The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　It wasn't until nearly nine o'clock that the group reluctantly left the traveler's street.

　They entrusted the items they had purchased in the Traveler's Town to the magical spirits for temporary storage at the Magical Creatures Company, then entered the castle and once again came to the secret passage.

　An hour before the ceremony was scheduled to begin, everyone, including Sister Carlian and Professor Steven Harvey who had not been present before, gathered at the center of the ceremony.

　The professors set up a protective barrier in the secret passage, made final adjustments, and made all necessary preparations.

　When the clock struck exactly 10 p.m., Professor Cazell sat in the skeleton chair and started the "Dream Machine"!

　A black, mud-like fluid flowed from beneath the feet of the skeletal chair, silently spreading throughout the entire ritual site.

　As the black fluid spread to every corner of the ritual site, one clay figure after another crawled out of the mud, following Professor Kazel's will, and became part of the ritual.

　They wear different costumes, have different identities, and play different roles in the entire ritual setting.

　Like a sitcom, they acted according to the script.

　Meanwhile, the entire ritual began to unfold. The power generated by the ritual gathered towards the center. The drop of blood suspended in mid-air gradually began to change.

Chapter 894 Blood of God (6k)

　This drop of blood was extracted from the soil on the scabbard. Its original purpose was to restore its activity in order to identify whose blood it was, thus gaining further guidance.

　The most important part of this guidance was, of course, identifying the origin of the scabbard. However, they had already determined, based on the patterns on the scabbard, that it was related to the god of war, Ares.

　The origin of this blood seems less important, but that's clearly not the case.

　Based on the previous deductions, Dark and others already knew that Principal Arte was under some kind of surveillance, that is, "walls have ears."

　Therefore, if Principal Arte wanted to convey something to the outside world, she certainly wouldn't do it openly.

　Although the scabbard, clothing, and fossils themselves seemed to have some form of camouflage, it wasn't enough.

　What lies deeper, hidden, is perhaps what she truly wants to convey.

　It is for this reason that Professor Cazell and others attach such importance to that drop of blood.

　Is this emphasis a correct judgment, or just meaningless speculation?

　The answer will be revealed soon!

　The existence of the "dream machine" has reduced the difficulty of constructing and operating the entire ritual to an exaggerated degree.

　There was absolutely no reason for this ceremony to fail.

　Dark Dimon and the others ascended into the air to observe the entire ceremony from above.

　Professor Cazell is simulating the legend of "Blood of the Thousand Years," a very famous story about immortality.

　The story takes place a thousand years after the gods disappeared, and the hero king who ended the war gradually ages under the erosion of time.

　The king, who was fearless on the battlefield, developed a fear of death as he grew old. So he exhausted all his resources and gathered the world's most capable people to explore the way to immortality.

　After all the so-called "plans for immortality" proposed by capable individuals failed, a witch claiming to be a descendant of gods offered the hero king a secret plan that had been passed down in her family for thousands of years.

　The secret manual contained the coordinates of the place where a certain god, whom the witch family had always regarded as their "ancestor," fell from grace.

　The witch told the hero king that he could gain eternal life if he found the god's corpse and drank the blood from his sleeve.

　The hero-king, yearning for immortality, immediately organized capable individuals to explore the land where gods had fallen.

　However, while the exploration team was being formed, the Hero King, who had become suspicious due to his advanced age, secretly disguised himself as a capable person and joined the exploration team.

　The allure of immortality is so great that the King of Heroes does not believe that those capable individuals, once they find the true path to immortality, will be able to resist the temptation of greed.

　He will go there in person and gain immortality in the first event.

　Afterwards, the exploration team went through many hardships and overcame numerous obstacles, finally finding the god's remains.

　But by then, the team that started with over a hundred people had dwindled to just five, including the Hero King and the Witch.

　The deity sat with her head bowed, her body and skin appearing as if she were still alive. The Hero King immediately believed the witch's words.

　But he did not lose his vigilance despite the opportunity for immortality being right before him. Three of the remaining five launched a fatal attack on the Hero King simultaneously.

　The Hero King, who was already prepared, managed to block the deadly attack and kill all three of them.

　But those who remained were the strongest of the strong. Although the Hero King killed three of them, he was also seriously injured as a result.

　The Hero King dragged his heavily wounded body slowly to the corpse of the god and used the dagger in his hand to slit the god's throat.

　However, not a single drop of blood flowed from the slit throat.

