Chapter 598: The Way of Balance
But it was only a moment, and the words in front of them actually flowed to the ground like water, and the three of them remained in this storage room, and an ancient parchment book fell to the feet of the three of them.
Akon picked up the parchment and opened it, but there was not a single word in it. However, after a while, several Chinese characters appeared on the page, "biedong! Teleport soon! ”
Everyone didn't dare to move, only to see those fluorescent flickering words spinning again, wrapping the three of them, this time the time was very short, just a moment, the three of them had a light in their eyes, and they had changed places.
A line of writing appeared on the parchment in Akon's hand: "Put me away, the monks of the Holy See will be back soon, don't let them find out that I did it!" Get down to business, too! ”
Akon smiled, "You can rest assured......"
Two words appeared on the book: "Zaijian!" ”
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Zhang Fan and the three of them walked quickly to the shrine where the holy relic was located, and just bowed their heads to worship, they were led by the holy relic again and shuttled back through time and space. Re-experiencing the crucifixion of Jesus, then the Jews put on a thorn-woven headdress, carried the cross through the Way of the Cross, and then died on a piece of marble, wrapped in a piece of linen......
This thousand-year-old time and space shuttle is just an instant. When the spirit returned to reality, Zhang Fan immediately took out the prepared haode camera and took pictures of the three holy relics.
The Franciscan friars arrived very quickly, and as soon as they had finished taking pictures of the three relics, the two grey friars had already arrived. However, when Zhang Fan showed the identity card of the Inquisition run by the monk of the Dominican, claiming to have come out of the prison of despair, the two monks did not say much, and it seems that this may be a common thing. took Zhang Fan and the three of them out of the 'confidential archive room' one after another.
Leaving the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica, Akon found the monk in Eisen's residence, left a message for the Templar, and left the Vatican as if he were leaving. With the book demon in the 'Confidential Archives', they really didn't dare to stay in the Vatican. If the prophecy of any great monk is calculated, there will be no place to run.
The three of them took a tour of Rome, the capital of Italy, the Senate, the Pantheon, and the Colosseum, three places are naturally must-see. Other attractions are also visited one by one, the streets and cities here are very different from the spiritual world, and the directions are even more chaotic, and the three of them are used to Rome in the 'prison of despair', and there are some jokes.
Known as the 'City of Seven Hills' in ancient times, the city of Rome and its vicinity have been the domain of the Papal States since the Middle Ages when Pepin consecrated the land. It was not until February 11, 1929, when the Italian government of Mussolini signed the 'Lateran Treaty' with the Holy See, that the Vatican was officially recognized as a city within a city.
"The seven mountains in the city of Rome correspond to the seven archangels and the seven deadly sins in Catholic legends, perhaps both to protect the Holy Seat and to suppress evil!" Zhang Fan stood on the top of the Villa of Doria Panfili on the hill of Giannicolo outside the gate of San Ponca on the ancient Roman wall, overlooking the whole city of Rome and sighed.
After three days of visiting, Zhang Fan received a call from Aisen, it sounded that the fat girl's mood was still very low, it seemed that this time she lost a powerful partner, and her vitality was greatly damaged. Eisen let them play on their own, and they were no longer accompanied. The three of them naturally wanted to kill someone else's brother and let the bitter master accompany them, which was too embarrassing.
After playing for the past few days and watching Rome all over the place, Akon deliberately ignored the parchment book monster and thought about how to subdue him. While in Rome, Akon found a pigeons in a large square. It took a long time to communicate in English and the Italian I was learning before I understood where the office of the Roman Spiritual Powers was located.
To Akon's disappointment, however, the Holy See was still the governing body of the psionic in Rome, and in Europe as a whole. Rather than being governed by native gods such as the land Chenghuang sent by the Heavenly Court, as was the case in the Chinese region. This is probably related to the concentration of religious beliefs among the people here.
Religious beliefs in China are more diverse, and there may be slightly more followers of Buddhism. However, Buddhist monks, who have great spiritual practices, basically don't ask about world affairs, so it is not realistic to let monks deal with these affairs. Speaking of which, as the land lord of the god of good fortune, he should be regarded as one of the gods of Taoism, the native religion of China, and also a representative of the secularization of this religion.
It is a small church in the center of Rome, which is very inconspicuous, but it is the seat of the spiritual power of the city where the Holy See is located. Passing through a black marble wall that illuminates human figures, you enter one of the most powerful places in Europe.
All kinds of monsters here really have some European style, and there are really elves, goblins, strange creatures hidden in the city, and the most are some house elves and the like, often come to report some evil spirits and other supernatural trivialities. The person in charge here is an angel, but it is not the kind that flies around with wings, and it usually looks like an ordinary monk, but when he prays, the holy light emits out, which is very dazzling.
