Mu Qinyi walked on the dark street, and for a while he didn't know where to go. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 This happened before made her not want to go back to the camp of the Great Cadre Envoy Regiment, and at this time she somewhat understood why Feng Yinqiu and the half-crazy Sword of Benevolence had such a caring appearance, it turned out that the entire envoy group was just a carriage driven by a rotten caterpillar, why should it be controlled by others.

But if you want to go to this European continent alone, there is no goal, the key is that after passing through the things of Gray Valley Town, she also understands that this European continent is by no means peaceful, with her current strength, it is far from enough to walk without taboo, and the difference in customs and humanities and appearance also makes it difficult for her to move.

This feeling of suffocation and powerlessness made her suddenly think of the small mountain village in her hometown that gave birth to her, raised her, and wanted to bury her. She suddenly raised her head and looked at the starry sky above her head, which was already different from Shenzhou, but still brilliant, and her heart was detached and resolute.

Back then, it was just the help of a wandering Taoist priest, and she could exchange her body for a glimmer of hope in that desperate cage and jump out. Now she felt one of the most fundamental and majestic forces in this world, and what could stop her.

For a while, her heart was calm and there were no waves, although her eyes were full of stars, but she felt as if she was in an endless ocean, soothed and washed by thousands of miles of waves, her own senses seemed to be all integrated into the boundless water waves, but she was not surprised at all, only carefully experienced the deeper meaning of the transformation and infiltration in the water, beyond the meaning of 'water'.

I don't know how long it took, Mu Qinyi suddenly woke up. The heart of the Tao is stable and unmoving, and in this regard, it is the same whether it is Buddhism, Taoism, or Shinto. And it is precisely because the true spirit on the land of Europe is more visible and easier to perceive, and this path of Shinto is much easier to walk than on the land of Shenzhou, so she got a little closer to the right path with this state of mind, and after careful perceiving, she found that the dark wounds she had suffered before due to the lack of ritual sacrifices were actually slowly recovering.

The sound of small footsteps was coming from far and near, and it was this sound that woke her up. However, this state of mind has arrived, and the perception is just a matter of course, and Mu Qinyi has no regrets. If you look at the voice, you can see a white halo moving through the street in front of you. It didn't take long for the light to move around the corner, two lantern-like clusters of light floating in mid-air, and in the middle was a young woman in a blonde robe.

"Ah, it's you. This is the female mage named Motri who was rescued from the swamp by them not long ago, and the female mage also saw Mu Qinyi standing in the street, was slightly stunned, and then nodded with a smile on her face.

"Hello, Ms. Mu, I haven't seen you for two days, and I'm so busy dealing with the review of the local mage council these days, I haven't had time to thank you yet, I'm very embarrassed. ”

The female mage bowed her head and made a very soothing aristocratic etiquette, although Mu Qinyi couldn't understand it, she could also feel it from the rhythmic and stretched rhythm and movements, if this female mage didn't have a noble background, she had worked hard in this regard. She also nodded and smiled, "Master Motri, it's great to see you walking. Have you healed from your injuries?"

"I can basically walk. It's all thanks to your treatment at the time, thank you very much. What are you doing here at this time?"

"Just got a little annoying business done. What are you doing here?"

"I also happened to go to the Mage Council to report the itinerary, which is really a very annoying procedure. The West Coast is very unfriendly to foreign mages. I'm about to go back to the inn where I live, are you going back to the camp of the legations? I can see you off, this city on the west coast is really backward and remote, and there is no public lighting on the city roads. ”

"No... I don't want to go back just yet. Mu Qinyi shook his head. After a moment's hesitation, he asked. "Is Master Motri free, why don't we take a walk and talk?"

It seemed strange for two women to walk on a deserted street late at night, but a glint of joy flashed in the female mage's eyes, and she nodded: "Very happy." It just so happens that I don't want to go back so soon, and we haven't had a good chat yet. ”

When they were in the swamp before, the female mage Motri was seriously injured, and everyone was in a hurry, and Gawain and others were on the side, so the two really didn't have much chance to chat. However, along the way, Mu Qinyi was basically taking care of the female mage, and it can be said that there was already a considerable friendship.

Under the illumination of two balls of light, the originally dark street was clearly visible. Mu Qinyi also had to admit that this Euro Arcane is indeed unique in practicality, it is said that this light technique is just a zero-ring trick, in other words, it is a Dao method of the next eight or nine grades, a spell that can be learned at the beginning, but the effect is quite good in practice. The female mage had used it a few times when she was in the swamp, and it was much easier to see the way through the starlight than before.

