Chapter 866: Pursuing Power

The key from the year 5177 of the Common Era, although a long distance from the time points of Xia De's first five keys, this time-travel adventure was unexpectedly not difficult.

The Witch Empress encountered was very reasonable and didn't distrust Xia De just because he was male, and the deity encountered was also a benevolent god, so he wouldn't encounter a situation like the "God of Bloodsucking" again.

Xia De was very satisfied with this unexpectedly acquired key and even planned, if there was time, to inquire about the current situation of the material world from the Witch Empress Miss Violet, which might help him understand the changes of the eras.

Returning to the present time with this good mood, Xia De made breakfast before Luvia woke up. He fed Mia first, then woke up the purple-eyed girl at seven o'clock sharp, and talked to her at the dining table about this unexpected journey:

"I've already decided to organize some information about Miss Violet into a report and submit it to the Saint Byrons History Academy as a report for this time travel; this way, the gap in my practical credits can also be further filled."

"If you want to fabricate a report, you can ask Dorothy for help. The point now is, do you really intend to write a thesis on higher mathematics yourself?"

Luvia sat at the dining table, dealing with the bacon Xia De fried with a fork. She sat down after washing up slightly, and at this moment, there was still some morning laziness, which was very rare to see in Luvia.

"Yes."

Xia De pressed the bread into the soup with a spoon. The innovation required by that deity referred to knowledge that had never appeared in this world, so the Outlander actually had a lot of knowledge in his head that met this condition.

The reason he chose mathematics was because even if the world was different, as long as people's logical thinking methods were basically the same, they all used decimal systems, and believed in the basic rule that 1+1=2, then taking the mathematics knowledge from his hometown wouldn't require much localization.

Of course, bringing out an interesting short story would actually be simpler. But since it was "crystallization of wisdom," Xia De was more inclined toward knowledge in mathematics, physics, and chemistry.

"I've already thought about it; I plan to explore the issue of 'imaginary numbers.' I heard from the Great Witch Miss Sylvia that people are already researching the imaginary number problem. And from historical data, the mathematical achievements at the end of the Fifth Era were actually not as good as the contemporary ones. The imaginary number problem is very broad; I plan to use a formula to connect trigonometric functions with complex exponential functions. This is an important bridge that communicates trigonometric functions with exponential functions, in number theory and topology..."

Xia De spoke incessantly, his train of thought very clear.

Luvia raised an eyebrow:

"The year 5177 of the Fifth Era is nearly two thousand years away from our era, but I believe that deity can understand your thesis. I just want to ask, where did you learn this knowledge?"

She didn't even give Xia De a chance to explain:

"Xia De, I know you have experienced a lot, even things you cannot tell me. Your wisdom, your experience probably all come from those things. But you must realize that the Great Ones can inspire your wisdom, but they will also make your soul bear more and more weight. Sometimes, you have to learn to stay away from those things; after all, we are just mortals."

Luvia probably misunderstood the origin of Xia De's knowledge. Xia De pursed his lips and reached out to hold her hand. Luvia showed a smile:

"Of course, I am also very satisfied with you like this. A gentleman with secrets is always attractive, not to mention that the personality you show and the way you do things on a daily basis, even those young people from noble families, wouldn't be better than you. There is a natural... sense of superiority about you."

"What does that mean?"

Xia De asked, looking up at Luvia. The purple-eyed girl thought for a moment and pointed to the cat eating breakfast beside them:

"It's like when your cat faces other cats... well, how should I put it."

In the end, she couldn't give a better explanation:

"Xia De, you are different."

She leaned over and kissed Xia De lightly:

"Even if you are handsome, I don't think you would rely solely on your appearance to get a princess into bed. Xia De Suren Hamilton, I have to admit, your soul is equally attractive."

Xia De showed an embarrassed expression; Luvia rarely said such direct compliments. He touched the cat and wanted to compliment Luvia as well, but Luvia had already ended the topic, saying in a light tone:

"Today is Sunday, what are your plans? Going to the Dawn Cathedral for worship?"

"No, I'm going to Coldwater Port, and then to Huntington."

Today was not only the day to set off to visit the "Goddess of the Lake" according to Professor Drake's clues, but also the day for Xia De to go to Mr. Edmund's place to exchange for the stone slab.

