In Yin Luna's opinion, Xia De was just dazed for a moment and then withdrew his hand, while the Baron actually started sobbing and crying.
"They can't blame Mr. Thomas Granger for what they have become of the family."
Shade said, looking at the small corpse nailed to the ground by the Night Watchman:
"Before he disappeared, Mr. Thomas Granger seemed to have sensed that the area beneath our feet was heading towards madness, so he inquired about the news here from the Farmer family and warned them about the dangerous power contained here."
He explained to Yin Luna, who showed a somewhat sad expression:
"I remember you said that the Farmer family was keen on studying the occult. So, this body is..."
"Mr. Thomas Granger warned them not to set foot on this land. But Baron Farmer had bad intentions. He thought that he could take the power of the land for himself through sacrifice, and even wanted to use the memory of the land to resurrect the dead - this kind of thing is too common. As a result, not only was their family imprisoned by the land, but it also caused an epidemic, killing the army soldiers who came here with them that year."
Shad told Baron Farmer what he had seen, and he sobbed even louder.
"Really, it's always a story like this."
After all, a seventeen-year-old girl is not heartless, and the child is innocent.
"Mr. Thomas Granger was able to know in advance which piece of land would have problems... We'll talk about Mr. Granger later. Now that the land has been purified, they should leave."
Shade pulled out the Night's Watch, took a deep breath, and then slashed forward:
"Death's Door!"
Since this time the spell was cast with the help of the Night Watchman, the crack this time was more like an opened door.
"If you stay here, you will be petrified in the end. Let's leave."
He shouted towards the quiet manor, and then, led by a few normal souls hiding in the mansion who were not affected, the souls passed through the cracks one by one and headed towards true death. Together with the thousands of souls with their backs to the mudflats, they walked towards the dark moon half-sunken under the water.
"What about him?"
Yin Luna pointed at the Baron, who was petrified to the highest degree and could not move at all. Xia Degang wanted to reach out and throw him into the crack, but when he looked inside the crack, he saw the soul of a noble lady he had seen in Baron Farmer's memory, standing on the mudflat and looking outside.
This wasn't a spirit trapped in the manor, this was a spirit that had long gone but was waiting, and Shad realized who this was.
Together with Yin Luna, he threw the Baron's mostly petrified spirit into the crack, and watched the red-haired woman help the Baron up. Then, at Yin Luna's reminder, Shade threw the baby's body in as well.
The woman picked up the baby and bowed slightly to Xia De and Yin Luna:
"Thomas is not here. He has a greater mission. He once told me that death is not the end. He will protect the land under his feet."
Some ethereal voice came, and the woman didn't say anything more. She held the baby in one hand and supported the baron with the other hand, stumbling towards the water outside the mudflat. The family of three boarded the boat together. The shabby wooden boat carried them, breaking through the silky black water surface, and together with the thousands of souls who turned their backs to the mudflat, they completely left.
The crack closed in front of Xia De and Yin Luna. Xia De shook his head and sighed at what he saw:
"That was Baron Farmer's wife, who died of complications during childbirth. The baron was obsessed with the occult, which was also related to her death. There are always stories like this, but every time I see it, I feel the impermanence of life."
"Really? How can such a person get true love? That lady must have waited for many years on the beach?"
Yin Luna complained softly:
"But, that place seems to have no concept of time... Every time you open the door of death, you can witness such a story. Love and death are really great powers."
“Yes, these stories are always fascinating.”
He put away the clay holy grail and was about to call Yin Luna to leave, but he frowned slightly and looked up and down at the 17-year-old girl. When the latter put her hands behind her back in embarrassment, Shadra grabbed her arm:
"let me see."
Yin Luna then shyly stretched out her left hand to him, and there was a black spot of mud on the back of her fair hand.
"Have you come into contact with the black mud?"
"It splashed, but it doesn't matter, I'm not an ordinary person..."
She spoke in a low voice, as if she was embarrassed to be discovered by Xia De that she had been negligent, but also as if she didn't want to make Xia De worry.
"Is this okay? Come home with me and I will use the Holy Grail to prepare a potion for you, the universal earth elixir. This is the recipe given by the Great Witch, specifically for curing the curse caused by contact with the mad earth."
He held Yin Luna's hand, and the 17-year-old girl nodded with a red face:
"Thank you for your help..."
As he said this, he turned around and looked at the completely quiet abandoned mansion:
"The problem of the earth has been cured, but do you know the whereabouts of Thomas Granger? Those letters may not necessarily contain any clues."
