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Geoffrey knew he wouldn't be able to go back at all. Still, he was frightened, so he couldn't help asking that question.

Elder Xue said nothing. He looked away, observing the gray things in the water.

Here, at the height of two hundred feet in the Levitation Tower, he had never thought there would be such things. He felt a strange calmness wash over him. He considered several possibilities, in line with the longstanding motto of the Bold Conjecture House: "Boldly make a hypothesis; carefully verify it." He had come up with that on his own.

"Geoffrey, does the aura of these things strike you as somewhat familiar?" asked Elder Xue.

"Familiar? No," Geoffrey admitted, shaking his head.

It was the first time he had seen such things.

Elder Xue thought for a while. After a few moments, he headed straight towards the water.

He plunged his head in with a splash.

As soon as his head was inside the clear water, one of the gray things swam quickly towards him. It spread out, forming the shape of sharp teeth, and started to bite him.

Elder Xue immediately withdrew his head before the thing could bite him.

Drops of water trickled down his face.

The gray thing couldn't leave the water. It lingered in the spot where Elder Xue's head had been and spread outwards, before slowly retreating.

Elder Xue repeated this action several more times, as though he was teasing the grey thing. As soon as it swam away, he poked his head back into the transparent water.

Each time, the grey thing rushed back, but not quickly enough to succeed in biting Elder Xue.

"Elder Xue, why are you doing that?" Geoffrey asked, wondering what game he was playing with the gray thing.

"I'm trying to sense its aura. It's a pity that it's in water, because the water is blocking most of its aura, making it difficult to sense. I wanted to get a clear confirmation of what I was thinking," Elder Xue answered.

kind of aura is it?" Geoffrey said. He himself had

already knew, and I just wanted to make sure," he said, tapping his temple lightly. "The wisp

was interested. "Really? If the aura of the things in the water is similar to the aura of that

the Fostering race," Elder Xue finished. As

souls of the Fostering race!" exclaimed Geoffrey in surprise. He wasn't entirely convinced. "But why would

implications of his assumption. Finally, he said, "I

repeated, thoroughly confused.

of the Elemental race had been killed miserably in front of them. How could it have anything to

of the Elemental race had also climbed to this height.

ignored Geoffrey's obvious skepticism. He went on, "It's impossible for the Fostering

a way, but it can't be a reward,"

strength level similar to yours or even weaker than you entered the Levitation Tower, do you

question. He hesitated and then said, "The probability of

nature were not too difficult. If his father or Rocher took part in the tests, they would

from the six races of the Deep Space have entered the Levitation Tower. But only you, me, and three members of the Elemental race have

had to admit that analysis wasn't his strong suit, but as Elder Xue spoke, Geoffrey tried to follow his thoughts. He asked, "Could it be that the so-called

the savage land, they would probably develop a high level of intelligence after a few thousand years at

large races in the Deep Space had existed for a long

was strange indeed if the members of these races had not yet developed a high level of intelligence.

have been restricted since they were born, so even if I teach them as much as I can, they can only learn so much. They still underperform and act unwisely on many occasions," said Elder Xue. He added, "If you put a wisp of soul into an ant or an

heads would explode?" Geoffrey spoke tentatively. He had never imagined such a

"From the perspective of the Fostering race, the members of the Elemental race are ants, earthworms and bugs on the ground. They can't bear the souls of the Fostering race at all,

us? You think our heads will not explode?"

no choice but to take a

went straight into the transparent

of a member of the Elemental race, his soul was a human spirit. He came

more, the grey thing formed

head continuously. Geoffrey watched with his mouth open.