The Electro element mechanism on the gift box, to put it simply, was a battery. As long as the Electro elemental power within it was consumed through a Catalyze reaction using Dendro elemental power, the battery would run out of power.
However, even so, the highly capable Alhaitham still continuously used Dendro elemental power for over half an hour to completely deplete the Electro elemental power in the gift box, and Alhaitham's face turned somewhat pale.
This scene made everyone present even more convinced that this gift was personally prepared by the Raiden Shogun. Otherwise, who else in the world would possess such terrifying Electro elemental power?
Logically, since Alhaitham had exerted so much effort, he was qualified to stay and examine what the gift inside the gift box actually was, but Alhaitham did not do so.
After completing his duties, he immediately chose to leave, showing no concern for what gift was inside the box.
Khajeh and Azar, seeing Alhaitham's tact, promptly and decisively granted Alhaitham three days of paid leave through the Akasha, as compensation for his half-hour of overtime.
Upon seeing his paid leave approval, Alhaitham also showed a hint of a smile. As he took the elevator to leave Azar's office, his face was full of disdain for those people. However, this expression went unnoticed by everyone whose attention was entirely on the gift box.
After Alhaitham's figure disappeared from the top floor, the curiosity in everyone's eyes could no longer be restrained. However, Azar and Khajeh, being high-ranking individuals, worried about potential accidents when opening the gift box and voluntarily gave up opening it themselves.
Thus, after much deferral and recommendation, a Kshahrewar School scholar who had just been promoted to Kōbanḍa, being the least experienced among those present, was chosen to personally open the gift box.
Although the scholar's heart was racing, he had no choice but to comply, so he bravely stepped forward to operate, while silently praying to Lesser Lord Kusanali. This was perhaps the first time this scholar, who believed in Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, sincerely prayed to Lesser Lord Kusanali.
The scholar closed his eyes and tremblingly opened the gift box, but nothing unfavorable happened, which made him exclaim in his heart that Lesser Lord Kusanali had manifested her power.
At the same time, Lesser Lord Kusanali, in the Sanctuary of Surasthana, had a premonition in the depths of her being. A wisp of faith power increased within her, and she murmured, "Finally, another one..."
The crowd, who had been hiding nearby, seeing that nothing had happened, immediately reverted to their arrogant demeanor and stepped forward to carefully examine the contents of the gift box.
The contents of the gift box made them somewhat puzzled.
Is this... a scroll? Could this be the gift the Raiden Shogun sent to Lesser Lord Kusanali? This is too shabby, isn't it?
No! There must be something wrong! The gift box was so elaborate, surely the gift inside wouldn't be so shabby. There must be something very important recorded within this scroll.
This thought occurred not only to the others but also to Azar, the Grand Sage. So, he waved his hand, instructing Setaria, who was standing by, to see the guests out, and to have the non-sage scholars leave.
This action immediately caused an uproar among the scholars. 'I've already taken off my pants, and you're sending guests away now? That's too much of a low blow!'
But due to the Grand Sage's status and authority, everyone could only grumble and leave.
After everyone left, only one Grand Sage and three sages remained in Azar's office, and these four were the initiators of the God Creation Project.
As for the remaining two sages from the Amurta School and Logic School, they had long been imprisoned by them for resisting the God Creation Project.
Azar carefully untied the string wrapped around the scroll, then slowly unfurled it. There was no imagined dazzling light, nor any strange phenomena.
The scroll was densely covered with a language Azar did not recognize.
Seeing this, the other three instinctively looked at Khajeh, the sage of Haravatat, and asked, "Khajeh, don't you Haravatat scholars study ancient languages? Do you recognize the script on it?"
As a Haravatat sage, Khajeh had mastered over thirty ancient languages and scripts, almost covering most of the written symbols that had appeared in Teyvat's history. But even so, he was still completely bewildered by the script on this scroll.
Finding a flaw in his area of expertise was embarrassing for Khajeh, but facing his colleagues' questions, he couldn't ignore them. He could only subtly say, "I seem to have some impression of this script, but it's slightly different. Wait for me to go back and check some materials to compare."
The other three sages were all extremely shrewd individuals and naturally knew Khajeh's words were meaningless. They couldn't help but look at Khajeh with a disdainful gaze, which made Khajeh feel a bit embarrassed.
Azar looked at the scroll and pondered for a moment, then speculated, "This was written by the Raiden Shogun to Lesser Lord Kusanali, so could this be a script circulated among ancient gods?"
Khajeh shook his head and stated emphatically, "I once thoroughly studied the stone tablets from over two thousand years ago, which recorded conversations between Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, King Deshret, and the Goddess of Flowers. But the script in this scroll is vastly different from the script on the stone tablets.
The evolution of scripts has its own regularity; such a huge change is impossible. This should not be a script evolved in the Sumeru region. Could it be an ancient script evolved from the Inazuma region?"
Azar suddenly thought of a possibility: "Perhaps we are thinking in the wrong direction. The script on this scroll is not a letter written by the Raiden Shogun to Lesser Lord Kusanali, but rather, the script itself is the gift to Lesser Lord Kusanali.
It's possible that the Raiden Shogun of Inazuma coincidentally found a document with this script, but she didn't recognize it. So she had the Inazuma Regent bring it to Lesser Lord Kusanali, to see if Lesser Lord Kusanali, as the God of Wisdom, would recognize the script.
For the God of Wisdom, there is no more precious gift than a script lost to the dust of history."
Azar's deduction immediately received everyone's approval. Otherwise, a mere scroll would indeed not warrant such elaborate gift box packaging. Only this explanation made the most sense.
Khajeh: "So, should we still send this scroll to the Sanctuary of Surasthana?"
Azar said indifferently, "Khajeh, later, use a Kamera to take a picture, then divide the picture into several sections and ask the scholars in your school if anyone happens to recognize this script. If not, then send this scroll to the Sanctuary of Surasthana.
Having Lesser Lord Kusanali decipher a script unknown to humans could be considered putting it to good use, right?"
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