Chapter 179: A Thousand Years of Solitude (14)
"Should I have bought a beginner's corpse exorcism in the first place?"
This was the first reaction in Zhou Daoan's mind.
Naturally, he didn't believe in the nonsense of any gods who had been sleeping for 300 years - as a ferryman, Zhou Daoan, who had seen the "true god" such as the Son of Chaos and saw the so-called "miracles" of the gods on the murals of the temple, judged the identity of the god as follows:
A ferryman is tasked by the Ark and comes to this forsaken world. But maybe the mission failed, or maybe he had completed the mission and teleported away, deliberately leaving a "shell" behind, and fooling the natives here, making people think that he was asleep......
Anyway, the task of the ark is strange, or maybe the ferryman's layout here requires the long-term faith of the natives...... Or, just his bad taste.
In short, what god would only live for 100 years and then fake his death and fall asleep?
However, it was one thing to think in his heart, and it was another thing to ask him to wake up the dead corpse right now! Facing the cold eyes of all the wizards, and facing the aristocratic people in the audience with an expectant face...... Zhou Daoan has no room to refuse.
"Yes."
Zhou Daoan replied in a deep voice.
"Well, if you can really awaken the gods! Then I'm willing to give you the position of the Great Wizard! It will be our greatest luck to see the true God awakened. ”
IT'S COMING, IT'S TIME TO START ALLIN! The great wizard gambled on his professional dignity, and Zhou Daoan gambled on his life.
As the great wizard made the decision, he finally came out of the tent -
Unexpected! This great wizard with an incomparably vicissitudes of life and an old voice has a young face, not even a trace of wrinkles! Unlike the sorcerers who wore the Toba Okusa, he wore a loose linen robe and a golden feather ornament on top of his head.
Of course, the bronze decoration on the nose and the bronze studs on the pinna still make the great wizard show the characteristics of "local native".
However, Zhou Daoan more sensitively captured that this young looking wizard had a pair of old hands - the back of the hand was full of markings and chicken skin, and even a small pustule bulged out on his forearm.
He's a plague patient! It's just that it's only in the early stages of the disease!
No wonder he had to stay in a tent and easily avoid touching others...... If it weren't for Zhou Daoan's appearance now, I'm afraid he wouldn't have shown up.
Except for the ferrymen, the other primitives bowed their heads respectfully when they saw the Great Wizard appear.
"Let's go! I will personally accompany you to awaken the gods......" The Great Wizard glanced at Zhou Daoan deeply.
So, the sacrifice was suspended, and the people escaped by Graping Potian and others. Zhou Daoan and the other ferrymen, escorted by the soldiers of White Rock City, walked into the interior from the high platform of the temple, and also walked down the spiral steps. Companions, including the Grand Wizard, the Birdman King, the Birdman Queen, and the Birdman Wizard......
Coming to the bottom of the temple, the interior area here will not exceed 100 square meters, and a group of people are standing in the originally empty temple, which makes the sense of space slightly cramped due to the huge sarcophagus in the center.
Seeing the sarcophagus, the great wizard's face was as usual, and with a slight wave of his hand, two red-eyed warriors immediately walked up, then bent down and exerted force, and began to push the stone cover on the sarcophagus.
"Hey-yo-"
With the two of them roaring like a trumpet, the heavy sarcophagus was slowly pushed open. Zhou Daoan stood at the front of the crowd, so he could see that when the sarcophagus was opened, it revealed a corpse soaked in blood plasma.
I don't know how many years the plasma has been deposited, and perhaps it has been added with fresh blood since then...... In short, as soon as the coffin was opened, a strong smell of blood and rancid smell immediately dispersed, making the hurried person who followed Zhou Dao'an subconsciously cover his nose.
Zhou Daoan didn't care about the pungent smell, he was more concerned about the corpse in the coffin in front of him - saying that it was a corpse because it was already a completely dead thing, motionless, and his body had no life. Even if he is a sleeping person, he will suffocate to death in such an airtight sarcophagus.
But when such a dead corpse showed its true face, it really made Zhou Dao feel at ease. Because although the corpse was covered in a layer of clotted blood scabs, the face exposed to the blood plasma was lifelike. Its eyes closed naturally, as if it were asleep, and its face remained a certain blood color, I wonder if it was because of the nourishing effect of blood soaking......
No wonder the people here believe that their gods are just sleeping.
Judging from the face of this corpse, it seems that this person is a multi-ethnic mixed race, and has the characteristics of various races, but it also seems a little prosaic because of this.
"You can get to work." The great wizard looked at Zhou Daoan and looked at the gods for a long time, so he opened his mouth to remind.
Zhou Dao calmed down, raised his bound hands, and signaled to the great wizard that he couldn't do anything in this state.
The great wizard did not embarrass Zhou Daoan, as if he was not afraid that after Zhou Daoan was untied, he would have any room for resistance. With a wave of his hand, a warrior stepped forward and cut the rope with a dagger.
