Chapter 378 The Secret of the Ancient Dragon (8k!)
Anthony has arrived at the Holy Office and the Bishop's Room in advance, ready to start his new day of overtime work.
When Luo Xiu walked in, Anthony also raised his head and glanced at his "bishop"——
The first thing Luo Xiu observed was the deep dark spots on Anthony's eyes, as well as his calm eyes as if there were no waves in an ancient well.
It was a look that seemed to have despised everything and understood the essence of life, just like Anthony already knew the end of his mission——
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"You're early, Anthony."
Luo Xiu smiled and greeted the former old captain:
"I remember that the time we agreed on before was supposed to be eight o'clock in the morning."
"...Greetings, Bishop."
Anthony also sent greetings to Luo Xiu, and then said:
"That may be a little late - I was thinking that today's affairs might be more arduous than the day before, and it was indeed the case."
"Then I came and took care of them in advance. I think that should be my responsibility."
"..."
Just when Anthony was saying this, Luo Xiu suddenly felt something burning in his heart.
It's as if he is an unscrupulous boss and then recruits five good employees who are possessed by the soul of part-time workers——
Voluntarily arriving early and voluntarily working overtime are all part of awakening!
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Luo Xiu cursed these things, then looked at the table and the thick stack of files, and said in a joking tone:
"Looks like - this is another holy fight, Anthony."
As he spoke, he also walked to the main seat, the seat belonging to the "bishop" of the church, pulled out the chair and sat down.
At the same time, he pulled the files in front of him and divided them into two piles just like the previous day.
Push the slightly thinner files to Anthony, and that is the "workload" assigned to him.
Anthony took the pile of files pushed to him by Luo Xiu, took down the top one without any trouble on his face, picked up the pen filled with ink from the ink bottle next to him, and began to review it carefully. .
Luo Xiu also officially started his work today and began to review various applications submitted to the church.
……
until noon.
The two stacks of files placed in the middle in front of Luo Xiu and Anthony were gone, replaced by the reviewed files placed on the low tables on both sides.
Anthony was almost familiar with the specific trial process, which made the overall work efficiency much faster. It only took about five hours to process the entire file.
Afterwards, Anthony stood up, stretched his already stiff limbs, and said to his "bishop" and Luo Xiu:
"It's done."
"Yes." Luo Xiu smiled and nodded.
"Okay, Anthony," he then said to Anthony, "then - go and have a rest. Come to the Holy Inquisition in the afternoon and assist me in presiding over the soul-sending ceremony."
"Then, tomorrow morning, I will come here at eight o'clock."
"Okay." Anthony nodded in agreement.
He then pushed the chair back under the table, turned and walked towards the door between the bishops, leaving the room and the Holy Office.
As Luo Xiu said, Anthony went back to his residence to rest. And he calmly accepted the two tasks that the "bishop" had just assigned to him, without any wave of emotion on his face.
Looking at Anthony now, Luo Xiu seemed to have seen himself in his previous life.
With emotion, he also packed up and left the bishop's room and the Holy Office.
……
After that, Luo Xiu left the church and went to the [Authentic Dwarf Blacksmith Shop].
He has asked "Guiding Priest" Column to inform "Priest" Howard of the Holy Inquisition that the time to host the soul-sending ceremony will be in the afternoon, and before that, he will first go to the Forge Manor to pay tribute to a "Gravel" "The dwarves of the clan purify the steel seal of ignorance.
He quickly arrived at the manor, and under the leadership of the old blacksmith, he met Mir, the "master master" here, and went with Mir to a manor next door.
As more and more blacksmiths join the forging manor, many "adventors" also choose to join here and become blacksmith apprentices. The dwarves of the gravel family who have not yet lifted the [Steel Seal of Obscurity] are temporarily resettled. In the adjacent manor.
