Heaven's Formula

This is an unavoidable fact.

Before Hera came into the world, there was no problem with the selection of the pope by the top of the church.But after Hera came into the world, this kind of god-given method seemed more convincing, but in fact it pushed himself to a dead end that was hard to turn back.

Chapter 694 Change and Parting

"To be honest, the church's chances of winning are not high. As long as the Mage Tower does not rush for success, but starts from the inside of the divided dragonborn, our chances of winning will not exceed [-]%." Taxis said frankly, "If the church does this Even if it dies, I will not leave it alone, so I want to leave a little memory when we part."

Xia Fan touched her lips, and this is how she remembers...

"I think your chances of winning are far more than [-]%."

"Thank you, are you comforting me?"

"No, just tell the truth." Xia Fan also walked to the porthole, "As long as the church is willing to make changes."

Taxis was stunned, she turned her head and looked at him for a while, as if to confirm that he was not joking, "Do you have a way to keep the church alive? After there are no gods, it will be difficult for us to get new blood to join, and the rest It is also difficult for believers to guarantee that they will not leave the church, how can it be possible under such circumstances—"

"It's possible. Do you still remember the original intention of Hera Church?"

"Dispel the darkness and praise the sun. Fight against evil spirits and redeem the world." Taxi said without hesitation.

"The truth is good, but it's too abstract."

"what do you mean……"

"Turn the church into a political party, formulate a program as a ruler, and rely on this new program to find like-minded people, and at the same time promote your own ideas to the people." Xia Fan replied, "Since you are separated from the gods, His courage may not necessarily lead the church out of the current quagmire."

"Political party? Program?" Taxis looked at a loss, "What is that?"

"It's just a new word, just remember it." Xia Fan smiled, "Actually, the two are not difficult to understand. You can regard it as a power dedicated to governing, but it is different from the royal power and religious power in the past. There is an essential difference. Simply put..."

He spent half an hour explaining his basic concepts and his own suggestions in detail.

In a sense, the current Church of Hera is quite similar to the political party.There is no god, but the organizational framework of the church is still there, and the circulation between the upper and lower levels is not restricted by blood, which is an era ahead of the traditional aristocratic family.Secondly, the church itself has the power of governance in name, and it still holds the army in its hands. As long as an internal agreement is reached, the efficiency of promoting ideas to the outside world is infinitely stronger than that of the self-made opposition party, not to mention that there is no system that can compete with it. "competitor".

Even the dogma only needs to be changed slightly, and turning the praise of the sun into something more practical, such as bringing a better life to the world, and aspiring to eradicate "dark phenomena" such as hunger and poverty, will undoubtedly make this organization Rejuvenated.

Taxis was a little confused at the beginning, but the light in her eyes became brighter as she got further behind.

When Xia Fan finished speaking, she couldn't help but clenched her hands tightly.

"You...why do you even know this?"

"Maybe I'm a listener." Xia Fan shrugged.

"The listener? What is that... No, forget it, it's not important." Taksis shook her head, "I've never heard what you said before... But for some reason, I think it's quite It is feasible, as if it has been practiced many times."

"That's right." He smiled.

"Then what if the mage tower is also implemented in this way?" The girl raised new doubts.

"Then it will become a well-matched opponent. But in fact, it is easy to propose a program, but it is by no means an easy task to implement it. It is much more difficult for Fata to achieve this than the church." Xia Fan explained, "Think about it , What is the basic board of a demon possessor? It is a wealthy businessman and a star tower association, not an ordinary person. People without magic power are just materials that can be consumed at will in their eyes. The disaster that happened in Azure Fort has proved this Point. I want Fata to change his mind and take a different path, I’m afraid whoever mentions it will suffer.”

Taxis showed a thoughtful expression.

"You've probably noticed that neither demon possessors nor dragonborn are indestructible. Ordinary people can pose enough threats to them when they hold powerful weapons. So who can attract more supporters? , who can gain the upper hand in this battle." Xia Fan continued, "Of course, the fact that the Mage Tower is not easy to achieve does not mean that the church is easy to achieve, especially when the belief in the gods is gone and the believers need to set new goals. And after the situation eases, internal stability will become another round of challenges. Fortunately, you are the head of the church, and I believe you have a way to solve these problems."

"You helped me again." Taksis's voice was a little emotional, "I don't know how far I can do it, but it's much better to have a goal than to be at a loss—if the church can survive, it must be with yours. Suggestions are inseparable from relationships. But I'm a little curious now..."

