Chapter 1036: Child of Fortune and World Guardian
After leaving the Union Society headquarters, I didn’t go elsewhere but followed Cleveland back to the Baking House.
This matter involved too much; I hadn’t grasped the full picture back in the conference hall. I had merely skimmed through the meeting minutes and discussed the issue of “soul material repair” extensively with representatives from other societies.
Now that I was back, I naturally wanted to understand the entire situation, using the Great Knowledge Tree to replay and recreate the scenes from that time.
However, after returning to the Baking House, Shi Ruizhi and Tan Jun were clearly interested in Ning’s presence beside me.
Previously, when I was at the Union Society, many people hesitated to ask, knowing I had some special clones and assumed Ning was also one of them.
Though her appearance was different, I did not necessarily capture my clone in my original form when catching her.
“Let me introduce you; this is Ning, also known as the King of Ancient Ice Remains you are familiar with.”
Facing the few people in the Baking House, I didn’t hide this fact, as they had quite a connection with the Ancient Ice Remains.
Moreover, when Ning met Tan Jun, I could feel that Ning seemed to have a unique emotion toward her—not just that, Tan Jun felt it too.
“What… what? She is the Ancient Ice?!” Shi Ruizhi exclaimed in shock.
Not just Shi Ruizhi, but Tan Ying was equally astonished.
“Ning, let me introduce you; these are the members of my Baking House society, Tan Ying, Shi Ruizhi, and… one named Luxien, but she’s not here. As for this one called Yuliflan, you can understand her as one of the representatives of the will in the Witch Academy.”
“Nice to meet you. Although this is our first meeting, the images imprinted deep in my bloodline tell me you have greatly contributed to the revival of my Ancient Ice Race.”
“You flatter us. At that time, we were also compelled by circumstances; we didn’t expect we would have such a bond.” Tan Ying quickly responded, turning her attention to me.
After all, she remembered the King of Ancient Ice Remains was a clone of Xiao Han! However, she had also heard Xiao Han mention returning something to her, just hadn’t expected that when encountering the Ancient Ice again, Xiao Han had already accomplished it.
It took Shi Ruizhi quite a while to respond; although she had forgotten, it didn’t mean she had a poor memory. After Tan Ying nudged her arm, she quickly recalled.
“Yes, yes! This is truly fate! Um… if you don’t mind me asking, did you join the Witch Academy looking like this?”
“I haven’t, and I don’t intend to become a witch; I merely transformed into this form.” Ning shook her head to explain, but while speaking, she would occasionally frown at Tan Ying.
As if Tan Ying was the most special one among the crowd.
After some casual chatting, Cleveland soon organized the main points of the matter for me. I listened, frowning, while Tan Ying and the others considered it a review.
Meanwhile, Ning stood by like a calm listener. Not sure if it was due to inheriting traits from the Ancient Ice, she appeared like an ice queen, but frankly, her expression was somewhat like a poker face, emotions not reflected on her visage.
“Ah… deliberate retaliation…”
After listening, I sighed, realizing that the occurrence of this incident was somewhat related to my actions.
However… I didn’t need to shoulder all the blame; after all, the mastermind behind this incident was the Wizard Apprentice. I wouldn’t be surprised by what the Wizards might do.
Even if I didn’t cause the calamity, would the Wizards give up such a great opportunity against the Blood Slave Academy in this Academy War?
As for this rescue mission, it was equally challenging.
The blood sacrifice ritual had destroyed the Wanlian Main Network Tree they had set up in advance at the Blood Slave Academy, and without a Power Network and root system, it would be exceedingly difficult for them to find the Witch Academy’s students among so many corpses.
After all, their Knowledge Seeds were not nearly as convenient as the Great Knowledge Seeds, let alone as unrestricted as I, the Great Knowledge Tree.
After a deep understanding of the Blood Slave Academy, I realized that while it seemed to provide a significant amount of blood food for the Blood Clan Academy, it was still operating on the scale of a university on the entire Blood Slave Peninsula.
In some sense, the total resources from the Minor Nobility Blood Clan Academy and its affiliated academies wouldn’t even match half the size of a peninsula.
