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Chapter 4319 Guidance and Test
Chapter 4319 Guidance and Test
"Mr. Bernhardt, do you mean that the first few generations realized that their special powers would diminish with each generation, so they wanted to preserve their powers through inbreeding?"
"Yes, but perhaps because this method didn't work, or perhaps because consanguineous marriage led to more serious problems in offspring, in any case, this method was only tried for a few generations before being abandoned."
Mr. Bernhardt felt he had essentially figured out the secret of the Burgundy family:
"The Mad King Ruger, and the king who introduced vampire blood into the royal bloodline hundreds of years later, were both rare bloodline inheritors who reawakened the power of their ancestors. In this light, the power of this bloodline inheritance is really too unstable. Delinor has a history of a thousand years, but there are probably very few similar awakeners."
Shad thought of something:
"If the probability of naturally born descendants awakening a special bloodline is extremely low, is it possible to artificially create offspring who awaken the power of their ancestral bloodline through human intervention or human alchemy?"
Mr. Bernhardt nodded immediately:
"Of course, take the Dragonborn families as an example again. Aren't most of the existing 'Dragonborn Awakening' rituals created by them to increase the probability of bloodline awakening?"
"No, no, I don't mean interfering with already born offspring, but rather interfering with and experimenting on unborn children at the very beginning of life. Ah, I see. The 'New Humans' of the Blood Spirit School and Peggy Lemaître's 'Perfect Child,' theoretically speaking..."
Seeing that he could no longer communicate with these vampires, Shad prepared to summon the girls outside the tomb to reseal them. However, for some reason, Mr. Bernhardt thought of Shad's "blood wine," so he had Shad brew blood wine from the blood of some animals and feed it to the vampires.
Although the idea was creative, it unfortunately proved to be useless.
Mr. Bernhardt also wanted to obtain some blood from these madmen for research, hoping to gain some useful information by tracing their origins. However, considering the fate of these madmen and for the sake of his friend, Shad refused to give them his blood.
Mr. Bernhardt wasn't too disappointed. As he left the tomb with Shad, he wondered just how many vampires were slumbering beneath this land.
"We're almost at the underground vampire tomb, Mr. Watson. Just wait for my good news!"
When Xia De parted ways with Mr. Bernhardt at 10:40 a.m., he calculated the time, then dropped the crystal shoe and returned home. He then asked the girls in the Blue Ink Library to tell Vige that he would not be going to Fragrance Mansion for lunch.
Shad then took Mia with him to Huntington.
It was raining in Huntington today as well, but the light drizzle didn't stop Shad from riding his horse from the White River Valley vineyards.
At exactly noon, Shad, leading his horse, walked across the lake and successfully entered the island in the middle of Lake Cherubim. Although it was raining outside, once he stepped onto the island, he was greeted by a bright and sunny scene with the sun high in the sky.
Shad let the horse graze alone, tidied his clothes, and then walked into the lake in the center of the island.
As always, the Lady of the Lake, dressed in white robes and holding a long staff, stood before the boulder in the center of the lake, awaiting Shad's arrival. In the two years since I've known this angel, aside from her brief appearance during the Battle of the Pantanal, she seems never to have left this place.
"Madam, I'm bothering you again, seeking your guidance."
Shad said apologetically, "The midday sun is lovely, and the lake ripples with light." Mia, perched on Shad's shoulder, was fast asleep, her eyes half-closed in contentment, not even seeming to be in a hurry for lunch. The angel's white robes and golden hair shimmered in the sunlight.
"My duty is to provide people with wise guidance. So what is it this time?"
The cherubim asked with a smile, and Shad then revealed his two purposes for coming. The first, of course, was about Dorothy and Lacey.
The white-robed woman with the cane fully understood what Shad was trying to say, but this time she didn't give him an answer:
“You already have your own ideas on how to help them, so you don’t need to come to me for guidance.”
"However, whether we expect everything to return to normal after the Chosen Ones event ends, or we seek out experts in the field of flesh and blood research, there is uncertainty involved."
The angel smiled:
"You have passed the test of the wise man, and you should understand that uncertainty is the inevitable nature of all things. Even I can only offer guidance, not directly anchor a future called success. Wise man, what you seek from me is guidance, not a wish to make things definitely happen."
But the angel didn't completely reject Shad:
"If you find that neither of these two paths is viable and there seems to be no way forward, then you can come to me for guidance."
