him:

"What should I do?"

"Chase him, and defeat him where the soul wanders away. That water surface is different from the beach. You can defeat it, but absolutely do not kill him. Five living people came in, and five living people must leave. He possesses such pure death. If he steps into true death here, the seal of the Trace of the Holy Tree will not be able to stop the Ringed Sect from losing control."

The nun said softly, still using that kind of ancient grammar.

"Wait, not to mention whether I can defeat him, Sister, are you saying that I also have to step on that water surface?"

Xia De asked incredulously. Priest Augustus and Sister Delage nodded together:

"Here, only you can do this."

"Why? Priest, you..."

"I am just an old man without much power. You wouldn't want me to do this kind of thing, would you..."

Priest Augustus looked up at Xia De, the firelight reflecting red on his face:

"And, my power is not complete."

This sentence was very low, but everyone could hear it:

"The power you possess is great. If there is one person here who can step on the water surface, it must be you."

"Then, Sister Delage, you..."

"I am just a nun who guards the Primordial Fire. I am still an ordinary living person. Some things, I can't do either."

The firelight flickered on her eye mask. Following the nun's action of looking up, the fine patterns gradually became clear. Xia De had never been able to accurately describe the pattern on the nun's eye mask. Looking at it at this time, it actually looked a bit like the sun.

"Yin Lu..."

He looked at the haggard girl again, but immediately shook his head. Yin Yi Yi Lu Na's current state, let alone getting up to fight, she couldn't even leave the range of the Tree's Kiss bonfire.

"In addition, I must remind you."

Priest Augustus said again, looking at Joey Barton standing in the depths of the water from afar:

"He is contacting death more deeply, deeper than any living person in history. What kind of strange talent is that? On this quiet water surface, he will become more powerful."

"More powerful than outside? Oh, Priest... Well, how powerful?"

Xia De asked.

"It's hard to describe."

Sister Delage immediately said:

"But you can think that you are fighting a high-level Shushi holding multiple Level 0 relics."

"Yes."

Priest Augustus echoed, somewhat surprised that this nun also knew so many things:

"This sister is right. Xia De, you must act as soon as possible, because none of us know what he can actually do."

Xia De looked troubled, while Yin Yi Yi Lu Na leaned on her long sword, pursing her lips and looking at the other two by the bonfire, feeling that they all knew a lot, while she seemed to be the only one here who knew nothing. She tried hard to find information that might be helpful for the current situation in the Chosen One knowledge she had mastered, and with the help of "the other me," felt this area that seemed to be so quiet that time had stopped:

"Xia De, if you want to walk on that water surface, I can use the power of the ancient god 【Upside-Down Judge】 to give you some help, helping you balance the power of life and death. Weakening the influence you receive, while allowing you to hurt him here."

She said in a low voice.

"Xia De, don't worry about how to walk on that water surface. I will also give you a short blessing, which will allow you to be immune to some damage and be able to cause more obvious damage to Joey Barton."

Priest Augustus said.

"Xia De Hamilton, if you are willing, I can let part of the Primordial Fire attach to your sword. Even death cannot extinguish the fire from the beginning of the world. May the Primordial Fire be with you."

Sister Delage also said.

Xia De nodded, but shook his head again;

"I was just here to be an audience, how did it become like this... Well, it seems only I can go. Now the situation is urgent, I should have set off immediately. However, delay for three seconds, I want to go to another place first to restore my state and seek help from others."

He took out the time key from his pocket, walked back from the beach to the side of the bonfire, and sat down:

"This time I must defeat Joey Barton head-on, but even with your help, I think I need some extra means."

He took out the relics on his body and placed them by the bonfire in front of him. Without the protection of the divine afterglow on his body, the relics could only avoid sudden loss of control by being close to the Primordial Fire:

"Three seconds, I'll be back soon."

Yin Yi Yi Lu Na already knew the secret of Xia De's time travel, so she knew what he was going to do. Priest Augustus didn't understand much, but still didn't ask anything. As for Sister Delage... she was still the same as before; it seemed that nothing Xia De did would surprise her.

Confirming that the five items related to the power of the sun were all on his body, Xia De sat in front of the bonfire and aimed the key in his hand at the door pendant hanging on his chest:

"May the World Tree protect me in time."

With a "click," the door on the pendant popped open, and silk-like white fog overflowed from it. Xia De did not delay time and stretched his fingers into it. In the eyes of the other three by the bonfire, those overflowing white fogs quickly entangled him.

And with the disappearance of the white fog, the pendant fell to the ground, clattering onto the 【Gun of Kindness】, and the tether hung on the gun body.

【Outsider, you have stepped into the "Time Corridor."】

【Message from the ancient god "Father of the Infinite Tree":】

【Winter, 3024, Fifth Era, Central Continent, Dead Silent Valley.】

【Event: Destruction of the Gadis Library.】

【Duration: 30 minutes (3/3).】

【You have obtained additional information.】

【The figure of the Father of the Infinite Tree continues to watch you.】

【The test given to you by the ancient god of time will continue.】

【Assist the ancient god "Gray-Robed Sage" to complete the recording of the library documents.】

【The Father of the Infinite Tree will give you a reward: Knowledge - Original Sin Sorcery, a piece of real information - Vampire.】

After listening to this familiar information, he wanted to take a step out and leave the white fog space to enter the Dead Silent Valley. But this time, there was actually another piece of information:

【Outsider, you have violated the rules by using the time key in death.】

"Hmm? Violated the rules? Where did I violate the rules?"

【The Father of the Infinite Tree hates the power of death; the time key should not be used in death.】

The prompt from "her" came to his ears. Xia De looked at the white fog in front of him with slight surprise:

"The time key actually has such taboos, but the history professors at St. Byrons didn't tell me... Oh, probably no one would use the key in such a place. If I could report this information to the academy, I don't know what kind of reward I would get. I still lack a lot of practical credits... Wait, what will happen if I violate the rules?"

【Message from the ancient god "Father of the Infinite Tree":】

【The opening time of the next time key is postponed from one week later to three weeks later.】

This result was acceptable; it was just a waste of half a month. Xia De also wanted to take advantage of the end of the Midhillburg matter to rest for a while.

【The Father of the Infinite Tree gives you the "Verdant Blessing." The breath of death is washed away and cannot entangle you again in a short time. Your vitality is enhanced, your recovery ability is enhanced, and sorcery related to nature and trees is greatly enhanced.】

【Outsider, you have felt a miracle.】

【Outsider, you have gained insights into "Nature," "Life," "Tree," "Water," "Plant," "Blessing," "Animal," and "Coordination."】 *** **CHAPTER 770: Red Snow**