Otherworld Bone Dragon Operation Guide

Chapter 191 A Variety of Words (Updated in Advance)

Besides, a stone carving is just a stone carving; what difference would it make if it were restored to its original state? Su Ming was 100% certain that Miss Belladonna was just throwing a tantrum.

“It’s academic research, what’s a little cost?” The scholar said matter-of-factly. “I made a major discovery because of this. These stone carvings were originally colored, each affix was a different color, and the color changed depending on their position in the sentence.”

"Oh?" Su Ming quickly understood. "Color is also part of the written information in divine language?"

“Hmm, colored letters are the complete expression of the divine language. It’s just that the colors have faded over the long process of transmission, whether on books or stone carvings,” Violet replied. “I traced back all the inscriptions I could find and finally restored the original form of the divine language.”

Very good, the second most wanted person on the Temple of Light's wanted list, the "Destroyer of the Ancient Stele" identity is confirmed.

First on the list is naturally Elisa herself, the "former saint who defected." Incidentally, she's also third on the list as the "fake thief of God the Father."

“By completing the letter colors, the previously chaotic language immediately gained a clear and rigorous set of rules. My learning became much smoother, and I could even easily understand profound works that the bishops considered completely incomprehensible,” Violet said. “I wrote down the relevant grammar in a notebook.”

"Someone saw the notes?" Su Ming wondered what would happen next.

Zijin nodded. "Once I achieved my learning goals at the temple, I planned to leave the nunnery. So I deliberately let a priest see the colorful divine language."

Knowledge is best served when it is put to use. Violet planned to spread these things before she left. But unexpectedly, Catherine hurriedly found her and quickly took her away.

Not long after Violet left, the Shadow Group, the church's group that did all the dirty work, surrounded her dormitory.

"It was my mistake. I was too naive back then," Violet said regretfully.

Divine language is the social hierarchy of the Temple of Light. Those with resources receive instruction from birth, thus gaining the ability to master higher divine arts. Ordinary commoner priests, no matter how hard they work, can never make significant progress in their entire lives.

Zijin's discovery and research on the colored divine language transformed the lofty divine language into a language of ordinary difficulty, shattering this barrier to the core. Therefore, when the temple's higher-ups learned of this, they did not think of the joy of expanding academic knowledge, but rather immediately imprisoned Zijin to protect the supreme position of the temple's rulers!
“You are not wrong, Violet,” Su Ming said. “The ones who are wrong are these corrupt high-ranking officials of the temple!”

He thought about it for a moment, feeling that leaving like this wasn't like a scholar's style. "What else did you do back then?"

"Nothing much, just left a bomb where it killed half of the Shadow Operations team," the scholar replied. "Oh, I got angrier the more I thought about it, so I went to the St. Lan's Cathedral to steal the Evangelistic statue."

"Did they also blow up the St. Lan's Cathedral?" Su Ming thought to himself, "No wonder it's called Belladonna!"

However, he was determined to tear down that disgusting Temple of Light! Su Ming thought to himself.

****
In the Youth Civilization Model Workshop, Su Ming sorted out his thoughts in front of Catherine.

First, the books were filled with color and circulated among the believers of light.

"Is it that inexplicable book, 'A Variety of Words'?" he guessed.

Catherine nodded in admission, "I wrote it. I compiled the grammar of the Colored Divine Language into a novel and secretly introduced its true uses to the commoner students. By the time the higher-ups of the Temple of Light discovered this, it was too late to stop the spread of the new divine language."

No wonder that novel was so dull and uninteresting, Su Ming suddenly realized. This was a grammar manual; Divine Language students could use the descriptions in the book to find the correct color for Divine Language affixes.

"The closing message reads: 'May God's love and radiance shine in every corner, and make our hearts as radiant as a rainbow!'" Su Ming said, "So that's what it refers to."

"You actually finished reading it?" Catherine's eyes widened in surprise. "You haven't studied divine language, have you? Such an awful novel—you actually like reading this kind of thing?"

Su Ming quickly denied it, "I only read the beginning and the end."

Catherine's gaze towards him remained full of suspicion.

“Well, in my original world, I received training in reading comprehension,” Su Ming said. “For example, what thoughts and feelings did the author express through items like ‘cucumbers covered in morning dew’ and ‘bitter melons soaked in rain’?”

“Let’s change the subject!” Catherine quickly interrupted.

The two skipped this section.

