Chapter 106

The town of Lourdes is a town located in the southern part of the Pyrenees.

This sparsely populated town has a reputation in Europe that is completely out of proportion to its size!

It is a famous Catholic pilgrimage site throughout Europe.

Originally, the town was nothing more than a dilapidated town in the southern Pyrenees, but that changed in 1858, when a girl in the town reportedly saw the apparition of the Virgin Mary in the town, and ...... It is said that there are eighteen times!

In that year, this event caused a sensation throughout Europe, even alarming the Holy See, and the Pope sent people to this town to investigate...... Of course, it is not known how the process of the investigation went. But the results were somewhat surprising......

The Church declared the incident "true" and declared the town of Lourdes a "holy place"! The girl in the town, who was said to have had a "close encounter" with the Virgin Mary, was posthumously awarded the title of "saint" by the Church.

The town of Lourdes became famous as a famous pilgrimage site for Catholics throughout Europe.

And what is even more amazing is that in a cave next to the town of Lourdes, there is said to be a pool, and the water of that pool is said to be the legendary "holy water", which can cure many diseases......

Because of these legends, hundreds of thousands of Catholics come to the town of Lourdes every year......

In the evening, when Xiao Lei's car drove into this town at the foot of the mountain in the twilight, the whole town was immersed in tranquility.

There are quite a few cars parked outside the town, and apparently there are a lot of people here. But what Xiao Lei saw sitting in the car, many pedestrians coming and going outside the town had serious faces, sacred and solemn expressions, they were dressed formally, full of piety, walking quietly on the streets, and no one made a loud noise. Still others simply wore black church robes with crosses on their chests.

The tallest building in the town is a church in the center of the town.

"I didn't like this place. After getting out of the car, Xiao Lei pouted. Yueshan nodded: "It's too quiet, it's a little depressing...... How can I say yes, it's like a temple in the mountains. ”

Ye Buqun didn't speak this time, because as soon as he arrived here, his expression became serious...... To be precise, Ye Buqun's appearance at the moment has almost become the same as those people walking quietly on the street. Serious, quiet, solemn, solemn......

"It seems that this gentleman is a devout believer. It was Longan who spoke, and he took his baggage from the back of the car. Walking beside Xiao Lei.

"Aren't you a Catholic?" asked Ray.

"You're typical of Eastern thinking. Longyan replied without humility or arrogance: "It seems that many Chinese think that Westerners believe in God, but in fact, this is not the case, at least I do not believe in religion." He sighed: "What I do often requires me to walk on the edge of life and death, so everything makes me believe that my destiny is in my own hands." ”

Xiao Lei narrowed his eyes: "It seems that you must be familiar with the Pyrenees." ”

"Very familiar. Longyan suddenly smiled, lightly: "I have climbed the highest peak three times, and I am one of the top three members of our club. I have participated in 12 mountain climbing. My safety record has not been broken until now. ”

Xiao Lei stared into his eyes for a moment, and saw in his gaze the pride of a mountaineering adventurer...... It's clear that this longan is very proud of his record. To be fair, based on his track record, he is indeed a master.

It can only be said that his reaction is the most normal...... But a trace of doubt flashed in Xiao Lei's eyes......

"You choose to go up the mountain in this season, it's actually dangerous. A lot of people don't want to take your business, but I'm not afraid...... Although the climate is not good now, I have experienced more dangerous things, and I believe in myself. Longyan smiled proudly, then he digressed and pointed to both sides of the town's road: "There are two inns here, one is very large, and it belongs to the church. However, they only receive church personnel. The other one is for regular tourists, and now my only hope is that they are not full. Otherwise, we'll just pitch our tents in the town square. ”

Unfortunately, Longan's words turned out to be a reality.

The only inn in the town that caters to regular tourists is full. A few people had to run to the town square to pitch their tents.

Yueshan is a person who practices martial arts, and it doesn't matter if he suffers. Qinglingzi is an outsider, and he doesn't attach much importance to the enjoyment of **. Bao'er is a child's surname, and she is excited and looking forward to the open-air nightstay.

"Hey, Ye Buqun, aren't you a senior member of the church, can't you go through the back door to the church and ask us for two rooms?"

