There are two ceremonies not to be missed in the Transcean Empire, both of which are known for their grandeur and grandeur, and are symbols of the empire's strength and glory.

One is the Flower Scattering Ceremony held every year on March 4 in the Holy Capital, where Prince Xavier Trans will hold up his unique shield on the clouds at a height of 10,000 meters, which resonates with the protective shields of the Imperial Ministers, and the most gorgeous petals float across the sky to commemorate the mighty magicians who died in the Founding War.

The other is the much-anticipated rite of passage, in which hundreds of brave young and young people, under the protection of the elders of the Holy Capital and the singing of the bards, plant Shiraflora, and the cells of the whole body are baptized, and after pain and suffering, the phoenix blooms like nirvana. They are the future of the empire.

And at this moment, Ah Xue and Cha Cha, two travelers from other worlds, will hold the most bizarre flower planting ceremony in history in the misty forest dominated by elves at the southernmost tip of the empire.

There were only four people for the whole ceremony. The onlookers of the Xia Dynasty, the high priest who prevented the two of them from growing grass all over their bodies because of the failure of planting flowers, and the new parasites of Shiraflo, Ah Xue and Chacha.

The place where the ritual takes place is also quite eerie, like an iron-blooded cage woven from vines and thorny roses. The gray vines were covered with Shiraffolo, and the fog was thick, and the entire barrier was shrouded in a musty smell that had not seen sunlight for many years.

At the center of the cage is the spring where the elves are drying up. The perimeter of the spring had solidified, as if it were surrounded by broken jelly, and several long openings had cracked, and it emitted a foul smell like death.

"Which of you comes first?" The voice of the high priest directly entered the minds of the two of them, with a simple and dignified atmosphere. She smiled slightly, her gaze touching the soul.

Cha Cha didn't answer, she looked at the high priest's face and fell into panic, unable to say a word.

It wasn't that the High Priestess's face was fierce or ugly, but that she was probably the most beautiful and gentle woman of the elves. Cha Cha has never seen a woman so good-looking even with a fake smile.

There is no shield that makes people feel uncomfortable, and it is very different from the elves who shine with the shield. The elf ladies I saw yesterday all raised their noble heads, and all kinds of small animals transformed into protective shields surrounded them. There was nothing around the high priest, and Cha Cha was inexplicably frightened.

"I'll do it first." Xue said.

The high priest smiled and nodded, motioning for Xue to come over. Ah Xue half-knelt in front of the high priest. There was no altar, no chanting, and a vine poked through the corner of the cage and gently touched Ah Xue's eyebrows. Grayish Shiraffolo seeps into the forehead.

Ah Xue's body was trembling, and she gasped softly, trying her best to suppress the pain in her flesh. The foreign body penetrated into the bone marrow through the door of the brain, flowed through the blood around her body, passed through the eight veins of the strange meridians, and took root in her flesh and blood.

Natsuyo shouted encouragement beside him, his voice as if through a thick glass cover.

Cha Cha wanted to step forward, but her body was blocked by Xia Dai and couldn't move.

"Everybody's going to go through it." Xia Dai patted Cha Cha on the shoulder.

"Ah Xue's body is already weak, and if she continues like this, half of her life will be wasted." Cha Cha's nails were embedded in the flesh, "Isn't there a way to relieve the pain?" Can you still inject anesthetics after surgery, and plant a flower? ”

"What is anesthetic?" Natsuyo scratched his hair, it was a new word he heard today, he had never thought that he could awaken his talent in a more relaxed way.

"Don't you have any herbs here that can temporarily paralyze the nerves? The kind that can maintain consciousness but not feel pain. ”

"Yes." The High Priest raised his head with a smile and turned his gaze to Cha Cha, "But wouldn't that lose the meaning of awakening?" ”

"What does it mean to ask for a fart." Cha Cha was dissatisfied, and suddenly thought that there was a similar situation in the original world, where she could give birth painlessly but was brainwashed by her family who was reluctant to spend money, and she was forced to give birth to a child for a few days and nights. The difference is that everyone here experiences pain equally.

"I think what the High Priest said makes a point. Only warriors who can endure hardships are eligible to awaken talents. Xia Dai tilted his head, originally planning to try to use the protective shield resonance to alleviate Ah Xue's pain, but he suddenly dispelled the idea.

Ah Xue couldn't hear anything, couldn't see anything, and used all her strength to squeeze those strange things out of her body. The five senses were gradually lost, and her soul seemed to be trapped in a cage, covered in a viscous fog everywhere.

"Why endure this pain?" A strange voice came from the bottom of my heart. It was Ah Xue's own voice, but it seemed so unfamiliar. It's like the kind of voice that appeared in her head when the teacher asked her to read the text silently when she was a child.

In order to awaken your magical talents. Xue thought. But it seems to be instinctively disgusted.

