Xia De looked down at the text Yin Luna had copied:
“First, the angel-level relic, the Fountain of Youth, which was controlled by the Witch Council, has been lost;
Second, the liquefied sage-level relic, the Sage's Stone, is a rare specimen that only a few organizations, such as the Church of Creation and Destruction, the Church of the Sun and the Earth, the Zaras School of Spellcraft, and the Saint Byrons Comprehensive College, have kept and cannot lend out.
3. Moonlight Water, a liquid condensed from the purest moonlight;
Fourth, the water pool of the World Tree. In the Fifth Age, it was possible to trade with the elves. In the Sixth Age, the water pool had dried up.
5. Event Relics - Rainwater of Unknown Level Sacred Rain. The occurrence of this event has a chance of leading to the end of civilization, and is suspected to be related to the end of the Third Epoch. "
Shade paused:
"What relic is this?"
Yin Luna added:
"The event manifests as golden rain falling from the sky. This liquid is extremely lethal to any evil force. Any creature that comes into contact with this water will turn into a man-eating monster with wings on its back within two to three hours. This creature cannot be destroyed. After being killed, even if the corpse is burned to ashes, it will be resurrected within 24 hours. There is no way to reverse this effect."
Xia De glanced over this text with some uneasiness. Every unknowable-level relic was directly related to God. Although "holiness" could drive away evil, "too sacred" was obviously not right.
"Six, pool number 13. Hmm? Why is there no description for this one?"
Xia De asked suspiciously, and Yin Luna shook her head regretfully:
"Although I have a high level of authority, I cannot see all the information. I wrote to my teacher when I was in the Church and she told me that the 'Thirteenth Pool' is like the Relic Itch. If you know the specific information, you will be cursed or something more terrible than a curse. I only have five rings now, and the Church will not open this kind of information to me... But Mr. Sunshine Greatsword Hog Rundle told me that the Thirteenth Pool is related to the devil's deal, and asked me not to be interested in it."
"Devil, you really need to be careful."
Xia De nodded:
"seven... ... "
He just read out the numbers, and then saw a row of sentences stained by pen ink. The letters were covered by standard rectangular black ink of equal height. Even if Xia De tried to draw, he couldn't draw such a standard rectangle.
"What does this mean?"
"Restricted content, only those who are allowed to read the material will know. When I want to speak, write, or spread the information in other ways, this information will be automatically hidden. The seventh sacrifice involves some secrets of the church, and I don't have the authority to tell it."
Yin Luna said, adding with some regret:
"I know the contents, so I'm sure we wouldn't be able to find it even if we told you."
“So there are only two left.”
Xia De continued to read with great concern:
"The eighth type is the morning lake water that was soaked in the Water Cube, a Secret Keeper-level relic."
"This relic can produce an unlimited amount of clean water. As long as you don't drink it in large quantities continuously, the water it produces won't even cause much harm to the human body. The negative feature is that although the relic's effect can be activated at any time, it requires at least 1,000 living people to be sacrificed to stop it. Yes, 'at least', you know what that means."
Yin Luna continued to tell Xia De the characteristics of these strange relics.
"Where is this relic now?"
Xia De asked again:
"I don't need it to produce water, I just need it to soak."
"In the crater of the Fatis volcano between the New World and the Old World, it is used to suppress the ancient evil sealed in the crater..."
She hesitated for a moment, and did not reveal the true name of the evil creature:
"Even if we can think of other ways to seal the sealed evil creatures, it will take several weeks to travel between the archipelago and the Old Continent."
Yin Luna knew that Xia De wanted to resolve the matter as soon as possible.
"The ninth type, the water from the mysterious lake."
This sentence was already written at the bottom of the notebook page. Shade continued to turn the pages and found that there was a short poem at the back. The words written were the words from the end of the Fifth Era that Shade had learned.
"'Mysterious Lake' is not a name, but the original members of the Old God Cult did not tell the church the real name of the lake. It is said that it is a lake hidden in an unknown space. If certain conditions are met, even ordinary people can enter directly from the material world. The following poem is a description of the lake. My ancient Chinese is not very good, I hope I did not copy it wrong."
The seventeen-year-old girl said embarrassedly. Xia De shook his head and recited the poem:
"The lake in the woods,
Island in the lake,
Water in the island.
Open the way with wisdom,
With courage as evidence,
Guided by talent,
The wise man in white robes,
Waiting for the soul to arrive."
After Xia De finished reading, he looked at the words on the notebook hesitantly. Yin Luna asked cautiously:
"Why, does this description give any clues? If not, I'm afraid we need to look up more information. Compared to the first eight, at least the ninth type of sacrifice seems likely to be found."
