Chapter Ninety-Six: The Turning Point

"Revival? Is it the Arcane Renaissance? They say it was the Arcancia Revival that attacked the guardian hand?

The young female mage looked a little incredulous at the news. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info thought about it, she shook her head and said, "I've heard of this organization. In fact, it is relatively famous in the wizarding circle, and it is heard that they are digging around for the arcane relics of the imperial era, and they have many cutting-edge arcane equipment and techniques, as well as several archmages. Because the relationship with the major temple churches is very bad, he acts very secretively and low-key, and it seems very mysterious. But I don't think they're going to do such crazy things. To actually use a Yang Flame Burst in a large city with a population of 100,000 is not an Arcanist, this is a madman. These guardian hands must be nervous. ”

"That's what you haven't seen them do. Not long ago, they had planned a blood sacrifice in a small town in the north, sacrificing innocent merchants and soldiers of the Northern Legion, and among them a worthy nobleman. I experienced this incident myself, but I was sent out by Mr. Feng halfway through and turned back to report it......"

"Oh, how is there such a thing, what the hell is going on, can you please tell me more about it?"

"Okay. However, I didn't see much with my own eyes, and I heard Mr. Feng say it later......"

Walking on the messy streets, watching many believers who came spontaneously to clean up the wreckage and ruins under the leadership of the holy warriors, Mu Qinyi replied casually to Master Motri. After last night's chaos was over, they were also questioned and questioned by the Guardian Hand. Although the identities of the two had already been known because they participated in the side by side, the holy warriors of the Guardian Hand were very polite and kind, but the female mage was also extremely dissatisfied and fired a fierce fire. They didn't know exactly what the final situation was, and they had to ask the accompanying paladins a few times to find out that the fragment had been taken back after all, and although no conclusive evidence had been found, almost everyone was sure that it was the work of the Arcane Revival.

“...... Hundreds of lives, as well as the lives of nobles who are also arcanists, can be sacrificed at will, and I think they are insane. Ah, by the way, that noble mage is called Howard, and he is also from the Arcane Academy in Oroyosta, do you know him?"

"Really? That's a ...... Unbelievable. I don't know him, though. The college is huge, and teaching assistants like us, who are often on the field, are not very familiar with the faculty and staff in the college. I can't imagine ....... I can't imagine that such a thing will happen......" The female mage's eyes flickered, and after shaking her head, she was silent, as if she had been a little shocked. But after a while, she suddenly spoke again: "But according to what you said, Ms. Mu, I feel that the incident of this attack on the Guardian Hand is completely different from the cult incident that happened in the town of Gray Valley in the north. How so...... The incident in Ashenvale was indeed a typical Arcanist way of thinking, with a very elaborate layout and a long-term covert arrangement, and no one knew what was going on until the true purpose was revealed. It is indeed the modus operandi of the Revival Society that I have heard about. But this attack on the guardian hand is very simple and crude, but many people have not yet come out of the influence of the conspiracy of the Arcane Revival Society, and this fragment does seem to be easy to attract the attention of the Revival Society, so they will subconsciously feel that this is another conspiracy of the Revival Society, but they do not notice the essential difference in the way it acts. If I had to say it, it would be that this attack was not the Arcanist's way of thinking at all, it was simply ...... It's like the behavior of a rude barbarian. While their attacks seemed well-thought-out, their weapons and arcane skills looked high-end, and their tactics were expert, the plan itself was too crude. ”

"Oh?" Mu Qinyi was slightly stunned, tilted his head and thought about it carefully, and the delicacy of the same woman could vaguely feel the meaning of what Master Motri said. "This ...... It seems to be true. So should we remind the Guardian Hand?"

"Hmph, what's the matter with us? It's good to make those arrogant guys suffer, I feel like someone is targeting them. The female mage snorted coldly, a meaningful smile on the corner of her mouth. "Didn't I hear that it was the Westerner called the Sword of Benevolence who snatched the pieces back in the end? It seems that there was an infighting with the people of the Temple of Fighting God? Let them slowly get their own headaches. ”

"That's right. You say that the sword of benevolence is the former high priest of the vengeful cult, and that he is an old friend of Mr. Wind? What a strange person...... On the way out of the swamp, I seemed to see him and Mr. Wind reading an arcane primer book?

