"Mentor, could you take a look at this?"
Sanders looked over.
Angel extended his hand, his slender fingers lightly tapping the tabletop. A thin ripple immediately spread from his fingertips.
As the ripple radiated outward, a sheet of parchment gradually appeared beneath his fingertips.
Sanders took it. The soft, thin parchment fell into his palm, carrying an oddly icy touch.
"Star... frost." Sanders softly read the only two words on the parchment. The characters were restrained, solemn, and meticulous.
A glint flashed through Sanders's eyes, as though he had thought of something.
He spread out the back of his hand and gently brushed it over the parchment's surface. A faint halo flickered, and countless intricate, elegant patterns spread outward from the words "Starfrost."
The strange pattern was covered in tiny silvery-white specks and glimmered faintly, like frost dust illuminated by the warm sun after the first snowfall of deep winter.
Cold, yet beautiful.
"This is a wizard cipher." Sanders studied the pattern, then looked up at Angel. "Where did you get this parchment?"
"Wodell gave it to me back then. He said it had belonged to Puxiao, the Sin City Walker." Angel briefly recounted what had happened.
When Sanders heard that the item had come from Puxiao, he raised an eyebrow.
"What do you think this is?"
Angel pondered for a moment. "The mention of Starfrost brings many things to mind. Starfrost potions, Starfrost spells, Starfrost magical materials... the list goes on. But when it comes to the 'Starfrost' most closely linked to the Frost Moon Alliance, I can think of only one thing."
"The Starfrost Meditation Method!"
Sanders nodded. "If it belonged to Puxiao, then this parchment may indeed be the famous Starfrost Meditation Method. But whether it truly is or not will require us to break the cipher