Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Cursed Village
Everyone returned to the store in great chagrin, and Yuna helped Sylna, who was sobbing incessantly, to sit on a nearby chair, and the rest of the people also sat down around the table when they saw this.
"Aunt Xi, I'm sorry we couldn't protect your daughter. Yuna glanced at Ling Wenxuan, "Please rest assured, we will do our best to rescue her." ”
Ling Wenxuan was not as enthusiastic as Youna, he touched the bridge of his nose and looked at Sylna: "Shouldn't you tell us the cause of the incident? Why did the people of the Heavenly Sect want to arrest your daughter, this matter must be related to the Seven Artifacts." ”
"Doubtful, what is this?" Seeing Ling Wenxuan take out a detector-like thing from his pocket, Lan Lingxiang hurriedly stepped forward to grab it, but Ling Wenxuan hurriedly lifted the Seven Artifact Detector high.
"This thing is called the Seven Artifact Detector, and it will produce a special reaction to the divine power emitted by the Seven Artifacts, so as to determine the location of the Seven Artifacts. When Lan Lingxiang was tired of grabbing, Ling Wenxuan raised the detector in front of everyone, looked at Youna beside him and continued, "From this friend of mine, we have concluded that the Seven Artifact Detector will react to the individuals affected by the Seven Artifacts, thus showing the location of the Seven Artifacts on the screen, and when your daughter came over with the stove yesterday, I knew that she must have been affected by the divine power of the Seven Artifacts." ”
Gui Xun'er took the detector in Ling Wenxuan's hand, looked at the red dot on the plane topographic map on the detector, and felt very puzzled: "What is this place? The instrument shows that the Seven Artifacts are not in Heglia!"
"This is the village of Grancia, a small village in the eastern foothills of the Chilu Mountains. Sylna wiped away her tears and sighed, "That's our hometown, and Kalia and I were originally from the village of Grancia. ”
Gui Xun'er couldn't bear it anymore, and hurriedly asked, "Since you are all from Grancia Village, why did you come to live in Herculela, and why did Xiao Yin arrest Kalia back to Grancia Village?"
"Yin Youning was originally a helper I hired, this person works hard and is honest, but I never expected that she was a God-given person. Sylna shook her head, "It's outrageous that they are so unscrupulous for that 'sacrifice'. ”
"Aunt Xi, rest assured, Father Priest will definitely try to expose their evil deeds and completely eradicate the Heavenly Gift Sect. ”
Seeing that Yuna was about to continue, Gui Xun'er hurriedly waved her hand to interrupt: "Wait, what are you talking about 'ritual'? ”
"It all started 20 years ago, when the village of Grancia is a small village with a long history, and the people here are so simple that the custom of using Western names is still practiced today. Sylna swallowed and continued, "Until the bishop-like man came to the village of Grancia. ”
"This man, Lopelle, claimed to have been expelled from the Celestial Yao Sect to get here, and when he arrived in the village of Grancia, he was in rags and very weak, and a kind man could not bear his pleas to take him in. At first, there was nothing wrong with it, and under the careful care of the family, the bishop's health gradually improved, but then something happened that was unbelievable to the whole village. ”
"What the hell is going on?" said in unison, and they held their breath to listen carefully to what Sylna was going to say.
"The family that took Lopelle was a young couple, the man was strong, the woman looked sick, and finally one day the woman unfortunately fell ill and died, and his husband was in great pain, and out of sympathy for the family, or in return for his kindness, Lopelle wanted to cast a spell to resurrect the sick and dead woman. ”
"You mean, he succeeded?" Ling Wenxuan touched his chin with a serious expression.
At first everyone thought he was a madman, and how could the dead man be resurrected unless a miracle happened? The poor man loved her wife so much that he would not give up even the slightest hope, so he let Lopelle perform a sacrifice on his wife. ”
"Are you talking about the Traces of God, the initiation ceremony of Protestants?"