"That guy ......" Mu Qinyi shook his head, not knowing what to say. "It's like I was mentally shocked and turned crazy in a failed festival, and although I didn't think it was a normal person before, the difference between before and after is too great, and I don't know why Mr. Wind accepted him to follow us...... I don't know what is going on with the gods of your continent, but it stands to reason that if you get too close to the gods, you should be completely washed away by the gods' huge will and become an idiot, right? ”

"I don't know much about the clergy. Failed arcane experiments can really make people insane, but they are utter madness, completely deprived of normal sanity and mental faculties. I think the Sword of Benevolence seems to be sober enough to read arcane books, which is not something a true madman can do. Master Motri shook his head and thought for a moment. "Maybe I can ask him what the hell is going on, he's a very special case. ”

"As soon as you come into contact with them, you know that those two guys are actually very difficult to deal with. By the way, it seems like they were talking about coming and learning arcane from you? will you teach them?"

"Huh, really?" the female mage's eyes couldn't help but light up. "Absolutely. ”

"You seem to be very happy?" Mu Qinyi was a little stunned.

"One of the basic qualities of an arcanist is a desire to explore the unknown. Of course, those who study arcane just to inherit nobility don't count. I think both of them are amazing and funny. The glint in the female mage's eyes burned brightly, as if she was full of confidence. "And on the barren West Coast, it's hard to find a better Arcane teacher than me. I feel honored to be a teacher to two Western friends who admire our Euroarcane civilization. What's more, they are still my lifesavers, and I will definitely do my best to teach them well. ”

"I just hope you can maintain such a good attitude in the future......"

"Mu Daoyou, it turns out that you are still hanging out here?"

Suddenly, a figure descended from the sky and landed in front of them. Master Motri was certainly taken aback, but Mu Qinyi was even more stunned when he saw it: "Daoist Liu, what's wrong?"

Mu Qinyi was so surprised because Liu Xuanying actually flew here.

As the head of the Dan Martial Dao in the rivers and lakes of Shenzhou, the Xuantian True Martial Xuan Qi and the Nine Heavens Xinggang cultivated by the True Martial Sect are the most top-notch methods of the Dao Sect, which are unfathomable and incredible. As long as you reach the realm above the innate level, run the true martial arts, and encourage Xinggang to cut off gravity and walk in the sky, even if it is not as good as Kunlun and other people who are good at this way, it is also stronger than many Jianghu sects that only know how to temper the flesh. It's just that if it is not necessary, the Daoists of the True Martial Sect will never use this method easily. The 1,999-step mountain road carved by the ancestor Xuan Xuanzi Zhenren at the foot of the True Martial Sect is something that every disciple of the True Martial Sect must walk step by step when he goes up and down the mountain, which is to tell the people in the door that all the roads in the world must be measured step by step, and everything needs to be done by himself. Therefore, including the True Martial Sect Sect, if it is not necessary, even horseback riding, or light gong lifting longitudinal techniques cannot be used, not to mention this art of controlling the sky.

And at this moment, Liu Xuanying actually flew from the sky, and Mu Qinyi couldn't help but be surprised, this must be something big about the envoy group. On the contrary, many of the citizens of Osstar who witnessed it were not surprised, but the priests of the Storm Temple by the sea were high and high.

"What else can happen? It's your business, of course. Liu Xuan looked at Mu Qinyi with extremely complicated eyes, and with a wave of his hand, he sealed Mu Qinyi's qi and blood in the air, and wrapped her in the air. "Lord Wang is dead, and his two relatives have identified you as a murderer, saying that you and Lord Wang had a private meeting with each other and assassinated you. I also went to see Lord Wang's corpse, and he was indeed choked to death by the tea and pastries in his mouth. If there is no external force, such a sip of tea will not choke people no matter what. What else do you have to say?"

"What...... What?Lord Wang is dead?" Mu Qinyi originally subconsciously wanted to struggle to resist, but Liu Xuanying's words shocked her. "I... I... I just wanted to punish him a little... How could it be dead?"

