OBS Chapter 4162 The Secret Manual of Bone and Blood
Chapter 4162 The Secret Manual of Bone and Blood
Chapter 4162 The Secret Manual of Bone and Blood
Miss Bradley was the lowest-ranking among them, and Miss Feliana was worried that she might have missed an important clue, so she had Shad throw her high up, where the halfling caught her perfectly.
The doll-like girl and the halfling girl then entered the coffin to investigate. Meanwhile, Shad, Gina, and Mrs. Gustav chatted idly on the ground. Shad asked Gina if she would be willing to care for an unknown dragon egg if it appeared at St. Byron's Comprehensive Academy, and the pink dragon girl answered matter-of-factly:
"Of course I'd like to. Unhatched dragon eggs are very fragile, and I'm good at taking care of them. But where would you find dragon eggs that no one takes care of them?"
Shad blinked, and just then Miss Bradwell's voice came down from above again.
The halfling girl, inside the coffin, clung to the edge and asked Shad:
“Mr. Hamilton, Miss Felicity asked me to ask you if it is possible to shrink this coffin and take it with us?”
"These coffins are all ordinary items, so there shouldn't be any problem, but is this the right thing to do?"
Although there was no body in the coffin, Shad generally wouldn't touch an occupied coffin unless absolutely necessary. But since it was Miss Feliananna's request, Shad laboriously climbed up the small mountain of coffins, took out a folded canvas from the cards, and tried it out. Sure enough, he successfully turned the coffin into a card.
"I don't know if it will be useful, but you can take it with you for now."
Miss Felicia Anna, who had sat back on Shad's shoulder, said that Shad actually had a coffin on him, which was prepared for the sealing technique "Coffin of the Underworld," but perhaps the coffin in the factory itself had some special characteristics.
"Do the other coffins need to be taken along as well?"
Shad then asked again, and Miss Feliananna thought for a moment and shook her head:
"Let's just take this one for now. We really shouldn't disturb the peace of too many people."
"Well."
Shad grabbed the halfling girl and, amidst her gasp, jumped to the ground together, where Gina caught them. Gina had two arms and a strong tail, providing three points of support that made Shad feel quite stable upon landing.
For some reason, he suddenly thought of the two "forbidden books" in Carsenrik language that Adelina had recommended to him "this morning," but Shad never actually got those two books, so the thought only flashed through his mind.
"Tool room, sacrificial room, coffin room, this is the third safe room."
When the group arrived at the mountain of coffins piled up in the corner of the room, the old witch sighed softly:
"It seems that Mr. Hamilton's return does indeed mean that our adventure is coming to an end."
"Will the Life Forge room be next?"
The halfling girl asked softly, but no one could give an answer. The group climbed the mountain of coffins in the corner in a line, and the old witch at the front pushed open the trapdoor in the roof. She peeked up, breathed a sigh of relief, and then said to the three below:
"It's not the furnace room, so there's still no danger. Come on up."
After she climbed up, she reached out and pulled Shad up as well. Then Shad pulled Gina up from behind, while Gina's tail curled around the halfling girl carrying a small bucket and a small shield.
"Oh~"
Everyone looked up and exclaimed in amazement.
The cramped room was almost the size of the Shad family's bathroom, and all four walls were lined with metal shelves. The shelves were filled with all sorts of glass jars, each filled with a preservative, and within those pale yellow jars floated clumps of flesh that emitted either miraculous or blasphemous energy.
Unlike the various fleshy aberrations that appeared in this factory, these lumps of flesh did not look disgusting at all; instead, they possessed a strange sense of order. The flesh remained motionless in the preservative solution, yet tiny divine runes naturally surrounded them.
Shad did not know what it was, but Miss Feliana and Mrs. Gustave clearly recognized it.
"The way the 【Creative Bishops】pass on power and knowledge is not by recording information in books or on stone tablets. The believers of the ancient gods created a method in ancient times to record information and power with flesh and blood. This is somewhat similar to the believers of the Father of Time, who pass on information and knowledge through leaves."
Miss Felicia swung her legs, sat on Shad's shoulders, and whispered:
"The method of passing down knowledge through blood and flesh has obvious advantages over recording it in writing. Blood and flesh can carry not only information that can be described in words, but also senses and memories. Of course, the disadvantage is that it is not easy to preserve, so in this day and age, such things called 'blood and flesh secrets' have almost disappeared."
