After all, Nami Midori is just an elemental creature, and her understanding of the spatial crevices is definitely not as profound as Angel’s. If the opponent were a learned wizard, Angel might really have taken Earl Mi’s advice.
After calming Earl Mi, Angel followed the trail of a hundred flowers left on the ground towards the center of the woods.
Parry Mountains also followed, but its expression towards Angel was no longer as calm as before, instead maintaining a cold face the entire way.
Following the bloom of flowers, they arrived at the low hill in the center of the woods.
While still beneath the low hill, Angel already saw the figure of Nami Midori. She stood at the very top, gazing at the starlit night, with eyes glowing golden, seemingly revealing a desire.
Even as Angel and Parry Mountains ascended to the top of the low hill, Nami Midori remained unmoving, still looking up at the starry sky.
The air was a bit silent, so Angel and Parry Mountains could only wait quietly behind Nami Midori.
The snake gazing at the starry sky, the inquisitive guest, and the guarding treant.
This scene felt like a painting.
After a very long time, Nami Midori’s voice softly emerged: "What lies at the end of the sky?"
Nami Midori did not turn around nor designate who should answer, but without a doubt, this question was definitely not directed at Parry Mountains.
Angel did not know what Nami Midori meant, but since the other party was distinguished, and he also needed something from Nami Midori, after thinking for a moment, he said, "There is no end, it is boundless void."
"Is the void really endless?" Nami Midori asked again.
"If the edge of the universe can be considered the end of the void, then that’s the end, I guess." Angel paused: "However, beyond the universe, there might be other universes, still without end."
"And what is the universe?" Nami Midori’s confusion softly passed on.
"It is a unifying concept." Angel casually explained.
Angel did not know if Nami Midori understood, but she did not ask more about the universe, instead speaking of another question: "Then what are the stars in the night sky?"
Angel: "They are the reflections of pan-dimensional planes."
Nami Midori: "How far are we from these pan-dimensional planes?"
"They seem close, but are actually very far. However, if you travel through the void, you might save some time." Angel dutifully answered Nami Midori’s question.
Angel thought Nami Midori would continue to inquire, but she remained silent for a long time, just continuing to gaze at the starry sky, yet said nothing more.
After a long while, Nami Midori softly sighed: "This world is truly vast."
Upon hearing this, Angel quietly pondered how to respond. However, before he could speak, Nami Midori continued: "I once asked Mister Feng the same question, and he gave a response just like yours."
"Seeing my interest, he asked me... do you also wish to see the wonders of other worlds?"
"My answer was negative. I have little interest in those wondrous sights."
Nami Midori seemed to fall into her own thoughts, beginning to talk to herself. Angel did not interrupt because it seemed connected to Feng.
"After hearing me, Mister Feng told me that there aren’t many in the Wizards’ Realm who gaze at the starry sky like me, yet think not of broader vistas."
"He asked me, when I look at the starry sky, what exactly am I thinking?"
"My answer was, I feel very insignificant." Nami Midori’s voice, carried by the petals brought by the evening breeze, lingered fragrantly around Angel’s ear.
"Compared to such a vast world, I am so small." Nami Midori: "I do not care for the splendor beyond the void, but I want to become less insignificant."
"I want to become like the stars in the void, so radiant."
After saying this, Nami Midori still remembered Feng turning to her at the time and saying: "You’re indeed interesting, completely different from that foolish-hearted Starwood. Would you like to let me paint a picture for you?"
Nami Midori’s response at the time was: "What would you offer in exchange?"
After hearing this, Feng simply burst into laughter, and after the laughter, he earnestly said to Nami Midori: "I can make you less insignificant."
Nami Midori’s recollection stopped there. Then, she finally turned around, her back to the vast array of stars, and said to Angel: "This is the scene from when I first met Mister Feng."
Angel: "Sounds quite good."
Nami Midori’s eyes reflected the stars: "I think it’s quite good too, it was, I believe, the most worthwhile trade I’ve made in my life."
"After the trade, Feng stayed in the Lost Forest, taught me much knowledge. It was then that my power began to rise, reaching the level known to the outside world as Element Lord in a short time."
Upon hearing this, Parry Mountains silently added in his heart: It was also at that time that the power gap between him and Nami Midori grew ever larger. Even though they grew up together, different opportunities led them to separate paths on the journey.
Nami Midori did not know what Parry Mountains was thinking and continued: "But I remain unsatisfied. Every time I gaze at the starry sky, I still feel very small."
"So, I continued my cultivation. It took nearly two thousand years, but I surpassed my former self, reaching a new realm."
"Using the wizard realms according to Mister Feng, I’ve reached the level of a third-level wizard."
"But even so, facing the endless void, facing the shining pan-dimensional planes, I still can’t rid myself of the feeling of insignificance."
"I long for, still wanting to become more powerful."
"But I seem to have reached a bottleneck. Before this, the rise of the elemental core within me was always smooth. But when I reached a certain point, no matter how I advanced, I could only achieve quantitative increases, unable to attain qualitative changes."
"This state lasted for a long time and troubled me for a long time."
"Until six hundred years ago, Mister Feng came to the Tidal World for the second time."
"He brought me hope."