Miss Witch's Forbidden Book Secret

When turbulence is severe, there can even be situations where someone prays to deity A, but ends up receiving blessings from deity B, creating a complete mess.

The turbulence during this period wasn't as severe, but it lasted longer. The turbulence had been present for two or three months, and it actually became stronger recently.

The strangest thing is that it gradually increases.

But last night, in a flash, like the sudden surge of water created by dolphins or tiger sharks leaping out of the water, it was fast and fierce, but quickly subsided. Unlike before, it wasn't continuous, sometimes fast, sometimes slow.

Jeremiah was aware of this matter. He drank a cup of black tea and was about to talk about the turbulence when the holy candle lit beside his arm began to sway on its own without any wind.

He said to Marn, "We'll talk about it later. Lilith has gone back to the shallow water. Let me go for a deep dive right away."

“Now?” Marn shrugged, noticing the bloodshot in Jeremiah’s eyes. “I think you should take a break.”

"You're pushing me a bit too hard."

Jeremiah smiled helplessly and said, "I'll dive deep in a bit. If anyone comes to visit, please thank them for me. The things you need, and the things Ibn left for you, are all in the secret room of the church. Remember to take them with you when you leave."

Marn had no objections.

Jeremiah breathed a sigh of relief after Marne left and closed the church door, then lay down on the bench and slowly closed his eyes.

In a nightmare where his soul sank into a vast grassland in the deep sea, he saw Lilith, still in shock.

Jeremiah had not yet spoken.

Lilith clutched her chest and said solemnly, "This is a huge problem!"

"A big problem?"

Jeremiah smiled calmly and said, "Is there something wrong with my sanctuary?"

"How did you know?"

"My guess."

Jeremiah's voice remained calm and gentle as he smiled. "Alright, Miss Silverfrost Dragon, stop with the riddles. What exactly happened in the deep sea last night?"

Lilith recalled the strange events of last night and felt a lingering fear.

“Jeremiah, do not be afraid of what I am about to say.”

"There's nothing to be afraid of, just say it directly."

"Hmm... your sanctuary was destroyed."

“It is indeed possible that the sanctuary could be destroyed by Santis. After all, that sanctuary is too old, and the spirits inside are using ancient rituals from three hundred years ago. They can't withstand Santis either... What did you just say?”

"Your sanctuary was destroyed. literally."

Lilith opened her hands, her small hands covered in shimmering scales gesturing in the air, then clenched them and suddenly pulled them apart, pouting as she imitated the sound of an explosion with a "poof poof poof".

"That's right, it was bombed so badly I can't even see where your ship is anymore."

A look of surprise flashed in Jeremiah's eyes, and his voice finally showed a slight inflection, "I see..."

"You really understood?"

Lilith was taken aback.

She didn't even understand what she was doing!

Jeremiah laughed and said, “You mean my sanctuary was suddenly blown to pieces by something?”

"My God...you're a genius!"

Lilith was envious. "I wish I had a brain like you humans."

"Make one yourself."

Jeremiah smiled, not too surprised—this sanctuary was indeed very important, and there was even a secret text inside, but he had long since given up on the great task of Sequence 1.

Marn also gave up alchemy, and as for Rexsa... Rexsa didn't need such things. He wasn't a stereotypical alchemist, nor did he ever pursue perfection in the sequence.

The only pity is that he could have given this secret manual to his junior classmate; she might need it.

But it's gone now, so be it.

Anyway, the Seven Seas Land and Anzu still have copies—although few and incomplete, they are still there.

Moreover, if Tia can't obtain it, then naturally other destined people will be able to obtain it in the future and dedicate themselves to the cause of alchemy, and that's enough.

Jeremiah didn't dwell on it, nodding and saying, "Since it's already happened, there's no need to dwell on it. The question is, who destroyed my sanctuary?"

"I'm not sure—"

Lilith's expression turned grave as she said, "But I saw something extraordinary."

"What is it?"

“Those ancient gods that Solomon dug out of the deep sea—things we've never heard of before—things that should have been buried at the bottom of the sea.”

Lilith opened her hand, and a torrential downpour of icy rain poured down from the sky.

White ice fog enveloped the grassland, turning it into an endless expanse of white frost, creating a series of dreamlike scenes within the mist.

On one side were the bizarre and grotesque spirits and false gods under the command of the Pale Emperor Solomon, and on the other side were the numerous deep-sea spirits that had followed the temple into the Jeremiah Sanctuary.

They looked very different, but Jeremiah could still tell they were the same thing by his extraordinary abilities and habitual gestures.

The only difference is:

These spirits seemed to be more obedient and compliant to the temple.

When they followed Solomon, their style of action was like that of mercenaries. Although they obeyed orders, they were not completely subservient to Solomon, but rather more like partners.

"I see....."

Jeremiah maintained his gentle smile, remaining calm and composed.

Lilith muttered, "Don't you have any reaction at all?!"

"What's there to react to? It's just another strange deep-sea spirit. There are plenty of other things I need to pay attention to than this iris. For example, Santis."

"It's almost time, I still need to go get breakfast."

Jeremiah asked, "Is there anything else?"

"No...that's all."

Chapter 294 Tracking Santis

The sea off Nan'an was still turbulent with constant thunderstorms and lightning flashing across the sky.

The tangled bolts of lightning instantly illuminated Tia's bedroom.

