Chapter 279 Fishing "Didn't you get enough rest?" Restaurant...
"Didn't you get enough rest?" Mihar asked with some concern when he saw that Sang Zhitao's eyes were red and her eyes were slightly dark.
Sang Zhitao yawned before replying vaguely, "It's nothing, I'm just not used to sleeping in the same bed."
“Then you can go back to sleep for a while later,” Mikhail said, taking the plate from her hand.
Sang Zhitao nodded indifferently.
She didn't sleep a wink last night, not because she was in a different bed, but simply because she was thinking about how to absorb the fragments of the world.
When the jade pendant still existed, the fragments of the world would be attracted to it, whether inside or outside the body, and would be fused with it before their energy could be utilized.
The jade pendant had shattered and merged with her in the previous world, but she was unable to integrate the world fragments.
She had previously thought it was because the fragments of this world were incomplete, since she had encountered similar situations before.
But yesterday, when the fragments of the world were merging, she vaguely felt that she could mobilize some of the power of the fragments of the world.
She tried for half the night and discovered that the inability to use the power of the world fragment was not because the world fragment was incomplete, as she had guessed, but because the world was resisting it.
"Are you really alright?" Mikhail frowned, looking at her with some concern as she seemed lost in thought.
Sang Zhitao took a bite of the pastry on her plate and shook her head.
"Is it not good?" As Aria was placing the plate on the table, she saw Sang Zhitao's disgusted expression. Curious, she picked up a similar pastry and took a bite. "Ugh!"
Mikhail's peaceful expression vanished abruptly. He looked suspiciously at the same small yellow cake on his plate and took a bite with a hint of wariness.
"It's alright, it still tastes the same as before."
"Hiss!" Sang Zhitao couldn't help but gasp when she saw him enjoying the delicious food.
From the moment she arrived in this world until she ate the food from the Guardian Tower, she ate either elven fruits or exquisite dishes prepared by royal court ladies. Although they couldn't compare to the wide variety of cuisines from the Eastern Kingdom, they were still quite exotic.
But these seemingly exquisite foods in front of me have a taste that is so bad it could kill you.
As if in sync, Ailiya and Sang Zhitao extended a finger and pushed the plate away.
Lin Xiao and Ying, who were carrying plates over from the side, looked down at the plates in their hands, then at the two of them, and couldn't help but show similar helpless expressions.
Lin Xiao picked up a green pastry and put it in her mouth. Her body stiffened involuntarily, and without even chewing, she stretched her neck and swallowed it whole.
Ying silently pulled her plate aside, then pinched a black pastry and held it to her lips for a while before swallowing it in two or three bites. She then quickly picked up her water glass and gulped down a few mouthfuls.
Arya touched her stomach, looked at the plate, and finally couldn't resist the hunger. She dragged the plate to her with the slowest movements and swallowed most of the pastry with a death-defying spirit.
"It's not the first time, are you still not used to it?" Mikhail looked at the three of them and shook his head helplessly.
"You've been to the Guardian Tower before?" Sang Zhitao was taken aback.
As far as she knew, in the original book they only went to the Guardian Tower once, and afterwards they were busy sealing things on the three continents.
Mikhail paused for a moment before smiling and saying, "Yes, I've been here a few times before."
Ying remained indifferent, but Lin Xiao's face stiffened, while Ailiya, standing next to Sang Zhitao, sighed silently.
Sang Zhitao felt that something was wrong, and subconsciously reached out to sense the Heavenly Dao of this world.
As expected, nothing was found.
Sang Zhitao sighed softly, not delving into the details. She glanced at Lin Xiao and the other two, then at Mihar.
Her stomach rumbled softly, and she looked at the food in front of her, unable to bring herself to eat it.
After a brief silence, she pulled a plate of squid slices from her sleeve.
This was something she coaxed out of Qinglong before she set off; it was Qinglong's true form and clone that he had secretly kept hidden away.
The four people next to him were stunned as they stared at the round piece that was almost the size of a human face.
Having passed through Linhai City, they had smelled its strong salty and humid air, so even if they didn't know what the paper-thin pancake in front of them was made of, they could tell from the sea breeze scent that it came from some powerful magical beast in the deep sea.
"Such powerful energy." Mihar stared in shock at the squid slices, then looked up at Sang Zhitao. "Just how powerful must this magical beast be? Perhaps a Saint-level mage..."
Although Lin Xiao and the other two did not have his powerful perception, they could still understand how shocking what Sang Zhitao had taken out was from the way the people around them slowly gathered.
“No, even a Saint of Magic can't compare, and this aura…” Hailey happened to walk over, his eyes shining as he looked at the plate of squid slices, “God…”
"God?! How is this possible?!" Not only Mikhail, but even the onlookers exclaimed in surprise.
It's not that they don't believe in the existence of God.
Many years ago on the Sky Continent, everyone's magic came from their faith in the gods, just as fire magic worshipped the god of fire.
But many years ago, God suddenly disappeared, and people could no longer obtain magic from faith, but they received the response of the elements through intuition.
From then on, the new magicians called themselves elemental magicians.
As the traditional magicians aged, elemental magicians became the only path to magical cultivation on the Sky Continent, and no one called them elemental magicians anymore.
