As long as you travel through the woods in the dream, you can arrive at the mysterious spirit world.
The spiritual world is a wilderness, an ocean, an archipelago, and also a gathering place for the subconscious and emotions of all living beings, gathering endless spirituality.
The consciousnesses of the three people appeared at the same place in the woods. The bottles of potions placed in the white circle of the magic array also followed the consciousnesses of the three people to the woods in the dream.
Byrne took a deep breath, his mind still feeling dizzy. He squatted down reluctantly and reached out to touch the nearby refreshing potion.
He and Irene drank the refreshing potion, and then gave the last bottle of refreshing potion to Nada, who was in a daze like a sleepwalker.
The three of them woke up from their dream, looked up at the scenery of the woods, and felt greatly shocked in their hearts.
The ground of the forest was like white snow, covered with numerous burnt white embers. Countless white ashes were piled into tall trees, each of which was dozens of meters high, blocking out the vast pure white sky.
There were no stars or sun in the sky, nothing at all.
The woodland is the border between the dream world and the spirit world.
If ordinary people accidentally come to the woods in a dream, they will often get lost, but Irene is different. She has a way to get guidance from the Lord of the Lost.
She was mumbling to herself.
"Great Lord of the Lost, you are the master of the spiritual path and the guiding star in the morning light. We follow your guidance and walk on the cold road to the door of spirituality."
Byrne and Nada slowly raised their heads and were surprised to see that the empty white sky was now occupied by "Him" alone!
The black cross light flickered in the sky, silently overlooking the entire wall-less forest.
Carl gazed calmly from the sky at the woodland in his dream and the spirit world beyond.
Here they come. The Fisher family has finally come to the spirit world for the first time.
It's not like he has been doing nothing over the years. He hasn't just been idle every day, but has often wandered around the spirit world.
Although those seemingly powerful mysterious beings avoided him from afar and ran faster than rabbits, and there was no way or means to communicate with them, Carl still basically figured out many rules belonging to the spiritual world and basically sorted out the "map" of the spiritual world.
In fact, the spiritual world has no fixed terrain, but through different "spiritual doors", people's consciousness can go to various different areas.
Then, the black cross light hung quietly in the sky.
"How great!"
Irene lowered her head and knelt on the ground. She could not suppress the excitement in her calm tone and said to the two people who were stunned behind her:
"Our Lord has given us guidance! Let us keep moving forward in His direction!"
Byrne and Nada also knelt on the ground and expressed their sincere gratitude to the great Lord of the Lost.
Other extraordinary people who entered the dream were not as lucky as them. If they did not have special means or found certain rules, they could only rely on luck to reach the spiritual world from the forest.
Following His guidance, the three of them walked silently forward in the white snow. The surroundings were silent and their moods were subtly calm and confused.
Until they passed through the woodland and came to the true spirit world.
They looked up in shock, looking at the amazing scenery. Above their heads was an ocean filled with numerous islands, as if it could fall from the sky at any time!
Under their feet was a completely unfamiliar land, and many phantoms around them were gradually taking shape, as if they were about to form a city that had never existed before.
The three of them came to a spiritual island together. This island, like all other islands, is a projection of history composed of the subconscious of all living beings.
When it is not observed, it will always be in a vague state. Once it is observed by a conscious body, it will gradually take shape and evolve into an entity.
Irene calmly looked at the two people behind her, recounted the knowledge in her mind, and slowly said:
"The most important concept in the spiritual world is 'doors'. Behind almost all 'spiritual doors', there are new things and changes, strange objects, knowledge, new spiritual islands, or unpredictable things."
"The Shadow Gate we are looking for is one of the many spiritual gates. It exists on this island."
The first journey into the spirit world is extremely important!
As long as they can establish a connection to the Shadow Gate, they can come here frequently to perform rituals and continuously control new extraordinary people!
Granny Nada was the first person to undergo the experiment.
Theoretically, as long as the Fisher family has enough resources, they can even establish a loyal extraordinary army. Even Byrne himself feels chilled at the thought!
The things around the three people gradually changed, and tall white buildings that they had never seen before appeared, and there were flame marks everywhere.
Nada was completely shocked by the development of the situation and the existence of the spiritual world. He didn't know what to say and could only stand there and pray.
Byrne looked at the buildings that were gradually changing around him, put his hand under his nose, thought for a moment and said,
"I observe that the buildings around me don't look like modern buildings. Some of them look like the buildings of the Syat people from two hundred years ago."
Granny Nada was stunned for a moment and said:
"Two hundred years ago? At that time, the Siat people should still be in the center of the Oden continent. We were so brave and powerful that we even defeated the Lorn people of the Empire."
Byrne and Irene had also heard this history from the old man. The Loen Empire, which is now the overlord of the continent, was no match for the Syat people two hundred years ago.
A hundred years ago, they used extremely despicable means to expel the most heroic Syat people from the center of the continent to the east.
