The spring breeze in March has brought warmth in the South Ridge that cannot be ignored, but in the Northland, the wind in March is still winter, enough to make the cold of the flowing water freeze spread with the frost wind, and the land is still covered with silver and white north of the Dawning Mountains, and there is no trace of the tall pine forest, and the most senior hunters will not go into the mountains to hunt at this time.

But it was in the midst of such silence that a large cart passed through the plain of the two mountains guarded by the Knights of the Monks, and its destination was the Holy Mountain, and the tall frost-haired bear pulled it through the silent white woods, startling a common icy wind butterfly in the northeast, leaving behind the soft sound of butterfly wings flapping.

To the east of Junling Fort, to the west of Yanjiang, to the northernmost necropolis fortress complex of the empire, and to the north of the mountains, it is called the 'Holy Mountain' with respect by the world.

Many believers look forward to calling that land a place of light, a sanctuary free from troubles and sorrows, where all the inhabitants are free from hatred and envy, where all are friendly and supportive, and where there is abundant bounty in spite of the bitter cold, and where no one worries about food.

People yearn for, people yearn for it. The pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain was the best hope of these believers' lives, and during the time of Yin Naiga, when the Huaiguang Church cooperated with the empire and was at its peak, countless pious people dressed in white and carrying lamps gathered from south to north like a river.

INTERVIEWER Were the people of that time disappointed when they actually arrived at the Holy Mountain?

Sister Yingguang sat in the carriage, the dragon girl held the staff in her hand, this nun who was very cautious in the world, even steady, looked at the white earth outside the window, and a slightly melancholy thought flashed in her heart.

It is precisely because she was born in the villages around the sacred mountain that she worries about the hearts of those who make pilgrims...... Yingguang knows very well that the 'holy place' where he has lived since childhood is not as beautiful as advertised by the outside world.

In other words, the holy places imagined in the minds of most people are completely different from the real holy mountains.

Yes, the Holy Mountain is indeed beautiful.

There, there were no kings, no officials, no mayors and village chiefs, not even anyone who had 'the right to manage other people'.

There, all people lived freely, supported themselves by the labor of their own hands, exchanged goods with others if they needed it, or even did not need to exchange it, they gave it to whomever they needed, and people instinctively helped each other without any private property.

Everyone lives together in their own way, forming a complex but simple community, where everyone makes their own contribution and harmoniously does not even need to be guided by anyone.

No one uses power and violence to resolve disputes, but wisdom to address the causes of disputes...... The priesthood of Huaiguang walked here, but never really wanted to rule anything.

This is a land where there are no laws, but there is an instinctive 'consensus', there are no rulers, but everyone subconsciously respects the 'gods'.

This is the holy place of Huaiguang.

Reflection was born here. Her ancestors were refugees from the Heavenly Court back then, but it is better to say that almost most of the residents of the Huaiguang Holy Land abandoned everything because of the wars in various places, and arrived here one after another, giving up all the refugees in the 'mortal world'.

According to the elders of the village, after the end of the civil war in the Heavenly Court, the great chieftain of the Suyue Khanate crossed the Great Ice-Wind Wasteland, which was still no man's land, to the Holy Mountain to 'beg' the refugees who had fled from his tribe.

[These people are my property, my slaves]

The Great Chieftain had just defeated a strong enemy, and even the frontier defenders of the Sertar Empire retreated to the fortress, not daring to take its edge lightly, and he thought that it was reasonable and legal to do something, even the Huaiguang Church would not prevent him from retrieving what belonged to him.

But the answer to the great chieftain was only a brief inquiry.

Who are you? 】

He was questioned like this, at that time, the Great Chief's expression was extremely shocked, he thought that his prestige had not spread to the Holy Land, so he forcibly suppressed his anger and revealed his origin, identity and status - he was the Hunter, the leader of the Star Hunting Tart Shu Department of the Suyue Khanate, one of the eighteen sons of the Great Khan, the master of the Youchuan Tribe, the Crystal Ladder Department and the Wind Lizard Department, and the irreversible master of this group of refugees who fled their homes in a hurry!

[Nope]

At that time, the priest who received him shook his head and denied: "You are just Aung Qin Tart. Outside of the Holy Mountain, your fame may have a role, but in the Holy Mountain, you are just you, and you are nothing but the name]

[Aung Qin Tart, where do you have the authority to govern these people who are unwilling to be governed by you? 】

[Aung Qin Tart, where do you have the right to come to the Holy Mountain to ask for these people who refuse to return to your rule? 】

[Ang Qin tart forgiveness, Huaiguang treats everyone equally, you have to tell the truth]

[Whatever reason you say, we will use whatever reason]

When the Great Chief heard this, in addition to being dazed and shocked, he only felt angry and ridiculous, he was the son of the Great Khan, he was a chieftain, he was a sublimator of the fourth level, and he was also the commander of an unrivaled army of iron cavalry...... Why can't he manage these traitors with a backbone?