For reasons of safety and keeping a low profile, Mir took Luo Xiu into the courtyard of the manor. Two gravel dwarves who had released the [Steel Seal of Obscurity] were guarding here. When they saw Mir and the church, When the "bishop" arrived, he immediately opened the door for them.
Walking into the corridor of the villa, Luo Xiu asked Mir:
"So, my friend - today, which of your tribesmen do you want to be freed from the [Steel Seal of Ignorance]?"
"..."
"Cortizzi Gravel." Mir replied in a deep voice:
"That's a gemmaker. Now...the manor really lacks a real gemmaker."
"I understand." Luo Xiu nodded.
From the time he brought Mir's "Gravel" tribe back to now, Luo Xiu has lifted the "Steel Seal of Obscurity" for nineteen "Gravel" dwarves.
The only thing left to satisfy the hidden mission [Relief from Obscurity (Hell Difficulty)] is to purify the steel seal for a dwarf.
Moreover, the mission is almost halfway to meeting the final requirement of this hidden mission - to purify the [Steel Seal of Obscurity] for the thirty-nine "Gravel" dwarves.
Luo Xiu was thinking about this as he and Mir came to a dark brown door.
"We're here."
Mir said in a low voice, then stretched out his hand and pushed the two doors inward——
Gah - the heavy wooden door made a sharp friction sound, and a rancid smell surged out from the moment the door was opened and got into Luo Xiu's nose.
And through the newly opened door, Luo Xiu had already seen the twenty figures of dwarfs sitting on wooden chairs with rickets.
Their eyes were still cloudy, their mouths were drooling, and their expressions were dull. When Mir and Luo Xiu walked in together, they showed no reaction to outside affairs.
Next to Luo Xiu, he saw Mir frowning slightly, but the expression on his face remained calm, as if he was used to such a scene.
He walked straight to a dwarf who looked a little skinny, turned his head at the same time, and said to Luo Xiu:
"This is it."
"He is Cortizzi Grit...don't look at him like this now. When he was still in the Broken Continent, the hometown of our Grit tribe, he was the best gem craftsman in the village."
With that said, Mir stepped forward, stretched out his hand to help the dwarf named "Kodiqi Gravel" out of the wooden chair, and helped him stagger to Luo Xiu.
And Luo Xiu had already started praying in Sanskrit sounds.
The back of his hand was already lit up with bright golden light patterns, and when the light reached its brightest, Luo Xiu stepped forward and came to the front of "Kodiqi Gravel", and at the same time raised his right hand.
His right hand then lightly pressed on the head of Cortizzi, and then he used his Level II authority on the "Gravel" dwarf in front of him——
——[Sacred Seal of God’s Admonition]!
The outline of Luo Xiu's body was soon covered with a layer of faint golden light, and the light pattern of the [Divine Admonition Seal] also flashed quickly on the back of his hand, and an "angel"'s body had already condensed behind him. Body shape!
He held the white rattle in his hand, and looked at the "gravel" dwarf in front of him with pity in his scorching golden eyes, and then slowly flew to the top of the dwarf's head and flew into the mid-air where he was——
He shook the holy bell at the same time, and uttered an ancient divine message that did not belong to humans:
"——You will be baptized!"
Afterwards, His figure slowly disappeared, and from the outline of the body of "Cortizzi Gravel", black silk mist began to slowly and wisps be released.
During Luo Xiu's panel detection of him, in the status column of "Kotiqi Gravel", the status entry of "Steel Seal of Obscurity (cannot be purified, cannot be removed)" has an edge that is like burning, a little... Burn and disappear bit by bit.
On the face of Cortizzi Grit, the eyes that had been turbid and chaotic gradually regained their color, and he began to murmur like a babble:
"Sand...gravel..."
And at the moment when the entry of [Steel Seal of Obscurity (cannot be purified, cannot be lifted)] completely disappeared, the turbidity in his eyes was truly dispelled, and his face revealed an expression as if he was awakening from a dream.
"I..."
Cortizzi murmured in confusion.
