Chapter 109: Stealing the Ring
The light emitted by the flames came from the main altar of the Celestial Sect 500 meters away from the altar, where there was a makeshift camp set up by Lopelle for missionary purposes, and whenever night fell, the Celestial Cult would gather near the camp to perform a sacred "star worship" ceremony.
They stretched out their hands, looked up at the starry sky, bowed down to the bright stars, and recited scriptures in the hope that the gods of God's dwelling place would bless them. The priest would fill the bowl with the blood of the animals and take turns smearing the red cross, a symbol of the Holy Religion, on the face of each congregation.
Ironically, they had to cover their faces with hoods, and when they came into contact with the starlight, they would turn into living corpses, containing no human hearts in a skeleton's chest.
Some of the cultists gathered in groups in front of the campfire, eating the flesh of a dead corpse alive, blood running down the corners of their mouths, and the scene was even more terrifying than that of a man-loving demon.
Before coming to Grancia Village, Song Zixi read some information about living corpses, and confirmed that living corpses have no sense of taste, and if they want to survive, they must ingest the darkness in human hearts, but human hearts and their bodies cannot be separated, because they have no sense of taste, so no matter how much they absorb the essence of living people, no matter how many dead corpses they eat, they can't fill the emptiness in their hearts.
After seeing what her cousin said, Lin Yaoxi was so frightened that she almost fainted, she pulled the corner of Xue Shaoling's clothes, leaned against the corner of the wall and trembled.
"Little junior sister, don't always pull me, make me difficult to observe. Xue Shaoling sighed softly.
Lin Yaoxi pouted dissatisfiedly and complained: "I'll die if I pull it! You are a man, how can you be less daring than me." โ
"Don't dare to be, I'm only two years older than you, and I'm not yet a man, so I'm ......"
Before Xue Shaoling finished speaking, he was immediately interrupted by Shao Yan: "You two be quiet, do you want to cause us to be discovered?"
"I'm sorry, Second Senior Sister. Seeing this, Xue Shaoling hurriedly retracted his head that emerged from the corner of the wall and leaned against the wall, "Have you thought of a breakthrough countermeasure?"
"Did you see that wooden house? Father Ling should be locked up inside. Shao Yan pointed to the direction diagonally opposite the corner of the street, and following the position of her finger, the two really saw a wooden house about 100 meters wide.
The main entrance of the wooden house is made of pure iron, with about 20 floors of stairs connecting to it, and there are two guards on each side of the house, and there are many patrols composed of Tianci cultists around it, which are heavily guarded.
"I'll be in charge of distracting the Heaven-Sent Cultists later, and you'll take the opportunity to take out the guards. After that, Shao Yan ordered Lin Yaoxi and Xue Shaoling to lurk in the opposite corner, and she picked up a few small pebbles from the ground and threw them in the direction of the patrol.
The Tianci Sect disciple who was hit in the back of the head was annoyed and angry, and he led a small group of disciples with torches in the direction of Shao Yan, wanting to see who had done the prank.
Soon the leading Celestial Sect disciple saw a black shadow flash by the wall in the distance, and he pointed ahead and shouted, "He's there, chase after him! โ
So the entire patrol team was led away by Shao Yan's strategy, and Lin Yaoxi and Xue Shaoling slowly approached the guards in front of the wooden house from both sides, and the two gestured to each other in order to unify the timing of their actions.
I only heard a strange sound of "fluttering" from Lin Yaoxi's mouth, and the two rushed forward together to cover the guard's mouth with their wiped* hands, and then twisted their necks.
The two guards fell to the ground in response, Xue Shaoling searched out the key to open the door from the pocket of one of the guards, he turned the doorknob and inserted the key in, and when the door opened, it was inevitable that someone would find out, he and Lin Yaoxi dragged the unconscious two guards into the house, and then he quickly tied up the two guards with a rope and gagged them with cotton cloth.
As soon as she entered the cell, Lin Yaoxi heard a familiar whisper in front of the iron fence not far from her, and in the dim light, she saw that this person was her cousin - Song Zixi, and there was a figure sitting on the ground in the corner, and when she walked in, it was Father Ling Wenxuan.
Xue Shaoling hurriedly used the key to open the lock on the iron door and let the two out.
"Cousin, it's great that you're okay, I'm worried about it!" Lin Yaoxi staggered into Song Zixi's arms.
Song Zixi touched Lin Yaoxi's forehead proudly: "Okay, anyway, your cousin, I am the head of the handsome and dashing Langtian Adventure Group, if I can't even settle this little trouble, can I still be called your senior brother?"
"I knew you were the best, cousin. Lin Yaoxi gave a thumbs up.
"I'm speechless to you two brothers and sisters, don't be so happy that we forget what we're going to do. Ling Wenxuan glanced at Lin Yaoxi, and turned to Xue Shaoling and said, "By the way, how are the others doing now?"
"Miss Lan, Miss Gui and some of the villagers in the west of the village are trying to persuade the rest of the villagers to give up the Heavenly Sect, and Lopelle has ordered the entire village to be sealed off, but their hiding place is very hidden and will not be discovered by the Heavenly Sect for the time being. โ
"Where's Yuna?"
