Chapter 11: Balanced Sects
The Temple of Equilibrium, which is an ancient sect on the continent of Ionia that has been passed down for an unknown number of generations, no one knows its origin, its founders, and it does not have a god to believe in.
The people of the Equilibrium Sect are just a group of beings who believe in the Equilibrium Path, there are no gods in the Ionian Continent, and most of the people pin their beliefs on the Equilibrium Path, which is also the mass basis for the Equilibrium Sect to become the largest religious sect in the Ionian Continent and even in the Runeterra.
The Temple of Equilibrium is not simply a temple, but a temple located east of Presidium, above the Oracle Mountains, the Equilibrium Sect is not only a religious sect, it is the main source of security and judgment in Ionia, most criminals, heretics, dangerous people, will be sent to the Temple of Equilibrium for trial and punishment.
On the Divine Domain, there is a teleportation array that leads directly to the abyss of corruption in northern Ionia, and criminals who deserve it will be directly escorted by the teleportation array to the abyss of corruption in the north after being tried. Sealing into the abyss of corruption is the cruelest punishment in Ionia, and there is no public death penalty in this continent that believes in peace and balance, and of course, it is not clear whether there will be one in the future.
The afterglow of the setting sun spread over the Oracle Mountain Range and shone on the city wall outside Presidian, and when Soraka walked out of the city gate with Su Yun, there were already three masters and a student standing outside the city gate, Su Yun's eyes flashed, and he saw an acquaintance in it.
"Hello, Elani, you're prettier than the last time I saw you." Su Yun showed a cheap smile and greeted the beautiful woman in front of him.
Elani watched Su Yun and Soraka come together, her eyes flickered a little, she was not the kind of stupid woman, Su Yun seemed to be cynical and acted unreasonably, but she was always able to create accidents. In the past half a month, she has not been idle at all, while learning the magic knowledge of Master Yvette, she has tried all kinds of methods to earn the trust of the master, and she is also competing with Hall.
In the past half a month, she has done her best to overtake Hall and become Yvette's favorite student.
Yveette is not a very good old man, he is an old pedantic character, he is not interested in anything except potions and magic knowledge, Elani, like Hall, is just a person who has experienced a mission world, and does not have a lot of mission experience, and several times he tried to please Yvette, but it was almost self-defeating.
It was hard for her to imagine that an epic plot character like Soraka should be far more difficult than Yvette's, and Su Yun was able to gain Soraka's trust in half a month and entrust him with such an important task.
Su Yun smiled slightly at Yvette behind Elani, Yvette's eyes showed a look of appreciation, just because Su Yun had memorized this magic array set in half a month, he was ashamed of himself, even an old magician like him, without using memory magic, would definitely not be able to do it to this extent.
In addition to Elani, there were also two young men, and Su Yun couldn't tell whether the other party was a contractor at a glance.
"You four, come here." Soraka was obviously the most prestigious of the four masters, she took out four wooden tokens and four gems of different colors, and distributed them to the four people, "This wooden card is the recruitment order of the Balanced Sect, only thirty pieces are circulated every year, and the academy has won four pieces through hard work, and this time it will be handed over to the four of you." I won't repeat the task, if there is anything that needs to be reported, you can use this communication stone to pass on the news or transmission. ”
"Ding, you have obtained the story prop Transmission Stone: you can transmit a piece of voice to the receiver, the base mana consumption is 10 points, you can transmit five seconds of voice, and if the voice exceeds five seconds, it will consume an additional 5 mana points per second, and the cooldown time: 24 hours."
"This communication stone is specially made by the academy, although the use cost is larger for you, and the cooldown time is longer, but this communication stone is very safe, it will not be intercepted by any means, and the message conveyed is not easy to be disturbed, you can open the communication stone at any time and act as a recorder or even a bugging." Soraka briefly explained the effects of the Transmission Stone, and then briefly explained some precautions.
They were sent away in a spacious carriage, and the four of them sat together in the carriage.
"Two classmates, my name is Elani, and I hope we can work together happily this time." As soon as Elani got into the carriage, she began to show her unique personality charm, and began to woo the two high-achieving students of the Super Divine Academy who were on a mission together.
Those two students were able to be sent out to do this task, naturally they were extremely outstanding talents in the Super Divine Academy, one of them seemed to be dressed as a mage, and the other was dressed as a warrior, both of them were students of the inner courtyard, presumably they should not be ordinary people, and there should be a lot of benefits for making friends.
No matter which young and vigorous man sees a beautiful girl like Elani courting him, his heart will ripple, and Irani's charming smile and gestures are indeed very intoxicating.
Su Yun is naturally also excited about Yilani, after all, he is also a normal man, in the reincarnation of time and space, he has been immersed in endorsement for four or five months, there is no Yan'er by his side here, he is really panicked, and now seeing Yilani like this, he has an uncontrollable desire.
The reason why Su Yun was able to behave calmly was because he relied on his innate ability and had control over all the situations, and under a broad field of vision, this little temptation in front of him was not so intense.
Yilani was chatting and laughing with the two young men who had not been out of the door and had no personnel, while looking at Su Yun's reaction. Although the two young people are talented, and their abilities must not be bad, they can't stop Elani's charm, and it can be seen from their eyes that both young people are fascinated by Elani.
