Old-time musicians

Fan Ning looked at the source of the sound and saw a figure slowly taking shape under the golden stone lamp behind.

This man was wearing a plain long robe that reached down to his feet, with a golden belt around his chest. His hair was like snow-white wool. There was a bright light from the sun in his eyes, and his feet were like bright copper tempered in a furnace.

Fan Ning was not very surprised by the appearance of the saint.

But he realized that the question raised by the other party was an extremely dangerous one. Those "human thoughts" that had been suppressed by the violent light were now struggling to reappear and operate under vigilance.

The key to "Snake"?

Fan Ning clearly remembered everything that happened at the "Meat Sacrifice" in the South. That night on the red church altar, Renela, whose neck was covered with scarlet splatters, once raised her head to the sky and smiled nervously: "The return of our Lord's true knowledge is imminent, and the 'Key Holder No. 1' has also been brought here. Please also ask the Divine Advent Society to remember this favor and promise." Later, after "Miss Scarlet" appeared, she was also called It is the "key to timing".

And the indifferent and neutral messenger voice responded: "Mr. F will know what you saw, and she will know it too. You and the congregation will peel off the bandages, dissolve the dreams, and extract the keys, and she will completely destroy you." Raised to a higher place.”

From the perspective of post-mortem review, the level of stakes in the Southern Continent incident has already been initially revealed: Boglilic planned to collect the remains of the Origin God, and when he collected the "red pool", the true knowledge was inexplicably activated, and the battle between the two sides , turning the Southern Continent into a victim

But the above is only the first layer of appearance, and the actual hidden line is more scattered in time and more vague: beforehand, it included Mr. F guiding Viennese to use the power of the "old days", and the "Fanghui Poet" after some tampering. Fallen under the mechanism of "Song of Awakening"; the aftermath included the destruction of the hub of the "Disintegration Field" guarded by the "Tong Mother", the Society of God's Adventurous Descendants trying to swallow up the historical projection of the Southern Kingdom in the "Red Pond", and Fan Ning himself being killed by a series of apostles The layout was involved, and the danger passed by silently several times.

Nested layer by layer, it seems that one of the final important purposes is to dissolve oneself in the dream and extract the art museum key?

This indeed has a strong correlation with the Divine Advent Society or the "Mantra Hierophant".

So now that I am being questioned by the saint, I am in a very unpredictable situation.

The first thing Fan Ning did was to think carefully about the recollection.

This means that even if "holding the key" is indeed a thing, regardless of its nature, at least in Lavoisier's previous cognition, it was a thing that "did not attract much attention".

We need to think carefully about what the saint asked and how it is related to the "snake".

The other person stared at him without saying a word, with an expression like a stagnant hourglass captured in a photo.

Fan Ning knew that this could not go on forever.

Although he quickly figured out that the key might really be related to the "snake", he didn't know why Vincent had it. The most direct explanation is that Vincent has an affair with the Divine Advent Society; of course, it is also possible that Vincent does not know the origin of the key; it is even possible that he once "staged a trick" to get the key from the other party. Come here, that’s why Fan Ning was targeted by Mr. F later

Where does all this stand from the perspective of the church?

The connection between the secret conversation and the dream was so seamless that for a moment Fan Ning wondered whether the Pope was deliberately testing or the saint was deliberately deceiving.

But he also felt that with the degree of control the church had over this holy city, there was no need to spend a lot of money to use the "Night Watchman's Lamp" to ascend here and deal with it, and it was also impossible to suddenly "defraud" without any preparation. ” Something that had never been mentioned before.

Because this place is at the crossroads of the "Gate of Dawn", the lighting is too strong, and the saint is extremely powerful. As a result, he accidentally sensed it and discovered it. This is the most likely situation.

Facing the blazing light in the eyes of the man in long clothes, Fan Ning "remembered" for more than 10 or 20 seconds, and finally responded positively.

"Perhaps this is what the Lord Saint is asking about."

A small, blackened key that was not very finely made appeared in his hand. One side had a rough spear-like relief, and the other side had a small protrusion that was either a "vertical line" or an "Arabic numeral 1".

Naturally, this is not the original that Fan Ning has always kept in the "Qiming Church". It is a concrete image that he created with inspiration in this other secret place based on his general atmosphere and memories.

