Exploration, the Legendary "Holy Shrine"!

"!" During this process, some mysterious properties were extracted from the blood essence of the magical beast that was being discharged as waste, and were quickly absorbed by the newly formed Spiritual Power Crystal.

Ronan gained some wonderful insights from this, and the three ice-type Extraordinary Magic Domain he had mastered took a big step forward in the direction of fusion, and a connection between them was almost formed.

However, this mysterious trait was extremely rare, and Ronan had only just begun to make some progress when everything came to an abrupt end.

"Perhaps it's that inexplicable, mysterious component within the bloodline of magical beasts that enhances a wizard's affinity for ice energy."

Ronan speculated.

He glanced at the Character Panel, but the information displayed after the [Talent] section remained unchanged.

Regardless of whether this trait is related to ice affinity, the improvement he gained on the path of fusion of the Three Law Domains is real. Therefore, his "Talent Transplant" this time is not a complete failure, and he has gained some benefits.

"There's nothing to regret. It was meant for you to use anyway. No one else in the Kachin Family is qualified except you..."

Soraya, on the contrary, began to comfort him in a gentle tone, "So what if you fail? This extra 'talent' isn't permanent. Having it or not isn't the key thing."

If you're not satisfied, you can try again next time. I'll help you prepare even better essence blood.

Ronan's eyes flickered. If each "Talent Transplant" could promote further fusion of the Three Law Domains, multiple attempts wouldn't be a bad thing. Even if each attempt failed, it wouldn't matter, since it wouldn't leave any side effects.

Just for this small improvement, consuming a precious portion of magical beast blood every time seems like a waste. "What are your plans next? Return to the Silver Magic Ring?"

After the promotion was completed, Soraya asked Ronan for his thoughts.

Ronan nodded.

All told, there are less than forty days left until the opening of the Mirror Garden.

The journey from White Stone Fortress back to Silver Magic Ring will take twenty days. Although the purpose of this trip has not been achieved, at least the second-level advancement has been completed, and Ronan should go back.

"Stay for three more days, I'll teach you something else."

Soraya said to Ronan with great affection.

Since witnessing Ronan's mastery of three Extraordinary Magic Domain and his apparent fusion of these three domains, Soraya has grown increasingly fond of Ronan.

Ronan did not refuse.

Only three days.

He still has three days.

Three days later, a figure flew swiftly across the sky above a vast snow-covered forest.

This is a handsome young man with a calm demeanor.

Her skin was fair, smooth and delicate like the finest moonstone, and her eyes were azure, clear and sparkling with countless tiny rays of light.

The boy wore a gray-black robe embroidered with delicate silver patterns. Faint blue runes were visible above the collar of the robe on his neck, and a small ice-blue earring hung on his left ear.

Holding a white staff with a crescent-shaped tip inlaid with blue gemstones, she exudes an innate sense of elegance and nobility.

The boy was surrounded by a lot of fine snow and ice, his forehead glowed slightly, and a few strands of long, shimmering white hair fluttered behind him, as if he were riding the wind and snow.

It was Ronan had already regained his original appearance.

"The most important thing to achieve the fusion of Dharma Domains is to find the intrinsic connection between Dharma Domains, similar to One Segment Magic Domain Resonance. If you can find a specific image to represent this step, it will usually be much easier."

As Ronan controlled the Flying Ring, he stared at a small vortex of ice and snow in the palm of his right hand, lost in thought.

During his final three days at the Cold Stone Manor, Soraya personally taught him some second-tier ice spell casting techniques and how to use the [Tundra Frozen Earth] domain.

This knowledge was invaluable to Ronan. Before this, he had been learning ice magic all by himself, and this was the first time he had experienced the help that the school's tradition could provide.

Many things may not have a significant impact on Ronan's current combat strength, but they will be very beneficial to his future development.

After all, no matter how smart he is, he is still just a person. How can he compare to the valuable experience passed down through generations of the "Ice Flame Iris" Lanster Family?

In addition, Soraya also offered some helpful guidance on Ronan's "ambition" to integrate the Three Law Domains.

According to Soraya, the integration of the legal domain and the Magic Domain Resonance are two different directions for further exploration of the potential of the legal domain.

