Take a carriage from Luf Lane and don't arrive at your destination until the sun sets. After Xia De jumped out of the carriage, he thanked the driver and looked towards the western sky.
From his point of view, one-third of that big and scary yellow sunset had already hidden behind the mountains of Sikar Mountain. Because of the direction, it seems that the setting sun is returning to the foot of Mount Xikar. Combined with various local rumors and stories, this appearance is really scary.
Because the ceremony will be held in this famous haunted house, the [Spiritual Religion] cleared the venue in advance. Not only did the ceremony be arranged in the nearby forest to prevent ordinary people from accidentally breaking in, but they also sent people to hold hands at important intersections to ensure that tonight's ceremony would not cause accidents due to external forces.
A ceremony worth 3,000 pounds for materials alone must be considered a large ceremony. When Xia De got off the carriage, he saw many nuns and monks wearing silver crowned eyepatch in the deserted courtyard of the manor. Sketch the texture.
Their clothes are very similar to those of Sister Divelin, the leader of the order. They are all wearing dark nun clothes, with a silk shawl of the same color as the nun clothes. It's just that their hair color is normal, not as gray as Sister Devlin's, as if she has lost her vitality.
Miss Galina said that the members of the [Spiritual Practice Order] who are qualified to wear silver crown eyepatch are the backbone of the order. At this time, Xia De only saw more than a dozen of them. Fortunately, Sister Daveline only charged Xia De for the ceremony materials. Otherwise, Xia De and the doctor would have to become sellers to pay for so much labor. cost.
The middle-aged monk with a gauze in front of his eyes was already waiting for Xia De at the gate of the manor. Shad followed him through the courtyard where the ceremony was being prepared and into the mansion with walls covered with ivy and morning glory.
Surprisingly, the mansion was not as gloomy and cold as Xia De had imagined. The ground had probably been cleaned and there was not much dust to be seen. Numerous nuns and monks are smearing complex runes on the walls, drawing connected lines, or walking while shaking silver bells.
The sound of the bell was extraordinarily crisp, and every time it rang, Xia De felt relaxed.
[It's not about relaxing the mind, it's about washing the soul. 】
"Cleanse the soul?"
Xia De looked curiously at the middle-aged nun passing by him:
"It seems that the ring warlock groups that can exist for a long time have their own unique techniques."
[Spiritual Religion] is remodeling the entire manor for the ceremony, which is more troublesome than Xia De thought, and it also let him know how much he owes. In the future, he would definitely be willing to help this organization that helped him, but for now, he should rescue Priest Augustus first.
When walking towards the depths of the mansion, Xia De noticed an imperceptible mist in the corridor. But the density of the fog was very uniform, and when it reached the deepest corridor on the first floor, the density still remained subtle and imperceptible.
The temporarily fixed "entrance" is on the wall at the end of the deepest corridor on the first floor of the manor. Complicated ceremonial formations have been drawn on the walls on both sides, and Sister Devlin is standing there quietly, waiting for Shad. The other three high-ring nuns wearing silver blindfolds knelt in front of the wall. One holds a long-handled silver bell, the other holds a scroll of parchment, and the other clasped his fists in front of his chest, whispering unknown incantations together, keeping the "entrance" stable. …
"Mr. Watson."
Sister Devlin nodded to Xia De, and seeing Xia De looking at the wall, she asked softly:
"Can you see the entrance too?"
"Yes, I have the [space] spirit rune."
Xia De said that the nun paused unexpectedly before using ancient grammar and asking in that elegant and almost toneless voice:
"We rely on our eyes to capture the spirituality to see the location of the entrance. So in the real vision with the power of [space], what does the entrance in front of you look like?"
Xia De stared at the wall and took another look:
"I saw a black horror vortex, and white mist was floating out of it. I couldn't stare at the inside of the vortex for a long time, and I could feel the horror, coldness and malice towards the living on the other side."
After speaking, he looked away. The black vortex on the wall gave him a completely different feeling from Darkness' black vortex. It's hard to say which one is more dangerous, but neither is clearly something that should be touched lightly.
"Can you perceive the fog?"
Sister Devlin was even more surprised. Of course, her expression and tone did not show this:
"The appearance of this fog means that the boundary between the world of the dead and the world of the living is penetrating here. The fog here is too thin. In theory, except for the nuns of the order, only the owners of the [Death] spirit rune can see it. to this fog."
"I have thaumaturgy related to eyes."
Xia De briefly explained, and then asked:
"Please allow me to thank you again for your help. So, when does the ceremony start after sunset? I have nothing to prepare."