　The witch's loud laughter rang out behind the Hero King. The Hero King turned around abruptly, his expression fierce.

　But his head separated from his neck in that instant.

　The witch severed the head of the Hero King, laughing wildly as she poured the king's blood flowing from his skull onto the god's corpse.

　Then, she took out a bottle of almost solidified blood from her bosom—that was the "blood of a thousand years"!

　The king's blood flowing down from the god's corpse gathered on the ground to form a crimson magic circle.

　The witch placed the "blood of a thousand years" on the head of the god's corpse, her eyes revealing boundless greed.

　The "blood of a thousand years" was extracted from the corpse of this god by his family a thousand years ago.

　But after thousands of years of erosion, that blood had long lost its divinity and turned into "dead blood".

　The witch, now over fifty, also yearned for immortality, but what she longed for even more was to become a god!

　In order to restore the "dead blood" to its original state, she deceived the "saint" who truly possessed the blood of the gods—the Hero King—and plotted to kill everyone else.

　Then, the divinity within the blood of the Hero King was extracted, ultimately transforming "dead blood" into "living blood."

　The witch had the last laugh, and following her ancestral secret, she drank the divine blood in one gulp.

　The end of the story.

　The witches who were not "descendants of the gods" could not withstand the backlash of the divine blood. In their agony, they transformed into mindless monsters and have since lived forever in the land where the gods fell.

　The difficulty of this ceremony lies in the large number of participants.

　Without the "dream machine," the ceremony would never have been completed so smoothly.

　The key to the success of the ritual lies in the right timing and location. This is because the legendary "blood of a thousand years" actually restores divinity by relying on the blood of a saint within the Hero King's body.

　However, this ritual lacked the "blood of the Hero King." Therefore, only by taking advantage of the Easter time and the magic of the secret passage could the "dead blood" be transformed into "living blood"!

　The ceremony was successfully completed.

　The drop of blood suspended in mid-air has completely regained its vitality.

　With Dark's perception, he could clearly sense a faint but undeniably emerging trace of divinity.

　At this moment, it can finally be called "divine blood." "Crack."

　Professor Cazell shut down the "dream machine".

　He rose from the skeletal chair and approached the drop of blood, examining it with a hint of urgency.

　Dark and the others descended from the sky and examined the drop of blood. "Can you tell which god's blood it is?" Professor Sylph asked. Professor Kazel observed carefully, "I can sense a slight fluctuation of wind energy, then a bit of psychic energy, then a bit of dark energy... If it's one of the Twelve Celestials, this should be... Hermes!"

　Hermes is the god of commerce, travelers, thieves, and livestock, and also the messenger of the gods.

　He possesses a "Scepter of the God of Commerce" with wings and two snakes wrapped around it, as well as winged boots that also have wings and can fly at high speeds.

　In the original Greek mythology, Hermes was the son of Zeus and Maia, the daughter of Atlas.

　However, in the mythological system of this world, the twelve gods of Poropus do not seem to have so many complicated relationships.

　Although they share the same name and similar authority, they are not the same in essence.

　Hermes is a god skilled in deception and theft. There are also legends that he invented the ruler, numbers, and the alphabet, and is the patron god of various athletic competitions.

　At the same time, he is also the prime suspect of "walls have ears"!

　“It’s definitely not the blood of Ares, the god of war,” Dark said. “But if it is the blood of Hermes, what was the point of Principal Arte sending it away?”

　Professor Kazel shook his head and said, "This still needs to be discussed. In short, let's first clean up the remnants of the ritual, and then prepare a barrier or magical artifact that can isolate all information."

　As he spoke, he took out a "Sphere of Truth" and first sealed the drop of divine blood inside it.

　If this drop of blood is truly Hermes' divine blood, then we must be prepared to be perceived and manipulated by Hermes.

　Professor Sylph speculated, "Could it be that this drop of divine blood can, in turn, help us resist Hermes's spying?"

　Professor Cazell said, "It's not impossible, but without Hermes himself, it would be difficult to verify."

　Dark speculated, "Hermes, the god of thieves and deception, might have blood that possesses the power to activate certain mechanisms."

　Professor Kazel said, "That's also a possibility. Perhaps it's needed to enter the Mountain of the Gods, or somewhere in the Heavenly Court."

　Professor Mitis said, "Anyway, it'll be useful. Cheer up, we succeeded!"

