"Outsider, you have stepped into the Soul Graveyard."
After the familiar prompt, the surroundings were still thick white fog, with dense tombstones standing dimly in the mist. There were square tombstones slanted into the ground, cross tombstones standing upright, and wooden tombstones that were almost rotten.
These tombstones varied in size and shape, with the only commonality being the absence of any text on them.
"How interesting."
Xia De squatted down and touched the rough surface of a square tombstone in front of him. "She" sensed the information and conveyed the results to Xia De.
Xia De said to Luvia:
"Engraving the names of the deceased on these blank tombstones can summon their souls. Regardless of the cause of death, even if the soul is shattered, it doesn't matter, but shattered souls can only find remnants. This place connects to the calm waters beyond the Death Door, allowing for soul summoning without any conditions."
"Just by engraving names?"
Luvia asked curiously.
"Besides names, commonly recognized titles, nicknames, and aliases, you also need their birth and death years, a more specific cause of death, oh, and you must have had contact with them. Simple contact is fine, even just seeing them counts. But they can't be people you've only read about in newspapers..."
Xia De paused:
"Nor can you summon souls from outside the sixth epoch."
"What can be done after summoning a soul?"
"Anything. You can shatter the soul, ask questions, or even bring it back to the real world, but bringing it back to the real world requires a price, which is fair. This is a cemetery for souls, a place for souls to rest. The living who come here are the temporary masters of the souls. Compared to the Time Corridor and Space Labyrinth, this place is also very useful. If Joey Barton could have entered here, he wouldn't have been defeated by me in the end."
Xia De's fingers touched the tombstone, and he frowned slightly, as if remembering something important (Note):
"In addition, shattered souls can be brought here, and the cemetery will repair them. If materialized undead are brought here, they can undergo some... peculiar changes."
Luvia looked around, very interested in this place:
"Ring術士 who manipulate the undead would probably be excited to the point of madness here, but unfortunately, I'm only good at Divination."
Xia De, meanwhile, quietly asked in his mind:
"What's the extra information?"
"Sacrificing a drop of Divinity, or sacrificing a 'heart of the living dead,' can safely open the door to true death. That is a one-way, two-way door."
Although Xia De possessed the Miracle "Death Door," the additional function of the Soul Graveyard was still very useful, or rather, exceptionally useful. Even if Xia De currently didn't know what it could be used for.
"But what is the heart of the living dead?"
He searched for information in the two segments of witch remnants in his head, and then sought help from the racial Knowledge of elves and Vampires, but found no answers.
He quietly asked Luvia, and the female Diviner thought for a moment:
"I think I heard about it in the elective course 'Time and Fate: The Impermanence of death' at the academy. I'll go back and check my books and let you know."
But whether he knew what it was didn't matter at all. Xia De never wanted to set foot on that shallow beach and water again in his life. He was thoroughly fed up with this autumn's death journey in Middlesburg.
At noon, he and the purple-eyed girl leisurely had lunch with the cat. Luvia originally wanted to stay overnight at Saint Delan Square Six to thoroughly check Xia De's physical condition after the great battle in Middlesburg and test his physical fitness level. But Tifa said when she left this morning that Xia De was to spend the night at Miss Jialinna's manor to inform the witch about Wednesday's events and then wait for new news from Middlesburg, so Xia De could only regretfully refuse Luvia.
Seeing his regretful expression, Luvia kissed his cheek in the carriage:
"We'll have plenty of time later, my Knight. Saturday is Dorothy's class time for you, how about Sunday evening? I'll bring red wine, and you can prepare a candlelight dinner in advance."
The carriage stopped at the Prophet Association's entrance, and she smiled as she bid farewell to Xia De.
"Wait a moment, a gift for you."
But Xia De called out to the purple-eyed girl again:
"Soul Teardrop."
He handed the spoils he obtained from the House of the Blind to Luvia:
"Your special Divination puts a great burden on your soul. When Priest Augustus returns, please ask him to turn this into a soul-healing potion."
Luvia looked at Xia De with some surprise, but did not refuse.
"Also, on Wednesday night, you guessed how to open the door right away, which is amazing. Tifa told me you seemed to have prepared everything in advance."
Xia De praised her again.
"I am an excellent Diviner."
Luvia pointed to herself, kissed Xia De's cheek, and then got out of the carriage.
Xia De smiled and waved to her from inside the carriage window, watching her enter the Prophet Association.
"So, which soul is it for healing?"
"Her other self is severely damaged, or is it the news you told me?"
Xia De quietly responded in his mind, thinking of how sometimes when he kissed Luvia, he would have the illusion of kissing two people at once:
"Everyone has their own secrets, but Luvia, you really make me worry."
Miss Jialinna's carriage picked up Xia De around three o'clock in the afternoon. Before that, Xia De returned home and inventoried the gains from this adventure.
The biggest gain was the promotion from Three Ring to Four Ring, although this meant the gradual fading of the Divine Radiance state, but he just needed to find the next drop of Divinity.
In addition, the mission of the fifth epoch 3024 Key was completely fulfilled, gaining more uses for the Moonlight Greatsword, temporarily losing the Moonlight Illusion, and gaining the Red Dragon Power. And before bidding farewell to the gray-robed sage, god's gift box provided the spell Library Retrieval. The blasphemy - Red Moon obtained by absorbing the God of Vampires' Divinity was temporarily sealed, but it brought extremely useful spells such as Incarnation of the Red Butterfly and Red Butterfly Illusion.
