Yan Luo, wearing a fully enclosed helt, sat in the front row with their arms crossed, while Sasa and Li Xinyue were in the back seat. The car was self-driving and didn’t require a driver.
"The professor has already contacted Celestial Sea University for us, and Professor Xin Tiesuan is currently available."
Xin Tiesuan lived in the faculty dormitories at Celestial Sea University because he had many friends here to accompany him, and they often went out for walks and chats together.
Xin Tiesuan was older than Li Jiongming. He was born just as the decade of loss began and had experienced many things.
According to Professor Li Jiongming, the current ergence of engravings was related to Xin Tiesuan’s uncle.
From the naming format of Professor Xin Tiesuan’s siblings, it’s clear that his family wasn’t an archaeological family but rather a "grave robbing family" might be more apt.
However, those tis are long gone. Before Xin Tiesuan was born, his father’s generation had stopped grave robbing and instead beca middlen selling and buying antiques.
When it passed down to Xin Tiesuan’s generation, it turned into an archaeological family.
Since Professor Xin Tiesuan, the Xin Clan has made archaeology its vocation, with the entire family involved in archaeological-related professions.
Even though there was a suspicious figure in the car wearing a fully enclosed helt, Celestial Sea University’s gate still opened for Yan Luo and the others.
Once inside the campus, the car’s speed dropped suddenly, moving as slow as a creeping turtle.
Even manually controlling it couldn’t increase the speed.
The sedan leisurely headed towards the faculty dormitory building and then parked in the lot downstairs.
Though it was terd a dormitory, it actually resembled residential communities outside, whether in building appearance, parking lot, or garden arrangents.
"Let’s go, Professor Xin is waiting for us at his ho for a visit."
Sasa was the first to get off the car, followed by Li Xinyue and Yan Luo.
Yan Luo couldn’t move freely within Celestial Sea City, so Li Xinyue had to act as his guarantor and accompany him, which is why they were here.
Additionally, Li Xinyue was already aware of most of Yan Luo’s secrets. Even in the Elf World, Li Xinyue faintly suspected that Yan Luo might be a ’Saint.’
In that case, there’s no issue letting Li Xinyue listen to Professor Xin Tiesuan’s narration.
At the dormitory building, Sasa and the others verified their identities through the access control system and received permission to enter, then took the elevator to the third floor.
The apartnt closest to the elevator on the third floor of this dormitory was Professor Xin Tiesuan’s ho.
When Sasa reached the door, she slightly tipped on her toes and used her face to unlock Professor Xin Tiesuan’s door.
— Long ago when Li Jiongming contacted Xin Tiesuan, he granted Sasa ’guest access,’ allowing her to unlock the door once.
The door was unlocked, and Xin Tiesuan received a notification, so he ca out of the study.
"Hello Professor Xin, I’m Sasa, a student of Professor Li."
Sasa, with Yan Luo and Li Xinyue, stood outside the entrance, bowing respectfully to Professor Xin Tiesuan.
Xin Tiesuan nodded slightly, his gaze involuntarily drifting to the towering man standing behind Sasa.
"If I’m not mistaken, you must be Yan Luo?"
Yan Luo, beneath the mask, slightly furrowed his brow and looked at Xin Tiesuan.
From appearance, this professor didn’t seem to match his na at all.
Xin Tiesuan had white hair and beard, a gaunt figure, looking like a genteel and easygoing old artist.
Yan Luo nodded, his voice echoing within the helt, "I am Yan Luo."
"Co on in."
Xin Tiesuan chuckled and invited Yan Luo and the others inside.
The robotic housekeeper handed Sasa and her companions three pairs of slippers, and after changing shoes, they all entered the living room.
Another robotic caretaker responsible for looking after Xin Tiesuan headed to the living room and brought out three cups of hot tea for them.
Xin Tiesuan was very old, his wrinkled skin resembling a shriveled orange, needing an exoskeleton for physical support even to walk.