"Tell me the whereabouts and origin." The saint could see that it was just a shadow, but his voice was still low and indifferent.

Fan Ning knew that no matter what, being able to talk about "snake" would not be a "simply good thing".

Even in the church's view, holding this key is not enough to overturn the importance of "Lavoisier". It may only be treated as an internal risk, and it may even provide itself with some valuable intelligence.

But the most critical issue is that if you fully explain its origin, you will become "Fan Ning"; if you make it up completely out of thin air, and you don't have any information to learn from, you will definitely be able to stand in front of a strong man of this level. Full of loopholes.

A strategy gradually took shape in Fan Ning's mind, and he slowly explained:

"What the Saint sees right now is a false magic. This thing has been received since childhood. It has been stored in the family property of the ancestors who were doing business for many years. It just took me some time to recall it carefully. If someone sends it to It’s too time-consuming to enter the dream, so I’ll show it first and see if I can see it under strong light.”

"That master is a northerner, and he also came to the southern continent to preach the gospel. He met with my ancestors who traveled the trade route, and let me receive this dedication. Sometimes I dream of the key, and the cup must be overflowing with holy water. But at that time, my ancestors liked money, and they were surprised when they saw it, but they did not think it was sacred. Later, I was blessed by old Bishop Sessler, and then I thought that this matter decades ago might have been predicted long ago."

Fanning basically did not fabricate any content out of thin air.

Except for the key point where he "grafted" a key.

Moreover, his understanding of this key, especially its mysterious characteristics, is almost the real direction, but the degree is slightly weakened-he really only knows that taking this key into a dream can gather Yaoqi, and he did not find any other obvious characteristics. So from the perspective of "Lavoisier", this is a strange mysterious item, but not a powerful ritual vessel. Later, after the strength was improved to a certain level, it was just stored in the warehouse.

The saint carefully pondered every word of this Lavoisier.

The original owner of the key was a priest from the North Continent, who met him during his stay in the South Continent? Could it be the deceased old organist who is now also in the church's investigation?

Very likely.

From the current intelligence, this person seems to be an "apostle" with a strong connection to the Holy Pride Sun Church, but he is not a light-dweller of the "Unfallen Fire"

During his stay in the South Continent, this person came into contact with members of the God's Advent Society and the leader of the Joyful Listening Society, and is suspected of being indirectly used and indirectly involved in a pre-conspiracy of the later "Carnival" incident

Around 874-875 in the new calendar, Lavoisier was indeed around eight or nine years old at that time, and followed the merchant family to do business in the South Continent, and the time is also confirmed.

"The person who gave you the key when you were a child might be Louis Vien, an obscure old organist who died in my church. After some things happened, we found out that this person was entangled in many secret histories. You are also a special person in my church. It is reasonable for the key to be transferred to you, but the intention or calculation of this action needs to be further investigated."

The saint took a step for the first time, passed by Fanning and walked towards the depths of the "Glorious Wheel".

Fanning breathed a sigh of relief.

In the case of many unequal information, he knew that this "grafting method" had passed for the time being. Next, he could try to ask the other party some questions in a non-contradictory way.

"I don't know the name of the saint yet." Fanning said first.

"No name."

The saint's long robe did not sway in the silent passage, like a lifelike sculpture made of plaster.

"The angels guarding the high towers are the lights that guide the way forward and illuminate the darkness, but they will also be blind and have no mercy. Among the saints of the Holy Sun Church, only those who are bathed in light can have their own names." Fanning felt that the divinity of the "Candle" Order seemed to have some meaning of being out of the world. Accommodating this kind of "true knowledge" will inevitably bring out a very strong invisible force, but from an artist's perspective, whether it is a good thing, whether it should be more prominent, or whether it should be suppressed and balanced with human nature, with his current understanding of mystery, it seems that he is a little unclear. "We and Janus salute you." He quickly followed the saint and mentioned what "Lavoisier" had seen. "When I checked the abnormal area and the "Theme of God" in the southern continent, I knew that there were false prophets and false teachers everywhere, teaching people to worship the idol called "The Serpent of Truth" and giving false testimony that milk and honey flowed there, asking them to leave the holy land and gather there. Did Vien also fall for their tricks and fall for their schemes?" The saint said in a low voice: "Viain is a special "Apostle of God's Revelation", and may be related to the "Three The great cause of the Trinity is related to this, so the apostles of the secret organizations have also set their sights on him. The high-ranking beings are involved in the game between these people, hoping to push the development of things in their own direction silently, but it is not clear who is pushing it to. "

Fanning said: "Now this key is the key of the 'snake', so there must be a place where I was deceived. How did the saint recognize the deception? How to interpret the disaster and blessing in it?"