Luo Xiu stepped back in time, turned around and left the room, waiting in the courtyard of the manor.
Because he knew that Mir and the other dwarves who stayed here to guard must have many things they wanted to say to "Cortizzi Gravel", and he could wait until Mir finished saying what he wanted to say.
After purifying the [Steel Seal of Obscurity] for "Kotiqi Gravel", this was the twentieth "Gravel" dwarf rescued by Luo Xiu.
His mission panel jumped just now, showing that the hidden mission [Relief from Obscurity (Hell Difficulty)] could be completed, but Luo Xiu did not choose to settle it, but was prepared to wait until the end, when he was nearly thirty. All the [Steel Seals of Obscurity] in the bodies of the nine "Gravel" dwarves were purified.
After a short wait, he saw Mir walking out of the villa.
He was the only one, and the other "Gravel" dwarves did not follow. Mir immediately came to Luo Xiu and said to Luo Xiu in a low voice:
"Thank...thank you."
"This is my twentieth clansman that you saved. Although half of the clansmen are still suffering from misfortune, I have seen hope."
"It's nothing, my friend."
A smile appeared on Luo Xiu's face, and he responded to Mir and said: "How is your tribesman, the 'Kodiqi Sha Li' now?"
"I and other restored tribesmen persuaded him to stay."
Mir said, "Kotiqi didn't agree to me immediately. He still needs to think carefully about his future direction now that several clan leaders have been killed."
"This takes time... You know, Luo Xiu. Just coming out of such a nightmare-like situation always requires some time to adapt and adjust."
"Yes, I can understand." Luo Xiu nodded slightly in response.
He and Mir then left the manor where the "Gravel" people were housed and returned to the forging manor.
On the way back, Mir suddenly said to Luo Xiu:
"If you are free - Luo Xiu. In the evening, I would like to invite you to come to the manor. I have something to give you."
"Is there something you want to give me?"
Luo Xiu asked subconsciously, his eyes falling on Mir's face at the same time.
Next to him - his old friend, Mir, looked very resolute, and his eyes flashed with determination, as if he had made some determination.
Luo Xiu has thought of something.
But Mir said nothing more. He and Luo Xiu parted ways when they came to the gate of the forging manor, and Luo Xiu returned directly in the direction of the church.
……
In the afternoon.
Red Maple City Church, the seat of the Holy Judgment.
The day before, after "Priest" Howard of the Holy Inquisition relayed to all the clergymen of the church the instructions of "Bishop" Luo Xiu about to preside over the soul-sending ceremony, at around three o'clock in the afternoon, the Holy Inquisition's The courtyard was already filled with clergymen.
Almost all the clergymen of the church were present, as well as many players who had also received notices from the church and came to the Holy Inquisition to participate in the ceremony.
The clergy of the church all looked sad, and the whispers in the courtyard actually came from the players.
However, feeling the dangerous and vigilant gaze from the side, no player dared to make loud noises or do other things in such an occasion. They just waited impatiently for the "Soul Sending Ceremony" to actually begin. time.
There were about a thousand people standing in the courtyard of the Holy Inquisition at this time.
The huge Xumo Altar in the center and its surroundings were vacant, and the remains of the martyred priests were quietly placed on the white stone beds next to it.
Sixty-three holy torches burning with golden flames have been lit in the courtyard, corresponding to the number of sixty-three martyrs.
At this time, the "Bishop" of the church, Rossiu Carlos, was standing in the middle of the altar, preparing for the upcoming blessing.
At the same time, he has issued a commission task in his mind to the arriving players - the name is [The Ritual of Sending Souls], and it is a commission task of normal difficulty.
The task requirement is to wait quietly until the ceremony ends - upon completion, you will receive the preset 2,000 experience points as a task reward.
Luo Xiu used this to restrain the players - so that they would not do too much work on such an important occasion.