Xiao Lei smiled bitterly and said while looking at the square of the town.

It seems that the popularity of this small town of Lourdes is not ordinary. The small square is covered with tents, and it seems that there are many people camping here in the open air at night.

"I'm sorry, but I can't use my authority to do these things. Ye Buqun's expression was very solemn: "This is the Holy Land, and this kind of thing you said is blasphemy against the Holy Land! I can't force others to give up their houses to us because of my position." Ye Buqun pointed to the square of the town, where there were also many people dressed in the costumes of the clergy of the church to set up tents, and it was obvious that even the church's inn was full, and many priests were forced to sleep in the square.

Xiao Lei shook his head: "I really don't know whether to respect you or laugh at you for being stupid." ”

The tent was pierced by a dragon's eye. Obviously, he is quite skillful in his movements, and at first glance he is a person who is very experienced in this kind of outdoor survival.

"It's going to be a bit cold at night, because it's mountainous and it's a bit humid now. Longan took out a windproof lighter, took out a small mountaineering stove, and lit a simple campfire. There was also a small metal pot, which looked like it was preparing dinner.

Xiao Lei has been secretly observing Longyan's every move, but from Longyan's actions, it can be seen that he is indeed the demeanor of an experienced mountain adventurer. Xiao Lei's eyes once again showed a trace of doubt.

The night was indeed a little cold, and there was a blanket in the car, which Xiao Lei had taken out and wrapped around Bao'er. There are a total of five tents, one for Xiaolei, and one for each of the light spirit cotyledons and the longan of the Moon Mountain. Bao'er slept in Tsukiyama's tent.

Little Ray slept in the tent, his senses were unusually sharp, in fact, at night in this place. In other words, as soon as he entered this town that was called a "holy place" today, Xiao Lei always had a strange feeling in his heart, and there seemed to be a faint inexplicable expectation in his heart......

It was as if he sensed something was going to happen.

After closing his eyes and reciting two meditation tips, Xiao Lei slowly fell asleep......

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Dark......

Hundreds of tents in the square, the breathing sound of hundreds of people all fell on Xiao Lei's ears, it was a very wonderful feeling, Xiao Lei only felt that his mind wandered, gradually condensed together, as if in his sleep, his soul wandered outside the body......

In the dark, it was as if there was a silent summoning here......

Yes, it's a calling!

That cry resounded in his heart...... I could clearly feel some strange, silent calling in my heart. But I couldn't hear anything in my ears.

Probably a dream......

Xiao Lei was in a daze, feeling that he in his dream seemed to float to the sky above the town, looking down on the town from above, seeing a little light, and then drifting towards the left side of the town......

Gradually, when his consciousness fell back to the ground, there was a statue in front of him......

In the dream, he "saw" something vague, but barely recognizable. It is a statue of a woman, dressed in a somewhat quaint style robe, with bare feet, arms folded in front of her chest, eyes slightly closed, and a pious expression on her face. She had a beautiful countenance, a delicate countenance, and it was evident that the sculptor had extraordinary skill in sculpting a statue of a girl so lifelike.

There seemed to be a strange traction force on this statue that attracted Xiao Lei, and a trace of his soul seemed to surround this statue and was deeply sucked in.

In the depths of my soul, I could feel that the statue seemed to be calling me......

This is a wonderful feeling, Xiao Lei has been reborn, his spiritual acuity far exceeds that of ordinary people, and even more powerful than ordinary cultivators, he can clearly feel that this statue has his own very comfortable breath...... Yes, that breath made his keen mind feel comfortable.

It was as if he could hear a faint sigh in the depths of his soul.

Suddenly, there was a trace of disorder in his thinking, and Xiao Lei only felt tense and woke up from the dream.

He opened his eyes, and he was still lying in the tent. He suddenly rolled over and sat up, pulled out the tent and walked out.

Taking a deep breath of the cool night air, Xiao Lei stretched his waist and turned around.

I saw that the dragon eye had slowly walked not far behind him.

"You're so light-footed. Xiao Lei laughed.

"I should say that you are very sharp. Longyan smiled kindly: "My profession is adventure, so our movements and bodies are much lighter than ordinary people." ”

Xiao Lei closed his mouth, glanced at the dragon's eye, and thought for a while before saying, "Why don't you sleep?"

