novelonline Chapter 3422 Xiwei and Claire
Chapter 3422 Xiwei and Claire
Chapter 3422 Xiwei and Claire
Both elders have the ability to borrow the power of the snow-capped mountains. Their perception ability in this mountain is definitely not an ordinary eleven-ring ability.
Elder Harald expressed this feeling:
"It's like a snake about to shed its skin, or a butterfly about to break out of its cocoon. Although he's over fifty years old, his mental strength is very strong. When he looked at us, I felt that his eyes were not seeing physical things, but he could see deeper things."
"Grandfather, what are they doing here?"
Claire asked.
"They said they were going to inspect the snow mountain before All Souls' Day to prevent it from being inconvenient to go up the mountain during All Souls' Day. In my opinion, it is not convenient for them to come at any time. I guess they saw that Vilda and I were here, so they just said they came to take a look. If we were not here, I don't know what they would do."
"So those three fortune tellers just said a few words to you and left?"
Shade asked again, and Elder Wilda shook his head:
"They said they would visit the town before All Souls' Day to ask some questions. Also, they asked about the mural and whether we knew what paint it was made of."
He pointed at the mural, and when the young people looked over, he took the initiative to give the answer:
"The pigment of this mural is the same as the ink used on the snakeskin scrolls in the town. There is even a saying that our ancestors developed the special pigment used later based on this ancient mural. However, we will not tell the association about this."
He asked everyone to go down the mountain together. It was getting late and there was no need to stay here.
"It seems that the Prophet Association also has some understanding of this snowy mountain. Speaking of which, do you know what the snake and the gem on the mural mean?"
As they walked down the stone steps together, Shade asked again. He had only asked casually, but he did not expect Elder Harald to nod:
"I know."
"Ok?"
"Didn't we allow you to touch the sacred object - the Ice Jade - to spy on your own destiny when we acknowledged your identity as an 'honorary Fatu'?"
At that time, Xia De wanted to know the words of his high-ring sublimation, but what he saw was himself falling from somewhere in the snowy mountains, and then embarking on the next step on the road to demigod.
"That piece of ice jade can't be it."
"Yes, that mural is actually a map, but now the mural is too damaged, so we can't see it in this era. Our ancestors discovered the secret of the mural in the middle of the Fifth Era, and then spent two hundred years to find the ice jade in the snowy mountains. I think the gem surrounded by snakes in the mural is the ice jade.
Oh, because of that mural, the tribe’s early documents called ‘ice jade’ ‘snake jade’, but no one uses that name anymore.”
It was already dusk when they returned to the town, but Shad and the girls did not stay in the Snow Mountain Hall. Instead, they cast an illusion for Ellie, barely disguising her as a horse, and then came to the Harpoon Inn.
After waiting for about twenty minutes, the witch's followers who were looking out the window from the inn noticed the signal, so Shad, Claire, Ellie and other followers went to the dock together and boarded the small private cruise ship that came from afar - the Shining Messenger.
"Shade, I haven't seen you for more than half a month since the end of the year. My longing for you is deeper than the deepest abyss of the ocean. In my eyes, you are more dazzling than the most beautiful mermaid girl."
Xiwei gave Xia De a big hug in the cabin corridor:
"Meeting in the morning doesn't count. We didn't even greet each other properly."
She smiled and kissed Xia De on the side of his face, then waved to his colleagues behind him:
"Long time no see, Claire."
"So perfunctory?"
"We met a few days ago when you brought wine to the parliament (Bonus 8), so we actually see each other quite often, right?"
She smiled and took Shade's hand again:
"Let's go, the party is ready and waiting for you."
Miss Elither stood behind her and nodded to Shad with a smile, while Claire behind Shad looked at the interior decoration of the ship, thinking about the origin of this ship that Carina and the others had mentioned.
The white-haired girl followed her teacher obediently, trying not to look around to show that she had never seen the world. As for the unicorn Ellie, she was taken away by the girls after she boarded the ship. With the experience of taking care of little Lianna, even the witch followers of the Sixth Epoch have mastered certain experience in taking care of unicorns.
Because there are only Xivi's followers on board at present, the Shining Emissary does not seem as lively as before, but Shade is sure that it will soon become even more lively than the Vesta Glades.
Xivi came to the island with an official status this time, so she could bring as many of her followers as possible. With the Glorious Messenger as the flagship, the Aurora family's fleet even looked larger than the visiting fleets of the two countries.