Moreover, "Syats" means "exiled people", so the Syats of the past were certainly not called Syats, but called themselves the Flame Clan because they were good at using gunpowder.
"We need to find the Shadow Gate immediately. The Spiritual Island is where the most intense emotions of many living beings converge. Major disasters often occur in the historical gaps projected. We must complete everything before the disaster strikes."
Irene paused and warned the two in a very serious tone.
"Remember not to enter other doors at random. Behind each spiritual door are different possibilities. They may be opportunities or dangers."
"Once our consciousness in the spiritual world collapses, we will also suffer mental trauma in the real world, and even fall into extreme fear and madness, and finally our souls will collapse and perish."
Of course, Byrne and Granny Nada both understood how dangerous the spirit world was, and they did not dare to be careless at all.
This spiritual island projected a crack in history and gradually turned into a city from more than 200 years ago. After the three people set foot in the strange city, real human figures began to appear around them.
They were once the Syat people, no, they were the Yan people. Now they gathered together on the streets and kept shouting. Many of them wearing white robes were very emotional.
Byrne and the others soon heard the white-robed passers-by shouting something.
"Blood debt must be paid with blood!"
The people of the Flame Tribe shouted loudly, everyone looked sad and roared madly.
After hearing it clearly, the three of them realized that a city had been invaded and fallen by the Loen people, and tens of thousands of Syat people had been killed and captured as slaves.
They all felt extremely confused. Two hundred years ago, the Syat people were invincible. It was said that they had never been defeated in a hundred years. How could they have such a tragic past?
Could it be that the projected history was false? It couldn't be that the history that the people of Lisyat had passed down for hundreds of years was fictitious?
But it had nothing to do with them. The three of them just wanted to find the Shadow Gate.
Byrne looked at Irene and asked in a low voice: "Where will the door be?"
Irene recalled the mysterious knowledge in her mind and answered truthfully: "It should be the 'most important' place in this spiritual island."
The most important place?
Byrne fell into deep thought. What exactly did "most important" mean? Was it to defend the most secret place, or the most dangerous place? Or was it that "important" had another meaning?
"Stop, who are you? Why have I never seen you before? Are you undercover agents sent by the Lorne people?"
Suddenly, a knight in white armor walked around the crowd and stood in front of Irene and the other two. He had a serious look on his face, and many of the Flame Clan members around him also looked over.
At that time, the city had a small population and everyone was in a state of seeing each other every day. The sudden appearance of three unfamiliar people was indeed very conspicuous.
Granny Nada was terrified. She never expected that those people would actually notice them. She thought that those so-called projections would not produce any actual interaction.
Byrne walked up with a smile and communicated with the other party very skillfully:
"We are all from the Flame Tribe, and we are doctors living in seclusion in the surrounding area. We are good at using mysterious powers to cure diseases."
He paused, then said indignantly:
"I hope the damned Loen people go to hell! The current situation is not optimistic. We also want to contribute and are willing to provide free treatment to the sick fellow Yan people in the city!"
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[Every end is a brand new beginning of your reincarnation. ]
Gu Jiangming smiled. He had been walking on thin ice all his life, so he asked if he could speed through his reincarnation life once?
Just for fun, is that okay?
Gu Jiangming, who has been traveling through time for three years, only has this golden finger that can allow him to reincarnate but there is no reward. It is a useless golden finger.
In the course of reincarnations, he had worked as a handyman who had not passed the physical training period for a hundred years, as a guard who was not allowed to enter the immortal world and served as the most impoverished beggar in the capital.
But every time it ends in failure.
Until one day, Gu Jiangming finally achieved the title of "Drunken Swordsman" and made a great name for himself. He was able to suppress the sky with one sword. He even founded the Shushan Sect. In order to promote the name of Shushan, he was determined to save the world and help the people. Later, by chance, he formed a relationship with an evil spirit, but was conquered by the Wanzong Demon Killer on Shushan and eventually died.
Immediately afterwards, there was a prompt saying [Reincarnation ended, the game was saved].
In this world, there is a ruined and destroyed site of the Shushan Sect, and in the legend of the demon world, there is a female emperor who has been arbitrary and authoritarian for eternity.
Wait until Gu Jiangming's save files become more and more.
From the moment the love in the cycle of reincarnation came to her and wanted to find her husband's reincarnation, Gu Jiangming was sweating profusely.
What's going on? My wife came true?
Chapter 54 The Most Important Place
Soon, Byrne and his two companions learned that the knight was actually the sheriff's deputy who was responsible for maintaining law and order in the city.
At the same time, they also discovered that the historical gap was not the real world after all. No one except the sheriff's deputy would communicate with them, and they were all sometimes real, sometimes illusory, and erratic like ghosts.
After the sheriff's deputy learned that Byrne and the others were doctors living in seclusion nearby, he remained vigilant and cautious, and even said that he would find a prophecy spellcaster to test whether they were hostile.
The spellcaster appeared out of nowhere and cast a prophecy spell on the three people.
