Chapter 21: The Temple of the Goddess
Although Rena had been an adventurer in Jersey City for more than two years, when Ning Wushuang and the five asked her what was interesting in Jersey City, Rena realized that she didn't know much about it.
"Huh?! Miss Rena, don't you usually have a break? Sophia asked in surprise.
Rena smiled awkwardly and said, "Since you are resting, of course, you have to sleep well at home." ”
Zou Haoyun complained: "Otaku." ”
Rena continued, "Occasionally, I would go to the Magic Scroll Shop to read some explanations of magical skills, or go back to the village to visit everyone. ”
Just when everyone was in a stiff situation, Rebecca's rabbit ears moved, and she said, "If you want to go sightseeing, there is a place you can recommend." ”
Everyone's eyes lit up and they asked, "What's the best place?" ”
Rebecca blinked her big eyes and said playfully, "It's the goddess temple in Jersey City." ”
When Hauss heard this, he suddenly resisted: "Huh?! Don't, right? ”
Ning Wushuang and the five people wondered, why would a priest who believed in the goddess resist the goddess temple?
At the same time that the five of them were puzzled, another voice of opposition appeared: "The goddess temple is too boring, right?" ”
The five of them looked at the person who spoke, and it turned out to be Rui, who had been taking care of breakfast.
"Hey, so this guy is listening to our chat." Ning Wushuang complained silently in his heart.
Rebecca naturally knows the habits of her teammate Rui very well, and said with a smile: "There is also a food street near the Temple of the Goddess, and there are all kinds of delicious food. After visiting the temple of the goddess, you can go and have a look. ”
Without the slightest hesitation, Rui blurted out, "Let's go to the Temple of the Goddess together." ”
Ning Wushuang thought about it: although he didn't mind where to play, Hao Si didn't seem to be willing to go, and he didn't want to force it.
Rebecca saw Ning Wushuang's doubts, and hurriedly explained to Ning Wushuang's five people: "You don't have to worry about Hauss, he doesn't want to go because he doesn't want to see his father. ”
Rena couldn't stand it anymore, and said disdainfully: "Really, do you think you are still a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old?" Still rebellious? ”
Hauss became aggrieved and said, "Since the captain has said so, let's go." ”
Ning Wushuang was puzzled: "Is Mr. Haosi's father a priest?" ”
Rebecca replied in place of Hauss, who was wilting at this time, "His father is the Grand Priest of the Temple of the Goddess in Jersey City. ”
Sophia was surprised: "Huh?! ”
Ning Wushuang asked curiously, "What is the status of the Great Priest?" ”
Sophia replied, "The Grand Priest is the supreme head of this temple of goddesses. To be a great priest in a big city, Mr. Hauss's father is remarkable. ”
Hauss covered his ears, not wanting to hear everyone discussing his father's topic, and begged for mercy: "Spare me, you will know when you see him, in fact, he... Alas. ”
Hao Si's desire to speak stopped again, which made Ning Wushuang and the five of them even more curious.
Zou Haoyun asked Rebecca: "Miss Rebecca, he doesn't want to say, you can talk about it." ”
Rebecca smiled mysteriously and said, "Let's go and see it later." Hehe, anyway, his father is not very normal. ”
Hauss complained, "Hey, I'm listening." ”
Rebecca hurriedly changed her words: "Hehe, it's not ordinary." But doesn't Mr. Haus himself think so? ”
Hauss was speechless.
So, everyone happily decided to start the tour of the Jersey City Temple of the Goddess.
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Following Rebecca, the group is finally about to reach their destination, the Temple of the Goddess.
From a distance, Ning Wushuang had already seen a statue of a goddess standing tall in front of the temple.
Ning Wushuang was puzzled, "What kind of goddess is that?" ”
Sophia explains: "This is the revered goddess of life. ”
Ning Wushuang continued to ask, "Didn't Sophia say that there were three goddesses before? Why is there only an idol of this goddess? ”
As a result, as soon as the question was raised, the people of Rena's team collectively looked at Ning Wushuang with strange eyes.
