You are all my wings!

"The words have already been spoken. If he really has a problem, it's not good to needlessly arouse his suspicion. Here's what we'll do: I will maintain the state of imminent activation of the authority from now on, and monitor him at all times. If he really wants to make a move, we'll suppress him immediately!"

Castiglione solemnly transmitted his voice.

Mshiluna replied, "Alright, I'm relieved to hear you say that."

She felt strange about herself; she had subtle feelings for Leon, but she didn't want to admit it.

That's why she encouraged Castiglione to keep a close eye on this silver-haired, nameless man to prevent any real problems from arising.

While the two were communicating privately via telepathy, the four of them had already swiftly traversed a vast expanse of withered sacred soil forest and were approaching the sacred tree.

At this moment, Lyon asked, "Lord Chengerheli, since you said that the power of this Holy Land has been largely taken back by the original Holy Land Lord, Terena, do you know where she is now?"

Cheng Erheli raised an eyebrow and said, "Why do you need to know this?"

"Can't we know?"

"That's possible, but you'd better explain your purpose for wanting to know clearly."

"Personally, I'm more interested in the Lord of the Forbidden Zone. After all, he's someone who stands at the pinnacle of this world, isn't he?"

"Just don't ask around. Sometimes, if you talk about them with malice, they can sense it."

"Then you don't need to worry. As long as they don't mess with me, I won't talk about them maliciously."

Cheng Erheli thought for a moment and said, "I can only tell you that Lady Treina is a powerful being who is enthusiastic about research and despises all low-intelligence species. Since she has regained a lot of power from the Holy Land, she will naturally be secretly researching ways to continue to seize the power of the Holy Land in the core area. In our Holy Land, in addition to the Holy Tree, there are two other core points, namely the God-Binding Pool and the Holy Heaven Cloud."

Lyon nodded and said, "Understood."

The Pool of Imprisoned Gods should be the place he went to with Jiajiali ten thousand years later, only the name has obviously changed slightly.

As for the Holy Heaven Cloud, that should be a dimensional space near the top of the Holy Tree; he had heard of this place before.

By this time, the four of them had approached the edge of the somewhat withered, broad sacred tree.

The majestic tree spirit, where Lyon had often seen elves flying back and forth, was no longer there. As Lyon's eyes flashed, he noticed that some of the elves were withered and seemed to be seriously ill. They were lying flat or curled up in the tree holes inside and outside the sacred tree, and their condition was really bad.

"It seems this withered life curse has also affected many low-ranking elves who have not yet become gods?"

"Leon asked."

"Those who were affected were the undeified elves who happened to be near the sacred tree that day; the rest of them have been relocated."

As Cheng Erheli spoke, a heavy look flashed in his eyes.

"Even someone skilled in life-related techniques is powerless to help?"

“I have treated some of them, but I cannot cure them completely. They will fall ill again after a few days. Only those with stronger constitutions and higher ranks can withstand it. Many of the weaker ones, including some newborns, have already died.”

Cheng Erheli lowered his eyes, his voice low and deep.

Leon turned his head and saw that Castiglione and M'shiruna also had solemn expressions, and he knew that the Curse of Withered Life was more troublesome than he had anticipated.

Although the three Castigliani sisters are currently only at the twelfth rank and have not yet advanced to the thirteenth rank of true god, even with their great power, they are still unable to remove the curse on their bodies, which shows just how troublesome this thing is.

'It seems that Cheng Erheli sent me back to this era so that I could change the current situation of the Holy Land's rapid decline?'

'But if that's the case, how did they manage to get through the future?'

'No, Brettara and Sengerheli all asked me before if I was the silver-haired hero, which means I was supposed to appear in their timeline!'

'So, was my time travel predetermined?'

'Or is it that the future Cheng Erhe Li wants me to change something, and thus influence certain future events?'

Lyon pondered for a moment, but still had no clear clue.

Then, he approached the sacred tree and activated his [Space-Time Miracle Divination] and [False Truth Deduction] techniques, extracting information from the area around the sacred tree while using that information to perform divination.

Because the workload of this divination was enormous, a large amount of spacetime and destiny power quickly flowed out of his body, which surprised the three women.

Castiglione and M'shiruna were on high alert, keeping a close eye on Leon.

After a long while, Lyon slowly opened his eyes.

Cheng Erheli asked, "Did you gain anything?"

Lyon shook his head: "A strange force is stopping me. It seems I have to go see Lady Terena."

