Super Righteous Player
Chapter 490 - 31 The Gradually Developing Naifertali_1

Chapter 490: Chapter 31 The Gradually Developing Naifertali_1

In the brightly lit study, there stood a unique lamp submerged in water.

It was not made of "green fire" as its fuel, the smokeless lamp... Indeed, the light was very bright, but by the standards of a study, it was excessively glaring, which could easily damage one’s eyesight.

After all, the Dwellers of the Depths are very sensitive to light.

With money, leisure, status, and technology—Naifertali had very high standards for her quality of life.

The walls and curtains of her study were made of furniture from the amalgamation of night-blooming flowers and secret oils. This material had an extremely high rate of light absorption; even at noon, it could keep the study free of sunlight. Conversely, it prevented light from the study from shining through the curtains, thus safeguarding her privacy.

To soundproof the room, another special ointment had to be applied.

But this could be extracted from the secretions of the skin of a summon from the domain of Silence— a creature called Throat of Silence, resembling an alien in appearance.

Her crystal desk lamp, then, was made by placing a large amount of seawater and a dozen "light-sealed ice blocks" within an artistically hollow irregular cube. This created an adjustable brightness lamp—by pressing a knob, seawater would flow through the mechanism to the other side without ice blocks, thus reducing the amount of water and correspondingly the brightness.

This simple invention was also a product of the "Wise Ones."

They did not like the Heath Tower of Black’s transforming Wizards, who would directly research some complex-functional potion and develop it from a deep level.

Rather, they used a large number of already available ritual products for appropriate combinations—most of the inventions carried out by the Wise Ones were of this extent. After all, the Wise Ones were not transforming Wizards and couldn’t research the profound complexities.

However, optimizing based on the basic theories and products of the transforming Wizards turned out to be surprisingly efficient. And the various products they output also sold very well.

Like the light-blocking curtains mentioned above, in Noah they were called "light-banishing linens," priced at eight silver coins a piece... almost ten times the cost price.

The Wise Ones might be physically weak, but to them, wisdom itself is a lethal weapon.

The young female Ritualist, with skin pale as stone and eyes blazing like flames, was searching through the bookshelves.

She had eight bookshelves filled with books, using the rituals of the Mysterious Lady to overlap their positions. Thus, she could take up the space of just one bookshelf but access the contents of many... and there was room for future additions.

"—Found it!"

Naifertali exclaimed in a low voice.

From the bookshelf that emanated deep blue ripples, she pulled out an exceptionally ancient leather-bound book.

This book was made from Elf skin, and when touched by hand, it would quiver slightly as if alive—it seemed to possess some kind of consciousness, resisting Naifertali’s reading.

Naifertali placed her hand on the page, whispering:

"Silence. Six. Light Ant."

She then turned over the page and reiterated the password she had set: "Glow Worm. Three and one-seventh. Naifertali."

After the double decryption, the text on the page returned to its original state.

Such caution was quite reasonable.

Because this was a genuine "original text".

Its name was "1096 Jungle Exploration Chronicles," in reality, a diary from the Fourth Era detailing the secrets of various deities and great beings.

Naifertali had skimmed through this book... That was why she could find it so accurately.

The "Wise Ones" would use a special secret ritual, enabling them to read a book quickly, leaving a clear impression without retaining the memory. In this way, they could avoid the extensive, unnecessary influences or being victimized by the rituals hidden within the "original texts" while reading.

When they needed to consult the information, their minds would instantly know where to find that data.

It was akin to a search engine they filled with information themselves.

"It’s here!"

Swiftly, Naifertali found the passage she remembered:

"...Upon marching to Nata County, I, Blind Monty, and Captain Justus finally made up our minds—resolved to corrupt our own souls."

"Blind Monty gave us a suggestion: This is a technique used by the ascenders of the ’Tooth and Iron Alliance’ during the era when Elves and centaurs ruled the world, capable of effectively resisting betrayal. I think this is a good method, so I have recorded it below:

"When three people are preparing to corrupt their souls at the same time, they can each tell one of them the vows of the Curse Binding that protects their souls; and at the attempt to condense the soul, they can tell another person the vows of the Curse Binding that serves as the core of the soul.

