Chapter 605: The Valley of Desolate People
[The super-light-speed flight you are on has now arrived at the destination, Four-leaf Crystal Star Region-B2-7621 (Emerald Skirt), the current time is 3:42:55 a.m.]
With a burst of mechanical prompts, Tilan opened her eyes and looked out the window at the sky that was already late in the morning.
Is it already night? Most people are resting at this time.
After exiting the super-light-speed plane, Tilan entered the terminal surrounded by a group of members. Because she did not notify the Four-leaf Crystal Star Region of her arrival in advance, there was no formal organization to greet her at this point.
But this is exactly what she wanted. She didn't want to make a big fuss about this operation.
After waiting at the airport for a few minutes, Tilan boarded the shuttle to the north of the planet. Before meeting with the governor of the star region, she wanted to meet two teachers who had passed by.
One of them was the ghost princess who lived in seclusion in the back mountain of the Iridium Academy, and the other was Lady Isabella.
When they arrived at Iridium Academy, the time zone here was still late at night. Except for a few teachers on duty who were surprised to see Tilan, no one else knew about the arrival of this girl.
"Don't bother you, I'll leave after a short while." She greeted the teacher on duty, led a small number of people through the mountainous area where the academy was located, and then entered the deep pool of the valley shrouded in night fog alone.
The air here was very cold, and the thick mist seemed to take away some heat with every step forward. When Tilan arrived at the edge of the deep pool, the surrounding air had already entered dozens of degrees below zero, but the ground was still green and wet, without ice.
The lake surface where ice flowers bloomed in the past was now empty, and the cold pool was also particularly quiet. Standing by the pool, Tilan had a bad premonition.
Sure enough, when she let go of her consciousness to perceive the entire valley and the bottom of the water, there was no figure of the ghost princess. Only the icy cold left in the air reminded her that it was not that there was no one here, but that the people who once lived here had already left.
"Gone..." Tilan stood by the lake a little disappointed, looking at the extremely silent lake.
At that time, she had just entered high school and was still in the stage of being young and ignorant. This ghost teacher taught her many things with his extensive knowledge and life experience, especially the heroic epic that seemed to be experienced personally, which made her heart become broad and she also had more respect for history.
After walking around the lake, Tilan still jumped into the lake without giving up. The cold lake water immediately submerged her, and then a shining light appeared beside her, swimming to the bottom of the lake to illuminate various places here.
The lake water is clear, and the underwater world is also illuminated clearly. Because the temperature here is extremely low, there are no animals or plants, and it is very empty.
However, the rectangular ice grid in the empty space in the center of the lake bottom still attracted the girl's attention. With that shape, she would not be surprised to say that there was a coffin here before.
Swimming slowly there, at the bottom of the ice grid, Tilan finally saw a line of subtle inscriptions. These words were engraved on the ice. If Tilan did not come back today, it would probably melt and dissipate in a few years.
'Don't look for me, remember what I said to you at the end, and go and fulfill your mission. '
The handwriting is very elegant, and the words are very ancient. When Tilan touched it, she could vaguely sense the mood of the other party when he wrote this line of handwriting.
A little nostalgic and reluctant, but also with a bit of expectation and hope.
The last words said to me, Tilan closed her eyes and tried her best to recall, and the conversation that day emerged in front of her one by one.
'"Speaking of which, Heshia, you are about to graduate." The ghost princess remembered something.
"There is still a year."
"A year, it will be very fast. It just so happens that you are now working with Gray Dust Crystal, and you should be able to control some personnel."
"If possible, you can tell Gray Dust Crystal that you hope to gather some girls of similar age, similar ideas, and good qualifications."
"Gather these people?"
"Choir, choir, probably that's what it's called. They will be your assistants, collaborators, and the extension of your will."
"Is there such a need? It seems to be the first time I've heard of it." Heshia blinked and looked at the ghost princess.
"No more now?" The Ghost Princess was puzzled, but changed her mind and spoke.
"Well, I roughly understand. It seems that this matter should not be rushed." She pondered for a while.
"But the training of singers can indeed be done. You should have a lot of influence in Edes now. You can convince the board of directors to recruit students who are willing to learn the secret arts related to singers."
"There are very few people with the talent of singers, but many secret arts of singers do not necessarily require singers to use them. Other extraordinary people can also learn them, but the effect is not as significant as that of singers."
"I have seen one at Saint Ingo. Although she does not have the talent of a singer, her secret arts related to singers are also very strong." Heshia thought of the Saint Ingo student named 'Meidi'.