"This girl is very clever and has said everything I have to say. Sylna smiled wryly, "Lopelle made the woman lie flat on the altar and chanted an incomprehensible incantation, and the golden light of the ring shone on the woman's body, and then the woman miraculously awoke. ”
Then Lopelle began to proclaim that he was a messenger sent by the goddess, and that he had been reincarnated to give gifts to all beings and to punish evil and eliminate evil. Sylna stared at Ling Wenxuan for a long time, and seeing that his expression had not changed, she continued, "Lo Pele must have a common enmity with your Tianyao Sect, since the establishment of the Tianyao Sect, he has constantly preached the crimes of the Tianyao Sect and promulgated countless dogmas against the Tianyao Sect. ”
"Boss lady, you can see that I am a member of the Tianyao Sect, it's really not simple. Ling Wenxuan smiled knowingly, "I'm just a traveling priest, I'm tired of the struggle between sects, blood and ugliness are the eternal themes between the two. ”
"Since the establishment of the Heavenly Gift Sect, there have been more and more disciples, originally only a few in the village, and ten years later, half of the people in the village of Grancia have become Heavenly Gift Sect members. "The reason is that the people in the village are afraid of death and do not want to see their relatives leave them, those who were resurrected by Lopelle joined the Heaven-Given Sect and were controlled by him, and those people's words and deeds became strange, instigating more people to join the ranks of the Heaven-Sent Sect, and the villagers of Grancia Village finally paid a heavy price for their cowardice, and the curse that spread to the whole village began......"
"What kind of curse is that?" asked Yuna this time, and Sylna's words reminded her of the strange thing that happened to Kalia.
Sylna's face turned pale, and she stretched out ten fingers on both hands: "In ten years, no one has been born or died in the entire Grancia Village. ”
Lan Lingxiang couldn't help asking: "It makes sense that no one died, but what about no one being born?"
"You give me a quiet moment, who allowed you to interject. Ling Wenxuan muttered, then turned to Sylna, "What about your daughter, twenty years have passed, why does she still maintain the appearance of ten years old, can it be said that ......?"
Sylna nodded, "Twenty years ago, when Lopelle founded the Celestial Sect, I was pregnant with Kalia, the last child born in the village of Grancia. Originally, I hoped that this little life would bring hope to the village, but the villagers who had been bewitched by the Heavenly Gift Sect did not listen to my husband and me's advice, and my husband's body became weaker and weaker, and finally passed away one day. People did not understand my refusal to accept Lappelle's 'gift', but I decided to bury my husband's body myself, and I was more painful than anyone else to lose my lover, but I firmly believe that people cannot be resurrected after death, and the villagers who do not want to accept the reality will one day understand that the 'miracle' they believe in is nothing more than a mirage. ”
"Caria had grown up in the village of Grancia for ten years, but she could not escape the same fate as her father, and one morning she left quietly in bed. Sylna wiped her eyes, "The hateful Lopele and his followers broke into my house, snatched her from me in the name of saving Kalia, and performed a ritual on Kalia under the altar. ”
Rosewood thought for a moment and said, "Since Lopelle has resurrected Kalia, why hasn't she joined the Heavenly Gift Sect?"
"Because the ritual was not finished, at the very moment when Lopelle recited the incantation, I rushed to the altar and rescued Kalia. Sylna raised the teacup in her hand, took a sip and continued, "The practice of Kung Fu has been forbidden in Grancia Village for generations, and the whole village is Salo, except for one exception, that is me, in order to deal with the Heavenly Gift Sect in the past few years, I have violated the rules of the village, so when I used spells against those people, they naturally failed to stop me. ”
"So you came to live incognito in Hergrila, and in order to survive, you became the proprietress of an inn, and your daughter became a waitress in the shop. Seeing that Sylna nodded, Ling Wenxuan's ten fingers were interlocked on the table, "Let's straighten out our thoughts first, first of all, the disciples who join the Heavenly Gift Sect are actually dead people, and the living people who do not have the scars of Heaven on their foreheads cannot be recognized by Lo Pele, they are believers rather than disciples at best. Secondly, we know from the case of Kalia that those who have been resurrected by the ring to complete the ritual will voluntarily join the Heavenly Gift Cult and will be partially controlled by the vow-bearer. Finally, and most importantly, there is a force that has influenced the entire village of Grancia, causing no births in the village for twenty years. ”
"Xun'er, what do you think about this?" Ling Wenxuan raised his head and touched his lips.
