From Prisoner to Si Chen

Although the Sichen camp in March and May maintained a neutral stance, Jilan had acquaintances. In July, he also had some friendship with "Santa Claus (Angel of Wands, Morning Day)" Germaine Nicholas.

When Gilan was still very young, he received a Christmas gift and was even invited to visit the "Santa Claus Workshop", which earned Germain's attention.

At that time, Germaine also blocked the attack of Krampus, the "Christmas Demon" for Gillan.

Now is a good time to visit again.

When consciousness sinks and you completely enter a lucid dream.

Jilan controlled his own consciousness, set out from the spiritual kingdom of Rodlan, took a spiritual boat, and sailed to Toyalan, the hometown of God.

His first stop was, of course, the Golden Palace, the home of "his wife" Sasha.

Through the unique feather token, after Gilan landed in Shenxiang, he used it as a medium to instantly teleport to a palace deep in the "corridor".

The splendid palace was extremely spacious, with two rows of golden pillars full of reliefs surrounding the aisles. There was a throne at the deepest part, with a woman in a white evening dress lying on it.

The woman seemed to be sleeping soundly, with steady breathing and a lazy posture. On the perfect and delicate face, the eyes were closed tightly and the eyelashes were slightly trembling.

Ji Lan slowly walked over, stepped onto the steps, and finally stood in front of the throne.

He quietly admired the woman's sleeping posture, as if appreciating a piece of art.

After a while, he reached out his hand, intending to wake it up.

Unexpectedly, as soon as his hand reached halfway, the latter grabbed his wrist first.

Snap!

"Brother Jilan, you are here."

Sasha opened her eyes, her beautiful eyes filled with a smile.

With a strong tug, she pulled Jilan into her full arms, and then hugged him tightly.

"A busy man like you is willing to come to me?"

Sasha opened her red lips slightly and whispered in the young man's ear.

"Did you miss me?"

Gilan didn't resist, and simply changed into a comfortable position, put his arm around Sasha's waist, and sat on the throne.

"Well, I miss you." He nodded, with a serious look on his face, and then said, "I'm ready to ascend."

Hearing this, Sasha's beautiful eyes lit up.

But then she rolled her eyes.

"Do you really miss me? Oh, perfunctory!" She muttered, then grabbed Jilan's big hand, placed it on her peak, and motioned to Jilan to help massage it. "Brother is finally going to ascend. I've been waiting for a long time!"

"Which path is brother going to take? Do you need my help?"

"Ahem, February."

Jilan kept moving, without squinting, and said:

"However, I plan to walk through the other gates of ascension and experience different enlightenments... Sasha, you know, the path I took was explored by myself, so this experience is very valuable."

"Um……"

Sasha's beautiful eyes seemed to be dripping with water.

She pondered, raised her face and smiled:

"So brother wants my permission to go through the 'Twin Gate' in May?"

"Not bad." Jilan nodded. "Actually, the Owena Federation has been forced by me. They agreed to my conditions and agreed to open the door to ascension for me. They want me to ascend quickly."

"Brother has reached the highest point in the world. Even Leonidas can't do anything to you. Naturally, I don't want you to stay any longer."

Sasha chuckled twice.

She stood up suddenly, straddled Jilan's lap, then lowered her head and whispered:

"It's not impossible if you want me to open the back door for you. The premise is that my brother also has to open the back door for me..."

"Ah?" Ji Lan looked puzzled.

"Don't worry, brother, I have a way not to hurt you."

Sasha smiled maliciously.

She pushed Gilan down.

The palace suddenly echoed with bell-like laughter, as well as Gilan's exclamations and gasps.

…

…

"Brother Gillan, after hundreds of years, we finally meet again."

On a deserted plateau, a sturdy man wearing leather armor, carrying a buckler and a spear on his back laughed heartily.

With an emotional expression, he strode forward and gave the purple-eyed young man a big hug.

Then he let out a light sigh and said doubtfully:

"Why do I see you so haggard? Could it be... that you were misled by wine and sex?"

Texel looked at the tired-looking young man with purple eyes in front of him and shook his head.

"Back then, you were also Klein's most heroic warrior. Recently, I've heard a lot of rumors about your feats... But remember not to fall."