Haus was shocked and asked, "Don't you know this thing that even a three-year-old child knows?" ”
Sophia hurriedly explained to the people of Rena's team: "Aha, Brother Wushuang grew up in a small village, and the village is too backward to build a goddess temple, so it's normal to not know." ”
Ning Wushuang hurriedly nodded and said with an embarrassed smile: "Yes, yes." I'm sorry for making a joke. ”
Subsequently, Sophia explained to Ning Wushuang: "The goddess of life is the mother of the goddess of fate and the goddess of wisdom, and her status is different. ”
Ning Wushuang suddenly realized: "It turns out that this is the case. ”
While chatting, everyone had already arrived at the temple of the goddess.
Before the temple, there was a garden, on which the statue of the goddess was built. At the base of the statue is a large pool decorated with fountains and illuminations that glow at night, and fish that resemble koi fish swimming happily. The most amazing thing is that the fountain also has a pleasant music, and the water splashes seem to dance in the pool to the melody.
The garden is surrounded by fragrant flowers, bees and butterflies fluttering among the flowers, and a large number of tourists stop to watch.
After admiring the beauty of the garden, Rebecca led the group into the temple.
The interior of the shrine bears a striking resemblance to the church, surrounded by stained glass carved with reliefs, with three statues of the goddess at the forefront. The Goddess of Life is in the middle, and the statues of the Goddess of Wisdom and the Goddess of Destiny are slightly smaller on either side. In front of the statue is a large pulpit for the priests to preach, and vases are placed on the podium, and the clergy are changing flowers at this time. Rows of benches are arranged in an orderly manner in the temple, and many people are sitting on the benches and praying sincerely to the statue of the goddess.
In addition to the main entrance, there is a side entrance to the temple, and after visiting the temple, everyone came to another small garden through the side door.
According to Rebecca, the small garden leads to the Lady Opera House and the offices, residences and reteens of the clergy.
"If nothing else, there should still be time to watch a stage play. Right? Mr. Hauss. Rebecca said with a wicked grin.
Hauss said helplessly: "If you want to see it, then go ahead, I have accepted the reality anyway." ”
"Hey, hey."
So, Rebecca led the group to the opera house.
As soon as he arrived at the door of the opera house, a clergyman at the door immediately came over respectfully when he saw Hauss.
The clergyman said respectfully, "Welcome, Lord Hauss, you're back?" The stage play starring Lord Corris is about to start, so Lord Hauss and all the accompanying adults, please. ”
Rebecca listened to the clergyman's words and said mischievously, "Haha, sure enough. ”
Hauss looked worried.
After entering the venue, the staff in the venue also recognized Hao Si and hurriedly arranged a position for everyone. Ning Wushuang looked around after going down to the left and found that there were actually quite a few people watching, and many of them were wearing necklaces with the badge of the goddess hall around their necks, which should be believers who believed in the goddess.
After waiting for a short time, the curtain slowly opened as the music and narration sounded. According to the narrator's description, the first person to appear is Belis, the goddess of life.
"Poof!"
The moment the goddess of life appeared, Ning Wushuang and the five of them were dumbfounded. Zou Haoyun almost laughed out loud, but fortunately, Qian Zilai next to him reacted quickly and covered his mouth, otherwise he was afraid that it would cause a commotion.
Seeing that Haus was close to collapse at this time, everyone understood that this was Haus's father, Grand Priest Corris.
"I am Belis, the goddess of life. Descend into the world only to guide the races that are constantly fighting with each other towards a peaceful future! ”
Although Hao Si's father's reversal shocked Ning Wushuang and the five people, to everyone's surprise, the performance of Grand Priest Coris was extremely exciting, and the image of the character was also very vivid.
