Chapter 948: The Great Expedition
Mary rejoiced when she said this: "It seems that the book is almost entirely correct. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Dizzy, I did it for a long time, not because I was unhappy about the ancestral silverware, but because of the authenticity of the book.
Rudolph looked at the book in her hand: "One is a scripture, and what about the other, which was also exchanged for silverware?" β
"It's not." Mary sat down and carefully opened the book on her lap: "The scriptures are exchanged, and this is the one left by my parents, and it is also ancestral. β
Fortunately, it is a book, otherwise it may have been replaced by something. Fortunately, the people here are simple, if you are like some swindlers in the Middle Ages, holding all kinds of "holy things", goose feathers and angel feathers, I don't know what animals are saints' bones, holy water, and abonement charms, as long as you can cheat money and have everything, this stupid girl will really go bankrupt to buy it.
Maria carefully opened the shabby and yellowed book, don't look at this broken book, maybe it is worth a piece of land, plus there must be something about her trust, so she is extremely careful: "It is said that my ancestor was appointed by God, he discovered the ultimate secret, which can completely essence the hearts of all people, and in a special place, there is a place with magic and all kinds of magical beasts, there is such a place, only a saint or a saint can stand up, and such an ability can be activated... β
So Xuan? Everyone looked at it suspiciously, and there were a lot of illustrations in this book, all of which were drawn by hand.
"My ancestor, about seven generations ago, almost two hundred years ago, stumbled upon it, but he didn't stand up and came back writing down all the signs and what to look out for along the way." Mary began to talk about her family's old legends, which were of course much more interesting than talking about the heavens and the gods. And it also involves a very critical issue ...
Turning the pages on, you can see hand-drawn maps marked with obvious signs, such as rivers, trees, and all kinds of strange symbols, such as hands, birds, etc. Everyone also watched patiently, especially giving up the place to Rudolph.
In the end, without asking, Mary herself said, "I'm going to go there!" The place where he pointed was the last page of the book, on which a man was drawn standing in the center of a disc, and on the top were drawn a few black lines, which were supposed to be light.
This is supposed to be the place of this mission, to help Maria get there, and then to have her stand in the center of this disk.
"What did you just say?" Regel frowned: "A place with magic and all kinds of magical beasts? β
"Yes." Maria flipped a few pages forward and pointed to a huge animal, and there was a man standing next to her, who looked very weak, I don't know whether it was an exaggeration or a reality, this animal was almost the size of an elephant: "This is a monster, and you can often encounter monsters there." β
It's too dangerous, and it doesn't make it clear what the task is, so there's still a chance to be accommodating. So Cheng Qianxun tried to communicate: "A place of Warcraft magic, is that where the light is?" Magic only exists in the demon realm, it is evil, and there should be no magic where the gods are. β
"Why is there no magic?" Mary opened another book, memorized it to the fullest, and pointed to one of the passages: "Good things are often hidden in ugliness, and should be seen on the bright side." β
Any scripture, no matter what denomination, will basically have something like that. This is to persuade people to look in a positive direction and give hope in difficult situations. After all, in life, there will be too many unsatisfactory, and it is said that even if a person's life is smooth sailing, he will experience at least three ups and downs.
Mary has a genius blend of the contents of the two books, connecting the books left by her ancestors with miracles. She said very seriously: "I have wanted to go there since I was a child, if you are my paladin, then go with me!" β
It's over, do you really want to go to this place? Well, "good things are often hidden in the ugly, and should be looked at the bright side", perhaps the ancestor of this mad girl was also a madman, and wrote and painted things like Don Quixote saw a windmill and thought he was a giant. Look at the quality of this painting, it's really not very good, and there are not a few words in the whole text, which proves that this ancestor was not a cultural person.
Everyone looked at each other and quickly came to a conclusion. Cheng Qianxun replied: "Okay, let's go." β
"No, it's not okay to say yes." Something happened to Mary again: "You need to swear to accompany me all the way there." All great expeditions and expeditions require a ritual, such as knights drawing their swords and touching each other's swords, indicating that they will defend the knight's dignity with their lives. β
What knight's dignity can be without dignity in order to survive. So everyone immediately drew their swords and raised them as if they were sacred, and the four swords crossed in mid-air. Snead also wrote: "We swear with the dignity of knights that we will escort the Holy Maiden Mary to the Holy Land and complete her mission!" β
"We swear!" Everyone said in unison, the scene at this time is so sacred, there is almost no majestic movie soundtrack.
"Alright, my faithful knights, let's go." Mary put away the book and stuffed it into the package.
"Forget it for today." Gordon responded, "Any expedition needs to be well prepared to increase its chances of success. β
"What do you want to prepare?" Mary's mind was naΓ―ve: "The God of Heaven will help and protect us along the way." β
It's hard to say, but Mary will say that God will give food and water. I saw that there were paintings in the book full of a little pockmarks, not the Gobi Desert, where to get water then? The gods here may be too busy to listen to the prayers of a madman and rescue a bunch of fools who have no brains and are walking through the desert with nothing.
"Does God not need to make offerings except to give?" Rudolph asked.
Maria was stunned: "Yes." β
"That's it." Rudolph spoke very horizontally: "When you stand on the altar, is it better to be empty-handed, or do you want to give something as an offering to show your sincerity?" β
Needless to say, of course, it is better to bring gifts, and any god will prefer to worship sincerely.
Maria nodded, "Alright, let's go again." β
"Take out the book and let me look at it again, and then you tell me about where to go." Rudolph looked at the wrapped package, and Maria was too fast, and she was very active when she did such a stupid thing, as if she had been beaten with chicken blood.
