Chapter 21: The Ash Wood Blood Sacrifice (9)

The temple is not large, built with stone as the main material, and has an ancient style. There are two rooms in front and www.biquge.info in front and back, and the front room is the residence of the gods, full of books, a small bed and a table. He doesn't need to eat, he doesn't need to excrete, he doesn't have any necessities of life that a normal person needs. The Blood God's request to him is simple, I will give you eternal life, and you will study the secret treasure of Ainos.

The back room is home to the Secret Treasure of Ainos, and it looks like an ordinary cave. There is a statue in each of the four directions, east, west, north and south, which are the god of love, the god of war, the god of light, and the god of the sun, and these four main gods do not exist in this world and have no followers. But the people of this world know about the existence of these gods, and the reason cannot be verified, at least not by the gods.

In the center of the cave is a stone altar that looks like a wine glass, topped by a disc. The disc is inlaid with two sheets of pale yellow paper of unknown texture, which are rough to the touch. There is a groove underneath the two sheets of paper where a charcoal pen rests. There was no sign of anyone touching either of them, and Arouca didn't dare to touch them. This is likely to be the key to solving the mystery of the Treasure, and it is an unrepeatable mechanism.

Aluka asked Jopha to help him to the altar, leaned down and sniffed it, it was all earthy, and he didn't find any clues. He just tried, after all, he was not a professional, and even if there was a problem, he couldn't smell it.

After investigating separately, Xinon was the first to speak: "The statue is strange, you pay attention to the position of the stand." ”

Aluka and Jopha are next to the statue of Eros. Of course, the understanding of the goddess of love in the world is a beautiful woman, a beautiful woman dressed in tulle, with long hair and a shawl holding a harp, a slender waist that can be held, a big chest and a beautiful hip shape, which can make both men and women full of criminal desires. There was only one ring on her jade finger, unlike the other three rings of the main god. In fact, the gods will definitely not wear rings, and the rings of the three powers of kingship, religion, and theocracy are added by believers to their own exertion. The Eros ring is not a symbol of power, it is a symbol of humanity. Believers in Eros believe that the most fundamental thing in human nature is love, and that love is related to the reproduction of human beings, and it is indeed important from this point of view.

Aluca, who has been corrupted by all evil capitalism, has a different opinion, and often hears people say that you can do it with love, but often say that you can do it without love. Human reproduction and love on the continent of St. Ainos have nothing to do with it, to some extent, family interests and whether they will be hungry are related to human reproduction.

A raised relief could be seen on the pedestal of the statue of Eros, and Aluka reached out and pressed it, finding that it could be pressed. The relief depicts a symbol of unknown significance, with three large, medium and small circles divided by two diagonal lines, with a triangle in the center. Aluca believed that he had seen the symbol in any book, but he was a believer in reading and did not seek to understand it, and he did not have a genius brain that could not remember anything.

In front of the statue of the god of war, Sinong said uncertainly: "Will it be possible to press these reliefs in order to find the secret treasure of Ainos?"

Aluka shook his head in opposition and said, "The Blood God Priest has lived here for fifty years, and he doesn't need to eat, drink, or Lazar, so he has enough time to try out the correct order." And in the tunnel leading to the Sun God's residence, I said that if a person wants to hide a treasure, he will not protect it with something of chance. Suppose you can find the Secret Treasure of Ainos by pressing the reliefs in order, and a child runs to the temple to play and tries it out in one attempt, what should I do?"

Master Henry objected and said, "Aluca, your idea is wrong, you can't think of everyone like you, this Master Ainos may not be able to think so much. ”

"There's a solution to your speculation. I'm more concerned about what kind of symbols are carved on the reliefs, and I feel like I've seen them before, but I can't remember them. Aruka frowned back. It's a bad feeling for him, like a beautiful woman who wants to roll the sheets with him, and both of them take off their pants, and the beauty suddenly says you can't touch me if you don't remember my name.

Henry smiled and said, "Aluca, I know you've definitely seen it, but you won't remember it." Laziness is the original sin of mortals, and when you have time, you should communicate with the Red Priests to exercise your patience and perseverance. ”

"Patience and perseverance happen to be the last thing I need, and if I had patience, I would have wasted a lot of time. Lazy people try their best to speed up the efficiency of their work, and diligent people always feel that hard work can win everything. Master Guoshi, I know you recognize this symbol, our time is precious, you better hurry up. ”

Henry took a negative view of Aluca's view, but did not dwell on it, explaining: "This is a symbol that symbolizes the god of truth, and it appears in a large number of Western texts three hundred years ago. There are no believers in the God of Truth on the current continent of St. Ainos, only believers in the God of Wisdom. Some of the White priests believed that the God of Wisdom was one of the secondary gods under the throne of the God of Truth, and that the God of Truth had fallen and the God of Wisdom had inherited his Godhead. You know, whether we like to admit it or not, the study of theology in Baijiao is the first in the mainland. ”

"God of Truth......" Aluka recalls that there are not many accounts of the God of Truth. The main god of this world is not the same as the gods on the earth, and the gods of many sects on the earth are the only immortals, while the gods here are mortal. It may be that he was killed by other gods, it may be that he lost all his followers and died of exhaustion, and now there is another possibility, which is to be killed by the old gods.