However, because of this, god-level mages disappeared from history, and the most powerful elemental mages could only reach the level of a sage.
Such a level is incapable of killing gods.
But there was a girl in front of them who treated gods as food.
"Excuse me, am I wrong?" Hailai did not answer the crowd, and her attitude toward Sang Zhitao became even more respectful.
Sang Zhitao picked up a piece of squid, tore off a thumb-sized piece, and handed it to Hailai: "Not a god."
"Hoo..." A collective sigh, squeezed from the chest, came from all around.
Sang Zhitao could tell that there was a strong sense of regret in the voice, and she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and say, "Although it is not the body of a god, it is the body of a god's avatar."
"Ah..." The people around them let out a soft gasp in unison.
Sang Zhitao looked around at the people speechlessly before raising the squid pieces in her hand a little higher: "Try it."
With a slight tremor in her fingertips, Hailey took the squid fragments and put them into her mouth amidst the eager gazes of the crowd.
"Ugh..." He suddenly clutched his chest, his brows furrowing slightly.
"Lord Tower!" Mihar, who was closest to him, quickly stepped forward to support him.
"What's wrong?!" He suddenly looked up at Sang Zhitao, his eyes filled with urgency, but he didn't forget to raise a hand to block those who wanted to rush towards Sang Zhitao.
"It's nothing." Sang Zhitao casually tore off a piece of squid and stuffed it into her mouth, then slightly raised her chin to signal everyone to look at Hailai.
At this moment, Hailai had already absorbed the energy from the squid fragments. He first looked at his palm in disbelief, then bowed respectfully to Sang Zhitao: "Thank you."
“Tower Master…” Mihar watched as Hailai’s hair turned from white to black and the wrinkles on his face disappeared.
Sure enough, in just a few breaths, Hai Lai transformed from an elderly man into a refined middle-aged man.
"I've broken through." Hailai turned his excited gaze away from the plate on the table and looked at everyone with emotion as he replied to Sang Zhitao.
"Is this thing really that powerful?" Mikhail looked at the plate in astonishment.
There was a whole plate of squid slices here, but Hai Lai only ate a thumb-sized piece.
He subconsciously began to calculate in his mind how many powerful individuals comparable to Hai Lai could be created from these squid slices.
Seeing that everyone around her was eyeing her with predatory intent, Sang Zhitao quickly explained, "You mustn't eat it! It's only effective at the last minute. If you eat it, you'll explode and die."
Helene also sensed something was wrong and swept her cold gaze across the crowd: "Her Majesty the Holy Maiden is the savior of the world. Don't let me find out that you have any greed for her."
"No way, I'm just a little envious." A middle-aged woman next to her looked at Sang Zhitao with affection.
“That’s right, we already said we’d explode and die, we don’t plan to die early.” A man standing next to her couldn’t help but chime in with a laugh.
Mihar glanced warily at everyone before saying to Sang Zhitao, "You should eat first."
After saying that, he winked at Hailai, who understood and led him away.
Even those who had finished eating pretended to still be eating while holding their plates, their eyes fixed on the squid slices in Sang Zhitao's hand, unwilling to look away.
"Be careful," Aria whispered in Sang Zhitao's ear, "There are not only good people here."
"Serves you right for being coaxed." Lin Xiao sneered and left with her tray.
"Don't worry about him, he wasn't like this before..." Ailiya explained to Sang Zhitao somewhat awkwardly as she watched Lin Xiao's departing figure.
Ying had almost finished eating. He stood up and looked at the squid slices in Sang Zhitao's hand: "Be careful."
"I'll go back with you." Aria quickly finished what she was eating and sat down next to Sang Zhitao.
Sang Zhitao wasn't really stupid; she couldn't see the subtle, yet undeniably greedy gazes around her.
She did it on purpose. Just now, when she complained that the food on her plate didn't taste good, she vaguely felt some malicious eyes sweeping over her from all around.
She originally planned to find an excuse to leave the guardian tower for a while to see if she could provoke the other party to make a move, but she hesitated and didn't know if it was feasible.
But when she discovered that the food was not tasty, she instantly thought of the highly energetic remains of her clone in her possession, which led to the scene before her, which resembled the careless and ignorant behavior of a naive young girl.
Now, she is certain that after betting such a large sum of money, someone will definitely make a move against her.
She spent most of the day learning about the Guardian Tower. Although Hailai believed she had the authority to control the people in the tower, she was also afraid that someone might take risks, so she arranged for Mihar to protect Sang Zhitao. Therefore, the whole day was relatively safe.
It wasn't until late at night, in the dead of night, that the person Sang Zhitao had been waiting for finally appeared.
"Be careful not to get caught."
Where is Mikhail?
"Sanna sent someone to lure him away."
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Sang Zhitao raised an eyebrow, put the world fragment in her hand back into her sleeve, turned her back and pretended to be fast asleep.
A rustling sound rang out, followed by a crisp "click," and Sang Zhitao's door was opened.
"Huh...?" A faint voice, neither male nor female, asked.
"What's wrong?" the other person asked in a whisper.
"This door... there are no traces of magic." The first person's voice was filled with hesitation.
"I heard she's leaving tomorrow. If we don't act today, it'll be too late. Who cares?" The second person urged without hesitation.
Before the first person could say anything, the second person had already tiptoed into the room...
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