"I've heard that your arcane is using a vast network of spells to sort out and adjust the world, which makes it easier and easier to use power, isn't it? ”

"Yes, the magic web is not only the foundation of the existence of the arcane civilization, but also the creation of the pinnacle of the arcane civilization. The origins of the magic web are highly controversial, but certainly much older than the history of the Empire. One of the more mainstream theories is that the first Arcanists imitated the practices of the ancient druids and used four extremely rare, high-purity elemental gems to construct a stable circuit at the boundary of the Elemental Realm, which was the prototype of the original magic web. Then, after generations of geniuses and masters continued to improve and pioneer, they gradually entered the era of arcane civilization. Of course, there are other theories, saying that the magic web was supposed to be a high-dimensional law aggregation, similar to the gods, but not as obviously inclined as the gods, and it can be said that it is a fetal form of a god, which was perceived by the first Arcanists and gradually reversed its evolution. This coincides with the argument that arcane is essentially theosophyry, and there are quite a few scholars who tend to say this. In addition, there is the theory of the origin of the world, the theory of dimensional fragmentation, and so on. Even the elves said that it was simply the birth of a World Fruit that humans had stolen from their Holy Spirit Tree by the temptation of the Abyss Devil. Ahh......hhh

"Ah, I'm sorry. That's what I do when I talk about arcane and the web, and I don't care if anyone else wants to hear it or not. This is also a common problem for many arcanists. As soon as he began to talk about it, Master Motri suddenly came to his senses and smiled a little embarrassedly. "Tell me about your spells in the Western Continent. You don't have a magic web, but you seem to have developed another interesting culture. Age of Empires also had a dedicated research institute for your spell system, but it was later destroyed in the war. I've always been curious, can you explain it to me?"

After thinking about it carefully, Mu Qinyi said: "It is difficult for us to clearly perceive the four elements alone, so our basic system is the 'Five Elements'. I don't know if it's accurate to interpret it in Euroo, but the 'five elements' we have here describe the various states that appear in the entanglement of the elements, just as your starting point is the 'air element' itself, and ours is the 'wind'. ”

"Ah, that's right. I remember reading literature saying that the elemental entanglement form on your side is very serious, and the laws of the world are biased towards chaotic evolution. Maybe your 'five elements' are a general term for the bias of the elements? When matter changes, there are indeed different degrees of elemental bias form, after all, all matter is formed by the fusion and convergence of the four elements, but the degree is different. The fire and water that we can come into contact with are not simply fire and water. But I see that you are a priest of the god of the water element, and in a continent where the elemental entanglement is so serious, it should be very difficult to perceive the gods. ”

"The current path of the priesthood is a change I made by a coincidence after I came to the continent. Previously, I belonged to a school of mages that specialized in the movement and change of the water element. But the laws of the world here are a little different from ours, and our spells are difficult to use here......." Mu Qinyi frowned and shook her head, the spell explanations that spanned the two civilizations were somewhat beyond her ability, she was not good at it originally, and she really didn't have much interest in this. "My understanding of spells is very narrow, you have time to consult Mr. Liu and Mr. Feng, their level is much higher than mine. Ah, by the way, he's studying your arcane skills with the Sword of Benevolence, so maybe you'll be talking. ”

"Oh, is that Mr. Wind? Okay, I'll definitely ask him if I have the chance. The glint in the female mage's eyes flickered, and she could see that she was full of interest. "He doesn't talk much, but I think he's a very attractive gentleman. I don't know what kind of mage he belongs to in your Western Continent?"

"I don't know. He never told us about his past, and there were a lot of factions in our western continent. I can only guess that he used to be a man with a lot of stories. If you ask him more, maybe he will open up to you. Mu Qinyi smiled and turned her head to look at the female mage next to her. This is a very good-looking Euro woman, although according to the habits of Shenzhou, the lines on her face are too obvious, the eyebrows are too deep and the bridge of her nose is too high, but with the high bridge of the nose, the big blue eyes, and the rare heroic and almost masculine air of a Shenzhou woman, there is indeed an extraordinary charm. "Aren't all the Arcane Empires gone, and why do you still have such a passion for the Arcane, Mage Motri?"

"For the arcane itself is the way to discover the truth of this universe, and it is an ideal that I deserve to devote my life to. The mage's eyes shone as if she could reach the truth.

"No wonder you dare to take such a group of mercenaries with bad intentions to explore a ruin in the wilderness. Isn't your family worried?"

"I don't have a family. My family is just a country lord not far from Oroyosta, and it has long since decayed. My parents both died when I was thirteen years old, but luckily they used what little connections and savings they had left to send me to the Arcane Academy. Their dying wish was that I would become a great Arcanist. The female mage's eyes flickered. "And what about your family, Ms. Mu?"