Tonight, the Radiant Messenger arrived at the town dock and brought with it the more important girls among Xiwei's followers. This included not only her apprentice, Miss Hayley Aurora, but also many high-ranking girls who were already familiar with Shade.
On the way to the banquet hall, Shad did not forget to introduce Miss Elizabeth to Claire and Miss Larson. Although it was the first time they met, they had heard each other's names before, so they shook hands and got along very well.
The cook on board had already prepared dinner. After sitting down in the familiar cabin banquet hall, Xivi and Miss Elizabeth chatted with Shad for a long time. They mentioned the transformation of the Glorious Messenger, the mermaid girls that came with the fleet, and the interesting things that happened on the way here.
"After all, only Miss Elither and I are here now. We will have the banquet after everyone is gathered. Let's just have a simple meal tonight."
The great witch of light with long wavy hair said with a smile. Claire did not interrupt them from reminiscing about the past with Shade, but just listened silently and memorized all the conversations in her heart.
It was more than half an hour after dinner started that Xiwei finally talked about the main business:
"Claire, the Radiant Emissary will remain at the Wheel of Time's dock. Your base in the town and my base in the city are the two main bases for this operation. After dinner, we will take stock of our respective manpower situations, and then you will arrange what needs to be done for my girls."
Although Xivi has more followers and her own level is higher, Claire is more familiar with the situation here after all.
The Great Witch of the Sun nodded:
"There are indeed a lot of things that need to be done now, and it is indeed a bit awkward to rely on only my manpower. The Speaker sent you to help first, probably because he considered that you have the most girls under your command."
That's not the reason.
"Also, Xiwei, are you going to be busy with your fleet's affairs first, or can you spare some time to help me?"
Claire asked again, but Xiwei shook his head slightly:
"The fleet has just arrived at Fatumonster Island. I need to contact the visiting representatives of the two countries and the officials of the Principality of Lagersen. Now the two countries are going to war, and a shipbuilding family like us needs to carefully balance the relationship with both sides. So I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to directly participate in the operation recently, but I will let Hayley have some free time. When I'm not around, she can represent me."
Miss Hailey Aurora, who also met Shade for the first time after the year-end festival, stood up immediately, but Xiwei signaled her to sit down:
"This way, we won't have to ask Shade to do those basic investigations. And with the Radiant Emissary, Shade's exploration range can be expanded to the entire Fallen Star Bay."
Shade's current investigation is all focused on the island. Although there are indeed many secrets on the island, this does not mean that other areas of the bay are not worth investigating.
"Then did you bring the relic? Stella really needs that relic now."
Claire said again, so Xiwei signaled the maid behind her to go get it. When Miss Avril, who was already tenth ring, went to get something - when Shade first met her in the Pantanal Swamp, she was only nine rings, Shade and Claire talked about the snake that Shade caught and how to deal with it afterwards.
Xivi and Miss Elizabeth had known about the "Infinite Snake" for a long time. After entering the Falling Star Bay, the girls on the ship were warned to pay attention to things that seemed neither scientific nor magical.
The sacrifice of "Herm's Shadow" was also the first time that Xiwei and the boat girl heard about it. They did not understand this ancient sacrificial method of the Fatu people. Miss Elither mentioned the information obtained by Miss Larson:
"So our first focus of investigation after arriving here is to look for the 'resurrected' outsiders?"
"Yes, there are many outsiders on the island recently. In addition to adventurers and merchants, the fleets of the two countries and the nobles brought by Grand Duke Larson from the capital of the principality are all considered 'outsiders'."
Shade stated his request:
"Xiwei, Claire's followers will investigate whether there are any 'resurrected people' among the merchants and adventurers. You will be in charge of the nobles and officials."
The two witches nodded slightly, and then Xiwei and Miss Elither asked for the special snake skin to be checked. But neither the witch of light nor the boat girl from the Fifth Epoch had ever come into contact with something like this. This was indeed a "specialty" unique to Fatumonster Island.
However, the boat girl's special existence still allowed her to see something that even Xia De didn't see:
"The relationship between this snake sheath and Miss Larson is very similar to the relationship between me and the Radiant Emissary. No, the connection at the soul level is not that deep, but theoretically speaking, not only will Miss Larson's changes affect the contents of the snake sheath, but changes in the contents of the snake sheath will also affect the holder."
This may seem like nonsense, but it was based on this speculation that Shad set about asking Luvia and Dorothy to develop ink that could be written on snake skins.