The disappearance of the God of Truth is not too early, only three hundred years ago, and some records have barely been left. However, it lacks practical significance, in Aluca's memory, the god of truth is the main god with the style of a god, and the power in charge is true and false, false and false, and the truth is a bit foggy to see the moon in the water, and the flower is not the moon and the moon. Their believers believe that there is more truth hidden behind the truth, and that behind the falsehood is not entirely false, the so-called seeing the essence through the phenomenon...... Of course, they have not yet pursued the consciousness of relative truth, and they are only mechanically opposed to everything, just like some netizens who want to go against everything when they see it. Today you say that the double yolk eggs are delicious, he will say that they are not delicious, and tomorrow you say that the double yolk eggs are not delicious, he will say that they are delicious. It is characterized by intermittent amnesia, split personality, and lack of discipline.

In this way, the fall of the God of Truth is likely to be the disappearance of believers, and it is too difficult to understand the philosophical gods given the average quality of the people of this era. Among the spiritual gods, they are more likely to accept the god of war who does not obey or the god of love who does it.

"Now there are two possibilities. Aluca held out two fingers, "The first possibility is that Master Ainos is the incarnation of the God of Truth, and this symbol is to tell the comer that what is left here is the secret treasure of the God of Truth, but the time is not right." The second possibility is that the symbol of the God of Truth has something to do with solving the mystery of the Treasure. ”

"I agree with the second possibility," Sinong said. I've heard that artists like to sign their work, but I don't think any god has the same hobby as humans. ”

Aluka sighed and said, "That's the problem, who knows what this symbol means." ”

"I don't understand a word of your conversation. Trihak clasped his hands to his chest and interjected impatiently, "But I know that I can't do anything by just saying it, can I press these reliefs a few times as Xinon said?"

Aluka smiled slightly and said, "Teacher, then this task will be handed over to you." This is a heavy job, the other people's injuries have not healed, and Henry is too old to bend over. ”

Cui Hak snorted coldly: "I didn't expect you kid to be quite considerate, I thought that the children raised by wild wolves were inhumane." ”

Arouca snorted and said to the others, "Let's go to the front room and have a look." ”

Leaving Trehack alone in the cave to try out the countless permutations, the group went to the front room. Aluka asked Jopha to help him to the priest's desk, rummaging through it for a moment to pull out a notepad.

Jofa looked at Aluka curiously and asked, "What is this for?"

Xinon and Henry on the side already had bitter faces and looked at Aluka speechlessly. Arouca didn't answer Yofa's question, but looked intently through the priest's notes with a smile on his face, and said after a few minutes, "Well, the priest has really tried every order of pressing the relief......"

Xinon smiled bitterly and said, "You've thought of it a long time ago, right? Then you still ask the teacher to try." ”

Aluca replied, "That's why I told him to try because I thought about it." This story tells you, don't hit me on the head. ”

Henry National Master said disapprerovingly: "Cui Hak's brain has always been not very useful, so I won't fall for your tricks." ”

Talking big is the only thing that kindergarten children and ruffians can do, Aluka has no material pursuits, but there are spiritual pursuits, of course there will be no sentence "Let's go through two tricks?", pit people need a long stream of inspiration...... He threw the notebook back on his desk and began to sort out the feelings of the others.

According to the Shinji, after he tried to press the order of the reliefs, his research reached an impasse. He knew what the paper and charcoal pens on the altar were for, how they could write, and what they could do. But he didn't know what to write on the paper, and the paper on the altar was of unknown material and had no replacement to replace, so he didn't dare to take any chances. So, he began to investigate the life of Ainos.

The life story of this theological master Ainos is very legendary, and it is estimated that participating in the voice of the Red Sect can win many mentors to turn around and go to concerts in thirty-two planes. Like most legendary heroes, he was an orphan and was poor as a child, and worked as a pickpocket and beggar horseboy. One day after he was eighteen years old, he was recruited into the sect and became a priest in a small village when he was surprised by the fact that he was a prodigy in the practice of magic by a priest of the Lava God Cult. At the age of twenty-three, the Pope of the Lava God Cult marched across the country to preach, came to the small village where Ainos was located, and fell in love with Ainos at first sight. Of course, the Pope is a man, and so is Ainos. Next, Ainos ascended to the sky and became the confidant and heart treasure of the Lava God Pope.

