The bells outside the church echoed endlessly, the church was brightly lit, a round of pale golden full moon hung in the center, exuding a soft light, reflecting the floor-to-ceiling colorful windows on both sides, the candlelight flickered, sacred and solemn, the time for prayer had passed, there was only one person left in the church, he stood silently in front of the full moon, as if waiting for something, a moment later, a nun pushed open the door and walked to him, knelt down, she said respectfully, "Teacher, Capemir is dead." ”

"She's not dead, Meereen, and I'll be disappointed if you don't even understand that. ”

The Pope turned to help her up, and although Meereen believed the teacher's judgment, he still asked puzzledly, "But teacher, the news of Kapemir's death has spread within the Divine Presence, and I did see Kapemir's body with my own eyes, it doesn't look like it was done by a spell, why do you say she is not dead?"

"Because she is a student of West France, Mr. Xiu lied to her, but she also deceived Mr. Xiu, a road has come to an end, and she is going to part ways, no one wants to stand on the bright side and become someone else's target, she is the same, Lomy now looks no different from before, in fact, she is already on the verge of collapse, hiding is the best way, just like that little ghost in the Lando family, everyone wants to be a chess player, but in the end, how can there be so many chess players in a game of chess. ”

As the Pope spoke, he walked towards the small door on the right side of the church, and Meereen was stunned, and subconsciously blurted out and asked, "Lan Dumu is not dead?"

"Let's go, it's been half a month, accompany me to meet an old friend. ”

I can't tell if it's disappointment or habit, my student's talent is not bad, and it can even be said to be the best, but she is really not smart enough, whether it is judgment or decisiveness, compared to the other two students, she can definitely become a person who surpasses herself in the spiritual path, but unfortunately she is not destined to become a qualified person in power.

The teacher and student walked through the small door and walked along the rotating stone staircase for nearly ten minutes, without saying a word all the way, no matter how stupid Meereen was, he felt the teacher's disappointment in himself, and at the same time he was more secretly annoyed, as if he couldn't satisfy the teacher no matter what he did, he had been like this since he was a child, and the teacher's deliberate mention and care were like a thorn in the heart, and he no longer felt a dull pain all the time.

Why could the two of them go on the mission alone, while they could only stay here?

Obviously, he is not lost to anyone at all in terms of spiritual attainments, but he has to be by the teacher's side, only taking on the responsibility of handing over the news?

At the end of the stone staircase, what appeared in front of the two of them was a huge mahogany door that was three people high, the door was unlocked, but there was a purple curse mark printed on the pull ring, Meereen stepped forward very consciously, and the seal of his right hand was sealed, and the curse mark suddenly turned invisible, and with a piercing squeak, the wooden door slowly opened.

A strong smell of ink and paper came to the face, countless regular semi-circular stone walls arranged to form a dome, and what is amazing is that the pillars of the stone wall are not ordinary stone pillars, the stone pillars are attached to the wooden shelves on all sides, the wooden shelves are divided into seven layers, each floor is full of books, and in the center of the hall are also placed rows of bookshelves, each of which is three meters high, and the left and right sides are surrounded by three layers of wooden attics, and the part against the wall is lined with dense books.

But this is not the most exaggerated, the most exaggerated are the seven wooden stairs and seven hanging platforms suspended in the center of the hall, which are controlled by simple spell traps, and can be freely adjusted in direction, which is also the only way to connect the various attics.

The library is very large, more than 100 meters between the horizontal and vertical directions, and it is impossible to tell how many books there are here, but Meereen knows that as of the last sorting out in February this year, there are a total of 13,987,632 books in the library, whether it is ancient manuscripts or current works, the scope of content is all-encompassing, and it can be said that it is the largest library known in the world.

When the library was built, the financial and manpower spent could not be counted at all, and it also needed to be sorted out and maintained regularly, otherwise it would not be long before some old books would rot, although the teacher always said that books are not something that money can measure, and it is worth the big cost, but Meereen still can't understand what is the point of collecting these books, let alone ordinary people, even if the teacher can't read so many books in his life.

"Your Majesty, are you alright?" the Pope raised his voice slightly, but he still looked hoarse and old.

"Ahem...... Want to hear the truth? Not very good. ”

There was a cough from the attic above the two of them, accompanied by footsteps, two wooden ladders automatically rotated and connected to the hanging platform, and an old man walked down the wooden ladder slowly, he was tall and slender, with broad shoulders, although his white hair was pale, but it could be seen that there were obvious signs of hair loss, his temples had a thick white beard, his pale green eyes were dotted with a little gold, and a stag was woven on the placket of gold and red.

