Chapter 200
And then there were the light spheres with a predominance of blue or orange; for now, Xia Er didn’t quite understand what they represented.
She thought to herself, maybe she could find the one with the highest proportion... Each time she entered one, she would be able to discern the differences...
Xia Er walked along the path of light spheres, moving steadily toward the distance.
Deep down, she felt that there must be a light sphere containing a memory or recollection that could answer the inexplicable sense of familiarity she had with that feather pen artifact.
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No way! After all the hard work I put in, why does it feel like it’s all for nothing??
Ugh!!! Whatever! Today, I’m hitting ten thousand words!
You’re all just small fry!
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Good night!!!!!!
**Chapter 124: Shadows of the Past.**
Xia Er continued along the endless path of light spheres, carefully discerning the changes in color within each sphere.
So far, she had only entered two light spheres with a significant amount of white light; the sample size was too small, and she couldn’t yet distinguish what each light represented.
After skimming past nearly two hundred light spheres, a blue sphere with about 70% blue light appeared before her.
But Xia Er didn’t choose to enter it right away.
The total number of light spheres was limited, and each time she entered one, others would vanish from sight.
Having walked for about five minutes without seeing any light spheres disappear, she decided it was best to roughly record their locations and filter through all the spheres before selectively entering them.
Following the path of light spheres, Xia Er began to jog, then transitioned into a brisk run.
Most of the monochromatic light spheres had already been mentally mapped in her mind.
The skills brought by her studies in linguistics seemed to only apply to language itself.
However, it wasn’t entirely useless in other areas; at least her memory had significantly improved. In the past, she wouldn’t have been able to remember the coordinates of specific light spheres while running at such a speed.
After about thirty minutes, Xia Er finally reached the end of the light path and saw a nearly solid-colored light sphere.
This was a sphere with about 80% blue light, while the other two colors swirled around the central blue like planetary rings.
This was the second nearly solid-colored light sphere Xia Er had encountered; the first was one with nearly 90% orange light that she had seen earlier.
Let’s start from here...
At the end of the light path, Xia Er extended her right hand and reached out to touch the deep blue light sphere.
A beam of blue light enveloped her completely, and the surrounding purple mist dissipated.
Before long, Xia Er gradually regained her senses; the blue light faded, replaced by a warm yellow glow.
Where is this...?
In her line of sight, rows of bookshelves appeared. At that moment, she was facing the ceiling, as if lying down.
Above her head was a crystal chandelier composed of multiple floating crystal prisms, shimmering with a soft yellow light.
The central round crystal emitted a warm glow, while the surrounding diamond-shaped crystals rotated uniformly around it, reminiscent of...
A shadowless lamp made from an artifact?
The blend of magic and technology left Xia Er somewhat astonished; it was her first time witnessing such a scene.
She was certain that such a beautiful crystal lamp was something Ai Wei Na had never seen—if she had, she would have surely bought it.
Using an artifact to make a lamp... What kind of family is this extravagant?
“****?”
A young woman’s voice rang in Xia Er’s ears.
She could sense the surprise in the woman’s tone, but the words she spoke were in a language Xia Er had never heard before.
Xia Er wanted to turn toward the source of the voice, but she couldn’t control her body, only passively receiving the information before her.
Soon, she felt a warm hand grasp her entire body, and her vision began to spin.
Someone had picked her up.
When Xia Er’s body finally stabilized, she saw a woman with long golden hair, cradling her in both hands.
The woman’s eyes sparkled with excitement; after spinning Xia Er around several times, she held her close and began to run.
Slow down... slow down...
The intense sensation of being jostled made Xia Er feel slightly dizzy. Her mental state was already weakened from using "Death Reversal," and after being shaken like this, she felt a wave of nausea rising.
Xia Er fought against the disorientation, quickly scanning her surroundings, determined not to miss any details.
She caught sight of where she had just been lying—a silver platform covered with many tools she had never seen before, resembling both a workbench and an operating table.
The area filled with bookshelves and books looked like a room, as Xia Er noticed a wooden bed.
As the woman ran, Xia Er saw a corridor lined with deep red carpets. The decor left her somewhat puzzled.
Golden lines, white walls, red gemstones embedded... The opulent decorations made Xia Er gasp slightly.
Even Ai Wei Na’s home didn’t have such extravagant corridors.
Yet the patterns and lines of the decor... didn’t quite match any style Xia Er recognized.
Is this... the Ancient Era?
While Xia Er was still memorizing these lines, she caught sight of a mirror.
In the reflection, she saw herself as a black raven, the dark feathers transitioning to a deep blue at the tail, glossy and sleek. Around her neck, she wore a golden ornament, with a red gemstone set in the center.
Thud—
The woman burst through a door, placing the raven on a table. Xia Er’s perspective shifted, revealing a kind-faced old man sitting behind the table.
“*****.”
The elderly man, dressed in a luxurious deep purple robe, smiled and clapped his hands, saying something before reaching out to stroke the raven’s head.
At that moment, the raven seemed to come to its senses, flapping its wings and attempting to fly away, but was quickly restrained by the old man’s hand.
As the raven flapped its wings, a feather fell, and the old man reached out, catching the drifting feather in his hand.
A burst of bright dark purple light erupted from his palm, and when Xia Er’s vision returned, the old man was holding a small, diamond-shaped crystal.
With a beaming smile, he handed the feather and crystal to the young woman, who accepted them with delight, bowing repeatedly in gratitude.
In Xia Er’s view, the woman inserted the crystal into the base of the feather, murmuring something under her breath.
Then, a familiar scene unfolded before her.
The black feather oozed with blood, enveloping the crystal, while a long, thin crystal tube was embedded into the feather just above the diamond crystal.
The woman then took the newly crafted feather pen and approached Xia Er.
Muttering in an ancient language, Xia Er felt her body begin to disintegrate, the feather pen swirling like a vortex, pulling her directly into it.
Buzz—
The deep blue light enveloped Xia Er once more, and as the blue faded, she found herself back in the space of purple mist.
That scene just now was...
For some reason, it reminded Xia Er of the "Coroner" ability.
Suturing.
But the details were somewhat different.
The "Coroner's" suturing used a spider silk-like ability, secreted from their own body.
Yet the young woman in her memory clearly didn’t secrete anything like spider silk; the blood she used for suturing didn’t come from herself.
This touched upon a blind spot in Xia Er’s knowledge.
All along, her understanding of extraordinary abilities had stemmed from the concept of "potions."
She completed the replication ritual combined with potions, borrowing the power that came from that combination, using her spirit as the foundation to wield her abilities.
This entire extraordinary system consumed her own flesh and blood, her own spirit, her own essence.
But she hadn’t observed any of those consumptions just now.
What era is this?
Perhaps Xia Er should look for books about the Ancient Era to uncover the specific timeline.
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