In the end, Bai Xiaowen shook his head and handed the book, Sun God's Scepter, to another waiting apprentice.
The apprentice pasted a white note on the book, indicating that it had been read and was worthless.
This book was a completely fabricated story. It actually said that the son of the Sun God had finally thrown the divine bow into the River Styx … And in the scene that Bai Xiaowen had recorded, the divine bow was clearly in the cathedral in the valley behind a long corridor.
Then, Bai Xiaowen picked up the second book and began flipping through it. A few minutes later, the book was pasted with a white note.
Then, the third book, the fourth book …
The seventh book, Fanlor's Song, was pasted with a red note and placed on its own.
In Bai Xiaowen's reading, he realized that the records in this book were very similar.
Fanlor was a child of a small noble family. He was kind and helpful. By chance, he joined a very famous sect at the time — the Sun God Sect. This was because the sect's purpose was to emit light and heat like the sun, illuminating all things and ultimately forming a friendly world where everyone was one and everyone was one.
The Sun God Sect wasn't a purely good sect. Its teachings also had a cruel side, which was to hate the darkness and despise selfishness. Its believers wanted to use the flames bestowed by the Sun God to purify all "selfish people who had fallen into darkness and evil."
In the book, it was mentioned that the Sun God Sect had a "Land of Inheritance." The most devout believers could enter the Land of Inheritance. Under the guidance of the priest, they would receive the favor and blessings of the Sun God, Apollo.
Bai Xiaowen didn't care about Fanlor's series of love and hatred. He only saw that Fanlor had passed the test of the Path of Darkness, entered the Land of Inheritance, and obtained Apollo's Whispering Divine Bow.
The only thing that matched the scene was the Path of Darkness. The valley in the scene was the Land of Inheritance. It was reasonable to say that the cathedral in the scene was a building of the Sun God Sect. Therefore, Bai Xiaowen left this book behind.
This didn't mean that Bai Xiaowen completely believed in this book. He still had to refer to it with other legendary books and documents regarding Apollo's Whispering Divine Artifact. After careful consideration, he would make a prophecy.
After all, these seven prophecies were related to the final quality of his Bracelet of Misfortune.
Bai Xiaowen continued to open the eighth book. He flipped through the pages faster and faster, which surprised the curious apprentices.
With this kind of reading speed, it would be difficult to even skim through it once, right? Would it really work? Most of the surrounding acolytes had the same thought.
What they did not know was that the reading speed of Bai Xiaowen's super brain could not be measured by common sense. If these books were not in Latin but Bai Xiaowen's native language, Chinese, his reading speed would be doubled.
After entering the Dimensional World, the ability to speak Latin, which cost 100 Spiritual Points, was different from the original mother tongue. Although it wasn't obvious during normal communication, the difference was obvious when reading a lot.
Even so, before the sun went down, he still browsed through the thirty or so books stacked on his desk.
In addition to the seventh book, there were two other books that had red stripes on them and were placed separately.
At dusk, the bell signaling the closing of the city gates rang. Queen Camelot came to the Royal Library and invited Bai Xiaowen for dinner.
During the dinner, Queen Camelot inevitably asked about the progress of the prophecies.
"Rest assured, Your Majesty. Within seven days, I will definitely predict the whereabouts of the seven Holy Artifacts." Bai Xiaowen made a military order. In fact, the deadline of his mission, "Prophet's Mission," was exactly seven days away from the time limit of his stay.
This promise was not essential to Bai Xiaowen.
However, Queen Camelot heaved a sigh of relief. "Okay, if you have any requests, you can tell me. I will try my best to fulfill them."
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said, "I don't have anything else, but my sister likes fencing. Your Majesty, can you help her find a famous teacher to give her a few pointers?"
Queen Camelot's request to Bai Xiaowen was not strange. In the battle in the Latent Shadow Maze, Li Shuyi's combat power was still fresh in her memory. She happily said, "No problem. Although the Kingdom of Camelot is known as the Kingdom of Mages, we still have experts in fencing."
The Queen gave an order to the servant beside her, and the servant quickly left. After a while, a tall beauty wearing soft armor walked in.
This beauty had a head of leaf-green hair and a pair of pointed ears. From this, one could guess her identity. She was an elf.
Bai Xiaowen used Insight to see that this female elf was called Ona. She was a Level-8 leader and was a "Sword Singer."