Coldwater Port in early winter was still a prosperous and lively sight. The changes in this harbor city throughout the four seasons seemed to be just the continuous rotation and circulation of people's clothing. And the origin of the name "Coldwater Port" was that the local harbor only became cold in winter but did not freeze. As the most important port on the west coast of Delarion, it remained just as lively in winter.

Xia De took a carriage to the lighthouse on the sea cliff to meet the old man guarding the lighthouse and informed him of the meaning of the "secret language" in the text on the corresponding page of the "Secret Art of Immortality."

"The heir of the wise must solve the riddle of wisdom; when fate arrives, the keeper of secrets holding the riddle will wait for the arrival of the chosen one; that is the five trials."

Those two passages about "wisdom and knowledge" of the chosen one made the old man frown:

"Keeper of secrets? What is this again? Could it be that the Ancient God left behind some kind of power to test the chosen one? But the rituals of the first three chosen ones didn't have so-called testers."

He discussed these two sentences in detail with Xia De. Although Xia De didn't bring the hand-copied version, he still believed the information Xia De provided. It's just that the one-third stone slab related to time perception had to be shipped from out of town, so it wouldn't be delivered to Xia De's hands until next week:

"It doesn't matter, I can wait. After all, I haven't found the remaining two-thirds yet. Those two stone slabs are likely in the hands of Saint Byrons and the Apuna Library, which is not so easy to obtain."

Xia De trusted the reputation of the "Light-Guiding Ascetic Society" very much, so he didn't even ask for a receipt.

And before leaving, he didn't forget to take out the "trophy" he got from the Rothschild mansion last night, the document-level relic 【Undead Snake Skin】. This snake skin was truly eerie, and Xia De had no idea about the containment conditions, so he put it into the 【Gift Box of the Gods】 after returning home yesterday.

He didn't intend to keep this relic; after all, this relic didn't improve his combat effectiveness much.

First, he explained to Mr. Edmund that the origin of this snake skin was related to the "Pantanal Voodoo Society," and then expressed his intention to sell this relic, but hoped to obtain a relic related to "power" to help him obtain the "Power" spiritual rune.

"Power" was the last spiritual rune of Xia De's sublimation language "The echo of time and space vibrates the sleeping power." Before this, Xia De had already applied to the academy for the book "Vanishing Races: Dragon Power" to help himself obtain the spiritual rune. That book wouldn't reach Xia De until this Saturday, and Xia De obviously didn't want to rely on only one preparation.

"Power" spiritual runes were the most common spiritual runes, and relics that could help feel power were not rare. So after a simple discussion, Mr. Edmund gave Xia De an extra 20 pounds and exchanged the document-level relic (Level 4) 【Undead Snake Skin】 for the poet-level relic (Level 5) 【Impure Dragon Blood】.

【Impure Dragon Blood】 was a ruby-like teardrop-shaped pendant. Wearing the relic could enhance one's own power, but the negative characteristics were similar to the 【Higgs Dragon Head Stone】, and wearing it for a long time had a high probability of causing one's own dragon-human transformation.

In fact, Mr. Edmund provided three choices in total. Besides 【Dragon Blood】, there was the document-level relic 【Imitation Giant King's Ring】—it was said to be a ring, but it was actually larger than a collar, enough for Mia to do ring-jumping training; and the poet-level relic 【Hercules' Resentful Skull】—that was truly a human skull.

Choosing 【Impure Dragon Blood】 was because Xia De himself had the curse 【Red Dragon Power】 obtained from saving the Red Dragon Witch, making it easier to obtain spiritual runes through relics related to "dragon" and "power."

Due to the continuous fighting over the past six months and touching the divine power of divinity several times, Xia De felt that he had actually reached the edge of touching the 【Power】 spiritual rune.

It's just that I don't know what kind the last spiritual rune of the sublimation language will be after the miracle 【Echo】, the blasphemy 【Vibration】, and the enlightenment 【Sleeping Princess】.

"I actually hope it's a whisper."

【Why?】

"This is a very mild obsessive-compulsive disorder, there is no special reason."

So Xia De heard "her" laughter.

Xia De didn't stay in Coldwater Port for too long and arrived in Huntington City again at ten o'clock in the morning.

Huntington City in early winter had little rain and snow, and the area outside the city seemed to be sunny every day.

After walking out of the underground wine cellar of the White River Valley Vineyard, he didn't see Mr. Bernhardt immediately this time. This viscount from the south also had his own work and life. Confirming that important items, including the 【Nightwatcher】, had been brought, Xia De set off from the vineyard and rode his horse into the city.

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