The answer, of course, is no hostility.
The three of them saw the prophecy spellcaster then disappear and drift away, as if he had never existed.
The sheriff's deputies and the people around him were indifferent.
It was a fictional world after all, and they were all certain of that deep down in their hearts.
"Very good, all the Flame Clan members need to do their part for their race."
Only then did the sheriff's deputies seem to let down their guard and agree to let them treat the sick people in the city.
"Healing" type spellcasters are not among the eight major types of spellcasters, and are even rarer than the prophecy type.
Among the eight main types of spellcasters, only the "change" type of spellcaster may have some healing spells.
The power that Irene wields makes her an instant favorite in town.
But the interaction with those real and unreal projections didn't feel real at all, and she didn't feel like she was treating real humans at all.
The three of them didn't care about this at all, they just tried their best to find the Shadow Gate.
Most spiritual islands are places where emotions gather, and are often historical gaps that have experienced disasters. They are well aware that the time they can stay is limited.
Where exactly is the "most important place"?
The three of them kept thinking about this question, so they stayed in the whole city. This ancient city has a clear architectural style, and many white buildings have flame marks on them.
They could see real and unreal figures singing and dancing, and they could also see figures cursing the imperial people. Almost everyone was extremely angry at the empire.
The three men still found nothing, and the last target they could think of was the sheriff's deputy's home.
They could only come together to the sheriff's deputy's house, which was a house built of white marble. It did not look extravagant but rather simple.
There were many real and unreal human figures and servants in the house, and they did not stop the three people's sudden arrival.
"Let's find it quickly."
After Byrne finished speaking, he, Irene, and Granny Nada started searching. However, after turning the entire house upside down, they still couldn't find any trace of the spiritual door.
"Where exactly is the most important place? Should we start with him?"
Byrne was puzzled and felt that the final answer would still fall on the sheriff's deputy. After all, among the many figures in the entire spiritual island, he was the only one who had intelligence close to that of an ordinary person.
Granny Nada observed the virtual and real projections around her and couldn't help but sigh:
"The spirit world is so magical. Everything here feels so strange to me, just like a dream. No, it's even more amazing than a dream!"
Byrne felt the same way deep down in his heart. This was indeed a wonderful place that could not be experienced in reality.
At this moment, Irene suddenly said,
"Be careful! I sense malicious intent nearby!"
They immediately became alert, and Byrne's eyes moved slightly. The residual smell remembered in his "deep memory" let him know in advance who was coming!
"Why are you in my house?"
Without warning, a sheriff's deputy in white armor suddenly appeared near them.
The sheriff's deputy looked at the three people who suddenly came in with vigilance and ferocity, and put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist, as if he might attack at any time.
He is the only almost real being on this spiritual island.
Byrne stared at him, thinking that he might as well try asking directly. If that didn't work, he could try other methods. So he asked straight to the point:
"Excuse me, where is the most important place in this city?"
"The most important place? You mean, the most important place?"
The deputy was stunned for a moment, then his face gradually became distorted, he held his head and trembled continuously, saying in pain and despair:
"It is there! I couldn't find it at first! If only I had found it sooner!"
"Please, help me! Help me to defend the most important place!"
Byrne, Irene and Granny Nada were all a little surprised. The sheriff's deputy's mental state was obviously not right. The regret and despair in his words seemed like the wailing of the dead, or the unwilling roar of the deceased.
They thought the other party was going crazy, but suddenly they saw the sheriff's deputy disappearing.
At this moment, the surrounding scenery gradually changed. The numerous things in the room seemed to be mixed into a chaotic color, fragmented, and then reconstructed into a new scene.
Suddenly they came to a wall of the city.
"Why are we here?"
Then Byrne discovered that the wall in front of him was gradually cracking and breaking, revealing a huge dark hole.
Suddenly, sounds of fighting and screaming were heard all around. The shadows of Lorn soldiers in armor appeared on the streets. Flames quickly enveloped many buildings and dyed the entire sky bright red. The raging flames like a giant beast ravaged everything, dancing violently.
Irene froze on the spot, her eyes drooping slightly, as if she was back in the night when the town of Nasir was set on fire by jungle natives.
"I see!"
It suddenly dawned on Byrne that the "most important place" for the sheriff's deputy was the gap in the city wall.
Back then, the city must have been broken open from the outside by the enemy's extraordinary forces, and then a large number of Loen soldiers rushed in overnight, causing the entire city to fall.
He took a deep breath and said,
"The city they mentioned at the beginning, where tens of thousands of people died or were captured by the Luo En Empire and they wanted to pay back the blood debt with blood, is actually the city we are standing on!"
Now the killing in the cracks of history has begun. The emotions of everyone in the city have quickly reached a climax, and the disaster that led to the complete destruction of this city in history is happening unstoppably.
Suddenly, Erin's "listener" made her realize that a Lorn soldier had noticed their location.