"They... This is also a tradition. It is probably kept out of habit." The Ghost Princess said slowly, and then shook her head slightly.
"As a school named after the elves' royal family, it is their duty to train 'singers'. However, there are too few people with singing talent nowadays, and I guess not many people remember this."
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"Don't be trapped by your so-called origin and past. Humans are as free as the wind and cannot be bound by anything."
"I have seen such a person before. She is extremely simple, with a simple and kind mind. You can say that this is a character that only exists in fairy tales, but it is such a person who has achieved countless great deeds and miracles, and even I can only look up and sigh."
"Since fate has given you this flawless gem, all you have to do is pick it up and speak out the most true and flawless wish in your heart."
The past scenes flashed by one by one, and Tilan recalled what the teacher said that day over and over again.
It turned out that the teacher told her the real use of the singing girl's ability at that time, and asked her to gather my choir and chorus. Tilan was surprised at how important the words of the ghost princess were at that time, but it was a pity that she did not understand the true meaning of this sentence at that time.
It's no wonder that Orlais was able to gain support from so many "singing festivals" so quickly. It turns out that the "Saint Ingo Academy" branches spread across various star fields exist for this purpose. Thinking further, Isanissa, who founded the federation, is a girl with elven blood. The fact that Saint Ingo Academy can be opened in so many star fields and occupy the top few places is probably also due to her influence.
Elves, singers, flower-crowned girls who sang for the world tree, and the world supported by the twin golden trees, this series of nouns and meanings are linked together to vaguely outline the contours of the past world.
No wonder some people often say that the culture and ideas of the Sixth Age are actually directly inherited from the Third Age, skipping the chaotic end of the Fourth Age and the dark Fifth Age.
Swimming out of the water, Tilan surfaced and walked on the lake. With every step she took, the lake water in front of her condensed into solid ice. At the same time, drops of water fell from her body and melted into the lake again. When the girl stood on the shore again, her clothes and hair had become fresh and breathable.
Reaching out her hand, a stream of air came from the distant sky, carrying the silver moonlight through the mountains. Countless leaves in the mountains rustled, like a light song. Such sounds woke up many sleeping animals in the middle of the night. Some of them crawled out of the cave, some crawled out of the bushes, and some floated up from the water, looking up at the night sky covered with silver moonlight.
In the clear and cloudless night sky, a young figure turned his back to the moonlight, raised his palm lightly, and pointed his fingertips in the distance. Then the flowing mountain wind gathered from all directions, forming spirals, blowing away the cold air and mist above the pool, until finally, the cold moonlight shone into the lake, forming dots of ripples.
With her hands gently placed at her sides, her dress and hair fluttered slowly like a fairy in a myth. Tilan lowered her eyelashes and looked at the lake below.
"I'm leaving, teacher. Maybe I won't be back here for a long time. I don't know if you can hear what I'm saying now."
"Although I haven't been studying with you for a long time, I will never forget your teachings. Thank you for supporting me, who was still weak and inferior, and slowly seeing the magnificence and vastness of this world."
"As you said, humans are as free as the wind, and nothing can restrain them."
"Now I have made up my mind to do what I should do."
"Goodbye, Teacher Yi Xue Ge Lin, who was once the last elf queen and the eternal ice flower princess." She was not a fool. Although the teacher never mentioned her identity, Tilan gradually guessed the other party's true identity from the scenes of memory, especially the iconic ice flower.
When she walked out of the library of Saint Sokanas, Tilan knew the true identity of the teacher in her heart, but unfortunately the other party did not leave her the opportunity to verify and ask.
Remembering the appearance of the lake in the valley, Tilan jumped up and passed through the mountains with the night breeze. She returned to the campus of Yuanting Academy. After explaining to the teacher on duty again, Tilan boarded the shuttle and left.
In the valley, the breeze was still blowing, and the leaves were rustling and falling. It was cold and quiet until a long time later, when bursts of tiny fireflies appeared in the forest and slowly gathered by the lake to form a standing figure. She was dressed in a classical and gorgeous dress, showing the beautiful and flawless figure of a woman, and she had a temperament and demeanor that ordinary people could not achieve. That kind of indifference, majesty, and gentleness, several different charms were perfectly integrated together.
"This child is growing up so fast." She looked at the cold moon in the night sky.
"That weak and resolute look always reminds me of the familiar person, who clearly sees everything, but refuses to give up, facing this world with the last bit of tenderness that will never dissipate."