"You mean, the power left behind by Lady Therena interfered with your divination?"

Cheng Erhe frowned and asked.

"Yes."

As Lyon was nodding, he suddenly noticed that light particles condensed in front of him and transformed into a familiar, graceful figure in the blink of an eye.

This person was slender and graceful, with blonde hair and black eyes. She wore a simple short dress, her skin was exceptionally delicate and fair, her features were youthful and beautiful, and her expression was indifferent. She was none other than Terena, who looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old.

Upon seeing her, the three women were all stunned.

Chapter 526 Terena: Could it be that he and I have some special relationship?

Lyon was also somewhat surprised, not expecting to encounter Theraena from ten thousand years ago so soon.

In this timeline, her appearance is almost identical to that of ten thousand years later, but her aura is even stronger, with a faint divine light emanating from her body and an exquisite demeanor. She is truly a perfect version of the six- or seven-year-old little girl from the more distant future.

After she appeared, her eyes swept over the group before landing on Leon, and she said, "You were the one who just triggered my spacetime seal?"

"Indeed, you must be the renowned Lord of the Holy Land, Terena?"

Lyon nodded.

"Impressive skills, to have penetrated to such a deep spacetime dimension."

Terena said coldly and indifferently:

"I recently need someone with both talent and wisdom to assist me in researching some issues. Your understanding of spacetime and your overall qualities are quite good, so you can work with me."

As she spoke, she turned to turn around, seemingly without considering that Lyon might refuse.

The three women were somewhat surprised. "How long has it been since you last saw a person before you want to recruit someone for experiments?"

And it was a man?

Did Lady Terena use men for experiments in the past?

The question inevitably arose in the minds of the three women, because as far as they knew, Therena would often appear in various parts of the Holy Land to pull some gifted elves to do experiments.

As Terena's strength recovered, the Goddess of Origin was temporarily unable to descend upon the Holy Land for some reason, and Terena's requirements for the talents of her test subjects became increasingly higher.

Until the Sacred Tree was cursed three months ago, Therena rarely appeared to recruit people for experiments. The goddesses all guessed that Therena probably looked down on the current test subjects in the Sacred Land.

Today, the nameless sage's divination caused her to appear. Could it be that this nameless sage has an exceptionally high talent?

Since Terena has personally appeared, doesn't that mean that the Nameless One is most likely not an alien god or a divine abomination?

Thinking about this, Castiglione felt a sense of relief; it wasn't the best outcome.

[Goddess Castiglione's affection level +2%, time-space disorder detected, now calibrated, current affection level 113%]

[Event and affinity requirements have been met, triggering Castiglione's main quest "Breaking the Curse on the Sacred Tree"]

[Mission Details: Help Castiga break the curse of the Sacred Tree and avert the massacre of the elves within the Sacred Land by the dragons]

[Quest Rewards: Divine Energy Capacity +100, Magic Power +100, Spirit Power +100, Stamina +80, Strength +80; Learn True God-level Life System Mystic: Reversal of Fate]

The moment the favorability rating was refreshed, Castiglione felt a slight jolt in her heart!

She suddenly felt a strange thought flash through her mind, which seemed to be some kind of deep love, or some idea that prompted her to embrace desires.

Out of the corner of her eye, she inadvertently glanced at the silver-haired boy next door, and a sudden flutter stirred in her heart.

She couldn't help but think: 'Something's wrong. How could I be like this? Could I have already fallen deeply in love with someone I've only known for a day? But is that even possible?'

To avoid overthinking, Castiglione changed the subject, saying, "Lady Terena, may I ask why you placed a spacetime seal on the Sacred Tree?"

Terena paused in mid-air, turned her head slightly, and glanced back at Castiga out of the corner of her eye. She said calmly, "Do you think you can resist the withering curse of a twelfth-order true god, who is also a nature god, with your current rank?"

Although she didn't say it explicitly, Castiglione understood what she meant.

That is, Terena's spacetime sealing technique essentially helped them alleviate the power of this withered life curse.

It should be noted that even a curse released by a thirteenth-level True God might not be able to harm a massive and towering life form like the Sacred Tree.

After all, the Sacred Tree was originally a divine seed transplanted from beyond the world by the Goddess of Origin, and then watered with the power of the world for several eras, which is why it has formed such a towering and majestic form.

In terms of life potential alone, it is stronger than most celestial bodies and has extremely high growth potential.

If Castiglione and the other three sisters of the Sacred Tree hadn't been born too late and hadn't yet reached the required rank, there wouldn't have been any trouble with that withered life curse.

