Bulwark of Light

Chapter 977
"I know you're disappointed in Xizhou."

"But... if you really think of yourself as a 'goddess', then you should go out."

Yuan Yang said: "Trapped in the secret prison, you can't do anything."

Meng Xizhou was very calm: "Hand over the [sacred book], at that time, I can't do anything."

She knew very well how contagious the [Holy Book] was.

The number of holy books held by the Church of Light is not enough to cause turmoil... But if they are allowed to take a few more pages, the situation will be different. These people will not consider the consequences, launch a war against Nanzhou, and eventually convert a large number of people believer.

Trapped in the secret prison, she really can't do anything.

But the only thing she did was keep the [Holy Book].

"Everything, since it exists, is reasonable..."

Yuan Yang sighed and said: "The first ancestor left such a page in the taboo library, which means that he knows that one day we will be able to use it."

"Is this what believers in the light should do?"

Meng Xizhou said: "For this matter, I have my own persistence."

Yuan Yang was silent.

"I know I can't convince you."

He smiled, "So the original plan was... I was imprisoned in a secret prison and tortured in front of you. Then Yao Jin took my life as a bargaining chip in exchange for a page of [Holy Book]. If you agree , then there will be another threat."

Meng Xizhou felt a little sour in his heart.

She didn't expect that her mentor whom she had trusted for so many years would be willing to cooperate with Yao Jin in such a fraud.

"I know, it's not good."

The voice from the Black Silver Secret Prison was very sad: "But if you can successfully take out the remaining holy books, the secret prison will let you go...so I am willing to carry out this task."

"But you were exposed."

Meng Xizhou took a deep breath and tried to keep his voice cold: "Yao Jin doesn't care about the success of this mission at all. He doesn't care about [Holy Book] as much as you think."

A brief silence.

Yuan Yang smiled: "Maybe it's because he stayed in the dark for too long, he wants to stand in the light for a longer time."

He can actually understand Yao Jin's approach.

20 years ago.

Those shadows cultivated by the temple were only when they were children.

He once went to Xihaidu to see those children practicing hard under the guidance of Mu Xin. The last ray of sunset light will be absorbed by the "Sacred Mountain", so the long night of Xihaidu always comes very early. These children can see The time to go to the light is very short, and they all hope that they can grow up early and go to the city of light full of miracles as soon as possible, but they don't know that from the moment they go to the city of light, their lives are truly dominated by darkness. Enveloped.

Yuan Yang remembered the changes in the children's eyes.

He knew what was hidden deep in Yao Jin's pupils.

After so many years of dealing with the secret prison day and night, even an ordinary person will become a lunatic.

"So, have you changed your strategy now?"

Meng Xizhou's voice was very calm: "Or... being exposed is only part of the plan?"

Yuan Yang was stunned.

He just gave a low self-deprecating smile.

Some things, once destroyed, cannot be rebuilt.

After Yao Jin said those words, the master-student friendship of the past 20 years no longer exists, which cannot be made up for no matter how many words he said.

Meng Xizhou is a smart man with an extremely firm will.

In order to protect the [Holy Book], she will no longer believe a word or a word that comes out of her mouth.

"Perhaps, this is really a part of Yao Jin's plan."

Yuan Yang closed his eyes, and said bitterly: "The secret prison mission started, and my identity was knocked down to the bottom. In this dark place, he changed his previous plan and imprisoned me deeply... and then the 'torture' , 'interrogation', and even 'persecution' can be carried out in a legitimate way."

Plans changed, but nothing changed.

In order to get Meng Xizhou to hand over the [Holy Book] willingly, Yao Jin pointed out Yuan Yang's reason for coming.

After that, things are the same as before.

It's just that this time it's different... Yuan Yang is no longer acting.

"..."

Meng Xizhou gritted his teeth.

Ask yourself, if Yao Jin really wants to torture her mentor and threaten her with the [Holy Book], can she remain indifferent?
Or.

She can not care about herself, but can she not care about others at all?

Thinking of this, Meng Xizhou felt as if a needle had been pricked in his heart.

"Are you thinking about that person?"

Yuan Yang murmured softly: "The Gu family mission will definitely go west this time. Before I entered the secret prison, the Intercontinental Council received Gu Nanfeng's request to apply for transcontinental."

Facing the priestess in the prison, he closed his eyes.

She clenched her fingers tightly, trembling slightly.

……

……

The secret prison fell into silence again.

Yuan Yang, who was sitting on the ground, raised his head, his eyes were empty, he suddenly felt more relaxed than ever before.

Yes, it is easy.

He lived to be more than seventy years old, which is considered a long life among ordinary people, but in the world of extraordinary people... this age is nothing, his vitality is still tenacious, if he can rest in peace and maintain his spiritual strength in the coming years In good condition, he could easily live another 30 years.

However, the longer he stayed in the temple, the more tired he felt.

A long time ago, it wasn't like this.

Yuan Yang thought of the past when he was young. At that time, the temple was first established, and the elder brother treated him very well. He could do everything he wanted. At that time, the world was very vast, and there was no [Deep Sea] link, and he wanted to go to a place To be far, far away.

He traveled eastward with his fellow apprentices and preached everywhere.

It's just that... those brothers from the same sect all died later.

