Chapter 10: Disciple Suleiman
In the 20th century, when technology was just emerging, the sky was blue, the earth was yellow, and Cairo, Egypt was busy.
The crowd had no idea that the terrifying High Priest had been resurrected and was descending with the power of the underworld, and they were still doing things for their paychecks.
"You should relax, relax, since Immorton didn't show up, it proves that he is afraid, as for what world is destroyed, please, it's the 20th century, do you think it's still that ancient age? Guns can kill everything. O'Connor grabbed an apple, wiped it with his clothes, took a bite of it, and handed it to Evelyn, "Do you want it?" ”
"Hey, I don't want your saliva." Evelyn left O'Connor in disgust.
"It's still beautiful in the real world, but Chen Xu, what about the gold you promised me, don't you talk about it." Jonathan looked around, trying to buy everything, but his pockets were empty.
"The gold is in the Tower of Hamna, but you didn't bring it out yourself." Chen Xu said casually: "And you also brought out a bag of gold yourself, didn't you?" ”
In fact, poor Jonathan was deceived by Chen Xu again, because Chen Xu did not provide him with camels, and all the camels that had been promised were eaten by locusts outside Hamnata.
When Jonathan learned the truth, he immediately went to question Chen Xu, but what he needed to face was a mummy, in fact, facing a mummy, even the most tattered and weak-looking mummy, it was a matter of courage that required a lot, and poor Jonathan obviously didn't have that courage, so he was driven away by the mummy summoned by Chen Xu, and was mocked by the bearded man and O'Connor for a whole day.
Well, in fact, for Jonathan, this level of ridicule is obviously not going to be taken to heart.
Compared with Chen Xu, Evelyn, O'Connor, and Jonathan who were relaxed, the bearded man's mood was obviously much heavier.
As a branch of the ancient inheritance (inherited for 3,000 years), he has always kept the horror of Immorton in his heart, and the inheritance from generation to generation has made him deeply marked by that era, so he is worried.
"We have to find Immorton as soon as possible." The bearded man said again.
"You've said it three times."
"And I can't find Immorton at all right now, so I can only rely on you guards."
"I hope you will use your strength to find Immorton, I can only give some vague hints."
"My blood cat has been killed, and it is impossible for Immorton to do it under his own power." Chen Xu stopped, his mouth opening and closing up and down, "If you want to find Immorton, you must find the human who helps Immorton, and there are currently two aspects to find." ”
"One is the Americans, the Americans, like us, who have been to the Tower of Hamna, and heard that they are cursed, and with the level of love that Americans love life, they will definitely go to help Immorton for their own little lives, by the way, O'Connor, your friend named Benny is not an American, I think he is very suspicious."
"The other is the servants of the priests, in ancient Egypt, the priests had the same rights as the pharaohs, they were born nobles, maybe they have a force like you to inherit, but their mission may be to resurrect Immorton."
"I know them." The bearded man said in a deep voice, "But the people we arranged for them didn't notice their movements. ”
"Yo, you're still playing with Annihilation." O'Connor smiled disdainfully: "Last time, we also had your annihilators in our army. ”
"No movement in Egypt can hide from us." The bearded man said proudly, "Our guards are all over Egypt, and we got the news when you came, and then we assembled. ”
"So Immorton came out." O'Connor shot back.
The bearded man was immediately silenced by O'Connor's words, this is a fact, the mission that has been passed down for three thousand years has finally been broken, and Immorton has successfully resurrected, which is the greatest mockery of their mission and the evidence of failure.
"That's enough, you two, stop arguing." Chen Xu became impatient, "Finding Immorton and killing Immorton is what you should do, instead of mocking each other here, maybe you will think that this will help to adjust the atmosphere, but in my eyes, your approach can only make you slack." ”
Chen Xu's gaze fell on a child, he hesitated for a moment and walked over.
It was a child of about seven years old, a child from a visibly poor family, as evidenced by the fact that he was not wrapped in strips of cloth.
"Little friend." Chen Xu bent down, looked at the child who looked a little scared, and showed a smile, "Where are your parents?" ”
It seems that the current Chen Xu is like a trafficker who stretches out his evil hands to the child, he uses his kind language to deceive an innocent child, and after inquiring about the child's family, he will make corresponding actions, or leave, or take the child with him, whether he wants to or not.
But reality is often not a story, and Chen Xu is not a human trafficker, he asked the child's parents just to hope that the child would become a priest.
Yes, he saw in this child a glimmer of priestly potential, a potential to become a priest.
"They're over there." The child pointed with his hand, Chen Xu looked over, and immediately saw a man and a woman walking over menacingly.
