The sunlight climbed over the top of the Blackstone Water Tower, becoming a narrow thin line.

In the distance at the Rensu cemetery, the black mist dissipated.

Bright green moss, stubbornly growing in the shady corners of the water tower, clinging over the damp stone bodies eroded by the water.

In the room on the second floor of the water tower, the window was open, and the black-haired young man lying on the small bed felt that he had a very chaotic dream.

The room wasn't crowded, but there were plenty of thick tubes of all kinds, as well as some valves and strange gear devices.

The wind blew in from the window, Ye Chen gradually woke up, and suddenly a spirit sat up.

Looking back, Ye Chen saw old Rupert sitting on a chair in the room.

"How long has he been here?"

Ye Chen, who couldn't fully come to his senses, his first thought was that old Rupert didn't find anything.

Compared with the black-haired young man, the old man with sparse brown hair is still very deep, and he didn't blink his eyes in the face of the young man who suddenly popped up.

"Joyce. ”

Old Rupert watched him deeply and spoke, and the wrinkles on his face deepened.

"Huh?"

The black-haired young man stammered at the old man's call, but finally responded.

"Don't try the secret science in the future, it's far more terrifying than you think. Old Rupert said solemnly to the black-haired youth.

"Maybe old Rupert is not wrong, I am no longer Ye Chen, but Joyce Rupert who lives in this world!" Ye Chen didn't speak, thinking silently in his heart.

At this time, the black-haired young man was as if he had not completely come out of his fear after being frightened.

"Ilena will pick you up in a moment, I think it may be time for you to reconsider your career after leaving Taya University, as it is clear from this incident that archaeology is not for you. Rupert Sr. got up from his chair and said.

"Elena?"

Ye Chen was not on the same channel as Rupert Sr., and thought of the sister who was adopted with Joyce in the orphanage since childhood.

Elena and Joyce are not siblings, but they live in an orphanage and are adopted together.

"Can old Rupert do so much?"

Ye Chen secretly thought to himself that when he came to the water tower outside the cemetery, it was almost early in the morning, and the remaining processing time of old Rupert should not be much.

Although this world has entered the age of steam, it has not yet reached the level of having a telephone, Ye Chen is incredible, how old Rupert notified Elena in the second half of the night.

Old Rupert, who got up, didn't say anything more to the black-haired young man, and walked out of the room on the second floor of the water tower.

In Joyce's memory, Rupert Sr., the corpse collector, has always been taciturn, deep and eccentric.

"What happened to Toton Manor?"

Ye Chen reflected and opened his mouth, but finally asked in a hurry.

"I informed the Church of the Goddess of Life, and I trust that the Church's enforcers will follow up. Old Rupert walked outside the door and made the black-haired young man on the bed twitch.

Joyce had never seen the Church's real law enforcement team before, but he had heard that those law enforcement team were very mysterious, had many strange methods, and their power was even higher than the imperial legislation, which was more terrifying than the police.

"It's not going to be the rhythm of finding out what you're going to go in, right?"

Ye Chen swallowed dryly, and his heart became worried again.

Ye Chen, who fell back on the bed, only felt that the previous owner of this body was even more useless than him, not only did he not have the ability to be self-reliant, but he also made such a thing.

Although a night has passed, Ye Chen still has a lot of things to figure out, and at this time, he calmed down, hoping to think about it.

"Esoteric?church?"

Recalling what old Rupert mentioned just now, Ye Chen knew more about the church.

In this world, the Church of the Twelve Main Gods stands side by side, the divine right is beyond the imperial power, and there are many believers, Elena is not only a believer in the Church of the Goddess of Life, but also serves as a divine servant apprentice in the church of Rensu, and does not receive much money for the time being.

As for Joyce, he can be regarded as a believer in the Goddess of Life Church, and as for whether he is pious or not, only he knows in his own heart.

Joyce's ideal is more to become a researcher in the archaeology department after graduation, and slowly blend into the official institutions of the empire, which can be regarded as a decent job.

Field archaeology was too dangerous, and Joyce dismissed it as not in the conduct of a gentleman, and did not want to consider it.

"Joyce's sense of autonomy is gone, I just got his memory and body, if I don't become him, I'm afraid it will be difficult to integrate into this world, right?" Ye Chen is not talented, he just thinks that it is good to be able to live in his current identity.

"Joyce. ”

Just as Ye Chen was thinking about it, trying to understand the various memories of the person who occupied the body, the woman's crisp voice with anger came from outside the room.

Ye Chen almost subconsciously got up from the bed and saw the blonde girl who rushed into the room angrily.

"Elena!"

The black-haired young man didn't speak very neatly, and he only felt that the eyes of a girl in a classical gray robe had the intention of tearing him apart.

