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On the top of the 999-step ladder, the pilgrimage platform is surprisingly simple. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ. {We don't write novels, we're just web text porters.} - There are no jade tiles, no sanctuary, no idols, no decoration of thorn branches and any sacred relics of the temple religion, there is nothing on it but a large bare stone, under an endless sea of gold. Because the believers have made the surface of the stone smooth after years of worship, but through it the light can shine on the skin of people, and the primitive rough temperament that has passed through thousands of years still comes to the face. The churning golden sea is very close to the ground here, as if it is next to the top of people's heads, and it is extremely majestic. The believers prostrated nine hundred and ninety-nine times to climb the ladder, knelt reverently on the pilgrimage platform under the waves of the golden sea, prayed silently, made one last prostration, and then got up and went down the other road. Hundreds of thousands of people came, prayed, and went away silently, without making a sound. The world is so quiet here, and the silence is like a magnificent galaxy that has never changed. And under this majesty and magnificence, human beings are insignificant.

Zheng Wenwen was obviously impressed by the majesty and magnificence of this moment, at least for the moment. She seemed to be envious of the outstanding temperament of the worshippers who were close to the contemplative and the victim exuded at the moment of kowtowing, and couldn't help but imitate their appearance and make a pilgrimage action, and specially asked Gu Hanhan to help her take pictures and make them look better.

Gu Hanhan took a lot of photos for her in one go.

The assistant priest who was the guest guide watched them mess around, and wanted to remind them very much that there was no point in prostrating on the ladder of heaven and ninety-nine, and that the last pilgrimage on the pilgrimage platform was meaningless, and it would not be recognized. There is also a no-go to taking pictures, which is between blasphemy and non-blasphemy, and is likely to be classified as blasphemy, and may not be blessed and cursed by the god of the universe. But it was obviously unwise to manage the widow's affairs in the Acropolis, and for the sake of Zheng Wenwen's pure infidels, he didn't say anything in the end—anyway, even if the images were released, they would not be able to be consulted.

The way down is a gentle slope and the scenery is good, and there are a variety of wildflowers blooming along the way, and pilgrims who come down the mountain will pick a handful to take home. But the guide's assistant took them on an elevator - the elevator was hidden in the interior of the cliff, and at the entrance was a cave in the cliff, which could be entered by a fork in the road. The priest uses the ring to verify his identity and gives a command, and the energy door on the cave wall opens, revealing the elevator.

The elevator went all the way down, and when the door was opened, it was already at the Sacred Mountain Management Office at the foot of the Pantheon Hill. The first half of the administration is open to pilgrims and believers, the registry office, the Religious Association and the Sacred Goods Department for the redemption of indulgences and other religious relics, while the second half is closed to the clergy. Gu Hanhan noticed that the place where they were staying now should be a parking lot, there were many airships moored in the huge patio, almost every airship had a shining emblem on it, and their airship was parked not far away. In addition to the elevator they carried, there were dozens of elevators along the perimeter of the patio, and from time to time there were low-ranking priests wearing white or black robes coming in and out, and occasionally high-ranking priests wearing purple or even red clothes, but they were very rare.

"Where do the priests commute from here?" Zheng Wenwen looked at curiously, "I can't see at all that there are so many priests in the Pantheon. ”

"It's not just the priests of the Pantheon," the assistant priest who was the guide explained, unaware of the impending catastrophe, "This is an entrance to the temple headquarters, and you can reach the nine-fold temple above the golden sea, and the priests and deacons of the nine gods will also use the elevator to get here." ”

Zheng Wenwen was very surprised: "There are still buildings above the Jinhai? It turns out that the pilgrimage platform is not the highest place." ”

"Of course not!" said the assistant priest, "There are a total of nine heavenly steps on the sacred mountain, and the pilgrimage platform is only the lowest layer, and there is an eightfold heavenly step and a nine-story shrine across the golden sea upwards, each floor is a holy department of the temple, there are a total of nine holy departments, and the top of the sacred mountain is the temple of the goddess." ”

"Of course, in normal times these things are invisible," he said, "and it is a rare miracle that you can see the ethereal shadow on the pilgrimage platform only when the weather is very clear and the sun shines through the golden sea." ”

Zheng Wenwen pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Then the goddess also takes this elevator when she goes down the mountain? If you squat here, will you be able to see the goddess, the goddess of darkness and the goddess of the earth who is alive now?

The assistant priest of the part-time tour guide had a bruise on his head, and he was so angry with this evil heretic that his chest was so tight that he almost vomited blood, and he endured the roar and the urge to tear her apart and said, "God is everywhere, how can the traces be coveted by mortals?"

"Don't worry!" Zheng Wenwen smiled, "Isn't it because I don't understand why I want to use it?

The assistant priest endured and endured, and for the sake of the righteous name of the widow and the missionary of the Acropolis, he finally calmed down, and patiently explained: "This is a public elevator, and each goddess's temple has a special elevator. ”

Saying this, his expression was a little shy: "In fact, most of the high-ranking Grand Priests and Holy Cross officers use airships directly, and they usually don't use elevators. ”

The servants opened the spiral ladder and welcomed Gu Hanhan onto the airship. Gu Hanhan saw another airship parked not far away, the airship had the badge of the superpower family on it, but the guards under the airship were very strange, revealing some rough and brutal murderous aura, which was very incommensurate with the gentleness of the Acropolis, so he asked casually: "Which family is this?"