It's difficult to make a general judgment on which one is absolutely stronger; it depends on the specific circumstances.

However, in terms of the difficulty of comprehension, the fusion of the Dharma domains is definitely more difficult than One Segment Magic Domain Resonance.

For someone like Ronan to achieve the fusion of Three Law Domains is even more difficult than comprehending the Magic Domain Resonance.

"The inherent connections between the different law domains are easy to find, since they are all ice-type Extraordinary Magic Domain. The real difficulty lies in fusing Extraordinary Magic Domain of different types."

"But coming up with an image that can encompass all three domains—[[Extreme Frozen Weapon]], [Despair Ice Seal], and [Frost Veins]—is indeed quite a headache."

Soraya told me to go back and peruse more wizarding books, look for some ancient legends, and maybe I'd get some inspiration. I don't know if that method will work...

As Ronan pondered this, he casually extinguished the swirling ice and snow in his palm, pulling himself out of his thoughts on his cultivation and turning his gaze forward.

Above the vast snow-covered forest, in the boundless sky and wilderness, only his solitary figure flew.

This place seemed familiar; Ronan had been here before, the very place where Soraya had led him to hunt the third-tier Cold Scale Python.

The three Cold Scale Python that once lived here, possessing a trace of the Ancient Ice Crystal Magic Serpent Bloodline, are no longer here. The people of the three major wizard families of White Stone Fortress have also all left. It can be said that this area is no longer worth exploring.

But Ronan still wanted to come and see.

The main reason was that this matter involved Anglie, which made Ronan curious about the purpose of Anglie and his group's visit.

"It seems to be around here."

Ronan flew over a region.

Looking up, the ground was a mess, with huge traces left by the spell's bombardment.

This place should have been a dense forest, but it has now been completely leveled, and in many places you can still see snake tracks that look like huge wheels have rolled over it.

Three days ago, Soraya and three other Third Level Wizard fought the three-headed Cold Scale Python here. The energy particles in this area were not completely evenly distributed, and it was noticeably colder than other places.

Ronan followed the tracks left by the Cold Scale Python and slowly searched in one direction.

After flying for several miles, they finally found the Serpent Nest of the Cold Scale Python.

This is a super huge crater!

Thick white fog hung over the giant pit, and ancient vines and decaying branches covered in frost intertwined to form a thick layer of natural fabric that covered almost the entire pit, leaving only a narrow gap in the middle.

Ronan down from above, the giant pit resembled a huge black snake's eye, with the white mist forming the whites of the eye and the narrow slit in the pit representing the vertical pupil.

Even though the Cold Scale Python that lived in this Serpent Nest is no longer there, billowing cold air still continuously spews out from the crevice, which is how the white mist above the pit is formed.

Ronan looked around but couldn't find anything suspicious besides the Serpent Nest, so he decided to go inside and take a look.

A faint white light shone in his eyes, and a faint eye-like rune pattern appeared between his brows, indicating that he had activated Expert Level [Detection Spell.

He casually tossed a fireball into the gap at the entrance of the Serpent Nest. The blazing fireball was quickly compressed and shrank by the dense cold air after it fell into the gap, and the light it emitted was far less than Ronan had expected.

Ronan was secretly alarmed; the mere residual chill was enough to suppress his Fireball.

Although it's just a low-level zero spell, you have to remember that he's now a proper level two wizard. Even a zero-level spell he casually releases has more power than a typical first-level spell.

It's simply unbelievable.

Ronan threw several Fireball in succession, even setting some withered vines and rotten wood on fire at the edge of the crevice, before slowly moving closer.

With his Expert Level [Detection Spell] combined with his body-training instincts, Ronan did not sense any unknown danger lurking in the nest.

He slowly crept into the lair, immediately feeling his body enveloped by a deep chill and darkness.

Fireball were continuously thrown in all directions, barely dispelling the cold, and the firelight gradually illuminated the scene in the pit.

——

The crater was much shallower than Ronan had imagined; it only went down about thirty meters before reaching the bottom.

At the bottom was a huge black circular platform, scattered with the bones of some magical beasts. More bones were piled up in a ring around the platform. Some of the skulls were huge and ferocious, with empty eye sockets staring eerily at Ronan under the light of the fireballs, giving off a rather sinister feeling.

