Chapter 18: The Patron
The palace was deep and empty, and Neo seemed incomparably small as he walked inside, and the sound of monotonous footsteps echoed in the empty hall.
At the end of the main hall, the huge statue of the goddess sat majestically on the throne, the armor on her body was crystal white, and the staff in her hand was made of ice and snow, shining brightly.
Neo came to the throne, offered the two snow sheep to the altar, and then knelt down on one knee, touching his chest with one hand and his forehead with the other, and prayed with his eyebrows bowed.
Far from the world, it is spotless, and the soul is sublimated, and the low sound of prayer echoes in the main hall, making the worshippers even more pure and pious.
After praying, Neo sighed in his heart, after all, he still hadn't seen the goddess, and his trip was in vain.
Neo just wanted to turn around and leave, when a cold, majestic, and untouched voice sounded: "Aha~, a young worshipper, it's really rare, there has been no worshipper here for more than 30,000 years." Oh, and I brought a double offering, which is good. Tell me, my worshippers, what reward do you want? ”
Neo hurriedly turned around and knelt down again: "Great goddess, I am just a pious servant of yours, and I am satisfied to hear your voice, where do I dare to ask for any reward." ”
Neo is a human being, and these believers come out of their mouths. The cold voice sounded again: "According to the agreement between us, you can ask me for a reward. Let me see what I can do for you. ”
Neo was eagerly looking forward to it, but humble words came out of his mouth: "It is my natural duty to give to you, and how dare a lowly servant ask for a reward from his master." Take back your words, O great goddess, and let your servants be no longer afraid. ”
The cold voice said nonchalantly, "My worshipper, I see that your spiritual sea is deep and wide, are you a mage?" ”
Neo hurriedly said, "Great goddess, your servant is a small warrior, and your servant's spiritual strength comes from a treasure from another world. I have brought this treasure and am preparing to dedicate it to Her Highness the Great Goddess. ”
As he spoke, Neo took out the Soul Nourishing Wood and placed it on top of the altar. The light on the altar flashed, and the soul nourishing wood disappeared.
In the undetectable void, the divine power of the Ice and Snow Goddess crossed countless spaces to this altar, and the soul nourishing wood wrapped in the divine power appeared in the hands of the Ice and Snow Goddess at the same time.
The goddess took the soul nourishing wood and looked at it carefully, and her beautiful face showed a surprised expression.
The soul nourishing wood in his hand was no more than a foot long, and there was a warm aura coming from the small object, which made the soul of the goddess who had cultivated for countless hours feel extremely comfortable.
It's amazing, and the great gods can't help but sigh like this.
The huge spiritual sea of the goddess of ice and snow rippled, in the countless past years of the goddess, the goddess has seen countless magical things, but none of them can compare to this treasure in her hand, the treasure that nourishes the soul is not without it in this world, but there is no treasure like this one in her hand, with the divine effect that even she is moved, such a magical treasure has never appeared in this cosmic plane, and this mortal at the moment is really lucky, and he actually got such a precious treasure.
It seems that there is one more thing in the years to come, these treasures are too small, obviously from a whole piece of fragments burst out of the body, in this case, it means that the body of this treasure should be very large, these fragments have such a great effect, its body does not know how powerful, if I can cultivate the body of this treasure, maybe it can help me cultivate a few more laws of the heavenly realm.
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the goddess's face that had not changed for thousands of years. As for the mortal, give him a little more reward.
At the same time, in the distant hall, the cold voice of the goddess sounded again: "My worshipper, I have accepted your offering, and you have received my favor." Take it, it's your reward. ”
Before the words fell, a few snowflakes fell from the air in the main hall, and one of them floated into Neo's hand, light and weightless but delicate, this is the badge of the goddess's patron. Seeing the coat of arms is like seeing a goddess, and even a high king has to bow his head humbly.
A few other snowflakes floated to Neo's forehead and disappeared, and Neo felt a few mysterious messages appear in his mind, these messages were so powerful, as if they were innate, they were deeply engraved into his mind as soon as they appeared.
The three skills of "Ice Sealed Armor", "Hunger and Cold", and "Ice and Snow Hurricane" appeared in Neo's mind, Neo couldn't hold back his excitement and wanted to give it a try, the voice of the goddess stopped Neo's thoughts in time, and the cold words echoed in the main hall again: "My worshipper, there are many spiritual herbs in the garden outside that are not found in the world, you can pick up what you need and take some, but I want to remind you that most of the spiritual grasses here can only grow here, and the spiritual energy of the mortal world is not enough for them to survive." You are a warrior, then I will reward you with another set of exercises, you can practice well. Well, my worshippers, goodbye. May you always be blessed with divine grace. ”
The goddess's voice fell, two dark gold books appeared on the altar, and the empty hall became silent again, apparently the goddess of ice and snow withdrew the spiritual clone projected here, and returned to the ontology to study the few pieces of soul nourishing wood.
