I Knew It!

Hearing Lin Yu's words, Flamme steadied herself, selectively ignored the term she did not understand, and looked at him strangely.

"You still want to learn magic?"

Lin Yu raised a brow. "If you're willing to teach me, why wouldn't I learn?"

Flamme shook her head. "No matter how powerful magic is, it can't compare to a single thought of yours. I can't understand what meaning there is in you learning magic."

Lin Yu rolled his eyes and said irritably, "Why does it need to have meaning? Look at yourself. You've clearly mastered countless powerful spells, yet isn't your favorite still Field of Flowers Magic?"

"That's because—"

Flamme's words stopped abruptly. Then she sighed. "Fine, I understand what you mean."

Lin Yu nodded in satisfaction. "Good. So, do you have any ideas?"

Flamme pondered for a moment before saying hesitantly, "Perhaps I really do..."

"Oh?"

Lin Yu was somewhat surprised.

Flamme raised her right hand. A stream of light burst from her palm and condensed into a thick leather-bound book.

"What is this?"

"The Holy Scripture."

Flamme lowered her eyes and gently stroked the Holy Staff Relief on the cover. "The Holy Scripture bestowed by the Goddess, who was said in myths and legends to have created the world and to be omniscient and omnipotent."

So this was it!

Lin Yu became interested and carefully examined this creation that was clearly far beyond its era.

"Seeing the language textbook you brought before, I thought humans today still used writing materials like animal hides and wooden boards. So you'd already invented paper!"

"Actually, not yet..."

Flamme shook her head and raised the Holy Scripture in her hand. "This isn't a human creation. It's something unique to the Church. They say that as long as something meets the conditions to become a Holy Scripture, no matter what writing medium it used before, it will turn into this."

Lin Yu asked with interest, "Is this the Goddess's magic?"

Flamme nodded. "That's right. To use the Goddess's magic, one must possess an innate aptitude. Those with that aptitude gain resistance to curses, so we call it [Goddess's Blessing]."

"Wait!"

Lin Yu said speechlessly, "You don't think I have this Goddess's Blessing, do you?"

Flamme shook her head. "No. What I mean is that human magic is far too insignificant for you. It's like a hundred-meter-tall Giant being unable to hold a one-meter-long sword. But the Goddess's magic might be just right for you."

As she spoke, she opened the Holy Scripture and looked at the stories and commandments recorded within. "Although the Holy Scripture itself contains no content about the Goddess's magic, after a long period of interpretation, the Monks discovered that these tales from the age of myth and the Goddess's commandments actually hide many methods for using her magic."

"In the past, I never understood why the Goddess chose to hide magic within stories and commandments."

"Until that moment just now, I suddenly realized that perhaps it was precisely because true gods possessed strength beyond all common sense that the Goddess could only pass down her magic in this way..."

"So now you understand, right? Just like the inexplicable curse, the Goddess's magic is something that transcends common sense. With humanity's current understanding of magic, we simply cannot comprehend the principles behind it."

"Magic like that may be exactly what suits you."

"As for Goddess's Blessing, you're a god from the New World. If it's you, perhaps the Goddess will show you some respect and even make an exception to appear before you!"

By the time she said the last sentence, Flamme's eyes were shining with curiosity and thirst for knowledge.

Lin Yu's face darkened. "In the end, that last sentence was what you really wanted to say, wasn't it?!"

Flamme nodded candidly. "That's right."

"You really don't hide anything at all!"

As Lin Yu complained, he took the Holy Scripture from her hands.

No matter what, he should try it first!

With that thought, Lin Yu immediately mobilized his consciousness and carefully extended his tentacle into the Holy Scripture.

In an instant, the brick-thick Holy Scripture burst into dazzling light.

The light was so intense that even Flamme, who had been staring at it directly, felt her eyes sting. She had no choice but to close them and cast several barrier spells in succession to protect herself.

Only after several seconds did the blinding light finally begin to fade.

With her eyes tightly shut, Flamme listened to the rustling sound of pages turning in the Holy Scripture and could not help asking, "Did it work?"

"...It rejected me."

A slightly helpless voice came from ahead.

Flamme froze for a moment, then hurriedly opened her aching eyes and looked toward the young man holding the Holy Scripture.

The young man held the open Holy Scripture in his hands. The pages that should have been filled with mythological stories and the Goddess's commandments had somehow become completely blank!