Rose's fingertips tapped on the table to help herself, "All the doubts point to the mysterious ring in Loppellet's hand, could it be one of the seven artifacts we are looking for?"
Ling Wenxuan stood up and said, "It seems that it is necessary for us to go to Grancia Village to uncover the truth of the matter. ”
"Wait, if you want to leave for the village of Grancia, listen to the old man. Sylna stood up and looked at Ling Wenxuan and Gui Xun'er for a while, "Lopelle is now the village chief of Grancia Village, and he has established a rule that no one from the Tianyao Sect is allowed to enter the village, and the people in the village hate the Tianyao Sect very much, so the two of them cannot enter the Grancia Village in their current capacity. ”
"Boss, don't worry, I'll pay attention to it. Ling Wenxuan patted his chest and said, "Is there anything else you want to advise?"
"Good luck to you, hurry back to your room and rest, and you'll have to go tomorrow. Sylna shook her head and walked up to the attic with a lonely expression.
"I couldn't stop Yin Youning from kidnapping Kalia, but thanks to Cortana, I woke me up. Gui Xun'er covered her mouth and yawned, "Otherwise, I would really sleep until dawn and miss the key clues to find the Seven Artifacts." ”
"Okay, let's get some rest. Youna glanced at Ling Wenxuan with a smile, took Gui Xun'er's hand and walked upstairs.
Lan Lingxiang next to her had a gloomy face, she pinched Ling Wenxuan's ears hard and pulled him aside: "Come here, I have something to ask you!"
"If you have something to say, don't be so violent, it hurts me to death. Ling Wenxuan was so pained that he looked displeased.
"Did you hide on the rooftop and play my flute while I was sleeping?"
Ling Wenxuan hurriedly laughed and said, "Ouch, my eldest lady, even if I like this flute again, if you lend me ten thousand guts, I won't dare to blow it!"
"Really! I heard a burst of music on the rooftop just now, could it be that I have a problem with my ears?" Lan Lingxiang glared at Ling Wenxuan, rolling his eyes suspiciously.
"One thing is that you heard it wrong, you dreamed of hearing music, and dreams and reality are sometimes easily confused. Ling Wenxuan understood what Lan Lingxiang was referring to Youna playing the harmonica, and hurriedly defended himself.
"Well, let's just think so. After that, Lan Lingxiang walked upstairs, but Ling Wenxuan behind him didn't move, "Why don't you come up?"
Ling Wenxuan stroked his low head and changed his expression of collapse: "I really didn't expect you to want to sleep in the same room with me so much." ”
"Stinky and shameless Ling scourge!Who wants to sleep with you!" Lan Lingxiang was so angry that his cheeks were red, he turned around and kicked Ling Wenxuan's leg, and then ran up to the attic in three steps and two steps.
"You...... It's so vicious, my legs just happen to be so heavy. Ling Wenxuan's face twitched in pain, and he knelt on the ground on his knees, but when he stood up again, he was the only one left in front of the empty store.
Suddenly, a strong wind blew, and a letter flew out of thin air and fell into Ling Wenxuan's outstretched hand, he smiled indifferently and turned to face the man in white leaning against the wooden fence.
"Jiang Liu'er, what task did the boss send to me this time?" Ling Wenxuan's expression showed that he recognized this person.
The man in white glanced at Ling Wenxuan expressionlessly, and then looked at the river under the stars in the distance: "You can see it when you open it." ”
Ling Wenxuan quickly opened the envelope, and as his gaze gradually moved down, his expression became solemn, and finally he slowly packed the envelope and fell into deep thought.
"What's the matter, Ling San'er, you also have someone who can't do it!" the man in white mockingly grabbed the envelope that Ling Wenxuan flew over with his two fingers.
"Give me some time, you heard it just now, I'm busy!" Ling Wenxuan's expression became cold.
The corners of the man's mouth curled up, he put the envelope in his pocket, and then jumped onto the roof of the building on the opposite bank with a backflip, and walked away with a powerful winged wind.