　Professor Cazell said, "Indeed, we succeeded. The next step is testing the contaminants and the hair. The contaminants are fine, but I haven't figured out how to apply the hair."

　Professor Mitya comforted him, "Perhaps it's like the divine blood of Hermes that Dark guessed—it's just a certificate from some institution, and doesn't require any processing at all."

　Professor Cazell said, "Let's hope so." Then the group dispersed to collect the wreckage.

　At this point, most of the clues from the three items have been dealt with, leaving only the search for a way to control the contaminants and the strand of hair found in the clothes unresolved.

　When they finished packing everything and emerged from the secret passage, Easter Sunday hadn't even passed yet.

　Fortunately, at this crucial juncture, Archbishop Caleb Norris and the four exchange students he brought did not take any unusual actions.

　Nothing unexpected happened, and everything seemed to be going smoothly.

　Meanwhile, the professors at St. Mary's College are about to begin a new week of classes.

　As long as the sun rises as usual, professors must teach classes and cannot be found to be acting strangely.

　Tomorrow morning, the first period is Professor Sylph's class, and the second period is Professor Cazell's class...

　"Go back for now and prepare for tomorrow's class." Professor Sylph flicked her finger, and a wisp of breeze appeared around each person, shielding their aura.

　The group exchanged glances, nodded slightly, and dispersed. Dak and his group of four also returned to the tower of the Noble House at an extremely fast pace.

　However, they didn't disperse; instead, they all gathered at Dark's dormitory. "While we still have some time, let's sort out what happened in the past two days and what we need to do next."

　Darke asked the magical elf to prepare tea, and then began to explain in detail.

　Aurora, Rose, and Diana immediately perked up and listened attentively.

　But to be honest, they were only first or second graders and shouldn't have been involved in things at this level.

　But since they've already participated, they want to use their abilities to provide as much help as possible.

　Dak quickly explained everything, and then solemnly said, "The treatment of pollutants and the refining of fossil organisms are not of much concern to us. But the most important thing we will do next is closely related to Aurora."

　Aurora had clearly already thought of this, and her expression became slightly tense.

　Dark said, "Based on our deduction, if the 'Oil Serpent' absorbs the primordial divinity extracted from the fossils, it will most likely break through its final shackles, shed its mortal nature, and step into the true divine realm—that is, forge a divine status and obtain at least one authority."

　"The divine rank of real creations is not the same as the divine rank of magical spirit cards; their biggest difference lies in their authority. Even the fifth rank, known as the 'Divine Cards,' cannot wield divine authority."

　"However, if the Magic Spirit Card can step into the unknown sixth step, perhaps there will be new discoveries."

　"Let's leave that aside for now. The newly empowered 'Oil Serpent' is certainly no match for the Twelve Heavenly Gods. However, based on current information, the so-called Twelve Heavenly Gods are not at their full potential either. Considering the final strength of the 'Oil Serpent' after becoming a god, a battle is not out of the question."

　"But that's just a possibility."

　"However, once the 'Oil Serpent' becomes a god, the professors will no longer be able to sit idly by. They will inevitably try every means to enter the Mountain of the Gods and the Heavenly Court."

　"Although there's still no concrete evidence for this, it's all things that can be foreseen."

　"In this part, firstly, Diana and Rose will not accompany us."

　"Mistake!" Diana exclaimed in surprise.

　"You're kidding me!" Rose tapped her on the head.

　Dark shook his head and continued, "In addition, there's a high chance that Aurora will accompany us."

　Aurora said, "If it can help, I wouldn't object." Darke replied, "I know. But this is extremely dangerous. And essentially, you have no connection with Principal Arte; you may not have even seen her in person since enrolling..."

　“No,” Aurora quickly said, “Principal Arte visited the City of Freedom and provided us with tremendous help.”

　Dark hesitated for a moment, then said, "Is that so?" Aurora replied, "Yes."

　Since that's the case, there's nothing we can do about it.

　Dark took a deep breath and said, “Unlike Ergani, the ‘Oil Serpent’ is currently in a dormant state, so it seems harmless. But in reality, we haven’t gained control over it. If it successfully forges its divine nature, the possibility of it continuing to slumber is almost zero. Nor do we want it to remain dormant. But controlling a serpent with divine nature is virtually impossible for a human. Of course, the professors may have considered this as well. Currently, we roughly have two methods to choose from.”

　Aurora and the other two listened attentively.