"This ensures that, after the soul has condensed, each person will know the Curse Binding vows of the other two, but it will be impossible to kill any one of them with a countercurse alone; at the same time, each person becomes the secret keeper of the other two, and when the other two are outdoors, they will protect him to prevent suddenly losing a secret keeper and being unable to suppress the curse.

"Additionally, possessing each other’s deepest secrets is also one of the easiest ways to form a friendship. This ritual usually involves two Transcendents of the same gender and one of the opposite gender, to prevent an outsider of the opposite sex from entering this stable triangular structure and deceiving important information from one of them—as when one’s critical vulnerability is in the hands of another, any member of the team has reason to exclude all comers.

"They do not exist as romantic relationships between men and women, but because of this overly intimate relationship, which exceeds that of lovers and relatives as ’secret keepers’ for each other, they usually have no need for friends of the opposite sex... or rather, in the presence of an opposite-sex friend with whom one’s heart resonates, all others of the opposite sex seem so dull, superficial, and boring.

"In even older times, the ’Sun Council’ was able to produce actual power through this ritual. ’The Fifth Daylight is the light reflected in the eyes of the world,’ and the relationships between people could also become a source of power. (Note: Blind Monty said that the Sun Council was not actually called the Sun Council, but its name could not be spoken or written, yet they themselves studied the ’Wisdom of the Eight Aspects,’ so it is referred to here as the Sun Council. The subsequent mentions of ’Sun Church,’ ’Eight Aspects Council,’ ’Eight Aspects Church’ are all referring to the same entity)..."

Naifertali read up to this point.

After she had read the information she needed, she closed the book very rationally and calmly.

The primary quality of a Ritualist is not curiosity, fanaticism, or the desire for knowledge.

—It is reason and calm.

Even though she had only looked up such a segment of information, she was forced to read a section on the mysterious knowledge of "The Fifth Daylight." It had a noticeable effect on her mind—when she looked at the light and closed her eyes, she felt the light dancing at the bottom of her eyes, and she could barely keep them shut.

The well-learned Naifertali knew that this was a Low-level Influence called ’Ecstatic Radiance.’ One needed to place oneself in a lightless environment, lying on the ground for more than ten minutes, to let the ’living light’ in the brain and the bottom of the eyes crawl out.

"...But the goal was still achieved."

Naifertali’s eyebrows knitted slightly.

According to Niusel’s feedback, the three of them did indeed live in the same house... but they lived in three different bedrooms.

This peculiar relationship made it difficult for Naifertali to judge.

However, when Lin Yiyi accepted the three pieces of jewelry, the abnormal behavior immediately made Naifertali flinch, as if thinking of something.

But now after checking the information, Naifertali suddenly had an epiphany:

"The organization’s name cannot be read or written," "starting from Bronze tier, operate in groups of three," "two of the same gender, and one of the opposite gender, yet not in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship," "undertaking secret keepers for each other during advancement"... and most importantly, possibly related to the ’sun.’

At first sight, Naifertali was very astutely aware of a scent on them related to the influence of the ’sun.’

It is well known that ’eyes’ are one of the manifestations of the sun.

It all matches up!

Everything matches up!

Without a doubt, the Hidden Eye is this ancient organization that has existed since the fourth age... even during the era of the Elves!

Naifertali pondered with satisfaction.

Could the ’Hidden Eye’ be referring to an eclipse?

And what does the eclipse signify?

Could it be The Zeroth Daylight of the sun? But there is no such term.

"Or is it... they worship The Seventh Daylight?"

Naifertali muttered to herself.

After all, The Seventh Daylight has yet to be born. If what is referred to is the ’light that does not exist,’ it could only be The Seventh Daylight...

But this concept is too abstract...

Indeed, it’s best not to speculate rashly. Better to eliminate this possibility for now.