"I don't know what kind of world you will bring in the end, or how many times the human civilization will have to fall before it can truly find a way out in the future."
"The Mechanical Council, the Original Heart, the Tree of Life Sect, the Deep Sea Union, the Cloud of Tracing, the struggle that has continued since the Twilight Age has not yet had a real result."
She stood under the moon for a long time until her body turned into fireflies again and dissipated in the night.
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After leaving the North District, Tilan returned to Arpeggio City, but unfortunately Madam Isabella was not there today.
"Madam should be in the South District at this time." Butis, that is, Yulandojia told Tilan the whereabouts of Madam Isabella.
"I didn't expect you to come back so suddenly today. I didn't even know." Yulandojia now has very little work in the maid shop. She spends more time traveling and taking pictures, and learning some knowledge about the habitats and lives of extraordinary animals.
"I will probably become an independent animal recorder in the future. Look, this is my new partner in the deep jungle of the south." She picked up the huge, hemispherical insect beside her.
This insect looks like a 'plague', with a round body, about the same height as Yulan Duojia. After picking it up, the dense row of arthropods in front of it moved in the air, and the hairs on it were clearly visible.
"Well, it's a bit cute overall, but it's still very scary." Tilan used her arms to block the front of her, looking at the big insect with a little curiosity and fear.
"It's okay, it's actually quite well-behaved and cute, and its personality is much better than that big spider." Yulan Duojia complained about the big spider in the past.
"Hiss--" A familiar sound came from above Yulan Duojia's head, and then the big spider jumped directly on her head. With the current size of the big spider, it almost covered Yulan Duojia's entire body under its eight-legged velvet claws.
"Stupid, stupid, stop scratching my hair, it's going to mess it up." Yulandujia struggled, stretched out his hand, and forcibly propped up the big spider, throwing it aside.
"Go, Little Ball, hold it down!" So this new partner is called Little Ball, Tilan thought.
Although Yulandujia gave the order, the little ball, which was only sequence 4, was obviously a little afraid of the big spider of withering sequence 5. It shrank back and just stayed in Yulandujia's arms, scratching its claws and curling up.
Seeing this, Yulandujia didn't hesitate, and directly picked up the brown-black "ball" and threw it out, hitting the big spider on the head.
Such an attack was not painful to the big spider. Instead, it was very curious about what kind of guy it was. It pressed it under its body and kept fiddling with it, but unfortunately the little ball was tightly rolled up and didn't give it a flaw.
In response, the big spider turned it around and bit it with its pincers. Unfortunately, the round body and the hardened shell that was harder than steel made the big spider have no good way. In the end, it could only spit silk to trap this guy and then tie him up.
"Hiss--" Beside the two people, the big spider pushed the ball and kept spinning, as if playing a game, and the two people sitting in the circle were also a little bit amused and didn't know what to say for a while.
After a long time, Tilan and Youlan Duojia finished talking. The other stood up, stopped the big spider, and then rescued the small ball and held it in his arms again.
"I'm afraid I can't help you too much in the future. After all, as a singer, I was only a half-baked one. I'm not as steady as Chi Wanxin, the 'Red Carnation' of the same period, nor as talented as Masha, the 'Luoyunsha' who is a few years younger than me." Youlan Duojia talked about her own experience.
"But if you mean in the Four-Leaf Crystal Star Domain, then I still have some face to lose. After all, I have been the darling of the Four-Leaf Crystal for nearly forty years, until you and Pulin appeared and took away my favor." Although the outside world does not have a high opinion of 'Green Snake' Youlandojia, and she herself often gets into trouble and plays around, but no matter what, for the people in her own star domain, she is always the closest singer.
Only this singer, people in the star field can go to her concert without taking a long super-light-speed flight, and can get close to her. She has the same growth environment and experience as you, and she will speak for your star field in the Federation and fight for the interests.
Therefore, no matter which singer, she can always easily get the support of the people in her star field, which is also her trump card and basic base for future activities.
"Well, being old also has its advantages. Many of the people who liked me back then are now powerful figures in the star field. They may not listen to me completely, but I am the middleman to help you. Don't take it too easy." Yulan Duojia raised her finger confidently.
"Have a good sleep today. I will accompany you to see Lady Isabella tomorrow. She is probably discussing future issues with the group of people in the star field."
"When we appear together, we will definitely be able to kill people~" She encouraged Tilan in a joking tone.
At this moment, Tilan had many words to complain in her heart, but she finally held back and took it as a thank you for the great help of this senior.
(End of this chapter)
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