How was that possible?!

Flamme's pupils contracted as she stared blankly at the empty Holy Scripture.

Lin Yu flipped through the blank pages, a thoughtful expression appearing on his delicate face.

During the contact between his consciousness and the Holy Scripture, he had indeed sensed an immensely powerful force.

This force was rather similar to the World Consciousness that had previously stopped him from entering, but they were definitely not the same entity.

Judging from that, this Goddess was still far from capable of creating a world or being omniscient and omnipotent. At most, she had touched upon the origin of the world. Her standing was still far below Lin Yu's.

As for the wariness she had felt upon discovering him, Lin Yu thought that perhaps this Goddess had also contributed somewhat when the world tried to prevent him from entering.

Then he could hardly blame her. After all, he was an uninvited guest who had forced his way into someone else's home!

"...This truly is something I've never seen before!"

Flamme came back to her senses and stared brightly at the blank Holy Scripture. "But no matter what, at least the Holy Scripture is still here!"

Lin Yu paused slightly.

That was right, the Holy Scripture was still here!

It had endured his consciousness without instantly being annihilated!

Could it be that the Holy Scripture itself possessed some extraordinary divine property?

Lin Yu quickly closed the Holy Scripture and discovered that the Holy Staff Relief on its cover was gradually fading.

Before long, the Holy Staff Relief vanished completely, replaced by an incredibly profound and complex Rune.

Lin Yu looked thoughtful. He tentatively extended a consciousness tentacle into it and, sure enough, left his own mark upon the Rune.

At the same time, a perfect Circular Relief appeared on the cover.

A strange expression appeared on Lin Yu's face. With a thought, the Circular Relief began to distort. It first turned into the Song-style character "Lin," then twisted again into the image of Rolycoly, the Spine Peak Lord.

Flamme watched the entire scene and immediately could not help asking, "What's going on?"

Lin Yu looked up, his tone somewhat strange. "If I'm not mistaken, that Goddess probably gave it to me..."

Is this her way of making peace?

Lin Yu muttered inwardly.

Flamme was stunned for a moment, then said thoughtfully, "So from now on, it's your Holy Scripture?"

"Yeah."

Lin Yu nodded, then held the Holy Scripture and extended his consciousness tentacle into it once more.

Not long afterward, he raised his hand. A ball of blue light carrying fluctuations of Magic Power burst from his palm.

"So it really works!"

A smile appeared on Lin Yu's face.

He tried using the Holy Scripture as a medium to cultivate Magic Power and discovered that it could indeed convert and lower the level of his mental power, allowing it to indirectly affect the Magic Power in the atmosphere.

"With this, activating Magic Power won't be a problem. Flamme, hurry and teach me magic!"

Hearing Lin Yu's eager words, Flamme's expression became strange.

After hesitating for a moment, she said, "Lin, let's make this clear first. I've only taught humans before. I don't know how to teach a god..."

Lin Yu said without hesitation, "Just follow the normal process~"

"Fine. But if anything goes wrong, I won't be responsible."

After saying that, Flamme began explaining the principles of how Magic Power formed magic.

Once Lin Yu nodded to indicate that he understood, she spoke again. "Mages today have developed techniques for casting without incantations, but for beginners who want to cast magic, it's best to learn how to chant spells first."

"I'll teach you a few beginner elemental spells. Repeat after me—"

"Sigh of Wind... Sky-Rending Blade!"

"Whoosh—"

In an instant, Magic Power compressed the air into a blade and slashed forward amid a shrill whistle of wind, leaving a cut several feet long on the broken giant tree ahead.

"What the heck? That incantation sounded so intimidating, but it's just an ordinary wind blade."

"What's so hard about that? Watch me!"

Holding the Holy Scripture, Lin Yu confidently began, "Wind—"

"Whoosh—"

Before he could finish speaking, countless traces of Magic Power in the atmosphere erupted into motion. Like travelers who had finally found a harbor, they cheered and eagerly answered Lin Yu's call.

In a single instant, a terrifying hundred-meter wind blade condensed before Lin Yu's gradually stiffening expression.

The Magic Power spilling from the wind blade's edges continuously sliced through the ground and trees, making the already devastated Forest even worse.

Seeing this, Flamme, who had already raised a barrier around herself, sighed and said gloomily, "I knew it!"