I have to say that Elena is very beautiful, with undulating gold, perfectly supple corners, even if she is wearing a simple gray robe of a divine servant apprentice, her chest is extremely impressive, and she can still see the grace of a mature woman.

At Elena's nineteen-year-old age and tall figure, in Ye Chen's opinion, she was a little too developed.

Elena's long eyelashes trembled, and her blue eyes were watery and shiny, and her chest couldn't help but rise and fall because of anger.

"Elena, isn't the church eating well? You seem to be fatter than you used to be. Without waiting for the blonde girl's anger value to rise again, Ye Chen asked the other party very silently.

The black-haired young man seemed to be nervous about his words, but Elena was a little flustered after hearing this, and began to look at her figure, and even tightened her hands on the gray robe.

"Joyce, what did you do last night, do you want to be judged a heretic by the Church?"

"You're going to kill me if you say that. ”

Ye Chen hurriedly corrected the blonde girl's statement, and he also realized that the other party knew something about last night.

Elena opened her mouth, knowing that she had said the wrong thing, she was just worried about Joyce.

"Why did you let Elena pick me up, can't I walk home by myself?" Ye Chen had some bad premonitions, and his heart suddenly tightened.

"Hurry up, the carriage is still waiting outside. ”

Old Rupert's shout came from under the water tower at the right time, making Ye Chen's bad premonition even stronger.

"It won't be to kill relatives in righteousness, right?"

Ye Chen was secretly afraid to mutter, but he didn't lose his mind, he felt that when facing danger, the more panicked he was, the faster he would die.

Once you lose your mind due to fear, you will be treated as a monster even if you are not a monster.

"Elena, are we going home?"

The black-haired young man barely managed to squeeze out a smile and asked his sister, who was a year older than him.

"The church is investigating Toton Manor, and you'll have to go and be inquired about. Elena struggled to speak.

Looking at Elena's delicate face that she couldn't face, Ye Chen nodded and got out of bed and walked quietly towards the outside of the room.

I don't know if it was because of Joyce's silence, Elena's heart was so sad that she was even afraid to talk to him again.

Coming down the stairs to the outside of the water tower, with the warm sunlight shining on his face, Ye Chen was in a much more cheerful mood.

A black carriage is parked on the dirt road, and the church coat of arms with vines and flower petals stands out.

In the cemetery in the distance, the tombstones look stacked, and in some places there are already weeds and white forgotten flowers.

"Compared to the rolling mountain, now it is also very good, I used to be an orphan, I followed the old people in the village to learn to collect medicine, relying on the preparation of some Chinese medicine mixed with food, I can't earn much, and it's hard, otherwise I can't fall off the cliff and roll the mountain." Ye Chen felt that many things and people were destined to be forgotten.

In the world that Ye Chen lives in, medicine pickers are already a very old profession.

In ancient times, people will be surrounded by the environment, the mountains and the wild can be generous gifts to a village, the mountains of grass and trees, flowers and flowers, contain all kinds of treasures, medicine pickers are given by nature, in order to flourish in an era of lack of food and clothing.

The ability to identify herbs and study their properties can make a herb picker play an infinite role in difficult times.

However, with the development of the times and the widespread cultivation of medicinal herbs, the herb pickers who walk dozens of miles of mountain roads a day, one mountain after another, are no longer able to persist with enough patience, perseverance, and courage.

"Remember, you didn't get involved in channeling, you just went to Toton Manor out of curiosity, and don't admit anything else. Ye Chen was just about to go to the carriage, but old Rupert actually followed.

Not only Ye Chen heard the words of old Rupert, but Elena who came out of the water tower also looked a little strange, but in the end, feelings still prevailed over reason, and she was secretly relieved a little.

"It's too unrealistic, but I like it. After Ye Chen got a whispered reminder, he quickly made up his mind and resisted to the end.

The medicine pickers who came out of the mountain villages had a weak concept of the rule of law, and as long as they could take and pick up, they thought that it was their own.

If you don't accept it, let's practice, and I'll give you a fist full of flowers.

got into the carriage, except for the man who drove the carriage, there were three members of the old Rupert family in the carriage.

Although he felt that it was normal for old Rupert to follow, Ye Chen still couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart.

"After this is over, don't go to the academy, there are not many days left before you are about to graduate. Old Rupert said with a deep face.

"Old Rupert is very sure, this corpse collector is by no means as simple as Joyce knows. Ye Chen thought silently in his heart, feeling that he would not have anything to do this time.

In Ye Chen's mind, the profession of corpse collector looks undignified, but whether it is dealing with corpses or guarding cemeteries, it must be recognized by major churches, and ordinary people may not be able to do it if they want to, and corpse collectors will often come into contact with the police and church law enforcers, and may encounter mysterious incidents.