Ronan landed lightly on the platform, stepping on a thick layer of slippery fluid, the body fluid of the Cold Scale Python. It was extremely cold-resistant and would not freeze easily, and could be used as a material for certain magical potions.

The Serpent Nest had clearly been searched; anything of value had been taken, leaving only snake fluid that a Third Level Wizard wouldn't even consider and a pile of broken bones.

Ronan took out an empty potion bottle, put a little snake fluid into it, and then used his mental power to gently push aside the scattered bone fragments under his feet to examine the patterns on the black platform.

This is probably the ancient ruins that Soraya was referring to.

This ruin is probably the simplest and most rudimentary one Ronan has ever seen.

Mental detection revealed that the surrounding area and the ground beneath it were all untouched earth and rocks. The ruins were only this small in size, and they had been used as a nest by the Cold Scale Python.

However, judging from the degree of decay of the broken bones on the ground, this giant pit ruin was probably used as Serpent Nest for only a few months at most, and definitely no more than a year.

Soraya said that the three Cold Scale Python they hunted were all depleted of their life essence, as if they had just been seriously injured in a great battle and had not yet recovered, which was probably caused by their impact on the barrier of the ruins.

The "thing" hidden within the ruins may be the key to the Three-Headed Cold Scale Python awakening the Ancient Ice Crystal Magic Serpent Bloodline, and it is also very likely the true purpose of Anglie and his group's appearance here.

The patterns on the black platform beneath our feet were incredibly simple, just some crude lines that offered no discernible meaning.

Ronan casually tossed out a few fireballs, using the light from their ascent to examine the illuminated walls of the giant crater.

There are some mysterious and ancient patterns on the inner walls of the giant pit.

Ronan squinted and observed carefully for a while. He felt that some of the drawings resembled some kind of ancient sacrificial ritual, but because the damage was too severe and the cold air had eroded the drawings, many of the patterns were illegible. He was not sure if they were the sacrificial images he thought they were.

"If even four Third Level Wizards with their accumulated knowledge can't figure it out, what can I possibly see?"

Ronan shook his head and suddenly realized that behind the large pile of broken bones on the platform directly in front of him, something seemed to be hidden.

He released a burst of spiritual energy, sweeping away the bones that were obstructing his view, and finally saw what was behind them.

——

It was a broken black stone pillar.

It is placed on a base that is much higher than the platform.

The stone pillar is only about two meters tall, with a pair of wing-like carvings extending from the top two sides, forming a hollow semicircle with the pillar itself.

The stone pillar is carved with the image of a kneeling woman, her hands raised upwards, her outstretched palms just overlapping with the carvings extending from the top of the pillar. At first glance, it looks as if a person is kneeling on the ground trying to lift something up.

Aside from its ancient and mysterious aura, the stone pillar looked unremarkable, without a trace of any remaining energy particles.

However, the moment Ronan saw the stone pillar, his mind went blank and vibrated slightly.

He stared intently at the black stone pillar before him, a flood of information flashing through his mind like lightning. He was certain that he had seen or read descriptions of this type of stone pillar sculpture somewhere before.

Where?

It seems to be... "Whoosh—"

The Space Ring on Ronan's hand flashed slightly, and an old, yellowed notebook quietly appeared in his hand.

The notebook opened automatically without any wind, making a soft "whooshing" sound.

Finally, it quietly freezes on a certain page.

On that page was a hand-drawn illustration, and what it depicted... was almost identical to the statue and pillar currently standing before Ronan! "Hiss—"

Ronan took a deep breath, comparing the contents of the statue and pillar in front of him with the notes in his hand, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

This notebook had been in his storage container for a very, very long time.

The notes are from Old Wells.

The notes mainly record how to store a mysterious power called "the Holy Shrine Power".

According to the notes, the ancient statue pillar now standing before Ronan is what the notes refer to as the "Holy Shrine"! The semicircle at the top of the statue pillar should contain the "Holy Shrine Power".

Of course, it has now disappeared; it has been taken away.

Or perhaps it has already been eaten by a snake!