Mysterious Catastrophe

"The stepping point has already been stepped on, and the next step is to divination about the degree of danger, and then go to make a vote..."

"No, this is not called a vote... It is reasonable and legal for the lord to collect religious taxes! They owe me 1000 years of taxes!"

I have to say that the wealth of the church introduced by Chris today really touched Aaron's heart.

If there are enough gold pounds, low-level mystic materials are not a problem at all.

dong dong!

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Enter!"

Aaron opened his mouth, saw Sylvia come in, and respectfully put a letter on the table: "Master... This is a letter just delivered by Mr. Clark Dass' coachman."

"Oh, I know."

He took it casually, opened it, and found that it was an invitation letter from Clark Dass, asking him to go to Dass's house at night, and to discuss important matters.

"Go back and ask the coachman to tell Mr. Das that I will be there."

Aaron put the letter down, let Sylvia go out, and suddenly sighed: "I can't collect religious taxes tonight..."

……

night.

Wearing a white shirt and a black waistcoat, Aaron got into the cab with a slender black cane in his hand.

"Clark doesn't know what to ask me for. He is a professor of history. In fact, he has a lot of things..."

After arriving at Indus Street and entering the gate of Darth's house, a person greeted him first. It was Bruce Field wearing gold-rimmed glasses.

His face was flushed with excitement. When he saw the servant going down, he immediately stepped forward and punched Aaron, lowering his voice: "Aaron...why didn't you tell me before that you are a member of that world?"

Aaron looked at him and suddenly smiled: "Didn't your teacher tell you? By the way, congratulations on becoming his apprentice."

Bruce's expression straightened and became serious: "Thank you, I will work hard."

"It's not a matter of working hard or not. Even in the mysterious world, the more you know, the more dangerous you are..."

Aaron complained in his heart, entered the study with Bruce, and saw Clark Dass smoking a meerschaum pipe.

"Here you come, Aaron."

Clark Dass took down his pipe with a smile on his face.

"Yes, congratulations on getting an excellent apprentice."

Aaron smiled back.

"Excellent? He is still very early." Clark Dass shook his head: "However, I do have something to ask you... The entry of the 'secret' path requires the awakening and accumulation of 'secret' spirituality, my school , obtained from historical relics and cultural relics by means of archaeology and other methods..."

"So it is."

Aaron nodded, and he suddenly understood why Clark Dass was so eager for historical cultural relics before.

"The items in my hand are almost exhausted, and I didn't gain anything from the last gathering, but it just so happened... I recently investigated the history and got the address of an abandoned ruin. I want to hire you to protect me and my students. Go there and hold a ceremony for him in the ruins, and at the same time, I have other things to do."

Clark Dastan said calmly.

"Why me?" Aaron asked strangely.

"It is difficult for mysterious people to trust each other, but I am more assured of you. In the last incident, you also proved your strength... And, in the end, there is a strong recommendation from Bruce!"

"Although I still have a few candidates, the one with the highest level of trust happened to be busy recently, and the rest are not so trustworthy... In comparison, I am more willing to hire you."

Clark Dass laughed: "If you want, I can pay 200 pounds for this!"

"I need to know the details of the ruins and estimate the danger." Aaron didn't immediately agree.

"Of course...it's not far away. It's in the Tangjila Mountains. It's a three-hour train ride away...As for how dangerous it is? Although it belongs to a secret religious group, it has long been abandoned...it has no value, except In addition to being attracted to us 'secret' Extraordinary..."

Clark is also a very cautious person: "Actually, there shouldn't be any danger along the way. I hired you just in case. As for the specific information, for the sake of confidentiality, I can only tell you after you agree."

"It turns out that the entrance of the apprentice of 'Secret' requires a ceremony in a place rich in historical details?"

Aaron nodded: "Please allow me to go back and think about it, and I will give you an answer tomorrow."

He was going to go back and do divination before replying.

"Yes, this is your freedom."

Clark Dass was very calm, even appreciative.

He glanced at his apprentice again, a look of helplessness appeared on his face.

……

"Explore the ruins?"

Late at night, Aaron, who returned home, tossed a coin while pondering.

Snapped!

The coin was stood on the table by an invisible force, which represented the failure of divination.

After a while, the invisible force dissipated, and it rolled and fell, but the result at this time was meaningless.

"It's really difficult to get a detailed divination result."

"At most, get some vague results."

Aaron thought for a while, redesigned the divination statement, and tossed a coin.

"This time the danger is not great!"

Snapped!

The coin lands heads up, a sign of yes.

Chapter 109 The Lotus Eater

Woohoo!

Black and red steam trains pass through a field, with snow-white smoke coming out of huge chimneys.

In the first class compartment.

Aaron, Clark, and Bruce occupied a small room, sitting opposite each other, with a small tea table in front of them.

Once the door of the box outside is closed, the inside becomes its own space with high privacy.

"Even so... the slowness and vibration of this train is unavoidable."

Aaron sighed inwardly as he looked at the scenery outside the window.

After he thought about it, he agreed to Clark's request.

The history professor immediately asked for a vacation, and the three of them took a steam train together, preparing to go to the Tangjila Mountains.

At this time, the train seats are divided into three types: first class, second class, and third class. The first class ticket is this kind of small box, and the second class only has seats, which are piled up in rows.

But in general, it is better than third class.

Especially in the compartment behind the mine furnace, if the windows were not closed tightly, a large amount of coal ash would float in immediately, and many third-class passengers became black after getting off the train.