However, after welcoming Yan Luo and the others inside, he seed in good spirits.
Looking at Yan Luo and the others seated, Xin Tiesuan asked, "You’ve co here to inquire about the ’Saint’ from this old man, correct?"
Sasa nodded, "That’s right, Professor Xin, we’ve co here precisely for that reason."
Li Jiongming had already clarified their purpose to Xin Tiesuan during an earlier call, so from the start, Xin Tiesuan’s gaze kept veering toward Yan Luo.
In Xin Tiesuan’s perception, Yan Luo seed to display traits akin to the legendary ’Saint.’
Then, Sasa remarked, "Since you’ve already understood why we’re here, I’ll be brief — Professor, we strongly suspect Yan Luo is a ’Saint.’ His blood can grant engravers the superpower of ’automatic absorption of magic power’; for animals with very low magic power adaptability, ingestion of his blood enhances their bodily structure. We want to ask what you think about this? Besides the abilities we’ve already detected, do ’Saints’ possess any special abilities?"
Indeed!
Hearing Sasa’s account, Xin Tiesuan’s expression turned pensive.
He had studied history for over half his life and beca fervent in understanding what ’Saints’ really were after encountering history dating back over eight thousand years.
Now, a living Saint stood before him—how could he not feel a shred of excitent?
"Saints, you say..."
Xin Tiesuan took a deep breath and slowly stated, "Actually, it’s sowhat different from what you imagine. The history of engravings and Saints didn’t abruptly end from the mont Blue Star severed ties with the Abyss. The dissipation of magic power was a prolonged process, and so was the disappearance of engravings and Saints."
Upon hearing this, Sasa realized that their initial conjectures were correct.
"The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were Saints, and Chiyou was also a Saint. After them, King Wen of Zhou was a Saint, as were Confucius and Laozi. In fact, the students of Confucius inherently gained his blood legacy. However, during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, the magic power environnt had weakened to the point of being unable to support the existence of high-tier demons, thus rendering even Saints unable to grow stronger.
"As for our legendary immortals, they were actually engravers, but their powers weakened as the magic power environnt dwindled. According to our research, after Xiang Yu, Blue Star no longer had Saints, because the magic power environnt then couldn’t sustain their ergence. Engravers did continue until the Tang Dynasty, but by the late Tang era, in the 10th century, their legacy stalled, and thereafter, the world saw no engravers.
"In Europe, which corresponds to today’s Northern Region, the ergence of the Cross Sect suppressed the engravers’ legacy entirely."
Xin Tiesuan shared what he knew in simplified terms for Sasa and the others to understand.
Upon hearing this, Li Xinyue was slightly dazed.
She had never imagined Blue Star’s past history to be so intricate.
But such circumstances were quite normal.
After all, the severance of ties between Blue Star and the Abyss took place over eight thousand years ago, back when various civilizations hadn’t fully developed their writing systems.
If the history of engravers and Saints had ended back then, it would be virtually impossible for them to dig out engravings.
Subsequently, Xin Tiesuan continued his narration.
As they delved deeper into engraving history, they discovered that Taoist talismans had a profound connection with engravings.
Initially, talismans were engraved onto jade, functioning as stamp tools that could indeed trigger superpowers.
Later, as the magic power environnt faded, engraving legacies faced discontinuity, and talisman diums shifted from jade to yellow paper, with the symbols illustrated on yellow paper gradually morphing into ambiguous forms.
By deciphering talismans and restoring the symbols, Xia Country researched multiple engravings, including the [Warrior] series, which was reconstructed this way.
These historical narratives were unknown to Sasa and her companions, making them quite intrigued.
Xin Tiesuan’s reason for discussing engraving history was due to its deep connection with the history of Saints.
"We suspect that in ancient tis, the first superpower being to erge on Blue Star was indeed a Saint!" Xin Tiesuan asserted confidently.
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