In this place, human psychic people naturally come and go frequently, but there are relatively few Catholic monks, which is similar to that in China. The monks of the four major religions have their own sources of information, and they rarely interfere in these secular supernatural matters. It's not a big event in the spirit world, it's rare.
In the lobby here, there is also a terminal for the same task release network as Zhonghua C City. The interface is all in Italian.,Akon was dazzled.,Fortunately, I found the automatic translation interface.,Otherwise, it's really troublesome.。
"Hehe, there is indeed this task!" Akon smiled and pointed out to the two companions, "An A-class mission from the 'Zion Hermitage Society' to find a high-ranking monk who has been missing for many years, find the whereabouts of this monk, and bring back the person or corpse and related tokens. Provide the corresponding clues, and you will also get at least a C-level reward...... For more information, please contact Brother Ansania of the Monastery of the Ardennes Mountains......"
Zhang Fan nodded, "It seems that the so-called A-level tasks are related to the level of cultivators, and the tasks related to the life and death of the Great Cultivation are all A-level, no wonder that the wolf demon is so weak and can also meet the standard of A-level tasks." This guy assassinated a great monk who lived in seclusion in a cultivation family, so the mission release system can only default to an A-level mission. Even if the Grand Monk had been stabbed to death by an embroidery needle, the cause of his death would have been an A-class mission. ”
Akon was about to take on this task, but after thinking about it, he still gave up, this is the territory of the 'Dominican' Inquisition, which is not quite the same as the 'Zion Order', and there are a lot of Templars, let them know that it is the three of them who have mastered the relics of the Great Monk of the 'Zion Order', so they don't know what the trouble is. Besides, the place where the Grand Monk of the 'Zion Order' died was so awkward.
"Let's leave Italy first and contact the Monk Ansania of the 'Zion Order'. I still trust this cult, and the Inquisition doesn't have a good reputation in history. If they get any tricks, I really feel furious in my heart. Akon made up his mind and told Zhang Fan Luyi. The two also agreed.
The Ardennes Mountains in France are a forest plateau bordering Belgium, covering an area of 10,000 square kilometers, including part of Belgium and Luxembourg, with sparsely populated and beautiful scenery. Famous for the 'Ardennes Campaign' during World War II, the 'Brothers' of the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army became famous here!
But the three of them searched for a day on the phone in the Ardennes department of France, and no one heard of the Xunshan Abbey. So he went to Belgium, but still found nothing.
"Maybe only through the task release system can we find this secret cultivation group." Somewhat depressed, Akon sighed as he lay on his hotel bed in a small town in the Ardennes Mountains of Belgium.
"Then let's go back and let the land lord notify the other party to come over. In City C, we need to be much safer. Zhang Fan proposed. In a few days, it will be time to enter the precept holder's shijie, although it doesn't matter where you are, it won't affect the entry, but you still feel more comfortable going back home.
"It's okay, what the Vatican has harvested this time, so that my senior brother can help take a look." Akon nodded, "It's too long to take a leave of absence at the school, and my baby tutor is probably going to split me this time!" ”
Zhang Fan suddenly touched his forehead with his hand, as if he felt that he had neglected one thing, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "By the way, you release that book demon to breathe, he is well-read, and he may know some clues about the Xunshan Monastery of this 'Zion Hermitage Order', and he may not know." ”
Akon hesitated for a long time, he felt that it was better to let him out of Maoshan for insurance, this old guy always had a feeling that he couldn't say, it seemed that something was not quite right, but he couldn't say it.
Zhang Fan admonished: "Don't covet other people's property, this is a big taboo for us cultivators. Don't you just want to keep this bookdemon in your hands and serve us? Then it's best to get its consent and see what he needs. Cultivation is a balance. It's like that necromancer Oliver, his ability is already so powerful, but he still follows the principle of equal exchange, as long as he has the spiritual sense and can think actively, he will not snatch it. ”
Since the necromancer Oliver traveled through time and space, what he did to the ancient Roman arena made Zhang Fan understand that in the past, he was benevolent and unwilling to snatch the ring-bearer Shijie at will, and the ring-bearer Shijie did not seem to support evil deeds, and had a deeper understanding. It turns out that it's all about balance!
If you wantonly plunder the existence of a life that already has spiritual consciousness, then you will suffer hatred, and hatred will have a cause and effect, and it will eventually affect your own cultivation! This is the reason why true practitioners are not willing to deprive themselves of the existence of spiritual consciousness at will, even if they are weaker than you, but attachment is as strong as karma, and karma and cause and effect are something that no orthodox practitioner wants to tain!