Pastor's Tantra

"...Here I can give you some extended reading. The man mentioned here who 'completely degraded the advanced magic' actually created a new profession, that is, the 'Demon' who transcends the path..." …”

The pure white saint continued to speak patiently to Aiwass.

But at this moment, Aiwass' pupils suddenly became empty for a moment.

She was stunned for a moment, and then she saw that Aiwass' original dark blue pupils suddenly ignited with a pure and shocking true red——

Just like at sunrise, the rising sun leaps out from the edge where the sky meets the sea. That deep red color was accompanied by a golden ring, making people feel as if light was shining on their face.

……How is this going?

Pure white suddenly opened her eyes wide.

In an instant, an unbelievable idea came to her.

Aiwass, it can’t be...

Seeing Aiwass' eyes focus again, the light in his eyes slowly extinguished, Chunbai suppressed the terrible thoughts in his heart for the time being.

"...From this point of view, Cardinal Hecate, who studies advanced divine arts, actually has a conjecture. She believes that one of the prerequisites for mastering advanced divine arts is the possibility of becoming a phantom demon egg."

She continued.

And Aiwass asked nonchalantly: "Can we think of it this way: being able to become a demon egg actually has some special qualifications?"

"That's right."

Pure White nodded.

She continued to explain patiently, and Aiwass also listened carefully.

——Because the abilities directly mastered through the system do not have relevant knowledge.

However, high-level magic is different from abilities such as "Xihuo". It is not a skill, but a complete system... similar to "divination" or "alchemy". Even if it can be used, it will be difficult to fully use it without the corresponding knowledge.

After Chunbai roughly finished the first book, Aiwass took out the second book.

This book is called "Higher Divine Art: Vessel of Souls".

Without waiting for Aiwass' request, Chunbai spoke directly: "To talk about this, it involves the connection between the material world and the dream world. Not only will people enter the dream world after death, but also the phantom demons in the dream world will enter after death. Material world; the gods of the dream world can directly influence and transform the material world, and various trends of thought and changes in the material world will also feed back and affect the dream world.

"And in these two processes, the only thing that communicates in the two realms is actually the soul. The power that the extraordinary person gets from the dream world will eventually return to the dream world after death, regardless of whether he becomes a phantom demon or not. Therefore, the power of the dream world Things are always from the dream world; and no matter how the material world changes, matter is ultimately conserved, so things in the material world are always from the material world... Only the soul can communicate back and forth between the two worlds.

"When a person dies, if they can be sublimated into an apostle or a heavenly minister, or be infiltrated by the power of the path and become a wild phantom, thereby escaping the fate of reincarnation, then they are equivalent to ascending their will into the dream world. ; In the same way, the heavenly priests and apostles in the dream world can also be reincarnated back to the material world, and the apostles can even walk in the material world.

"Illusions such as goblins, demons, and fairies can also enter the material world - if they die in the material world, even if their essence as phantoms can return to the dream world, part of their will will still be damaged in the material world. .So from this point of view, only the soul...or will, can travel back and forth between the two realms and does not belong to either realm. The basic theory of advanced magic is here.

"From this perspective, we believe that the body in the material world is actually a temporary container for the soul, and humans are equivalent to gods in their infancy. The essence of advanced divine arts is to make the soul become a container for another layer of will. That is, transforming the body into a container for another layer of will. Transformed into a 'container of containers'. If the original body was just a bowl with water in it, that is our soul; then we must now turn the body into a cupboard, allowing the water-like soul to target different divine wills And condensed into ice bowls..."

After hearing this, Aiwass finally saw the pop-up window:

[Gray Eternal is teaching you "Higher Divine Art (2/11)". Do you want to pay 112 public experience to master this mysterious skill? 】

Less experience this time!

Aiwass was delighted.

The total experience he has accumulated is only 5214 points. If the demand for experience becomes higher and higher, he may not be able to learn enough. In that case, he might have to find a way to gain more experience.

And Chunbai could clearly see that Aiwass's pupils became hollow again.

The underside of his pupils once again reflected the brilliance of the morning sun—compared to just now, the brilliance now was even brighter. Just like during sunrise, the sun moves upward for about ten minutes. Although it is not very obvious, the difference can be clearly seen with pure white memory.

--really.

Chunbai's heart trembled, and she was convinced of her previous suspicion.

A memory fragment suddenly appeared in her mind - what the Eternal Pope had said to her when he was still awake.