"Mr. Texel, I have actually given up drinking."

Ji Lan smiled awkwardly and waved his hands.

Quit drinking...

That is being misled by sex.

Texel then showed a look of surprise.

Not long ago, scandalous rumors about two female superiors, "Red Sage", "Miss Ether" and "Bishu", spread throughout the Shenxiang Corridor...

He immediately patted Gilan on the shoulder and gave a thumbs up.

Seeing this, Gillan knew that Texel had misunderstood.

He sighed to himself.

Every time I go to see Sasha, the other party will pester me and play new tricks. Now when I think about it, I can't help but feel weak in my legs.

"Well, Mr. Texel, I found your HOS this time through Miss Sasha's secret method. Actually, I have something to ask for."

Gillan did not explain and directly changed the subject.

Texel nodded and folded his elbows.

"Whatever it is, just ask. If I can help, I will definitely help you."

"Thank you." Gillan said, pausing for a moment. "I want to go through the 'Aries Gate' in March."

"Huh?" Tsel was a little surprised. "You want to change your path and take the 'Gladiator' path in March?"

"Not really..."

Gillan shook his head and denied, and then explained to Tsel.

Soon, after listening to his concise description, Tsel learned the general situation, laughed, and applauded.

"Great, great! It turns out that the reason you stayed in the mortal world was to pursue the ultimate strength, so as to threaten the Owena Federation and finally open their ascension gate for you... Hundreds of years of planning are to pursue the truth of the law, which really makes me admire it!"

Tsel's angular face, like a knife and an axe, showed a look of surprise.

Gillan was stunned.

He didn't expect that the other party would be so good at imagination.

But Gillan didn't explain.

"Including me, the four apostles under Mr. 'Gladiator' Mars are all warlike and good at fighting, so they admire the strong who pursue the ultimate strength and truth."

Tessell's face gradually became serious.

He nodded and said in a deep voice:

"Don't worry, the guardian of the 'Aries Gate' in March, 'Barrier' Taunos, is my good friend... and He has always heard about your deeds from me and admires you very much. This is not a problem."

"Thank you."

Gilan breathed a sigh of relief and saluted the "Undefeated" Tessell.

... Having solved the Ascension Gates of May and March one after another, Gilan was in a good mood. The last stop was to the "Santa Claus Workshop".

Because the previous "Workshop Visit Ticket" had been scrapped, Gilan could no longer go there by taking the "Silent Post Carriage".

Fortunately, as an apostle in charge of "secrets", Sasha kept the tokens of most of the ascenders, transmuters and even apostles in the Divine Land, so Gilan got a token of "Morning Day" German from her and used it to teleport directly over.

Came to the workshop again.

Gilan was in the snow, in front of the strange building that looked like an enlarged gift box.

Two ceramic sculptures of deer-headed people in suits and leather shoes stood on the left and right of the door.

Crunch, crunch.

Gilan stepped on the thick snow, breathing white air from his mouth, and walked forward.

After he approached, the two ceramic sculptures of deer heads suddenly moved.

"Mr. Gillan Iros, the 'Red Sage', welcome to the 'Santa Claus Workshop' again! After a year, I didn't expect that you have gone from an unknown little person to a well-known strong man in the God's Land!"

The deer head sculpture on the left opened and closed its mouth, making a respectful sound, and mechanically clapped to celebrate, which looked quite funny.

The deer head sculpture on the right made a clacking sound in its shoulder joints, rotated its arms a circle, and led the door in, saying:

"As the distinguished guest of the owner of German, please come in."

Gillan nodded to the two sculptures, bowed slightly, and then walked in with a white cane.

The familiar assembly line scene came into view, and many childlike deer head dolls and little people were constantly moving or packing Christmas gifts, working hard for the good children in the world.

After Gillan entered the workshop, these dolls and little people didn't care and continued to do their own work.

"Hmm? Where is Mr. Germain?"

He looked puzzled, and after a glance, he could not find any trace of "Santa Claus" Germain.

So he continued to go deeper along the aisle between the assembly lines.

Soon, he came to a hall, and on the red wall opposite, hung the huge "Twin Kite" painting.