"Is there any interest in making your children priests?" Chen Xu held the Black Sutra of the Undead in both hands, trying to make himself look sacred, "I think he has the potential to become a great priest." ”
"Get out." The boy's father gently spit out the word 'roll' to Chen Xu, and then pulled his child away.
The child's mother was holding the child on one side and telling her own child on the other, "Don't talk to strangers casually." ”
Ha ha......
The laughter was clearly from the gloating guys next to him.
Chen Xu felt a crow croaking and flying over, which was a very bad feeling.
"If you want to ask him to be a priest, his parents won't agree." Evelyn stopped laughing and ran over and said, "Priests are circumcised. ”
"What is circumcision." Chen Xu asked suspiciously.
His knowledge of ancient Egyptian culture was limited to myths and legends, and he did not know much about its customs.
"Circumcision is castration, cutting off the little brother." The bearded man came up and explained, "Ever since the incident with Immortun, Pharaoh has decreed that priests with male surnames need to be circumcised, so that something similar to Immorton does not happen again. ”
"I see." Chen Xu suddenly realized, "It seems that Immorton has plagued all the priests. ”
"But did I say I'm a priest?"
Chen Xu held his head high, raised his head and walked past the bearded man, "As a Chinese, in fact, I am a Taoist. ”
Jonathan and O'Connor looked at Chen Xu in amazement, who changed his face as easily as eating, they had never seen such a shameless person.
After dark, Chen Xu came out of the hotel and sneaked up on the boy.
It was important for him to have a boy who had the potential to become a priest, and it was easier for him to become a priest than those ordinary people, especially since he was young, had a strong plastic surname, and was easy to cultivate.
"Dead, call you in the name of Anubis!"
A mummy staggered in response to Chen Xu's call and got up from the ground, when he didn't rely on the power of the Undead Black Sutra, he could only summon a mummy of this level, because his magic power was too weak.
If the magic of Immorton after being completely resurrected from the dead is said to be a small river, then Chen Xu's magic is at best a drop of water.
Chen Xu closed his eyes and sent the breath that had been prepared long ago into the spirit of the mummy, "Go, find that little boy." ”
After receiving the order, the mummy shook his crumbling body and walked forward.
Following behind the mummy, after a lot of twists and turns, he finally stopped in a dilapidated tent.
"The little boy is here?" Chen Xu instructed the mummy to violently open the tent, and then he heard several frightened cries in a row.
Seeing that the mummy had an effect, Chen Xu walked into the tent, "Two, I think your child has the potential to become a priest, so I plan to train him." ”
Chen Xu felt that it was very difficult for him to convince two parents who were prejudiced against him as a Chinese, so he decided to speak with facts, and in Egypt, is there anything more than the mummy that can prove Chen Xu's identity?
"Are you really the High Priest?" The child's dad's trembling voice proved that he was scared now.
Mummification culture has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the Egyptians, but just like Ye Gong is a good dragon, the movable mummy and the immovable mummy are definitely two different feelings, the latter brings curiosity, and the former brings absolute fear.
In the ancient legends, it is the high priest who is the mummy, but in fact, although the high priest has it, it is the same as the mummy, for ordinary people like them, it is definitely a legend, and it is easy not to see the high priest.
"High Priest, so to speak." Chen Xu put on a smile that he thought was very kind, "Your child's talent is the best I have ever seen, so I want you to give him to me and let me train him." ”
He had seen such a gifted child so far, certainly the best one.
"But ......." The child's father was still a little hesitant, although the young priest in front of him knew that he was very powerful at a glance (in his eyes, mystery and strength were linked), but he still didn't want his child to be a priest.
Chen Xu saw at a glance what he was hesitating, and immediately said: "As priests, we don't need to be circumcised, we inherit the ancient Egyptian priests from three thousand years ago." ”
"That's good." Hearing that there was no need to circumcision, the child's father agreed.
"Son, study hard." The child's mother also realized that she was about to be separated from her child, and suddenly she couldn't cry.
"It's not an eternal separation, he's just learning to sacrifice to the gods with me." Chen Xu shook his head and said, "You should treat him as a student." ”
Chen Xu squatted down and looked at the little boy he fancied, "What's your name." ”
"My name is Suleiman." The child answered Chen Xu's question in his immature voice.
"Suleiman, my brother taught you to read, okay?" Chen Xu tempted: "Look at this strange Shu millet here, you can indulge him after you learn it." ”
The child looked in the direction of Chen Xu's finger and happened to see the mummy, he was a little scared and a little curious, "What is this?" ”
"Mummy, the mummy of old legends, if you become my student, you can instruct him."
"Then I'm willing to be your student."