"Oh, it's the Noblemans," said Garr, glancing at the coat of arms at the stern of the boat, "they have a distant clan returning to the family, and today should be the official visit to the temple." ”

Gu Hanhan couldn't help frowning: "Which temple do they worship, is the Earth Goddess or the Dark Goddess in the Lighthouse Star now?"

"Not really, miss. Gal whispered, "The Nobiman family has not yet made it clear which temple they will take refuge into. It should be just an ordinary visitation, with a ceremony to give the family name and a sword representing the honor of the holy nobility, and the names of the members involved in the family tree, which can be performed by the chief priest. ”

Then he took the opportunity to persuade Gu Hanhan and said, "Does Miss want to go to the ceremony? Since you have already come to the Sacred Mountain, it seems that it is very cheap to go to the past." And you haven't been able to make a special trip to go through the registration and naming procedures, and the chief priest happens to be here today, so there is nothing wrong with praying for you to go through the formalities by the way. ”

Gu Hanhan was stunned as soon as he heard Garr say about registration and naming. She didn't want to register in the temple and the superpower association at all, and she didn't want to be a veritable widow under the name of the Duran family, so she immediately dragged Zheng Wenwen and escaped into the airship in three steps and two steps, and at the same time prevaricated and said: "It's not appropriate to run away without greeting such an important thing, right? And I see what the old gentleman means, and I want to have a special banquet and hold a ceremony, if we go out and stop by the way, we will do so much? In the afternoon, we will visit the Moro River, and it will be too late to go! Hurry up, Mr. Garr, take off at once, I have to rush to Torini for lunch!"

-- Isn't it natural to go through the formalities first and then invite guests to a banquet and hold a ceremony? What kind of appointment do you have to make in advance? Compared with such an important thing as becoming the heir of the Duran family, what does it matter if you accompany your friends to visit the Moro River a little earlier? Even if it's procrastination, it's too much!

Garr was extremely depressed, he had already arrived at the Divine Mountain, but he couldn't persuade Gu Hanhan to go through this long-delayed naming procedure, what kind of failure was this?!

If he could, Gal would simply want to teach Gu Hanhan a lesson, even if he grabbed her clothes and shook her shoulders, he dragged her to the temple to complete the registration and naming. But after all, it was impossible for him to teach Gu Hanhan a lesson openly and force her to be brought to the front of the great priest against her will, so he had to follow Gu Hanhan on the boat stupidly, while trying to figure out the next time to persuade Gu Hanhan to register the title.

At the same time, the door of one of the elevators on the wall opened, and a group of people walked out. They wore the white or black robes of the temple deacons or the uniform military dress of the Temple Holy Crusade, and all wore armbands in the style of family crests on their arms, apparently the attendants and guards of some superpowered family. The family crest on their armbands indicates that they happen to be from the Nobiman family that Gal just mentioned.

In the center of the attendants and guards was a thin young man, with a long sword hanging from his waist, wearing the formal robes and gods of the nobility, and he was the young man who had resolutely scared the rich businessman who secretly coveted Gu Hanhan into prison at the Sin Chew Hotel on the island. He was still the same thin and small appearance, slightly hunched back, like a stunted kitten, the heavy noble robe and the gods pressed on his thin little shoulders as if they were going to crush him, he couldn't hold it up at all, like a monkey, it can be said that there was no one in the entire Acropolis who was more inappropriate than him in this set of clothes, even the young masters could wear better than him.

The guards waiting under the airship greeted him, and a sturdy guard who looked fierce reached out and touched the noble sword on the young man's waist: "How is it, Danzai, is the sacrifice fun, is it cool when you match this?"

The attendant beside the young man frowned: "Call the young master!"

The guards couldn't hear it, and the young man even untied the long sword and threw it at him.

"I don't feel anything," he said, "it's just that you have to kneel all the time, and it's very troublesome." ”

He stood on tiptoe and looked over the guard's shoulder, just in time to see Gu Hanhan's back hurriedly walking into the airship, and couldn't help asking, "Who is that?"

"She's the Acropolis widow. The squire replied.

The boy scratched his head: "Widow, it's strange......"

The attendants and guards then embraced the boy onto the airship and soon took off. The boy habitually sat down in the corner seat of the airship, frowning and not knowing what was going on his mind, and his fingers unconsciously tore at the buttons and ties of the robe and the god, leaving the maid who stood next to him ready to change his clothes.

The airship left Mount Kinabalu and soon flew towards the Acropolis. The boy stood up suddenly, threw the unbuttoned robe and the god, opened the porthole, and jumped down.

The stout guard chased after the porthole and shouted, "Eggboy, where are you going?"

"Go for a walk. ”

"Wait for me. The stout guard said, jumping down as well.

Immediately afterwards, the vicious guards who were with him also jumped out: "Let's go shopping together!"

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