But the problem is that the curse was instigated by a twelfth-order nature god who was sacrificed.

This is a curse that uses the immense life force and divine essence of a nature god as its resources; its power is comparable to a curse unleashed by a true god at full strength.

Furthermore, since this curse originated from a knowledge system outside the world, it was extremely difficult to break. Therefore, neither Britta nor Moripert could withstand it and could only transfer their life force to Castiga to temporarily ensure that a portion of the branch could survive.

"Lady Therena, are you also unable to break this curse?"

"Cheng Erheli asked."

Terenas's tone was indifferent, her lustrous black eyes carrying a hint of coldness: "Why should I help you? Since you have already chosen to follow Petelides instead of me, you can't expect me to waste my extra power to save you. You'd be better off asking Petelides for help."

"But as you know, His Majesty is currently delayed by circumstances and cannot reveal himself to the world for the time being."

Castiglione quickly replied.

Lyon, observing this scene, knew that most of the Epoch Elves at this time were still unaware of their future fate. After all, Cheng Erheli had only just entered the eleventh rank, and judging by her talent, she was probably not even a few hundred years old yet. Therefore, she probably still believed in the position of the Origin Goddess.

It is estimated that it will be a long time before they realize their inevitable fate of having their Origin God's blood and Origin Laws reclaimed after the end of the era.

Then Therena turned her gaze to Leon: "Why aren't you coming with me?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she tilted her little head as if she had realized something and said, "Oh right, I haven't given you any conditions yet. How about this, from now on, you can follow me, and I will let you experience the most wonderful knowledge landscape in the world, and I will also provide you with the best upgrade items. All you need to do is become my test subject."

As she spoke, she casually tossed out a magical treasure that resembled a halo, and threw it at Lyon.

The moment this treasure was revealed, it emitted an astonishing divine light, freezing the surrounding spacetime and creating ripples of frozen spacetime like ice flowers, which was extremely mysterious.

"This is... a twelfth-tier ice-time dual-elemental treasure?"

Mshiruna's eyes widened.

Isn't this a bit too extravagant?

Lyon was also somewhat surprised. Such a powerful treasure, and they just gave it to him?

"As the lord of the Holy Land of Civilization, I am second to none in terms of wealth and the amount of secret treasures I possess. None of the other nine lords of the forbidden zones would dare to claim the top spot. I have plenty of twelfth-tier secret treasures in my hands. As long as you serve me loyally, what is this little reward?"

Terena said calmly:

"Alright, young man with silver hair, come with me. I don't like to invite someone a second time."

Lyon's mind raced; should he reject her?

But if Terena suddenly goes mad during this period, it seems that I can't handle her right now.

Judging from the fact that she has already reclaimed most of the power of the Holy Land, even if she is not at her peak, she can definitely crush a True God at any time.

Just as he hesitated, Cheng Erheli transmitted his voice, saying, "Your Excellency, it's best not to anger her. Although Lady Therena won't get angry over trivial matters, she dislikes those who fail to act rationally when they should. Once you're disliked by her, your luck within the Holy Land will be weakened, and you'll become extremely unlucky. Since Lady Therena's seal has temporarily blocked the possibility of the Holy Tree being divined, Your Excellency should worry less about us."

Lyon understood what she meant.

He replied telepathically, "Do you have a solution to the current problem with the sacred tree?"

"There's nothing we can do for now, but we'll use our own methods to maintain the status quo. You should focus on your own safety first. I'm already very happy that you're considering our needs."

Cheng Erheli sincerely transmitted his voice:

"Moreover, Your Excellency can rest assured that, as far as I know, Lady Treina generally treats her test subjects well. Once you have completed the research she requires, she will set you free and reward you handsomely. And as far as I know, she can usually complete a research project in a few days. There is no need for you to rush. You might as well agree to her request first."

Lyon nodded. "If that's the case, then it's alright."

His main purpose in coming here this time was to increase Cheng Erheli's favorability.

"Then thank you for your reminder. If I have the opportunity, I will ask around to see if the problem with the sacred tree can be resolved."

"Leon said telepathically."

Cheng Erheli's eyes lit up: "Then I thank you in advance. If you ever need anything from me in the future, please feel free to ask!"

[Goddess Cheng Erhe Li's favorability +2%, current favorability 40%]

Mshiruna actually wanted to say something to Leon, but she felt that her current situation was very delicate. If she really got involved with Leon more, she might really fall completely.