Si Yan has fought fiercely and strongly in the past few years, and those spoils of war have basically fallen into his pocket, except for the soldiers he rewarded him.

However, he didn't take a closer look at what the loot was, and many times it was the surrendered ones who mentioned it in front of him.

But no matter how precious it was, in the eyes of the great general, it was not as priceless as the temple priest.

"That's enough...... the expression on Xi Yan's face was already speechless, "Converge on, you." ”

The idiot in front of him, who believes that he is the general who intimidates the frontier, kills ruthlessly, and is invincible.

......

Under the general's hesitation and entanglement, he finally stuffed three whole boxes of treasures in the past.

“？！”

When Xi Yan saw the three big boxes of things, his whole body was numb.

Compared with these three chests, the things prepared by the king next to them seemed to be a joke, and this was still what the king had prepared after going to the treasury for three days.

Xi Yan persuaded helplessly: "You are too obvious, the priest of the temple must be able to see it." ”

"Nothing escapes her eyes." Ember snorted, "But she won't refuse." ”

To be precise, it's not that the temple priest won't refuse, it's that she doesn't care about any of this.

However, these things would eventually remain in the priest's temple, so even if the general had already anticipated the reaction of the priests of the temple, he prepared them with all his heart.

“...... Okay. ”

The corners of Xi Yan's mouth twitched, but he didn't say anything in the end.

He asked his men to load the three boxes of things onto the horses, and then set off with the people in the direction of the holy mountain.

The guards on the Holy Mountain have increased a lot more than before.

But—

Xi Yan glanced at it a few more times, and then was speechless, the general obviously planted people here, and he didn't even feel at ease in the temple.

The one who came to greet Xi Yan was the Wuzhen priest.

He had been practicing for a while ago, and it seemed that he had realized something and had gone out of the customs in advance, and when he saw Xi Yan, his expression was relaxed and relaxed: "His Royal Highness Xi Yan, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Xi Yan looked at him strangely.

He always felt that the facial features of the black priest were much calmer than before, and his eyes revealed a calm that was close to the true sense.

“...... Your Excellency, is this a spiritual achievement? ”

He asked tentatively.

Hearing this, the black priest did not hide it, and bowed his head with a smile: "Thanks to the previous order of the priest, I can make my subordinates understand." ”

Xi Yan nodded, and walked into the temple with the black priest.

"Did the priest hear about the previous sacrificial ceremony?"

Priest Wu Zhen nodded, but there was not much anger in his eyes, but more emotion: "The priest once said that the development of the temple to the point where it is today is no longer prosperous a hundred years ago. ”

The moths inside the temple were a clear sign of this, but the seeds of decay were scattered all over the temple.

It's a pity that the black tree could only see the scene in front of him before, but he couldn't think of the long-term behind it, and he suddenly realized it after being ordered by the priest of the temple.

After understanding, he regretted it more than once.

The temple priest with the most talent in the temple was born when the temple was gradually declining, I don't know if it is a sadness.

Along the way, Xi Yan was communicating with Wu Yan, and from his words and deeds, Xi Yan did see that he was different from before...... More towards the indifference of the temple priests to the world.

He didn't say anything, but when he arrived at the priest's temple to part ways with the priest, he said, "Congratulations, Your Excellency." ”

The black priest smiled and bent down to say goodbye.

Xi Yan retracted his gaze, turned around and walked into the priest's temple.

However, there was no figure of the priest of the temple on the high platform, Xi Yan looked around, and soon understood that he naturally stepped into the side hall behind.

The priest of the temple sat on a stone bench with a game of chess in front of him.

He raised his eyebrows: "Lord Priest, is this playing chess with yourself?" ”

"I'm waiting for you."

As soon as these words came out, Xi Yan suddenly fell silent.

No matter how bad he was, he knew that the only one who could play chess with the priests of the temple was the king.

The chess game is unpredictable, like a picture of the country, and the moment of the game is like pointing the country, and the priests of the temple also convey the will of the gods to the monarch through this means.

"That's why you chose me in the first place?"

His throat was inexplicably dry, and he sat down opposite the priest of the temple.

The priest of the temple did not answer his question, and landed on the chessboard with a white piece in his hand: "I have informed you of your fate, and you can choose for yourself." ”

Seeing this, Xi Yan simply didn't think about it, picked up the sunspot next to him and followed: "If I really have a choice, then I still choose to continue to be a free waste." ”

The priest of the temple was noncommittal.

Neither of them spoke again, but the situation in the chess game was constantly changing......

A fine layer of cold sweat rose on Xi Yan's forehead, and he could feel the white chess of the temple priest pressing step by step, every time he came up with a way to break the siege, there would be another change.

He certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to think that the temple priests were targeting him.

The game is finally over.

Xi Yan looked at the chessboard in front of him, and his eyes were dark and indistinguishable: "...... Is there really no way to crack it? ”

Naturally, the temple priest would not answer him.

Xi Yan took a deep breath: "Then, how much time do we have?" ”

The priest of the temple looked at him steadily.

“...... Don't look at me like that, I'm scared. ”

Xi Yan didn't dare to ask in the end.

At this time, Xi Yan didn't expect the true meaning of the game of chess of the temple priest, he only thought that it was the end of the Xi royal family, not the entire lost country.

The depressing chess game was quickly ignored by Xi Yan, and a smile appeared on his face: "Lord Priest, I haven't seen you for a long time. If it weren't for this opportunity, I'm afraid you wouldn't have met me. ”

The priest of the temple tilted his head, and his tone was clear and calm: "Xi Yan, you are too happy yourself, and you don't want to come here at all." ”

“......”

Xi Yan choked.

What do you want him to say? Could it be that he said that the priest of the temple asked him to be a teacher, but he misunderstood that he was abandoned?

He changed the topic with great insight: "It's been more than a year, and after the sacrificial ceremony, the Lantern Festival banquet is about to arrive." ”

"Lantern Festival."

The temple priest whispered these three words.

In her impression, Duo Ya once mentioned to her that the lights of the city at the Lantern Festival banquet bloomed and floated to the boundary outside the national capital.

It is a pity that there is not a single lamp that can pass over the height of the sacred mountain and be reflected in the eyes of the priests of the temple.

Xi Yan shrugged his shoulders: "Yes, the national capital is about to start to be lively again, and there are still many people who express their hearts to each other through the lantern banquet." ”

"Why?"

The temple priest looked at him with confusion in his eyes and asked him earnestly.