It was an emerald green snake.
Angor had seen a lot of snake-like creatures in the Tidal Realm. Most of them were gigantic. Outside the Tidal Realm, they could easily be described as Giant Pythons of Destruction. Snakes of normal size were extremely rare in the Tidal Realm.
The snake in front of him was one of those rare encounters.
It looked just like a normal snake in the outside world. Its body was green in color, and its scales were fine and shiny. Under the soft glow of the setting sun, the snake's scales shone like a gem.
Its eyes were bright yellow, while its pupils were pure gold without any impurities. It gave off a solemn and dignified aura.
What surprised Angor the most was the faint green light around the snake. The green light was the aura of nature that was so strong that it couldn't be ignored. Wherever the green light shrouded, all the plants appeared to be flourishing.
In this environment, it was as if the green snake was walking on the path of life. Everything came back to life, and flowers bloomed.
It was like the ruler of all plants. When it arrived, the wilted plants would flourish again, and the withered plants would bloom again.
Amidst the flowers, the emerald green snake slithered gracefully before finally arriving in front of them.
It was Na Meicui, no doubt.
Na Meicui was about five meters away from Angor. It lifted its head and quietly stared at the human in front of it.
Angor did not feel uncomfortable under Na Meicui's stare, but he felt as if the snake had seen through him.
Besides, Angor was standing, while Na Meicui only lifted its head slightly. Judging from the difference in height, Na Meicui could not even reach Angor's knees. Normally speaking, Angor should be looking down at Nai Meicui from the top of his head. But Angor did not feel like he was looking down at the snake. Instead, he felt like he was standing in front of a mountain.
An unreachable mountain.
"You're a human," Na Meicui studied Angor for half a minute before speaking.
Its voice was pleasing to the ear, but its tone was solemn.
"Yes."
"You're the one Mister Feng mentioned." Na Meicui spoke again. It did not sound like a question. Instead, it spoke in a flat tone as if it already knew the truth.
"You know who I am?"
Nai Meicui's golden eyes slowly moved away from Angor and looked at the glass on a rock nearby.
The cup that Na Meicui was staring at slowly floated into the air as if it was being summoned. Finally, it landed in front of Na Meicui.
Na Meicui lowered her head and stared at the cup quietly.
Ripples like water suddenly appeared around the cup. After the ripples appeared, the cup that was emitting cold air disappeared, revealing a blue ice circle that was about the size of a baby's palm and engraved with strange symbols.
Nai Meicui lifted her head and looked at Angor. "Yser wouldn't give away his keepsake for no reason. You're the one who got it, so I'm sure you know who you are."
Since he was a human and had the token from Yzert, Nai Meicui could easily guess who he was.
Before Angor could say anything, Palisanya gave Angor an angry glare and pointed at the blue ice circle with a branch. "You told me you wanted to drink water. But your real purpose was to use this thing to disturb Mister Yzert's training?!"
"I didn't mean to disturb her. I just took out Princess Yzert's keepsake and did nothing else." Angor's tone was obviously mocking Palisanya's words.
Palisanya was right. Angor had been in the core area of the Lost Forest for a long time without seeing Na Meicui. He was worried that Yzert was really meditating, so he used an illusion spell to wrap the keepsake into a cup and took it out of his space.
This token was given to him by Frost Yzert when he left the Malaya Ice Mountains. According to Yzert, Nai Meicui was a very stubborn person. The only person it respected was Mister Feng, and this keepsake was given to Yzert by Mister Feng. If he accidentally offended Nai Meicui and took out the token, Nai Meicui would at least forgive him for the sake of the token.
Angor didn't know whether Nai Meicui didn't want to see him or she really didn't care about worldly affairs. So he took out the keepsake to attract Nai Meicui's attention.
And in fact, it was very successful.
Of course, Palisanya wouldn't listen to Angor's explanation. It glared at him angrily, but Nai Meicui was right beside it, so it couldn't really attack Angor. It only humphed and explained to Nai Meicui, "I didn't mean to bring him here. I didn't think he would use this method to attract Mister Yzert's attention."
Nai Meicui shook her head and interrupted Palisanya. "It's fine. He's the one mentioned in the prophecy. I'll come out to meet him no matter what."
Palisanya sighed in relief when Nai Meicui didn't mind. Still, it didn't stop glaring at Angor.
Since Angor achieved his goal, he ignored Palisanya's glare and bowed to Nai Meicui. "Mister Nai Meicui, I'm here to follow Mister Feng's footsteps. I want to know something about Mister Feng, as well as the prophecy you mentioned. Can you tell me about it? "
Yzert told Angor a lot of information about the prophecy, but most of the details were still vague. Since Nai Meicui was close to Feng, it might know more secrets.
Nai Meicui gave Angor a thoughtful look and didn't answer right away. Instead, she lowered her head and swallowed the keepsake. Then she turned around and looked at Angor from the side. "Follow me if you want to know."
With that, Nai Meicui wandered into the woods.
Soon, Nai Meicui's figure disappeared from sight. However, the path of blooming flowers on the ground showed Angor the way forward.
When he was about to follow the path, a blue lantern flower suddenly showed up in the shadow.
It was Elmi sending another warning to Angor.
Elmi's message was brief. It secretly assessed Nai Meicui's strength and said that she was "unbeatable". It then told Angor to stay away from Nai Meicui for safety reasons.
After all, even if Elmi were to face a rank 2 truth-finder Wizard, he would still be able to put up a fight even if he would lose.