Seeing that Mu Qinyi also admitted it, Liu Xuanying also sighed, and flew into the air with Mu Qinyi: "Let's go back with the poor road, and wait for Lord Li to fall." ”

"Wait a minute, what do you want to do?" The words of the two just now were all in Shenzhou dialect, of course Master Motri on the side didn't understand, and now seeing that Liu Xuanying was about to forcibly take Mu Qinyi away, he immediately became a little anxious, waving his hands in the air, and a stream of flames went towards Liu Xuanying's front door.

But of course, such a threat is not in Liu Xuanying's eyes, Liu Xuanying just waved his hand, and the gang wind blew this newly formed low-ring arcane to pieces, and together with Mage Motri, he also felt that he was supported by a great force to fly, rolling like a rag doll that had been thrown away, completely losing what she could rely on in the air, and when she danced and almost couldn't help but activate the arcane scroll, she found that she had somehow sat on the ground, and not even a single hair was injured all over her body, but was thrown dozens of meters away。 At this time, Liu Xuanying had already flown out with Mu Qinyi and turned into two small dots.

"It's... This bastard Westerner ......" Master Motri got up from the ground, his pretty face flushed. Some of the surrounding onlookers couldn't help but laugh at the mage's embarrassed appearance, but she was no longer in the mood to worry about this, watching Liu Xuanying run and chase a few steps in the direction where she flew, she didn't know what she thought of and stopped, her eyes flickered and her expression changed.

"Performing tumbling tricks on the streets in broad daylight is not the demeanor of an aristocratic mage. Master Motri, do you have any special hobbies?"

Suddenly there was such a voice behind him, and Master Motri turned around and saw that the suspected crazy former cult high priest she had talked to Mu Qinyi about not long ago, the invincible king, and the Sword of Benevolence was coming from not far away.

"You have come just in time, Your Excellency the Sword of Love. Didn't you see that? That Westerner had just taken Ms. Mu away like that! I couldn't stop him, I didn't know what he was going to do to Ms. Mu, weren't you companions? Why didn't you go and save her?"

"Don't get excited, your spit is about to squirt in my face. The sword of benevolence waved its hand unhurriedly. "Of course I saw it, but I couldn't stop it. His Excellency Master Liu, who was the envoy, was Ms. Mu's colleague, and in a sense, her boss, with high morals and good cultivation, so you don't have to worry that he will arrest Ms. Mu to do something that everyone likes to do. Just now he seemed to sense that I was nearby, and he used a special technique to speak, so that I couldn't hear me from too far away. But looking at their appearance, it should be that Ms. Mu messed up a very important business. How can I stop this?"

"You've been around all the time, what are you doing around, you're eavesdropping on our conversation?"

"Ahh Isn't paying more attention to the intimate words of two beautiful ladies a natural physiological reaction of a man? ”

Looking at this strong Western man with a sideways face, who was obviously very fierce but could say these stupid things with an indifferent face at the same time, Master Motri felt that he could understand the meaning of Mu Qinyi's words just now, but now was not the time to worry about these, she asked: "I'm still very worried about Ms. Mu, I'm going to go to the envoys of the Qian Empire to have a look." I know you have a way, can you take me in?"

"Okay. It's a great honor, and I'm just looking to take a look. My good friend is not there, and I have come to supervise the envoys' every move in his place. lest some big people with in their heads do something. ”

"Mr. Wind isn't here, where has he been, haven't you been to some meeting together by the paladin of the Guardian Hand?"

"After we came out, the Temple of Sunlight sent someone to call him again, and saw that the priest who had delivered the message looked like he had been constipated for more than ten years, and he did not know what was secret. But it doesn't matter, I trust my friend very much, and no matter what kind of difficulties he has, he can only retreat under his aura. ”

In the apse of the Temple of the Sun, Kazeyin Qiuzheng sat opposite High Priest Xander.

"It is better to ask the high priest to see for himself than to explain it simply. After waving his hand in the air a few times, another identical Feng Yinqiu appeared next to him, and then he patted it lightly, and the illusion disappeared again.