These refugees, who refused to make offerings simply because of the war, and even fled the steppes, were the worst existence of the khanate, and who knew if the other untouchables in the realm would follow their example and flee from their tribes?

It is a matter of course that you want to punish them! Huaiguang, who has always believed in neutrality and does not meddle in the affairs of various countries, how can Huaiguang, who is weak and powerless to the outside world, have the courage to reject him?

【I have power】

Therefore, the great chief said in a deep voice: [I ......]

He wanted to say that.

But suddenly, he couldn't go on.

Because after a moment of anger, the great chief suddenly felt a burst of creeping.

- He just ...... He actually wants to boast of his power to a priest in the Holy Mountain?

Yes, Huaiguang has never interfered in the affairs of other countries...... But now it's not a matter of other countries, now, it's himself who directly negotiates with Huaiguang.

With Ang Qin Tart, not the identity of such and such a big chief.

And if he really said, 'Because I have power, I can rule over other weak people......

Well, Huaiguang, who is more powerful than him......

[This world is embraced by light]

The priest looked at the chief calmly, and he did not care about the nonsense of the other man's arrogant words: "All people should live where the light once shone]

[No one has the right to 'manage' anyone as a matter of course]

[Leave, there is no room for your power here]

The Great Chief retreated.

Since then, no one has dared to come to the vicinity of the sacred mountain to try to recover the refugees who have fled.

"What's wrong, Yingguang?"

In the carriage, the tall Milos female warrior rubbed her eyes, and Xiao Mi's redemption after a while saw her junior sister looking at the scenery outside the window with a melancholy face, and couldn't help but reach out and pinch the other party's dragon horns: "Do you miss your hometown?" Do you want to go home and see when you go back to the Holy Mountain this time? ”

"No ......"

Yingguang was not annoyed by his senior sister's behavior of being a bit of a street mercenary, but just sighed: "I just want to understand why the Holy Mountain welcomes all those who want to settle down, but the only ones who are willing to stay here are the refugees of the last few generations." ”

"Because everybody, including me, wants to get out of this area too much...... Uninteresting land, want to go to the outside world to see. ”

"Huh."

Ransom blinked, her eyes widened, and she glanced at the Hui Sword on the side: "Can this be said?" The priesthood actually commented on the surrounding area of the Holy Mountain, shouldn't it be right? ”

"You can say it."

Hui Jian opened his eyes, and the cleric, who had been smiling calmly, nodded, "We are well aware of this. ”

"Most of the people who live around the sacred mountain have no desires and just want to live well and enjoy a peaceful life. The vast majority of young people will try to go to the Empire, Junling Fort or Yanjiang to find another way of life. ”

"There's no theater, there's no glamour, there's no color...... The more normal the desires of human beings, the less likely they are to stay in the Holy Mountain for long. ”

Saying this, Hui Jian turned his head sideways, looked at the dragon nun, and couldn't help nodding slightly: "Yingguang can admit this level and dare to say that the holy mountain is boring, instead of being like those who seem to be pious, using their own delusions to depict the kingdom of heaven in their hearts, but instead of facing reality...... This is already a very self-conscious thinking. ”

"But, Reflection, can you figure out why?" The cleric asked.

The gray-haired nun hesitated for a moment, and then she tried, "Because ...... Population? ”

"Yes. It's because of the population. At this, she became confident and closed her eyes.

She recalls that in the village where she lived, there were even very few oil lamps, and people had to buy them from outside: "For example, if we wanted an oil lamp, it was difficult to make it ourselves. ”

"It's not a simple candle flame, an ordinary oil lamp, it needs glass, it needs lamp oil, it needs a craft workshop to make a lamp stand...... In other words, there is a need for a glass factory, a grease processing workshop, and a training place for craftsmen. ”

"And the glass factory needs a sand quarry, a pasture or fishing ground that produces oil, an oil algae field, and a group of people who buy lamps, so that the craftsmen have the demand to learn and start work."

