Chapter 2: The Ascetic
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The short, but earth-shattering explosion erupted somewhere at the foot of the mountain on the southern side of the mountain.
If you look down from the sky, you will notice that a huge crater with a diameter of hundreds of meters has formed around the center of the explosion, and the trees and vegetation that originally grew within the area of this crater have completely disappeared, as if they have evaporated out of thin air.
At this moment, there was nothing to be seen in the garden pit except for the gravel and gravel on the ground, and it looked as if a huge fist had smashed down on the earth, turning everything that had existed into powder. Not only that, but the surrounding forests around the circle pit have been damaged to varying degrees, and the closer you get to the round pit, the more serious the damage becomes.
As the sun began to prepare to set into the western horizon, a somewhat embarrassed figure finally appeared on the edge of the pit: "Oh my God, what's going on?" It looks like someone has bombarded it with forbidden magic! β
There was no doubt that the person who appeared before this super round crater was naturally the magic apprentice Leo, who seemed to be fine except for a few minor wounds on his body, and it took him two hours to wake up after being stunned by the aftermath of the shockwave, and after hesitating for a while, he immediately set off for this place, but even then it took him more than half a day to get here.
Although he had a certain amount of psychological preparation, after really seeing the scene in front of him clearly, Leo's mouth still involuntarily opened into an "O" shape, and he looked at the pit in front of him like a huge mouth of the abyss with disbelief, and suddenly the expression on his face moved, and his eyes looked into the depths of the pit: "There are people there!"
The center of the pit is the lowest point of the entire pit, which is about three to four meters above the ground, and in addition to the sand and gravel everywhere, there is a figure lying quietly in the center of the pit.
Leo slid slowly down the slope towards the center of the pit in a semi-crouching position, and after a while he came to the center of the pit and stood in front of the lying figure.
This is an old man with a white beard, although his eyes have lost their lustre, but they are still angry and intimidating, Leo only glanced at these eyes, and unconsciously gave birth to a sense of awe in his heart.
The old man's body was a very simple white robe that looked a little like a priest's monastic robe, "White ascetic robe, this old man should be an ascetic of the church." Since you're an ascetic, you should have a sign on your clothes... yes, this is it. Leo subconsciously looked at the old man's right chest, and sure enough, he saw a golden cross pattern on the old man's right chest.
"Make no mistake, it's a golden cross..." Leo gasped, and once again a look of disbelief appeared in his eyes.
Leo was no stranger to the golden cross, and in fact he had worked these patterns and symbols that represented the rank of the church. It's not that he wants to be a member of the church, in fact, the mage has never had a good opinion of the Church of Light, but he doesn't want to get into trouble one day because he doesn't call someone in the church the right name.
The Church of Light has very strict rules on where the pattern and logo are located in the garment, the cross embroidered on the right chest represents the old man's lineage of ascetics in the church, and the color of the cross is used to distinguish the strength level of these ascetics, from the lowest to the highest, they are red, orange, green and gold, and the cross on the chest of this old ascetic is the highest level of gold among ascetics, which also means - "This is a holy ascetic who has reached the Holy Realm!" Leo's voice suddenly became a little hoarse from nervousness.
The Holy Ascetic's robe was stained with blood, and there was a fist-sized wound on the left side of his chest, which ran through his entire body, and Leo could even see the broken ribs in his body and the fragments of some other body organ, Leo shook his head and made an obvious judgment: "Uh... β
The young magic apprentice's face was cloudy, his cheek muscles twitched uncontrollably, and his stomach kept churning.
"Smack." A soft thud fell into the ears of the magician apprentice, who had barely recovered, and Leo looked closely, only to see a white ball and a thin pamphlet falling from the old ascetic's ascetic robe to the ground.
Leo hesitated for a moment, and then his face suddenly became happy: "This is something that the powerhouse of the Holy Domain carries with him, could it be some kind of treasure or exercise cheat?" He hurried over, took the two items in his hand, and examined them carefully.
As we all know, the magician is arguably the most frequent profession in dealing with books on the mainland besides the bookstore owner, and Leo, who is an apprentice in magic, has obviously been affected by some influence, so he chooses to put the pamphlet in front of his eyes first.