Let it be known that the Blood Slave Academy supplies not only its students but also engages in covert transactions with major families, meaning essentially, what an entire peninsula does is no different from what the Blood Slave Academy does—except one does it openly, the other in the dark.
However, with such enormous blood production, the two Blood Clan Academies couldn’t possibly consume it all; those mid- to high-ranking blood clans couldn’t just be so extravagant as to have a blood-soaked blood pool in every household, could they?
Thus, the stable blood supply from the Blood Slave Academy was largely harvested by other academies.
Blood slaves, ordinary people’s blood, refined through special means, transformed into highly energetic “blood crystals” supplied to the Wizard Academy.
The Wizard Academy was, in fact, the main support behind the Blood Clan.
What does the Blood Slave Academy and Blood Slave Peninsula producing blood crystals represent?
It represents a “stable supply” and a “stable and smooth system for extraordinary advancement”!
Why did the Witch Academy take action against the Blood Slave Academy, and why was the Wizard Academy so agitated?
On the surface, the Blood Slave Academy belonged to a subordinate of the Wizard Academy; why is it so heavily emphasized?
Of course, it is due to the stable output of extraordinary materials from the Blood Slave Academy.
The resources in the Core Realm of the Main World are still quite barren; it cannot produce too many eye-catching extraordinary materials—most materials trace their sources back to Earth Veins and terrain.
Conversely, a barren region like the Blood Slave Peninsula can exert its advantages, stably producing extraordinary materials like “blood crystals,” “blood essences,” etc., even some byproducts like “heart blood,” “blood of resentment,” and “impure blood,” showing how valuable it is!
While extraordinary beings might not be particularly concerned, students within the academy indeed needed them!
Every phase corresponding to ordinary and extraordinary has its unique demands.
The blood sacrifice ritual within the Blood Slave Academy is meant to prevent any unexpected events in the Blood Slave Academy, used to extract the last thread of value while also signaling they won’t easily give up such a good place to others.
At the conclusion of a joint community meeting, Orina also proposed ideas regarding the Witch Academy’s revenge plan.
Revenge cannot be lacking at all!
Witches hold grudges fiercely!
It is unrelated to right or wrong, unrelated to calculations, only positions matter!
The anti-war sentiment within the Witch Academy must be suppressed; the power games and struggles at the extraordinary level in the Main World have long reached a critical point where no one can be left behind in this ruthless conflict.
The retreat of a race will inevitably accompany the collapse of an academy.
Perhaps the Main World doesn’t have an obsession with “unification,” but in my view, it is the trend of the times that only the witch race remains to have a unified voice.
Unfortunately, concerning plans for subsequent revenge, this meeting didn’t touch on it.
They planned to discuss it seriously in the next meeting, intending to rescue everyone, smooth over the aftermath of this event, and incite resentment against other extraordinary academies.
Only then could they regroup.
However, I believe that after experiencing this incident, many actions of the union community will likely become more cautious.
After all, teaching humanity, one cannot teach through mere words, but through action, understanding follows.
“I understand the situation very well; you can go about your business. By the way, how is Millien doing lately?”
“Millien is still in the Expanding Realm, currently studying the changes in industries under the intervention of extraordinary powers to lay out and accumulate experience for extraordinary power in the Core Realm.”
“Is that so? Also… the Expanding Realm is known as the experimental ground for extraordinary powers. Although it laid a foundation for the extraordinary, I understand the conditions in the Expanding Realm are not optimistic.”
Ninglan Qiuyue still keeps some basic contact with me, occasionally chatting about issues concerning the Expanding Realm; when I have some time, I respond to her inquiries.
After sending Cleveland away, there weren’t too many people left at the Baking House.
I saw Ning and Tan Jun seemed to hit it off well.
After all, one is the pure Child of Fortune in the Main World, and the other is the world guardian designated by the consciousness of the Main World.
What a pity~ Luxien isn’t here; perhaps this usually silent girl could have made a friend.
But to be honest, there’s also a Child of Fortune in the Expanding Realm. Had I known that Ning and the Child of Fortune would get along so well, I should have let her meet Ninglan Qiuyue earlier; she is also a Child of Fortune, and she is the Child of Fortune in the Expanding Realm.
