In the blink of an eye, the year has passed, and the month of recovery has come quietly.
In the world of mortals, the beginning of a year is worth celebrating. No matter which country, celebrations have already begun. In the first few days of the new year, most cities remain awake all night.
But in the wizarding world, many wizards only close their eyes, and when they open it, another year has passed. Even, some people study a spell, which is ten years and eight years. Wizards with long lifespans never feel like celebrating a new year.
For them, the only reaction to the new year is probably to sigh when they mention it: "Hey, another year has passed?"
However, for Angel, the new year means that the five-year period is getting closer. The sense of urgency in his heart also began to be mentioned in his throat. He originally had very little rest time, and now he is squeezing every minute and every second, consolidating the foundation and improving his strength, and he has not slept for almost half a month.
With his current strength as a second-level peak apprentice, not sleeping for a month or two will only be mentally exhausted, but physically there is no problem.
When the tenth day of the first half of the month of recovery came, the Garden of Purification also entered the real start-up phase.
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The month of recovery means that the goddess of spring will return to the world, and all things will recover after breaking the ice. But in fact, every year in the month of recovery, the goddess of spring is in a standby state, and the frozen world will not be thawed leisurely until the month of blooming flowers.
And the Moon of Blossoms is still more than two months away from now.
Therefore, when the purification garden was opened, the entire mechanical city was still enveloped in the heavy snow of goose feathers. The breath exhaled from the mouth can condense into frost mist.
Champagne Road—
Because today is the opening day of the Purification Garden, most of the apprentices living here began to walk towards the opposite side of the Machine City. For a time, the usually deserted streets suddenly became lively, with groups of demons dancing wildly and wearing fancy clothes.
From time to time, several figures flew in the sky, and the target also pointed in the direction of the purification garden.
When the crowds were almost gone, the door of the Kihara Bar was pushed open, and Nausicaa, Shan, and Shiliu also walked out, followed behind the crowd, and left slowly.
To be precise, Nausicaa was walking, Shan was sitting on Ganke's left shoulder, and Shiliu was sleeping on Ganke's right shoulder.
"Ah—" Shan sighed, with a hint of melancholy on her tender face, and looked at Shiliu, who fell asleep on the other side, "Is it really good for her to go like this? If she encounters danger in the purification garden, I fell asleep again, isn't this a loss of life."
Shiliu didn't seem to feel the danger that he might face at all, with a calm smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he was experiencing a beautiful dream.
Nausicaa's eyes flashed with worry about Shiryu's drowsiness regardless of the occasion, but she was thinking more than San's sentimentality. She pondered: "Since Shiliu's mentors let her go, there should be a way to solve her lethargy problem. Moreover, each of us can't be responsible for others forever, she should always face the future by herself. ."
Shan pouted: "You always like to lecture, next time you and Angel go to lecture."
Nausicaa smiled in a low voice: "Angel... He doesn't need me to worry. He understands better than I do, and knows how to act with restraint. Sometimes I suspect that his age is a fake. When he did, it was as if he was facing a peer of the same age."
"Really?" Shan tilted her head, her braided horns swaying in the sky: "But I think he's very immature. He's so old, and he's afraid that people know he likes milk."
Nausicaa asked back, "Isn't it good to have a little bit of innocence in your heart while maintaining a mature mind?"
"That's right." Shan thought for a moment and nodded in agreement with Nausicaa. However, she still sighed and redirected the topic to Shiliu: "But I'm still very worried about Shiliu. If I enter the purification garden this time, it would be nice if I could meet Shiliu or you."
"Pray you can meet Shiliu, my words..." Nausicaa squeezed her right palm that shone with silver metallic luster, her eyes full of arrogance: "I will definitely survive."
Under the layers of dark clouds, snowflakes fell leisurely, landing on the heads of everyone and on Nausicaa's fist.
It's like a hymn of Xueluo, and Nausicaa is a touch of red in the snow.
Soon, they left the main city, passed through the Gravity Response Gate, and entered the inverted world—the reverse side.
This kind of inversion is just an inversion from the perspective of outsiders, but there is no feeling for the person walking in it.
There were more and more people around, and as far as Nausicaa could see, there were thousands. According to this ratio, the apprentices who enter the purification garden are definitely more than five figures, or even more...
Nausicaa noticed that the vast majority of the apprentices had smiles on their faces, apparently still rejoicing at the chance to be purified. What they didn't know was that, perhaps, this was their last smile.
Almost all those who can ride flying vehicles in the sky or use flying techniques are elite apprentices. But these people are all serious, and even they are waiting for this, and the little shrimp on the ground who doesn't know about it, how happy is it
You know, the purification garden will eventually cut off 90% of the apprentices!