She hurriedly shouted, "Let's go in! We can't stay any longer! We can't fight against the disaster that destroyed the entire city!"
The three of them entered the pitch-black cave one after another. After reaching the other side, the scenes before their eyes changed completely.
Suddenly they saw endless white city ruins.
There was an air of decay and desolation in the air. The walls of most buildings were covered with cracks and damage, and the wind blowing through the doors made a desolate rustling sound.
This is the city's central square, where people once gathered, but now all that remains is an abandoned sculpture and an empty space, covered in dust and rubble, and the fountain in the middle has completely dried up.
Byrne observed calmly, and anyone could tell that it was the time right after the city was looted.
In the completely ruined city, a sheriff's deputy stood with his head bowed in thought, holding a rusty blade and wearing silver-white armor full of dents.
He was like a failed hero, red light gradually appeared in his eyes and his tone became low.
"Tell me, why can't I find the most important place?"
Granny Nada asked nervously, "What should we do? What should we do now? He doesn't seem right!"
Irene lowered her head and thought, she was going to consider carefully how to answer.
Byrne stroked the sword and flintlock at his waist, and based on the knowledge he had read in the book, he judged that the next answer was extremely important.
The sheriff's deputy in front of him may turn into a monster at any time, that is, the most common mysterious existence in the spirit world, the "bound spirit". They also exist in the Oden continent and possess extremely terrifying malice and power.
If their answer satisfied it enough, it would dissipate into the most basic spirituality and completely drift away in the world, and the three of them would no longer need to fight.
Avoiding a fight is naturally the best option. After a long silence, Byrne bowed and said sincerely,
"You are worthy of your identity. You are a true knight, noble, and warrior. You led the people of the Flame Clan in this city to resist until the last moment of your life. So, please take a rest."
They thought that this answer would avoid a fight and prevent the subconscious projection in front of them from continuing to mutate into a "bound spirit", but the words they heard next made their hearts sink.
"No, I'm not a warrior at all, because, in fact, I surrendered."
The sheriff's deputy's eyes turned completely dark red, and his body gradually twisted and swelled. A clown-like black iron mask appeared on his face, engraved with expressions of ridicule and madness!
"The Empire promised me everything! I was the one who dug that huge hole!"
Chapter 55: The Door of Knowledge and Shadows
Byrne was shocked and immediately understood why the sheriff's deputy was the only person who was close to being real on the spiritual island.
He is neither the lord of this city nor the hero who protects the most people, but he becomes the core of the emotional intersection of all the deceased lives.
This is obviously illogical.
The final reason turned out to be that he was the traitor. Byrne had never thought of this, and Irene and Grandma Nada were also surprised.
"Ha, ha ha ha, ha ha."
The originally silver-white armor gradually turned into pitch-black vines, and the smiling face on the clown's mask began to wriggle, as if some kind of insect was crawling under the black iron, and a strange sound that seemed to be half laughing came from his throat.
Bind soul.
A lower-level type of mysterious being, often transformed from the dead. They can retain the power they had in life, and on this basis possess some extraordinary characteristics of the undead type.
Byrne suddenly figured out the whole story and couldn't help but sneer and said:
"It must be that the Empire promised you something, but then failed to keep its word, so you finally discovered in pain and despair that you are just an extremely pathetic clown!"
He drew the flintlock from his waist and pointed it grimly at the clown.
"You are the most despicable traitor and the most pathetic clown. You must always apologize for what you did to the Syat people two hundred years ago."
Byrne despised traitors, especially those who betrayed their friends and family. They were undoubtedly scum who were selfish to the extreme.
"Ouch!"
The clown, who had transformed into a "bound spirit", roared and pounced on him. The knight, who was originally only at the middle level of the origin, now had his strength suddenly increased to the upper level of the origin after transforming into a monster, but he could no longer use his previous bloodline power.
Grandma Nada had already crawled to the side and encouraged the brother and sister spiritually.
She murmured to herself, "Praise you, praise the great God, you, you, you bless them and they will definitely win!"
The Soul-Bound Clown moved very quickly, and the Alchemical Flintlock's accuracy was questionable. Byrne had no way of ensuring that his bullet would hit the target, so he did not shoot immediately.
He suddenly drew out his sword and fought with the Soul-Bound Clown, using the extremely proficient swordsmanship in his memory to slash the Soul-Bound Clown time and time again, but his body was also caught several times.
Its claws were extremely sharp, and emitted a pale green glow. Byrne soon felt dizzy and could hardly withstand the attack mentally.
The consciousness in the spiritual world is not a real flesh and blood body in the real world. All the consequences of injuries will eventually be manifested on the spiritual level.
The stronger the spirituality, the more damage the conscious body can withstand. There is no doubt that those with sequence power have more advantages in the spiritual world.
Irene was holding another alchemical flintlock rifle and was slow to fire because the distance between the two sides was too close and it was easy to cause accidental injuries.