A dozen years later, the Pope died. The new pope was a radical who was dissatisfied with Ainos and pushed him out. Enos claimed that he had heard the oracle of the lava god and needed to leave the center of power and travel the world to study. The new Pope saw that he was acquainted with him, and gave Ainos the Scepter of Fire, a treasure of the Lava God Cult. When Aluka saw this part, he wanted to ask the Pope, do you make a rod?

Since then, Ainos has lived a chic life as a child of the rivers and lakes, traveling and writing books, watching the sunset, and understanding life and the teachings of the gods. This period lasted about twenty years, with the first five years still discovering the traces of Ainos, and the last fifteen years of Enos's whereabouts becoming a mystery. When he reappeared, Ainos presented several notebooks to the national library of the Kingdom of Laiwa, including the study of the three gods such as the sun god and the god of war, and became the first theological scholar on the mainland. In the end, Ainos rejected the Lava Cult's invitation and disappeared into the kingdom of Ryk. According to reliable sources, he disappeared into Ashwood Village, where the Scepter of Fire was hidden.

After hearing Aluca's description, Sinong said in amazement, "This scepter of fire...... It can't be an artifact, right?"

Aluka asked rhetorically: "Brother Xinong, you see that a person is unhappy, and then you give him an artifact, do we want to be reasonable?"

Xinong smiled, not angry or annoyed, you are smart, you come along.

Henry said, "I think it's a good thing even if it's not an artifact. The new Pope wanted to drive Ainos out of the kingdom of Va, but Ainos was a high-ranking priest after all, and if something happened while traveling, both the kingdom of Raiwa and the Cult of the Lava God would be disgraced. Personally, I speculate that the Scepter of Fire has the ability to attack. In fact, the Rhine royal family also has something similar, called the Sunrise Shield, which has never been broken, and those who face it will be dizzy, but that's all. There are magic and magic in this world, so the weapons and equipment here must be stronger than those of the St. Ainos continent. ”

Aruka nodded, "That would explain why the Blood God is interested here, he is always afraid of being discovered by other gods, and wants to get the Scepter of Fire to increase his power." I feel like we're in danger right now. ”

Jofa didn't understand, wasn't the situation very good, why was it dangerous, and asked, "What do you mean?"

"There is nothing important in life except death, and since the old gods will die, they must have similar thoughts. If we get the Scepter of Fire, we'll cut off the Blood God's way to save our lives, and He will be absolutely desperate to turn against us. In other words, if we continue to investigate, it is very likely that we will face the Blood God with all the members injured. ”

National Master Henry also thought of this verse, frowned at Sinon, and asked, "Shall we ask for the opinion of Trehack?"

Sinong shook his head, he still didn't know what virtues his teacher had, and asked him if he might as well flip a coin, and said, "This matter is more complicated, let Aluca decide." ”

Arouca doesn't like to make decisions because he doesn't like to be responsible. But he hated to shirk responsibility, so he said, "Let's analyze the current situation." First of all, if we don't find the treasure left behind by Ainos - whatever it is - we will not be able to withstand the next attack of the Knights of the Green Lake. Second, if we look for the secret treasure left by Ainos, it may lead to the attack of the blood god in advance. ”

Xinon continued, "If the Ainos Treasure has great power, maybe we can directly solve the trouble of the Blood God, this is actually a good opportunity. ”

Henry National Master hesitated a little and said, "But we may not be able to use this power, I believe that a powerful power is not something that anyone can use, at least not immediately. ”

Aluka said, "What we should be betting on now is that the Secret Treasure of Ainos has a certain amount of power, but the Blood God can't use it, and this is the best case. ”

National Master Henry shook his head and said, "The risk is too great, the possibility you said is not high. I think from the notes of the gods, the secret treasure of Ainos is the scepter of fire. ”

Aluca told the crowd the story of three cups of red water and three cups of blue water, saying: "We are now on the line of death at every step, and if we take one wrong step, we will be wiped out, but we must take this step, and you can't stand still for fear of making a mistake." Just choose the path with a high chance of survival. I've decided to continue researching the secret treasure of Ainos and make sure I find out. ”

National Master Henry was silent for a moment and asked, "What is the real reason?"

Aluka shrugged and said, "I'm going to come and see sooner or later, if I don't get it done today, I'll have to walk the road to the island in the middle of the lake again next time, I don't want it." ”

"Die. "Three voices in unison.

"Don't rush, don't grab. Aluca laughed, "We're all going to die, get our tickets and line up." ”