She does like magic, those unpredictable clouds, the fire dragon soaring in the sky, and the mermaid who escorts the soul, but at this moment she and Cha Cha are forced. Even plane travel is a forced choice. Nicholas Zhao Si'er had no option for them to refuse. He could explain everything, and then it was up to her to decide whether or not she wanted to travel to the plane.

"Want to know?" The voice in his head asked again, and the kind tone seemed to have been heard somewhere.

"Want to know?" Ah Xue remembered that someone asked her a long time ago if she wanted to be a cake chef.

"Want to know?" The voice repeated, with a touch of magic.

"Hmm." Xue tried to answer in her mind.

"Come with me." "I'll do it." "Come on."

The light came from far away, and Ah Xue opened her eyes. A small beast came into view. It has the beard of a goat, the horns of a dragon, but has the shape of a feline. Snow white throughout. The cat-like pupils were half-squinted, as if they could see through everything, "Hello, Axue." ”

"Huh?" Ah Xue was really taken aback.

"Damn, your shield can talk?" Cha Cha was dumbfounded, and he crossed the spring in three or two steps. Dragons as strong as the Xia Dynasty can't speak.

"Hello, Cha Cha." Ah Xue's protective shield spoke again, "This young man with yin and yang eyes, the bipedal dragon above your head can awaken many times. If you're lucky, you can fix water magic. ”

"Awesome, my Axue." Cha Cha couldn't help but whistle.

"Awesome." Xia Dai repeated, his expression a little frustrated.

In the Yunhai Continent, the people who can condense the physical protective shield are extremely rare, and the ones who transform into creatures are even more one in a million, and the elves can each transform into monsters, and the women they meet casually on the road can also conjure up spirit beasts that can speak, which is simply unheard of. He is the greatest magician of the future, and he is actually a far cry in talent. Wait, the shield can awaken multiple times?

Xia Dai involuntarily curled the corners of his mouth, he was indeed the greatest magician in the future.

"Are you Bai Ze?" Ah Xue chose the word you, instinctively feeling that her protective shield was a completely different life form from her.

"Yes, Ayuki."

"What is Bai Ze?" Cha Cha asked.

"Legend has it that it is a mythical beast that can speak human language, understand all things, and drive away evil spirits and avoid evil." Ah Xue explained with a smile, her smile faintly weak.

"It's not that powerful, Ah Xue." Bai Ze said, "My ability needs to rely on your strength. I can analyze all the information you know, but some of the messages are not very common and you don't notice. ”

"That's pretty good, too." Cha Cha said enviously, "Wouldn't it be invincible to use it for sand sculptures." This Nima is a real artificial intelligence. For a moment, Chacha noticed that the high priest's brow furrowed slightly, and she didn't seem very happy. Couldn't Ah Xue's talent be able to repair the spring?

"You have a communicator in your ear, and the sand sculpture can hear it." Ah Xue pursed her lips and smiled, "Cha Cha It's your turn." You've always had a better brain than I am, and I'm really looking forward to what your talent is. ”

"Can I get anesthetic?" Cha Cha said bitterly. But looking at the high priest's unquestioning appearance, it seemed that no amount of wailing would help.

Ignoring the stunned expressions of Natsuyo and the High Priest, Chacha took out the cradle he had stolen from Sylvia yesterday and placed it on the vine. She had to lie on her back and undergo the flower planting ceremony. This cradle is portable and soft, blessed by magic, nibbling on bread and drinking gudong water, she can paralyze until she is old.

Cha Cha closed his eyes, and the gray vines poked at the center of his eyebrows, and the cells in his whole body instantly ignited. "Heh......" Cha Cha let out a low roar, and the dry and hard weeds suddenly penetrated the pores, tying the soft cradle into a hedgehog.

"it!" Cha Cha's whole body was sore, but she couldn't believe her eyes. She really didn't have any magical talent. Could this be the retribution of her awakened talent lying down?

Cha Cha struggled down from the cradle and tumbled unsteadily into the spring.

The stench came to my nose, and the charming smile on the high priest's face was glimpsed through the waves, and there was actually a bit of a real feeling. Xue and Natsuyo hurried over. Axue's Bai Ze didn't move, her white fleshy claws gracefully scratching its furry ears. The smile on the high priest's face seemed to freeze. It's an illusion. Cha Cha thought.

Weeds are shed from the pores. A small black dragon seeped out of its skin, wandering and churning in the spring water, soaking away the dead weeds.

"My shield?" Cha Cha frowned suspiciously. The High Priestess's mood was indeed unstable, and Cha Cha could feel the faint restlessness of the protective shield she had hidden under her clothes. The black dragon tumbled uncontrollably, the jelly-like spring water gradually melting, bubbles bubbling from the bottom of the water.

"Welcome our Savior." The High Priest smiled and bent over to scoop Cha Cha out of the water. As always, a smirk. Chacha struggled to prop up her shield, and she finally had something to confront the haughty elves.