"what?"

"How much do you still know in your head?" Taksis turned her gaze away and turned to Xia Fan, "If I hadn't done that just now, wouldn't you have said these things?" She took two steps forward, "Then if you come a few more times... to commemorate, maybe you can say more?"

"No... I was planning to tell you this, it has nothing to do with what you think." Xia Fan said quickly.

Taksis suddenly raised a sly smile, "Really? Then I will save this question for later verification."

He breathed a sigh of relief.

But there is a vague feeling of loss.

In order to avoid embarrassment, Xia Fan turned the topic back to the business, "If you plan to go this way, I have a friend who can introduce you to it."

"Your friend?" Dragonborn asked with interest, "Who is it?"

"Founder of the Relief Society. She will also be your natural ally."

……

Xia Fan himself did not get involved in the in-depth conversation between Taxis and Momola.

He just invited Catwoman to the White Sand, and then gave the time to these two people. What they talked about and what kind of agreement they could reach, only they knew.Just like this city and this kingdom, what it will become in the future depends on the people living on the archipelago.

During this dinner, Xia Fan received a thank you from another unexpected person.

The other party was Horn's younger sister, Mu Li.

She cut off her waist-length hair, changed her previous image, and stood unswervingly beside Momola.

There is no doubt that Horn's last wish will be inherited by her.

The Azure Castle under the night looks the same as when I first arrived.

But changes are already happening quietly everywhere.

Thought is like a seed, once the conditions are right, it will spread quickly until the day it breaks through the ground.

In the early morning of the next day, during the farewell of the residents and workers of Ten Thousand Kings Capital, the Baisha slowly left the pier, carried the mission and sailed to the depths of the endless sea.

Chapter 695 The Gate of Heaven

The capital of Xu State, Yongding City.

As the initiator of the Seven Stars and the city construction inherited from the Yong Dynasty, Yongding's Privy Council is extremely large in scale, almost no different from the imperial palace from the outside.The square shape strictly follows the principle of the round sky and the earth. An avenue runs through the north and south, and all the halls are distributed along the central axis, evenly arranged on both sides of the road.

The "Chengyun Hall" located in the north is the core of the Seven Stars Privy Council, where the plan to unify the six countries and establish a unified Privy Council was discussed and finalized.If it is said that its architectural scale can make other neighboring countries' Privy Councils have the idea of ​​imitating it, then the multi-line formation around the palace is something they can't even envy.

These formations not only have the ability to protect the Privy Council, but can also change the climate and temperature inside the palace walls. No matter when you enter this place, it is as comfortable as spring.

When the envoy of power, Goldman Sachs, walked into the hall of the main hall, the other four seven-star envoys were already sitting at the long table waiting for him.

This is also a major feature of the Seven Star Privy Council.

There is no distinction between the representatives of the six countries, so the way of discussing government affairs in the court, where one person sits at the top and the rest listens, was abandoned. Everyone sat in a row at a long table, and stood on the stage. On the contrary, they are not so important meeting liaisons, usually served by disciples of the Seven Star Envoy.

But even so, alchemists will subconsciously distinguish between high and low.

For example, the two vacant seats in the middle of the long table are reserved for Angels of Heaven and Envoys of Yuheng.

After Gao Sachs sat down, he nodded towards the contact person, "Emissary Yuheng still has important matters to attend to, so he won't be attending the council this time, so you can start right away."

"Yes," the young woman standing on the stage bowed to the envoy of the Seven Stars and said the primary purpose of the gathering, "After the detailed hexagram calculation and deduction of the Yongding Privy Council, we have confirmed that the Gate of Heaven will soon reopen. In this world, and this time is quite close, at most it will not exceed half a year."

Although everyone had been mentally prepared and had been paying attention to the progress of this matter before, when the contact person said it, there was still a whisper in the lobby.

All Seven Star Envoys are aware of the importance of the Gate of Heaven.

Over the years, more and more clues have been found in the textual research on the scattered documents of the Yong Dynasty that the door is an invisible key, and only those who can open the door are qualified to see the immortal way.

"I think everyone has read the secret letter sent last month." Goldman Sachs said, "Our research on the fairy artifact "Heavenly Court" still has nothing, and the only thing that can be confirmed at present is that there are two ways to open it.One is to continue to search for clues from a large number of lost Yongchao books, and the other is to open the gate of heaven and gain the ability to control immortal weapons.Because of this, the reality of this gate is extremely important, and we must keep it in our hands no matter what. "

His voice was low, but his words were unquestionable.

