Chapter 425: Offerings to the Gods
"The gods are coming ~ the gods are coming ~ the gods are coming ~ the gods are coming ~ "
Circling around the peaks, the army of angels ignored their presence and landed in the clearing at the top of the mountain.
When he landed, Shang Luo noticed a few things in the open space in front of him.
There are three small round balls, which are supported by leaves and placed on the ground. One is white, one is blue, and one is yellow.
"What's that?"
"It's some kind of food." Apollonia replied, "I let Doudou come to see it before I came down just now, and there was no danger, so I left it as it was." ”
Shang Luo glanced at the inhabitants of the Water Continent not far away, their eyes full of anticipation. It didn't seem like a problem, but he didn't know what it was.
Walking up to him, he half-crouched down and measured it with his hand—as big as a billiard ball. 、
"Ah, I see. Some of them probably remembered the offering of the three serpent pills, and felt that they should be offered a similar sacrifice to the gods. ”
"Sounds like some kind of sympathetic witchcraft." Phaethon shook his head, "Before the advent of the modern era, our civilization also had this kind of understanding. The Aztecs were physically incinerated sundials, believing that the only way to keep the sun running was to sacrifice to the sun. And they don't know how the sun moves, so they can only offer the cause of the sun's 'similarity' in the hope of getting the 'similar' effect, which is sympathetic witchcraft. Here, these residents may have been fortunate enough to see the serpents offering a snake pill to you, but they don't know what it is, so they think you might like the round thing. ”
"Well, but what is it?"
"I'll see, you're flashing to the side."
Shang Luo moved her position, and Faetong also half-crouched down.
She first picked up the yellow ball and pinched it with her hand, it was very elastic. and rested in front of his nose -
Shang Luo pressed her wrist: "Be careful, it may be poisonous." ”
"It's okay, when it comes to the experience of moving in the spirit world, I still have a lot of experience. Spiritual objects, whose symbols tend to be consistent with their essence, often look like inedible things, just as mushrooms have warning colors. Except for some very large poisons. This." She sniffed.
"How?"
"It's okay, you can eat it. This is the vermilion fruit, which is also known as the 'fruit of a foreign land'. It's just this, it seems to be very big. Generally speaking, the vermilion fruit is only the size of a pomegranate seed, and you can eat a bunch of them in one bite. This one is the size of a billiard ball. ”
"Wait, if I'm not mistaken, this is the one Parsephone ate in the underworld?"
"Well, that's it, that's why I said it's usually only the size of a pomegranate seed."
"Wait, is there a problem with this" Shang Luo knew the follow-up to that story - Parsephone was almost rescued from the underworld. But because he ate the fruits of the underworld, he had an inseparable connection with the underworld, and he had to stay in the underworld for four months of the year. Her mother, Ceres, was so frustrated that only those four months of the year were unsuitable for farming, and those four months were winter.
This, of course, is a myth of the Greeks. The Mediterranean climate is mild, so the Greeks find only winter unsuitable. Sitting in the desert is not suitable for farming every day, and Parsephone there is afraid that he will not want to leave.
"So this can be eaten?" Shang Luo asked.
"Please, big brother, you even accepted such a valuable snake pill, do you still care about this little fruit. In the final analysis, if you jump out of the Three Realms and are not in the Five Elements, the cause and effect of this life cannot have any actual impact on you—of course, it is difficult to say whether it will have an impact on the Snake Pill. After all, although you are from the upper realm, the snake pill is the worship of this world. ”
"Sure enough, it's useful to bring a professional consultant."
"I'm getting paid for your overtime, so of course I'm going to work. Our family is all about having a beginning and an end. ”
"So." Shang Luo then asked, "Your Excellency, for these three 'Zhu Guo' - although none of them are red, you say that it is Zhu Guo, it is Zhu Guo. What is your opinion on the treatment plan of these Zhu Guo? ”
"I don't know." Phaethon replied directly, "Just ask." You see, Apollonia is useless at this time. ”
"I didn't have a magic weapon! I didn't have any magic weapons! Apollonia held her toga and said, "My magic weapon is an oracle, so I can't move it here." But it's not bad to have Doudou now, they are much more obedient than those teams. You can wear toga when you go out. ”
As she spoke, two Tianyi nobles were close to her left hand like wings, helping her carry the hem of Toga's clothes behind her back.
Shang Luo didn't know why he wanted the Heavenly Soldier to hold it like this all the time when he could solve it with a big pin, but it seemed as cool as a floating cannon, so he didn't ask much.
"Come, you ask." He stepped aside and stood with Apollonia when Phaethon began to ask.
As it was, this time he drew a circle around the three fruits with his spear. The three fruits are covered in a green glow, and the field in the distance also appears green, with blue sympathetic lines linking the two.
"Alright, no problem." After receiving the supernatural powers, Faetong stood up with the spear of the sun god.
"That's it? How can you tell? ”
"First of all, there is no red cause and effect. In other words, there will be no emergencies, which means that this 'story line' can continue to go on, rather than 'event killing'. As long as you can keep going, there is a chance for any story to take a turn, so don't worry too much. The green stain marks show where it came from, and it must have been grown in the fields of the village where they were growing, not the wild fruits they picked, and the crops were naturally safer. Therefore, if it is not poisonous, it must not be poisonous, and the taste of Zhuguo should be quite delicious, and whether you want to eat it depends on the pros and cons. ”
"Uh-huh." Just like finding a strategy book, Shang Luo suddenly felt much more relaxed, "So since it can be eaten, what do you think you can do about it, sir?" Do you want to eat it or not? ”
"From my experience of playing and actually experiencing it - if you accept any gift, it will definitely start the chain of events, because it means that you have a certain level of sympathetic connection with the other person. Parsephone was bound by this chain, so he could not leave the underworld. But for you, your existence is far higher than that of these inhabitants, and your body will never be bound by chains. At most, it's the 'incarnation' this time. ”
"Incarnation? What do you mean? ”
"Meaning—actually these residents don't know who you are, do they? There were four celestial beings at the scene. Although you are still wearing the clothes from last time, the formal clothes worn by those two brocade guards are not much different from yours. So, they may not recognize who you are. They just think that you have the power of a god, so they offer you 'worthy of the worship of the gods'. But what they think of you depends entirely on what you say. So, it's up to you whether you tell them who they really are, or whether you want to isolate them from their identity as 'Creator'. I suggest that you use your avatar to deal with them, so that if something goes wrong, just treat it as if you haven't been here this time, and it won't be on your body's head. ”
"Oh~~" Shang Luo couldn't help but applaud her, "Professional, too professional." ”
"Eh, using a fake identity like an avatar, a holster, and a mask is the most basic sympathetic shield, and you always feel weird when you praise me here, so you decided to eat it?"
"I'm hungry and want a guide. That's what I loved. Let the heavenly soldiers put the barbecue grill on the table, and I will grill it and eat it. ”
Take a break today, and three more tomorrow
(End of chapter)