A Top Scholar in Everything-Chapter 963 - 949: The Town

A world full of yellow sand, apart from cacti and some succulents, there are just a few withered trunks and weathered bones.

Looking around.

All are undulating sand dunes.

Basically, Baiyu couldn't see anything else.

Machima was leading the way at the front, taking each step neither hurriedly nor slowly, like a seasoned tour guide.

Behind her.

The Divination Master and others remained silent, not uttering a word.

"This is not a place for talking; we can rest up ahead, and then we can talk slowly. I haven't seen Loloya for so many years, I wonder how she's been."

Machima smiled.

When she smiled, two small demon-like horns would appear on her head.

Baiyu didn't know exactly what race she was, so he temporarily classified her as a part of the Demon Race.

She might be a mixed race, who knows.

"Are you very familiar with Loloya?"

Baiyu asked.

Machima nodded, eyes fixed straight ahead, "Back when we were in the Great City, my relationship with her wasn't very harmonious, but after going out on missions, I realized how relaxing the days in the city were."

"Wait a minute, did you just say the Great City? You stayed in the city? You're from the Great City?"

Baiyu caught a blind spot.

Machima was surprised: "Didn't Loloya tell you? I'm also the City Lord's Attendant, didn't she tell you before she came?"

Baiyu shook his head in confusion.

"Oh, she probably forgot; after all, she tends to forget things. But even if you didn't know which camp I'm from, you dared to bring me the key, that's pretty bold of you."

Machima patted Baiyu's shoulder.

"Hey hey hey, you broke out on your own, it has nothing to do with me. And I didn't give you anything, don't falsely accuse me. I'm just here on someone's behalf to check on you!"

Baiyu hurriedly denied, then said, "You mentioned a key earlier, what key? A key to open Wansheng Prison?"

"Of course not."

Machima said, "It's the key to unlock the shackles on me."

Baiyu had enough of this baffling conversation and turned silent, ignoring her as she continued babbling, leaving her bursting desire to communicate to dwindle on its own.

To his surprise.

On the way, Machima surprisingly didn't speak further.

The group walked in silence.

Finally.

They arrived at an oasis in the desert.

The people living here had skin turned dark and yellowish due to long-term exposure.

They stared at Machima's group like a closed-off village suddenly swarmed by strangers.

Machima, unperturbed, walked to the largest house in the center of the oasis town.

An elder with a walking stick received her.

"Hello, I'd like to go to the Aerial Garden."

Machima politely said to the elder.

"You can, but you have to wait until there are enough people, you here, aren't even ten."

The elder counted.

Machima nodded, and after some negotiation and communication, they settled in the big room here.

Everyone was assigned their own separate room.

Baiyu's room was next to Machima's, allowing him to visit her often, but every time he went over, she was always writing something in her diary.

"What exactly is going on here? If you don't explain clearly, I'll have to leave next. I wasn't planning to get involved in this mess anyway."

At night.

Baiyu said seriously in Machima's room.

If it weren't for Machima, he would already be on the train back to the Great City, and a few days later, he would appear in the Great City, obtain the Lifeless Grass from Loloya, and finally complete his Extraordinary Ceremony advancement.

Machima tapped the table with her pen, "Are you really not interested at all in this relic?

This place is rumored to be the burial site of a Stone Origin God, one of the original deities. Although.

Although it might just be a possibility, even if there's a one in ten thousand chance, we should try our luck here.

You're not at all moved by the relics of a deity?" 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Baiyu said righteously, "I'm really not moved by these elusive things. Do you have anything else? If not, I'll prepare to leave the relic tomorrow morning."

"Fine, I give up."

Machima said with a defeated expression, "There might be secrets of the deity hidden here, and I need to gain opportunities from this relic to restore my strength. As Loloya's disciple, you are the person I trust the most.

I need your help now."

Baiyu furrowed his brow, "What benefits will there be?"

"Well, would the opportunity to advance to the Eclipse Moon Level count?"

"Are you so sure that there is your opportunity here, and not your burial ground?"

Baiyu asked again.

Machima nodded, "I already had someone predict that my opportunity is indeed here. But don't worry, I've considered the safety issue long before coming in, and I won't enter without a full plan.

If you don't believe me, I can contact Loloya once.

But.

This one contact will consume a precious tool, and we won't be able to contact her again afterward."

It sounded.

Machima's strength was probably not as terrifying as Loloya's.

After all, Baiyu had never felt such an oppressive sensation from anyone else as he had from Loloya.

"Okay, I haven't seen Loloya in a long time, hearing her opinion wouldn't be bad."

Baiyu directly let Machima use the contact tool.

In these circumstances, he naturally couldn't just believe Machima's words alone.

One must always keep a cautious mindset.

Stay alert.

Be careful.

This is the key to survival.

...

Half an hour later.

Baiyu finished his communication with Loloya.

Indeed, Machima really was the City Lord's Attendant, and one of the few the City Lord trusted back then, it's just that she had been out on missions for years, so she seldom returned to the Great City.

Of course.

Not many knew her true identity either.

After resolving the trust crisis, Baiyu was finally able to calmly listen to Machima's subsequent plan.

The plan was simple.

In a nutshell, it could be divided into three steps: entering the Aerial Garden, seeking opportunities, and then leaving after obtaining them.

The Aerial Garden.

Was the dwelling place of the Divine Spirit in this relic.

Legend has it that the Seven Coils lived inside the Aerial Garden, enjoying the generations of earthly offerings.

And the way to go up.

Was simple.

One only had to request from the village chief here.

This magical development left Baiyu momentarily bewildered, unsure of how to react.

Finally.

He could only return to his room and wait for Machima's news.

In the middle of the night, the wind and sand continued to blow.

The oasis was quite large, and Baiyu didn't know where the water source was sustaining it, so he could only attribute it to the miracle of the Aerial Garden.