"I'm sorry Your Majesty, if it weren't really for the way, I wouldn't want to do it......"

"Okay Luce, after all these years, I still don't know you? If you really have even the slightest apology, I can't stay here, do I have to thank you for not killing me directly? It seems that the most correct decision I have made in my life is to reach a settlement with you at the beginning, otherwise I am afraid that there will be no such library for me to hide from today, do you say?" The old man glanced at Luce and sneered, his words full of irony.

"Your Majesty, I really couldn't get out of my way before, so I couldn't explain too much to you, and it was indeed a last resort to bring you here, but to put it bluntly, if you hadn't been hiding from me, I'm afraid that I would have become a puppet of cultivation now, and once it reached that point, I'm afraid there would be no way to get it back. Luce said apologetically.

"Your methods are really beyond my expectations, the entire throne hall, so many guards, secret servants, eyeliner, no one noticed, I haven't appeared for so long, and no half of them are suspicious, or ...... It seems that I'm really old, old and confused, and have raised a bunch of waste and white-eyed wolves without knowing it, hahahaha. ”

He laughed loudly, laughing at himself and really laughing, what were the ministers doing with the king having disappeared for so long, what were his wives doing, what were his dear sons and daughters doing?

But there is nothing strange about it, it is easy to deceive these people by means of cultivation, he is just unwilling, he spent so much effort to help Xiu conduct research, but in the end he was kicked away, and the dignified king was reduced to such a field, I am afraid no one will believe it.

"Do you know why I'm coming to see you today, because Xiu is dead, Kapemir is dead, the time is ripe, Your Majesty, it's time for us to fight back, get rid of those wall grass, and eradicate the Divine Presence Order......"

"What do you mean by that?" interrupted the old man with a sneer.

"Your Majesty, to tell you the truth, I have been deceived by Xiu for a long time, and Kapemir was killed by them because he realized the truth, do you think I should also directly turn my face with Xiu, and then be eradicated by him meaninglessly? Then what is the point of me trying to save you in the first place? All I can do is wait, wait for the right time, that is, now, I need you to leave here, return to the throne room, calm down the civil strife, and suppress the external enemy, otherwise...... Divine Presence and the North Leaf can take everything from us effortlessly. ”

"Beiye!?You mean that God came and repaired the North Leaf Kingdom?"

A trace of shock flashed in the old man's eyes, he was actually not surprised, but before Luce spoke, he really didn't think about it in this direction, now in retrospect, he sent envoys to marry obviously to marry, how could he kill people indiscriminately, but Beiye used this reason to unite the countries to put pressure on himself, and combined with the various things in recent days, it was obviously premeditated, if Xiu and Shenlin really united Beiye Kingdom, all this would be explained.

"Your Majesty, now you should understand what the situation is outside, the fire has burned to our heads, and if we don't think of a way, I'm afraid all this is really irreparable, no matter what, I, Lus, am a citizen of the Southern Jade Kingdom, and what Xiu has done has violated my bottom line, if you still doubt me, then I have nothing to say, you also have the right to stay if I haven't come, stay if you want, and leave if you want to leave." Luce took off his veil and tiara, and knelt before the old man, as did Meereen.

"Aren't you afraid that after I leave, I will turn my face and attack the Moon Sect?"

"You are not a faint monarch, nor a tyrant, if you can't accept the existence of the Moon Sect, I can directly dissolve the Moon Sect and dismiss the priesthood afterwards, but if the Southern Jade Kingdom does not exist, we will have nothing, the Northern Ye Kingdom has ill intentions, and the methods are so vicious, once they succeed, your soldiers will be reduced to prisoners, and your people will be reduced to exiled people, is this kind of result really what you want to see?"

Luce told the worst ending in the calmest tone, Meereen subconsciously glanced at the teacher's side face, one of the precepts of the Moon Sect, do not steal, do not deceive, and do not lie to each other, liars will be hated by the Heavenly Father, and they will fall into hell and suffer endless suffering, these dogma and precepts she has kept in her heart since she was a child, and she always abides by them and does not dare to violate them in the slightest.

But over the years, she has become more and more confused, the so-called dogmatic precepts seem to exist only to bind believers and low-level clergy, as one of the saints of the Moon Sect, she sees more deception, lies, struggles and ...... Blood and corpses.

The doubts buried in my heart have long taken root......

What exactly is faith?