Shad expressed his gratitude and then mentioned repairing the Creator's artifact; he had specifically asked Vigo for the scissors that morning. The angel took them, examined them carefully, and returned them to Shad, already knowing the answer:
"I have seen this artifact before in the Mythical Era. The ancient god [Twilight Creator] created the most artifacts among the thirteen ancient gods, but only a very few of them possess the power you are seeking."
Those artifacts can all be called 'creation artifacts,' created to assist the ancient gods in creating life and transforming the world. I once saw this pair of scissors in the hands of the Creator, sculpting the form of a newborn race and cutting its 'umbilical cord.'
The artifact remains intact, but it has lost too much of its power.
"Yes, I want to know, besides replenishing its life energy to allow it to heal itself, what other way is there to restore its power so that we can harm the mad First Child?"
The angel's left hand, free of staff, gently swept across the air, and three ancient divine emblems appeared: the emblems of the Creator, the Earth Mother, and the Teacher.
"The first method is to find other artifacts created by the Creator, and destroy one in the [Core Furnace] to repair another;
The second method is that the First Children and the artifacts are the greatest creations of the Creator, so the blood of the First Children can repair the artifacts. However, this requires a lot of blood, and it cannot be degenerated blood such as mercury blood or active metal blood.
The third way is that our Lord, the God of Wisdom and Knowledge, the Guardian of Secrets, recorded the knowledge of the Creator in creating artifacts. This record is sealed in the Library of Sages, but even if you enter the library, you need the credentials in my possession to see this specific book.
I can give you the proof, but even if you find this knowledge, you'll likely only understand a very small part of it; even if you truly understand the Creator's techniques, recreating the ancient god stories of the mythical era will be extremely difficult. Although what you're doing is repairing an existing artifact rather than creating a new one, from a mortal's perspective, there's no difference.
The angel offered three solutions, but in Shad's view, only the third was feasible.
If he could find a second artifact created by an ancient god, he would definitely want to repair it as well, which would greatly increase his chances of winning against those silver-headed monsters next time.
As for obtaining the blood of the First Son in order to defeat him, but without the blood of the First Son, it would be difficult to defeat him, this was something that Shad didn't need to consider at all.
The third method was indeed difficult, but since he had heard of the familiar library, Shad still wanted to give it a try. Even if Shad couldn't learn the knowledge in the book written by the Ancient God [Guardian of Secrets], it was still a good way to understand the power of the Creator:
"The Library of Sages, the Silver Moon Library?"
The ritual to open the library can only be performed once a year, and there is still a long way to go before the next year, so if you want to go to the library again in the near future, you can only find the corresponding door.
There is no such door at No. 6 St. Teresa's Square, but Shad and Daniste both know that Lady Helena Carter had entered the Silvermoon Library at Mount Karas and left them with knowledge about the thirteen Old Gods.
Now that Ms. Carter is about to hatch, even if the Night Dragon forgets that memory after hatching, Shad can still ask Sirius to try to help her regain her memory.
"I would like to use a third method. Please give me that certificate and also put me to the test of my wisdom."
Shad did not forget to seek help from the Lady of the Lake, which was a test he would have to pass.
So a blank stone tablet fell into Shad's hands. This tablet was the proof, but the angel did not rush to reveal the content of the trial. She reminded him again:
"The Creator also recorded His wisdom. Although the artifact that recorded that wisdom is not a weapon, you may find the answers to the two questions you are seeking in it."
"The Jade Record?"
Xia De understood:
"The power of that book. I understand now, thank you for reminding me."
The angel smiled and shook his head:
"This test requires you to complete it within a limited time—before the end of this week, to know Peggy Nicolas Lemaître's current condition."
"Status? Isn't it identity? Okay, actually I already have some guesses about her current identity. Finding this person will give me the answer."
“You need her to admit it herself, or find evidence to confirm this suspicion.”
Xia De nodded:
“I understand. Today is Tuesday, I have five days left, I think that should be enough.”
In fact, Shad had a lot to deal with this week: learning the secrets of memory from Sirius, exploring the secrets of the cursed dream, waiting for the expo to open, and so on.
Comparatively, the matter of Vigo's mother, which the angel had sent Shad to investigate, wasn't particularly troublesome. Shad had already suspected Madame Butterfly of the "Glamorous Ladies Club," and although this suspicion might be wrong, verifying it wouldn't be difficult.