So far, Elmi only said "unbeatable" to one person, and that was Mister Rein.
Nai Meicui's rating was the same as Rein's. It didn't mean that Nai Meicui was as strong as Rein, but in terms of energy level, Nai Meicui definitely reached Rein's level.
A level-3 truth-finder wizard's energy level!
Only such a level of power would cause Elmi to send out a warning even before the other party showed any malicious intent. Just standing in front of Nai Meicui was enough to make Angor feel unsafe.
Of course, Angor understood Elmi's warning. However, he still didn't plan to leave.
Nai Meicui had not shown any hostility yet. Leaving the forest now would only bring him more trouble. Also, he already had a hunch about Nai Meicui's strength when he entered the forest. He still chose to go deeper into the forest because he had something to rely on.
There was no way he could beat Elmi. But with his current strength, he could buy a few seconds to escape.
Nai Meicui was only an elemental creature after all. She didn't know as much about space crevices as Angor. If Elmi was a knowledgeable wizard, Angor might actually listen to Elmi's advice.
After comforting Elmi, he followed the path of flowers on the ground and headed toward the center of the forest.
Palisanya followed behind him. However, it didn't look at Angor as kindly as before.
Following the path, they arrived at a small hill in the center of the forest.
Angor already saw Nai Meicui when he was still at the foot of the hill. Nai Meicui was standing on top of the hill, looking at the stars in the night sky. Her golden eyes seemed to be filled with longing.
Nai Meicui didn't move even after Angor and Palisanya reached the top of the hill.
Angor and Palisanya had no choice but to wait quietly behind Nai Meicui.
A snake looking at the stars, a visitor seeking knowledge, and a guardian tree.
This scene was like a painting.
After a long time, Nai Meicui finally spoke again, "What is at the end of the sky?"
Nai Meicui didn't look back. She didn't ask anyone to answer, but Angor was sure that she wasn't talking to Palisanya.
Angor didn't know what Nai Meicui meant, but he still needed her help. "There is no end. It's an endless void."
"Is there really no end to the void?" Nai Meicui asked again.
"If the edge of the universe is the end of the void, then so is it." Angor paused. "But there might be other universes beyond this one. There's still no end."
"What's a universe?" Nai Meicui asked again.
"It's the concept of a grand unification," Angor explained casually.
Angor didn't know whether Nai Meicui understood or not. However, Nai Meicui didn't ask about the universe. Instead, she asked another question, "What are the stars in the sky?"
"They're reflections of general planes."
"How far are we from these general planes?" Nai Meicui asked.
"They look close, but they're actually very far away. But we can save some time if we travel through the void, "Angor answered Nai Meicui's question honestly.
Angor thought Nai Meicui would ask more questions, but she only looked at the sky without saying anything.
After a long time, Nai Meicui sighed softly, "This world is really big."
Angor tried to think of a way to answer the question. But before he could say anything, Nai Meicui continued, "I once asked Mister Feng the same question, and he gave me the same answer.
"He saw that I'm interested in these things, so he asked me if … you want to see more wonders of this world as well?
"My answer is no. I'm not interested in those beautiful sceneries. "
Nai Meicui seemed to be lost in her own thoughts and began to talk to herself. Angor didn't bother her because it seemed that she was talking about something related to Feng.
"After Mr. Feng heard about it, he told me that there aren't many people in the Sorcerer World who look up at the starry sky like me but don't think about the wider scenery.
"He asked me what I'm thinking about when I look at the stars.
"My answer is, I feel so small." Nai Meicui's voice drifted into his ears along with the evening breeze, along with the fragrance of flower petals.
"Compared to this big world, I'm too small," Nai Meicui said, "I don't care about the beauty of the void, but I want to be less small.
"I want to become as dazzling as those stars in the void."
After saying that, Na Meicui still remembered that Feng had turned to her and said, "You are indeed very interesting. You are completely different from that slow-witted Starwood. Do you want me to draw you a picture? "
"What do you want in exchange?" Nai Meicui asked.
Hearing this, Feng laughed out loud. After laughing, he said to Naimicui in a serious tone, "I can make you not so small."
That was all Nai Meicui could say. Nai Meicui finally turned around and looked at Angor with her back facing the stars. "This is how I met Mister Feng for the first time."
"Sounds good."
Nai Meicui's eyes reflected the stars. "I think so too. It's the best deal I've ever made in my life.
"After the deal was made, Feng stayed in Lost Forest and taught me a lot of things. It was during this time that I began to grow stronger, and I soon reached the level of an Elemental Monarch. "
That was when the gap between him and Nai Meicui became bigger and bigger. "That's when the gap between him and Nai Meicui became bigger. They had clearly grown up together, but because of their different encounters, they had parted ways on the same path.
Nai Meicui didn't know what Nai Meicui was thinking. "But I still wasn't satisfied. Every time I looked at the stars, I still felt so small.
"So, I continued my training. It took me nearly two thousand years to surpass my past self and reach a new realm. "
"According to Mister Feng's classification, I'm now a level-3 wizard.
"Even so, I still can't get rid of the feeling of insignificance in front of the endless void and the shining general plane.
"I yearn for it, and I want to become stronger."
"But I seemed to have reached a bottleneck. Before this, the improvement of my elemental cores was going smoothly. But when I reached a certain point, no matter how hard I tried, I could only get a quantitative increase.
"This sort of situation continued for a very long time. It also caused me to feel vexed for a very long time."
"Until six hundred years ago, when Mister Feng came to the Tidal Realm for the second time.
"He gave me hope."
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