When Maria’s figure vanished atop the mountain, Viola’s consciousness snapped back to reality from the depths of the southern province.
As he opened his eyes, he wholeheartedly believed in Maria’s words.
He believed that this girl had lived from three hundred years ago until the present.
At that moment, he finally understood why he had always sensed that there was something extraordinary about Maria, yet couldn’t quite put his finger on it.
She appeared to be seventeen or eighteen years old, but possessed knowledge of the esoteric hexagrams that Master Exeor couldn’t grasp even at a hundred years old.
At the tender age of twelve, she was pursued by the Warriors Den and engaged in a battle of wits and courage.
And at the same time she was seventeen or eighteen, she somehow coincidentally appeared before him in Aurous Hill after leaving Northern Europe. Such uncanny occurrences were rare in the world.
Moreover, this seemingly seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl possessed extraordinary talent in painting landscapes, surpassing any painter in history within seconds…
Now that she had revealed her secret, all of these questions were answered with a plausible explanation.
Her exceptional painting skills were the result of three hundred years of dedicated practice, surpassing the abilities of any other artist.
The same applied to fortune-telling.
Master Exeor was only a hundred years old, while Maria had surpassed the three-hundred-year mark. The disparity between them was evident.
Simultaneously, Viola noticed a change in Maria’s demeanor.
she made, Viola felt a sense of hidden beauty, as if the lotus flower
archaic term “Nujia” that ancient Chinese women used to address themselves gave Viola the impression that Maria was like a kitten baring its
apologized, saying, “Please forgive me, my lord. I didn’t mean to startle you, but when you asked, I couldn’t lie. I
from over three hundred years ago, or
lord, my family
“Three hundred years ago, you witnessed the tea tree’s calamity in the southern
Ming Dynasty, which coincided with the third year
spun
timeline recorded in the Wade family tree might not predate her! In astonishment, Viola
respect, “My lord, there is no need
Just calling you Maria would be an
smiled and replied seriously, “In the eyes of this Nujia, I am merely a girl who can never grow up, not an ancient witch. Though I have indeed lived for nearly four hundred years, I still remain
found himself in an awkward position, torn between
though she has lived for nearly four hundred years, she has always appeared as a seventeen or
four hundred years old! Can you even comprehend the concept of four hundred
tried to dismiss these thoughts and
“you” slipped out, he noticed a trace of displeasure flicker across Maria’s beautiful brows, prompting him to quickly amend his words, “No,
as she asked
can you still look so young?! Even if you possess
misunderstood. It’s not a matter of rejuvenation. Since I was seventeen, my appearance and body have remained unchanged for over three
possible? You don’t possess extraordinary reiki, and even if you did, it couldn’t preserve your
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