Ning Wushuang felt that Hao Si should not resist this talented father so much. So he asked Rebecca suspiciously, "Archpriest Corris doesn't seem very strange, does he?" ”
Rebecca gave Ning Wushuang an intriguing smile and said, "Don't worry, when the performance is over, let's go and say hello." ”
So Ning Wushuang began to watch quietly.
According to this stage play, Ning Wushuang also knew a little bit about the goddess.
It turned out that hundreds of years before the establishment of the Kingdom of Lute, the struggle between various ethnic groups never stopped. Among them, the weakest human beings once needed to hide in caves or underground to escape the pursuit of other races, which reminded Ning Wushuang of the ruins where he escaped death yesterday.
And the most powerful are the evil, bloodthirsty demons. The demon clan is becoming more and more powerful, and the greed is also increasing. In the end, seeing that the rest of the races were already at the end of the crossbow, the Demon King decided to destroy all the races and unify the land.
At this moment, the mysterious goddess of life, Belis, descended on the land. No one knows where the Goddess of Life comes from, and no one knows how powerful the Goddess of Life really is. However, she single-handedly smashed the evil plans of the demons and eliminated the evil demon king.
However, the goddess of life did not exterminate the demons. She always believed that no matter what race she is, there are people with good hearts, and peace will surely come to this land.
This stage play made Ning Wushuang full of interest in the history of this world. Ning Wushuang also wanted to know more about the follow-up, including the deeds of the two daughters of the goddess of life, the goddess of wisdom and the goddess of fate. However, this stage play has come to an end with the applause of the audience.
"Looks like I'll have to ask Sophia more." Ning Wushuang thought silently in his heart.
As the audience began to exit the stage in an orderly manner, Rebecca eagerly said to the crowd, "Let's go backstage and say hello to Uncle Corris." ”
Although Haus was still extremely reluctant, he still honestly followed everyone to the backstage.
When Grand Priest Corris saw everyone, he walked over excitedly and said enthusiastically, "Haha, Rebecca dear!" You're here, long time no see. Really, I haven't visited me for so long, I miss my family. Ah, and Rena and Rui are also here, haha, people are so happy! ”
At this time, Ning Wushuang understood where the strange point of Grand Priest Corris was, it turned out that he was not only reversing on the stage, but also a little reversing on weekdays.
Haus was the last to come in, and Corris was even more excited when he saw Hauss, so he directly rushed over and hugged Hauss and said, "Ah! Little Haus also came back to visit me, I didn't dream, did I?! What a joy today! ”
Haus still had a bitter melon face, but Rebecca said to Archpriest Corris with the same enthusiasm, "Haha, long time no see, Uncle Corris. These are our friends, so take care of them. ”
Corris looked at Ning Wushuang and the others, and said kindly, "Of course, if you need my help, just say it." ”
Ning Wushuang hurriedly said: "Hello, Grand Priest Corris, we are coming to Jersey City for the first time, and we heard Miss Rebecca say that the goddess temple here is particularly beautiful, so we came to visit. ”
Afterwards, Ning Wushuang and the others respectfully introduced themselves to Corris. In particular, Sophia, who is a priest, seems to have special respect for the high priest Corris, and does not care about Corris's "strangeness".
After a casual conversation with Corris, they said goodbye and left the temple of the goddess, and the languishing Haus began to regain his strength.
"Food Street." Rui, who had not spoken a word since coming to the temple of the goddess, finally spoke, although it was only three words.
"Hahaha, go now."
So, everyone went to Rui's long-awaited food street to start foraging for food.
As Rebecca says, a street is full of shops and stalls selling all kinds of food. The aroma of food spreads throughout the street, and the fragrance wafts for ten miles. I saw that every shop stall was full of people queuing up to buy food, and it was very lively.
With Rui as a top foodie, and it was lunchtime, everyone tasted almost the whole street.
After filling their stomachs, everyone went to the commodity street again.
Because it was already autumn, Ning Wushuang wanted to buy some warm clothes for the team members to meet the upcoming winter.