It was a parchment booklet, about the size of an adult's palm, and judging by the age and wear of the cover, it was evident that it had been quite a few years, and on the cover was written four large words: "The Way of Asceticism." There is also a small line underneath that reads, "Ambrosie Landry."
"Looks like that's the name of the holy ascetic who died here for some unknown reason." Leo subconsciously glanced at the corpse on the ground, judging from the name, it is very likely that the record in this thin booklet is the cultivation experience of this Ambrosi Holy Ascetic, the cultivation experience of a Sacred Realm powerhouse! Leo's breathing began to grow heavy unconsciously, and his left hand trembled a little as he turned the next page.
August 12, 1135 in the Guangming calendar.
Today happens to be my twentieth birthday, and on this day I was baptized and officially converted to become one of the thousands of godly servants of God at the feet of the Most High God of Light, and my heart was filled with excitement and joy.
"That's it?" A look of astonishment appeared on Leo's face: "Just two sentences on one page? After composing himself, Leo turned the second page.
March 7, 1142 of the Guangming calendar.
Today I am the pastor of the 7th local church in Beru County, which represents the recognition of me by the supreme God of light, and the excitement and joy once again fill my heart.
"Thisβ" Leo was stunned and continued to turn the third page.
December 28, 1149 in the Bright Calendar.
I felt the call of the God of Light, who wanted me not to be hindered by the mundane things in my pursuit of the Light, and I decided to resign from all my positions in the Church and join the ranks of ascetics.
"Could it be that this is not a cultivation experience at all, at best, it is the ascetic's-" Leo said through some gritted teeth, "Life memorabilia?" β
Leo's fingers began to quickly flip the pages of the book, and sure enough, the booklet was written about some of the things that happened in a certain year, month, and day, and where and where he felt the brilliance of the God of Light, and killed some heretics, so as to make his faith more pious, and his power became more powerful.
"Hell!" Leo couldn't help but close the pamphlet heavily, his chest heaving violently, and it took a long moment for him to curse a foul word from his mouth, and his face showed an expression of great disappointment.
Obviously, this parchment pamphlet of life events may have been a priceless treasure for the deceased Ambrosi Saint Ascetic of important moments in his asceticism, but for Leo it was nothing more than a worthless broken book.
The huge psychological gap had a great psychological impact on the young magic apprentice, making him feel a little spinning for a while, and he couldn't help but stumble a few steps before he narrowly stood up.
"Wait! There's one more thing. Like a drowning man grasping at a life-saving straw, Leo brought to his eyes something else he had received from the ascetic.
It was a small white ball about the size of a pigeon's egg, not much bigger than Leo's fingernails, and if you looked closely, you could see that its surface still glowed with a soft white light.
The ball was so light that Leo's right hand holding it barely felt its weight, but its surface was quite strong, and Leo tried it and found that he couldn't break it.
It is worth mentioning that it feels surprisingly good, although it is strong, it does not give people the cold feeling of steel, but has a warm and cool feeling similar to that of good white jade, and a trace of coolness from the surface of this small white ball into Leo's palm, so that he can't help but have a comfortable feeling, and the original boring mood has unconsciously become better.
"It's definitely a treasure!" Leo concludes with certainty: "The only question is - what is it?" Some kind of peculiar jade? A magic gem with power? Or maybe it's some kind of powerful Demonic Beast's Inner Dan? β
Leo couldn't help but remember that he had read some books about Warcraft when he was in the academy: "It is said that the Netan of Warcraft has great benefits for humans, not only can it greatly enhance the physique, but also has a certain probability of giving the racial talent of this kind of Warcraft to the person who devours the Netdan, am I-" Leo put the little white ball to his mouth, and began to seriously think about the possibility of swallowing it in his stomach: "Eat it?" Wait, that's too risky, I'm still-"
"Bang!" A heavy punch hit Leo on the back of the head, and the defenseless Leo's eyes turned black, and his body involuntarily fell forward and fainted directly to the ground, just swallowing the small white ball that was originally in his mouth into his abdomen.