Colorful Wording (Early Update)

Besides, a stone carving is just a stone carving; what difference does it make if it's restored to its original state? Su Ming was 100% certain that Miss Belladonna was just throwing a tantrum. "It's academic research; what's a little cost?" The scholar said matter-of-factly, "I've made a major discovery because of this. These stone carvings were originally colored; each affix had a different color, and the color changed depending on their position in the sentence."

"Oh?" Su Ming quickly understood, "Color is also part of the written information in Divine Language?"

"Hmm, colored letters are the complete expression of the Divine Language. It's just that the colors faded over the long process of transmission, whether on books or stone carvings," Zijin replied. "I traced back to all the inscriptions I could find and finally restored the original form of the Divine Language."

Very good, the second most wanted person on the Temple of Light's wanted list, the "Ancient Stele Destroyer" is now confirmed.

First on the list is naturally Ailisha herself, the "former saint who defected." Incidentally, she's also third on the list as the "Father's Thief."

"By completing the letter colors, the previously chaotic language immediately gained a clear and rigorous set of rules. My studies became much smoother, and I could even easily understand profound works that the bishops considered completely incomprehensible," Zijin said. "I wrote the relevant grammar in a notebook."

"Someone saw the notes?" Su Ming guessed what would happen next.

Zijin nodded. "Having achieved my learning goals at the temple, I planned to leave the nunnery, so I deliberately let a priest see the colorful Divine Language."

Knowledge is best served when it is put to use. Zijin planned to spread these things before she left. But unexpectedly Katharine hurriedly found her and quickly took her away.

Not long after Zijin left, the Shadow Group, the church's group that did all the dirty work, surrounded her dormitory.

"It was my mistake; I was too naive back then," Zijin said regretfully.

Divine Language is the social hierarchy of the Temple of Light. Those with resources receive instruction from birth, thus gaining the ability to master higher divine arts. No matter how hard ordinary commoner priests work, they can never make significant progress in their entire lives.

Zijin's discovery and research on the colored Divine Language transformed the lofty Divine Language into a language of ordinary difficulty, shattering this barrier to the core. Therefore, when the temple's higher-ups learned of this, they did not think of the joy of expanding academic knowledge, but rather immediately imprisoned Zijin to protect the supreme position of the temple's rulers!

"You're not wrong, Zijin," Su Ming said. "The ones who are wrong are these corrupt high-ranking officials of the temple!"

He thought about it for a moment, feeling that leaving like this wasn't like a scholar's style. "What else did you do back then?"

"Nothing much, just left a bomb where it landed, wiping out half of the Shadow Operations Group," the scholar replied. "Oh, I got angrier the more I thought about it, so I went to the Saint Lan Cathedral and stole the Gospel statue."

Did they also blow up the Saint Lan Cathedral while they were at it? Su Ming thought to himself, "No wonder it's called Belladonna!"

However, he was determined to tear down that disgusting Temple of Light! Su Ming thought to himself.

****

In the Youth Civilization Workshop, in front of Katharine, Su Ming sorted out his thoughts.

First, the books were filled with color and circulated among the believers of light.

"Is it that inexplicable book, ' Colorful Wording '?" he speculated. Katharine nodded in acknowledgment. "I wrote it. I compiled the grammar of the Colorful Divine Language into a novel and secretly promoted its true uses to commoner students. By the time the higher-ups of the Temple of Light discovered this, it was too late to stop the spread of the New Divine Language."

No wonder that novel was so dull and uninteresting, Su Ming suddenly realized. This was a grammar manual; Divine Language students could use the descriptions in the book to find the correct color of Divine Language affixes.

The closing message read, "May God's love and light shine in every corner, making our hearts as radiant as Rainbow!" Su Ming said, "So that's what it meant."

"You actually finished reading it?" Katharine's eyes widened in surprise. "You haven't studied Divine Language, have you? Such an awful novel—you actually like reading this kind of thing?"

Su Ming quickly denied it, "I only read the beginning and the end."

Katharine's gaze towards him remained full of suspicion.

"Well, in my original world, I received training in reading comprehension," Su Ming said. "For example, what thoughts and feelings did the author express through items like 'cucumbers covered in morning dew' and 'bitter melons soaked in rainwater'?"

"Let's change the subject!" Katharine quickly interrupted.

The two skipped this section.

****

"The Divine Language Notebook was left for you by Ailisha," Su Ming said.