“Are we not continuing the conversation? You all seem to be having a good time.”
After Cleveland left, Ning looked at me with a posture suggesting she was about to leave.
“I was just casually chatting with you. Do you have other matters to attend to?” Ning shook her head and asked.
“There are indeed other matters, but they are not pressing for me.”
If I were to say what my latest pressing issue is, it would undoubtedly be the life experiment of nightmares, but the authority card for the life series is stuck on the concept of race, and I need to understand what consciousness is.
However, while the consciousness of the Ancient Ice has been born, my “consciousness nurturing” technique is still one step away from perfection.
So at this stage, nothing is more important than accompanying this Ancient Ice Remains.
In my view, the King of Ancient Ice Remains is also an essential part of our bargaining chip for transactions.
“Really?”
“That is natural.” I nodded. “Still, do you want to explore somewhere else? The Main World is quite expansive.”
“Then… I want to go to the Blood Slave Peninsula you just mentioned. Can you take me there?”
Unexpectedly, Ning spoke up and followed my words to ask this question.
“Of course, but would you mind telling me why?” I inquired.
“I’ve never seen so many dead people. Listening to your description, the blood flowed like rivers under the blood sacrifice, and the streets were filled with bones. I want to see it.”
“That place is very dangerous.” I warned.
“Then will you take me there?”
“I will.” I nodded.
Though it was dangerous to do so, I supported her in this endeavor; I could roughly guess her reasons for wanting to see it. After all, that is still a person from the Main World!
As for whether my presence and Ning’s would attract extraordinary beings to take action against us…
Unless there were more than two extraordinary beings, I confidently believed I could safely lead Ning away. If they weren’t from the Holy Realm, I feared none would have the confidence to keep us there forever!
And so, we set off.
Ning’s execution ability was very high. After saying goodbye to Tan Jun and the others, I left the Witch Academy with Ning.
The Blood Slave Peninsula is still a bit far from the Witch Academy.
However, under my spatial magic, we quickly arrived at the surrounding area of the Blood Slave Peninsula.
The blood sacrifice ritual there had ended, but the residual powers lingered for a long time. From a distance, the crimson blood clouds even covered the surrounding regions.
The closer we got, the more we could sense the blood rain rolling under the snow clouds had not ceased.
Yet the blood rain could not wash away the horrors on the peninsula; the blood water would flow into the earth, promoting the growth of flowers even more vigorously.
When we arrived, we could only feel a profound silence.
No sound at all; I couldn’t sense any sign of life.
Whether in the suburbs or bustling streets, everything was absurd under the blood rain.
The sweet, metallic smell permeated the air.
As the blood water approached me, it automatically avoided, as I walked through the rain without getting wet.
But this was merely a derivative application of the Cleaning Spell.
As for Ning… she let the blood rain fall upon her, rejecting my assistance with the Cleaning Spell, neither carrying an umbrella nor donning a raincoat.
I simply accompanied her quietly.
Until she stopped in her tracks.
“What are your feelings?” I was the first to speak.
“The air is filled with fear, despair, and helplessness… for some reason, it tugged at my sadness.”
“Are you saddened by the death of those ordinary people?” I hadn’t utilized emotional cultivation to correct Ning’s shared sorrow; however, just as Ning indicated, here, even the air was mingled with those intensely negative emotions.
“Aren’t you sad?”
“I am… but I have learned not to display it so plainly…” I replied. After a while, I continued, “Ning, based on what you currently know, do you think those extraordinary academies should exist?”
“I don’t know… but I believe the Blood Slave Academy shouldn’t exist.”
“It has the Wizard Academy behind it, and the Wizard Academy has two top allies.”
“…What are you trying to express? Do you want me to say they shouldn’t exist?”
“Hehe~ You’re very clever. Let me rephrase, do you wish to expel all these chaotic extraordinary races from this Main World?”
“Is that even possible?”
“Why not? It is in human hands~”
“Ah… what should I do then? Become the so-called World Guardian?”
“Why put it that way? You don’t need to be a World Guardian to do this; rather, once you do it, regardless of whether you are a World Guardian or not, it doesn’t matter.”