"It's... It's really an illusion of the two-ring arcane. High Priest Xander looked astonished. "Did you really learn the arcane in just a few days? ”

"And this, I think it's better to let you know. Feng Yinqiu thought about it, and decided to show the power of the Ten Thousand True Talisman first. With the continuous contact with the arcane in the future, the arcane under the rubbing of the universal true rune will definitely soar, rather than waiting until the world is shocking and then bothering to explain, it is better to let the temple know about this transcendent existence now.

This time, the wind chanted and did not move, and directly triggered the two law-based high-ring arcane arts in the Ten Thousand True Talismans. Without warning, his body suddenly floated into the air and moved nimbly from side to side, and before High Priest Xander could fully understand what was happening, the ground next to him rose rapidly, and then turned into a huge clay figure.

"Is this a summoned Earth Elemental Servant...... no, it's a projection of an Earth Elemental Elder projected by the Arcane. Projecting the Elemental Elder is already an operation at the law level, and if I'm not mistaken, this should be the Seven Rings Arcane. How can you use such an arcane art?" Although High Priest Sandel did not know how to use arcane arts, he still had a unique vision accumulated over the years of experience and battles, and he could see with both eyes what this phenomenon meant. "And such a flexible use of force field can only be done after the force field is completely woven on the law, and it is also a legal arcane on top of the six rings? Mr. Wind, you... You... You can't just become an archmage, can you?"

"These two high-ring arcane arts of law are not really used by me. It's just that I have a treasure here that I brought from the Western Continent, which can reproduce the arcane scrolls and props engraved on the arcane scrolls and props to a certain extent, and then reproduce them to a certain extent. Feng Yinqiu nodded his forehead. "Both of these spells were snatched from the Renaissance Mages when I was fighting them. ”

"It's an incredible treasure... Although I heard that the civilization of your Western Continent is also unique and remarkable, I didn't expect it to come to such a point...... "Even so, High Priest Sandel was extremely surprised, and it took a while to regain his strength and nod his head again and again. "It's a good thing you're only here now, and if it were in the Imperial Age, those arcanists would have robbed you of this treasure if they said anything. No, even now, you have to be careful of those Arcanists. It is better not to reveal this treasure with magical powers in front of them. ”

"Yes, I understand. In our Western Continent, this treasure has also caused me a lot of trouble, so please don't publicize it casually. ”

"Please rest assured, Mr. Wind, you will always be a friend of our Nikko Temple. High Priest Xander nodded. "So back to our previous question. Is what the Sword of Mercy said true? Arcane is actually very simple for you, and can really be learned in a matter of days?"

"As far as the issue itself is concerned, it is. But it's also because we're not ordinary people. Although the spells of our Western Continent cannot be used in the Euro Continent due to the different laws of the world, our basic experience and quality are still there, and relearning the arcane is much stronger than ordinary people who have no foundation at all. Feng Yinqiu nodded. "The essence of arcane art is to use one's own spirit to construct a magic formula circuit in the magic web, and to induce the laws of the world to show the effect of spells. Compared to ordinary mages who have to meditate to slowly train their spirits and become familiar with the magic web, our spirit itself is strong enough, at least for us, the low-ring arcane is just a game of building circuits on the magic web. Keep practicing until you are proficient. ”

"In that way, I understand. High Priest Sandel nodded, his face looking much lighter. "If you think about it, that's exactly what happened. The two of you should be the pinnacle of the Western Continent, both mentally and mentally, not inferior to those archmages, even if you learn arcane art from scratch, it is very simple. ”

"Okay. This is indeed a reasonable explanation, and I will tell the truth to High Priest Morin and those in the Temple of the Fighting God, and vouch for you. Mr. Wind, please forgive me, we can't help but be careful, because the Sword of Benevolence was indeed in cahoots with the Revival Arcanist not long ago. At a sensitive time like this, we do not want any possible crises to arise. Especially the Fighting God Temple, too, needs a rhetoric to deal with them. ”

"There's the High Priest of Law. Feng Yinqiu gave a sincere salute. These Euro priests gave him a very good impression, because the existence of the gods was real, they were almost completely free of the paranoia and xenophobia of those gods on the rivers and lakes of Shenzhou, and the fields to which the gods belonged were distinct, and whether they could comprehend and perceive the gods also depended on the respective talents and beliefs of the believers, and there were very few conflicts between the believers and the believers. Aside from being a bit harsh in some areas related to the arcane arts, they are all of excellent moral character. Moreover, this kind of high priest in a high position has a lot of experience in the world, so he does not have the stubborn rigidity and inflexibility of a moral gentleman who talks about morality all his life in Shenzhou.