Longyan smiled slightly: "I can't sleep." He took out a cigarette, lit it for himself, and glanced at Xiao Lei: "Or?"

"No, thank you. Xiao Lei smiled: "You can't sleep either?" Now you should have to ensure sleep in order to have the physical strength to climb the mountain, right?"

Longyan took a puff of cigarette, slowly exhaled it, and said casually: "My tent is a little small. ”

A strange look flashed in Xiao Lei's eyes, and he also pretended to be casual and asked, "The tent is small, it seems that I heard that the tents of mountaineers like you are all tailor-made, right?"

Longyan was not in a hurry, and said with a faint smile: "It seems that you are particularly interested in my profession...... Well...... Because your itinerary is so urgent, it usually takes at least half a month to plan a mountain climb. But you only gave me one day, I was in a hurry to prepare, this time I came out with not my own tent, my own tent was damaged during the last trip, I brought not my own tent, but borrowed someone else's. ...... Will I be satisfied with my answer?"

Xiao Lei smiled slightly: "I'm sorry, I don't have any malice." ”

Longyan shrugged his shoulders, took another puff of cigarette, threw it on the ground, and suddenly said, "Are you interested in walking?" ”

Xiao Lei nodded, and suddenly said, "Here...... Are there any statues here?"

"Statues?" Longyan thought for a moment and said, "A lot." There are a lot of statues here...... You know, this is a famous holy place in Europe, and for more than a hundred years, many famous people have visited here, as well as many famous people from the church. At least as far as I know, in the last 100 years, several practitioners in the church who have received the title of 'saint' have been here. There are many statues of famous people here...... It's on the left side of town...... Are you interested in statues?"

"Hmm...... Yes...... Is there a statue of a woman here? I mean a woman ......" Xiao Lei hesitated for a moment and asked.

"Female surname?" Longyan smiled: "Yes, of course there is." The apparition of the Virgin Mary was discovered here by a girl from a small town, who was later awarded the title of 'saint'. There are certainly statues of her in the town...... In addition, there is a statue of the Virgin Mary...... Many, much more. If you're interested, it's okay right now anyway, I'll take you to see it. ”

Xiao Lei smiled: "Okay, thank you." ”

"You're welcome, you spent the money, I am obligated to serve you, and I can't sleep anyway. Longyan smiled: "Go to my tent first, I need to get a flashlight, otherwise, be careful that our noses hit the statue." ”

Xiao Lei laughed and followed behind the dragon's eye quietly.

Taking advantage of the fact that Longyan bent down into the tent to find a flashlight, Xiao Lei quickly lowered his body and searched around the corner of Longyan's tent.

His eyes lit up!

I saw that in the corner of the tent, it seemed to be two English handwriting tattooed on it!

Xiao Lei saw the two English words very clearly, and he could see the meaning of these two words at a glance!

It clearly says "Dragon's Eye"!!

When Longyan bent over, Xiao Lei had already stood up straight.

"Let's go, but lightly, there are night watchmen in the town, and they have a strange temper and don't like tourists to go back and forth at night. Longan smiled happily.

The two of them left the square one after the other, and walked towards the left side of the town.

"Dragon's Eye, you said your tent was damaged on your last trip? Xiao Lei followed behind Longyan and smiled nonchalantly.

"Hmm...... There's nothing to say, it's just that it was accidentally damaged. Longyan replied casually, his tone was calm: "The damage is not harmful, it needs to be repaired, fortunately, I came out with you this time and picked up someone else's tent...... But the side effect is that you can't sleep in someone else's tent, so you have to come out and talk to you, because it seems that you are the only one who seems to be kinder. ”

Xiao Lei laughed a little mockingly: "Hmm...... Really...... I'm kind?...... Probably...... You came to me because I don't look very old, you think that when I am younger, I may be easier to fool and coax, right?"

"Huh?" Longyan's back suddenly froze.

Xiao Lei's body had already been attached like a ghost, and one hand had been buckled on Longyan's throat from behind, and he said coldly: "Don't move, don't shout, otherwise, I will break your neck!"

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