Aaron put his cane aside and held a newspaper in his hand, always feeling that a female flight attendant would pass by in the aisle outside the window at any moment pushing a cart full of candy.

Clark closed the curtain and threw out another silver charm.

A layer of spiritual walls emerged, separating the inside and outside of the carriage.

"Okay, now we can talk about the destination."

Clark coughed and stuffed tobacco into the pipe: "The relic we are going to is a small abandoned mountain village in the Tangjila Mountains. According to my research, it has a history of more than 300 years. 'The birthplace of the organization."

"The lotus eater?" Aaron inexplicably thought of the content in the "Sleepwalking Notes": "It seems to be a kind of spirit creature..."

"Yes, but later someone came into contact with them in a dream, so in reality there was a secret association that worshiped ghouls and believed in the 'Hidden Skeleton Lord'..."

Clark sighed: "It is precisely because of this that those secret organizations and secret religious groups cannot be wiped out, because the Bureau of Investigation cannot prevent people from dreaming... Even ordinary people who do not know the spell of 'Dream Key' can still have dreams during sleepwalking." It may be in contact with the dream world."

"'Zangke Lord' is the god in charge of February...it's August now, so there shouldn't be any problem."

Aaron sighed and said, but his heart was secretly vigilant.

A secret organization is involved, and a Si Sui is involved, and his divination may be misleading!

"Sure enough, I still can't rely too much on the ability of divination..."

"Very good, it seems that your knowledge of occultism has increased again." Clark nodded in satisfaction, and took out documents and stacks of manuscripts from the briefcase at hand: "I am investigating to find the 'Lotus Eater' It has been a long time since the birthplace of the letter, and the first breakthrough was obtained in the notorious 'Rainy Night Butcher' case!"

He pointed to the old letterhead on the top of the table and motioned for Aaron to open it.

Next to him, Bruce was amazed: "The killer who was active 100 years ago and liked to kill girls on rainy nights? He caused a lot of sensation and panic back then..."

Aaron opened the letterhead and saw the slightly scrawled handwriting on the yellowed letterhead:

【Dear Master Teacher, I can't wait to share with you, I found another fresh lotus flower, it is so beautiful, so swaying...】

[This reminds me of your teaching on the holy mountain, how to choose real fresh lotus flowers, how to peel off their fresh and tender petals, and find delicious and juicy lotus seeds...]

【I dream that one day I can return to the Holy Mountain, return to Tangjila, and listen to your teachings...】

……

Looking at these words full of metaphors, Aaron, who knew deeply what kind of thing the followers of 'Red' were, couldn't help but frown.

"Ahem... two years ago, I found this from the relics of the 'Rainy Night Butcher' after he was hanged. Its original handwriting was hidden by a mysterious means... But as a 'Secret History Scholar', I have eyes that are good at discovering secrets..."

Clark Das coughed, with excitement on his face: "Then, I have been tracking down the ancient stronghold of the Lotus Eater Organization, hired many groups of archaeologists and Extraordinary people to go deep into Tangjila Mountain, and finally found it recently! "

"After the case that caused a sensation across the country, the Bureau of Investigation carried out a brutal attack and encirclement against the Lotus Eater Organization, forcing them to abandon their original ancient stronghold. According to the subsequent batches of Beyonders, it is safer there. There is no extraordinary material or secret inheritance..."

'Hiding yourself in a big city and sending people to explore ancient ruins is really your style! Aaron sneered in his heart, and then said: "However, the ancient history contained in those ruins is still quite valuable?"

"exactly."

Clark Dass nodded: "This is also to lay a good foundation for Bruce... You don't have to worry about the ordinary beasts in the Tangjila Mountains. My concern is that there may be wraiths and ghosts wandering in those places... and 'Yao 'The Extraordinary is always very good at purification."

"give it to me."

Aaron nodded.

……

More than two hours later, the three got off the steam train, hired a carriage, and arrived at the edge of the Tangjila Mountains.

"Let's go!"

Clark Dass, who was wearing a hunter suit and dressed very well, walked into the jungle first.

Aaron looked at Bruce who was carrying a big backpack, shook his head, and followed behind with a cane.

jiji!

Suddenly, from the canopy in front, several colorful birds fell.

They landed on Clark Dass' shoulders, chirped, and flew into the sky.

"I'm sure, the road ahead is not dangerous."

Clark Dass seemed to be a capable wilderness survival master, his tone was full of confidence.

"A communicating animal?"

Aaron glanced at it for a few moments, then spoke suddenly.

"Yes!"

Clark said proudly: "This is the ability of a 'Druid', and a 'Druid' can also practice 'Red' and 'Chrysalis'. I once held a 'History Retrospective' ceremony in a druid holy place, but it's a pity that At that time, my rank was too low, and I only obtained the abilities of 'animal affinity' and 'beast language'..."

"Back in history?" Bruce also asked curiously: "Teacher, what is that?"

"This is the core ability of our sect of esoteric historians!" Clark glanced at Aaron: "However, there are many people who know about it, and even if they know about it, they can't target it, so we can talk about it..."

He was obviously preparing to give a lecture on the 'secret' way, and he didn't shy away from Aaron's listening.

Chapter 110 History Backtracking

"Cough cough..."

Clark cleared his throat while walking through the mountains and forests, letting all kinds of animals open the way for him: "In our 'secret historian' view, the world has memories, especially those major events that happened in history. It is possible to leave a deep mark in the history of the world!"