Zijin was somewhat disheartened by the Temple of Light's inhumane practices, but she did not choose to destroy her work, nor did she hide it.

"Yes. She let me use it freely, and spread it freely as well," Katharine said. "Ailisha said, 'Knowledge is innocent.'"

Scholars have always had their own principles and convictions in certain areas.

You've done far beyond her expectations.

"I subsidized the printing costs, significantly reducing the price of this book; I organized mutual aid groups among the common people, spreading the doctrine of equality within them,"

"She refuted the theories of the Divine Covenant Faction; she established scholarships to support activists and academic achievers. She did many things like that," Katharine recounted the details, acknowledging the immense effort and dedication she had put in over the past twenty years.

Admiration flashed in Su Ming's eyes, "Impressive!"

A barely perceptible hint of smugness flickered across Katharine's face. "In short, the New Divine Language has stubbornly taken root and grown among the common people."

Su Ming finally understood the whole story. "No wonder the Church would launch such a large-scale exile operation."

"Commoners far outnumber the aristocratic families, and the number of exceptionally talented individuals is overwhelming. Moreover, compared to pampered spoiled brats, commoners are more mentally resilient," Katharine said. "The Divine Covenant Faction fears the growth of this power, so they concentrate them in the Northern Lands."

Su Ming didn't understand politics very well, but history books provided the answers. Relocate a troublesome group away from their familiar area.

It's definitely not about letting them stick together and continue developing in a new place.

"A great purge?" he frowned.

"Yes." A hint of appreciation flashed in Katharine's eyes. "The Northern Flow Faction is still relatively young, and their understanding of power struggles is too naive. Most of them always dream of avoiding the limelight and living in seclusion in a corner, which is the real reason I came here." She shook her head again, "But there's absolutely no way my identity could be exposed, because being ambushed like that doesn't make sense."

"Of course you couldn't have been exposed!" Su Ming looked up at Katharine, unsure whether to admire or scold her. "How do you plan to explain to Ailisha about impersonating her as the ' Pale New Words ' saintess?"

All of Katharine's actions were disguised as Zijin's, carried out in the name of her former saintess, Ailisha. Therefore, Katharine possessed enormous appeal from the very beginning, enabling the New Divine Language Organization to grow rapidly.

The church is on a massive manhunt for Ailisha; no one expected the enemy to be right beside them!

"It's not really my fault!" Katharine said.

Su Ming was curious, "Can you still deny it?"

"Look, writing ' Colorful Wording ' and spreading the New Divine Language —that's following Ailisha's instructions!" Katharine said. "After she left the academy, there was no word from her, and even after the New Divine Language was successfully spread, she gave no feedback. I searched for Ailisha for many years without success, and considering her health condition when we parted, I truly believed she was dead!"

At that time, Ailisha's form was sealed by the Feather Race, her bone dragon body was forbidden, and Zijin spent most of her time sleeping in the White Bone Fortress. No one outside associated "Saint Ailisha" with "White Bone Tower Spirit".

"So, I will carry on her legacy!" Katharine declared confidently. She even complained to Su Ming, "I dressed up as Ailisha, and the corset was so tight I could hardly breathe. That girl's skin was already pale, but in her last few years at the academy, her face became even more bloodless. I had to paint my face until I looked like a dead person every time!"

"So that's how that inexplicable title ' Pale New Words ' came about."

"As soon as I heard that Ailisha had appeared at the Cui'an Sea Cliff, I rushed there immediately!" Katharine continued, "Fearing that something might have happened to her."

Su Ming got angry when this was brought up.

Back at the Cui'an Sea Cliff, Zijin was only being chased by a Temple Knights, who were even willing to appease the Dragon Race by surrounding her without attacking. But after revealing Ailisha's form, the two were immediately surrounded and annihilated by a large-scale army!

This is all thanks to Katharine!

What's even more infuriating is that this culprit originally came to kill Su Ming to "rescue" Ailisha.

"Too bad you didn't manage to kill me, huh?"

"Yes, a close call." Katharine finished the last tortilla, clapped her hands, and said, "A delicious late-night snack, thanks for the treat!"

Su Ming took a deep breath. He decided not to provoke further and changed the subject, "Continue with your 'great achievements.' Especially in the Northern Lands, what other things did you do that deserve to be killed?"