Although he didn't eat dinner, he's not a lazy Mia cat, so it's okay to miss a meal.
"At ten o'clock tonight, the door to the narrow room can only be safely opened at night. Although tonight is not a night when the silver moon shines, the moon will be extraordinarily bright tonight, which can guide you into another world on one side."
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Xia De used this thing when he was learning [Elf's detoxification technique] last week, and the short branch was about the same length.
"No, I have this."
Xia De took out his pocket watch, and took out the [Youth Immature Leaf] from the watch cover. Even though her eyes were covered and she was also blind, the gray-haired Sister Divelin still nodded:
"It turned out to be a relic [Youth Immortal Leaf]. This is indeed the best choice. You prepared very well."
She tucked the stub back into the side pocket of her robe:
"Please give me Priest August's belongings temporarily. I need to deal with it so that it can guide you."
So Shade handed the nun the silver pendant left by Priest Augustus in the tomb passage of the catacomb:
"This is Mister Liming's holy emblem, will the holy emblem affect the ceremony?"…
The holy emblem of the righteous **** itself is a mysterious and symbolic symbol, and rashly using the holy emblem to join the ceremony will cause great uncertainty.
"It doesn't matter, the holy emblem of dawn can better guide you. The righteous **** of light and shadow will protect you between life and death."
While handing over the holy emblem, Xia De took out the doctor's three thousand pounds in cash from his pocket. He packed the cash in a suitcase, so it was the suitcase that was "taken out" of his pocket.
But Sister Devlin didn't touch the money, but asked Xia De to hand over the box to another nun for a while.
All Xia De needs to do is wait. And when the sun had completely set, the religious group set up a bonfire in the courtyard and started dinner, so Xia De also ate hot barbecue.
I don't know if the character of the leader affects the way the entire organization acts. Most of these nuns and monks who cover their eyes don't like to talk very much. But if Shad accosts them, they will respond.
They didn't mind that Shad prying into the secret of this ceremony, as long as Shad didn't get in the way, he wasn't forbidden to wander around in this haunted mansion. Unlike No. 6, Saint Teresa Square, which is also rumored to be haunted, this haunted manor is really haunted.
But before Shade arrived in the carriage, Sister Devlin wiped out the three troublesome evil spirits, that is, Viscount Russell and his two servants.
But this does not mean that Xia De cannot understand the story here. After everyone had dinner together, Sister Divelin did not return to the mansion, but stood alone by the bonfire, facing the huge bonfire in front of her with her hands folded.
The orange-yellow flame flickered on her gray-black nun's gown, which seemed to be made of silk, and at the same time illuminated the silver tiara. If you cover your eyes, you can't judge the other person's mood and thoughts from the expression and eyes. But Xia De doesn't need to judge the other party's thoughts, he just has nothing to do and wants to know the story that happened here.
After quietly standing beside Sister Devlin and asking the question, the nun replied softly:
"That's not a very interesting story. The evil spirits in the deep forest attacked the manor and frightened the baron to death. The baron's unwilling soul turned into evil spirits and killed the two servants who took care of him. Afterwards, the souls of the three were in the They lingered in this manor, but because they couldn't leave here and their strength was not strong, they were not discovered by the Orthodox Church."
Xia De nodded in understanding, and then asked curiously:
"However, how did you know about this? Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to pry into your secrets, but can [Spiritual Religion] analyze the past of a soul?"
The nun still kept her hands folded, she shook her head slightly, her silver-gray hair was shining under the firelight:
"This is my unique talent. It has existed since I became a ring warlock. Although my eyes cannot see normal things, when I face a soul that is about to perish, I take off the blindfold and use my eyes to 'look' at them~www .mtlnovel.com~ to see fragments of their past."
"Oh~ this is really amazing."
Xia De praised sincerely.
"According to the religious order, this is the special ability of my 'other me'-seeing death. For ordinary people, this will bring misfortune, and for ring warlocks, it will inevitably make me I was getting closer and closer to death. It was the sect that saved me, and the special prayer and spiritual practice of the sect taught me how to understand this ability. Cold death...is not terrible."
Xia De nodded and did not continue to ask. The other party is an eleven-ring warlock, and being able to tell him this already shows that the other party trusts him very much.
But this short conversation also caused Xia De to have new doubts. This special ability of "seeing death" seems to be connected with the chosen one.
If the third chosen person who is about to appear really corresponds to "death", then besides Priest Augustus, Sister Devlin seems to be the chosen one of death.
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