It turns out that the lifespan of the extraordinary is not necessarily longer than that of the ordinary.

A person, no matter how hot the flame is, burns for only a short moment.

"……what."

Yuan Yang changed his posture and completely lay down on the cold and dark floor of the secret cell. Looking at the deep darkness above his head, he let out a long and sad sigh.

When did it start?
Everything started to change.

It seems that it started from the Beizhou war... After the fall of the Red Emperor, the Beizhou war ended. This should be a happy thing, but the elder brother is not happy.Only later did he know that the Temple of Light made a "bet" in that war, but they made a mistake. The young girl from the Lin family not only defeated the mighty Red Emperor, but also successfully smelted the fire of war.

In that war, many people died in Guangming City, and those people were destined not to have their own names.

Among them are those brothers who I have a close acquaintance with and have preached together.

The secret of the church's funding of the Red Emperor must be kept.

The remains of those people were also burned.

After destroying these secrets, the Meng family married the Lin family, and this war made the relationship between Guangming City and the Lin family better because Xizhou sent a large number of believers to treat refugees during the war.

As long as the Beizhou War ends.

Thank you for whoever wins.

The Bright Church saved the lives of many people for them.

The relationship between Guangming City and the Lin family is still close. The elder brother even joked that Yan Yan went to the new emperor's enthronement ceremony and offered a grand thank you gift. On that day, Yuan Yang worshiped in the cemetery of Guangming City by himself. The house was empty, and those who followed the brothers to the north to participate in the war were all dead, but they didn't even bring back a single bone.

From that day on, Yuan Yang began to feel that the elder brother was strange.

Xizhou's treatment was fake, and the congratulations on the new emperor's enthronement were also fake.

During the war against the Red Emperor, these believers spread their beliefs in Beizhou and did many shady things... The main messenger of these things is the brother. If the Red Emperor wins in the end, then the Church of Light will gain one-fifth of Beizhou One area, as a place of faith, but the Red Emperor was defeated.

The female emperor of the Lin family became stronger than ever after smelting the fire.

It is impossible for the Temple of Light to sign such an unequal treaty.

He also rushed over to question in anger.

It's just that this matter, in the end, nothing happened.

The brother said that he had a serious illness and needed the blood of the "undead".

As for Lord God, he was also injured and needed a lot of faith... The war in Beizhou was Lin's family affair, and Xizhou didn't instigate the incident, but just snatched some benefits from it. If he didn't do so, he would die.

Lord God, maybe too.

Also from that day.

Yuan Yang embarked on a path leading to darkness. He personally collected the "blood of the undead" for his brothers, and for the sake of faith, passed on the spiritual method of the church to cultivate congregants.

The first person he contacted was Masazo Tose.

After many years, lying in the secret prison, Yuan Yang recalled these past events and realized that he had been walking in the dark for a long time.

This is a road from which there is no turning back.

And in these long 20 years, he only saw different hopes in the Goddess of Light. He cultivated Meng Xizhou and supported the Meng family. He knew that Meng Xiao was the [undead person] that his senior brother needed, but he still gave his full support. Help the latter ascend to the position of the Holy Son... Only in this way can he avoid the fate of "being sucked out of blood".

Only at the end.

This ray of light was still blocked by the darkness in his heart.

Yuan Yang quietly looked at the top of his head.

He actually knew where his senior brother's "illness" and Lord God's "injury" came from and why.

It's just that the senior brother didn't say it, and he didn't mention it.

The most proud achievement of the Church of Light in the past hundred years is "defeating" Pluto head-on. If people know that half of the body of the Great Elder of the temple was eaten away, and the seat of Light paid a painful price, then this victory will lose its meaning.

What they want is a big victory, not a miserable one.

What they want to tell the world is that light will definitely crush evil spirits.

Just do it... Seriously?
Yuan Yang only knows that the temple today is different from what it used to be.

As Meng Xizhou said, this place is clearly where the world's light shines, but there is not a single bit of light to be seen.

If you give him a chance to choose again.

Back then.

He might have made a different choice...

70 years old, his brother criticized him for being stubborn, dull, reckless, and inflexible.

He wished he were so.

"Little Meng..."

Yuan Yang closed his eyes, he hesitated for a long time after he shouted.

In the end, he didn't tell the truth about the battle with Hades that year.

At the end of the day, he's just a wimp.

When the temple was at war with Pluto, he didn't dare to charge himself and face the ominous disaster.

Later, the brother went astray, but he didn't dare to persecute him with his body, threatening to return.

And later... his apprentice was imprisoned in a secret cell because he insisted on justice. Instead of daring to save others, he practiced deception.

Until now, he was clearly determined to risk everything, but after all, he dared not reveal the false glory of the Temple of Light, and let Meng Xizhou see the scars of the church clearly.

In this extremely quiet darkness, he could see his cowardly and hypocritical face clearly.

so hateful.

He thought he had upheld morality, but in retrospect, everything he did in this life was actually on the opposite path.

No wonder he was so tired, terribly tired.

What an absurd thing this is. After Yao Jin dismantled the plan, he felt extremely relaxed...

"Little Meng—"

Yuan Yang stretched out two fingers and pressed them lightly between his eyebrows.

In the end, all he left in the secret prison was a long sigh filled with endless regret.

"After you get out, go see the light."

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(End of this chapter)