You are all my wings!

With that in mind, she refrained from speaking.

Castiglione felt a vague unease, but she didn't know why, so she remained silent.

And so, Leon followed Terena's projected clone and flew into the sky.

Judging from the destination, it is most likely the third core point of the Holy Land, Shengtian Yunduan.

……

Speechless all the way.

Lyon was also unsure about Terena's current state, so he didn't say anything.

After flying to an altitude of tens of thousands of meters, a rift spontaneously opened in the void. Terena glanced back at Leon and then flew into it, with Leon following closely behind.

Upon entering this spacetime rift, Leon suddenly felt as if spacetime had been violently twisted, and then a vast sea of ​​clouds shimmering with rainbow light appeared before him.

As you get closer, a clear and beautiful ancient castle appears and disappears in the distance.

This place is actually a kingdom in the clouds, with white clouds swirling around, a clear lake like a mirror, and the air carrying a fresh scent of grass and trees, full of vitality.

Although this is a magical world, in Leon's view at this moment, it is not unreasonable to describe this area as a wonderland.

Terena flew all the way and landed in the wide square in front of the castle.

The square was paved with large white porcelain-colored stone bricks, which were hard and engraved with all sorts of mysterious and profound characters. At a glance, Lyon found that he had actually experienced a growth in his spiritual power, which was quite extraordinary.

He was currently maintaining a state where he could stay for four or five hours at a time, so his comprehension was still quite good. He quickly discovered that he could glean some knowledge from the inscriptions on these stone bricks, and that there were knowledge from various departments. To his surprise, he eagerly scanned the stone bricks everywhere.

"Oh? It seems your talent is greater than I expected."

As Terena turned around, she caught sight of Leon scanning the stone bricks intently. A glint of approval flashed in her eyes.

"Since you have such high talent, we can now get straight to my research topic."

These stone bricks were a place she used specifically to test the intelligence and comprehension of her subjects. If their comprehension was insufficient, they naturally could not participate in her more in-depth research experiments.

Lyon, however, had clearly exceeded her expectations once again.

"Silver-haired boy, what's your name?"

"Lyon Belon".

Leon initially intended to continue using "nameless," but considering Terena's current state, he decided to reveal her real name, saying:

"For certain reasons, I would like to request that my name be known only to you. Is that possible?"

Terena smiled slightly, her indifferent face softening before she said calmly, "Of course, let's begin our experiment."

She didn't lead Lyon into the castle. With a casual wave of her hand, thousands of mysterious characters instantly condensed around Lyon. Each mysterious character was like a fist-sized cube, yet it seemed to possess vitality, as if it were alive.

Lyon found it fascinating that the place suddenly seemed to be filled with thousands of colorful birds of various colors circling around.

"This is a spell I've been researching recently, called the 'Mystic Life-Giving' technique. Its core lies in the interplay of the two great powers of spirituality and concepts. As my test subject, your task is to select the ten characters from these thousands of living mystical characters that best match your life force."

Terena said.

Lyon nodded: "And then what?"

"After you've made your selection, you need to quickly grasp the knowledge contained within these ten mysterious characters, and then use your greatest talents to combine them into a magical image that you believe represents the limit of your attack power. Act quickly."

Terena said coldly:

"With your current talent, as long as you can comprehend and combine it into an attack spell comparable to a tenth-tier spell within an hour, you will be considered to have successfully completed my second test and qualified to become my true experimental assistant."

Lyon blinked: "What would be the benefits of becoming your actual experimental assistant?"

"You're quite bold, kid, but I don't mind your directness, because what I admire most are people who know how to make rational judgments and act. There are many benefits I can give you: magical knowledge, the secrets of authority, all kinds of treasures—if you can think of it, there's nothing I can't provide."

It's quite incongruous that Terena, with her childlike appearance, is saying such rational and generous things.

Styx is also a utilitarian, but leans more towards self-interest.

From the perspective of prioritizing reason, Terena is still the better choice.

"Then I shall begin."

Lyon scanned the area intently, prioritizing the activation of Divine Mode and Fate-Seeking Mode.

In just a moment, an astonishing scene unfolded. The mysterious characters that Leon's gaze swept over suddenly shone brightly, pulsating as if in response to his presence.

It wasn't the ten or so that Terena claimed, but thousands of them, all shimmering with divine light and constantly echoing Leon's breath.

Upon seeing this, even Terena was surprised:

'How can there be so much resonance?'

'These mysterious characters are imbued with my life force. According to previous experiments, the highest number of responses from the Elven race was generally no more than twenty or thirty. How could he match them so perfectly?'

'Could there be some kind of special relationship between him and me that I'm unaware of?'

Chapter 527 Lyon: I just find your serious demeanor quite charming.

Thinking of this, Terena frowned and looked at Lyon with a hint of doubt and scrutiny in her eyes.

At this moment, Lyon was also surprised. He scanned the area and found that all of the thousands of mysterious characters resonated with him, so he couldn't help but ask:

"Sir, it seems I can choose not just ten, but all of them?"

Terena: "Even if you can resonate with a thousand, you can only use ten temporarily in the experiment. If you exceed that, your small body may not be able to withstand the burst."

She paused, as if pondering for a moment, and then said:

"However, since you have this special quality, perhaps you can try to select a few more and take it one step at a time. It's rare to find a test subject with such high potential as you. There's no need to rush. Let's take it one step at a time. Anyway, even if you can use a few more, you can't possibly control so many at once."

Although she was eager to explore why Lyon could resonate with so many mysterious words, her long-standing habit of meticulousness prevented her from being radical in pursuing any leapfrog experimental steps.

Lyon said thoughtfully, "Sir, I have never seen anything like these mysterious characters before. Are they all your own creations?"