Thanks to the effect of the enhanced training of "deep memory", Byrne's swordsmanship skills are already top-notch in the mortal realm.
Even though he is not a melee type of Sequence Transcendent, his physical fitness is still much stronger than that of ordinary people.
However, Byrne had very little actual combat experience and possessed too little combat experience, at least far less than Lucius did at the beginning.
The Ghost-Bound Clown rushed over again and again, like a raging beast, completely losing its sanity. Trapped in a dilemma, Byrne suddenly recalled that he had fought with a similar creature before.
It was like a ferocious and injured ape, attacking almost madly, its sharp claws extremely intimidating.
He recalled how his father had fought, and looked at the wounds on his body, and suddenly he understood.
The Ghost-Bound Clown suddenly approached, and Byrne subconsciously wanted to attack but quickly retreated.
No, I can't launch an attack now. The distance is not enough and the wound will not be deep enough.
My father said that those who learn to control distance and timing in battle are the true masters.
Distance, timing, distance, timing…
"Ouch!"
The Soul-Bound Clown roared and raised its head, then suddenly jumped up and swooped down towards Byrne. After its feet left the ground, its body became difficult to dodge.
Now! Speed up!
With a blue light flashing in Byrne's eyes, he turned into a shadow and rushed out at an even faster speed in an instant!
He rushed forward suddenly, just like Lucius once did, and used a simple forward stab!
"Puff!"
The Soul Bound Clown's body was immediately pierced through the abdomen by the sword as it leaped over. It wailed in pain, but its body was still lifted up by Byrne's powerful strength.
Not far away, Irene was also praying quietly to the great Lord of the Lost.
"Great Lord of the Lost, please give me the power to bring destruction to those dead!"
Black light mixed with the breath of destruction wrapped around the bullet. Irene took a deep breath and had a strange feeling as if she was being guided by God.
It will hit, for He has already determined its fate.
"Bang!"
The bullet in the black light instantly drew a line of destruction, rushed towards the already dead soul, and hit the Soul-Bound Clown directly on the head.
You are so great!
Irene showed a contented smile, and the deepest part of her heart seemed to be filled with fulfilling faith.
The wailing stopped in an instant, and Byrne ran out of strength to put down the Soul-Bound Clown. The lowest level of mysterious existence gradually dissipated into a light blue spiritual light spot and returned to the mysterious spiritual world.
"It was a really outrageous experience. The spirit world is so weird."
Byrne sighed, with a vague sense of excitement deep in his heart. He felt that his practical experience had increased a lot.
The strength of supernatural power is decisive in battle.
However, actual combat experience will naturally play an extremely important role in battles of the same level.
Irene looked at the dissipated spirits and silently prayed to sacrifice them to the great Lord of the Lost, but nothing happened.
She felt sorry and said calmly:
"We are now at the outermost circle of the spiritual world, the fourth circle. The spiritual world is divided into four circles in total. The closer we are to the spiritual islands inside, the more real and larger the historical gaps they project are."
"It is said that if people suddenly enter the innermost circle, they may never notice the difference between there and the real world."
Grandma Nada suddenly pointed in the air and shouted.
"That is, what is that!"
Irene and Byrne also looked over quickly and saw two completely different large whirlpools appearing in the air.
The purple swirl is intense and rich, the color extending outward from the core, gradually transitioning to a soft bright purple, as if it is emitting a faint light.
As it continues to rotate and twist, it creates a wonderful and fascinating light and shadow, as if there are endless secrets hidden inside.
The other vortex was pitch black.
It seemed like a gathering point of darkness, swallowing up all the light nearby. It was thick and opaque, spinning rapidly and irregularly, and it could lose control at any time.
The black vortex is like a dark painting, twisted, entangled and deformed, which makes people think of mysterious hidden forces.
They are the doors of spirituality.
Irene took a deep breath and finally reached her goal, but she was still feeling uneasy deep down inside:
"They are the 'Gate of Knowledge' and the 'Gate of Shadows'. Once you choose one, the other one will disappear, so we can only enter one of them."
She was quite excited because after finding the Shadow Gate, the Fisher family would be able to continuously produce new controlled extraordinary beings.
"The Gate of Knowledge?"
A strong curiosity suddenly emerged in Byrne's heart. The door of knowledge had a great appeal to him.
The things behind the door seemed like the most important treasure and the closest family member, making him want to touch them quickly.
"Erin, what's behind the door of knowledge?"
He stared at the purple vortex, subconsciously took half a step forward, and could hardly move his eyes away.
"It's forbidden knowledge, or even some extraordinary knowledge that doesn't exist in our world. It may not be useful, but knowing it will almost always cost you a permanent price."
Irene noticed that something was wrong with Byrne, and immediately walked up to him, put her hand on his shoulder, and warned him:
"Don't be tempted by knowledge. We just need to do what we have to do. Let's go through the Shadow Gate quickly and let Granny Nada take that potion!"