"I saw Mr. Granger's biographical information in Baron Farmer's memory. Now I know his general life story and his full name. I also have his relics - those letters. As long as I know the cause and time of his death, the Soul Cemetery will not be able to bring his soul, but it will tell me where this gentleman died. This is just like when I found Miss Norma's body not long ago."
The operation on the island in the middle of Lake Pantanal went very smoothly. In addition, neither Xia De nor Yin Luna had the intention to search the manor carefully, so when they returned to St. Teresa's Square, it was only around 9:30 in the evening.
Xiaomia welcomed the two's return and kept making trouble when Xia De was preparing the elixir.
The potion formula provided by the witch is very simple, the key is actually the Holy Grail of Clay:
"Citrus peel, pomegranate seeds, apple flesh, beetroot. Add a pair of butterfly wings of different colors, a cup of clean water, three drops of lizard blood, a ball of unmelted snow, a golden wheat ear, and any fresh flower petal."
Because it contained Mia's recipe, the cat caused a lot of trouble for Shade. After Shade added all the ingredients into the Holy Grail of Fruit, he used a diamond grinding hammer to gently pound a few times to mix all the ingredients.
"Seal it with a slab of stone, and then praise the earth."
As he spoke, Shade pressed the Silver Moon Slate, one of the keys to the library, against the rim of the cup, and whispered:
"Praise the Earth Mother, you are the foundation of all things."
He picked up the Holy Grail, pressed the stone slab with his thumb, and shook it vigorously a few times. He turned the Holy Grail upside down, waited patiently for a few minutes, and then turned it upside down again. After it was completely still, he removed the stone slab. At this time, only the translucent light green elixir and a little residue at the bottom of the Holy Grail remained. Xia De carefully picked it up and handed it to Yin Luna.
"Sorry, I wasted a cup."
The girl with long brown hair apologized quietly, and then drank the green orange-flavored elixir in one gulp. The cat controlled by Shade stared at her drinking the potion with wide eyes. The small cat's big eyes were full of desire, and it also wanted to know what it tasted like.
The potion was consumed, and the powerless clay chalice turned into a pile of dust again. Yin Luna used a spell to control the dust to gather together so that it would be easier to clean up later. The black stain on her hand had disappeared, and the elixir was indeed quite effective.
The young girl kissed Shade on the side of the cheek to express her gratitude.
"I don't know if you've noticed, but after I purified the land of the manor, the power of the evil creatures attached to the land was also purified a lot."
Seeing that Yin Luna was fine, Xia De said in a good mood.
Yin Luna asked curiously:
"In other words, the Power of the Earth and Healing Aura can heal more than just the Crazy Earth?"
"Yes, any pollution on the earth is within the range of the spell, but it is more effective against the crazy earth."
Shad said that this meant that even if the problem in Randall Valley was solved, this spell would still be useful to him.
As he spoke, Shade took out the "Sweet Holy Grail" again. He poured some water into it, took out the water and drank it, but he didn't taste anything. So he took a small piece of bread and put it in. This time the bread was significantly sweeter. After eating the bread, Shade even felt a slight recovery of his physical strength and spirit, and even felt the healing effect.
Of course, this effect is far inferior to that of holy water, satiety food and desire essential oil.
"I'm just curious why bread works but water doesn't."
He broke the bread and gave it to Yin Luna and Xiaomia. Yin Luna thought for a moment:
"You eat the bread directly, but you transfer the water to a vessel and then drink it. Try drinking directly from the chalice."
So Shade picked up the "Sweet Holy Grail" and this time he tasted that the water had been successfully transformed, with the effects of restoring physical strength, spirit and healing. However, since the effect was still not particularly obvious and it could not be stored for a long time, the effect of this Holy Grail was still not very great.
But after all, it is a special item that he got for free, and Xia De would never despise something that he got for free as useless.
Taking advantage of the time tonight, he and Yin Luna checked the letters between Mr. Thomas Granger and the Farmer family, which completely proved that before his disappearance, the gentleman had already had a deep understanding of the serious problems of "Mad Land".
So Shade carried Mia and Yin Luna to the third floor and entered the Soul Cemetery. Shade had a general understanding of Mr. Granger's life and name. Based on the time of the suicide note he found and Earl Granger's description of the disappearance of his great-uncle, he could probably guess the specific time of death. Shade believed that he should have died immediately after the disappearance.
Therefore, all he needed now was the cause of death, and Shade already had a guess about this cause.