In contrast to the two of them was Su Yun's quietness, he didn't speak again except for saying hello to Elani at the beginning, Elani obviously wouldn't let him go so easily: "Carlos, why don't you speak, this doesn't fit your style, I have to congratulate you on becoming a student of Master Soraka, can you tell me about your experience in the past half a month?" ”
Elanie's big beautiful eyes seemed to be able to speak, and people couldn't bear to refuse his question.
However, Su Yun is obviously not such an easy person to take the bait, the task line of Soraka is very involved, how can he tell others casually, the other party is obviously bullying him for the first time to enter the plot world, and he doesn't know anything. Although he is not very good at playing tricks, he at least knows that he can't be used for nothing.
"Haha, in fact, there is nothing, the master saw that I had a good talent and my heart met her requirements, so he accepted me as a student, and I was actually lucky."
Looking at Su Yun's soft and hard appearance, although Elani hated her teeth in her heart, she showed a smile on her face, nodded and didn't ask any more.
The Oracle's Mountains were four or five miles east of Presidium, and the carriage arrived in a short time, and a handsome priest dressed in a blue sacrificial robe welcomed the four men out of the carriage, and after examining their wooden tokens, he led them up the mountain.
The Temple of Equilibrium is built on both sides of the Oracle Mountains, and the main body of the temple is located on the sunny side, and there is an ancient temple on the hillside, with all kinds of magnificent buildings lined up one after another, and the architectural style is somewhat similar to the temples of China and Japan, except that there are no high cornices, but flat eaves, red bricks and green tiles, a piece of harmony.
The air was filled with a faint scent of smoke, and patches of lilac smoke clouds emanated from the incense burner in the middle of the mountain, glowing with a little purple gold under the morning glow, and the high part of the Oracle Mountain Range was surrounded by bursts of clouds and mist, and the clouds and mist spiraled into a vortex, which did not seem to be naturally formed, but was driven by some force, and the vortex clouds slowly revolved around the highest peak, and when you looked closely, you seemed to be able to see the magic runes looming in the clouds.
This seems to be an ordinary temple, quiet and peaceful, the aisles on the mountain are full of people, most of them wear the uniforms of the balanced sect, some are green, some are blue, and a few are purple, the style of these clothes is very uniform, from the complexity of the decoration and the number of can be seen the corresponding level of these colors.
The sun shone on the mountains, and there were bursts of bells all over the mountain, it was the time to work after breakfast, and the melodious and ethereal bells echoed in everyone's ears, as if they could cleanse the soul, Su Yun and the others walked on the steps up the mountain, while curiously inquiring about the things around them.
On the shady side of the Oracle Mountains, it is a prison that imprisons prisoners, after all, not everyone who makes a mistake needs to be sealed into the abyss of corruption, and these prisoners who commit greater crimes, but do not cause death, will be imprisoned in this judgment prison, and the Temple of Equilibrium suppresses these prisoners by force, and uses their teachings to influence them. They were all dressed in ragged gray clothes and were used as slaves by the Balance Sect, and occasionally a few in black clothes and heavy shackles were taken to the shady side of the mountain by many of the guards.
The Abyss of Corruption is also only opened once a year in the fall, so those prisoners who want to be sealed into the Abyss of Corruption will only be transported to the Temple of Corruption in the autumn to carry out the seal, and the priest who led the way said that these black-clad felons are all felons, and these felons will also be temporarily imprisoned in the Judgment Prison before being sent over.
Su Yun could guess that the contractor who sniped at him a few days ago should also be imprisoned in the trial prison at this moment.
They had to climb for half an hour along the bluestone path of the Oracle Mountains, during which time Elani asked the priest a few more questions about the Temple of Equilibrium.
Through the conversation between Elani and the priest, Su Yun also had a basic understanding of this temple, but he was not as good at talking to people as Elani, so he just listened to it from the side.
According to the priest, the current Temple of Equilibrium does not seem to have the figure of the three major shadow warriors, and the person who presides over the affairs of the entire Equilibrium Sect is a person known as Master Chen, and the entire temple is divided into five levels, green, blue, purple, and white, and their status increases in turn.
The greens are some of the lowest monks or members.
The blue-clad priests were some of the priests who managed the lower ranks, like the priest in front of them who led them the way.
The purple clothes are some high priests, chief stewards, who are already considered high-level temples, and they are in charge of a large number of people, all of whom have their own power.
At present, there are only three white-clothed people in the Temple of Equilibrium, and they are the three elders of the temple, one of them is an elder who is in retreat all the year round, and one elder is a guest who travels overseas all the year round, and only the Great Elder Master Chen is in charge of the temple alone.
In the history of Runeterra, there are only four epic heroes about the Equilibrium Sect, and these four people Su Yun happens to be familiar with, namely the Shadow Three Warriors: Kenan, Shen, Akali, and the Tribulation who betrayed the sect in the future.
From the words of the priest, he could hear that Master Chen belonged to the person in charge who had just ascended to power, and his subordinate disciples had not yet grown up, in other words, many plots of the Equilibrium Sect had not yet begun.
The priest settled the four of them in a dwelling on the mountainside, signaling that they would be assessed tomorrow, and as long as they passed the test, they would become members of the Temple of Equilibrium.