"Naturally, I'm with Miss Lan and Miss Gui. โ
"It's good that they're all right, and then it's time for us to get out of here. Hearing Xue Shaoling say this, Ling Wenxuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Lin Yaoxi, "Work hard, girl, it's up to you to save Grancia Village next." โ
Lin Yaoxi pointed at Ling Wenxuan, and then at herself, confused: "Rely on me?"
"Didn't Elucon tell you that? Ling Wenxuan patted his head and looked helpless.
Suddenly, Lin Yaoxi suddenly realized, and took out the fake miracle ring that Eluson had given him from under her skirt.
"Yes, I just want you to steal the real Ring of Miracles from Lopelle and replace it with this fake ring. โ
"I'm sorry, I can't, you better find someone else. Lin Yaoxi pretended to apologize twice and handed the fake ring to Ling Wenxuan.
Ling Wenxuan praised from the bottom of his heart: "From the first time I saw you, I saw the thief potential in you, and I'm afraid no one can complete this difficult mission except you." โ
"You are complimenting me, but it sounds so ironic. Lin Yaoxi snorted dissatisfiedly and skimmed at Song Zixi, "Anyway, if it's such a dangerous thing, my cousin will definitely not agree." โ
"No, I agreed. Unexpectedly, Song Zixi's tone was very resolute, "Cousin, you should also exercise well, in the future, the career of the Langtian Adventure Group will be carried forward by you, if you can't even solve such a small task, how can I rest assured." โ
Lin Yaoxi wanted to refute, but was immediately said by Song Zixi: "It's so decided." "I refused.
So poor Lin Yaoxi was so pitted by Ling Wenxuan and Song Zixi, this time even Xue Shaoling, who defended her in everything, was not on her side, watching Xue Shaoling's back as he was busy moving the unconscious guard into the iron cell, she couldn't wait to kick his calf a few times immediately.
But what power does it have to change what has been decided, after everyone and Shao Yan converged, Lin Yaoxi had to risk his life alone and sneak into Luo Pele's mansion according to Ling Wenxuan's instructions.
Fortunately, Lin Yaoxi had a good winged step, so he was able to quietly jump to the second floor of the Lopelle mansion. Lifting the curtains, she saw a huge wooden bed in the center of the bedroom, and Lopelle's chubby body was lying on the wooden bed with his back to her, snoring thunderously.
Not far from Lo Pele's mansion was actually a temporary camp he had set up, and Ling Wenxuan made this inference based on the size of the number of Heavenly Gift Sect followers, but judging from the fact that he was able to accurately judge Lo Pele's residence from the time he was taken to the cell, this person was indeed not simple.
It turned out that his actions Ling Wenxuan had already planned, and using Lin Yaoxi to steal the Miracle Ring was just one of his many plans.
However, even if he guessed that he was being used, Lin Yaoxi himself would not have much complaint, it stands to reason that she was the one who found the Miracle Ring first, and Ling Wenxuan had no reason to take it away from her.
After thinking about it for a while, Lin Yaoxi began to use a bamboo pipe to pierce the screen window and blow smoke into the room, and after the smoke took effect, she crept into the room again.
When she saw Lopelle's face, Lin Yaoxi was so frightened that she almost didn't scream, she covered her mouth and collapsed to the ground. What appeared in front of her was not a human face at all, but a skeleton.
Lopelle was also a fleshless corpse.
Lin Yaoxi clutched her chest and forced herself to calm down, thinking that under the effect of the smoke, Lopelle would not wake up, but this terrifying face really frightened her. She had to silently say a hundred times in her heart: "This is not a ghost ......" to embolden herself, and then reached for the miracle ring on Lopelle's skull.
With a click, Loppelรฉ's hand bone snapped, and the ring rolled to the ground along with the hand bone and came out of it.
Seeing this, Lin Yaoxi hurriedly rushed forward to chase the rolling Miracle Ring, and her excessive anxiety made her scramble, and she accidentally fell down the stairs, making a loud noise.
Ignoring the pain all over her body, Lin Yaoxi hurriedly picked up the Miracle Ring and returned upstairs, she lay on the ground and didn't dare to move, thinking that such a loud noise must have been noticed by the group of Heavenly Gift Sect disciples outside.
Surprisingly, there was still no movement outside, only a breeze blowing through the curtains.
After seeing that everything was safe, Lin Yaoxi boldly stood up, put the fake ring on the hand bone, and then gave Lopelle a good finger, and the real ring was placed under her skirt pocket.
In the end, Lin Yaoxi returned to join Shao Yan and his party along the same route, she didn't talk too much to Ling Wenxuan about the process of stealing the ring, after all, it was so easy that even she felt a little unreal.
"Great, the Ring of Miracles has finally arrived. Ling Wenxuan took the Miracle Ring in Lin Yaoxi's hand, and under the light of the bright star, his smile was a little hideous, "This ring is of no use to me, so I will leave it to you for safekeeping first, but I advise you not to use the power of this ring indiscriminately." โ
"I know, I got this ring anyway, and it should belong to our Langtian Adventure Group, and you don't dare to take it away. Lin Yaoxi snatched the Ring of Miracles.
The golden light on the ring made Lin Yaoxi a little intoxicated, this powerful power was a temptation for the ring holder, and she almost wore this ring out of curiosity.
But Lin Yaoxi still restrained herself, she put away the ring, avoided the eyes of the people around her, and quickly covered her inner turmoil with a smile.