However, apart from him, Hurry and Kang Bao do not have such treatment. Obviously, if Zhou Daoan's mission fails, these two people will be hostages and burial goods. The Great Wizard believed that such a "good man" who took risks for the sake of primitive people would not abandon his friends.
Moving his somewhat stiff hands, Zhou Daoan first took off the obsidian necklace around his neck. As soon as the stone containing the magical demon-sealing power left his skin, Zhou Daoan immediately felt the restriction on the use of skills in his body disappear. At the same time, the low-level greedy bloodline immediately woke up, and he couldn't help but silently put the obsidian necklace in his hand into his pocket......
Anyway, as long as this thing doesn't touch the skin or activate it with a spell, it won't have a forbidden effect. This is a treasure, and I will take it for identification when I return to the Ark......
For Zhou Daoan's hand-taking, the great wizard watched from the side and did not stop it.
In order to suppress the negative effect of "eye heat", Zhou Daoan's lips moved lightly, and silently put a pure heart and a good spell on himself, and first brushed a buff to calm down his emotions.
Facing the corpse in the coffin, Zhou Daoan had two sets of plans, both of which he improvised when he just walked down the steps. The first plan is to stimulate the corpse with fearless songs and laughing songs. As long as the corpse has a little bit of life, then the effect of Dreadnought Song will restore a little bit of its strength. Coupled with the "resonance" effect of the Xiaoao Jianghu song, not to mention bringing the corpse back to life, it should be able to "return to the light".
The second option...... It's a little more dangerous, so let's not talk about it, let's try the first plan that you are most sure of!
Having made up his mind, Zhou Daoan began to chant. An inspiring dreadnought song came out of his mouth, but Zhou Dao'an deliberately controlled the target of the skill impact only for the corpse in the coffin, so even if the people next to him heard this uplifting song, they would feel refreshed at most, and it would not have a significant effect.
The song was quickly sung, and Zhou Daoan's eyes stared at the dead body in the coffin.
As when the museum first opened, the corpse's face did not change, and its limbs were as calm as ever.
Is it that Dreadnought has a limited bonus to such a body of unknown strength? Or is the effect of a song too weak? But because of the impact of skill cooldown, Zhou Daoan couldn't continue to "brush" the state.
So, he immediately began to sing the second song.
Xiaoao Jianghu Song is worthy of being rated as an "R+" level skill by the Ark system, and not long after he spoke, everyone present couldn't help but dance. If it weren't for Zhou Dao'an forcibly suppressing the skill and making the skill target only circle within the range of the coffin, I'm afraid that the people in the temple would have a group of demons dancing.
Such a powerful skill, but Zhou Daoan's most powerful one, must be effective......
As the song progresses, once, twice...... By the fourth time, when the song was about to end, the corpse in front of him was still lifeless, and it seemed that this R+-level skill could not have an effect on it.
Zhou Daoan's heart sank little by little, but at the same time, a ridiculous idea arose - singing to the dead corpse was even more nonsensical than playing the piano to a cow......
When the song was finally finished, the corpse in the coffin remained motionless.
Several minutes have passed during this period, but in fact, by the fourth time of the Xiaoao Jianghu Song, the effect has been very weak, and even the primitive people in the temple who were originally dancing with their eyebrows began to feel the "retreat of passion".
But what about the gods you believe in? It's still the same sleeping appearance...... The primitive people looked at Zhou Daoan's eyes and were already a little impatient.
"Can you awaken the gods?"
A birdman wizard couldn't help but be annoyed when he watched Zhou Daoan finish singing the two songs, and seemed to have a tendency to "poor donkey skills" - as servants of the gods, what they were most looking forward to was to be able to witness the awakening of the gods in their lifetime. It would be great to give them a little guidance......
It's just that the gods have been asleep for 300 years, and they have never heard of a precedent for awakening, which makes the wizards have some expectations, but they are not very strong.
But the unashamed captive in front of him first said that he was from the realm of the gods, and then swore to agree to the request of the great wizard, so that all the birdman wizards suddenly awakened the expectations in their hearts...... This expectation seemed to be dashed right now, which undoubtedly made the three birdman wizards feel the anger of being fooled!
"Wait, it's not over yet!" Before the Great Wizard could speak, Zhou Daoan immediately stopped the Birdman Wizard's fury!
Now, only the second plan is used...... Zhou Daoan glanced at the hurried and Kang Bao behind him, as well as the red-eyed warriors around him, and took a deep breath.
He suddenly raised the index finger of his left hand, put it in his mouth, and bit it so hard that the fingertip broke open. Suddenly, a drop of blood poured out......
Zhou Daoan didn't let this drop of blood fall, held his finger, walked to the front of the coffin, and moved his index finger to the position of the corpse's face and mouth......