The day after the New Year, Meng gave Sigourney and Ash a big New Year's gift.
“It’s been cracked!”
He rushed out of the library excitedly, first dragged Ash out of the laboratory, destroyed Ash's pot of potion, then boldly rushed into another laboratory, pulled out Sigourney who was conducting alchemy experiments, and destroyed the staff that was almost formed in Sigourney's hand.
The three of them gathered in the small living room again. The New Year decorations in the small living room had not been removed yet. Potted plants with crystal branches were placed in the four corners, and many red posts were hung on the branches. The posts were written with wishes for the new year, all written by Ash, such as everyone in the village is safe and sound, Mr. Nance is healthy, Sigourney is happy every day, and Uncle Meng's wishes come true...
At this time, Meng rushed to a potted plant in the corner, tore off a post, walked to Sigourney and Ash who were sitting around the desk, and slapped the post on the table.
He looked at Ash excitedly, "You're awesome, Ash!"
Ash looked at him helplessly: "What happened?"
"You must have brought me good luck!" Meng patted the words "May your wishes come true" on the post and said quickly, "Didn't it really come true?"
"Don't waste your words." Sigourney's face had been so cold since he was taken out of the laboratory. He stared at Meng with a bad look, and spoke each word gloomily, "Speak more seriously."
His grim expression seemed to be saying that if Meng's subsequent explanation was not satisfactory to him, then he would have to wish him the best.
Meng was chilled by the cold air around him, and his rationality returned a little. He suddenly remembered the staff that was gradually taking shape in Sigourney's hand when he broke into the alchemy laboratory... He smiled awkwardly: "I think I disturbed you from making a New Year's gift for Ash?"
"Gift?" Ash turned his head to look at Sigourney in surprise.
Sigourney's eyes darkened, and her gaze was like a knife, piercing Meng's heart. He knew that he had said something wrong again. So without waiting for Sigourney's response, he immediately interrupted her: "I saw it wrong. But this is not important - what I want to say is that I have found the key to unlock the truth of the ancient history that we discussed last time!"
The excitement of the new discovery, after experiencing Sigourney's little twist, the emotions calmed down again.
To be more specific, it is much more organized.
Simply put, he discovered the location of a relic suspected to be left by Dailan.
"Rachel also discovered this ruin and has been there." Meng said, "Didn't I say before that Dailan's notes were found in the library, the notes that said 'Magical creatures have not lost, the world will fall into their hands'?"
"This notebook is exactly what Rachel retrieved from the Dailan ruins." After throwing down the bomb, Meng shook his head again, "It's a pity that he is not strong enough, or the Dailan ruins are too powerful. He can't enter the innermost layer, nor can he take away more things from the ruins."
Sigourney clasped her hands gently on her knees: "Oh? He can't get in. Is he willing to give up?"
It's probably not the style of someone like Rachel to not move the entire ruins back.
"Maybe he found something more important, so he put the ruins aside for the time being." Meng spread his hands, "Anyway, he can't do anything with the ruins in the short term."
Sigourney asked, "What's more important?" He glanced at Ash and had a vague guess.
Meng nodded carefully. "Among the ruins of Dailan, there is a 'Stone of Prophecy'. It is said that it knows everything and can answer people's deepest doubts. Rachel seems to have gained some enlightenment from the Stone of Prophecy and is busy over there."
Sigourney lowered her eyes and made a judgment in her mind.
What enlightenment did you get?
Of course, it is about the enlightenment of perfect magical materials.
When he first came to the Wizard Tower, he wanted to find the answer to the mystery of the contract. As a result, he saw a few vague notes from Rachel in her study. The general idea was that he had determined through some channel that there was a perfect magical material on the Broken River Plain.
At that time, Sigourney wondered, what exactly was this channel?
Even earlier, he was wondering how Rachel had locked onto Ash?
Now the answer is clear.
What is the doubt in Rachel's heart?
He persistently studies how to be "both human and magical creature" and persistently pursues the path to break free from the shackles and become a god. If there really is a "Stone of Prophecy" that can answer all doubts, then it is not impossible for the Stone of Prophecy to guide him to Ash, the perfect material that meets all of Rachel's ideas.
After receiving this revelation, and knowing that he was truly helpless with the Dahlan ruins, it made perfect sense for Rachel to simply abandon the ruins for the time being and go after the perfect material that he had been dreaming of for years.
"...Where are the remains of Dailan?" Sigourney was silent for a long time before asking in a low voice.
Meng said in a steady voice: "In the abyss."
The Abyss is a foreign space that belongs to the dead and the undead, and the living cannot enter. The place where it borders Iluv is called the Abyss Crack, which is large and small and is the entrance to the Abyss.
Although it is a place where living people cannot enter, for wizards, there is always a way to enter the place they want to go, it's just a matter of how much it costs. Not to mention that there are also many magical materials that are useful to wizards in the abyss.
You can enter from different entrances, and the danger level is also different. Generally, wizards who enter the abyss will choose the abyss cracks that have been explored countless times by predecessors, rather than foolishly choosing newly discovered cracks, even if the former must pay a large fee to the local wizard tower, plus other complicated procedures, in exchange for the qualification to enter.
Because no one wants to fall into the territory of an undead lord just after stepping into the abyss from the crack.
Of all the currently known safe entrances, the vast majority are concentrated within the territory of the Pale Throne.
Perhaps it should be said that because most of the abyss rifts appeared on that land, the first generation of Pale Throne chose that land as its territory.
After all, the wizards of the Pale Throne are the ones who deal most with the undead.
"I plan to take some rest and try my luck in the abyss in a while." Meng Zhi said, "Sigourney, do you want to come with me? I see that you seem to care about that period of history as well?"
Signe rubbed her fingertips and murmured, "I'll go...but not now."
Meng laughed: "I know that the battle for the third wizard tower is about to begin? If you want to go, you have to wait until the battle is over, right?"
Sigourney nodded, a malicious arc on the corner of her lips: "Although Nance can handle it alone, it seems interesting for me to show up and scare them."
Meng made a "tsk tsk tsk" sound and had an expression on his face that said, "You're such a bad guy."
"My lucky star—" Then, he looked at Ash with a grin, "Are you coming too?"
Ash tilted his head to glance at Signy, and his meaning was clear: he wasn't very interested in the ruins, but he wanted to follow Signy.
Sigourney lowered her eyes as if in deep thought. Perhaps she didn't notice or she had no intention of objecting in the first place, so she acquiesced to Ash's decision.
Meng stretched lazily. "Alright, alright, I have to prepare for a while. The ruins that even Rachel can't enter must be a bit difficult." He stood up briskly and twisted his waist. "I hope there are enough clues in the ruins to answer the doubts in my mind now. Hey, the prophecy stone can't be taken away. It seems to be still in the ruins? I wonder if it can help me solve the puzzle?"
Uncle Meng was very excited as he found a new target.
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