Speaking of this, Yingguang let out a long sigh: "A village can't develop this. Once there are more people, there is no way for everyone to cooperate spontaneously, and everyone in the village does not have that kind of rules at all, and someone needs to guide and manage them. ”

"However, around the Holy Mountain, there will be no one to manage the others...... Nobody wants to be managed, and no one wants to be managed. People who have this kind of thinking have all gone to the outside world and will not stay in the Holy Mountain. ”

"That's ......"

Ransom Guang also turned his head and looked at the snow-white earth, and a little cooking smoke could be faintly seen in the distance: "So, is it that we (Huaiguang Church) deliberately curb the population and ensure this stable way of life around the holy mountain?" ”

"That's what I originally thought."

Sister Yingguang said that this nun, who has always acted very steadily, has a meticulous observation of many things and has her own thoughts, and it is precisely because of this that she can become a priesthood reserve at such a young age.

She raised her head and looked at the sacred mountain, which was already not far away: "When I was studying with my teacher, I found that some monks believe that civilization is a poison. They believed that when human beings gathered in groups and were too numerous, there would naturally be kings and nobles, and that the division of labor between people had changed from simple mutual help to a means of exploitation, making it impossible for people to treat each other equally. ”

"Huaiguang doesn't like such a chaotic and noisy world, so he creates a simple order in his sphere of influence."

"But now, I understand something......"

The nun paused, and she cautiously said her thoughts: "Huaiguang is actually looking forward to us. ”

"It expects us to do it all spontaneously...... In a way that no one is a king, and no one is a ruler, a larger cooperative group will be constructed......"

"It wants to find a different kind of social system from the current Terra countries, a better way to solve all problems at the source."

"They can help with everything they can."

"Yes." When Hui Jian heard this, he nodded slightly.

A faint white light lit up in the eyes of the priest, and he said softly, "Then you can't become a priest. ”

“…… Is that so? ”

The dragon nun raised her head, she was a little surprised, and seemed to be a little aggrieved: "Yes...... Am I thinking wrong? ”

And Ransom also frowned, staring at her old partner - obviously more than her old friend, she was holding her little sister more.

"Nope. You're wrong. ”

In this regard, Hui Jian shook his head: "Yingguang, this proves your potential." ”

"Those who embrace the Celestial Priesthood will receive only those who are 'dead'...... Those who have reached the limits of their lives, who have fulfilled their wishes, who are like the walking dead, or who have lost all the ties of life. ”

"Red Blade. Our new companion, whose child was taken by the redwoods natives and sacrificed, who had avenged his father for fifteen years, finally stabbed his enemy—after that, he was as empty as death, but in the end, he was awakened for the well-being of others, determined to fight for the unknown who did not suffer what he had suffered. ”

"But he's reached his limits...... He was already a 'dead man'. So Huaiguang made him a priest, and with our power, he could go one step further on this path. ”

"But you're different—Reflection."

Hui Jian clasped his palms together at the young nun and bowed his head slightly: "Your potential has been noticed since the time of the village - you are smart, patient, prudent, logical and organized. You don't need to have light to achieve something. ”

"So Huaiguang won't make you a priest. Instead, Huaiguang will add you to an internal watch list, equating you with the most potential in the world. ”

"It's an honor."

"But, but ......"

Hearing such a compliment, Yingguang couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

She looked at her senior sister and said in confusion, "This time we have finished our training, and when we come to the Holy Mountain again, doesn't it actually make us official priests?" ”

"Then why did we come to the Holy Mountain?"

"We have a mission."

Hui Jian said calmly, the white light in his eyes lit up: "As I said before, Huaiguang has a watchlist, and there are many beings who have the potential to change the world. ”

"Among them, there is a person we all know well...... The lord of the Xia Hui Lord, Yin Eun. He is building a society that is different from our ideals, but has great potential. ”

"We're going to witness all of this happening, but you're not a priest and you don't need to be a priest, so you can't witness with other companions like I did."

"So you need to know part of the truth."

Huijian's voice echoed in the carriage: "There is a corner of the truth about our Huaiguang. ”

A Corner of the Sacred Mountain's Truth......

The carriage drove through the empty and uninhabited snow road, heading into the distance, where the sacred mountain that appeared and disappeared between the wind and snow, blooming with endless brilliance, and reaching the heavenly dome.

At this moment.

——Huaiguang Sacred Mountain——

——Dawn Pole Peak——

One of the highest peaks in the continent of Terra.

The pure white surface of the mountain flows with a surging fluorescence, it passes through the stratolayer clouds, and the tip is located in the calm wind current, releasing a spherical halo that is clearly visible throughout the atmosphere, and pure cyan lightning surrounds its mountainside, forming a strange halo of holiness.

