Chapter 911 - 911
Chapter 911: Shattered [Transcendent Knowledge] and the King Coronation Ritual
"Saved Lucianne, huh... that guy... hehe."
After the Great Tree of Knowledge had no more shared data, I received a message from Tan Han.
They met Lucianne in the Secret Realm.
So the sharing of relevant data was paused.
Currently, only Shi Ruizhi would slowly share some paper materials.
Although I wasn't very interested in Lucianne's encounter, Tan Han organized the matter and sent a brief summary through messages.
And I just treated it as watching some fun.
What I cared more about was actually the paper literature materials Shi Ruizhi was sending over.
Because the content recorded on these obviously had a disconnect from what Tan Han sent, and they weren't research content of the same stage.
But I saw the word "component" on this!
So I contacted Shi Ruizhi immediately.
"Shi Ruizhi, where did you find the documents in your hand? Go there and continue searching. This is not comprehensive. The data inside is very important!"
"Ah? Oh! I'll go right away!"
The brief response made Shi Ruizhi react quickly.
Shi Ruizhi also didn't expect the data she found to be so important.
Not long after, another large piece of data was shared, but it seemed to not quite match the previous ones.
This part explained the process of creating a spellbook based on "True Editing".
Although it didn't match the previous ones, I still read it somewhat seriously.
After all, it was a technique explaining how to create a spellbook, and a Grand Spellbook at that!
Currently, I wasn't a Transcendent and couldn't use this technique yet, but I could still understand it, just some methods seemed a bit obscure.
After all, this wasn't a textbook for teaching, but an experimental record recording the experimental process!
However, I wasn't without harvest.
At least I verified one thing.
That is, the difficult problem that needs to be overcome in these materials, the [Transcendent Knowledge] of the Great Snow Throne Spell, is inherently "fragmented".
So wanting to use it to complete the Grand Spellbook experiment is very difficult.
Even finally converging into a complete Grand Spellbook itself was achieved using the "King Coronation Ritual" of the Ancient Glacial Ice Clan as a medium.
Regarding this point, Academy Head Mei didn't mention it to me.
Don't know if Academy Head Mei also didn't know, or she felt there was no need to tell me these.
After all, I always appeared uninterested in this Grand Spellbook.
"Shi Ruizhi, look again. This part doesn't quite connect with what you found before."
I urged.
Meanwhile, inside the Ice Throne Secret Realm laboratory.
Shi Ruizhi was also busy looking for these materials now.
Seeing Shi Ruizhi suddenly getting busy, Lucianne stopped talking at this moment.
Anyway, it was all just some issues of "human nature displayed for survival".
Usually, these were stories heard until calluses grew in ears, but happening to her, it only made her sigh with emotion.
As for deeper personal grudges, Lucianne didn't say, such as the fight between the wizard squads they encountered, and that person who made Lucianne extremely envious just by seeing...
"Little Han should have discovered some important data. The contract is almost drafted. See if you can accept it..."
"I accept."
Lucianne took the parchment and pen, didn't even look at the content, and signed her name directly.
With the firelight rising from the parchment, the power of the contract drifted into Lucianne's body along with the flying ash.
"You really aren't afraid I'll sell you out?"
Tan Han asked Lucianne jokingly, which was rare.
"You'd better sell me out. That way I can live a bit easier."
"Uncomfortable living in Wan Shi Wu?"
"Anyway, not easy."
Lucianne seemed to recall.
If it weren't for that Senior Daphne treating her relatively well, she really didn't know what meaning this club had.
And this senior would graduate before long...
"Ever thought about quitting the club?"
"Have you thought about my consequences? In Wan Shi Wu, at least I can scrape by. After leaving, I really have nothing."
"Then... have the guts to start over?"
Actually, Tan Han wanted to say if she had thought about starting over, but finally changed her words.
And this question directly silenced Lucianne.
If asked whether she had thought about it, she definitely had, but to ask if she dared... this was really a severe question.
Just like a person relaxing reading a novel comfortably, who would dare to immediately start a business from scratch after being asked this question?