At the same time, as the "Saint Protectors" of the church, players who had been promoted to extraordinary were also "invited" by Luo Xiu in the form of tasks, and a commissioned task of the same name was also issued to them, but the task requirements were Maintain order at the scene.
This should be able to reduce the influence of chaotic neutral players to a certain extent, and at the same time allow players to have a sense of participation in important affairs of the church.
Luo Xiu was thinking about this.
And when above the church bell tower, the sound of the holy bell echoed in the church sky for the first time.
Luo Xiu raised his arms, raised the [Sacred Grip] as the "Bishop" scepter, and already uttered a sacred, Sanskrit prayer:
"——I will sacrifice the fire, I will burn it, and I will devote myself to the glory."
"——The pure, pure, pure white source of matter." "——Light the flame of the Holy Torch!"
"——..."
Buzz—!
The moment Luo Xiu's congratulatory voice fell to the ground, from the golden scepter he held tightly in his right hand, one ring after another, bright golden light burst out from the tip of the scepter and filled the air. Come.
The golden gauze has been draped over the outline of Luo Xiu's body, and he has opened the sacred realm - making the entire space filled with the spiritual aura of [brilliance].
And the golden rays of light that were constantly filling and escaping in the mid-air began to flow regularly and rhythmically as Luo Xiu continued to give blessings.
They circled in the sky and gradually divided into sixty-three golden light surges, rushing towards the sixty-three holy torches.
——Wow!
The sacred fire suddenly burst out with bright and bright light.
The priests standing around, with their hands lightly forming an equilateral triangle on their chests, also began to give sacred blessings at the same time.
They chanted the praises of [Glory], bursting out the spirituality of [Glory] from the inside out, causing their "Bishop" and Ling Luo Xiu to expand the sacred realm, which was already filled with [ The spirituality of Guanghui becomes more abundant.
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And when all the golden light rays poured into the holy torch.
Luo Xiu once again raised the scepter in his hand high, and his clear voice made the next sacred blessing:
"——I will remember, I will pass on, and I will witness the rise."
"——The unfinished, immortal, eternal will."
"——Let the holy spirit return home!"
"——..."
Buzz—! ! !
At the moment when Luo Xiu said his last sentence.
The scorching flames in all the sacred torches trembled and swayed violently at the same time.
And a moment later - they went out, all at once.
The previously burning golden flame was like amber-colored glass. It shattered in an instant, splashing and shattering around like pearls.
But they didn't fall like real jewels, they just rose and fell, rising and falling.
And a moment later - a moment after the golden flame went out.
Sixty-three beams of light soared into the sky from the sacred torch!
And the light of the fireworks that shattered and splashed like orbs also surged up to the sky with a lingering light, and then fell softly downwards like a curtain of light, and finally completely covered the sixty-three martyred priests. on their remains.
The golden holy flame then rekindled - burning the remains of the priests from the mortal world bit by bit, allowing their souls to break out of the shackles of their bodies and ascend to eternity. of heaven.
This is the "Soul Sending Ceremony" - an ancient and sacred ritual that has been passed down from the "Holy Court" to this day.
When the "ceremony" was actually completed, Luo Xiu's eyes were fixed on the stone bed where the remains of the priests had rested.
There is nothing left above, only the pure white stone surface, which is reflecting and reflecting the bright golden light that is still hovering in the mid-air.
The martyrs have truly "returned home."
No trace of their former bodies remains, but the souls blessed by the divine will be truly guided.
They will rise, rising forever, until they reach the "Eternal Kingdom" where they will be for a moment.
——Perhaps someone will become an "angel" and continue on the path of devotion to [Glory] in another form.
……
After completing the soul-sending ceremony.
Luo Xiu then walked down from the Xumo Altar.
Accompanied by the "presiding high priest" Anthony and the three priests of the sanctuary, Luo Xiu left the Holy Inquisition and returned to his "bishop's seat".
At least today, until night, he had nothing else to do urgently, so he went back to the bedroom and lay on the bed, preparing to take advantage of the three or four hours of nothingness to make up for the lack of sleep.
