Chapter 911: The Broken Extraordinary Knowledge and the Ceremony of Ascension
“Did you save Luxien… that guy… heh heh~”
After the Great Knowledge Tree no longer had shared materials, I received a message from Tan Jun, saying that they encountered Luxien in the secret realm.
Therefore, the sharing of related materials was paused, and currently, only Shi Ruizhi would slowly share some paper documents.
Although I wasn’t very interested in Luxien’s situation, Tan Jun organized a brief version of the matter and sent it over.
I just took it as entertainment.
What I cared about more was actually the paper documents and literature that Shi Ruizhi was sending.
Because the content recorded in them clearly showed gaps compared to those sent by Tan Jun, and they were not from the same stage of research.
However, I saw the word “part” in it!
So I contacted Shi Ruizhi immediately.
“Shi Ruizhi, where did you find the documents you have? Go find more, this isn’t comprehensive; the materials inside are very important!”
“Ah? Oh! I’ll go right now!”
It struck me how important the materials she found could be.
In no time, a large amount of information was shared again, but it seemed somewhat inconsistent with the previous ones.
This one explained the process of creating a spellbook based on “true editing.”
Although it didn’t match the prior ones, I still looked at it somewhat seriously; after all, it described the craftsmanship of creating a spellbook, and it was a Great Spellbook!
I wasn’t extraordinary now and couldn’t use this technique yet, but I could still understand it, although some methods made me a bit dizzy.
After all, this wasn’t a teaching material but an experimental record of the process!
However, I didn’t leave empty-handed; at least I verified one thing.
That is, among these materials, the problem to be tackled, the Great Ice and Snow Throne Technique’s Extraordinary Knowledge, itself was “fragmented.”
So borrowing it to complete the experiment of the Great Spellbook would be very challenging.
In fact, even the final convergence into a complete Great Spellbook was achieved through the “Ceremony of Ascension” of the Ancient Ice Remains clan as a medium.
This point, Principal Mei didn’t mention to me.
I didn’t know whether Principal Mei was unaware or thought it unnecessary to tell me these things.
After all, I had always appeared disinterested in this Great Spellbook.
“Shi Ruizhi, look for more; this part doesn’t connect with what you found earlier.” I urged.
Meanwhile, in the laboratory of the Ice Snow Throne’s secret realm.
Shi Ruizhi was also busy looking for documents, and at this moment, Luxien had stopped talking.
After all, these were just issues about “humanity shown by being alive.”
Normally, she would be listening to stories from Lao Xiao, but what happened to her just made her feel a bit breathless.
As for deeper personal grievances, Luxien didn’t mention them, such as the fights between the wizard teams she encountered, and that one person who made her particularly jealous…
“Xiao Han must have discovered some important documents; the contract is almost drafted. You check to see if it’s acceptable…”
“I accept.” Luxien took the parchment and pen, signed her name without even looking at the content.
As the parchment ignited, the power of the contract dispersed into Luxien’s body along with the ashes.
“You’re really not afraid that I’ll sell you, huh?” Tan Jun teased Luxien.
“You’d better just throw me away, that way I can still live more easily.”
“Are you uncomfortable at the all-purpose workshop?”
“Either way, it’s not easy.” Luxien seemed to recall; if it weren’t for that Senior Daphne being kind to her, she really didn’t know what meaning this club had.
And that senior would be graduating soon…
“Have you thought about leaving the club?”
“Have you thought about the consequences for me? At the all-purpose workshop, at least I can survive; once I leave, I really have nothing.”
“Then… do you have the courage to start over?” Actually, Tan Jun wanted to ask if she had ever thought about starting over, but in the end, she changed her wording.
And this question directly silenced Luxien.
If asked whether she had thought about it, she certainly had, but if asked whether she dared to… that was indeed a serious question.
It was like someone lazily reading a novel; who would dare jump up and start a business from scratch when asked such a question?
Being attached to comfort is a person’s biggest and most difficult mountain to overcome.
Without external interference, it’s very hard to succeed.
“The contract you signed lasts until you leave the secret realm. When you leave the secret realm, how will you face the all-purpose workshop that did this to you?”
“…”
“If you choose loyalty, will they trust your sincerity?”
“…”
Another silence followed.
I have to say that Tan Jun’s few words directly presented the problems Luxien would face next.
And Luxien indeed hadn’t considered how to deal with those problems, nor did she feel like thinking about them; when there was nothing in her heart, it only fostered one thing: avoidance.
And Tan Jun didn’t press further; she merely left time for Luxien.
“Xiao You, share all the materials from the Earth Vein System to… forget it, just integrate the materials, and I’ll come when I’m done.” Tan Jun thought of Xiao You not having the Great Knowledge Seed, only the universally spread Knowledge Seed from the academy, and gave up on having her assist.
“Mm, okay.” Xiao You nodded.
The reason Tan Jun let go of the materials from the Earth Vein System was mainly because Shi Ruizhi said, Xiao Jun instructed her to focus on collecting those materials.
That is to say, Xiao Jun discovered something important in those paper materials, and she naturally wanted to help and share the important things quickly.
Efficiency was the key now.
“Senior Shi Ruizhi, I’ll help too.”
“Eh? You’re coming too? Great! These materials are troublesome; I really don’t know why we need paper documents like this, and after being stored for a long time, these papers easily get damaged. It would be better if they were stored in the Earth Vein System.”
“Storing in the Earth Vein System can also get damaged; at least paper documents can be preserved and left behind. If the Earth Vein System gets damaged, then there’s nothing left.”
After a brief chat with Shi Ruizhi, Tan Jun quickly entered into an efficient state.
As Shi Ruizhi said, these papers were indeed easy to damage. At least they could use the Earth Vein Identification Technique for bulk information reading.
