When the metal graveyard formed by more and more vehicles blocked the way, the Rhinoceros Team could only continue to detour. Originally, they could have entered Saluda by noon. However, in order to bypass this area, Malin and the group eventually could only see the City of Saluda from afar as dusk approached. "I feel the earth crying." As Maya spoke, she stood up. The legendary shaman gazed at the surrounding fields and closed her eyes. In an instant, Malin felt as if time had frozen. The Rhinoceros Team’s race came to a halt, followed by the entire world. Then one wraith after another appeared on earth. They formed a crowd, walking southward across the lands, yet disregarding the entire Rhinoceros Team. Malin heard a sigh from Maya, the girl in front spread her arms wide. At this very moment, the moon leapt from the distant horizon, like a disc. The wraiths uniformly halted their steps, turned their heads towards the full moon, then simultaneously began to howl. They cursed something. Malin discerned the meaning of their howls, noticing the soul fire in their eye sockets turning irresistibly crimson. Just as Malin prepared to purify the land, sprouts emerged from the earth. Buds blossomed at the tips, grew, and finally, a small bell with a handle fell into Maya’s hand. Maya gently shook the bell in her hand. Although it was a wooden bell, it emitted an extremely prolonged sound akin to the ring of gold, visibly dispersing sound waves from its center throughout the world. Upon touching the sound waves, the wraiths were shattered by the sacred energy wave. Their spectral shells ignited in flames of positive energy, then turned to ash. Time began to flow once more. Malin reached out to support the slightly exhausted Maya. Under Malin’s reassurance, the leader of the Rhinoceros Team restrained its members with a long call to continue moving forward. And everyone on the rhino’s back watched the scene before them — the wraiths, suddenly appearing on the fields, were kneeling, bowing their heads, praying, then sacred flames ignited upon them, until the wind swept everything away. "Merciful is our Lord!" Onor quickly turned to look at Maya—he was the Knight Commander of the Lord of Justice and highly sensitive to the World Tree Sapling’s artifact. So when he saw the wooden bell in Maya’s hand, he instinctively praised it thus. Malin didn’t blame him; Onor didn’t know that it was actually the help and blessing from the two Earth Mother Goddesses who should have acted in place of the Goddess of Harvest. Maya also didn’t let them down. Though she wasn’t deeply versed in doctrine and lacked the superficial ceremonial aspects. However, what she did should have pleased those two mother goddesses, for Malin could feel his lover’s aura growing stronger. The Rhinoceros Team traversed the world of flying ash, re-embarking on the ancient road, passing the Indian statue. Standing on the finger of the stone giant pointing south, Salis let out a call, flew to Malin, and perched on his shoulder. As the Rhinoceros Team entered the open gates of Saluda, the elves at the entrance bowed in reverence to Maya—having watched it all unfold from the city walls. They initially thought the prematurely appearing wraiths would severely damage the far-traveling adventure team. However, the next moment, these wraiths, who brought nightly pressure and chaos outside the City of Saluda, were directly purified. Malin patted his riding rhino, this spiritual giant squatted down, Malin jumped off, then reached out to support Maya, the little Leopard Girl in his eyes smiled as she dismounted. "Salute to you, the legend of The Great Forest Land. You must be Lady Maya." The garrison officer of Saluda stood before Maya. The elf woman extended her hand, taking Maya’s hand, then touched it with her forehead: "You allowed these lamenting souls to truly rest, both they and we will thank you for everything you’ve done." "I heard their wails, I just wanted to help them." Maya seemed not to think she’d done anything extraordinary, she smiled, a little shy. At this time, Gold Oak came over, driving off the curious elves for Malin, then repeated the elf woman’s gesture. "I thought your husband was already very remarkable, but I still underestimated you, madam. Admitting my mistake to you is what a gentleman should do." After the envoy said this, he suggested everyone follow him to the prepared resting area. The buildings in Saluda are preserved better than those in Yorktown. In the camp led by the envoy, the tallest building, like in Yorktown, already had electricity. The electric array used to repel nightly protects this camp from wraith intrusion, and naturally, due to purification, the wraiths in this area will be fewer for a long time. Maya was surrounded by a group of young mages and sorcerers. These fellows tirelessly sought Maya’s teachings, and the bold ones took the bell she lent them, though none could ring such sacred tones again. After all, it was a bell transformed from the World Tree Sapling, a truly holy artifact, although not as versatile as the World Tree Sapling in Malin’s hand, owning it alone granted Maya recognition and respect within the Church of Justice—the greetings from Emil and Konsair to Maya clearly demonstrated this.