This means that, no matter how busy it is now, the contrast will be even stronger when it returns. It may be good to be lonely and lonely, and the loneliness may be the most real scene.
For a while, Nausicaa and her group also stopped thinking, only Shiliu was still asleep, unaware of the outside world.
Passing through the long high wall made of metal, they came to a valley. The high ground on both sides was surrounded by metal walls, and there was a hidden magic flow around.
When they gathered at the place pointed by the invitation card, the figure here was already dark.
"When you enter here, there is no way out." Nausicaa looked at the rows of magic eyes on the high ground and whispered.
Shan's expression also became serious, and she found Gan Ke shivering under her body: "It seems that Mechanic City has made great efforts this time, Gan Ke has a natural premonition of danger, it is afraid of the flow of magic on the high ground, and is afraid of it. with deep fear."
"After all, there are rules in this matter." Nausicaa sighed, "However, where can there be rules in the wizarding world?"
The atmosphere instantly fell into silence.
More and more people came to the valley. The fancy clothes and special effects were no longer enough to show their personal style. Everyone began to use magic to drive the people next to them. Whoever has more space around them also shows their individual strength.
Anyway, everyone went further and further away with the strange style of painting.
The three of Nausicaa were also provoked, just because they chose a position under a big tree on the edge, and happened to walk into another person's magic circle. A man with heavy makeup, wearing a high scarf and cloak, glared at Nausicaa with fierce eyes: "Dare to enter the warning range of my dignified Prince of Eberia, you want to die..."
Before he could finish speaking, Nausicaa stretched out her palm against his chest: "Go away, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you."
In an instant, the man turned into a spiral, crossed a parabola from the air, and smashed heavily on the mountain wall.
Nausicaa's action instantly caused a commotion in the surrounding crowd.
They murmured, thought maliciously, and ridiculed. But this had no effect on Nausicaa. Her palm really shocked outsiders, and no one dared to step forward.
"Your hurricane spiral is becoming more and more proficient. The man can still move after landing. Obviously you have left your hand. Half a month ago, you couldn't even control it." No one came to bother, Shan also Leisurely, he smiled at Nausicaa.
"Just have some experience with the magic conduit in the arm." Nausicaa laughed.
"In this way, these two robotic arms are indeed more useful to you than the transplant of foreign objects. The transplant may still be rejected, but you have no rejection at all, and it has greatly deepened your strength." A hint of envy flashed in the air: "You are so powerful now that I want to break my arm and get one."
Not to mention whether Shan can do it or not, her words also illustrate the power of the robotic arm.
In the interval between their chatting, Shiliu, who was in a coma, suddenly woke up and looked around with hazy eyes: "Have you arrived at the Purification Garden?"
"It's still in the gathering place, and I don't know what's going on yet," Nausicaa said.
Shiliu nodded, looking at the dense crowd around him, frowning slightly. Then she covered her ears suddenly, she heard too many flowing sounds, some harsh, some dull, some loud, which made her very uncomfortable.
After a while, Shiliu calmed down a little.
"Is it better now?" Shan worried. They knew Shiliu's talent. She was very sensitive to any flowing liquid. With so many people present, the sound of blood flow was enough to trouble Shiliu for a while.
"I forgot to block these noises just now. It's much better now." Shiliu's face turned pale. "There are many powerful blood vessels here, and the blood flow is like a column of mercury, which is difficult to deal with."
"No matter how difficult it is to deal with, it is not as difficult as that group of people." Shan pointed to a plain area on the right side of the valley. There were almost no people there, and the emptiness was in stark contrast to other places.
"What's the situation over there?" Shiliu asked curiously, "Why didn't anyone go over there?"
Shiliu noticed that there were only a dozen people over there, but the area occupied several miles. Some were floating in mid-air, some were leaning against trees, and some were just sitting cross-legged, but no one approached the other side, seemingly each occupying one side.
"Because no one dares to go there." A dim light flashed in Nausicaa's eyes: "The people there are all elites from major wizarding organizations, and their strength is outstanding among their peers."
Shan also nodded and said in detail: "'Ice and Snow Dance' Shan Yeluo, 'Philosopher' Su Yatutai, 'Dream Reading' Freud, 'Associated Insect Tide' Yixiu..."
"These are all famous apprentices." When Shan read almost, she kept looking around: "Strange... why didn't you see Angel?"
Nausicaa shrugged: "I don't think Angel's character should be so publicized that he wants to show his face at this time. Besides, there are only a dozen elite apprentices there, and you think there are only a dozen or so this time. Are elite apprentices involved in purifying the garden?"
As soon as Nausicaa finished speaking, Shiliu screamed suddenly, covered her ears and slumped on Gan Ke's shoulders.