A sturdy staircase of almost enamel encirclement of strange and unknown substances, forming a spiral of tracks, and at the summit of which is an ancient, austere gray-white temple.

The temple was empty, only the silver-white flames that flickered in the air around it, but if a powerful psionic person looked closely, they would be shocked to find that these silver-white flames were a powerful spiritual fire, called the Flame of Extinction, which only existed in the Void, and even the most powerful Shroud Machines could hardly control this terrifying power that could collapse even them.

But in the temple at the top of the sacred mountain, the flames of the Broken Flame were like harmless glow-in-the-dark algae, providing a little light to the empty hall.

And this light illuminates a pair of stone statues in the center of the temple.

It was a pair of stone statues of a boy and a girl who didn't know if they were brother and sister or sister.

Their faces are stunningly beautiful, far from perfect, almost like gods coming into the world, young girls holding hands behind their backs, one looking at the future ahead, the other looking at the past behind them.

Their faces were almost identical, apparently twins, carved from pure jade, the strongest of materials, but one could feel the soft robes and long hair flowing in the wind.

But now, with a slight fluctuation, the stone statue began to move slightly.

The color of life began to spread on the inorganic jade, and with the sound of flesh and blood wriggling, the entire top of the holy mountain began to tremble slightly, as if some behemoth was opening its eyes.

Followed by......

The twin statues are revived, and the huge life manifests, turning the stone statues into living things.

[The Prophetic Possibility of the Fifth Energy Level?] 】

The first to speak was the boy among the twins, who wore a silver-white ring crown on his head, his long soft light silver hair hanging down from his shoulders, and his eyes flashed with pure white aura.

[Past prophecies are indeed distorted, but they were previously regarded as normal errors and were not noticed]

Then the girl in the twins spoke, with a bright light golden gem shining on her forehead, long white and golden hair hanging down behind her waist, falling straight to her ankles, and the halo in her eyes was as warm as the sun: [Yin Eun...... No matter how much we raise our estimates, the possibility of him is still beyond our expectations.]

The twin popes 'arms' and 'light' gazed together at the far south, their eyes did not fluctuate, only a trace of anticipation, they stared into the distance, as if they could directly see the scene happening on the other side of the world, as if they were in front of them.

[He is the greatest possibility in the world] The young man said: [He is the resurrection of the Chehalorvo family, the one who awakens the echo]

[He is the successor of Yin Naga and Hilliard] Maiden Dao: [He is also the heir of the people of the sun, the heavenly father and the creator]

[He already has the divine power of the Immovable Fortified City] The young man said: [He is also a prophet, and he is a great prophet who can compare with us or even surpass us]

[I thought that Yin Naga II was the biggest opportunity we had ever encountered, but I never thought that his successor was even better than him] The girl said: [In his territory, there are many new things sprouting, and we have never seen such things in the past and future]

The young man closed his eyes, and his voice became ethereal: [In the South China Sea, he even found the chain of cause and effect...... I can't see what he's found, but the future tells me he's collected another crucial fragment.]

The girl stared into the distance, her tone calm and kind: [The Order of the Underworld is asking us to share information about Yin Eun...... But I have already refused, and they need to contact him personally to get the most authentic answer.

[Wait] the young man said: [He still needs time, we just need to let our compatriots go over to witness]

【Wait】The girl lowered her eyes: [Waiting is the greatest virtue in this universe]

Southridge, Port Harrison.

Yin En, who was in the Viscount's Mansion and was discussing the maintenance of 'Zhenglan' with Viscount Grant, was suddenly slightly stunned and interrupted his explanation of the details of Zhenglan's maintenance.

"What's wrong, Yoon?"

Of course, the viscount wouldn't feel that Yin Eun suddenly lost his mind - even if it was, then he definitely didn't care.

After all, geniuses, it's normal to have a little quirk and strange habits, and everyone will forgive them tolerantly.

"No ......"

Yin Eun just suddenly felt his heart beating again, and he had an inexplicable feeling.

But the feeling is indescribable, like feeling that someone is talking to him, but he can't hear it.

So the young man frowned slightly, and he didn't know how to explain for a while: "It's just a little distracted...... The explanation of the maintenance idea just now suddenly gave me a new inspiration. ”

Coming back to his senses, Yin En raised his head and said to the viscount with a smile: "It's okay, let's continue." ”

"Next, it's time for the most critical part, the Viscount, I need to dismantle the entire expedition so that I can repair its core Aether Furnace while thoroughly understanding its structure."

"This step is necessary, it depends on whether you agree with the viscount or not."