Chapter 286 Playing around with the restoration of the Sky Continent seems to make...
The restoration of the Sky Continent seemed to have restored some of the spirit of the Heavenly Dao, which had only retained a trace of instinctive consciousness.
She did a quick calculation and received a reply from Heaven.
"Thank you...please help me..."
After waiting for a while and not receiving any more useful information, Sang Zhitao couldn't help but click her tongue.
"What's wrong?" Aria snapped out of her reverie and looked at her.
"It's nothing." Sang Zhitao waved her hand without explaining.
Seeing this, Aria remained silent for a moment and did not pursue the matter.
They happened to come across a school and saw a group of children having an outdoor class. They instinctively stopped in their tracks.
These children are probably in a scroll-making class; they're trying to find inspiration for magical diagrams in everything around them.
Compared to the Sky Continent, the Magic Continent places greater faith in the power of nature.
Their magic arrays are also different from those of the Sky Continent.
The magic arrays here are more complex and dazzling, and most of the graphics are derived from the plants and animals of nature.
They believed that the heavens endowed all things with the instinct to use magic, so different results could be obtained by utilizing the instinctive patterns of all things in the magic array.
As they suspected, the different magic arrays contained magical diagrams representing the magical operations of different plants and animals.
Therefore, children should learn to recognize the patterns of magic in all things from the time they start school.
“It seems that little girl is quite talented.” Aria pointed to a girl with pigtails not far away.
The girl held a leaf in her hand, and after examining it carefully for a few minutes, she drew a picture on a blank scroll.
When the scroll is torn open, withered leaves come back to life.
Compared to other children who are still confused and bewildered, her perception, learning ability, and even creativity far surpass those of her peers.
"He's going to be a very powerful scroll master in the future," Sang Zhitao couldn't help but exclaim.
"wrong!"
The two of them stood head to head, pointing at the group of children and making their comments. Suddenly, Lin Xiao exclaimed in surprise.
The two instinctively turned to look at him.
But Lin Xiao had already lunged onto the railing, shouting to the children inside, "Run!!"
His face was contorted, his body stiffened, and his eyes were bloodshot with urgency.
Before Sang Zhitao could react, Ailiya, who had been with him for nine lifetimes, had already figured it out.
She raised her mechanical arm and shouted at the fence wall with the defensive magic array written on it: "Break! Break!"
A soft mechanical start-up sound came from the robotic arm, and in the blink of an eye, a blue light shot from the robotic arm to the railing.
As the railing was knocked away, Aria had already leaped into the playground.
She pulled out a dozen or so palm-sized scrolls from her waist and tossed them to the child next to her: "Use the scrolls, let's go!"
The eleven or twelve-year-old children were stunned at first when they saw the scroll in their arms, but then they understood and tore the scroll in their hands.
Lin Xiao had already run through the large hole to the playground.
As he ran, he pulled some children who hadn't yet reacted to his presence to the side.
Sang Zhitao watched as he ran while pulling out the same scroll from his waist that Ailiya had just pulled out.
Unlike them, Sang Zhitao was not anxious. She watched everything that was happening on the playground and stood still.
Aria had given it her all, trying to reach the genius girl.
Unfortunately, it was still too late...
A massive rift, emanating an intense and terrifying aura, enveloped the girl...
"No!!" Aria exclaimed, lifting her mechanical foot and swinging it away.
The mechanical foot flew into the crack like a small cannonball, and then a loud bang shook the entire playground.
At this moment, the teachers and students in the teaching building all noticed the scene outside.
Many teachers tore open the scrolls in their hands and rushed to the playground to help Lin Xiao move the children.
Several teachers even casually tossed some of the immature teenagers who had followed them down to help back into the school building.
The crack was blasted by the mechanical foot, swayed in mid-air, and then slowly faded in color before disappearing into the air.
The genius girl fell from mid-air and collapsed unconscious on the ground.
The playground fell silent for a moment.
Whether it was the students in the distance, the teacher slowly approaching, or Aria standing to the side, they all looked at the girl with sorrow on their faces.
The girl did not die; she lay on the ground for only a moment before slowly sitting up.
Sang Zhitao couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. Seeing how sad Ailiya and the people around her were, she thought the child had died, but it turned out that he hadn't.
Just then, she saw the genius girl open her mouth, but no sound came out.
She looked at the unfamiliar Aria, then at the familiar teacher.
Even though she knew that Arya was the one who had just saved her, she still finally shed tears when she saw her teacher.
Tears streamed down her face, but her sobs were completely silent, not even a whimper.
The girl touched her throat, looked at the teacher, and pouted.
A female teacher sighed softly, hugged her, and gently comforted her.
“Aphasic…” Sang Zhitao murmured involuntarily, “So this is what aphasic people are like.”
"That child..." She asked only after seeing Aria and Lin Xiao emerge from the hole.
Aria's sadness had been greatly relieved by the repeated thanks from the teachers and students.
Now he was in the mood to answer her questions: "Well, I guess I won't be able to be a scroll maker anymore."