****
"The Divine Language Notebook was left to you by Elisa," Su Ming said.

At the time, Violet was somewhat disheartened by the inhumane practices of the Temple of Light, but she did not choose to destroy her achievements, nor did she hide them.

“Yes. She told me to use it freely and distribute it freely,” Katharine said. “Elisa said that knowledge is innocent.”

Scholars have always had their own principles and convictions in certain areas.

"You've done far beyond her expectations."

“I subsidized the printing, significantly reducing the price of this book; I organized mutual aid groups among ordinary people to spread the doctrine of equality and criticize the theories of the Covenantists; I established scholarships to support active participants and outstanding students. I did many things like that.” Katharine recounted the details, and indeed, she had devoted herself to this work for over twenty years.

Admiration flashed in Su Ming's eyes, "Impressive!"

A barely perceptible hint of smugness flashed across Catherine's face. "In short, the new divine language has taken root and grown tenaciously among the common people."

Su Ming finally understood the whole story. "No wonder the Church would launch such a large-scale exile operation."

“The number of commoners far exceeds that of the divine families, and the number of those with exceptional talent is overwhelming. Moreover, compared to pampered spoiled brats, commoners are more mentally resilient,” Catherine said. “The Covenant faction fears the growth of this power, so they have concentrated them in the North.”

Su Ming didn't quite understand these political machinations, but history books provided the answers. Relocating a troublesome group from a familiar area was definitely not intended to allow them to band together and continue developing in a new place.

"A great purge?" he frowned.

“Yes.” A hint of appreciation flashed in Catherine’s eyes. “The Northern Flow Faction is still relatively young and its understanding of power struggles is too immature. Most of them always dream of avoiding the limelight and living in seclusion in a corner of the world. That is the real reason I came here.” She shook her head again. “But there is absolutely no way my identity could be exposed, because it doesn’t make sense for me to be intercepted and killed.”

"Of course you couldn't possibly be exposed!" Su Ming looked up at Catherine, unsure whether to admire or scold her. "How do you plan to explain to Elisa about impersonating her as the 'Pale New Word' saintess?"

All of Catherine's actions were carried out under the guise of Violet, using the name of her former saint, Elisa. This gave Catherine immense influence from the outset, allowing the New Divine Language organization to grow rapidly.

The church is on a massive manhunt for Elisa, but no one expected the enemy to be right beside them!

“It’s not really my fault!” Catherine said.

Su Ming was curious, "Can you still deny it?" "Look, writing 'A Riot of Words' and spreading the new divine language, that was to comply with Elisa's request!" Catherine said, "After she left the academy, she disappeared without a trace, and after the new divine language was successfully spread, she didn't give any feedback. I searched for Elisa for many years without success, and considering her health condition when we parted, I really thought she was dead!"

At that time, Elisa's form was sealed away by the Feathered Clan, her bone dragon body imprisoned, and Violet spent most of her time sleeping in the Bone Fortress. No one outside associated "Saint Elisa" with "Bone Tower Spirit".

“So, I will carry on her legacy!” Catherine said matter-of-factly. She even complained to Su Ming, “I dressed up as Elisa, and it was bad enough that the corset was so tight I couldn’t breathe. That girl’s skin was already fair, but in the last few years at the academy, her face became even more bloodless. I had to paint my face until I looked like a dead person every time!”

"...So that's how that inexplicable title 'Pale New Words' came about."

“As soon as I heard that Elisa had appeared at Cui’an Cliff, I rushed there immediately!” Catherine continued, “fearing that something might have happened to her.”

Su Ming got angry when this was brought up.

Back at the Azure Cliffs, Violet was merely being pursued by a single Templar Knights order, who were even willing to appease the dragon race by surrounding her without attacking. But after revealing her Elisa form, the two were immediately surrounded and annihilated by a massive army!

This is all thanks to Katharine!
What's even more infuriating is that this culprit originally came to kill Su Ming and "rescue" Elisa.

"Too bad you didn't manage to kill me, huh?"

“Yes, we were just one step off.” Catherine finished the last tortilla, clapped her hands, and said, “It was a delicious late-night snack, thank you for the treat!”

Su Ming took a deep breath. He decided not to provoke further and changed the subject, "Continue with your 'great achievements.' Especially in the North, what other things did you do that deserved to be killed?"

