"But Sister Divelin already has the eleventh ring... No one stipulates that when the chosen one knows their own strength, it must be the high ring. Iluna is the low ring, Darkness is the middle ring , the third one is Gao Huan, and there seems to be nothing wrong."
Xia De thought about the chosen one in his heart, and then looked at the silver-gray nun. The lines on the silver ornaments can't be seen from the side, only the rings of the silver ornaments can be seen encircling her long gray hair.
"Anything else?"
The blind nun slightly turned her head to "look" at Xia De, and Xia De then asked:
"I noticed that you have been looking at the flame. May I ask, is this pair of bonfires part of the ceremony?"
He just thought it was just for roasting meat.
"Yes, this fire is the beacon of your return. As long as the fire is not extinguished, even if Priest Augustus is not found, you can return safely."
Xia De nodded, a little worried that the fire would go out. It wasn't that he looked down on Sister Devlin's fighting power, but that all the stories he had read were such routines.
As if "seeing" Xia De's thoughts, the nun smiled for the first time:
"Don't worry, the fire won't go out anyway.
"Why?"
"In this mountain, there is a very powerful existence. I have obtained fire from her, and this fire will not be extinguished."
As she spoke, Sister Devlin folded her hands in front of her, as if she was holding something, and raised her arms towards the bonfire in front of her.
The fabric of the nun's sleeves changed in light and shadow under the firelight, and Xia De looked at her hand in surprise. As the closed palms opened slightly, Xia De saw a cluster of tiny red flames beating in her palm.
The fire in the palm of his hand is approximately round, with a slender flame tail swinging upwards. The nun held the flame in her hand, and the flame was hurting her hand, but when charred marks and cracks appeared on her white hand, it slowly repaired like going back in time.
"A relic? Is the flame a relic?"
Xia De was very surprised, but what was even more curious was where the nun took out the flame. She clearly had nothing in her hand just now.
The flame was not as bright as the bonfire in front of him, but Xia De, who was a ring warlock, could feel how powerful this strange flame was. Even, for some reason, he had the urge to swallow the flames in one gulp.
"Oops! I was finally influenced by the power of the Lord of the Blood Feast?"
Xia De was a little terrified.
"That's good...the color and temperature of the flame, why does it feel so familiar..."
After showing Shad the flame in her hand, the nun put it away. Since she didn't explain what it was, Xia De didn't ask, after all, it was someone else's privacy.
The two stood silently in front of the bonfire, and Xia De thought about what might happen after going deep into the boundary between life and death.
"Mr. John Watson, do you know that there is also a big witch here?"
Sister Devlin asked suddenly, Xia De was taken aback for a moment, but remained calm on the surface:
"I don't know, the lady didn't mention it. However, I heard that the witches of the Witch Council are not interested in men, and even said that they hate men, so the lady didn't introduce the local big witch to me. Instead, I’m introducing you, probably because of this reason.”
"The big local witch is quite powerful."
The nun said, but this was different from what Xia De knew. Miss Galina said that Granny Cassandra had a tenth ring, which was one ring lower than the eleventh ring nun.
"Is the opponent's level high?"
He asked pretending to be curious.
"A little lower than me, but she has a good teacher."
Miss Galina said the same thing.
"In other words, the former witch was very powerful."
Xia De asked, not wanting to hit Sister Devlin and shook her head again:
"No, her teacher is not a witch."
This aroused Xia De's greater curiosity. The Witch Council adopted an inheritance method similar to the apprenticeship system. He couldn't imagine that the teacher was not a witch who was a witch.
But Sister Devlin didn't say another word. Even though Xia De looked at her and almost wrote "I'm curious" on his face, Sister Devlin didn't continue to speak.
"Go back and ask Miss Galina."
Xia De thought in his heart, looking up at the three moons in the starry sky:
"If I can go back smoothly..."
At 9:30 in the evening, the ceremony has been arranged and the final inspection has been carried out. The ring warlocks of the Spiritual Church gathered in the courtyard from the mansion in an orderly manner, and Sister Divelin made a final explanation to Shad by the bonfire:
"There are a large number of souls wandering in the land of life and death, and there are also some evil spirits with special powers."
Xia De is still in a state where he is easily attacked by evil spirits.
"So, the ritual will protect the breath of the living on you from leaking, so the possibility of you getting lost there due to evil spirits is very low."
