Li Wen placed Moria on the bed in the cabin. The young priest's face looked extremely pale under the dim oil lamp, and the blond hair on his forehead was soaked with cold sweat and stuck to his skin. His breathing was weak and steady, as if he had simply fallen into a deep sleep.
"You can just pretend." After thinking about the other person's high-spirited appearance before, Li Wen couldn't help but complain in a low voice, but still reached out to feel his pulse.
The beating coming from my fingertips was much stronger than expected, so it looked like it was nothing serious. She breathed a sigh of relief, but then felt that her behavior was inexplicable. This was Firstborn of the Temple, how could he die so easily. Just as she was about to withdraw her hand, Moria's eyelashes suddenly trembled slightly.
"Get up by yourself when you wake up." Li Wen quickly took a step back with a cold voice.
Moria slowly opened his eyes, the light-colored pupils showing a strange sense of transparency in the dim light. He pushed himself up, his movements slow but firm. "Thank you Miss Mephisto for taking care of me."
Li Wen crossed his arms and ignored it, "I'm just curious about why Firstborn of the Holy Temple can suddenly use Radiance's power. Is your curse lifted?"
Moria shook his head and took out a delicate silver vial from his arms. The bottle contained half a bottle of some kind of pale golden liquid, which shimmered under the light. "The temple's secret medicine 'Breath of Dawn' is usually used in large-scale spiritual gifting ceremonies. But if it is taken orally, it can suppress almost any curse in a short period of time." He paused, "The price is the next three days of weakness."
Li Wen stared at the vial and suddenly remembered something. "So you planned to use this trick against Joseph from the beginning?"
"Not entirely." Moria took back the vial, "I originally wanted to use the name of the temple to scare him away. But when he violated the duel rules, I knew that only strength could stop him."
This is not surprising. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Joseph Wilblood's mental state is extremely unstable. It is incredible that he can still maintain Stage Five's power without completely losing control.
The sound of chaotic footsteps and the shouts of sailors came from outside the cabin. Captain Remington is directing the crew to repair the damaged ship. Through the porthole, Li Wen saw Fu Qingyan and her companions also helping to carry supplies.
"Will the ship ever come back?" she asked.
Moria looked at the gradually dissipating fog outside the window. "Not in a short time. Although Joseph escaped, he was seriously injured and needs time to find a new source of power. The evil statue was also destroyed, and he will have no reason to come back."
Li Wen nodded thoughtfully. She suddenly noticed that Moria's fingers were trembling slightly - the sequelae of using the secret medicine had begun to show.
"You should rest." Li Wen said calmly, "I'm going to see if anyone needs help outside."
Moria seemed to want to say something, but in the end he just nodded slightly. "Be careful. Although Joseph has left temporarily, this sea area is still not peaceful."
Li Wen turned towards the cabin door, but stopped at the door. "By the way," she turned around without any expression on her face, "That sword is very beautiful."
After saying that, she left the room alone without waiting for Moria's reaction.
*
The deck was filled with the salty smell of burnt wood and sea water. Li Wen stepped on the slippery deck towards the stern of the ship and saw Fu Qingyan directing several classmates to carry ropes. She had taken off her coat and was only wearing a simple shirt. The cuffs were rolled up to her elbows, revealing her slightly red arms.
"Need help?" After thinking for a while, Li Wen approached and asked.
Fu Qingyan turned her head and her eyes lit up. "Ah, it's you." She wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand, "We are reinforcing the cables of the mizzen mast, but we already have enough manpower."
Li Wen nodded and glanced at those busy figures. The players' movements are obviously much clumsier than those of ordinary sailors, but everyone is very motivated. She noticed that there was a tall and lanky boy among them who glanced at Fu Qingyan from time to time, with obvious admiration in his eyes.
"Do you know Old Joey?" Li Wen suddenly asked.
Fu Qingyan's hand movements paused for a moment. "That's right."
"Then do you know how he is now?"
Fu Qingyan's shoulders slumped slightly, and he said in a slightly deeper voice, "We found him at the bottom of the cabin, but due to excessive blood loss, he had... The captain said that he would reanimate his body and scatter his ashes in the sea. This is the destination of sailors."
"That's it."
Li Wen shook his head regretfully. She originally wanted to learn more about the statue of Two-tailed Mermaid from Old Joey. It would be best to know why Joseph was so paranoid about getting it back.
It's a pity that life is unpredictable.
Old Joey was obsessed with taking revenge on Two-tailed Mermaid, but in the end he fell on the road to revenge. However, when Moria finally slashed at Joseph, the statue of Two-tailed Mermaid was also destroyed. To a certain extent, could it be considered as helping him complete his revenge?
Li Wen is not sure about this.
Speaking of Joseph, she suddenly remembered that when she first heard this name, wasn't it from the mouths of her classmates? At that time, they seemed to be discussing things like deep-sea ruins. At that time, he was reading a book and didn't listen much. But if you think about it carefully, that period of time happens to be these recent times.
Thinking about it this way, Li Wen actually became concerned about Fu Qingyan's motives for going to sea.
"I was looking for an undersea ruins recently, but I didn't expect to encounter such a thing."
Li Wen said casually. She did not choose to directly ask Fu Qingyan about their target, otherwise it would be counterproductive given the other party's vigilance.
And using vague words like this, this smart girl will definitely be able to react.
"Undersea ruins?" Fu Qingyan blinked, then showed a subtle smile, "I seem to have heard of such a thing."
"For example?" Li Wen asked curiously.
"One of my companions has an old Sea Chart. Its previous owner described on it: In a certain sea area near Port Belen, there is a submarine ruin buried deep."
Port Belen? Are there any ruins or anything like that there?
Li Wen recalled it for a while but couldn't think of a reason. He didn't know whether this so-called undersea ruins was related to Soul Lord.
This was considered information for the time being, so she took note of it for now.
"Miss Mephisto is a transcendent, right?"
At this moment, Fu Qingyan suddenly lowered his voice and whispered.
Li Wen nodded slightly and waited quietly for her next words.
"Then you can probably see that I am an ordinary person." She continued, "But I actually have a complete ritual that can be promoted to a transcendent person, but I lack the corresponding materials. I wonder if Miss Mephisto can give us a little help, we will be extremely grateful."
Li Wen had a similar intention, "You can leave the materials to me, but I have to take a look at that Sea Chart."
Hearing this, Fu Qingyan narrowed his eyes happily and smiled, "No problem at all."