Byrne suddenly came back to his senses, nodded, took a deep breath, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
The forbidden knowledge behind the vortex seemed to have life and was tempting him just now!
Chapter 56 The Lost Ritual Completed
Byrne occasionally heard that in recent years some extraordinary people on the Riordan continent were trying to explore the spirit world.
It was hard for him to imagine how much risk those who had no knowledge of the spiritual world and no guidance from the gods would take by constantly trying in the dangerous, terrifying, and tempting spiritual world.
"What does the Shadow Gate mean?" Byrne asked again.
Irene recalled the mysterious knowledge in her mind, and finally summarized her explanation:
"The Shadow Gate is also called the Chaos Gate, which means the random change of state. Different Shadow Gates will bring different changes."
Random changes?
Byrne was stunned for a moment, and a trace of fear rose in his heart. He said,
"Then what changes will happen after we pass through this shadow door?"
"Yes, but as long as we leave the spirit world, most of those states will not be retained."
Irene took out a knife and cut her palm, then she slowly squatted down with her blood-stained hand and stretched out her hand, making five mystical symbols in succession in the ruins.
They symbolize "restriction", "contraction", "expansion", "communication" and "reception" respectively.
These are the coordinates used to record the location of the spirit world. The next time they enter the spirit world, they can arrive here directly without having to search for the Shadow Gate again.
After doing everything, she stood up, stretched out her hand, and stared at the black vortex very solemnly.
Faint blue dots of light emerged from the three people and slowly led to the shadow door.
The purple vortex disappeared immediately, and the black vortex gradually expanded until it occupied the entire field of vision. They immediately sensed that something was wrong with the world.
"We have passed through the Gate of Shadows."
As soon as Irene finished speaking, she discovered that the ruins of the entire city turned into black and white, and they all became people with only black and white left, as if they had become living beings in another dimension.
Irene was quite confused about the current situation but did not show it. Instead, she calmly turned to Granny Nada and said:
"My Lord is not only the dawn, but also salvation. He is the lost Lord who is far above everything in the world and will surely be resurrected. After you go through this lightless and shadowless ceremony, you will be able to become His further servant."
Although this was her first time in the spirit world and her first time passing through the Gate of Shadows, she had to try not to show any timidity, otherwise Granny Nada might look down on her in her heart.
Byrne took out the special medicine from his waist and handed it to Granny Nada who had been waiting for it for a long time. The latter thanked the brother and sister profusely.
The potion was drank in one gulp.
It is cold, sticky, and even makes people dizzy. The extremely bad taste is accompanied by a feeling of joy. Those who take it know that they can finally go one step further.
She was about to receive a reward from the great being for her loyalty over the years!
Granny Nada felt her connection with the Lord of the Lost strengthened, and a huge sense of fear instantly spread throughout her body!
But she not only had great respect for the Lord of the Lost, but deep in her heart she also devoutly longed for Him to grant her powerful strength!
To transcend the ordinary people and reach the extraordinary is the dream of countless people since they were born!
However, in the world of the past, blood and talent determined everything.
The desire and thirst of ordinary people for extraordinary powers is so great that it is unimaginable. Many people are even willing to pay the price of their lives to explore powers different from ordinary people!
"I feel Him, oh, I praise you, great Lord of the Lost!"
Nada knelt down in the ruins and prayed devoutly to the black cross light flashing in the sky.
Success?
Irene and Byrne looked at each other. It seemed that Granny Nada's connection with the Lord had been strengthened. This way, even if she became a transcendent, she could still be controlled.
The purpose is achieved.
Any feelings or thoughts of betrayal will be noticed by the great Lord of the Lost, and they will immediately locate the other party and eliminate them.
In fact, after most people sense God's gaze, even if they originally had thoughts of betrayal, their thoughts will be instantly extinguished in fear.
"Come back to reality. You have completed the lost ritual in the spirit world."
After Irene finished speaking, she reached out and patted Granny Nada's head, then drew a mysterious symbol of the "changing" moon and said:
"wake up."
Grandma Nada felt that she had a very long dream, and it took her a long time to gradually wake up from the deep hallucination.
She opened her eyes and saw Priest Irene and Mr. Byrne kneeling on the ground, and the great holy object on the altar.
Granny Nada couldn't help but take a look at the black light contained in the holy object, and suddenly she felt boundless fear. She felt that everything around her had lost its luster, and all things were gradually fading away and being destroyed.
It was a completely different state from the black and white city ruins that one arrived at after passing through the Shadow Gate. Even the sounds seemed to have faded.
She immediately fell to her knees in fear, muttering to herself.
At the same time, Irene praised the Lord of the Lost with great piety, celebrating the completion of the Lost Ritual.
"Oh, praise you, the great Lord of the Lost! Please grant us new power!"
After she finished praying, she slowly stood up, went to the corner of the basement and took out a bottle of dark blue potion that she had prepared for a long time.
