They pointed out the locations to Hitzfeld, and he could see that they were all in the depressions formed by the raised base.
"One thing we don't quite understand is why the beach was formed here," Li Ang added. "A lot of the sand has settled in the trench. The trench isn't very deep, but judging from the rock wall structure we've explored so far, that kind of rock can't produce the fine white sand."
It's so fine, this kind of sand is rare on any beach.
"What about the light?" Hitzfeld asked them. "It's all enclosed, so wouldn't it be very dark?"
"The top stone wall is reflective... There's white sand underneath, it's brighter than I thought."
"It's no use talking. You haven't dived yet, right? Take me to see it."
She had wanted to go out and observe for a long time. Last time, she received too much intelligence information and had no time to go out. This time, she had to take a good look no matter what.
A group of people surrounded the Borean Sea Eagle and climbed up the watchtower. Before it jumped down, Hitzfeld controlled the big bird to leap.
She's really not very good at controlling her new body, but that depends on who you're comparing her to.
After all, she had been familiar with the place for so long, so she believed she could still fly around here a little.
The big bird's feathers tore through the air, and as there was almost no wind, the girl had a hard time flying.
He tried his best to fly higher and farther to record the outline of the entire island. During the process, Hitzfeld indeed saw a raised hill in the center of the island. Inside the hill was a deep sunken hole. It was pitch black inside and could not be seen clearly. It should be the Blood Sea Abyss.
I can actually see clearly...
It’s because of Hawkeye’s powerful eyesight, but it’s definitely brighter than I imagined.
Wait... the outline of this island is a little unusual...
This feeling arose subconsciously, and when she looked carefully, she almost broke out in a cold sweat.
The outline of the island resembles a person.
A person lies on his side with his arms and legs curled up, just like a baby in the womb. The location of the sea of blood abyss corresponds exactly to the baby's heart.
What is this...
The sea eagle's left eye shone with golden light. In a trance, Hitzfeld saw time going backwards. The Pierre, stranded on the beach, flew up into the air and dived into the abyss. The white fine sand covering the entire island gathered at a very fast speed, forming a giant skeleton embedded in the ground.
She stumbled and nearly hit her head on the hill. It was only when the Black Owl flapped its wings that she was able to escape from the illusion and struggled to fly back.
"That's not sand." This was the first sentence I said when we met.
"Maps was right. This is bone meal."
……
On the other side, Xia Yibing was standing alone on the upper floor of the mansion - the study where she first met Shana.
She was surprised because she thought she would have to go through a lot of hassles before the other party would be willing to let her read the books. Unexpectedly, she just mentioned it casually and she agreed. It seemed that Shana didn't take these books seriously and only asked her not to spread the content she read.
It seemed like she was really unhappy with what her father was doing.
Xia Yibing thought she was quite good at judging people. She felt that Shana was actually a very ambitious woman. She could tell how much she desired status and power from the fact that she had always been committed to maintaining relationships with the upper echelons of Neptune City. However, her father's wish was to overthrow them.
Her intuition told her that the father and daughter would probably end up becoming enemies, but to be honest, it had nothing to do with her.
"Okay..." She breathed out as she stood in front of several rows of bookshelves.
"Damn it...where do I even start?"
“Just follow your instinct!”
Suddenly, a voice came from the side, but it was a face squeezed out from the wood grain of the bookshelf, "I can feel that you are special... very special... It's like we have something in common. I wasn't sure when we first met, but now I swear I'm right!"
"what are you……"
Xia Yibing narrowed her eyes and stared at it, while secretly raising her vigilance.
I almost forgot that this is the Corrupted Blood Kingdom...
Everything has self-awareness, and that is the most normal thing here.
"I'm 'New Sprout.'" The face winked at her, "If you don't believe me, look at my roots."
The woman looked down and saw that it was completely connected to the wooden floor.
By the way, it seems that this is also one of the characteristics of Posuo Mansion. Many of the home furnishings inside here are not newly placed, but carved on the basis of the original ones.
That is to say, whether it is a table, a chair, or even a bed or a bookshelf, they can all be regarded as one with the entire giant tree.
Doesn’t that mean they are all equal to “ancient”?
New sprout... means the new spiritual consciousness born from the corpse of "Ancient"?
"Let me ask you something." Xia Yibing got excited and approached the bookshelf to ask, "When did you become conscious?"
"Uh...it should be a long time."
"What do you remember?"
"Why are you asking these questions...?" The bookshelf shook in confusion. "What the hell, wasn't it me who asked you the question in the beginning?"
"You can choose not to answer." Xia Yibing dragged out the ice knife and pressed it against the wood grain of the human face, threateningly.
"...I'll tell you! I'll tell you!" The bookshelf suddenly shrank. "I remember... um... I seemed to be a person just like you..."
"Very good—and more."
"And I don't know..."
It didn't lie, but it really didn't remember much.
But it is enough. Based on these alone, Xia Yibing is already quite sure that this blood-bone tree king is the remains of the old man.
After confirming this, she was very excited. She put away her long sword and paced back and forth in the study. Occasionally, she would take out a book and read it, and throw it aside if she didn't gain anything.
The old man once swore to the Blood King that he would protect Imaar...
Xia Yibing's thoughts kept turning.