Being attached to comfort is the biggest and most difficult mountain for a person to overcome.
Without external intervention, it is difficult to succeed on one's own.
"It seems I asked a foolish question..."
Tan Han also mocked herself, "The contract you signed lasts until you leave the Secret Realm. So after leaving the Secret Realm, how are you going to face Wan Shi Wu who did such things to you?"
"......"
"If you choose loyalty, will they believe your sincerity?"
"......"
Another silence.
Have to say, Tan Han's few questions directly presented the problems Lucianne would face next.
And Lucianne indeed hadn't thought about how to deal with these problems, nor was she in the mood to think about these.
When there is nothing in the heart, it will only breed one thing, that is... escape.
And Tan Han didn't pursue further, just leaving time for Lucianne.
"Xiao You, follow my operation to share all the data on the Earth Vein system to... forget it, you integrate all the data well, I'll do it when the time comes."
Tan Han thought that Xiao You didn't have the Seed of Great Knowledge, only the universally popularized Seed of Knowledge in the academy, so she gave up the idea of letting her replace herself.
"Mm, okay."
Xiao You also nodded.
The reason Tan Han put down the data on the Earth Vein system was mainly because Shi Ruizhi said just now that Little Han asked her to focus on collecting those materials.
Which meant Little Han discovered some important content on those paper materials.
Naturally, she had to go help and share the important things as soon as possible.
What mattered now was efficiency.
"Senior Shi Ruizhi, I'll help too."
"Eh? You too? Great! These materials are so troublesome. Really don't know why paper documents are still needed. And after being kept for a long time, these papers are easily damaged. Might as well store them in the Earth Vein system."
"Storing on the Earth Vein system is also easily damaged. Paper materials at least have preservation and legacy. Once the Earth Vein system is damaged, then there's really nothing left."
After chatting briefly with Shi Ruizhi, Tan Han quickly entered a state of efficiency.
As Shi Ruizhi said, these papers were really easily damaged.
Fortunately, they could use the Earth Vein Appraisal Spell for large-scale information reading.
As for reading information from the Earth Vein system side, that was even harder than this.
After all, they were old objects in disrepair without maintenance.
If she directly dismantled them to read the storage components, who knew if the whole system would be damaged, so she dared not take this risk.
"By the way, did Little Han say anything else to you?"
"Currently very little information. Little Han also rarely responds to me... but she said, the Great Snow Throne Spell, uh... [Transcendent Knowledge] might have been fragmented originally?"
"Fragmented originally? Is it possible?"
Tan Han asked somewhat doubtfully.
"Not very clear, but Little Han said there is a ritual on these materials to shape a complete Grand Spellbook..."
"What! Really!"
Tan Han said in astonishment.
"Just a guess!"
Shi Ruizhi corrected: "Little Han hasn't replied to my message yet, just said this ritual is called the King Coronation Ritual, seemingly related to the Ancient Glacial Ice."
"King Coronation Ritual... a ritual of the Ancient Glacial Ice Clan? Then I'll go ask Lie directly."
Tan Han spoke.
After all, wasn't there an Ancient Glacial Ice royal clan beside her?
If even the royal clan of this race wasn't clear... then they could really only wait for Little Han to find relevant information from these materials.
"Looking for me for something?"
Seeing Tan Han walking straight towards it, Lie asked first.
"Indeed something. Wonder if you are willing to disclose."
Tan Han spoke very directly, without too many twists and turns.
After all, Ancient Glacial Ice didn't like playing human tricks and the art of speech.
"Witnessed by the Witch's Contract, we have reached a union with you. Naturally, there is no such thing as willing or not."
"Thank you for thinking so. Then I'll ask directly. We learned about a very special concept in those materials, called the King Coronation Ritual. Are you familiar with this?"
"King Coronation Ritual..."
Hearing this term, Lie obviously hesitated for a moment, "Naturally I know what this is. This is the great ritual of our clan, and also the ritual our clan performs to welcome the birth of a king."
