The tallest and most sacred building in the majestic holy city is naturally the huge pyramid in the center of the city. This is the center of the entire holy city, not only the presbytery hall, which symbolizes the highest secular power, but also the temple of the Celestial Gods, which represents the supreme divine power, is also in this pyramid.

The majestic pyramid is much darker than the outside world, and many places have no windows or light, and rely on lit candles for lighting. At the top of the pyramid is the location of the Celestial Cult, and in myths and legends, the gods are in the sky, so this is the closest place to the gods.

Ji Honglian walked in the wide passage with flickering candles, there was no one in front of her or behind her, and she looked like a phantom walking in the shadows. Different from usual, the clothes on her body have also been replaced by plain robes, with wide sleeves and large sleeves, which hide her beautiful figure.

She walked all the way to the top of the pyramid and then went up the stone steps.

A strong wind blew in her face, whisking her clothes and hunting and flying, and in front of her was a flat altar, the holiest place of worship in the Celestial Cult.

Here, there was another figure who had arrived before her, with his back to her, looking into the distance. Ji Honglian walked behind him and glanced in the direction he was looking at, and knew that it was the direction of the Divine Mountain.

Ji Honglian called out in a low voice and said, "Master, I'm here." ”

Her master is the highest-ranking high priest in the Celestial God Cult, and the highest representative of the divine power in the entire Holy City and the human race. But at this moment, the person standing in front of her was just a kind old man.

The high priest should have loved Ji Honglian very much, and after seeing her, his eyes showed admiration and affection, smiled at her, and said, "Why are you here?"

Ji Honglian pulled the high priest's sleeve a little helplessly, and said, "Master, you just fell seriously ill, and your body is not well yet, when you come to this 'divine platform' and are blown by this fierce wind, what if the wind evil enters your body and you fall ill again?"

The high priest laughed and said, "It's Hong Ya, they're looking for you?"

Ji Honglian pursed her lips and said with some annoyance: "Master, none of them dare to come up to persuade you, if you go on like this, can your body stand it?"

The high priest smiled, clasped his hands in his big sleeves, turned to look at the direction of the distant sacred mountain again, and said, "It doesn't matter, I know in my heart that time is running out." ”

Ji Honglian's body was shocked, and then she was shocked, and exclaimed, "Master, what did you say?"

The high priest did not answer her words, but pointed to the towering mountain looming in the distance, and said leisurely, "Do you remember the story I told you about the mountain before?"

Ji Honglian sighed in her heart, knowing that she would not be able to persuade her stubborn master to go back for a while, so she had to respond: "Remember, you said that there are gods on the sacred mountain. ”

"Yes. The high priest said to himself, "I have worshiped the gods all my life, and I have unconsciously grown from youth to old age, but to this day I have never seen him or heard the voice of the gods. ”

He seemed to be a little emotional, a little regretful, and a little unwilling, and said to Ji Honglian, his most beloved disciple: "Honglian, you say, is it because I am not sincere to the gods, or am I still doing something wrong?"

Ji Honglian immediately shook her head and said, "Master, don't say that, everyone knows that in the entire Holy City and the entire human race, only you are the most devout to the gods, and you are also the most obedient to the precepts of the Divine Sect, flawless, and the world only admires you." As I walked through the worlds below, I heard many times that the people called you a god, that you were the embodiment of a god, that you were the most god-like person. ”

The High Priest shook his head and said, "No, no, if that's the case, why didn't the gods ever give me any miracles?"

Ji Honglian didn't know what to say for a while. In the history of the human race, it is said that the gods once performed miracles during the first saints, enlightened the human race, and made the human race prosperous. But since then, no one has seen a miracle happen.

In fact, even the miracles of the first saints have never been seen before, when the saints were alone one day, they suddenly saw it, and then they had an epiphany, and they became holy, and thus established their merits and made unrivaled achievements.

The high priest looked into the distance, was silent for a long time, and suddenly beckoned to Ji Honglian, who walked to his side and said, "Master, what's wrong?"

The high priest said, "There are gods on the sacred mountain, at least there are the remains of the gods, right?"

Ji Honglian hesitated for a moment and said, "This is what the sage said, although no one has ever been able to get close to the Divine Mountain, but ...... I guess it's true. ”

The high priest nodded slowly, but his eyes lit up with a bit of fanatical yearning and expectation, and said: "I have dedicated everything to the gods in my life, and even made a great wish for the gods at the age of thirty, and I have not left the temple for fifty years. Now that I am dying, looking back on this life, it seems like a dream, empty. So no matter what, before I die in this life, I want to go and see the gods. ”

Ji Honglian was taken aback, a trace of bad premonition passed through her heart, and she said in a low voice: "Master, what do you want to do?"

The high priest said, "The road to heaven in the Inner Ring Land, I recently heard that the construction speed has slowed down again?"

Ji Honglian nodded and said, "Yes, because of the last time the Black Devil Mantis invaded the Qingyu Institute, there were quite a lot of casualties, manpower was tight, and the project was much slower. ”

The high priest was silent for a long time, and then said lightly: "You go and send a message for me, invite the three elders to the temple hall, I have something important to discuss." ”

Ji Honglian glanced at him with some doubts, but still agreed.

When she left the altar and was about to descend the stone steps, she couldn't help but look back again, and saw that the high priest was still facing away from her, just like when she first walked up, as if she had never changed, and still looked at the towering and ethereal mountain in the distance like dementia.

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It is said that it is a temple, but in fact it is the upper part of the Great Pyramid of the Holy City, and the lower half is for the Council of Elders and the subordinate secular yamen, according to the saint of the time, this is that those who serve the gods must always stand on a high place, away from the troubles of the world.

The three Great Elders of the Terran race walked into the temple hall, and unlike other places, this hall had a large window that was the same as the outside world, so the light was very bright, and the antique hall was simple and solemn, and there was a perennial flame burning on the altar that symbolized divine power.

The high priest also sat and meditated in front of the altar in front of him, and the three elders Ji Hou, Longquan and Xiahou Yuan sat down on the ground in the center of the main hall.

Ji Hou looked at his daughter and nodded slightly at her, with a smile on his face that couldn't be hidden.

Long Quan and Xiahou Yuan next to him looked a little hot, and Xiahou Yuan said: "Hey, Lao Ji is still blessed, he gave birth to such a good daughter." ”

Long Quan nodded and said, "Who said it wasn't, look at Honglian's niece, and then think of those waste sons in my family, it almost makes me angry to death." ”

Ji Hou laughed and said, "It's blowing again, I'll tell you two, let's die as soon as possible, so I won't let Honglian be your daughter-in-law." ”

"Hey!" Long Quan and Xiahou Yuan laughed and scolded at the same time, in this hall, there is no place for outsiders, these three men who hold the highest power in the Holy City, but at this moment, they also seem to be like the most ordinary mortal fathers, laughing at each other's children, worrying about the marriage of the next generation.