"Then where exactly the door will appear, there should be a conclusion here, right?" Gao Guo Tianxuan asked.

"Of course, there is just a small problem here." Goldman Sachs looked at the contact person.

The latter took out a scroll from behind, spread it out and hung it on the wall.

"This is……"

The seven star envoys frowned together.

That picture was undoubtedly painted with ink and ink, but the content was extremely weird—most places were covered with black ink, as if the painter was extremely dissatisfied with the scene and deliberately splashed ink to erase it.The only area that is not covered is only two extremely narrow parts at the bottom and top of the scroll.

Below is a light gray straight line extending from the left side of the scroll to the right side. There are traces of water soaking on the edge. I don’t know if the proportion of ink dilution has not been controlled properly; while the top of the head is half-curved, and the blue color is specially used. Pigment, this is also the only color on the scroll.

Yao Guang rubbed Feng Lingzi's forehead with a headache, "Master Gao, you don't expect us to find the direction of the Gate of Heaven from this painting, do you?"

Others nodded again and again.

Even if it is a painting of mountains and deserts, it is extremely difficult to locate the location based on a few features in the painting. At most, after determining the approximate range, organize people to find a needle in a haystack, not to mention that [-]% of the parts of a pair are blacked out. picture scroll.

"This ink...couldn't have been painted on purpose?" Someone asked.

The angel of power Gao Sheng shook his head, "No, the painting itself is like this. The place shown in the painting is not covered up at all. And it just so happens that King Yong also mentioned a similar place in a book."

"Oh? Tell me about it?"

The contact person took out several other sheets of paper and pasted them next to the scroll.

"King Yong called this place a dead end. It's silent, cold, and ordinary alchemists can't survive." The woman explained, "In addition, it's not connected to the world, it's more like a cave world. If you want to enter it, you have to pass through it." The end of the sea."

"The end of the sea?" The Sky Spinner suddenly asked, "Could this be the so-called black barrier area on the west pole?"

"Nine out of ten chances are right." Feng Country's Kaiyang Envoy showed a contemplative expression, "Feng Country still has a little trade with the West Pole, and my subordinates have also inquired about the Heishan District from their envoys. , Judging from the description, it is indeed very similar to the end of the sea recorded by King Yong. However... they don't think there is any way to penetrate the black barrier. I think this may be news that King Yong obtained from other sources, and he has not personally verified it."

And this "other channel" is likely to come from the listener.

"To be honest, I also think this method is inappropriate." Goldman Sachs agreed, "As far as I know, the fleet in the West Pole has already reached a considerable size, and trying to compete with them at sea is tantamount to bumping its edge. It is even more difficult to find the passage in the black barrier area."

"I heard...that group of demonized monsters are also looking for the gate of heaven."

"That's right, so we must rush to find the worldly place where the door is ahead of them." The angel replied, "Since the black barrier area is not feasible, we can try another method."

"Could it be that Mr. Gao is referring to... the Moon Shadow Temple, a fairy artifact in the Yama Kingdom?" Feng Lingzi's expression froze.

"It is said that it has the ability to reach the heavens and reach the earth, and it can send people to any place." The angel of power did not deny, "Since this is the case, the dead end should also be within its ability. Isn't that right? Once we Someone among them has obtained the key to the gate of heaven, not only can unlock the secrets of the heavenly court, but also can easily bring the Moon Shadow Temple under control, and the rank of the immortal class is just around the corner!"

"But you also know that not everyone can come back safe and sound." She shook her head and said, "In the past hundreds of tests, less than [-]% of them can walk out of the temple in good health! What's more, every time it is opened, a sacrifice is required. King Yong can treat people who are sensitive to Qi as medicine, but Qixing can't do that!"

If they follow Yongchao's example, what will the other alchemists think of this emerging joint organization?I'm afraid that before the gate of heaven appears, my heart will be scattered first.

Chapter 696 The Gate of Heaven

"How come?" Gao Sheng sighed, "Master Feng misunderstood me... King Yong died due to tyranny, of course we can't follow in his footsteps. Every alchemist is the precious wealth of Seven Stars, no matter what the Privy Council cannot Use them as medicine to attract sacrifices. In fact, using those qi sensers on Yama Island is enough to open the fairy weapon."