This bottle of ghostly blue potion is a magic potion made with the "Ghost Blue Fish Fins". Theoretically, anyone who takes it will be able to gain the extraordinary power of the "Road of Divine Sacrifice".
Byrne took a deep breath and watched Irene hand the potion to the excited old man.
The greatest hidden weapon of the Fisher family is the power to make others become extraordinary.
It's just that the principles of "caution" and "secrecy" make them feel that if people who are not blood relatives cannot be controlled, then it's best not to give them extraordinary powers easily.
The lost ritual developed through years of research gives the Fisher family the possibility to manipulate low-level supernatural beings, and they must seize this opportunity.
After drinking the magic potion, Granny Nada felt a strong dizziness in her head and almost fainted. She finally managed to stand still.
"I feel like I'm in a different world..."
Irene subconsciously wanted to help her, but she knew that she had to maintain her dignity as a priest and not be too casual during the ceremony.
So she just stared at everything happening with an expressionless face.
Finally, Grandma Nada embarked on the "road to divine worship" by climbing the long steps to the gods.
She is just like Irene in the past, mastering the first-tier sequence power "Servant" and gaining the extraordinary characteristics of "worshiping the gods" and "malice perception".
The spiritual enhancement made the mind clearer, and the improvement of physical fitness was like regaining more than ten years of youth. Granny Nada became extremely excited!
"My body now feels like I have returned to the age of fifty. How magical, hahahahaha! Great Lord of the Lost, I am willing to give everything! You are my true salvation, my master!"
She knelt on the ground with a fanatical look. Irene and Byrne looked at each other. Even if the Lost Ritual did not work to control Grandma Nada, it might not be a big problem.
Because, after gaining extraordinary power, the old man has become extremely pious to the great Lord of the Lost!
An idea suddenly occurred to Irene from deep within her heart.
What if they tried to use the Lost Ritual to control more extraordinary people?
Not the extraordinary people who were given the potion later, but those who were extraordinary people in the first place.
However, the entire process of entering the spirit world and passing through the Shadow Gate almost requires the cooperation of the other party. It is not as simple as forcing a bottle of potion into the mouth.
She shook her head, thinking that she couldn't do that out of caution.
After all, even if someone completes the Lost Ritual, if he insists on betraying, and is not even afraid of the gaze of the Lord of Loss, but instead guesses that the Lord is in such a state that he cannot act at will, then it will still be difficult to deal with in the end.
"Morning Light" must first win the other person's heart over to the Lord of the Lost. When a certain level of loyalty is cultivated and the other person has made sufficient contributions, he will lead that person to the spirit world to perform the Lost Ceremony.
She thought back to the children at the Dawn Orphanage and a smile gradually appeared on her face.
"I think that the great light of the Lost Lord will eventually spread across the entire East Coast."
Chapter 57 Second Child
"What exactly is He? Is He some extremely powerful god, or a higher being?"
The director of the Sapphire Library is on a spiritual island in the third circle of the spiritual world.
Stars appeared on the old man's blue robe. He put his hands behind his back and flew in the air, weaving among the crowd of people. The feather pen and black book floating beside him silently recorded everything that happened.
For several years, he has been in the spiritual world, constantly exploring and experimenting, and even several spiritual incarnations have "died" for this.
Each circle is like a huge maze. Only by finding and passing through the spiritual doors in the corresponding order can the consciousness enter the next circle.
The curator tried to draw a map, but found that the spiritual islands and spiritual doors often changed with almost no pattern, or they have not been discovered yet.
During his journey in the spirit world, he would occasionally gain something, obtain some unique knowledge and items, and become more and more aware of how terrifying the existence of the spirit world is. This would undoubtedly bring unimaginable changes to the continent of Oden and even the world of Krad.
The curator often sees a black cross of light appearing in the sky. The aura that seems to lead the world to the end always makes people shudder, and they even feel that the entire spiritual world may collapse in an instant.
"Fortunately, although He often hangs high in the sky, He never really does anything."
Over time, the curator began to regard that thing as something like the "sun" or "moon" in the spiritual world and completely ignored it.
He knew that in the past ten years, many ancient secret sects, ancient libraries, mysterious academies, churches, extraordinary nobles, and even untouchable beings whose "true names" were hidden in history, had been trying and exploring the spiritual world, and many people had paid a huge price for it.
But people are still extremely greedy, and because of the unprecedented temptation of power, they still find it difficult to give up the opportunity to enter the spiritual world.
The curator calmly stretched out his right hand. On the back of his old hand was crawling a blue creature that looked like a miniature baby. Its miniature facial features were quite creepy. It was a mysterious existence unique to the spirit world and also the most important gain of the old man in his ten years of wandering in the spirit world.
"It's really interesting that this little thing can devour and store the souls of the dead. In addition to imprisoning the souls of enemies, it can obviously be developed for many other uses."
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Nasir Town.
Although the Fisher family has not existed for a long time, it has become the "non-aristocratic nobles" and "the most prestigious family in Nasir" in the town of Nasir.