"In the middle, don't make too much noise. The religious order has always believed that there are many extremely dangerous beings inhabiting that ancient place. Please find the priest as soon as possible and bring him out without doing anything extra."
"I understand that."
"Also, in the area where life and death are ambiguous, the power of the soul is more important than the power of the body. The strength of the body
Dear, this chapter is not finished, and there is another page ^0^ Bigness has little effect in that area, the real strength is the strength of the soul and spirit. Therefore, you must restrain your emotions, whether it is positive or negative emotions, may cause you to get lost. "
"Is the soul powerful...I understand."
Shad nodded again.
"Finally, the flow of time in that weird world is not the same as that of the physical world, and there is no even any pattern. It is possible that you have experienced a whole day, and the outside is just a dream time, but it is also possible that you have only walked a few steps. But dozens of minutes have passed outside. Due to the restrictions of the ceremony itself, you have to come back before dawn, so..."
"It's okay, I have the power to perceive time."
Xia De pointed to his head:
"I can feel the real time and the time I feel from my own body, but what time is the dawn time in Fort Midhill?"
He asked, and Sister Devlin immediately gave an answer:
"The next dawn will be at 6:23."
Xia De wrote down the number.
At ten o'clock, the moon above the head reached the right position, and the sea of stars in the cloudless night sky seemed to be frozen above the head.
The bonfire crackled in the courtyard, and only the 34 nuns wearing silver crowns and blindfolds remained in the courtyard.
Nine of them were evenly surrounded by the huge bonfire, wearing the same nun clothes, holding their hands together on their chests, and lowering their heads, reciting the spell to communicate with the world on the other side. The flames danced on them, and the crackling sound of burning almost drowned out the murmurs of the nuns.
The bonfire is located in the center of the courtyard, and on both sides of the walkway connecting the bonfire to the gate of the mansion, 22 nuns either hold sterling silver bells, or hold white porcelain water bottles, or hold white flags embroidered with ancient runes, standing quietly waiting.
In front of the door of the mansion, two nuns who seemed to be twins were holding the doorknobs of the double doors. These two were high-ring warlocks, but Xia De didn't know their names.
The last nun, that is, Sister Divelin, stood by the bonfire with Shad, behind them were nine nuns whispering in low voices, and in front of them was the trail and the gate at the end.
Amidst the crackling bonfire, no one spoke until Sister Devlin took out two long white wires of the same length.
She threw the long thread to the bonfire behind her, but in the next second, two threads floated out again, and they turned red. The nun handed one of them to Xia De, and motioned to his wrapped wrist, Xia De could feel the temperature of the cotton thread.
"You tie one on your wrist and I hold the other. This thread will guide you to the Beacon when you need to return."
said the nun, and Shad nodded.
Then, she handed the silver holy emblem pendant of Priest Augustus to Shad:
"This will guide you to your friends."
Xia De nodded, and hung the holy emblem on his chest.
"Also, please make sure in advance that you will not be corroded by death."
Xia De took it out of the pocket watch and put it in his mouth. The leaf itself had a raw taste, but Xia De had not licked other leaves, so he did not know whether other leaves had the same taste.
"Finally, Mr. John Watson, I wish you a successful journey."
She bowed slightly to Xia De, Xia De did not dare to accept this kind of etiquette, so she hurriedly avoided:
"Sister, I can't express my gratitude with words. After Priest Augustus is rescued, I will..."
"three."
The nun started the countdown, and Xia De immediately stood shoulder to shoulder with her.
"two."
The gray-haired nun stacked the two palms in front of her in front of her chest, and Xia De once again saw the faint light of fire between her two palms. This flame, which can be defined as a "relic", will become Xia De's greatest security guarantee.
"one."
There was a tremor in the final voice, for as the nun clasped her hands completely together, the firelight spilled from her palms. She was not engulfed by the instantly expanding flames, but cracks with flames flowing inside appeared in her hands. This is a bit like Shade's "divine overflow" state, which is the embodiment of inner power appearing on the outside.
Xia De took a deep breath:
"Then I'm off."
The nun held the flame in her hand and lowered her head slightly:
"Wish you good luck."
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ps: In order to prevent someone from saying that it is a bug, let me explain here that there is a reason why the Spiritual Order is so friendly to Shad, and Sister Devlin is so polite to Shad.
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