Chapter 144 - 137

(Slightly long recap)

"Nothing. Just thinking the days that we had spent here."

It was been a week now and they had not seen any silhouette of the grand Charm Excellence which meant that they were far from accomplishing the test but they were still spirited and full of vigor to not give up.

On the other hand, the smiling silver haired young man had always known the secret passage where it could lead to the school but she had been keeping it since she met her target.

Considering that in order to progress in her side mission, she needed to spend time with the other which meant that pretending ignorant was her best option as she had known that there was a possibility that she wouldn't be able to interact with the second miss freely if she leads them to the right path and it would also become suspicious if she had revealed it in day one.

So the silver haired young man to uncover it to them slowly.

"We have been running around this forest aimlessly!" The eighth prince grumbled as he couldn't keep his calm and gentle demeanour anymore.

"Right, right! Even a country bumpkin like me who had high stamina can't stand it anymore!" Leika stated while she chased her breath, clutching her ċhėst.

'Although this girl is annoying me but she is useful sometimes.' Feng Cui thought as he secretly glanced at the breathless girl.

Chun who had been thinking on how to tell them that she had a clue, not appearing suspicious, got her opportunity.

"Well, I have been thinking about it but I felt it was strange."

The second miss who was beside her frowned her brows as she inquired the other, "Strange?"

Chun didn't delay as she neared a specific by their path and pointed a vivid pattern on it.

"What about it?" Feng Cui creased his forehead as he had a slow brain process.

But the others weren't as slow as him, they immediately understood.

"I have seen this exact pattern on a tree also!" Ivory who had been silent from the start, exclaimed as she ran to another tree a bit far away from where the silver haired young man was standing.

"Then, we just need to find this exact pattern to find our way?!" The excited Leika said in joy as she could finally feel the end of the test.

But Daeil interjected as he was second to Chun when having a brainpower capacity in analysing clues, "If it is that easy in looking for them."

The silver haired young man agreed also as what she had remembered, the Tree Spirit stated a pattern for her to locate in order to find the secret passage that led to the Charm Excellence but the guardian said as well that some patterns could be seen while the others couldn't, it meant that they needed a fire charm to burn the dry leaves into ashes and spread it in a specific trunk of a tree to see those patterns.

But the challenge was, there were so many trees how would they do it?

Instantly, Chun disappeared from her spot while she ordered them to gather dry leaves and pile them into mountains.

Hearing the orders of the silver haired young man, they obliged immediately which surprised them but they didn't dwell on it as they were curious to what she was doing.

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They had never imagined that they were unconsciously following the orders of the silver haired young man.

It was a win-win situation. While they spent days here, her mission could be said had been done and was progressing smoothly, added to the fact that they weren't going to continue travelling with no direction.

The pattern that they were looking for was an intangible marking carved onto the tree. If the silver haired young man compared it to the familiar patterns that came from her original world, then the runes would be the best fit to it. The leaf-like twirling design of the markings on the trees was only visible when one could look at it in a right angle.

They occupied themselves with the search and immediately found seven similar patterns vaguely sculpted on certain trees.

Daia who had been perceptive found that the trees where they positioned at were forming a specific kind of shape. Looking from their feet apart. Even Leika had noticed something.

"This is Seven Leaf Trigram," the silver haired young man stated while ȧssuming a dignified tone.

Hearing the youth's sentence, they had a look of disbelief written all over their faces.

The Seven Leaf Trigram was one of the powerful seal technique that was recorded in the history of Terapika. Although they figured out that it was that kind of sea and found out where was the secret passage leading to Charm Excellence, it was just a one step on the bigger road.

The center of the Seven Leaf Trigram was the secret passage but it was still deactivated as they needed first to find out on how to activate it.

Chun only got a clue from the Tree Spirit which meant, she must expend effort in solving it.

Amper who had been silent suddenly spoke out her opinion, "It would best that we draw circles on the ground."

The silver haired young man was still unaccustomed by this world that she had transmigrated info which she misunderstood the second miss' suggestion.

Drawing circles was cursing someone or something but for the second miss, it was something else.

Folding her long plaided sleeves, a pair of white porcelain arms revealed as she took out a calligraphy pen from her pendant.

It was obvious that the pendant was the designed storage space of the other. Chun focused her attention on what would the second miss going to do.

Amper gracefully held the calligraphy as she flicked it on the dry ground. Using her wind charm, she was able to sweep through it and started to draw a symbol also which was a bit resembling the Seven Leaf Trigram but when you looked at it carefully and every stroke that the second miss would take, encompassed the other clear lines.

Having a great mind, the trigram that Amper was making had been half-through incomplete but the silver haired young man already knew what was it.

It wasn't stated in the black card about the abilities of the other as it was just a basic knowledge of a host needed to know so Chun was a bit stunned when she witnessed that the second miss was truly talented.

Effortlessly, Amper was reversing the complicated twirling patterns of linear leaves to undo the seal and open the secret passage.

After minutes of her concentration onto the trigram, she released a sigh of relief then started specific hand movements that created afterimages once she executed it.

"Ignite," Amper coldly stated but it still brought power to the trigram that she had drawn. It immediately alighted and the seal was slowly undone.

Even the eighth prince and the country bumpkin couldn't help but gasp an action of amazement as it was their first time to see an unsealing of a powerful trigram. They immediately deduced that this second miss from the Morai Household was truly formidable.

A certain older brother of Feng Cui was lucky to have a golden thɨġh in his faction.

The eighth prince was tempted to snatch this person into his faction.

Chun maintained a calm expression though her eyes expressed a smile. She was amused to see that Amper performed an 'array reverting' technique which used by formation masters from her original world.

As a knowledge enthusiast, the silver haired young man had been knowledgeable when it came to formation arrays despite that this world was alternate of Xanxia but Chun felt that some distinctive stuff here were similar to it.

She could only ponder that maybe the Creator of this world had a same taste with the Creator of her original world.

Seeing that the second miss successfully undid the Seven Leaf Trigram. The silver haired young man didn't hesitate to walk first the activated portal which led to their sought destination.

'Charm Excellence, here I come!'

The snobbish system smiled as he observed the development as an unreadable expression crossed his face.

The silver haired young man stepped inside while the Charmers behind followed also. It could not be denied that excitement and expectation tinted on their faces as this was their dream school.

Although Chun had the same expression like them but it was not because of the same goal as she was thinking about her missions and she could not wait to reign on this school.