Wizard: You can become stronger by living life to the fullest.

Chapter 153, Entry 050: The Tranquil Garden

This is a triangular pattern, with an eye in the center of the triangle.

"The Eye of Truth?"

Rosie was familiar with all the illustrated histories of the Wizarding World, and the triangular emblem before her was a symbol called the Eye of Truth.

"Is it a remnant of the Tower of Truth?"

The Tower of Truth was once the most powerful wizarding organization in the Level 3 Wizarding Domain, the Fantasy Tree Sea, and its status was roughly equivalent to that of the Elemental Castle in the current South Coast Alliance.

At its peak, the tentacles of the Tower of Truth covered almost the entire Fantasy Tree Forest. It's possible that this ruin was left behind by a wizard from the Tower of Truth at that time.

Luo Xi couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation.

The Tower of Truth was the earliest wizarding organization in the Fantasy Tree Sea, existing for thousands of years. It once developed a devastating magical civilization. Although it no longer exists, many of the magical laws and formulas it created are still in use today.

"Who knows, we might actually find something good!"

With this expectation in mind, Rosie walked into the manor.

Strangely enough, from the outside, the manor was shrouded in a very thick white fog, and it was difficult to see clearly even a few steps away. However, once you entered the manor, the view suddenly became clear, and the fog disappeared completely.

"Crunch~"

Just then, a sour, grinding sound came from behind.

Luo Xi turned his head and saw that the rusty iron gate was slowly closing.

"Um?"

Just then, Luo Xi suddenly noticed that a boy was standing outside the gate. He was a strange-looking boy with a pale face and a stiff body, like a dead corpse.

At that moment, he was standing outside the door looking at him with a strange smile, waving his right hand as if saying goodbye. His movements were very stiff, as if he had been dead for a long time, which was very creepy.

"What the hell is that?"

Luo Xi was quite surprised because he couldn't sense the boy's presence outside at all. There was no soul reaction, no mental field. In his elemental vision, the outside should have been completely blank.

While he was still wondering what was going on, the door had already closed completely, and at the same time, the boy outside the door had also disappeared without a trace, as if everything that had just happened had never existed.

Rosie hurriedly asked Nilu, who was in her arms, "Nilu, did you see that thing outside again?"

Nilu asked in confusion, "Things? What things?"

Could it really be a hallucination?

Luo Xi glanced at the empty space outside and couldn't help but start to have doubts.

He then walked up to the door, which was now completely closed. Rosie tried to push it but couldn't open it. He then extended his mental tentacles to sense it, but the mental feedback he received surprised him.

"A barrier?"

A barrier had appeared outside the gate—or rather, the outer side of the manor—completely sealing it off.

Moreover, the energy density of this barrier is extremely dense, so much so that even the mental energy field of the wizard level of Yiluoxi could not shake it in the slightest. In other words, he is now trapped inside this barrier.

Rosie frowned and asked, "Nilu, did you notice? The barrier outside?"

Nilu nodded: "Yes, Brother Rosie, it was activated when the gate closed just now, so it should have sealed off the manor."

"Are you confident you can open it?" Rosie asked.

Nilu said, "I'll give it a try."

After saying that, she closed her eyes and extended her spiritual energy outwards. After a while, she opened her eyes and said, "If I go all out, it should be possible, but this barrier seems to be integrated with this manor. Doing so might destroy the manor. Should we open it now?"

Luo Xi's furrowed brows relaxed slightly.

That was a bit hasty.

After all, it was his first time exploring the ruins, and he didn't have much experience. He originally thought that with his wizarding skills, there wouldn't be too much of a problem. He really didn't expect that such a casual ruin could trap him inside. If he hadn't brought Nil with him this time, he would probably have been in big trouble.

We need to be more careful next time.

The power levels in this world are unfathomable. Even the wizard level is nothing in the grand scheme of things. Being arrogant and not taking things seriously will only lead to your own downfall sooner or later.

Silently reminding herself, Rosie led Nicole toward the manor: "No need for now, let's go see what's in this manor."

"Um."

After walking forward for a few minutes, a three-way intersection appeared ahead, with three roads leading in three different directions. A dilapidated road sign stood in the center. Rosie looked at it and could vaguely make out the words on the broken lettering: Tranquil Garden, Silent Clock Tower, Endless Mill.

"I wonder where those apprentices went?"

It was quite strange. He and the other apprentices had entered the manor around the same time, but he hadn't seen them since, nor had he seen any of their footprints on the ground. It was as if they had vanished into thin air.

Luo Xi guessed that there must be spatial magic at the entrance of the manor, and that everyone would probably go to different places after entering.

"Where to?"

Rosie pondered the road signs for a moment and finally chose the Tranquil Garden on the far left. Generally speaking, wizards' gardens would be planted with some precious magical plants, and this was the place where one was most likely to find something.

With that in mind, Rosie took the leftmost path.

This was a very narrow path paved with stone slabs. After walking along these slabs for a minute or two, this tranquil garden came into Rosie's view.

To Rosie's disappointment, he didn't see any precious magical materials here. In fact, it was just a desolate lawn with no flower beds or trees, only strangely shaped stone sculptures.

"It's so peaceful."

A cold wind howled through the rocks, making a mournful sound like the wailing of ghosts; apart from that, there was no other sound, and the whole area was eerily silent.

"Huh? Isn't this...?"

Just then, Luo Xi suddenly noticed that one of the standing stone sculptures looked familiar.

This is a stone sculpture of a middle-aged man wearing a leather armor and holding a cross-shaped sword. The sword is posed in a forward-slashing posture, as if he is fighting an enemy. His expression is lifelike, and the sculpture is so realistic that it looks just like the real thing.

No, it should be said that this is true!

"knight!"

The sculpture in front of us is none other than one of the knights who had just been protecting those apprentices.

Rosie continued walking forward and looked at the other sculptures. Sure enough, he soon saw the other knights here, all of whom were the faces of the guard team from before.

"Has the entire team been wiped out? Did they trigger some kind of magical trap?"

Luo Xi became alert.

"rustle…"

At the same time, a faint rustling sound came from behind him, followed by a sudden surge of energy that swept over him from behind.

(End of this chapter)