"Interesting." The Tianxuan envoy raised the corner of his mouth, "It seems that the old acquaintance An's family has always been on the island. If they are used as sacrifices, I don't think anyone in the Seven Star Mansion will have any objections?"

Feng Lingzi's expression eased a little, "What about the success rate? Several of those who came back mentioned that the destination was different from what they imagined. The farther away from Moon Shadow Temple, the more likely unexpected accidents will happen. question."

"I regard it as a challenge." The angel's eyes swept over everyone, "The road to the pursuit of the gate of heaven will never be smooth sailing, and setbacks and failures encountered in the middle are inevitable, but no matter whether we can succeed in the end, we will They are all willing to try their best. Of course, this is just my personal opinion, and the seven-star envoy has complete freedom of choice."

This statement caused everyone to fall into silence for a while.

One of their original intentions in establishing the Seven Star Privy Council was to bring the secular world back under the rule of those who are sensitive, and they also believed that they could lead the six kingdoms to a brighter future.

Valuable sacrifices are all right, but it is still a difficult choice for them to be buried quietly in a foreign country.

"Bastard, it's because Qi Guo failed to achieve the goal as planned!" Someone suddenly said angrily, "Otherwise, why should we be so entangled!"

"Indeed, not only can't even suppress a remote territory, but also lost the crucial chess game of the world."

"If the Angel is here, based on the clues she has obtained, she may be able to directly deduce the exact location of the scene in the painting."

"Okay." Tianxuan envoy interrupted, "According to the report from Gao Guo's spies, Ning Qianshi seems to be still alive, and he wants to find a way to restore Tianshu envoy, which shows that the chess game in the world is still possible. I have sent People are going to find the whereabouts of the second prince, and it will be a matter of time before he is caught."

"If you can catch the best, if you can't catch it, it shouldn't affect the next plan of Qixing Mansion." Goldman raised his voice a little bit, "Since everyone has no objections, then temporarily list Moon Shadow Temple as the target of competition. For this reason We need Dongdu's wharf and cities near the sea as support points, and we can no longer let Qiguo drift outside the grasp of Seven Stars! What do you think?"

"agree."

"Just do it."

"Tianshu envoys can be temporarily vacant, but the gate of heaven cannot be lost!"

The other four expressed their opinions one after another.

"Then I'm sorry, my lords." After taking notes, the contact person continued, "The second thing is related to the Heimen sect. During the battle between the Privy Council of Qiguo and Jinxia City, we noticed a man named Fei Nian The sixth-grade alchemist appeared in an abnormal state of being controlled by evil spirits. Although he was not of high rank, he was valued by Ning Qianshi because of his status as the Fei family. Because of this, he caused a huge crack in the Privy Council, which eventually led to The defeat of Shangyuan City."

"Fei Nian?" Envoy Gao Guo Tianxuan rubbed his chin, "Where did you hear this name?"

"Probably met by chance when I went to Shangyuan City last time." Gao Sheng shrugged, "It doesn't matter who he is, what matters is why Ning Qianshi and a group of alchemists didn't notice that Xie Chong had entered the center of the Privy Council. Don't Speaking of Yuyi and Qingjian, even Wendao, who often deals with Xie Chong, shouldn't be so hasty to ignore the strange aura brought by Xie Chong."

"So you suspect it has something to do with the Heimen Sect?" Feng Lingzi asked.

"Nowadays, there is only the Heimen Sect who has in-depth research on the art of evil spirits in this world." The angel of power sneered, "In addition, this guess is not unfounded, and Master Tianxuan also has other information that can be verified. .”

"Recently, a group of refugees appeared on the border between Gaoguo and Qiguo. Under the banner of saving the world, they were active around the border states." The envoy of Tianxuan said in a deep voice, "And the location where it first appeared was in Bai Inside Yaoshan. Few people have entered that mountainous area from the Yong Dynasty to now, if the remnants of the Heimen Sect have been hiding in the deep mountains, it is completely reasonable."

"What do they want to do?"

"I don't know. But considering the time of Gate of Heaven's Dao, I suspect that none of this is a coincidence."

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became a little dignified.

Although no one said anything, everyone knew that the purpose of Heimen Cult's existence was to follow and serve King Yong.Even though the last tyrant had been dead for hundreds of years, he was the one who opened the black door after all, and no one knew how much King Yong knew about the art of evil.Considering that Chaos itself is a power beyond common sense, no one dares to bet that he will never make a comeback one day.

Especially in the case of using the Gate of Heaven.