Chapter 8: A Hymn to Light
In a book called "The Evolution of the History of the Rhine", Lin Luowen looked very focused under the lit candle, and gently opened the next page, and a square piece of paper appeared. On the back is a line that is clearly written by Peter.
"Those believers who turn their backs on the light, those who exalt Him to the top of a mountain but want to steal His greatness, when they look up to the stars and the sun in the sky, they will one day be terrified and trembling."
- Solo Kierkegaard, "Hymn to Light"
Opening the butter paper, the marinated green beef looked a little green under the sun, this was the first time Lin Luowen had eaten first-class demon beast meat, and before that, he didn't have so much financial resources to buy this expensive meat.
Compared with ordinary beef, the meat of green beef is more flexible and delicate, but under long-term stewing, the tendons and meat have become much more crispy, and the stimulation of meat makes Lin Luowen close his eyes slightly and feel the taste and aroma.
Since he didn't eat anything in the morning, just drank a small high-energy nutrient potion, Lin Luowen's stomach still felt a slight hunger. After eating half a catty of braised green beef, Lin Luowen drank some water and wrapped the beef.
He opened the yellow-level concealment recipe and carefully looked at every point and precaution in it. Lin Luowen's memory is very good, and he almost remembered it after reading it twice. Although he didn't know what the fundamental principle of this yellow-level skill was, he specifically pointed out the combined application of Yuan Force and Physical Power in his narration.
Lin Luowen stood up and cultivated in the manner recorded in the exercises. After an hour or so of exploring, I could feel that my aura and sense of presence had decreased a little as I ran the technique. And this also means that Lin Luowen has reached the entry level.
He waved his arms and legs at will, and stood still for an hour, still tired from running the Yuan Force and the power of the body. In the warrior stage, the reserves of Yuan Li are still very small, mainly converted from the energy in the flesh and blood, it is conceivable that those civilians who have no resources are unable to maintain the consumption of long-term no return even if they have the heart.
He began to practice swordsmanship again, and his instinct for battle made him improve quickly compared to the lame and uncomfortable he had at the beginning of the morning. He remembered the night he had killed Heinbull, and if he had been faster and sharper, perhaps he wouldn't have taken the risk.
I practiced for two hours. Lin Luowen sat casually on the big rock, the water trail at one end, the cool wind blowing, and some salt crystals on his arm were sticky, sticky.
At this moment, a long black object flew towards him, Lin Luowen felt a tingling of his scalp, and because something unknown rushed over for a short time, he chose to dodge for the first time.
As Lin Luowen quickly retreated with the Shen Qing Sword, he put the long sword horizontally in front of him, and looked at a black triangular viper about two meters in front of him standing up its head and hissing.
Lin Luowen thought that the first strike is the strongest, stepped on it, and rushed over at a very fast speed. As one of the snake's heads was cut off, some blood shot out, and the snake's head opened its mouth wide to show its thin fangs, and its twisted snake body rolled on the ground. Lin Luowen picked up a stone and smashed the snake's head to pieces.
The glands and excretory organs of the snake tail are cut off, and the snake body is disemboweled, the internal organs are removed, the skin is peeled and cramped, and it is hung on the branches.
In fact, in the process of washing, he was thinking about why a small mortal-level snake dared to approach a human, even if Lin Luowen was an ordinary person, it would be easy to kill this mortal-level triangular viper.
Shaking his head, maybe the snake had taken the wrong medicine. Lin Luowen continued to cultivate his secret and closed breath technique.
But to his surprise, as if he had stabbed a snake's nest, it wasn't long before one or two mature snakes would come and die.
This made him feel a little panicked, but just when Lin Luowen made up his mind to leave here, there were no more snakes coming to harass him, which made him puzzled when he looked at the nine processed snake bodies hanging from the treetops.
Lin Luowen felt that there should be no danger in this situation, and when he felt tired of cultivating the Concealment and Closure Technique, he began to practice his sword moves. Feeling hungry again, he wiped out the remaining green beef and a small high-energy nutrient solution.
The church bells of St. Grace Rheinith rang out, and the geese that had come here from the south flew high in the sky, fluttering haphazardly in the twilight sun. The small river reflects thousands of orange rays.
The two fleshiest snake bodies were handled, coiled and placed in a cleaned butter wrap, and the rest was buried. Lin Luowen carried the Shen Qing Sword wrapped in black cloth on his back, and the butter paper wrap in his hand began to rush towards the outside of the forest.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the boy left the forest and walked along the Diana River. You can see farmers with farm tools in their hands and horses driving animals, but more often than not, some workers who are black and swarthy with engine oil, or workers who look unkempt because of soot, dust, and black coal.
Some of them walked in groups, some walked in silence, and some of the quicker ones let out loud laughter.
