Chapter 770: Red Snow

The continuous prompts made Xia De even more surprised. The "Verdant Blessing" was probably the power left by the Tree Father, who couldn't stand the thick death power on Xia De, so he "washed" him a little.

And the subsequent insights into so many spiritual runes also showed how powerful the power of the ancient gods was. Just a simple blessing could make Xia De almost gain eight more spiritual runes.

"Does this count as a loss or a gain?"

He shook his head. Because the half-hour time started from the moment the door was opened, he couldn't delay too long. Feeling the surging and sufficient vitality in his body, Xia De took a step forward.

The white fog dissipated, and the surrounding light immediately weakened. And as the cold wind blew, Xia De looked up at the dark night above the valley, looking at the blood-red moon that seemed to be falling the next moment.

It was not a blizzard, nor was it black snow with an instant-death curse. What was drifting in the dark night at this time was crimson red snow. The ground was completely dyed red, and the goose-feather-sized red snowflakes were still constantly increasing the thickness of the snow under his feet.

The blood-red dark night was quiet and eerie. Even in the most terrifying stories, such a terrifying scene could not be described. No matter where he looked, he could see that dazzling red, and even in the air, there was a faint smell of blood.

This scene, which was enough to drive ordinary people with firm minds crazy, was the "Red Snow," one of the four snow stages in the 【Dead Silent Valley】. In this weather, the valley would rarely enter the dark night, and during this period, some strange guests would visit here. Perhaps it was a humanoid relic, perhaps it was an evil spirit demon, or even something more terrifying.

"Except for the safest light snow, I have experienced all the weather here."

Red snow itself had no curse, it would only dirty clothes, so this time Xia De did not encounter an attack immediately. And in this dark night of the silent valley, he could see the bonfire light at the entrance of the library more clearly in the distance.

Because he opened the key in a hurry, he was wearing slightly thin autumn clothes at the moment. The coldness surged into his body with the strong wind, but the vigorous vitality made Xia De not feel very cold.

He blocked his face with one hand, bent over, and walked forward against the snow.

No one knew how many terrifying things were hidden in this dark night. The whisper elements were enriched in the surroundings as never before, even more terrifying than the rioting Ringed Sect. Xia De did not dare to light up the moonlight, letting the witches come to pick him up; he was afraid that what would welcome him would be other things.

Stepping deep and shallow in the crimson snow, a rustling sound came from the violent snowflakes. Xia De felt that he seemed to be stared at by something, but he didn't dare to observe around.

After walking about ten more steps, a hoarse voice came from his side:

"Young man, save me."

His peripheral vision swept to the side. An old woman with gray hair, a face full of wrinkles, and scantily clad was lying in the snow, reaching out to Xia De. Her age looked older than Old Cassandra, and the hoarse voice and the tired look on her face simply wrote "about to die" on her face.

【Relic.】

"She" reminded softly. Xia De nodded and continued to walk forward without paying attention to the voice. But the old woman pursued him persistently. She grabbed Xia De's ankle, and the heavy force almost made Xia De think that his right foot had sunk into the land.

"Young man, save me."

Xia De kept his mouth shut and didn't make any answer. His right foot lifted fiercely, pulled out of the boot, and then with one foot barefoot, he ran forward:

"Save me, save me~"

The hoarse voice followed closely, as if the old woman with disheveled hair was floating behind him. Xia De didn't know what kind of relic this was, and couldn't guess the characteristics, so he didn't even dare to turn his head to see what was going on behind him.

He soon ran through half the distance, and the bonfire light in the sky full of red snow became closer and closer. But a standing figure appeared in the snow ahead. Only after getting closer did Xia De see that it was a gentleman with a stiff face, melancholy eyes, wearing a decent black suit and holding a cane, with a silver compass-like badge hanging on his chest:

"Do you... need help?"

There was no emotion in the tone, and this was actually the demon language that Doctor Shi Nai De had used. Xia De was startled and felt very sorry that the doctor was not by his side.

He changed his forward direction to bypass the weird man, and the persistent sound of asking for help behind him also disappeared after Xia De saw that man.

In the short distance afterward, Xia De encountered the merchant holding a basket, the woman hiding in the shadows, and the headless little girl. The human-head balloon held by the girl looked like her head.

Xia De could only determine that the merchant was a relic, but couldn't distinguish what the latter two were. They seemed to be afraid and wary, and those strange "people" did not actively attack Xia De, but tried to communicate with him in various ways, but all were dodged by Xia De one by one.

It was clearly only a few minutes of distance, but when Xia De passed the warning ritual set by the witches at the entrance and entered the huge entrance hall of the Gadis Library illuminated by the bonfire, he felt that this journey was more strenuous than crossing the Midhillburg city in the Ringed Sect.

"Finally back, hmm?"

When the bonfire light illuminated Xia De, he did not hear the sound welcoming his arrival. The red dragon witch was still sleeping in the ice coffin by the wall, the shrine on the pile of old books was shrouded in firelight, but the bright bonfire did not have the figures of Miss Olandonode and Miss Becky Samuel of the Zaras Society.

The huge entrance hall of the library became even more dilapidated than when Xia De last came. Not only that, there were even some sword marks on the walls and traces of being hit by heavy objects. A part of the ceiling bricks was missing, revealing the sunken rock wall behind, and there were stones and gravel everywhere on the floor under his feet. It looked like a fierce battle had occurred here.