Even the newly sent mayor of the Hoven family was quite friendly with the Fischer family, and the two sides were in a nearly harmonious and balanced relationship.
Irene hired some skilled people to teach the children in the orphanage collectively.
Nowadays, the apprenticeship system is still popular, and group teaching is not popular in rural areas. However, under the encouragement of money, the teachers have no objection.
Byrne often observed the children's learning process, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.
He knew that there was an academy in the city of Finn that taught noble students all kinds of knowledge, but many people in the towns didn't even know the concept of an academy.
If I could open an academy in Fein City in the future and teach more people knowledge, it would be a great thing just thinking about it.
Furthermore, if the orphans want to learn further knowledge, they cannot simply rely on the townspeople.
Not only for his family, he really wants more people to learn knowledge and be curious about the world.
However, the dream of opening a college in Nasir is too big, and Byrne can only think about it at present. Neither the financial resources nor other resources allow it.
Recently, Byrne no longer goes to the workshop all the time, but spends more time with Darren and Margaret to prevent them from becoming more and more "distant" from him.
Darren was a completely happy little fat boy who ran around and looked for food all day long. He was the most heartless and darling in the whole family. Byrne even doubted whether he could support the Fisher family when he grew up.
During this period of time, he has been studying how to advance to the third level of sequence power.
According to the hint given by the Lost Lord, one must complete a ritual that conforms to the characteristics of "mystery" and "knowledge" in order to be promoted to the third level, but it is completely unknown how to do it specifically.
Later generations can continue to move forward according to the trajectory set by the former, but Byrne, as a pioneer, must overcome extremely huge difficulties.
"Not everything can be done. To complete the ritual, you must be able to fully mobilize the spiritual energy in your body until it boils completely."
Spirituality, Byrne feels, is like invisible water.
It appears as a light blue dot in the spiritual world. Although it cannot be seen or touched in the real world, it is undoubtedly a real substance that exists.
In order to mobilize the spirituality to a boiling point, it is necessary to use specific behaviors and methods to constantly guide it. As a pioneer, Byrne has no choice but to try things related to "mystery" and "knowledge" one by one.
As Byrne flipped through books at home, he would ponder to himself.
"Although I can only find the way to the next step through a lot of trial and error, if I can find it, it will be much easier for those who come after me to take this path."
"I just don't know who will set foot on the long steps of the 'Path of Knowledge' in the future."
After completing the Lost Ritual, Granny Nada gained mysterious power through the potion, and the fanaticism she displayed afterwards even shocked Byrne and Irene.
Without hesitation, she donated fifty gold coins to the Fisher family, which was almost all of the old man's savings.
Later, Granny Nada forced her sons to learn about religion, but she did not ask them to worship gods. Instead, she always questioned the actions of the six major orthodox churches in history.
Without Irene's permission, she didn't dare to tell her sons anything about the Lost Lord.
Knowing how to follow rules and teachings is a good quality, and Irene is very satisfied with this.
Byrne and Irene both understood one thing, that Granny Nada was paving the way for her sons, hoping that they would be able to join the Dawn in the future and become extraordinary beings under the glory of the great Lord of the Lost.
She had never thought of bringing her sons into Dawn before, but after they truly gained extraordinary powers, the old woman's thoughts changed completely.
Such a great opportunity, even with huge risks, is still something that is worth seeking!
Whether to allow new followers to join Chenxi requires the consent of Irene, Byrne, and Chris. In fact, the most important decision is in Irene's hands.
She decided to find an opportunity to "test" some people in Nasir Town, and those who passed the "test" would face further "tests".
The people who need Irene to "test" are not only Granny Nada's sons, but also some other people in the town, such as John, a sea merchant with whom she has cooperated for many years, and even old Raymond's son Xiu.
After years of getting along with them, she could vaguely sense which people had no faith in the righteous God deep in their hearts.
That night, Margaret, lying in bed, suddenly pushed away her husband who was about to come closer.
Byrne was suddenly confused. After calculating some physiological times, he felt that it should be possible tonight.
"Byrne, I want to tell you something." Margaret said hesitantly.
"What's wrong?"
Byrne was confused and suddenly felt that his wife's expression became a little subtle.
Margaret thought for a moment, and finally smiled:
"I think I'm pregnant again."
Byrne was slightly stunned, and then he was overjoyed. No matter what kind of extraordinary person, their fertility is very worrying. After years of hard work, they finally got their second result!
Ordinary people can give birth to many children as long as they are willing to sow more seeds, but the group of extraordinary people is extremely special.
Not only is it extremely difficult for extraordinary people to give birth, but there is also an upper limit to the number of children they can have. Once a certain number is exceeded, it is impossible to give birth to new offspring.
"That's great! Margaret, you really have worked so hard!"
He hugged his wife tightly as she giggled in his arms. They were both very happy. They hardly slept that night, and the couple talked for a long time, which was rare recently.