“No, that’s not true. The infiltration of the Cold Mountain Light Branch here was approved by the Cold Mountain royal family,” Catherine replied. “The church and the Cold Mountain royal family have an agreement to cooperate in dismantling the lords’ autonomous alliance. Most of the land will be taken over by the royal family, and a portion will be given to the Temple of Light as a stronghold.”

"Aren't you going to offend the lords of the North to death?"

"No, no, no, don't talk nonsense, I didn't!" Catherine denied three times in a row. "These were all done by the 'Pale New Words' saintess, what does it have to do with me, Catherine?"

"You're addicted to wearing vests, aren't you?" Su Ming suddenly felt that the right choice was to let the scholars pin her to the ground and give her a good beating right now.

****
When Zijin woke up, she found herself enveloped in a silent barrier. She reached out and poked it away, revealing Su Ming sleeping beside her.

The little dumpling was nowhere to be seen; she must have been with Yunier.

She was confused for a moment before realizing that if there was no baby, why were she and Su Ming sleeping in the same bed?
Silvery moonlight streamed through the window. She had gone to bed too early last night, and it was only three in the morning; she was fully awake and no longer felt sleepy.

The carriage slid along the snow, swaying slightly. Violet used her omniscient vision to see that Catherine was still asleep in the workroom, with a sand table and various flags scattered on the table, some of which were labeled in Su Ming's handwriting.

Qi Luo slept in her room in the form of a unicorn. Su Ming had replaced the roof with laminated glass, and bright moonlight shone through, illuminating the unicorn's white body. Her wounds were slowly healing with the help of the moonlight.

Zi Jin didn't get up, lying quietly for a while, when she suddenly realized something was wrong. She reached out and touched the sheets, and sure enough—the golden elixir underneath was gone!

She hurriedly grabbed the pillow, but it felt soft and light, clearly indicating that it had also been switched!
Zijin angrily pounced on Su Ming, raising a pillow to hit him, but looking at his slightly tired sleeping face, she couldn't bring herself to do it.

Frustrated, she tossed the pillow aside and once again activated her omniscient vision to search for the whereabouts of Chenjin and the crystal core.

But Su Ming was clearly on guard. She searched the Bone Train several times, but found nothing.

Unwilling to give up, Zijin reached out and poked Su Ming's cheek. Startled, Su Ming smacked his lips, brushed her hand away, turned over, and continued sleeping on his other side.

Zijin's lips unconsciously curled up, wanting to continue poking, but then she realized what she was doing. She looked at her fingers in confusion, not understanding why she had acted that way.

Shaking her head, she lay back down in her seat, deciding to settle the score with Su Ming when he woke up!

****
After examining her own condition, Zi Jin realized that her spirit had mostly recovered. She remembered that there were still many things to do—such as familiarizing herself with the upgraded Bone Mark.

Su Ming's modifications significantly altered the composition of her magic. It wasn't just her body that needed to adapt; the dominance of dark energy also affected her mental energy circulation. The immediate priority was to make adaptive adjustments.

The scholar linked to the bone mark and began to study this component of power that she originally loathed but now relied on.

Thinking of this, she wanted to reach out and poke Su Ming again. But she held back; such a prank was wrong.

Zi Jin refocused her attention on the mark. Within her sea of ​​runes, she sensed the presence of the vengeful spirit Miao Xin, much more clearly than before. She casually tried it, and surprisingly, she connected directly.

[Su—Eh! Miss Violet?] Miao Xin was startled.

"It's me." Zi Jin studied it for a moment and discovered that Su Ming had granted her some two-way access. She could now borrow a small amount of Su Ming's power to complete a cross-space conversation with Miao Xin.

We no longer need Su Ming as a switchboard?

It seems he's still asleep.

I tried it out, and the two could only communicate verbally, not visually or visually, but it was already a huge change.

"Thank you for what happened last time," Violet said.

"You're welcome," Miao Xin said. "I'm shopping at the supermarket right now; you can wake Su Ming up and we can start picking up the goods."

In the warehouse of Guangming Machinery Factory, Miao Xin manipulated the little prickly creature to pass by a row of tall shelves, casually making psionic marks on the items she had selected.

The scholars realized that Su Ming was planning to send something from Earth again.

"If time allows, let him sleep a little longer," said Zi Jin. "Upgrading his mark yesterday took a toll on him, and his mental energy hasn't fully recovered yet."

"We can wait a while, it's not dawn yet." Miao Xin said there was no problem.

She broke the warehouse door lock, making it impossible to open normally.

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　　So I'm taking leave again tomorrow.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)