He hesitated for a moment, first walked to the ice coffin to confirm that Miss Fiona Delage was still asleep, and then came to the bonfire. The fire was still so warm, but the clear yellow moon floating above the fire was gone.

"Where did they go?"

The luggage by the bonfire and the supplies Xia De brought last time were still there, but they had been consumed a lot. In addition, there was an extra stone platform with five grooves here. This should be the altar sealing the 【Nameless Sacrificial Book】, but he did not find any clues like notes left by the witches.

In the shadows of the bonfire, Xia De unexpectedly discovered some bloodstains that had been stepped on. He didn't bother to collect those bloodstains, but took a wine bottle from his pocket:

"Blood Brew!"

The bloodstains automatically flew into the bottle mouth. Xia De hurriedly used a stopper to plug the bottle mouth. After shaking it gently, he found that the liquid inside was very little, but there was still a very faint wine fragrance after pulling out the stopper.

Using sorcery to draw those "Blood Brews" out drop by drop, he tilted his head and let them drip into his eyes. Sure enough, very faint red traces appeared in the air, and those bright marks indicated that the witches had gone deep into the library ruins.

Xia De hesitated, picked up a torch by the bonfire, lit it, and then held the torch to track it.

He had originally worried that most of this half-hour would be spent searching for the witches' traces, but after leaving the hall, he followed the damaged ruins corridor and only turned a corner before seeing faint firelight. He hurriedly walked over and found that the end of the corridor had become a dead end due to collapse. To continue moving forward, he could only walk through the hole in the side wall.

In front of the collapse, Miss Samuel sat beside a glass bottle containing a small fireball, sweating profusely while facing a guy who was skinny and wearing a black robe.

Miss Olandonode lay on the other side of the bottle, covered with her black cloak, eyes closed tightly without any movement.

Hearing footsteps, Miss Samuel turned her head immediately and saw Xia De coming with the bonfire. She shook her head to signal Xia De not to approach. Xia De also realized that the guy wearing the black robe was a humanoid relic.

"Miss Olandonode is unconscious? What is the situation now..."

He stopped hesitatingly, but immediately walked forward again. After getting closer, he found that there were three parallel playing cards between Miss Samuel and the black-robed man. Those playing cards were a circle larger than the Luo De cards, and it seemed that the backs were facing up, and the patterns were all earthy yellow question marks.

The black-robed man had a waxy yellow face and a bald head. After Xia De approached, he looked at Xia De:

"Do you also want to enter the game?"

The other party's voice was very strange, like the abdomen of a reptile rubbing against the sand. Being stared at by him, the mental pressure immediately manifested. The other party's level would not be lower than the Sage level.

"What are the rules?"

"I am a diviner. Three sets of cards, three cards in each set, choose one to divine fate. This lady has already reached the last set. If you are willing, you can replace her..."

"Don't replace me. Once you choose the wrong one, you will be entangled by the curse of fate!"

Miss Samuel hurriedly blocked, but Xia De still sat down. He didn't have so much time to delay. There were many things this time. Not only did he have to liberate the 【Nameless Sacrificial Book】, then continue the story that hadn't been finished last time, but he also had to learn the techniques from the witches that would allow him to defeat Joey Barton.

"I'll choose the last card for her, but I don't think you are a diviner. This is clearly gambling."

He handed the torch in his hand to Miss Samuel. The witch wearing glasses in the firelight looked exceptionally haggard.

"Three choose one, right?"

He confirmed.

"Yes, three choose one. But because you are choosing cards for someone else, if you choose the playing card that indicates bad luck, you will both be entangled by bad luck."

Xia De snorted, narrowed his eyes to look at the three playing cards in front of him, and swept his right hand over the three playing cards, looking very professional, but actually didn't feel anything:

"This one."

He pointed to the one on the left, and then without waiting for the other party to react, he took the initiative to flip it over. But there was nothing on that playing card; it was a blank card.

"What do you mean?"

Xia De asked. The black-robed divining man reached out and snatched back that playing card:

"Consider you lucky."

He stood up, backed into the shadows that the firelight couldn't illuminate, and disappeared.

"What is the situation?"

"The black snow weather turned into red snow without any warning. Blainie and I don't know how many times we have encountered this situation. This is even more terrifying than what is written in the society's materials."

Miss Samuel said softly. Seeing Xia De looking at Miss Olandonode, she said again:

"We encountered a demon. Although we temporarily repelled it, we no longer have the strength to fight again, so we had to temporarily leave the entrance hall and hide here. But later, some terrible things came..."

She suddenly covered her head:

"Sorry, I don't even dare to recall what that was. Blainie is unconscious, but there are no injuries, and I can't wake her up."

Xia De gave Miss Samuel some water, then reached out and held Miss Olandonode's hand. The palm was very soft and still had temperature. "False Immortality" could not exert its effect:

"What can you feel?"

【Wait a moment... The soul of this half-elf is decaying, and she must be treated as soon as possible.】

"Soul decay? This is not a simple injury."

Xia De told Miss Samuel the result, and then suggested:

"Let's go back to the bonfire first. The demon you mentioned has already left. When I came over from the bonfire just now, it was very safe there."

He helped Miss Samuel up, and seeing her poor state, he bent over and took the initiative to pick up the unconscious Miss Olandonode. Although the height of this witch with elf blood was only a little shorter than Xia De, her weight was unexpectedly very light.

Miss Samuel took the small bottle containing the fire seed, held the torch to illuminate the way in front, and the two returned to the bonfire in the entrance hall together. *** **CHAPTER 771: Cat and Sun**