His Majesty the Pope told her that Bishop Mathers had written to mention that... Aiwass mastered the "fire sacrificial method" even faster than His Majesty the Pope. Before he even got through all the gist, Aiwass had a complete grasp—even more so than many people who had studied for three or four years.

"That feeling is closer to 'remembering' than 'learning'."

At that time, His Majesty the Pope sighed: "If Aiwass were not just a human being... I would have thought about whether I should try to make him succeed the Pope. Maybe he can even 'remember' high-level magic so easily."

Before meeting Aiwass, Chunbai sneered at these words.

In fact, she had great respect and admiration for His Majesty the Pope.

As the Eternal Saint, she shares the inheritance known as "Eternity" with the Eternal Pope. In a sense, the relationship between the two of them is like that of mother and daughter... although the Pope's body now looks much younger than hers.

But that is also because of the price that must be paid to bear the [Holy Crown].

As the top artifact in the world, the [Holy Crown], which can allow critical experts to forcibly break through to the next energy level, certainly comes with a price. And its price is the user's [years].

In the eyes of ordinary people, it seems to be an artifact that has the effect of rejuvenating youth.

But in fact, this kind of rejuvenation will not extend your life, but will double your life span - when you wear it, you will burn years "forward" and "backward" at the same time. The apparent external effect is to make the body smaller and smaller.

Generally, a saint will succeed the pope at the golden age of about three to four hundred years old, and after the expiration of the three-hundred-year term, she will step down and become a saint. The so-called saint is someone who "has the power of the fifth level but has not become a cardinal." “Out-of-church giver.”

If a four-hundred-year-old elf becomes pope for three hundred years, she will look only a hundred years old, like a human child of twelve or thirteen years old, but in fact she is already a thousand years old, by elf standards. It is said that he is getting old.

Next, her body will grow at a speed visible to the naked eye and quickly return to its original state. The rate of aging is even faster than the rate of human growth. It may only take twenty years for her to age from a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl to an eighty or ninety-year-old woman. The remaining time is the "retirement vacation" for these saints to travel around the world.

The candidate saint cannot leave the twenty-first circle, and after becoming the pope, he cannot leave the twenty-second circle at will. On the contrary, in the Saintess stage, she can run around in the Theocracy... but she cannot leave the Theocracy either.

Only after resigning can one leave the Theocracy and travel outside.

The few remaining lives are the few free time these retired popes have.

From this perspective, becoming pope is not a "good thing." It is actually a sacrifice and a dedication. Because of this, only the most dedicated people would be willing to sacrifice their lives in this ceremony.

After more than two hundred years of hard training, he was able to communicate with the Nine Pillar Gods in his youth... It took more than three hundred years of loneliness and another three hundred years of life sacrifice to gain the last twenty years of freedom.

——Even if Aiwass can reluctantly learn advanced divine arts, he will never become the Pope.

Chunbai believed so firmly back then.

Because this is an unbearable pain for short-lived species.

Not to mention, just learning advanced magic would almost burn out their lifespan. And tampering with one's own soul may affect the evaluation after death... Those who might have become apostles may become impure because of this. It is also for their own good not to allow them to continue studying.

However, Aiwass...

There was only one thought in her mind.

It turns out that everything Bishop Mathers said back then was true, and it turns out that what His Majesty the Pope said back then was so accurate.

There are actually people who "learn" as if they "remember"...

This is already a miracle.

Now that there is the first kind of miracle, why can't there be the second kind?

... Could it be that Aiwass really has a chance to become the pope?

Even if it is just a short period of ten years, or even a shorter period of "acting pope", it can change the problems of the Theocracy - any cardinal will appear to be too extreme for today's Theocracy.

Because they are not like the Eternal Saint, who received the calmest and most balanced education from the very beginning, but have their own opinions. If it obtains the authority of the Pope, it may change the Church of Nine Pillars' permanent neutrality in various countries... No, not maybe, but definitely.

But it might be much better if Aiwass, an Avalonian who is not at the fifth level, becomes the "acting pope"!

As long as he can delay it for ten years, or even less... maybe in just one or two years, the drug to treat his Ningpa can be developed!

At that time, I can take over...

…No, it still doesn’t work.

Chunbai shook her head and suppressed her heartbeat.

That would be tantamount to burning Aiwass's lifespan... She couldn't do such a thing, it would be tantamount to hurting Aiwass.

For short-lived species with an inherently short life span, any year is precious.

Chunbai sighed secretly, gathered her mind and continued to explain the advanced divine arts to Aiwass.

At the same time, she is still looking forward to——

——Anyway, let me see the miracle first, Aiwass.

Chunbai thought in his heart.