Queen Camelot introduced the names of both parties, then said, "Ona is the most outstanding swordswoman in the Kingdom of Camelot. She is also the swordsmanship instructor of the royal family. Her swordsmanship is completely different from the swordsmanship of those reckless martial artists. It has a graceful beauty. Ona, can you show your skills to Dior the Prophet? "
The female elf Sword Singer, Ona, had a hint of arrogance in her expression. However, in front of a prophet recognized by the Queen, she still had basic respect.
"As you command, Your Majesty."
Ona also had a pair of thin swords at her waist. She first drew one of them and placed it between her eyebrows, making a simple swordsman's salute. Then, she began her "performance."
She took a step forward and stabbed, sheathed her sword, and stabbed again. Her movements were as smooth as flowing water.
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes and conversed with Li Shuyi in the team channel.
"Your swordsmanship talent is higher than mine. Can you see anything?"
Li Shuyi shook his head slightly and replied through the team channel, "I can only see that she sheathes her sword very quickly. This way, there are fewer flaws. However, this should be an advantage brought about by her high Dexterity. It can't be considered superior swordsmanship."
Ouna noticed Li Shuyi's slight shaking of her head.
Unna's elegant eyebrows slightly creased. She started to practice her sword skill once again. Her wrist slightly shook, and the tip of the thin sword started to vibrate at a high speed. Then, the tip of the sword started to vibrate. It seemed as if a viper's head had been raised, and was waiting for an opportunity to strike.
Li Shuyi's eyes widened slightly. A hint of surprise appeared on his small face. He said through the team channel, "This move is quite powerful. The tip of the sword is pointed at several vital points of the opponent, making it difficult for the opponent to dodge. At the same time, it is easier to hit the vital points of the opponent."
Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes. "Don't say anything yet."
Although Bai Xiaowen also felt that Ona's move was very powerful, he didn't think that it was Ona's trump card. Ona was wearing two swords, but she only used one hand to perform. It was obvious that she was fooling others.
This time, it was Bai Xiaowen's turn to shake his head. He even showed a hint of dissatisfaction on his face.
The female elf Unna, who had been carefully observing the siblings all this time, felt even more stifled in her heart. She pulled out her other sword and gently crossed the two swords.
Queen Camelot revealed an excited expression. "Instructor Ona's ultimate swordsmanship is about to appear."
With a clear sound, Ona threw out a sword with a shake of her hand.
The thin sword with a hollow calyx spun in the air and flew back into Ona's hand. Using the rapier as a whirling blade was a brilliant technique in itself.
However, that was only the beginning. At the same time that Ona caught the rapier that was flying back, she immediately threw out a second rapier. This time, it was even more valiant. When the rapier returned, it actually pierced the air twice. It was as though there was an invisible hand controlling it.
Then, she threw the third sword. The thin sword stabbed thrice in the air.
Even Bai Xiaowen could see how powerful this move was. At the same time that Ona threw out the thin sword, she held her other sword in her hand and continued to stab forward. It was as though there was an invisible enemy in front of her. The most important thing was that the rapier that was thrown out was also attacking the enemy's back when it was thrown back.
"This … … isn't this a flying sword?"
Bai Xiaowen was shocked. In the ancient Xianxia novels of Hua Xia, the sword immortals who roamed the world with their swords had a unique flying sword skill. They could behead people from thousands of li away. Ona's swordsmanship was somewhat similar to a flying sword technique. It had a mysterious feel to it.
For such a unique skill to appear in an Awakened plane was naturally something to marvel at – in Bai Xiaowen's knowledge, such a skill would only appear in the Swordsman plane after reaching the Evolved level.
Of course, there was a big difference between Ona's swordsmanship and a real flying sword. Although Bai Xiaowen had never been to the Xianxia plane, he knew that the two were not the same.
After Ona's performance ended, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi applauded at the same time.
A complacent smile flashed across Ona's face. Then, she resumed her aloof attitude.
"How was it? Wasn't Ona's swordsmanship eye-opening?" Queen Camelot said with a smile. "Let her teach Miss Charlotte. There won't be a problem."
Bai Xiaowen nodded. "It would be great if she could learn a unique swordsmanship skill."
Ona shook her head. "Dior, swordsmanship is a unique skill of the elves. It's impossible for humans to learn it."