Some are walking alone on this long road like Lin Luowen.
As we got closer to the city centre of the Rhine, the number of workers walking on the road after work began to decrease, and the number of small traders selling furs and food increased, and they became more wealthy.
When he walked all the way to the aristocratic quarter, which had the most luxurious and extravagant consumer street in the whole city, the Champs-Élysses, the people on the street were dressed in well-dressed clothes, most of them were some middle-class people, even if they did not reach the status of aristocrats, they could be some wealthy merchants, powerful bureaucrats' families, military officers, and so on.
At this time, Lin Luowen looked nondescript because of his dirty clothes and a strange smell on his body.
After walking briskly for half an hour, Lin Luowen saw the sign of Lin's tailor's laundry, and he entered it. While shouting: "Mom, I'm back, you clean up the snake meat on the table, and eat a snake meat dinner at night." ”
He placed the butter paper wrapper on the table. "Okay." The woman lifted her head buried in the fabric and stopped the sewing machine at her feet.
The boy, on the other hand, eagerly entered the cramped toilet and began to shower, cleaning up his dirty clothes by the way.
Lin Luowen dried his clothes on the small rooftop. Lying on the soft bed with only his pants on, he felt very tired, so he fell asleep.
Hearing a faint woman's voice, he opened his eyes, only to let out a painful inhalation, which was caused by the soreness of his whole body, due to the high intensity of training and the intake of a lot of energy. At the same time, he smelled a smell of meat.
I got dressed, walked over to the table that was quite bright by the candlelight, and stretched.
The woman smiled and brought the last snake section to the table, and she asked, "These two long and fat snakes still have a lot of meat on them, and I will leave some for your father to eat when he comes back tomorrow." Where did this snake come from, you weren't hurt, were you? She said slowly, Lin Luowen already felt the hunger in her stomach.
There was a pot of snake soup on the table, a plate of snake stalks, and the rest was mainly fried and boiled, and he drank a bowl of wheat porridge while eating the food on the table.
He chewed on the food and replied, "Mom, don't worry, I'm not worried about your son." This snake was brought by me in the forest of the eastern suburbs after I became a first-class warrior. I'm already a first-class fighter. Lin Luowen raised his head and looked at his mother.
Mom is naturally very happy, the two of them talked and laughed and ate all the snake meat on the table, but most of it was eaten by Lin Luowen, I don't know why, he eats a lot of food, maybe the fat man Horo is not as good as him.
What Lin Luowen didn't know was that after he went to his room, his mother had a faint worried look on her face and relief.
Touching his round belly, Lin Luowen lay on the bed and didn't want to move. After a while, he used his mental power to visualize the small whirlpool, and came to the small tree again.
The leaves of the small tree shook slightly. He looked at this magical Zhou Tian Vientiane Cause and Effect Treasure Tree, and gently brushed his fingers over its green leaves, a warm touch.
Underneath the small tree, there was already a pale green Yuan Fruit and a light blue Ning Yuan Fruit. In another place, there is a pale gray fruit that looks like a chubby snake body wrapped around the surface.
He reached for the fruit with his palm.
A golden stream of information appeared. Mortal-level snake power fruit, generated by the host killing snakes, can only be used by the host. Spawn Condition: Kill nine Mortal-level mature snakes.
Specific effects: Slightly increase flexibility, provide the strength of a mortal snake, slightly increase anti-toxicity, slightly increase perception. You can take up to nine of these fruits. Kill nine mortal-level mature snakes to form the fruit, no need to wait.
When the host eats the fruit, it will generate the Shadow of Killing, the Fruit of Killing has been generated, the Fruit of Killing is unique and cannot be picked, and the Fruit of Killing generates a Killing Illusion, in which you need to kill the Shadow Void formed for unknown reasons, otherwise it will be affected by the Killing Shadow.
The specific effects of the current Killing Shadow: When the attack occurs, the host's mental and physical power will be affected, ranging from bloodlust and unstable emotions to bleeding to death; Slightly aroused the fear and respect of mortal snakes.
The duration of the Killing Shadow is determined by the combined power of the host. The current outbreak is seven days.
Lin Luowen pondered carefully, and then looked at an emerald green fruit that was above the Ning Yuan Fruit. There are some green veins on the fruit.
Another golden stream of information. Mortal-level tree spirit fruit, which is generated by absorbing the spiritual essence of unknown trees in the forest. The ripening time of the tree spirit fruit is determined by the quality and size of the trees in the host's area.
The specific effects are: slightly improve the control of physical power, spiritual power and yuan force, slightly improve the purity of the body's energy, slightly increase the width and breadth of life, and slightly increase the breadth of the channel between the yuan points. The trade-off is that it will cause certain species of creatures to attack. The current species is: snakes.