Chapter 283 Leaving the Sky Continent The Sky of the Sky Continent…
In Lin Xiao's memory, the sky over the Sky Continent was always gray, as if it was about to rain but never did, and the air was thick with moisture.
This kind of humidity is not limited to any region or city; it is the same everywhere.
Only a few large cities had the money to hire magicians to disperse the dark clouds, barely bringing a moment of clear skies to the city.
In Lin Xiao's memory, such a rare scene, bathed in sunlight, was a bright image that was once a rare memory in his life.
This small, silent city before him had buried his hopes many times, and it also buried his past within it.
The gray color was also his only memory of Mo City in his entire life.
But now, the sun shines its warm light through the clouds, the gray hues have faded, and the sky is clear and blue...
"It's... the blue sky..." Lin Xiao covered her eyes with one hand, looked up at the blue sky and white clouds, and tears fell unconsciously.
"It's been so long since I've seen such a beautiful blue sky. Even in Linhai City, the sky isn't this clear." A gentle smile appeared on Mihar's lips.
"Mom, my bottle!" In the city closest to Mo City, a child carrying a memory bottle that emitted a pink glow from his waist rushed to his mother.
The woman didn't even wipe her hands before quickly looking down at the memory bottle in her daughter's hand.
The memory bottle, which had once been only half full, was now completely full.
"Mommy, my bottle is so pretty!" A seven- or eight-year-old child looked at the pink bottle with sparkling eyes and proudly showed it to his mother, "I want to show it to my sister!"
"You..." The woman's eyes reddened slightly. She sniffed, squatted down, and held her daughter's hand. "You remember your sister?"
The girl nodded: "Yes, I remember my sister told me she was going to bring me an apple pie today. When is she coming back?"
The woman opened her mouth, her eyes filled with unconcealed sorrow. Looking into her youngest daughter's innocent eyes, and thinking of her eldest daughter's empty memory bottle and those hollow eyes, she didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Mom, I'm home!"
A light, melodious female voice rang out, and a girl who looked about seventeen or eighteen years old pushed open the door, carrying a steaming hot apple pie.
"And there's also our Salina's apple pie~"
"Wow, thank you, big sister!!" The girl ran up to the young woman with delight and carefully took the apple pie.
"Lina..." The woman opened her mouth, struggling to squeeze out her daughter's name from the tip of her throat.
“I’m back, Mom…” Lina smiled at her mother.
"Okay, okay, it's good that you're back."
Sunlight streamed into the small courtyard, turning the ground a golden yellow, like golden sand and gravel.
The little girl, carrying an apple pie, looked through the steam at her older sister and mother not far away, somewhat bewildered by the complex emotions they were experiencing at that moment.
Looking down, the sweet apple pie exudes an irresistible aroma.
"Mom, sister, come and eat apple pie!" She looked up from the aroma, and in that instant, it was as if she had experienced a lot, yet also as if she had experienced nothing at all.
The little girl just looked at her family members across from her and waved her hand vigorously.
"You're here!" The girl smiled at her mother, quickly stepped forward and took her arm. "Mom, let's go."
“…Alright.” The woman looked at her eldest daughter beside her with a hint of trepidation in her eyes, then suddenly laughed. The weight that had weighed on her shoulders for years vanished in that moment…
"It feels like dawn is breaking." Arya looked at the sky, then tilted her head to look at Ying. "What do you think?"
Ying didn't answer her, but instead looked at the crowd still lying on the ground: "What about them?"
"Pfft!" The memory bottle at Mihar's waist suddenly vaporized into colorful smoke and dissipated into the air.
This sound was like a starting point, with one "poof" sound after another appearing on the scene.
The memory bottles on everyone present vaporized and dissipated one by one.
"How...how did we get here?" An old man in the crowd got up from the ground and looked around blankly.
Where is this?
How did I get here?
...
One by one, people got up from the ground, each of them looking bewildered, wondering why they had left home and ended up here.
Lin Xiao frowned and subconsciously looked at Ailiya.
“It’s alright, you guys go home.” Mihar stepped forward and advised before anyone else could react.
Lin Xiao glanced at him, opened her mouth but didn't say anything, tacitly agreeing to his decision.
Sang Zhitao looked at them suspiciously, then at the crowd in front of her, and a thought had already formed in her mind.
In the original book, the story does not have a happy ending; on the contrary, it ends in tragedy.
The three-person team sealed the rifts as they went, but they found that the more they sealed, the more rifts appeared, until finally the Sky Continent was filled with hollow people.
The magical continent was silent, while the soul continent was filled with madmen.
Finally, they returned to the Sky Continent, the starting point of the story.
After passing through the city occupied by the hollow people, they finally found the place where the last crack appeared.
It was a small city without a name, because the people there didn't like to talk. So, the exhausted Lin Xiao gave their city a name—Silent City.
This was his final gift to the world, and the last bit of joy he could bring to his companions with the utmost of his soul's energy.
Finally, they found the place where the crack appeared, and with all their might, they watched helplessly as the world collapsed before their eyes.
Ultimately, they were swallowed by the rift, and the world they hoped to protect turned into shattered fragments, disappearing into the crack before their eyes...
Sang Zhitao had always felt that the name Mo Cheng was familiar, but she just couldn't remember it for a moment.
It wasn't until they saw Lin Xiao's unusual attitude and saw this group of people who preferred to speak softly rather than dare to communicate with them loudly.
It wasn't until she saw the deep longing in Lin Xiao's eyes as she looked at everyone that she finally connected the nameless town at the end of the original book with the memory city in front of her.
"Is it over already?" Lin Xiao asked in a low voice, her eyes filled with apprehension and worry.