"Of course, the most important thing is this."
Xia De carefully restored Miss Olanorde's black cloak from a toy to a real object. Even though it was brought back to modern times in its toy state, this cloak, which was originally new, had now become an old item.
This was a new souvenir, like the fei lian anna notes from the Thousand Tree Forest, the future man card from Terror Castle, and the black and white hairband from Night Manor, it was a memento after a journey ended. Xia De pushed the extra hanger in his house into the basement and carefully hung the cloak on the hanger, storing it in the hidden space of the basement.
Grace's and Helen's hairbands hung on the hanger, the fei lian anna notes and the future man card were placed below the hanger, and beside them was the god's gift box. In the future, there would probably be more collectibles here, allowing Xia De to reminisce about those past journeys in his leisure time:
"We will meet again."
This cloak was Miss Olanorde's personal item, with intricate needlework embroidering imperceptible elf runes on it, giving the cloak the properties of maintaining body temperature and not easily getting dirty. Although its value was not as high as the fei lian anna notes, it was equally important to Xia De.
"I thought you would put your nose on it and sniff the scent of perfume from the previous epoch."
As Xia De quietly thanked the god's gift box, "she" chuckled and teased him.
"How could I do such a thing?"
For his reputation, Xia De immediately retorted, but after thinking about it, he asked again:
"However, after thousands of years, the cloak itself has undergone the washing of time, will it still have a scent?"
"She" just chuckled, not answering.
Of course, in addition to the highly commemorative cloak, this adventure also had other important gains. Founding·Death goes without saying, and although the keeper-level relic higgs dragon head stone can only cause damage to enemies with "dragon" and "giant" attributes, this relic is truly useful in appropriate application scenarios.
It could be contained by burying it in salt, so Xia De placed it in the bowl where he kept salt and put it in the basement.
The silly cat was very interested in the white stuff, touched it with its paw, and then, before Xia De noticed, stuck out its tongue to lick its paw... Cats shouldn't eat too much salt, so Xia De was very worried about Mia's health. He grabbed the cat and forced several drops of clear water treated with Gluttony's Feast into it.
The Red Butterfly Pendant was certainly also a relic, and a very powerful one. This was intended to be given to Leia and Dorothy, a key item to deal with their problems. Xia De planned to mention it to Dorothy tomorrow afternoon at the doctor's meeting, and also talk to her about Joey Barton's story.
"vampire ring... Where did this come from?"
He forcefully snatched the blood-colored metal ring from Mia's tail. This ring could be enchanted by someone other than the wearer to transform any other race into a Vampire, but the wearer would consequently suffer from an extremely terrifying bloodlust. Even though the cat couldn't speak and couldn't become a "Vampire cat," Xia De still believed this item was particularly dangerous for Mia.
Especially, the characteristics of the Ring of Metamorphosis, fish training ring, and vampire ring seemed to form a clear chain of conditions.
But the most difficult gain to handle was actually the blood brew made from one-quarter of Joey Barton's soul. Xia De originally hoped to use this to exchange for the Red Butterfly Twins from the God of Vampires, but he didn't expect that god to look down on this bottle of wine at all, evaluating it as "trash."
So, this bottle of blood brew was forced to remain in Xia De's hands. It undoubtedly possessed power, but Xia De detested gaining power by "eating people," so he would not drink it himself, nor did he intend to sell it to others.
One-quarter of Barton's soul would forever remain in his basement. Many, many years later, when Xia De's life reached its end, or when he successfully ascended to godhood, he would seek out Marilyn Handel and Joey Barton, evaluate what they had done after returning to the human world, and consider whether to return the soul to them.
"I really am a good person."
Xia De was very pleased with this.
The lost Night Watchman was now in Iluna's hands, and he believed he would soon find a way to get it back. Although the Soul Fishing Rod unfortunately "sacrificed" itself, its sacrifice was valuable. Xia De would forever cherish its memory and then quickly search for the next relic that might usurp Divinity.
Xia De had not forgotten the help of The Innocent Creator. He hoped that in his lifetime he could witness the awakening of the Old God who had departed, and thank them in person for their kindness.
"Although pursuing the Chosen One is dangerous, the gains are truly immense."
The high-purity No. 2 holy water obtained from the Gap Church was locked in the study drawer as a strategic material, and the relics taken before leaving home were also categorized and re-contained.
And finally, while organizing the items on him, Xia De found a somewhat unfamiliar parchment scroll. After thinking for a moment, he remembered that this was the reward (Chapter 782) given to him by Mr. Lacon Mathis, a Twelve Ring術士 from the Sun Church in Mi Fort Parish, for helping guard the church before he swung his sword to open the Death Door.
"I remember this is the Miracle - Heaton Seal."
Sitting on the sofa, he unrolled the parchment. Mia, who had just been a little angry because Xia De forced "medicine" into her, immediately trotted over and poked her head out, and then Xia De once again took off the vampire ring from her tail, which made the cat even angrier. But soon, she got the Ring of Metamorphosis, so she forgot her anger towards Xia De, and purred as she lay on his lap.
"Don't always wear the same relic ring; you'll be affected by the relic. But you can switch them around. I really don't know why you like this kind of tail ornament instead of a small bell on your neck. Next week, when we see Sister Devlin, remember to remind me to ask where this ring came from."
Xia De muttered to the air.
"Okay."