Opening the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel], he saw that most of the players who had participated in the Soul-Sending Ceremony had completed the commissioned task [Soul-Sending Ceremony] and received the 2000 experience points that Luo Xiu had preset for them. .
These social panels were filled with a cheerful atmosphere for a while.
And this is also the result that Luo Xiu wants to see.
After looking at it for a while, he closed the panel, covered himself with a quilt, and fell asleep lightly.
……
until evening.
At about nine o'clock in the evening, Luo Xiu woke up from his short sleep.
So he got up from the bed, straightened his messy hair in front of the exquisitely carved full-length mirror in the room, then walked to the clothes rack on the side and took off a piece of regular clothes for going out.
It was a white robe of thick velvet, with the cuffs and front decorated with woven gold. When Luo Xiu put it on and finished adjusting his appearance in front of the mirror, he felt like a young businessman from the Golden Kingdom.
He suddenly thought of Alerdine - if the great philanthropist could be thinner and have jet-black hair like himself, then he could indeed imitate the first heir of the Manston family. Most of the temperament.
Luo Xiu was thinking about this in a divergent manner. He had arrived at the door of the room and had already grasped the handle of the door.
Turning the handle, pushing the door open and walking out, Luo Xiu immediately left the bishop's seat, left the church, and headed for his first destination in the evening.
——[Authentic Dwarf Blacksmith Shop]!
He still clearly remembered what Mir said to him at noon - asking Luo Xiu to go to the forging manor to meet him when he was free at night.
What Mir said at the time was that he would give Luo Xiu something.
Judging from Mir's reaction at the time, it should be something very important to him.
Luo Xiu was thinking about this, and he quickened his pace at the same time, and soon arrived at the entrance of the forging manor.
Through the big iron gate, he saw the forging masters who had crowded the courtyard. They were still beside the forging furnaces, clanging their forging hammers.
Strings of fine, sparkling sparks burst out every time they swing the hammer, and the escaping sparks will burn themselves out before they actually fall to the ground.
Luo Xiu looked at the scene in front of him.
Normally speaking - now is the time for the "Forging Manor" to get off work. But the blacksmiths are still working overtime, and it can only be said that the manor's commission orders have been backlogged to a level that cannot be ignored.
As far as Luo Xiu knew, there were at least a hundred orders sent from the church to the forging manor.
Red Maple City also has "Bian Ting", a heavyweight dispatcher, and "Fangbei Yuan" will come to the manor from time to time to customize a batch of precision components or instruments... The most conservative estimate is, The blacksmiths at the Blacksmith Manor should not have such extravagant expectations as a "holiday" for at least a month.
Luo Xiu thought to himself as he stepped into the courtyard of the manor at the same time.
In the courtyard with the blacksmiths who are working overtime to make orders, there are also many players who have chosen the [intellectual] path and have just joined the manor as "blacksmith apprentices".
The moment Luo Xiu, the "Bishop" of the church, entered the courtyard, the players all raised their heads, casting curious and excited glances at Luo Xiu.
As the only "saint" among the three major destiny residences in Red Maple City - the "Bishop" of the Red Maple City Church, Luo Xiu Carlos, in the eyes of players, he is definitely a first-rate celebrity.
And his influence among players is much higher than that of the other [Supreme] ‘Thunder General’ Albert.
Just after Luo Xiu felt the curious and excited gazes, he saw that many "Blacksmith Apprentice" players had stood up from their small benches and were about to move in Luo Xiu's direction. .
——It was like the blazing gaze of a fanatical fan who suddenly met the star he was promoting in a public place.
He did not doubt what some players would do later - they would surround them in groups, take photos with the "Bishop" Rossiu Carlos they met by chance, and then send the pictures to the [Player Forum] or [ Chat Channel] Blowing Water - Luo Xiu has truly experienced such "enthusiasm".