Eric is Imaar, so he does his best to stay by her side, and even told her father before that "if there is no Imaar on this earth anymore, his mission will be over"...
Am I not Imaar?
Eric Imaar is Imaar, and Shasha Imaar should also be Imaar.
If Eric died and Imar's people were forced to leave the continent of Elsa, causing him to wither away according to his oath, then now that I'm back - Imar exists on this land again, should it wake up and tell me something?
Thinking of this, Xia Yibing suddenly stopped, cleared her throat, opened her arms, and shouted to the ceiling: "...In the name of Imaar, I order you to wake up!"
After waiting for a while, there was no response.
She did not give up and continued to try: "I am Xiasha-Imaer, a descendant of the Blood King, the Blood Bone Tree King of the Oath Guardian family, I command you to wake up!"
Still no use.
"Old man, are you still alive? If you are, say something to me?"
"Open Sesame...? Open Imaar...?"
She tried everything, even the story Hitzfeld had told her, but it was all in vain. All she was greeted with was the contemptuous looks from the wood grain of the bookshelf and the various furniture.
"Does this person eat oil cakes..."
"What's this about Sesame Imaar..."
“Definitely oil cake!”
shit!
I can't believe it!
Xia Yibing was a little annoyed and angry. Thinking about what the power carrier of blood was, she simply cut her finger with a dagger and smeared the dripping blood everywhere.
"Hey what are you doing!"
"It's so dirty! It's so dirty!"
"Youbing, crazy woman, wipe off your dirty blood!"
Xia Yibing didn't care and she just went down this path to the end.
Even if it is ineffective in the end, at least she has tried it to this extent, and she will accept the result.
Some blood was released, even dripping onto the wooden floor. The woman raised her hand to observe the wound and found that it was gradually healing.
In the Kingdom of Corrupted Blood—and even in the entire Elsa Continent, physical injuries heal several times faster than in the outside world.
Her platelet count was already good, so she was not surprised at all. She just quietly observed the floor and furniture, expecting something unusual to happen.
However, no.
Just not.
Instead, many lurking spiritual creatures were awakened, and they joined in denouncing her, making the place extremely noisy and a bit irritating.
Did I guess wrong and this thing is not an ancient head, or did I use the wrong method?
Although she was mentally prepared for this, Xia Yibing still felt frustrated.
Pity.
It was a good opportunity...
"If you want to see me, why do you have to trouble those little guys that grew out of my body..."
"Who?"
Suddenly waking up, Xia Yibing pulled out an ice knife from the void and turned around to look in the direction of the voice.
Is it a window?
How come he came from outside?
She walked quickly to the window, hesitated for a while, then leaned out to look down.
This time she saw it clearly... It turned out to be this huge white tree. An old man's face was arched on its thick and wrinkled trunk. It was this thing that was talking to her!
"Ancient head?"
"it's me."
The old man's face disappeared, and Xia Yibing felt that the answer came from behind her again. She turned around and caught a glimpse of an elderly gentleman in a suit standing in the middle of the study.
The last of the wood vine roots completed the face in his memory, and he turned and bent to her.
"After so many years of dormancy, I finally waited for your return."
"Do you like me to call you Miss or Master?"
A few minutes later, Xia Yibing sat in the place where Shana sat when they first met, and Gu Laotou stood outside the desk, communicating with her like a real butler.
As for the other spiritual creatures, they no longer dared to make noise after the old man appeared.
"So you faked your death?"
"The Blood Bone Tree is a very peculiar life form, especially the Blood Bone Tree King. We don't have any special abilities, but it is very difficult to truly die."
"What is this hyperplasia you just mentioned?"
"Each Blood Bone Tree can choose to release the restrictions on its body. The roots and branches that grow on that basis are no longer us. Of course - now I can control them."
"You really are 'Gu'... What I mean is... it's not just that you inherited 'Gu's' memories, but you haven't changed from the beginning to the end..."
"Yes, I haven't changed."
"Why did you end up like this?"
"There is a conspiracy behind the hundred-year bloody war." The old man's expression changed, from cheerful to extremely serious. "Back then, Eric Imaar led us to defeat the descendants of the Nine Knights. We found that they were controlled by the evil god. The corpse of the evil god broke through the seal of the tomb and escaped. We thought that after destroying the flesh and blood carriers of the Mother of Conceiving and the Horned King, we could end this chaos, but we didn't expect that there was another army lurking in the dark."
“So you failed.”
"We failed." The old man corrected her, "You are also from Imaar, he is your blood ancestor!"
"Do you think I care about these?" Xia Yibing said disapprovingly, "You don't think I'll be bound by any oath, do you?"
"Fate can push people to make choices they never thought of in the beginning... Let's not talk about that, let's answer your question first."
The old man was silent for a moment, and then continued, "I foresaw failure, so I sneaked into the Sea King City under the order of Master Eric, disguised as a blood bone tree that had broken through the class, in order to cling to the then ruler, the Posha family."
"For restoration?"
"That's right... We foresaw that we would fail. Yalian did a great job, but she couldn't win without knowing the inside story. We were ready to be defeated and exiled, so I took root here and fell into a deep sleep, waiting for a miracle to happen."
"The miracle is referring to me?"
"The legendary bloodline from thousands of years ago finally came back here to meet me in this way. Isn't this amazing in many ways?"
