After the " Eternity Oath of Beauty " ended, not much changed about Trianne; she didn't even feel any warmth.
" Little Little Grey, Titan prayer is this?" Trianne asked.
Xing patted Trianne's head. "Consider it... Idrila Prayer."
" Idrila? Who's that?"
"Hmm... could it be seen as Moneta, the ' World Beyond the Sky '?"
"I understand now!"
Trianne flew off to scout ahead, while the remaining two and one Mimi, who had finally mustered up their energy, were stopped by an iron gate after only a few steps.
Castorice pushed the tightly closed door. "It can't be opened... It's sealed to resist the Black Tide, isn't it?"
"Flame Lance, charge--!"
Xing's baseball bat and fire spear are ready to be unleashed.
"There's no need to exert yourself, Your Excellency. Janus's power... is far greater than we imagined."
Castorice shook her head, not questioning the power of the star, but because the High Priest had blessed it, making it difficult for ordinary people to open.
Mimi put herself in the other person's shoes. "Since it's a creation of the Three Titans of Fate, maybe we can find the key through Oronyx's eyes..."
"What a joke! It's just a door, and the first thing you think of is appealing to the gods..."
Suddenly, a Remembrance crystal that only Xing and Mimi could see appeared, and Mimi almost instinctively hid behind Xing.
Before unlocking the door, let's try to unlock the eye first.
"You startled me! You... are you an echo of Remembrance?"
"My name is Anaxagoras, one of the Seven Sages of the Grove of Epiphany, and the founder of the School of Wisdom Seeds. Let me make this clear from the start: First, don't call me Anaxa."
Hearing this self-introduction, Mimi was a little confused. "Anak... Nak... oh well, I'll just call you Anaxa. Now, can you answer...?"
Second, don't interrupt me—silence is golden.
Mimi instantly gave him a half-moon eye look, "This person is so hard to get along with!"
"What I stand here to speak with you now is not a remnant of Remembrance, but the culmination of my scientific work—a noble, pure, certain, and unquestionable truth."
Xing was sandwiched between Mimi and ' That Anaxa ', how did they interact?
"Through the art of alchemy, I shattered my soul, refined it into gold, and buried it here. I recorded these words so that those who come after me may know where they should go."
"What broke?!"
Xing took a step back; that Teacher Anaxa was a ruthless person!
"Alchemy can do such a thing?"
"Anything is possible, but be careful, alchemy is not a foolproof art. What you hear depends on the amount of soul I give up, not on something created out of thin air."
"Why are you picking up on someone else's words again... Are you really an echo of Remembrance?" Mimi asked Curiosity.
"Because my calculations are meticulous. I also know that you have discovered that the Grove perished due to the Black Tide, and mistakenly believe that all the scholars have been wiped out."
"But you are sorely mistaken—the sages managed to evacuate most of the people before the Black Tide approached. They are currently on their way to the holy city of Okhema."
"Only a small number of scholars remain with me to defend the Grove. If nothing unexpected happens, the Core Flame of Cerces should arrive in Okhema at the same time soon..."
"... But since you have read this message, it means that an accident has already occurred. Now, please continue onward to the Throne of Enlightenment —to retrieve the Core Flame and our remains."
"The project is now complete; that concludes my remarks."
As soon as he finished speaking, Anaxa's illusory Remembrance vanished in an instant, giving her no time to react.
"He... he disappeared again? Is that all he has to say?"
Castorice wasn't even on the same chat channel yet, looked completely bewildered. "Your Excellency, judging from your expressions... have you found something of value?"
Xing Castorice briefly recounted what she Remembrance, "I saw Teacher Anaxa, whom you mentioned, but it seems he had already been murdered..."
"Wow, that's a lot of information... Sorry, please let me process this."
"What bothers me is that he said his Anakesagelasi."
"This... don't worry about it too much. I don't know why, but he's particularly concerned about his full name."
As Castorice pondered, she explained to Xing, "The ' School of Wisdom Seeds ' and 'Alchemy'... At that Teacher Anaxa believed that all things were born from the same source and had the same composition, which is the soul."
"And he named it ' Wisdom Seed '... This theory is extremely complex. If you're interested, you might want to ask him to explain it to you personally. The prerequisite is... that he's still alive."
"Everyone seems to have been evacuated, which is the only good news so far. Now that things have come to this, we can focus on recovering the Core Flame."
As for whether Anaxa, Castorice was still unwilling to consider that possibility. Perhaps they simply couldn't move the Core Flame and managed to escape...
Xing began to formulate a plan. "First, we need to make a trip to the ' Throne of Enlightenment '."
Secondly, what exactly is the " Throne of Enlightenment "? Why does the Academy have a throne?
"That's where the Core Flame of Cerces is kept, right at the top of the giant tree. According to him, the Core Flame should still be there."
"However, getting there... isn't as easy as the teacher makes it sound."
"Oh~" Mimi put her hands on her hips, "On the bright side, it sounds like a place that's easy to defend and difficult to attack. If that's the case, I think everyone, including Anaxa, will definitely be fine!"
"That's true... let's see if he left any similar directions for us along the way."
As soon as the words were spoken, the door, which had previously been impenetrable with the Flame Spear, slowly opened.
"The door can be opened! So that message was a lock after all."
"Alchemy is just... incredible."
Meanwhile, the "Holy City" of Okhema
The real Ye Yan arrived at Cloud Stone Market and immediately spotted the " Pink Fairy " milk tea shop.
Looking at the patched-up and renovated milk tea shop, Ye Yan smiled with satisfaction. The milk tea spirit has a successor...
Knock knock knock!
This time, March 7th had learned her lesson. She cautiously peeked out, and upon discovering it was Ye Yan, she swiftly conjured up the Six-Phased Ice.
"Oh... you dare come back! What did you do to the priestess?!"
March 7th let out a angry outburst, then realized that if she could escape from an " Eternity " Emanator, it seemed she couldn't possibly defeat him.
" Garden of Recollection, don't mess with me. I, Little March, am not someone to be trifled with!"
In a moment of desperation, March 7th discarded the Six-Phased Ice and turned to take out the treasured sword he had obtained from the Xianzhou.
"I... I am the grand-disciple of General Jing Yuan Luofu General Huaiyan Zhuming! I have received rigorous training in the Xianzhou Sword Technique, I am not afraid of you!"
" Miss March 7th, what's wrong with you...?"
"Hey! Enough talk, take this sword strike first!"