Neo couldn't hold back the ecstasy in his heart, and flipped several heels in the main hall, so happy that he couldn't help himself.
calmed down the excitement, Neo silently recited the spell in his heart, and the ice armor was activated instantly, only to see the shield condensed by ice and snow on three sides appeared around the body out of thin air, and disappeared around the body slowly, but Neo's body has been shrouded in a shield, and the heavy protection makes people feel very down-to-earth, Neo jumped over, the heavy armor did not affect the dexterity of the action at all, Neo secretly praised in his heart, worthy of God's gift, it was perfect!
These three skills belong to the mage, and as soon as he came into contact with it, it was as if he had been cultivating for countless hours, and he was not hindered by the slightest because he was a warrior, and his spiritual power was strong, far beyond his own cultivation, and the use of such mage skills was as if it was tailor-made, and it was not much better than a high-level mage who had cultivated for many years.
Neo probed carefully, the defensive power of the ice armor was amazing, and with the blessing of his own profound spiritual power, it was almost impossible for a fellow realm martial artist to break through this defense. In this way, he greatly increased his ability to survive in the future, and even against cultivators who were higher than his own cultivation, he would have the strength to fight.
Moreover, the ice armor not only increases its own defense, but can also be applied to comrades, which is a skill that has a head start in complex battles.
Neo recited the spell again in his heart, and the hunger and cold immediately started, only to see a faint figure of a giant beast appear in the air, the beast's big mouth was biting, and there was a "bang" in the air, and the temperature around him dropped sharply, and the ice and snow that appeared out of thin air fell, this was still because there was no goal, but it was launched against the air, and the power of hunger and cold was not shown.
Ice and Snow Hurricane, as soon as you hear the name, you know that it is a spell with an area of attack.
Neo walked to the altar again, two dark gold books were lying quietly on the altar, one of the books had four big characters written on the cover in ancient flower script "Cold Ice True Qi", and the other wrote "Cold Ice Roar", this is a complete set of martial arts techniques, Cold Ice True Qi is the original spiritual power, Cold Ice Roar is a combat technique, and the combination of the two is powerful.
Different from the fighting spirit that is popular on the continent, these two secret books are extremely rare ancient martial arts on this continent.
Cold Ice True Qi, Cold Ice Fighting Qi, it seems to be a word difference, but the content of it, the cultivation process and the power of martial arts are very different. After the war of gods and demons, in view of the powerful ancient martial arts, they were taken back and sealed by the heavenly realm, and they are no longer seen in the earthly world.
Perfect! Perfect! It's perfect! There are no other words to describe Neo's excitement at this time, the goddess is above! Neo, a speculator, can't help but praise the greatness of the goddess in his heart!
Neo walked out of the main hall and came to the garden in front of the main hall, and was in the midst of a sea of flowers, and Neo realized that he knew very few flowers and plants, and the knowledge he had learned in the knight's academy was not useful at all.
And listening to the words of the goddess of ice and snow, most of the flowers and plants here cannot survive in the earthly world. Neo's mood that was still excited just now suddenly became sour and astringent, and he was about to return empty-handed when he entered Baoshan, and the feeling was indescribable.
The original praise for the goddess in my heart has also become a mutter, the goddess should not see through her pretense, she said that she let herself take it casually, but she doesn't even recognize it, how to take it?
No matter how much it is, it can only be relied on luck, and what you get is nothing.
Neo was looking for it in the garden, a light blue almost transparent spirit grass imprinted into his eyes, Neo hurriedly took a closer look, the light blue spirit grass was more than a foot high, and there were very fine snowflakes falling between the leaves, people were close, and they could feel a trace of coolness, which was different from the cold touch of ice and snow without the slightest vitality, but a trace of immersion into the human body, making people sober and calm, and the chaotic thoughts seemed to become orderly.
It was an Ice Orchid, the most precious spirit grass that Neo could recognize right now. This kind of spiritual grass is also found in the mortal world, but the ice orchid in the mortal world can only grow to a few inches tall at most, like the one in front of me, which is more than a foot tall, and it cannot be seen in the mortal world at all.
The goddess is right, there is enough spiritual energy here to grow such a supernatural flower and plant.
Neo hurriedly put away the Ice Orchid and continued to search for it in the garden.
Time flies, and before you know it, the sun has sunset, Neo came to the stream, washed his hands, and then took a handful of water and drank it.
Neo cleaned up and looked around this beautiful place, he really didn't want to leave, even the ordinary stream water was rich in aura, if only he could keep cultivating here.
Neo laughed at himself, threw the useless thoughts out of his mind, and prepared to leave.
In the afterglow of the setting sun, the sparkling waves of the creek reflected the light of the setting sun, Neo's eyes were suddenly flashed by a red light, Neo subconsciously looked along the place where the red light flickered, only to see a few stones by the stream, there were a few crimson spirit grasses like red coral gently swaying gently against the light of the setting sun.
Neo's heart moved, and he hurriedly walked over, only to see that these spirit grasses grew like corals on the bottom of the sea, showing a crimson color all over their bodies, poking their heads out of the cracks in the stones and shaking slightly.