A white-haired boy wearing a red cloak and holding an oak cane was standing there, looking up at the girl in the painting, lost in thought.

In the huge oil painting, the long-haired girl in a black puffy skirt was still sitting on a high stool, facing an oval full-length mirror. In the mirror, another short-haired girl with the same appearance but wearing a white skirt was reflected.

The two girls were talking and laughing in a low voice, and it was hard to hear clearly.

As Gillan approached, the two girls turned their heads at the same time and looked outside the painting.

To be precise, they looked at Gillan.

In May, the twin kites Maria and Mary smiled at Gillan in a friendly manner and waved.

"Hello, Gillan."

This scene not only stunned Gillan.

Even the "morning day" Germain, who had been looking up at the painting, was shocked.

Because since he collected this painting, he had never seen the twin kites interact with people outside the painting.

Germain turned around suddenly and looked at Gillan with a complicated look.

"Meet the twin kites."

Gillan came back to his senses, took off his hat, and saluted the painting with his chest.

The smiles on the faces of the two girls became even bigger, and they said:

"We will witness your ascension together."

"It's my honor, Miss Mary, Miss Maria."

Gillan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

Immediately, the two girls turned their heads again and continued to talk and laugh, no longer paying attention to the outside of the painting.

"Sorry, Mr. Germain, I disturbed you."

Gillan apologized to the white-haired boy in the red cloak again.

Germain was silent for a moment, then smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"It's okay." He said. "I haven't welcomed Mr. Gillan to visit again... Oh, I didn't expect that in just one year, your status and strength have changed dramatically."

Germain walked over with a cane, feeling quite emotional.

"I have always paid attention to you, and everything along the way has been noticed by me... I am even a little jealous that you are valued by Twin Kite."

He said and smiled.

Gillan certainly knows why Germain is "jealous" because he seems to have been secretly in love with his sister Maria in "Twin Kite".

"Don't worry, Mr. Germain..."

He winked at the boy in the red cloak, leaned over, and whispered in a joking tone:

"I'm not going to take the May path."

"Ha ha."

Germaine laughed after hearing this.

Gillan's joke relieved the somewhat awkward atmosphere. After the two exchanged a few words, Germaine asked:

"I wonder what's the purpose of Mr. Gillan's visit this time?"

"That's it..."

Gillan spoke for a while, and in a deep voice told Germaine the whole story and his request.

After a while, Germaine fell silent.

"You want to get through the Lions Gate in July?"

He sighed.

"Actually, you shouldn't come to me about this matter, but to Angel Dusk, because he is the guardian of the Lion Gate."

"However, I can intercede for you."

Germaine pondered and said again:

"Perhaps you already know that our Lord has split his crazy body long ago and resides on the top of the Divine Land with pure spirituality... So far, He has not responded to us for thousands of years, and the situation is unknown."

"So Angel has been abiding by the rules of thousands of years ago, controlling the 'Lion Gate', and strictly testing every mystic who tries to ascend to July."

"I see."

Gillan nodded.

"Then I'll leave this to Mr. Germain. If Miss Angel doesn't agree, I will give it a try according to his rules and tests."

"Okay." Germaine smiled.

…

…

Late September.

Gillan received a secret message from Caesar.

There is only one sentence in the letter:

"On the last day of this month, prepare for the ascension ceremony."

Jilan, who was sitting in the office handling official duties, suddenly became energetic.

The subtext of the secret letter from the head of state is obvious, that is, the gates of ascension in January, August, September and December will be allowed to pass through by Gilan.

This can't help but make Jilan happy.

But as the saying goes, good fortune and misfortune depend on each other.

That night, after Gilan fell asleep, she happened to receive a reply from Germain "Morning and Night".

A clay elk doll had been waiting in the dream for a long time, conveying Germaine's apologetic words:

"'Twilight' Angel did not agree. If Gilan wants to pass the 'Lion Gate' in July, he can only rely on his own ability."

After waking up, Gillan stared at the ceiling.

Then he smiled.

"Relying on my own ability... Oh, well, if everything has been arranged, it would indeed be a bit boring."

he murmured.

Jilan does not think that his ascension must rely on personal connections. He is confident that with his strength, he can pass through any ascension gate!