New True Words

The knowledge their great king had told her completely overturned Zhuang Mengdie's original understanding, but what followed was an even greater flood of questions.

Zhou Xu definitely could not answer each and every one of them.

It was like how he could not explain why one plus one equaled two. Much of this knowledge was practically common sense to a modern person like Zhou Xu, making it impossible to explain clearly.

If he tried to explain, there would most likely be an endless stream of "why"s afterward.

Faced with this situation, Zhou Xu adopted the simplest and most brutal solution.

You did not need to understand it. You only needed to know that such a thing existed.

After arranging these matters and conducting a suitable discussion and study session with Zhuang Mengdie, Zhou Xu rose and returned to the City Lord's Residence, planning to find some time to test the True Words he had obtained.

This matter had already been delayed for quite some time, and he had finally managed to free up a little time.

He chose a testing site outside the city, twenty li west of the road toward Yellow Sand City. While ensuring that he would not encounter any enemies, he also avoided colliding with any traveling groups, making it a perfect place for Zhou Xu to study the True Words.

Out of caution, Zhou Xu also sent the Elf Knights under his command to scatter and patrol the perimeter, lest anyone accidentally wander in and get hurt.

Standing in the open space, Zhou Xu tidied his thoughts slightly.

[That Lightning Attack True Word seems to consume quite a lot. What if I use it a few times and exhaust the True Word? Wouldn't I then be unable to conduct the other tests?]

Zhou Xu had not