“Is this the original text?”
Xia De asked, and Yin Luna nodded:
"Yes, that's what the parchment photos I saw said, but those photos can't be borrowed either."
"Look, if you put the first letters of this short poem together, what is the pronunciation?"
Xia De handed the notebook to Yin Luna. Under the gaze of Xia De and the cat, the girl, who was not good at ancient Chinese, blushed and took a lot of effort to read out:
"Record book?"
"This is the pronunciation of the word from the Second Age, Cherubim."
If it weren't for Father Augustus pronouncing the name of "cherubim", Shade wouldn't have known what the pronunciation of these letters pointed to. If Yin Luna's pronunciation was like Mia trying to imitate a dog's barking, then Shade was Huntington's white mouse speaking in a human way.
"The Lake of Cherubim?"
Yin Luna also knew what Xia De was looking for some time ago, and she gave Xia De a lot of clues at that time.
"Yes, the water of the Heart Lake of the Lake of Cherubim. I happen to have it, in my basement, but... isn't that too much of a coincidence?"
He couldn't believe it and handed the notebook back to Yin Luna. This time it was Yin Luna who comforted Xia De:
"Luvia told me that there are no coincidences in this world. There are only countless inevitabilities. Did someone persuade you to visit the Lake of Cherubim?"
"Of course not."
Xia De immediately shook his head, and the 17-year-old girl with long brown hair smiled and said:
"When the chosen one appears, it seems that everything around him will become related to him. The cherubim, the test of the wise men, and wisdom, perhaps this is not a coincidence caused by you, but a necessity caused by the fourth chosen one."
Xia De understood what Yin Luna meant. He looked at her in surprise. Yin Luna looked away embarrassedly.
"Are you surprised that I would say such a thing? Shade, although I don't understand fate as well as Luvia, I am also a chosen one after all... Luvia is not the only one who can guide you."
You can tell that saying this makes her happy.
The seventeen-year-old girl pointed to her head:
"Wisdom, I also have it."
"You're right, there's no point in thinking about these things."
Xia De smiled and nodded:
"With this, the second test of the Time Key is over... Yin Luna, how can I thank you?"
Yin Luna was about to say that there was no need to thank her, but suddenly she saw the clock in the corner of the room, so she stammered and changed her words:
"Since it's almost noon, how about treating me to lunch? Even in snowy weather, we don't have to walk too far. I remember there's a good restaurant at the corner of the street. We can go for a walk together. Today's weather is not..."
Just when I was about to say it was good, I caught a glimpse of the heavy snow outside:
"This is the heaviest snow I've seen since I came to Tobisk. My hometown is in the interior of the kingdom, further south, and it rarely snows in winter."
After saying that, she pursed her lips and looked at Xia De with her smart eyes. At this time, Mia probably understood the word "lunch", stood up and called out to Xia De, and then was picked up by Yin Luna.
Xia De couldn't refuse Yin Luna and the orange cat's proposal.
The heavy snow, which began on Thursday afternoon, lasted until Saturday afternoon, when Shade went to Dr. Schneider's clinic. Although the falling snow may look beautiful in the poet's writing, it actually brings great problems to the city.
Tobysk officially entered the cold winter season, and this snow-covered appearance would last until March 1854. It would become increasingly difficult to find work in the city, and for the poor living at the bottom of the city, another difficult period would follow.
Xia De had not gone out on such a snowy day. He had lunch with Yin Luna on Friday and stayed at home. Except for Saturday morning, when Leisia sent her maid to apologize for his coma due to gas poisoning in the Prophet Association, no one visited No. 6 St. Teresa's Square during this period.
As for the study session on Saturday afternoon, nothing interesting happened. The group members did not talk about what happened on Wednesday night, just pretending that nothing happened.
Dr. Schneider once again tirelessly emphasized that today was the 30th day of the Frost Descent Month, which was the end of the second-to-last month of the year:
"I haven't received the specific schedule for this year's exam week, but it will be either the last week of this year or a day during the year-end holidays. This year is crucial for our group. Although we have agreed not to go to St. Byron's in the next few years, the upgrade exam is still important. It will determine the status of our group in the region and the college's training efforts for us. Ladies and gentlemen, please take it seriously!"
The doctor looked more agitated than anyone else, but the rest of the group was used to it.
"He does this every winter."
Dorothy, the oldest student besides the doctor, whispered to Shade:
"Once Father Augustus gives the doctor the sedative potion, there will be no problem. Dr. Schneider is obviously a psychiatrist, but he is always so anxious when facing exams."
This phenomenon is called "exam anxiety" in the psychology of this era, and it is a problem that even serial sorcerers cannot avoid.