Chapter 306: Willow Manor’s Purpose
The subsequent development was somewhat beyond Xia Feng’s expectations.
After a year at Willow Manor, Xia Feng and Gong Changyi entered the inner manor. Willow Manor was divided into an outer and an inner manor. Every pair of masters and servants who lived in the outer manor for one to two years had a chance to enter the inner manor and enjoy better treatment.
Of course, with better treatment came the opportunity to access Willow Manor’s core secrets. This was how Xia Feng met Willow Manor’s master, [Liu Zhengen].
He was a middle-aged man wearing a gold-rimmed monocle over his white coat, with a pale complexion and a gentle demeanor. At that moment, he was leaning against a laboratory bench, holding a thick stack of documents. He continuously flipped through the pages while speaking in a gentle tone:
“Gong Changyi, Xia Feng, Spirit Particle Compatibility: 99.87%, Psychological Deviation: 91 degrees.”
As he spoke, his grey-green eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked up at the two children standing before him.
“Your compatibility is the highest among tens of thousands of master-servant pairs over the years, almost perfect. However, your psychological deviation is also the highest. Gong Changyi, do you know what this means?”
The white-skirted girl glanced at the bewildered boy beside her, smiled faintly, and shook her head.
“Dr. Liu, you don’t need to scare me. Based on the fact that I can perfectly adapt to the [Eternal Day Core], Xiao Feng and I are already the most likely successful pair among your many experimental subjects.”
The white-skirted girl raised her slender, fox-like eyes. “You have no other choice.”
“Oh? It seems you’ve overheard quite a few secrets these past few years.” Liu Zhengen remarked with a gentle smile. “In that case, would you mind telling me your Spirit Artifact Level?”
The white-skirted girl didn’t hide anything. “S-class.”
“As expected. No wonder you could evade the detection of the spirit testing instruments.” Liu Zhengen sighed lightly and then chuckled, shaking his head. “However, to encounter an S-class artifact… it seems my luck is indeed quite good.”
As the two were talking, Xia Feng silently observed the black-dressed woman who was curiously wandering around the laboratory, touching things here and there. It was clear that Miss Mu was very interested in Liu Zhengen’s experiments.
“By the way, Miss Mu, are these experimental records real? Do they also exist in my memory?” Xia Feng asked, somewhat confused. Logically, even if these experimental records appeared in his memory world, they should be blank. But judging by the surrounding situation, all the records and data seemed incredibly detailed and dense. It wasn’t possible for his younger self to have memorized all the data and information in the entire laboratory, was it?
“This is the effect of the laws.” Mu Qingtong explained softly. “As a Seven-eyed Level Great Calamity, Nightmare has touched upon the realm of laws. Therefore, the memory world constructed by its abilities is not solely composed of life memories. This memory world can also replicate destined historical events from the river of time based on the laws of the real world. Simply put, it can perfect things that have appeared in your memory but whose details you don’t know, making them indistinguishable from reality.”
“Of course, the degree of this replication is also related to the Nightmare’s cultivation level. If it could achieve the Eight-eyed Level, it could then replicate information from B-grade or even A-class spirit paper.”
“Whoa, that’s truly amazing.” Xia Feng felt that the Nightmare Great Calamity was like a treasure trove, not only helping people recover memories but also obtaining various spirit paper information. Well, of course, that’s if it achieved the Eight-eyed Level and ascended to divinity! Thinking of this, Xia Feng couldn’t help but look forward to the Nightmare elder brother quickly becoming a god, so he and Mu Shen could go play with this elder brother together.
Just as Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong were communicating telepathically.
The young Xia Feng anxiously tugged at the white-skirted girl’s sleeve. He didn’t understand their conversation about compatibility and the Eternal Day Core. He was confused and a little scared.
“It seems your ‘servant’ doesn’t quite understand the test he’s about to face.” The middle-aged man adjusted the monocle on his right eye, its lens reflecting a faint golden light. He scanned the boy up and down, pondered for a moment, then tapped his knuckles on the table and stood up.
“Come with me. I’ll show you a true divine object first.” The giant silver wall in front of the laboratory suddenly parted, like a city gate opening slightly, revealing a thin crack from which a dim light emanated. The middle-aged man walked in slowly.
Young Xia Feng hesitantly looked at Sister Yi. The white-skirted girl stroked his head, then took his small hand and whispered, “Don’t be afraid, sister is here.”
“Okay.” He immediately felt at ease, clutched the girl’s soft, slender hand, and followed her into the dimness.
Inside the door was not hell. Instead, it was a magnificent, high-tech experimental well. Externally, it appeared as a semi-transparent glass cylinder with a radius of ten meters and a height of a hundred meters. It was filled with a light golden flow of energy, resembling a solidified thunderbolt pillar reaching from the ground to the heavens, standing before everyone. Around the energy pillar, various futuristic instruments were set up, and laboratory personnel in dark blue uniforms and goggles moved back and forth. Some were constantly adjusting instruments, others were recording information with their heads bowed, occasionally looking up at the energy pillar and then speaking in low voices to their colleagues.
Xia Feng received a pair of goggles from a staff member and put them on. His eyes felt much better. Just as he entered, he had looked directly at the energy pillar, causing his eyes to water and sting. It seemed this energy pillar was what Willow Manor was researching.
Through the goggles, he looked intently with curiosity and discovered that the glass cylinder contained more than just a light golden flow of energy. In the center of the solidified energy flow, a brilliant golden sphere was continuously expanding and contracting. A fluid that ranged from deep red to pale white flowed and exploded on its surface, resembling a sun, emitting endless light.
“This is the [God Relic – Eternal Day Core], and it is what you two will devour.” Liu Zhengen looked at the boy and smiled kindly. “You got full marks in your ‘Theology’ lessons this past year. You should know that the **Eternal Day** is one of the Twelve Main Star Gods, ranked among the constellations of the Star Gods, and its divine authority is [Eternity and Perpetual Day].”
The boy nodded. Although he still couldn’t comprehend what a god truly was, he could memorize things by rote. In ancient times, due to unknown reasons, the gods fell. Most of the Eighth Order Star Gods were wiped out. Some Ninth Order Star Gods were sealed, some fell into a deep sleep, and some were directly destroyed. The Eternal Day Star God, for instance, had died and vanished.
However, the Eternal Day’s [Power of Eternal Existence] was very special and peculiar. One of its abilities allowed its divine authority to be ‘inheritable.’ As the name suggests, whoever obtained its divine authority core could ascend to a divine position and replace it. This ability, which offered no benefit to itself, was extremely strange and unique among the Twelve Main Star Gods.
Xia Feng gazed at the dazzling, sun-like sphere in the glass cylinder. Therefore, this Eternal Day Core before him should be the materialized divine object of the [Eternal Day Divine Authority] after the Eternal Day Star God’s demise. Thus, it was obvious: Willow Manor’s purpose was to create a god! To seize the Eternal Day’s divine position!