In the bedroom, the black-haired girl sat in a chair, slowly opened her eyes, and, with a slight headache, broke free from the ritual. She stood up but hadn't taken two steps—

He tripped over his own foot with his left and fell onto the bed.

There was no way around it, the force was just too great.

She had watched the spirit creatures having a great time when she and her companions were sharing the Plague Fortress, but now that she had completely devoured the Sanctuary "Ghost Ship," she realized how potent the aftereffects were.

Tia is almost immune to alcohol and has never been drunk since arriving in Ansu, but now she feels a bit tipsy.

He then picked up the mirror from the bedside table and looked at the dazzling lightning outside the window.

A magnificent phantom of a sanctuary emerged from the thunderclouds, almost transparent, and with the dazzling lightning, it was hard to notice unless you looked closely.

If Lilith were here, she would probably be able to tell what this sanctuary is.

That is the circular domed temple in the deep sea. The only difference is that in the deep sea it is upside down, but here it is upright, standing in the sky, bathed in lightning, like the temple of the god of storms and the sea.

"Jasmine!"

Tia called out, put the mirror away, and the phantom in the sky disappeared.

As soon as the words fell, a doll's head popped out of the mirror. The doll was a beautiful young woman. She had the jet-black hair that flowed down her back and the emerald green eyes of a pure-blooded imperial descendant. She wore a black pleated court dress, and her delicate, flawless face bore the scholarly air inherited from her previous life, as well as the cautiousness and feigned strength cultivated over the years.

She should have belonged to the hands of the pot spirits, but last night Tia's dump truck smashed the ghost ship and swallowed up the sanctuary.

That characteristic of manifesting a sanctuary in the material world comes from the ghost ship—the true owner of the ghost ship was the great prophet Jeremiah.

A prophet is someone who can glimpse the future. And the deep sea is the past of the material world, or rather, the future of the material world, which is the deep sea.

Therefore, compared to other bizarre sanctuaries, a major characteristic of ghost ships is their ability to easily manifest in the material world.

However, the cost is also very high.

Tia had only manifested a phantom image, yet the Upside-Down Temple sank nearly 50 meters into the deep sea. And it took a lot of effort.

As for its use?

Tia didn't know—perhaps it could serve as a large-scale space-based weapon; if one were to crash into Silver Castle, she estimated the entire zoo and botanical garden would turn into a public cemetery...

The spirit in the pot wanted to pay the price with its spirituality, but it still hadn't collected enough even after three hundred years.

After defeating the spirit in the pot, the spirits on the ship, those at Sequence 7 and Sequence 8, were still not very obedient. Tia didn't like them either and released them all.

The only one who stayed was Jasmine, the doll she knew best. Jasmine said she could make a deal with her. Jasmine knew where the spirits of Santis and Lundal were, and if Tia wanted, she could help Tia find their locations in the material world.

This really hits Tia hard.

Lundell was secondary; Santis's matter was the real issue. She remembered clearly the last time Santis came to her carriage!

In return, Tia needs to give Jasmine freedom—not by releasing her into the deep sea, but by taking her to the material world so she can find her family.

Upon hearing this, Tia thought it was no big deal and readily agreed, surfacing back to the Glory.

Inside the bedroom of the Glory.

Suppressing her excitement, Jasmine emerged from the mirror at a normal human size and cautiously asked, "Witch, is this the material world?"

She had witnessed the witch's demeanor firsthand.

It has to be said that the nightmare was incredibly deceptive—she genuinely believed it was just an ordinary alchemist. It wasn't until Tia stacked sixty-six layers of the Trinity that Jasmine realized something was amiss.

And then the temple crashed down from above...

Jasmine trembled and dared not speak.

“Yes, Nanan Suhai, the sea area that’s almost close to the Seven Seas.” Tia asked with some surprise, “You’ve been to the material world before?”

"Because I am a person of the material world!"

"But, but!"

The past was too painful to recall. Jasmine was happy but also uneasy. Before she could say anything, she lowered her head in dejection.

Tia didn't reopen old wounds, and said directly, "Please accept my condolences, let's make a deal first. I need you to help me find the locations of Santis and Londel. You brought the spirit, right?"

Jasmine dug open her own heart and took out two orbs of pale blue light. She was essentially a spirit, neither human nor a puppet.

She said, "I brought it, I brought it."

Tia asked, "Are you sure you can pinpoint their location?"

"I can guarantee that. When I first arrived in the material world, I already knew their positions."

"When I was still human, I was a Sequence 5 prophet, otherwise I wouldn't have fallen into that nightmare. I studied astrologer in the Empire, but in terms of positioning, I am definitely not inferior to the Apocalyptic Prophet of the Palace of Wisdom."

Jasmine is very confident in herself.

Tia asked, "And the exact location?"

"My lady, do you have a sea chart?"

"Have."

Tia took the nautical chart and marked the location of the Glory with a magnetic small boat model. Jasmine immediately circled a location more than 100 nautical miles east of the Glory.

"This is it. Lundal is still moving, it seems to be heading southeast."

"Southeast...that must be heading towards the Land of the Seven Seas. Wait, is that the only one? Where's Santis?"

"I had a premonition that they would be together..."

Tia remembered that Abdullah had mentioned this, and felt that she had indeed been drunk on the ghost ship. She rubbed her forehead and said, "Then it should be right."

Then, she raised an eyebrow.

"If they're together... then there'll be no way to show mercy to Rondel."

Tia immediately looked towards the door, towards the direction of the church on the ship.

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