Terena nodded: "That's right, they are all my own created mystical scripts. Then I use the [Mystical Life-Giving] technique to give them a sense of life, so that these mystical scripts can have the inherent power to naturally enhance magical imagery."

Lyon's eyes flickered slightly as he said, "So, the purpose of your experiment was actually to test whether these mysterious characters could continuously enhance the magical imagery when applied to other people in this way? And most of your previous experiments failed, so you need someone with even greater talent to try?"

Terena glanced at Lyon with surprise: "Your talent is even higher than I expected. Let's cut to the chase and make our selection as soon as possible."

Immediately, following Terena's instructions, Leon found ten of the thousands of floating mysterious characters and casually absorbed them in front of him.

Because the resonance level of each one was about the same to him, with almost no difference, he simply chose them randomly according to his whim without carefully comparing them.

Furthermore, he could tell that these mysterious characters contained knowledge of civilization, spirituality, and time and space. He was quite familiar with the other two categories, except for the civilization category, which he was not good at.

Therefore, the selection process only took a few seconds.

Afterward, he quickly activated various modes to comprehend the magical imagery contained within these mysterious characters.

A moment later, the first mysterious character suddenly floated into his body like a drop of ink.

As the mysterious script merged with his mind, Leon noticed a slight increase in his mental strength.

It rose by about 2 points.

It wasn't much, but its quality was exceptional, and it resonated perfectly with his own soul, allowing him to digest it quickly.

Moreover, he seemed to have glimpsed some fragments of Terena's memories within them, very faint, like a rapidly flashing slideshow, but there were indeed some solid images.

What's going on?

Leon looked at Terena:

"Your Excellency, how did these mysterious characters become part of my body?"

Terena's long, delicate eyebrows froze, sensing something was amiss: "Normally, this shouldn't happen at all."

"What's abnormal about that?"

"Leon asked."

Terena was silent for a moment, then coughed lightly: "Perhaps it was just an accident. Try again."

Huh?

Could it be that the mysterious script being integrated into her body is something Terena finds difficult to talk about?

Or is it some other reason that's not convenient to say?

Lyon then tried to comprehend it again.

A few minutes later, another mysterious character dripped down with a soft sound, merging into Lyon's skin and becoming part of it.

This mysterious script represents another kind of profound knowledge about civilization, related to the laws governing a civilization as a grand entity. It is similar to the first one, belonging to the same type of profound knowledge, but it is still somewhat lacking in terms of constituting a mystery.

After the mysterious script merged into his body, he once again felt the pleasure of his spiritual power growing, and saw more silhouettes of memories that seemed to be related to Terena.

However, due to the limited quantity, Leon did not see many scenes that caught his eye this time; most of them were messy and fragmented memory fragments.

Leon knew that Therena would never let the test subjects see her memories, so she probably didn't know about the things he saw in her memories.

My mental strength has increased by 2 points this time, which is excellent.

After digesting the mysterious script in a few seconds, Leon looked up at Terena and said, "Your Excellency, it seems that every time I comprehend the magical imagery and corresponding knowledge contained within these mysterious scripts, I passively absorb them."

Terena stretched out her slender, white arms, hugged her chest, and looked thoughtful.

"Did you experience any unusual reactions after inhaling it?"

"My mental strength has increased somewhat."

"Nothing else?"

Lyon shook his head. "No more."

A strange light flashed in Terena's eyes as she stared intently at Leon, her tone still cold: "But my supernatural senses tell me that you seem to have been hiding something just now."

Lyon felt a chill run down his spine. It seemed that even a level 14 Terena could easily see through a lie.

However, there was a hint of uncertainty in her words just now, indicating that her basic skills as a con artist still allow her to avoid being easily exposed as a lie.

But just in case, we still need to cover up the lie properly.

Thinking of this, Leon said, "Okay, there's actually another very subtle reaction, but I'm not sure if it's good or bad, so I haven't explained it."

"Oh? What exactly was the reaction?"

Terena raised an eyebrow.

"I saw some images that were not related to magical imagery, but the images were very fragmented, and I couldn't figure out what they were."

Lyon said.

"Well, this time you didn't hide anything."

Terena fell silent again, seemingly deep in thought.

Looking at her small face, Leon couldn't help but think that her serious expression was quite cute, and indeed very similar to her future self.

Terena suddenly looked up and met Leon's gaze: "What's with that look you're giving me?"

"It's nothing, I just think it's very attractive and charming to see you thinking about a problem seriously."

Lyon said frankly.

"..."

Terena narrowed her eyes: "Young man, continue your experiment. This time I will focus on observing your process of comprehending the mysterious script. Don't mention those inefficient and irrational methods in front of me again, understand?"

[Goddess Therena's favorability +1%... Spacetime distortion detected, corrected, current favorability 97%]

The moment the favorability rating was restored, Terena's eyes suddenly trembled slightly, and then a strange feeling welled up in her heart.

My mom is having problems again.

As the title suggests, she has been experiencing gastrointestinal discomfort for the past few days. Today, we took her for a checkup. Initially, at the town hospital, they suspected intestinal obstruction.

If any of my old readers from the previous book know that my mother had cerebral infarction surgery last July, she should know that she also had heart valve surgery in Guangzhou ten years ago. Her physical condition is relatively poor, so the town hospital did not dare to perform an enema and told us to go to the county hospital.

After going to the county hospital in the afternoon, I underwent various tests, and the doctor suspected that I had a gastrointestinal tumor.

After a more thorough examination with contrast-enhanced CT scans, it was confirmed that there was a tumor in the intestine that needed to be removed.

What's more complicated is that she has several underlying medical conditions, and they are quite serious, so the doctor said that surgery would be very risky...