Her voice was filled with regret for the girl's ruined future, and also with sorrow for the magical continent's impending loss of a great scroll master.
Lin Xiao, standing beside her, also looked at the girl being led into the teaching building by the teacher with mixed emotions in her eyes.
Sang Zhitao sighed helplessly and pointed to herself: "You forgot, I can resolve the rule anomaly here right away."
Arya looked up at her, her eyes filled with confusion, but she quickly realized what was happening.
Some people covered their faces, feeling both amused and exasperated.
A dull voice came from her hand: "Good heavens, I really forgot..."
Lin Xiao, who was standing next to him, touched his nose, somewhat speechless.
Not to mention Aria, even he hadn't realized it yet.
"It's alright. After all, it's been so many lifetimes, it's normal for it to become an instinct." Sang Zhitao had originally planned to make fun of her.
But when he thought that Arya had developed such a poignant instinct because of her experiences over these lifetimes, he instantly lost his mood for teasing.
For a moment, all three of them fell silent.
The three of them continued walking slowly until they left the school grounds and arrived at a shopping mall, where Aria finally cheered up.
"This is a very historic shopping mall. Let's go for a look. Maybe we can find some interesting little shops."
Seeing that she had calmed down, Sang Zhitao didn't intend to start a new topic and followed her inside.
It truly lives up to its reputation as the mall with the longest history.
The interior design here is not only luxurious and exquisite in a European style, but also exudes a maximalist splendor.
The shopping mall has four floors, connected by a central spiral staircase.
The layout is very similar to a shopping mall on Earth. The first floor has some local big brand stores, such as Magic Machine stores, jewelry stores, coffee shops, clothing stores, etc.
Sang Zhitao wasn't interested in clothing, but she was much more interested in jewelry.
However, after looking around, I found that the jewelry style here was very similar to Earth's modern style, so I lost much interest. After simply picking out a few nice designs, I went up to the second floor.
The second floor here mainly sells various magic scrolls.
Sang Zhitao strolled around and found them all to be pretty much the same.
Apart from a few shops whose scrolls were designed to be more beautiful and decorated with many precious jewels, clearly targeting people who are rich and love to show off their wealth, the others were almost identical.
Seeing Sang Zhitao's bored expression, Ailiya nodded and pointed to a corner: "I remember there's a strange place there, their things are more interesting."
"Strange?" Sang Zhitao was taken aback when she heard the shop's name.
Aria explained with a smile, "It's a very interesting magic supplies shop that's been around for hundreds of years. The owner loves to sell magic items with strange effects."
"When I was little, I loved shopping on Taobao with my friends." A nostalgic expression appeared on her face.
The shop that Aria mentioned was in a very hidden corner.
Perhaps because this mall has such a long history, there are far fewer customers now, to the point that most of the shops in this corner have closed down.
Only in the deepest part of the storehouse was a faint light shining through.
Despite being a brightly lit shopping mall, this corner was somewhat dark, making even the dimly lit shop lights quite eye-catching.
"I knew it!" Aria exclaimed with delight. "I knew he was still here."
Her steps toward the store became more cheerful.
A wooden sign hangs diagonally above the shop, with the words "Strange and Weird" written in crooked characters.
Sang Zhitao noticed the hidden magic array on the signboard, but because she was not very familiar with the magic system of this world, she could not figure out what the magic array meant.
"Manager~" Aria lifted the black curtain blocking the door and went in, calling out.
Sang Zhitao and Lin Xiao exchanged a glance before following her inside.
After they went inside, an elderly man with white hair came out from the back of the shop.
The old man glanced at Aria with a hint of disdain, his tone tinged with a familiar reproach: "You silly girl, you've been gone for so long and haven't even come to see me."
Aria smiled and stepped forward to put her arm around the other person's: "Oh, I'm just busy. I brought a friend to see you this time."
The old man looked at her with loving eyes, but he didn't forget to greet Sang Zhitao and the other woman.
"Grandpa store manager, what amazing thing have you come up with this time?" Aria asked curiously, looking around the store.
The strange store was not as small and dark as Sang Zhitao had imagined. On the contrary, it was as big as a medium-sized supermarket, with various shelves on both sides. The cashier was in the middle, and behind the cashier was the place where the store manager had just come out.
"That's too much. Let your friend go and have fun by herself," the old man patted her hand and said softly.
Ailiya turned to look at Sang Zhitao and the other girl with delight: "Then you two go have fun by yourselves~"
Sang Zhitao waved her hand dismissively and walked toward the shelf on the left.
The shelves here only have a few books on them; most of them are filled with boxes and scrolls.
She picked up the scroll on the shelf in front of her and saw the label written on it.
Cute little scroll.
Scroll description: Can be transformed into any cute little creature.
Transformation rates: 0.002% chance of becoming an elemental spirit, 0.003% chance of becoming a dragon cub, 0.50% chance of becoming a plush animal cub...
Sang Zhitao herself could transform in countless ways, so she wasn't very interested in the scroll and put it back on the shelf.
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