As for retrieving information from the Earth Vein System, it was much tougher, considering it was an old item that hadn’t been maintained for years; if she directly disassembled it to retrieve storage components, who knew whether it would damage the entire system? She didn’t dare take that risk.
“By the way, did Xiao Han say anything else to you?”
“Currently, there’s very little information; Xiao Han rarely responds to me… but she said the Great Ice and Snow Throne Technique’s Extraordinary Knowledge may originally be fragmented?”
“Originally fragmented? Is that possible?” questioned Tan Jun, somewhat puzzled.
“I’m not too sure, but Xiao Han said there’s a ritual for shaping a complete Great Spellbook…”
“What! Is that true?!” Tan Wei exclaimed in shock.
“Just a guess!” Shi Ruizhi corrected, “Xiao Han hasn’t replied to me yet, only saying that this ritual is called the Ceremony of Ascension, and it seems to be related to the Ancient Ice Remains.”
“The Ceremony of Ascension… is it a ritual of the Ancient Ice Remains clan? Then I’ll just go ask Lie.” Tan Wei said, after all, she had a member of the Ancient Ice Remains beside her.
If even the royal family of this race wasn’t clear about it… then they really would have to wait for Xiao Han to find relevant information from these materials.
“Are you looking for me for something?”
Lie looked at Tan Wei as she approached him, and he was the first to ask.
“There are indeed some things; I don’t know if you’re willing to disclose them.” Tan Wei replied directly without any roundabout phrases.
After all, the Ancient Ice Remains didn’t enjoy playing human tricks and artful speaking.
“Under the witness of the Witch Contract, we have reached a union with you, so there’s really no question of willingness.”
“Thank you for thinking like this; then I’ll ask directly. We learned about a very special concept in those materials called the Ceremony of Ascension; I wonder if you’re familiar with it?”
“The Ceremony of Ascension… Hearing that term, Lie hesitated obviously, “I naturally know what it is; it’s a great ceremony of our clan, *** a ceremony for our clan to welcome the birth of a king.”
“Great… ceremony, could you explain this ceremony more specifically? For example, what preparations are needed, etc.”
“Sure, holding the Ceremony of Ascension requires selecting a clan member with the best characteristics to become a king, inscribing symbols on them that represent the glory and history of the clan, and choosing the purest ice flower condensed from the power of ice and snow to offer.”
“The king, in the Crystal Palace, gathers all royal family members, chants verses, plays the crystal holy music, and at the climax, a messenger crowns them; the power of ice and snow will choose…”
Lie’s voice was very calm, as if merely describing this process filled him with reverence for this ceremony.
Tan Wei was also listening and recording everything.
After all, since Xiao Han mentioned that this ceremony was related to the Great Ice and Snow Throne, it might even be a key to shaping a true Great Spellbook.
And this would be the best means to break the current situation!
“You just said this ceremony completely?”
“Well, wasn’t it you who asked?” Lie inquired in confusion.
“Isn’t this kind of matter supposed to be a well-kept secret of the race?”
“A group of a race kept in a secret experimental setting, does that really still have the secrets of a race?”
Tan Wei was momentarily unsure of how to respond to Lie’s statement.
The current situation of the Ancient Ice Remains was indeed very awkward, and Tan Wei and the others had been avoiding this issue, but the Ancient Ice Remains saw through it clearly.
They didn’t want to stay here indefinitely, so they sought power to break the “cage” trapping them.
But what was beyond the cage? What did they have to face? Didn’t the Ancient Ice Remains know?
Perhaps Tan Wei might not fully understand what significance this had.
But I understood very clearly.
A race known by the Void cannot truly be extinct; the footprints of its original form are eternally left in the Void.
Even if the entire race disappears, their original forms might still exist.
In the “infinite time” span of the Void, they could reappear in another form, which is… Earth Vein Life.
Perhaps Earth Vein Life is independent of all life, but the birth of Earth Vein Life itself would also seek “kindred.” If it learns that its kindred has perished, Earth Vein Life might again revive this race.
Some might think this probability is small, that the wait is too long, but for a race that has been extinct, time means nothing.
After a period of silence, Tan Jun returned to do what she needed to do, and Lie did the same, as if the topic just mentioned had never occurred.
And just as Tan Jun and the others were busy organizing materials, the Union Society in the secret realm and other Extraordinary Academy students started arguing again.
There was a serious divide over the plan to eliminate the Ancient Ice Remains within the secret realm.
The faction represented by the all-purpose workshop followed the academy’s requirements to protect the academy’s living assets, while other academies insisted on completely eliminating these monsters since their existence was an obstacle to exploration in the secret realm.
However, in the end, the other students’ representatives compromised; after all, the secret realm belonged to the Witch Academy, nominally belonging to the society, so outsiders didn’t have the say.
Consequently, the society alliance finally lifted the entry barrier for the secret realm.
After all, the resources produced in this secret realm were limited and primarily comprised rare ice and snow materials, and this was built on the presence of Great Spell effects in the secret realm.
If they continued with the plan to mitigate the Great Spell, then this secret realm would truly become a joke.
However, there was no way around it, since this secret realm itself wasn’t resource-based but research-based.
But even if the entrance threshold of the secret realm was lowered, it still wasn’t something anyone could enter.
Before proceeding with this matter, they still needed to address another issue.
That was the problem of the Ancient Ice Remains blocking the entrance to the secret realm!
The Ancient Ice Remains, in order to prevent the fragments from being taken out of the secret realm, after forming an alliance with Tan Jun, immediately blocked the passages that people were trying to leave through.
No matter what, the Ice Snow Throne secret realm is the home ground of the Ancient Ice Remains!
