Chapter 651 - 410: Resemblance

Chapter 651: Chapter 410: Resemblance

There seemed to be only one possibility.

He had gone to the Deep Land.

He had met Luoti, and after that... ’Could Luoti have stolen this tree that should have been in my Sea of Consciousness?’

He paced and reflected.

At the same time, he gazed at the colossal, iridescent tree in the sky.

An Su had said he obtained the "Highest Leaf," the single highest Spiritual Leaf from the very top of the Tree of Wisdom.

But...

’What does it mean to have the entire tree in my Sea of Consciousness?’

But soon, Lu Cang recalled something else An Su had said.

The Highest Leaf.

It could grant a person extremely high Spirituality, as well as a Divine Talent perfectly suited to them.

But everything that had happened to Lu Cang was difficult to explain, even with the Highest Leaf.

Lu Cang also felt that his own origins were gradually becoming a mystery.

And now, after seeing the Tree of Wisdom in his Sea of Consciousness...

Lu Cang felt that he might have found some answers within his heart.

The Tree of Wisdom was intricately connected to him.

If it was an entire Tree of Wisdom, it might actually explain his multiple Divine Talents.

However, if that was the case...

His origins became even more mysterious.

Lu Cang tried to make contact with the distant Tree of Wisdom on the horizon, but it was like a backdrop branded onto the sky, impossible to approach no matter what he did.

Neither he nor the "Core" could touch it.

Since he couldn’t investigate its origin, Lu Cang returned his thoughts to reality.

...

A faint silver Rune swirled around his fingertip.

"Second Forbidden Magic—Time"

"Startup: Time Cage"

"Activation Condition: None"

"Activation Cost: Age one year for every second activated."

"Effect: Unfold a Time Cage with a fixed Range. Freely accelerate or decelerate the flow of time for any target or area within the domain by 1 to 10,000 times."

This was the Startup.

For the two Forbidden Magics Lu Cang had encountered so far, the first form always involved unfolding some kind of domain.

However, the first form of the Time Taboo Magic strangely required no conditions to activate.

But when it came to the "Decomposition"...

The conditions became extremely demanding.

"Decomposition: Complete Time Control"

"Activation Condition: Time Root Magic, experience an anomalous time singularity, comprehend the Ten Thousand Hours Observation, glimpse the true form of Time."

"Activation Cost: To be eternally trapped in the Time Cage."

"Effect: Gain the ability to completely control Time. Freely control the flow of time within a certain Range, including but not limited to stopping, slowing, accelerating, and reversing it."

The cost of activating the Decomposition of this "Forbidden Magic: Time" was to be forever trapped within the Time Cage created by the Startup.

Inside this cage, he would be able to control all of time with absolute perfection.

But he would also be unable to ever leave the cage.

...

’However, I don’t need to pay any price to cast Forbidden Magic. If I can cast this form, I probably won’t be imprisoned either.’

Unfortunately...

He currently didn’t meet the conditions to cast the Decomposition.

As for the "Final Form"...

It could throw all of spacetime, past and present, into chaos, reversing the order of all History and Future. It would be like today being the modern era, tomorrow becoming the Qin Dynasty, the day after that the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the day after that returning to the Qing Dynasty.

However, the conditions for the "Final Form" were too abstract.

One had to become the "Time’s Moon" to meet the casting condition, and that was just one of them.

Lu Cang, naturally, did not meet them...

He still had a long way to go before reaching the level of a Moon.

But because of this, he could get a glimpse of just how terrifyingly strong a Moon really was.

If a Moon also mastered a Forbidden Spell like the "Original Forbidden Magic," throwing the entire world into turmoil would be no idle threat.

"But... that girl."

Lu Cang thought of the girl with long, ivory-white hair behind the door.

She was imprisoned behind the door.

’Does this feel a bit like a side effect of this Magic?’

’Permanently fixed in that slice of spacetime.’

Lu Cang walked out of the basement.

"An Su, tell me about Aikator. Tell me everything you know."

An Su roused from its silence.

It saw that Lu Cang wasn’t forging. Lu Cang had been so immersed in forging lately that he had barely paid it any attention.

But An Su was good at passing the time.

Having lived for so long, it would just take a nap when there was nothing to do.

An Su was an expert at whiling away boring hours.

"What, done with your forging?"

But just as An Su came to its senses, it was suddenly startled.

’Wait, why has this kid’s aura changed so drastically? In the blink of an eye, he’d grown stronger again?’

"Aikator?"

"Why are you suddenly asking about them? Where did you hear that name?"

An Su was puzzled.

’That name should be almost unheard of in this era. It’s a name from ancient times that few people mention anymore. And even back then, it only existed in legends.’

"Don’t worry about all that. Just answer me."

"Fine, fine. If you hadn’t mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten... It’s been a very, very long time since I’ve heard anyone bring it up."

An Su began to explain as they went.

Meanwhile, Lu Cang made his way to the Ancient Library in Atlantis City.

Since he already knew what was going to happen, there was no point in rushing.

However, just as he arrived...

Lu Cang’s Perception suddenly detected a light touch. It had brushed against a girl with short, purple hair. With sleepy eyes, she was flipping through the tattered pages of an ancient book at the librarian’s desk.

Seeing this figure, Lu Cang’s body reacted as if struck by lightning.

’Pari?’

SWOOSH—

In a single step, Lu Cang appeared beside the girl.

The girl felt a gentle breeze brush past, ruffling her hair and flipping a few pages of her book. She turned her head to look beside her.

She saw a boy who, while standing, was only slightly taller than her sitting form.

"Pari?"

But when she saw Lu Cang appear beside her, the purple-haired girl made a "shushing" gesture.

"The books in the Ancient Library are very precious. It’s against the rules to use Magic here."

"Little one, is there a book you’re looking for? I can help you find it," she said with a faint smile.

Lu Cang studied her face carefully.

She looked a lot like Pari, but her expression was gentler. She wasn’t like the Evil Divination Master, who was always cold and expressionless.

She looked like Pari, but she wasn’t Pari.

Lu Cang’s Perception swept over her body. She was a real person, not some kind of illusion.

"Miss, do you know Pari?"

The purple-haired girl poked her cheek with a finger, making a small dimple.

"Hmm, I don’t know that person."

"But if you’re looking for someone, I can actually do a Divination for you."

Lu Cang paused, a little stunned.

Then he asked again, "Miss, are you a Divination Master?"

As Lu Cang spoke, the "Core" quietly circled around behind her and made contact with the body of the light-purple-haired girl.