"Overall, except for being careful, it may not be a bad thing."

Not a bad thing? Fanning also tends to think that Vincent will not leave a "bomb" for himself, but there are more doubts on his face at this moment.

The saint in front of him quickened his pace a bit, and the strong light was gradually swallowing up his back.

"Come with me."

Fanning walked as close to the "wall" on the wall of the passage as possible and saw what he wanted to see at the beginning.

The simple Janus characters flickered and blinked, and pictures and runes moved like rollers, but if you looked closely, you could always see some parts that were still.

This seemed to record the secret history related to the Holy Sun Church, including but not limited to doctrines, characters, events, and secret books containing all kinds of mystical knowledge.

"This is"

On a wider, clearer, and brighter white stone slab, a young man wearing a laurel wreath and holding a lyre sat leisurely on the stone, and bright light sprinkled from the side and above, flowing like a "dynamic picture" entity.

"The fourth generation of Saint Apollo, the Light-Bearer?"

Walking a little further, Fanning saw the third generation of Saint Lenya, the light-dweller, wearing an orange robe, holding a golden lamp, and with a beard, among the portraits. The scene was a classic scene of him standing on the high platform and preaching to hundreds of people.

"This section of road is also called the 'wall of holy images'." The saint in front said, "The secret history of my church can be seen on it, but the disadvantage is that it is crowded and difficult to distinguish the main and the secondary, and the more time passes, the less things can be seen clearly."

Giant light bands rotated around different axes above, and shadows covering the sky and the sun continuously crossed the passage. Fanning, who walked into the depths of the "Glorious Wheel", felt dizzy and confused, and the details of the things around him began to be partially "lost".

In front of a stone slab that was taller than Fanning himself, he saw forests, rivers, ships and arch bridges, and saw a vague figure holding a scripture.

Although it was very blurry, based on the layout and elements of the overall picture, he could still guess that this was the scene of Saint Janing, the second generation of the Light-Bearer, preaching to the fish in Pontua.

But after dozens of breaths, Saint Sebastian

It should be, Fanning stood in front of him for a long time.

This is a simple portrait oil painting with a black and brown background.

Everything was too dazzling and abstract, similar to the pictures and texts flowing around him, he really couldn't see clearly.

Some strange intuition that made him unable to move made him stand for a long time, and the voice of the saint came again.

"The last section of the 'Wall of Holy Images' is left."

Fanning finally looked away, and after walking seven steps forward, there was another huge painting.

It was no longer on the side wall, but in the suspended area surrounded by a circle of golden and simple stone lamps in front of the passage.

One third of the lamps were yellow, one third were purple, and one third were pale, flickering.

And this picture

A human wearing a crown and a star-studded cloak straddles the back of a bull, holding the bull's head high with his left hand and stabbing it with a blade in his right hand. A bunch of grapes hangs from the wound of the bull, and the tail of the bull is painted like a rice ear. There are hounds and snakes biting the bull on the side, and moths, lions, the moon, and people wearing gorgeous clothes holding torches can be vaguely seen around the relief.

"Why is this picture again!?"

Fanning finally felt a strong current flowing from his scalp to his spine, and he heard a noise like the humming of a tuning fork or the circling of a low airflow in his ears, and there seemed to be a faint whisper, which was so strange that it was a little scary.

Why did the discussion group name the seven "grids" of this strange and mysterious "Bull Slaughtering Picture" full of metaphors after the elements it contains? It can also be found in the interior of the "Incinerator" ruins of the Guidance School, in the ruins of the "Grand Palace School", and when I was investigating the God's Advent Society, I saw someone spreading it. Now, it has also appeared in the "Glorious Wheel" of the Holy Sun Church! ?

"If your spiritual ability can support you to stay here for a long time, then when you observe this painting for a long time, you may gradually be able to distinguish a relatively fixed pronunciation combination in these whispers."

The saint spoke again and spelled out a word a little stiffly:

"Mithra."