Sang Zhitao nodded: "Yes, at least Sky Continent is no longer a problem."
She could sense that although the Heavenly Dao in this area had not yet fully recovered its consciousness, it had been healed. As long as it did not collapse again, it would slowly repair itself.
"So we're going to the Magic Continent?" Lin Xiao glanced at Aria and then at Ying. "Do I still need to come along?"
Sang Zhitao nodded: "Your sensitivity to cracks is unparalleled. I need your help to guide me to the final node."
Lin Xiao nodded after hearing this.
A rare smile appeared on his face, and his almond-shaped eyes curved slightly. In that instant, Sang Zhitao seemed to see the sunny boy described in her book.
Aria's eyes paused slightly. She looked at Lin Xiao's smile with a start, and suddenly felt a warmth in the corner of her eye. She quickly lowered her head to hide her slight loss of composure.
Sang Zhitao was blocked by Mihar and did not notice her movements.
After letting out a soft sigh, Aria smiled and walked up to Sang Zhitao: "So the next continent is my home?"
Sang Zhitao nodded slightly.
Without lingering, they quickly left the crowd, mounted their unicorns, and rode away.
Sang Zhitao silently looked at the spot where the stone platform had disappeared.
She had sensed the residual aura of the True One on the stone platform, which made her feel uncertain about something she had been absolutely certain of.
"What's wrong?" Mikhail noticed her movements and quickly went over to ask her.
Sang Zhitao shook her head, clenched the unicorn's belly, and caught up with the main group.
"I'll leave you here," Mihar said to Sang Zhitao after handing over the items. "We're not familiar with the Magic Continent, but we've already communicated with them, and they'll send you a guide."
“Okay.” Sang Zhitao nodded.
"Please wait a moment!" Just as Sang Zhitao was about to step onto the long-distance teleportation array, Aure's voice came from afar.
Sang Zhi Tao was stunned for a moment when she saw Aure, who was wearing armor and leading his troops at full speed.
"Behind them is the royal carriage; it must be Emperor Gaius of the Kare Empire arriving," Mihar said after looking around.
"Gaius?" Sang Zhitao frowned slightly, somewhat puzzled. "What's he doing here?"
Before Mikhail could answer, two more groups of people arrived from the other two directions.
A group of swift, lush, and slender elves rode unicorns, pulling green treehouses as they sped over.
A group of figures descended from the sky, their presence so vast it blotted out the sun. As they landed, they stirred up a cloud of dust, and when the dust dissipated, tall, handsome men and beautiful women strolled out from among them.
Seeing that the Elf Queen and the Dragon Girl had also arrived, Sang Zhitao became even more puzzled.
"Why are you here?" Sang Zhitao asked directly, looking at the dragon girl who was the first to approach.
The dragon girl shrugged: "I don't know about them, but since you saved our Sky Continent, the dragon race naturally has to offer a gift."
As she spoke, she waved her hand, and a mountain made of gold and jewels appeared in front of Sang Zhitao.
“Uh… I don’t lack money.” Sang Zhitao twitched her lips.
"Tacky." The Elf Queen scoffed and waved for someone to present her with a spatial ring.
Gaius and the Dragon Girl were both somewhat surprised.
Since the three continents came into contact, spatial rings have gradually disappeared from history, and now there are not many spatial equipment pieces available even if all three continents are combined.
Even the royal family of the Kare Empire only possesses three of these treasures, which are kept in a secret vault as national treasures.
He hadn't expected the Elf Queen to be so generous, actually giving the spatial ring to Sang Zhitao. As far as he knew, the Elf race probably didn't have many spatial devices.
As for the dragons, needless to say, they possess spatial abilities and have no spatial equipment whatsoever, but they also know how rare spatial equipment is for other races without spatial abilities.
"These are all the fruits we've collected from the Elven race. Hopefully, they'll make your journey less boring." She glanced at Mihar as she spoke. "After all, humans sometimes make delicious ingredients taste terrible."
Sang Zhitao twitched her lips, thinking of the food she had eaten at the Guardian Tower, and nodded in strong agreement.
"I should have given it to you before, but you ran too fast, and I could never catch up with you." The Elf Queen patted her head regretfully. "Fortunately, I finally caught up with you."
As soon as she finished speaking, she turned to look at Gaius, and the dragon girl also turned her gaze to Gaius.
Gaius looked to the left and then to the right, finally saying somewhat awkwardly, "The dragon race gave us the money, the elves gave us the food, and the humans..."
He glared at Mikhail inwardly before touching the tip of his nose: "I can only give you a prestigious title, so that you won't have to worry about being bullied by powerful people."
"How is the Grand Princess?" Gaius asked in a low voice.
Sang Zhitao could tell that it was a spur-of-the-moment decision, but she didn't mind. She had referenced the historical settings of the Eastern Kingdom for the royal titles in this world.
Therefore, if she is granted the title of Grand Princess, she can be considered to be of the same generation as Gaius, which is not considered low. Moreover, according to the tradition of the Sky Continent, she even has the right to inherit this title.
Mihar rolled his eyes inwardly: "It would be better if he were appointed as the Imperial Advisor."
“Grand Preceptor?” Gaius frowned slightly upon hearing his words.
Mihar pulled him aside by the arm and whispered for a long time.
After a long while, Gaius turned around and walked to Sang Zhitao, his expression even more respectful. "I hereby order that you will be the first and last Grand Master of the Kare Empire, with a position above the Emperor."
Sang Zhitao always felt that the relationship between Mihar and Gaius was a bit strange, but before she could think about it, the dragon girl pulled her aside and whispered something to her.
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