This made him speed up his pace, and before the players really turned their preparations into action, he had already entered the largest villa and stepped onto the stairs to the third floor.
He went straight to the third floor, stopped in front of the forge room dedicated to "Master Master" Mir, and knocked on the door.
Then, the door opened - Mir poked his head out from the crack of the door. His body was dusty and covered with dust.
"You're here, Luo Xiu."
After glancing at Luo Xiu, Mir put his head back, and then the door opened completely.
Luo Xiu walked in and looked at the various "epic" and "legendary" materials placed on the table in the room. He greeted with a smile on his face:
"Over there in the side court, are you commissioned to forge something again?"
"..."
"Albert came in person."
Mir shook his head and said helplessly, "Do you still remember one of the three executioners who invaded Red Maple City before - 'Silver Blood Dragonborn' Quilton? After he was killed, Albert Some materials were recovered from him.”
As he spoke, Mir pointed to the table, where three bright silver dragon scales were fixed with a special vise.
Even if there is no light, the three dragon scales are still emitting a faint silver light, flowing like mercury in the deep layers of the scales, and constantly making small popping sounds of "pop, pop".
"That Quilton is a hybrid dragonborn, and the 'reverse scale' dropped from him is indeed something special."
Mir tapped the surface of the scales, making a crisp sound like knocking gold.
He continued, "And that is also a material of 'legendary' quality - Albert appointed me to forge a lightweight weapon, and has paid me a deposit of 40,000 gold coins for it."
"Forty thousand gold coins?"
Luo Xiu was a little surprised, "That 'Thunder General'... he is really generous."
Previously, when Luo Xiu commissioned Mir to forge the legendary sickle [Saint's Beheading], the deposit given to him was only one hundred platinum coins.
Mir's worth has risen along with his fame - Luo Xiu is pleased to see his current achievements, because the church can also benefit a lot from it.
"So, my friend," Luo Xiu asked Mir:
"At noon, what did you say to me and what did you want to give me?"
"..."
When Luo Xiu asked this question, Mir stopped the carving and polishing in his hands.
He looked over with amber eyes, staring at Luo Xiu quietly. After a while, he said:
"I have been thinking, Luo Xiu... you have been saving my people, and what should I use to repay you."
"Is it 'legendary' weapons and equipment? As long as you think about it, you will not lack these."
"Is it the unique knowledge of being a dwarf and a [Intellect] rune forger? But you are not a [Intellect] practitioner, so you don't need this."
Mir stared at Luo Xiu for a long time, his pupils trembling due to emotional fluctuations.
"I feel quite troubled by this. I don't know what I should use to repay you."
"And you never told me this, never said you wanted to get something from me, as if it was just a good deed that you [Glorious] priests did casually."
"Maybe it is like this for you...Luo Xiu."
"But for us...that's not it, absolutely not!"
Mir's emotions became excited, which made his voice tremble slightly, and then he said loudly:
"You are the benefactor who saved my tribe - Luo Xiu!"
"It was at noon today, when you used the authority of the 'Holy Seal' to rescue Cortizzi Gravel, that I was finally able to make up my mind."
After saying that, Mir dropped the carving knife in his hand and ran to the room inside.
Luo Xiu was still standing there, looking at the door on the other side.
Soon, Mir came out again, holding two huge things wrapped in white cloth.
He placed the two white objects on the table, his eyes burst out with heat, and he tore open the white cloth on one of them with a snap!
The bright red surface of the wrapped object is still flowing with light!
"This is what I - finally made up my mind to give you in return."
Mir looked into Luo Xiu's eyes, and said clearly word by word as if with some great momentum:
"——The ancient dragon's secret collection, [Dragon Flame Demon Sword] and [Dragon Breath Scepter]!"
"The great patriarch gave them to me at that time, and now...I am willing to give them to you."
"As long as you can save, save all my people."
……
(It’s so fierce, brothers are so fierce, I was filled with six hundred monthly tickets a day! (bushi
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