Angel actually had some vague guesses in his heart, but these guesses all needed to be based on one major premise.
And that is if everything really was orchestrated by the Wood Spirit behind the scenes.
Although Angel leaned towards it being the Wood Spirit, other possibilities couldn’t be ruled out, such as the blonde woman from the previous painting.
Unfortunately, based on the current clues, Angel could not confirm who was really behind the scenes.
However, discovering the truth wasn’t his current task. Many things, as long as the objective can be achieved, knowing the truth isn’t really necessary.
Just like in this case, Angel’s goal was to find the Wood Spirit, which isn’t directly related to knowing the truth. As for the Wood Spirit’s location, based on the current information, the scope had already been narrowed.
If nothing unexpected happens, the Wood Spirit should be on the second floor.
...
After leaving the fork in the road, Angel and the others walked for about a minute before they saw the first room wreckage drifting near the path in the Void.
Angel glanced briefly, found nothing of note, and continued on.
Soon, they discovered the second and third room wreckages. It might sound like three rooms had been encountered on this right path, but that’s not the case. Though each of these room wreckages was different, Angel had visited a complete Hanging Jail Stairway in Naraku City. In his memory, the furniture styles scattered among the three room wreckages seemed to originate from the same room.
This means the three room wreckages are most likely parts that had disassembled from one grand room; originally, they were one.
Perhaps because they were once whole, even their barren state is completely identical. The second and third room remnants still provided no clues either.
Leaving this room wreckage drift, they continued forward.
After not walking for long, Angel suddenly heard whispered murmurs beside his ear. Turning his head, he saw Vay had appeared beside him seemingly out of nowhere.
Seeing Angel glance over, Vay exaggeratedly signaled with his eyes for Angel to look behind him.
Angel promptly looked back to see that the Wise Sovereign had somehow fallen to the back, and he was lowering his head, seemingly deep in thought. Even the third eye on his forehead was squinting into a narrow slit.
Vay edged closer to Angel, deliberately lowering his voice, "He’s been like this for a while, who knows if he’s plotting some conspiracy in his mind, you have to be careful."
Angel hadn’t expected Vay to deliberately come over just to say this. This young apprentice was quite loyal, but...
"It’s no use lowering your voice, he can still hear you."
Vay’s expression instantly froze.
Angel: "However, this situation of the Wise Sovereign is more that his mind temporarily left the Illusionary Realm."
Vay’s eyes lit up, "Does that mean he didn’t hear what I just said?"
Angel shrugged, "I can’t be certain. But rather than worry about that, you should now be more concerned about whether something happened on your side."
At this point, Angel gestured for Vay to look at the Black Earl and Dox.
Vay turned his head to see that his lord had fallen onto the floor and remained motionless. Meanwhile, Dox’s situation was the same as the Wise Sovereign’s, also lowering his head, looking like a living corpse, obviously with his mind detached from the Illusionary Realm.
Two Official Wizards simultaneously separating their minds from the Illusionary Realm actually meant that something unknown might have occurred outside.
"Could it be...the Wise Sovereign took the opportunity to act on our True Body while we were unprepared?" Vay’s expression started to panic.
Angel shook his head, "Don’t worry, he didn’t act."
The Illusionary Realm left outside by Angel, and Earl Mi hiding in the shadows, could both convey information to him. Currently, neither the Illusionary Realm nor Earl Mi had been attacked, indicating that the Wise Sovereign hadn’t acted.
Yet them leaving simultaneously clearly wasn’t ordinary either.
Angel thought for a moment, then lifted the block on the Mind Ribbon and quickly contacted the Black Earl and Dox.
"So now you decide to ask me, I’ve been calling you for ages," Dox’s disgruntled voice came through the Mind Ribbon.
At this moment, the Black Earl also responded, "Just now, the Wise Sovereign suddenly departed the Illusionary Realm, I sensed something unusual and came out to investigate, discovering he had left."
"Left?!" Vay: "Does this mean we don’t need to complete any additional conditions or necessary conditions anymore?"
Dox: "Unfortunately, while we were talking, he’s already come back."
As Dox’s words faded, Vay heard a familiar voice nearby:
"Indeed, I’m back now, sorry to disappoint you."
Vay whipped around, immediately locking eyes with a youth whose three eyes had all squinted into smiling slits.
"Wise...Wise Sovereign!"
The Wise Sovereign gave Vay a meaningful glance, "Although I was gone for a short moment, I did not fully withdraw my mind."
Vay forced a grin, "Wise...Lord, what do you mean by this?"
The Wise Sovereign grinned, "Just pointing out that he’s right, lowering your voice doesn’t help, I can still hear you."
Vay’s expression froze once more.
However, as Vay’s composure was collapsing, a massive amount of Nightmare Illusion Breath began to gather near Vay’s True Body, forming what seemed like a ring, enclosing him quite tightly.
With the emergence of the Nightmare Illusion Breath, the Wise Sovereign shifted his gaze from Vay to Angel.
"Previously guessed your Illusion Technique could sense emotions, but unexpectedly, it could also conceal emotions," the Wise Sovereign smiled, "Yet, even if you masked his emotions, some information still got out."
With a calm expression, Angel listened to the Wise Sovereign slowly state, "A very abundant Power of Earth. He’s a descendant of Noah, isn’t he?"
Vay’s eyes widened instantly...had he been tricked? The Wise Sovereign’s sudden departure was to disrupt their emotions and then seize the opportunity to uncover information?
Angel: "No need to guess one by one, Wise Sovereign, you could simply treat all of us as Noah descendants."