Mary glared, "Aren't you going to prepare something to worship?" β
Rudolph was angry and funny, if it weren't for the task, according to his previous temper, he would directly tie people up, and come to a few small punishments to open meat, ordinary people would have recruited anything, even if they were crazy. But now it's not as good as before, and it's only a good voice: "Everyone else will prepare, and I'm going to be safe along the way." β
"No, God will bless us." This stupid girl sometimes really wants to slap her.
Rudolph still smiled without smiling: "Of course God will bless us, but it is a place where demonic beasts are infested, and God will also test whether we are capable of completing the task, do you want to die before completing the task to see God?" β
As soon as she heard that she might accept God's examination, Mary naturally took out the book and explained to Rudolph what was drawn in the book as she flipped through it, which of course she understood.
A book is only a dozen pages, not thick, not to mention paintings, even words that have never been seen, with Rudolph's brain, can write down almost all of them.
And they naturally have to start preparing gifts for the gods, in fact, to solve the problem of eating and drinking along the way. This layer did not give them plug-ins and preferential policies, and they had to rely on themselves.
After eating, I was busy, and I only had enough to get up to three meals, a rabbit, a few voles, a dozen kittens and fish, a bunch of wild fruits and some wild vegetables.
Meat fish, Gordon took it and disposed of. Regel continued to get something else to eat, while Sneijder spread the wild vegetables on the floor.
"What for?" She was a little puzzled, but soon understood the intention: "Do you want to make dried vegetables?" β
"Well, yes, this variety of wild vegetables should be able to make dried vegetables." Snead continued to keep it delicate, so that the wild plants could be as dry as possible in the remaining sunlight of the afternoon: "I tied up and fell on the trees at night, hoping to dry tomorrow." β
Dry dishes still contain ingredients that the human body needs, which is a good solution. She picked up the wild fruit and began to peel it, specifically picking the ones that looked ripe and a little rotten, and the good ones could last for a few days and be eaten on the road.
Rudolph came to help after reading the book, and he added some wood to the campfire, and Gordon brought the meat that had been handled.
The fish is strung directly with a straw rope and hung to air dry. Rudolph began to barbecue: "About tomorrow afternoon, we can reach a small town, and then we will sell the silver bowl and come back with something to eat." The whole journey takes at least 20 days, and we may not have enough food in half of the places. β
It's not really good news, but I was going to exchange the silver bowl for something and find another chance when I get to the town. With one side of her head, Mary meditated again, how could she not know that she was bored?
After dinner, the sky starts to get dark again, and it's time to take a little rest.
And Rudolph did something unexpected, he asked Mary, "Can you give us a sermon before the Great Expedition?" Tell us what God is like and how merciful he is, so that we can deepen our impression of God. β
Actually, it's a good way to know the God in Mary's heart, or the God here. Until now, they have only followed Mary's line of thought, saying that God is merciful and that God is selfless. Her god is not the same as Sumer, ancient Egypt, ancient India, and all the gods of ancient times.
When Maria heard this, she was naturally very happy, but she had studied it for many years, and finally someone was willing to listen, so she immediately agreed.
Mary sat cross-legged, and everyone sat cross-legged as she did, in order to show their attention. She began to preach: "In the beginning, there was nothing between heaven and earth, and God created all living things. "Nothing, so where did this god come from?
"God has no concrete image, but is a light, a golden light, which contains all wisdom and talent. What kind of life form does this belong to, is it an intermediate upgraded version of computer technology? It turns out that the god here did not create human beings in his own image.
"If God wants to communicate with believers, He will directly turn thoughts into feelings and send them into the believer's mind... So this crazy girl meditates cross-legged all day, standing on top of the dirt bag at the end of the village.
In the first half hour, everyone listened with interest, and handed water from time to time, afraid that her mouth would be dry.
An hour later, everyone was mostly staggering, and Rudolph, who had great patience, lay down.
Two hours later, when the moon had risen overhead, Mary was still saying, "When the believers offered yes, one gave the flesh and the other could only send the flowers picked on the way, God said, 'In this flower, I see your heart, and in the flesh, I see the heart.'" This means that in the eyes of God two people are equal to what they give ... "It's obviously all-you-can-eat, just bring it, of course you can't say that.
By the way, isn't God a light, and does he still need these offerings? Can you eat it... How to eat... Still can't eat it, so it's okay to take a look?
"Holy Maiden~" Regel yawned: "That's all for today." β
"But I'm not done yet, so I'm just going to talk a little bit." Mary picked up the book, which, unlike the ancestral map, was often very thick. Most of the scriptures are thicker than the Xinhua dictionary, and after reading it, you will be brainwashed, like Mary, if you can almost memorize it, then your thinking will be completely abolished.
It is true that only a tenth of the place is spoken, and Sneijder yawns as well: "It's already the middle of the night, and tomorrow we have a great expedition, God will understand, sleep." β
"Yes, you need to be mentally refreshed." Mary heard this, and she immediately laid down her book, lay down on the floor, and covered it with a blanket.
"Hey, Chihiro." Sneijder patted Cheng Qianxun lying beside him: "You can sleep." β
"Oh~" Cheng Qianxun woke up, yawned, and went to sleep on the floor on Maria's side with sleepy eyes.
Early the next morning, Mary unexpectedly got up early, and urged her to get up one by one, so that she could set off early: "Get up quickly, all of them are knights, why are they still so sleepy, like me." β
After a casual meal, everyone began to take care of their luggage. Regel muttered dissatisfiedly, "She is indeed in good spirits, and she doesn't work every day." β
"The Great Expedition, we are coming~" Mary was doing all kinds of "sacred, inspiring, and positive" movements on the side, which was very exaggerated.
By noon they had arrived in the town, hungry and penniless. (To be continued.) )