“That’s for sure, these are the secret scriptures of the bone and blood. I’ve seen some from an ancient time in the church, but they are not nearly as well preserved as these.”
The old witch said this, and the halfling girl carrying the small bucket cautiously inquired:
"How do you use this secret manual? You don't have to eat it, do you?"
Miss Felicity laughed:
"Don't worry, of course not. This can be reused. Just hold the jar to your forehead, then meditate on the holy symbol of that ancient god, and you will receive the corresponding information and even power."
The doll sat on Shad's shoulders and looked around the room:
There are 169 jars in total.
"But what does this mean? Can we take it at will, or will touching it attract the Shadow of Withering?"
Gina speculated that after the third furnace was lit, most of the rooms the witches experienced were not mentioned in the information they had collected, and the walls of the room that could be called a "study" at this time were not inscribed with rules.
"My view is that since you've encountered safe rooms one after another, and you've arrived here just as your journey is about to end, this room shouldn't be one you can only look at but not touch. Considering the situation in the previous rooms, you can try to touch the 'book' that suits you, provided you're not greedy."
Miss Felicity offered her opinion:
"Let me emphasize again, don't be greedy. We don't know the rules here, nor do we know if there will be any other consequences if we rashly use these 'blood and bone secrets'. My suggestion is that if you are interested in ancient knowledge, each of you can choose a jar and try to learn the knowledge or master the power within."
Everyone trusted Miss Feliana, and her views made a lot of sense. Although there were no labels on the glass jars on the shelf, Old Lady Gustave taught everyone a method: while meditating on the ancient sacred emblem, one could listen to the soft whispers coming from the fleshy mass inside the jar, and those murmurs were related to the information and power contained in the "Blood Codex".
Knowledge has weight, and reading ancient texts like these requires careful consideration of whether one's soul can bear the weight of those secrets and their power.
"I won't try it. After all, this body isn't my real body, and I'm afraid I won't be able to use these 'books'."
Miss Ferriananna said this, and the witches each went to try listening to the sounds. Shad didn't approach the shelves with them, but instead asked Miss Ferriananna while they were examining the jars:
"In order to face the enemies ahead, what kind of information or what kind of power do you think I need most right now?"
"Why are you asking me this question? You should ask yourself. But I can help you analyze it. Since you said you've already learned a powerful magic technique after leaving, what you need most now is probably not lethal power."
The petite witch said, and Shad pondered for a moment, then stopped, closed his eyes, and stretched out his hand:
"Miracle Art: Moon Library - I want information about this [Stained Blood Factory]."
This magical ability allows Shad to directly obtain the books he needs in scenes such as libraries and studies by relying on vague keywords, and the current room can barely be considered a "library".
This time, however, nothing responded to Shad. He could feel that he had successfully cast the spell, but there were no "books" that met the search requirements.
"Next—I want information or power related to the 'Spark'."
On the shelf behind him, a can suddenly shook and then whooshed towards Shad. Shad immediately turned around and caught it; it seemed the method really worked.
Since the "Moon Library" can be searched here, Shad found suitable "books" for the three witches after consulting their opinions.
Mrs. Gustav wanted records about the ancient gods, while Miss Bradvi wanted a secret method to further enhance the power of her Mystic Eye. Gina thought for a moment and finally had Shad help her find a way to safely transform back into her true dragon form within the factory.
Although Gina spends most of her time in human form after entering Saint Byrons, the dragons are still more adept at fighting in their true forms.
Everyone meditated according to the method provided by the old witch, and then the knowledge and power were successfully acquired.
Shad originally thought this learning method was similar to the memory-sharing technique that Hillis had mastered, but when his forehead touched the cold glass container, the feeling of knowledge and information flooding into his mind at that moment was more like he was actively having a dream, and a dream with his eyes open.
Slight changes occurred to Shad. His original intention in searching this "book" was to find a more efficient way to utilize the Spark Source, rather than simply using it as an energy storage device as he was doing now. Of course, Shad wouldn't mind if he could obtain a stable and repeatable method for constructing the "Spark Source."
However, this "Blood and Bone Manual" did not give him the corresponding knowledge, but instead directly granted Shad a completely new magical ability.