"No, not at all. The infiltration of the Cold Mountain Light Branch here was approved by the Cold Mountain Royal Family," Katharine replied. "The Church and the Cold Mountain Royal Family have an agreement to cooperate in dismantling the Lord Autonomy Alliance. Most of the land will be taken over by the royal family, and a portion will be given to the Temple of Light as a stronghold."

"Aren't you going to offend the lords of the Northern Lands to the death?"

"No, no, no, don't talk nonsense, I didn't!" Katharine denied three times in a row. "These were all done by the Holy Maiden of ' Pale New Words,' what does it have to do with me Katharine?"

"You've gotten addicted to wearing vests, huh?" Su Ming suddenly felt that the right thing to do was to let the scholars pin her down and give her a good beating right now.

****

When Zijin woke up, she found herself enveloped in a silent barrier. She reached out and poked it away, revealing Su Ming sleeping beside her.

The little Tuanzi was nowhere to be seen; she must have been with Younier.

She was momentarily confused before realizing that if there was no baby, why were she and Su Ming sleeping in the same bed?

Silvery moonlight streamed through the window. She had gone to bed too early last night, and it was only three in the morning; she was fully awake and no longer felt sleepy.

The carriage slid along the snow, swaying slightly. Zijin used her Omniscient Vision to see that Katharine was still asleep in the workroom, and there was a sand table and various flags scattered on the table, some of which were labeled in Su Ming's handwriting.

Qiluo slept in her room in the form of a unicorn. Su Ming had replaced the roof with laminated glass, and bright moonlight shone through, illuminating the unicorn's white body. Her wounds were slowly healing with the help of the moonlight.

Zijin didn't get up, lying quietly for a while, when she suddenly realized something was wrong. She reached out and touched the sheets, and sure enough, the Celestial Gold underneath was gone!

She hurriedly grabbed the pillow, but it felt soft and light; it had clearly been switched as well!

Zijin angrily pounced on Su Ming, raising a pillow to hit him, but looking at his slightly tired sleeping face, she couldn't bring herself to do it.

Frustrated, she tossed the pillow aside and once again activated her Omniscient Vision, searching for the hiding place of Celestial Gold and the crystal core.

But Su Ming was clearly on guard; she searched the White Bone Train several times, but found nothing.

Zijin reluctantly reached out and poked Su Ming's cheek. Startled, Su Ming smacked his lips, brushed her hand away, turned over, and continued sleeping on his other side.

Zijin's lips unconsciously curled up, wanting to continue poking, but then she realized what she was doing. She looked at her fingers in confusion, not understanding why she had acted that way.

Shaking her head, she lay back down in her seat, deciding to settle accounts with Su Ming after he woke up!

****

After examining her own condition, Zijin realized that her spirits had mostly recovered. She remembered that there were still many things to do, such as familiarizing herself with the upgraded White Bone Mark.

Su Ming's modifications significantly altered the composition of her Magic Power. It wasn't just her body that needed to adapt; the dominance of dark energy also affected her mental energy circulation. The immediate priority was to make adaptive adjustments.

The scholars connected with the White Bone Mark and began to study this component of power that she originally loathed but now relied upon.

Thinking of this, she wanted to reach out and poke Su Ming again, but she held back; such a prank was wrong.

Zijin refocused her attention on the mark. In her sea of runes, she sensed the presence of the vengeful spirit Miao Xin, much more clearly than before.

She tried it casually, and it connected immediately.

[Su-Yi-Yi! Miss Zijin?] Miao Xin was startled.

"[It's me.]" Zijin studied it for a while and found that Su Ming had granted her some two-way permissions. She could now borrow a small amount of Su Ming's power to complete a cross-space conversation with Miao Xin.

[Do we no longer need Su Ming as a switchboard?]

[It seems he's still asleep.]

I tried it out, and the two can only communicate verbally, not visually or visually, but it's already a huge change.

"Thank you for what happened last time," Zijin said.

"You're welcome," Miao Xin said. "I'm shopping at the supermarket right now; you can wake Su Ming up and we can start picking up the goods."

In the warehouse of Light Machinery Factory, Miao Xin manipulated the Little Spiky Head as it passed a row of tall shelves, casually making Psionic Power marks on the items it had selected.

The scholars realized that Su Ming was planning to send something from Earth again.

"If time allows, let him sleep a little longer," Zijin said. "Upgrading his mark yesterday took a toll on him, and his mental energy hasn't fully recovered yet."

[We can wait a while, it's not dawn yet.] Miao Xin said there was no problem.

She broke the warehouse door lock, making it impossible to open normally.