"And I asked Mr. Feng to come over, but there is another matter I would like to seek your advice on. Although this is a matter within our major churches, I would like you to give us advice from the perspective of a bystander, your Western thinking, for us to refer to. After thinking about it, High Priest Sandel still asked, "I wonder how much Mr. Wind knows about the Fighting God Temple?"

"It's not very clear. Feng Yinqiu shook his head. I've heard of it before, but this is my first encounter.

"Fundamentally, our temples are antagonistic to the Empire and the Arcanists. Because the study of arcane is a blasphemy against the gods, the empire's reliance on arcane has also brought great harm to this world, constantly plundering resources and destroying nature. But in many cases, things are not so absolute, and in the history of the empire, there were periods of relaxation between the temple and the empire, and even some of the improved divine arts also relied on the derivative laws of the magic net to produce effects. And when it comes to the deepest communication between Arcane and the Temple, it is in the creation of secondary gods. ”

"Gods can't come out of nothing, that's a manifestation of the essence of this world at a high level, and even from the perspective of the elemental ancient gods, our world is a low-level existence derived from them. Essentially, no matter how powerful the arcane is, it is impossible to create a god. However, from a relatively low-level perspective, arcane can also contribute to this phenomenon, or affect the final outcome to a certain extent. And this process has been experienced by Mr. Wind before, and that is one of the pinnacle arcanes of the Age of Empires: the Law of the Gods. This arcane can directly weave the fundamental laws of the world through the worship and sacrifice of a certain aspect of believing, and promote the evolution and solidification of that secondary law in the world very quickly. It only takes a short time for a secondary god to be born after hundreds of thousands of years of worship and sacrifice. ”

Feng Yinqiu nodded. Incense sacrifices naturally become gods, which is also said in Shenzhou, but the true spirit of heaven and earth in Shenzhou is not revealed, and finally the huge people's hearts and beliefs converge on the torrent of humanity, and the humane sects like Confucianism and Shuntian Shenjiao have been achieved. Either it is like Longhu Mountain to intercept incense beliefs, Shinto religion is a country of its own, and hundreds of gods are sealed but they are all nondescript pseudo-gods. And because of the different laws of heaven and earth, Shinto is prosperous, and the civilization and social form that has evolved in this European continent are completely different.

"Since the advent of the Divine Decree, there have been several secondary gods that have been used to spawn. These churches were somewhat connected to the power of the Empire. After all, the empire spawned and created them, and it must have its own interests in mind. For example, the god of craftsmen and creations makes the memories of craftsmen and alchemists go to the next level, they can create what they need faster and better, and the god of opera and art can make them enjoy life better. Even the guardian hand, which later developed and grew, was born out of consideration for mutual assistance in primary medical care at the beginning. Of course, the Empire also has a deeper consideration for having these more sub-gods disperse the power of our other churches. But what they didn't expect was that during the war, these secondary gods also sent oracles, telling the believers to resist the empire together. After all, although it was born through arcane art, the nature of the gods has not changed, and it is not something they can control. ”

"But the Church of the Lesser Gods will inevitably have a connection with worldly forces after all, and the most entangled of them is the Temple of the Fighting God. This is also a secondary god born from the law of the gods, and the largest number of followers are naturally the soldiers in the army, in fact, it is for the needs of war, when the arcanists took Andrews, the battle hero of the founding of the empire, as the god. It's just that 'war' itself is too broad and complex a social concept that does not exist in the laws of the world itself, so Andrews can only be called the 'God of Battle'. ”

"And now someone wants him to become the 'God of War?'" Feng Yinqiu suddenly understood.