In fact, Bai Xiaowen didn't want Li Shuyi to spend time and effort learning swordsmanship. This kind of swordsmanship was gaudy. How useful was it in actual combat? It was debatable. In Bai Xiaowen's opinion, this kind of swordsmanship was more suitable for performance.
Ahan's swordsmanship, which allowed him to control the rhythm of the battle and coordinate his swordsmanship with his footwork to gain an advantage step by step, was truly useful.
Unfortunately, Ahan had important matters to attend to. Moreover, he was good at double-wielding heavy swords, which was different from Li Shuyi's double-wielding style. Therefore, he couldn't learn it.
Bai Xiaowen took a step back and said, "Since it's a secret skill of the elves, it's not convenient for us to ask for guidance. However, can you teach Charlot the swordsmanship that Instructor Onna demonstrated just now? "
"Swordsmanship?" Ona thought for a moment and said in realization, "You mean the skill of vibrating the wrist, right? Many powerful swordsmen have this skill. I can teach her. However, whether or not she can learn it depends on her talent. "
"What if she can learn it within seven days?" Bai Xiaowen asked again.
"Why within seven days?" Queen Camelot was a bit puzzled.
"Well, the prophecy tablet told me that after making the prophecy of the Seven Holy Artifacts, I still have other things to do. Therefore, I can only stay here for seven days," Bai Xiaowen said. "As part of the prophecy, Charlotte also has to go with me."
This was the benefit of having the identity of a prophet. He could talk nonsense as he pleased, and the people of the Spiritual Realm wouldn't be suspicious.
"That's a bit regretful. I originally wanted you to stay in Camelot for a while." The queen was a bit regretful.
The swordsmanship instructor Unna frowned and said, "Seven days is too short. I don't think she can learn anything. "She pointed at Li Shuyi.
"Charlotte's talent in swordsmanship is very high," Bai Xiaowen said.
Ona was still frowning. Perhaps for the sake of the prophet, she reluctantly said, "Let her demonstrate it."
Li Shuyi and Bai Xiaowen looked at each other. Then, they stood up and drew their swords. "Madam Ona, please give me some pointers."
"Wait a moment." Bai Xiaowen raised his hand and summoned the shadow assassin. "Charlotte's swordsmanship is more inclined towards killing. She can exert more power when fighting with the enemy."
Ona looked a bit doubtful.
However, after the battle between Li Shuyi and the shadow assassin began, her expression gradually changed. Her initial contempt was replaced by a trace of caution.
Of course, Li Shuyi was suppressing the shadow assassin. When Bai Xiaowen was controlling the shadow assassin, he intentionally let Li Shuyi display his strength. The shadow assassin basically took the first few strikes without dodging, helping Li Shuyi to quickly stack up passive statuses.
After 10 effective attacks, Li Shuyi's passive statuses were maximized. His two swords stabbed out alternately like a windmill, dazzling the eyes of his opponents.
"That's enough." Ona nodded and looked at Li Shuyi carefully. "You're a very talented swordsman. Perhaps you can learn some of the essence of swordsmanship in just seven days."
Li Shuyi hurriedly thanked her.
Bai Xiaowen heaved a sigh of relief and recalled the shadow assassin that was riddled with injuries. Now that Li Shuyi's damage output was abnormally high, the shadow assassin almost lost its life in this sparring session. Moreover, the shadow assassin had 50% physical damage reduction.
In the following days, Bai Xiaowen looked up information in the library and compared it with the blurry images on the prophecy tablet. Step by step, he eliminated the groundless legends. The truth of the Seven Sacred Artifacts gradually surfaced.
Li Shuyi also worked hard to learn swordsmanship under the guidance of Instructor Ona. According to Li Shuyi, her single-handed swordsmanship was improving very quickly. She was already close to Level 7. Compared to Li Shuyi's personal level, such a combat specialty was rare.
On the seventh day, Bai Xiaowen finally made a prophecy about the Seven Sacred Artifacts. In the history of the Darktide Continent, this prophecy was called the "Seven-Day Prophecy."
Of course, the prophecy's content could not be the same as the images on the tablet. However, Bai Xiaowen cleverly used other methods to replace the prophecy.
For example, Bai Xiaowen's prophecy with the divine bow "Apollo's Whisper" was:
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