"Great... ritual. Can you tell us more specifically about this ritual? For example, the process of the ritual, what preparations are needed, and so on."
"Yes. Holding the King Coronation Ritual requires selecting the clan member with the most kingly qualities in our clan, carving symbols symbolizing the clan's glory and history on its body, choosing the ice flower condensed from the purest power of ice and snow to offer to it. The one becoming king, situated in the Ice Crystal Temple, gathers all royal clan members, chanting spells, playing the Ice Crystal Holy Music. At the climax moment, the messenger crowns it with the king's laurel, and the power of ice and snow will choose..."
Lie's voice was very calm, as if merely describing this process made it feel awe for this ritual.
Tan Han was listening, and recording all of this.
After all, Little Han said this ritual was related to the Great Snow Throne Spell, and might even be the key to shaping a true Grand Spellbook.
And this would be the best means to break this situation!
"You just said this ritual completely like this?"
"Mm, didn't you ask?"
Lie asked in confusion.
"Speaking of which, such things should count as top secrets of a race, right?"
"A race kept in captivity in an experimental Secret Realm, does it really still have the secrets a race should have?"
"......"
Tan Han was rendered speechless for a moment by Lie's words, not knowing how to respond.
The current situation of the Ancient Glacial Ice was indeed very awkward.
Tan Han and the others had also been avoiding this issue, but the Ancient Glacial Ice saw it very clearly.
They didn't want to stay here forever, so they wanted power to break this "cage" trapping them.
But what was outside the cage, what would they face, did the Ancient Glacial Ice not know?
Maybe they knew... but they didn't care.
Their race once completely disappeared in the Void, so they wouldn't mind disappearing in the Void a second time.
Perhaps Tan Han might not quite understand what meaning this had.
But I knew very well.
A race recognized by the Void cannot be truly extinct.
The footprints trodden by their prototypes remain forever in the Void.
Even if all races disappear, their prototypes will certainly still exist.
Under the "infinite time" span of the Void, they might reappear in another form, that is... Earth Vein Life.
Perhaps Earth Vein Life is independent of all life, but the birth of Earth Vein Life itself will also seek "kin".
If knowing the kin has been exterminated, Earth Vein Life might revive this race again.
Perhaps someone would feel this probability is too small, the wait too long, but for an extinct race, time is meaningless.
After the silence passed, Tan Han also went back to do what she should do, and so did Lie, as if the topic mentioned just now hadn't happened.
And while Tan Han and the others were hurriedly organizing materials, the student representatives of the Secret Realm Joint Club and other Transcendent Academies quarreled again.
They had severe disagreements on the clearance plan of the Ancient Glacial Ice inside the Secret Realm.
The side represented by Wan Shi Wu followed the academy's request to protect the academy's life assets, while other academies expressed the need to completely clear these monsters; their existence was simply an obstacle to exploration inside the Secret Realm.
However, the side of other student representatives finally compromised.
After all, the Secret Realm belonged to the Witch Academy side, nominally belonging to the club, so it wasn't outsiders' turn to dictate.
Regarding this, the club alliance side also finally lowered the entry threshold of the Secret Realm.
After all, the resources produced in this Secret Realm were limited, basically belonging to rare ice and snow materials, and this was based on materials born under the blessing of the Grand Spell effect in the Secret Realm.
If they continued to carry out the Grand Spell offset plan, then this Secret Realm would really become a joke.
But this couldn't be helped.
After all, who made this Secret Realm not a resource type, but a scientific research type?
However, even if the Secret Realm wanted to lower the entry threshold, this also didn't mean anyone was qualified to enter.
However, before doing this, they needed to deal with another problem.
That was the problem of the Ancient Glacial Ice blocking the entrance of the Secret Realm!
To prevent fragments from being taken out of the Secret Realm, the first thing the Ancient Glacial Ice did after allying with Tan Han was to block the passage exits where those people wanted to leave.
No matter what, the Ice Throne Secret Realm was the home field of the Ancient Glacial Ice!