"Yes. High Priest Sandel nodded. "The Temple of Fighting has grown rapidly over the years, and is always trying to describe Andrews' priesthood as the 'God of War', and behind them is the Southern Legion. From our point of view, the behavior of the Fighting God Temple has undoubtedly deviated from the position of the temple, colluded with the secular nobles for the sake of interests, and may even have become a vassal lackey of the Southern Legion. It is even more absurd to try to cover up the name of one's own god with lies. However, since Andrews is a god, we can't deny that they are one of us, and they are at least on the same side as us when it comes to dealing with the arcane maniacs who are trying to revive the Empire. And at this time, they proposed to store the power fragments of the floating city there in desperation, what do you think is the hidden meaning behind this?"

Feng Yinqiu thought for a while, and then slowly spoke, "You mean, this attack on the Guardian Hand is actually a conspiracy between the Fighting God Temple and the Southern Legion?"

"What?" said the High Priest of Xander, shocked when he heard this. "Why, Mr. Wind, how could you think that?"

Feng Yinqiu was stunned for a moment, it seemed that the high priest had not thought about this possibility, but the words had already been spoken, so he could only continue: "I just pushed the facts back. Sending the Floating City Fragment to the Southern Legion's fortress is now the only way to deal with it, and the Fighting God Temple's guardian of this fragment will greatly improve his status in other temples, and maybe changing his name will not be criticized again. If other temples send people to help, then there is more room for further expansion of the relationship with the Southern Legion. In this way, they can be said to be the only and the party that has benefited the most this time. So it is normal to infer that this matter is a play directed and acted by them. ”

High Priest Sandel looked at Feng Yinqiu in amazement, the expression on his face changed uncertainly, and then slowly settled, and finally turned into a long sigh, bowing his head and saying nothing, his face was unsightly. After a while, he muttered to himself: "So that's it, so it's like this." It's no wonder that I've always felt that something was not quite right with this attack, even if this floating city fragment was important to the Revival Society, they wouldn't have been so reckless as to grab it. The Star Temple had just been ostracized, how could they possibly use such a huge amount of execution power to carry out such a brutal action. It's just that we're so used to all kinds of destruction by the Revival Society, and at the same time instinctively don't want to believe that believers in the gods would do such things...... But Mr. Wind, you're right. From this point of view, it is very likely that this thing was designed by the Fighting God Temple and the Southern Legion. The bombardment of the golems, the arcane arts, were just demonstrations, and they knew we were going to fight to break them, and it was a pre-arranged fireworks display. The fragment stolen by the Night Lady Assassin is likely to be retrieved by the people of the Fighting God Temple as well. Didn't Your Excellency the Sword of Benevolence say that the chief fighter attacked him without paying attention......? I can't imagine that the Alpha Revival will also bear the stigma for the temple......"

“... What the Temple of Fighting God and the Southern Legion have done, in our Western terms, is a conspiracy that even if everyone sees through it, they have no choice but to watch things go according to the way they have arranged. It is the highest level of conspiracy. At least until there is no real evidence, that's the only way to go. Feng Yinqiu also sighed slightly. If this is really a conspiracy, it does seem to be from the hands of soldiers, rough and direct, and oppressive with force, not like the dark lines of the Arcane Revival Society. "You're right, the shelling and the sun are demonstrations. They know that you will never allow this to happen, so they are telling you that they are always in a position to create such a situation. ”

High Priest Sandel was silent, his face gloomy and ugly. Such a situation may be worse and more difficult for him to accept than the revival of the other side. It took a while for him to speak, "Thank you for your analysis, Mr. Wind. Your wisdom has helped us immensely. What to do next, I must renegotiate with High Priest Morin. Until there is real evidence, I hope you don't leak this speculation to others so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. As for the future challenge of the Temple of War to His Excellency the Sword of Benevolence, the only way to do this is to ask him to deal with it alone for the time being. Fortunately, it is about the belief of the fighting gods themselves, and they will no longer use any despicable means, and they will no longer rely on the power of the Southern Legion. ”

"It doesn't matter. I don't think Your Excellency the Sword of Charity will be afraid of such a challenge. Feng Yinqiu smiled slightly. After hesitating for a while, he asked, "Actually, I also have a question here, and I hope to get guidance from His Excellency the High Priest." ”

"Oh, Mr. Wind, please ask. I know I'll try to answer you. ”

“...... That's it... In the history of the continent, has there ever been a situation where a god has completely changed a person's mind?"