Chapter 19: The Gift of Adventure
"What is the gift of adventure?" Xiao Chen asked.
"There seems to be something that favors those powerful individuals. Many strong people will be gifted for various reasons after they first show their edge. Not only magicians, but also many powerful warriors have also been given magical opportunities. A lot of times, these opportunities come in a way that is simply ......" Tasia seemed to be unable to find the right words for a moment.
"Inexplicable?" Xiao Chen said.
"That's right, it's like the Iberian kingdom's monarch Alan I, who was once chased and killed by the enemy and fell off a cliff, and returned half a year later, he mastered a strong fighting spirit, and was visited by strangers in the military camp, received a set of military books, and found a set of artifact armor in the cave when he was sheltering from the rain in the mountains, this set of armor saved his life in the biggest defeat and had a chance to make a comeback. It's all like a script, except that the average actor knows how to act again, and those of us don't. ”
Xiao Chen felt a little crying and laughing, he touched his nose and said, "If that's the case, I don't think the screenwriter's level is very good, these bridges are a bit old." ”
"Isn't it said that life is sometimes more bloody than drama?" Li Jia said.
"How many people can tell the difference between life and drama, and how do we know that it is not a real world when we see a story in a book, and how do we know that we are not living in a book?" said Tasia, sighing lightly.
"And do you have any explanation for the Gift of Adventure?"
"Some people think it's a reward from the gods of nature, some think it's the legacy of the ancient gods, but at the end of the day, no one really wants this to happen to us all of a sudden. She said.
"You've repeatedly mentioned 'we', do you think that the gift of adventure also happened to us?" Xiao Chen suddenly raised his eyebrows and asked.
Tasia suddenly leaned over and said in a very soft voice in front of Xiao Chen, "Isn't it? Your Excellency Xiao Chen. How would you have obtained the legacy of the Tower of Dreams without adventures?"
When Xiao Chen heard this, his body stiffened, and Tasia, who had already retreated to her original position, had a little smile on her cold face.
Li Jia stood up from the chair suddenly, Xiao Chen patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Relax, Miss Tasia will not break this point if she wants to be unfavorable to us." ”
Tasia didn't speak, tilted her head slightly, and then walked out of the reading room first. Xiao Chen and Li Jia glanced at each other and followed out quietly.
Tasia walked down the stairs to the door of a reception room on the second floor. She pushed open the door, turned back to Xiao Chen and said, "This is my rented room, you can talk with confidence." ”
Xiao Chen looked around, this was a secret room without even a window, with a carpet on the floor and a circle of luxurious silk sofas around it. Lighting runes on the roof and walls illuminate the room clearly. In order not to lose his momentum, he walked to the sofa and sat down, and also beckoned Li Jia to sit aside, and then crossed Erlang's legs and asked, "Miss Tasia, has our relationship with the Tower of Dreams been spread to some extent in the high-level circles of mages? Well, after all, several great mages already know this secret." As a descendant of an ancient magical family, Miss Tasia should not have a hard time obtaining such information. ”
The female magician, who looked to be only in her early twenties, walked up to Xiao Chen and sat down, shook her head and said, "That's not it, I think the few people you mentioned shouldn't have spread your identity." It's just that you released a meditation space on the path of refining gods that day, and I saw it. ”
"Good eyesight, most mages probably don't know what it is. Xiao Chen said.
"Although I have studied the Seven Holy Pagodas a lot, I am not sure that it is a meditation space. But ......" Tasia smiled and glanced at Li Jia, "Master Li Jia's excited look helped me confirm this temptation. ”
Li Jia's old face flushed and lowered his head.
Xiao Chen patted Li Jia's shoulder to show that he was okay, and he asked, "Then you came to me, what advice do you have?"
"The mere identity of a Descendant of the Tower of Dreams doesn't make me risk showing up to meet you. However, I heard that you and His Excellency Li Jia have helped many magicians decipher difficult magic texts these days, and today I saw that you are reading the difficult book "Garfield's Travels", so I wanted to meet you. Tasia put the black booklet in her hand on the table and slowly pushed it down in front of Xiao Chen, "I want to ask you to help me read this text." ”
It was a leather folder, and Xiao Chen opened it and found that there was only a piece of paper inside, on which a half-written and half-white Chinese character was written in childish handwriting:
"Magic is the power of the origin, all over this realm, which can be led by thoughts and achieve ten thousand laws. The runes attract magic power, which seems to be a shortcut, but it is actually a small path, and it is also a shackle of cultivation. The art of pursuing the origin of the direct emperor seems to be reluctant, but in fact, it goes straight to the essence, almost the avenue. ”
Xiao Chen swept over this text, and there was a bang in his head. Can magic power be directly mobilized by spiritual power? Casting spells with a rune structure composed of magic scripts is actually not a great way? For a while, he had some inspiration, but there was too little information, so he didn't catch that momentary thought.
However, on the surface, he frowned and said, "Miss Tasia thinks that the writing of this text is very different from the usual expression, and there are several rare words that do not know the pronunciation and meaning. ”
Tasia nodded, looking delighted, "Can you read it?" I'm willing to offer high pay. ”
Xiao Chen read the full text aloud.
"Wait a minute, paper pants, paper gu, no, shackles. That's what I said. There is also this 'several' reading chicken, not reading squeezing. Tasia changed her previous indifferent expression, and her pale face actually flushed, "You really have a lot more magical characters than we do. Can you explain to me the meaning of this text, and you can negotiate how much you need to be paid, whether it's gold, magic crystals, or magic scrolls. ”
Xiao Chen winked at Li Jia, who shook his head slightly, sure enough, she was still a little girl, just like himself, and couldn't hold her breath.
"Miss Tasia, translating the content, I can't do it yet. Xiao Chen said regretfully.
"What, are you afraid that you won't be paid enough?"
"Of course not. You know that any text needs to be judged in context. I can see that the content of this text must be related to some kind of cultivation. If you can't read the text in its entirety. I don't dare to make random translations. Xiao Chen said with a serious expression, "You must know that on the path of magic cultivation, the slightest deviation and misunderstanding can kill people. ”
Hearing this, Tasia was visibly a little entangled. She took the clip that Xiao Chen handed back to her, and sat there hesitating.
Li Jia said at this time: "Miss Tasia, looking at your appearance, it must have taken a lot of effort to interpret this book, and in the end, I didn't find any results elsewhere. It seems that the final translation of this book still depends on our knowledge. However, even if you scrambled the text to show us, we would still be able to understand most of the content based on the logic behind it. In that case, what difference does it make if you take the book out or not? Concealment also increases the risk of misreading. ”
"This ......" Tasia saw that Xiao Chen and Li Jia's eyes were very sincere, and finally nodded: "Okay." I'll bring that book here tomorrow. ”