Chapter 313: Lucky Vivian
"Mr. Hailman, I am ready."
Extreme Cold Secret Realm, below the canyon.
Looking at Vivian, who was in a deep coma inside the ice coffin, Jia Na took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, and then calmly said to Hailman-Rose, who was arranging the ritual array nearby.
"Okay, this time, I have to trouble you."
Looking at the dark circles under Hailman-Rose's eyes due to lack of rest, Jia Na also nodded solemnly.
Just an hour ago, Jia Na, who arrived at Rose Manor, did not see Vivian immediately. Instead, she was blindfolded by Isais with an eye mask that blocked spiritual perception and taken directly to the underground secret room of Rose Castle.
The moment Jia Na took off the eye mask, she saw Hailman-Rose standing next to the teleportation array, and...
Vivian, lying in a crystal ice coffin, in a deep sleep.
The moment Jia Na saw the scene before her eyes, she roughly understood what was going on.
It was nothing more than Hailman-Rose not wanting Vivian to know the truth of the Blood Exchange Ritual, so he deliberately used a 【Anesthetic Potion】 to knock Vivian out before entering the Extreme Cold Secret Realm, and then placed her in the crystal ice coffin.
In fact, a month ago, Jia Na, who had been asked countless times by Vivian what the "surprise" was, had also privately asked Hailman-Rose if he wanted to tell Vivian about the Blood Exchange Ritual.
After all, as the person involved in the Blood Exchange Ritual, Vivian would find out sooner or later.
Instead of creating an "unknown surprise" that might be a shock or a pleasant surprise, it would be better to tell Vivian in advance so that she could have a psychological preparation process.
However, Hailman-Rose's answer to Jia Na's suggestion was extremely firm, which was: continue to conceal it. Hailman-Rose did not tell Jia Na the reason for the concealment, but Jia Na could roughly deduce it; it was nothing more than Hailman-Rose being worried that Vivian would not agree to hold the Blood Exchange Ritual.
After all, the "ritual material" for this Blood Exchange Ritual was none other than Hailman-Rose's own Koshi's Serpent bloodline.
When Jia Na was reading in the library, she had actually seen descriptions related to the Wizard Apprentice Blood Exchange Ritual.
Generally speaking, the entire process of this ritual was particularly bloody and brutal.
Besides the "exchangee" having to endure extreme pain, the "prey" whose bloodline was extracted often suffered a particularly tragic end.
But fortunately, the reason why the fate of those "prey" was tragic was because they were not very cooperative when their bloodlines were extracted, leading to a relatively bloody "blood exchange" process.
And Hailman-Rose was completely voluntary, coupled with the strength of a Formal Wizard as a safety net, there should not be a situation that is difficult to resolve.
At most, he would enter a long period of weakness and lose some lifespan. Thinking of this, Jia Na couldn't help but sigh softly again.
Although the lifespan of a Wizard is extremely long compared to ordinary people, it is not infinite. Especially before mastering the Main Law, no one can achieve eternal Life.
Therefore, when Jia Na learned that Hailman-Rose was willing to sacrifice to such an extent for Vivian, her first reaction was also one of extreme astonishment.
After all, based on the gossip Jia Na usually heard from Richard-Eva or Solo-Flame, the Wizard family, a collective bound by blood relations, was often dominated by strength in many cases.
Especially for Wizard Apprentices without excellent talent, even the closest direct relatives often wouldn't give them a good look, and sometimes the relationship would even deteriorate.
It was precisely because of this that when Jia Na saw Vivian, whose initial talent was only C-grade, but was able to be cultivated with such utmost effort by the head of the Rose Family, Jia Na, who had never experienced familial affection, was very envious.
"Vivian's greatest fortune is being born into the Rose Family and having a father who loves her so much."
Whew, the cold wind blew, bringing up frost and snow all over the ground.
Looking at Hailman-Rose, who had completed the ritual arrangement around the crystal ice coffin where Vivian was, Jia Na thought for a moment, and still couldn't help but say to him:
"Mr. Hailman, are you sure that Vivian can endure the pain of the Blood Exchange Ritual when she is still unaware?"
As a Blood Exchange Ritual improved from a Curse, when the ritual is performed, it will cause the ritual participant's body, soul,
senses, and emotions to be constantly torn apart, and this process will leave the ritual participant in a state of unbearable pain throughout, failing with the slightest carelessness.
"One of the bloodline advantages of the Koshi's Serpent is that it can shield the five senses and isolate pain—moreover, this is just a Wizard Apprentice level Blood Exchange Ritual, and with Vivian's current bloodline purity, there will be no problems."
Hearing Hailman-Rose's explanation, Jia Na couldn't help but frown.
She knew that one of the talent advantages of the Koshi's Serpent was that it was not afraid of pain—but that was only on the physical level, and the Blood Exchange Ritual would attack the ritual participant's soul and emotions simultaneously.
"But—"
"Don't worry, Vivian is my daughter after all, I won't let her be in any danger."
As if he had seen through Jia Na's thoughts, Hailman-Rose, standing outside the ritual array, simply replied calmly, and then took out a mithril dagger, and gently cut a blood opening on his wrist.
"Miss Jia Na, next, I will have to trouble you to resist the surrounding death qi."
"No problem."
Looking at the red blood constantly flowing in the array, Jia Na took a deep breath, and then cast the Wizard's Hand, scattering several ice-blue seeds evenly around the outer edge of the array.
"Buzz—"
Accompanied by a buzzing sound, the ritual array, which was already filled with blood, immediately emitted a scarlet light, completely engulfing Vivian located in the center of the array.
Seeing this, Jia Na, who was already prepared, immediately activated the power of the Growth Law Fragment.
"Growth—"
As a lush green light emerged from Jia Na's palm, large patches of snow-white lotus flowers rapidly grew along the surroundings of the Blood Exchange Ritual array, growing to a height of over two meters before these lotus flowers finally stopped.
These lotus flowers are called "Tulans Snow Lotuses". They usually grow in the snowy mountains of the Tulans Wizard Gathering Place and were pre-selected plants that Jia Na had prepared in advance when she first came to the Extreme Cold Secret Realm.
Their greatest function is to resist cold and frost, and they have extremely strong vitality, making them very suitable for resisting the surrounding death qi.
Although these snow lotuses had previously only lasted for a moment before Withering in the place with the densest death qi in the Extreme Cold Secret Realm.
However, it was precisely this "one moment" that allowed Jia Na to have the opportunity to comprehend the power of Withering.