Mu Qinyi smiled: "In comparison, you are much luckier than me." My family's wish was to sell me to a fool for the price of an old cow ploughing the land and five acres of land. I don't know, it turns out that the funny fool I often saw when I was doing laundry in the village actually wanted to ask his family to come and propose to me because I often laughed at him. ”

"Oh?" the mage was amazed. "Then you can still become a mage of the Imperial Legation, and you can also become a priest, it's really amazing. Have you gone back and humiliated those who had underestimated you, and if you could forgive them, I think they would be happy to honor you as their patriarch. ”

"Oh, yes, I joined us in the first place...... I guess that's what I thought when I was in college. But my teacher told me that if I did that, then I would still be a village girl in a mountain village at heart, and I would never be able to improve my level of learning. And then I slowly understood that it had nothing to do with my family and the fool who was going to marry me. It was my own unwillingness to jump out of that small village, and I felt that I could not be a fool's wife in my life. As for my family and parents, I once asked someone to bring them a sum of money back, which was enough for them to have food and clothing. That's enough, they choose that life, and they can only live that life. ”

"It's... Very open-minded. Your teacher must be a great sage. ”

"yes. However, in our place, a person's ability, what level of magic he can learn, and what kind of vision and morality he has are closely related. Everyone who becomes a master has a mind and vision that is far beyond ordinary people. ”

"That's really...... It's not easy to understand. The female mage could only shake her head. "It seems to be somewhat similar to the level of perception of the clergy, what kind of mental state must be reached to comprehend what kind of law. But you don't feel gods there, so the mainstream culture shouldn't be related to gods. Many Westerners who come to our side seem to believe in everything, going to the Temple of Storms when they go to sea, and guarding the hand when they need help with healing...... But they didn't really believe in anything, and they were denounced as unbelievers by the clergy. Could it be that they were the same when they were on your western continent?"

"Ahh......h That's true. I still remember when I was a child, there were more than a dozen puppets and clay puppets of our gods in the Western Continent on the gatehouse, and my mother knelt down and prayed to the gods and idols when she had anything, and if she didn't get better, she would go to the land temple thirty miles away to pray and worship. But in fact, those are some false gods. In many places, there are also ...... of magical beasts with innate spells and wisdom that are regarded as gods."

The two chatted casually as they walked down the street. It was almost pitch black in the city of Ossin at midnight, but there were still a few places where the lights were still on, and before they knew it, they walked towards one of them, and when they got closer, they realized that it was the temple of the Guardian Hand.

"Why did you come to this place again unconsciously?" Looking at the Guardian Hall in front of her, which exuded a faint light, the female mage Motri frowned slightly. As an arcanist, she instinctively disliked the temple, not to mention that she had spent enough time here in the past few days, and the treatment of injuries on her hands and feet was not a pleasant experience.

"I thought this was the direction of the Nikko Temple...... But why does this temple of the Guardian Hand glow at night now? I remember not being like that in some time. ”

"That's because the high priest of the Sunlight Temple is now stationed inside, and that light is the magic that the Sunlight Temple has blessed the Guardian Temple. Master Motri replied with a blank face. "It looks like they're really careful, do they really think someone is going to grab that core shard?"

"Core shards?"

"It was the little thing found in the ruins of the Bart family, and after Mr. Wind and the others couldn't identify it, it was taken by the guardian called Gawain. As a result, the West Coast Mage Council identified that it was most likely a fragment of the power core of the Empire's Floating City. The two old fellows of the Guardian Hand and the Temple of Sunlight were so nervous that they immediately mobilized their strongest forces to guard the place, for fear that someone would steal it. ”

"Fragments of the Imperial Floating City?ah, I've heard, this...... It must also be a very incredible treasure, right? No wonder the Gawain warrior has not come to the envoy group in the past few days. With such an important treasure, you should be careful. ”

"Haha, please, the pinnacle arcane creation at the peak of the Imperial Age, and it's just a fragment, in this era when the arcane civilization has declined, who still has the ability to use it freely? Even if it is used for research, only the Royal Academy, Duke Inclere, and a handful of others have such abilities. These clerics are so neurotic that even the slightest hint of an arcane revival can make them feel like they are the enemy...... But what's the point of them guarding it like this? There's got to be a way to deal with it......

Looking at the patron shrine that radiated a faint glow not far away, Mage Motri complained with obvious dissatisfaction, which is also the norm for many mages who are interested in arcane arts, but local mages generally only take their complaints to heart. Mu Qinyi just listened with a smile, she felt that what she was in front of her was just a big girl who was not deeply involved in the world, a little rough and a little naïve, but she also looked cute.

Suddenly, Mu Qinyi was slightly stunned, and she could feel that some water vapor was emitting and moving rapidly not far away. Although this is just ordinary water vapor in perception, such a change on both sides of the street at midnight is undoubtedly extremely abnormal. Before she could react or understand, the houses on both sides of the street not far away exploded to pieces with a loud bang, and two pillars of fire shot out of the houses, bombarding the patronus temple that was emitting a white glimmer in the distance at a speed that was invisible to the naked eye.

A loud bang shook the entire city of Osstar, and the flames rose into the sky, and the huge wave of qi directly smashed several nearby houses, and the patron shrine, which emitted white light and looked very imposing in the night, was shattered like a muffin that had been hammered.