Siheyuan: Living in the People's Community, with a Heart for the Red Star

At the edge of the seventh floor of the temple, on a rarely traveled path, Lao Yang reached out and touched the silver wall, not knowing how to describe his current mood.

The silver-grey wall, which was several hundred meters high, stretched into the distance, with no end in sight. According to Pudar, the entire underground of the temple was a huge rectangular space, surrounded by silver-grey metal on all four sides and above and below, without a single gap. Apart from the central transmission channel, there was no other way to leave the temple.

As for how the soil, animals, and people in the temple came from, there is no record. We only know that the temple was like this when the gods descended. Although every year, knights or missionaries who return bring some animals and plants from outside into the temple, there are not many new species after all. Most of them are already in the temple. Some are new species formed by the hybridization of the original animals and plants and the animals and plants that entered the temple.

Old Yang took out the short halberd of the three-headed tribe in the space and scratched the wall a few times, revealing the exact same silver-gray metal inside. At this time, a streak of red light came from the wall of the temple, scanning the surroundings.

Before the red light swept past, Lao Yang had already pulled Pudar back quickly. After the two healthy horses were swept by the red light, they were instantly hit by a steel knife that suddenly appeared on the wall and chopped into two pieces. The red light then continued to scan the wall within a range of about five meters, and disappeared after finding no other creatures.

The damaged part of the wall also began to recover slowly, and it would not take long for it to be restored to its original state. Looking at the horse that was split into two pieces on the ground, Lao Yang and Pudar were very surprised. They did not expect that the wall could have an attack method. It looked like the wall could instantly turn into a sharp blade and attack the area within five meters around the wall.

Old Yang waved his hand and put the two dead horses into the space. He said to Pudar who was thinking beside him, "We have to walk now. Should we go back and get two horses to ride?"

Pudar, who was awakened by Lao Yang, looked at Lao Yang innocently and asked, "Sir, what did you just say? I was distracted just now, please don't blame me!"

"Our horses have been killed. Why don't we go back the same way and borrow two more horses?"

Lao Yang said it again.

"Don't worry, sir. There is no need to turn back. There are also a lot of horses, cattle and sheep grazing on the seventh floor. As long as we continue to move forward along this road, we will soon reach a pasture. There are a lot of cattle, sheep and horses grazing there. We can just catch two and ride away. Then we can return them to the post station and report back!"

"Okay, I'll listen to you! Let's keep moving forward. You can translate this for me while I'm here. I don't recognize the words on it and I can't understand it!"

As Lao Yang spoke, he took out a handwritten notebook from the space and handed it to Pudar, asking him to repeat it.

"Okay, my lord."

Pudar took the notebook handed over by Lao Yang, looked at the words on the cover and said:

"Sir, this is Sorata's notebook. On the first page, it says that Master Wu Yu began to teach me the techniques of the spear as my teacher...

Teacher Wu Yu kept defeating me, his spear was like a poisonous snake that was impossible to grasp...

My marksmanship finally stopped the teacher's attack. Today was the first time I blocked teacher Wu Yu's shot...

This is the third year that Teacher Wu Yu has taught me. I can finally have a chance to attack and defend against Teacher Wu Yu...

Teacher Wu Yu finally recognized my spear. It took me seven years to fight the seventy-year-old teacher Wu Yu to a draw...

Today in the Temple Challenge, I finally made it into the top 100, ranked 95th, and became a Holy Daylight Knight!

Today I was received by the envoy of God. The envoy Mixmis received me warmly and pulled me into his camp. I have received the envoy's affectionate love, and my future is limitless...

Today, the envoy of God asked me to kill Teacher Wu Yu. I don’t know how this happened! Although Teacher Wu Yu is not a popular person, he is an upright person. I don’t know what to do! The envoy of God told me that this was the guidance of God. Teacher Wu Yu betrayed the faith of God and needed to be purified...

……

Sir Yang, these records are some of the dark secrets in the temple, all of which are some of the psychological processes that Sorata has experienced. It must be said that every successful person has come through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and betrayal by family members! There is a lot more to come, Sir, do you want to listen?"

As Lao Yang walked forward, he asked, "Has the writing in the Pudar Temple always been the same? How long will it take me to learn the writing in the temple?"

Pudar followed behind Lao Yang with Sorata's notes. After a moment of hesitation, he answered Lao Yang's question, "My Lord, as far as I know, the characters used in the temple are called divine characters, and they have been the same since ancient times. Although the characters written by some people have changed a little, they are generally unchanged. If you want to learn the divine characters, it will probably take about two years. We were still young at the time, and it took us about three years to master all of them. Your Lordship has already mastered other languages, and if you learn the divine characters, they can verify each other, so it will probably take about two years! Of course, it may only take less than half a year to learn it with a mechanical dictionary-style search. A lot of divine characters require a sense of language and context to judge, so it is not easy to master the divine characters."

"Two years is not too long and is still acceptable. Let's do this. Next, we will start learning the divine text from simple plants and animals. For example, how is the word for horse written in the divine text?"

A pen and a blank notebook appeared in Lao Yang's hand, and he gave them to Pudar to record. When Pudar finished writing, Lao Yang marked the word "horse" behind the symbol.

Old Yang and Pudar walked along the way and asked questions about some of the animals and plants they saw every day. They filled more than 20 pages in their notebooks before they stopped. In front of them was a pasture. The grass had grown to half a person's height. Looking up, they could see a lot of cattle and sheep grazing freely. Some horses were interspersed among the cattle and sheep, walking around in the pasture. Although they were not as numerous as the cattle and sheep, their number was not small. At least within the range that Old Yang could see, he saw no less than ten horses.

Lao Yang had only killed horses before, and had never caught a live horse. He didn't know how to start, so he turned to Pudar behind him and asked, "Pudar, have you ever caught a horse? Do you just rush forward like that? It's easy to kill these horses, but it's beyond my ability to catch one intact!"

"You don't know, sir, that the horses in our temple are different from those outside. All the horses are not wild horses, but domesticated since childhood. They are just free-range in the pasture and will not panic and run away when humans approach. So we just need to approach slowly and the horses will not be frightened and run away."

Pudar hurriedly explained the situation in the Temple Ranch to Lao Yang.

After explaining, he slowly approached a horse in the distance. Just as Pudar said, the horse did not run away in panic because of Pudar's approach, but still lowered its head to chew the tender grass on the ground. As for Pudar's approach, it just snorted a few times and ignored him. It was not until Pudar's hand touched the horse's mane that the horse turned around and sniffed Pudar's body, and then let Pudar pull it closer to Lao Yang.

When Pudar came close to Lao Yang, he looked at him expectantly. Lao Yang immediately understood what Pudar meant, and with a wave of his hand, a saddle, reins, and whip appeared on the ground in front of him. Pudar quickly picked up the reins and put them on the horse, and then installed the saddle on the horse's back.

After finishing, he handed the whip and reins to Lao Yang and said:

"Your Excellency, just ride this one. I'll go get another one!"

After Pudar walked into the ranch again, Lao Yang circled around the chestnut horse twice. The chestnut horse had strong limbs, strong muscles, and a straight mane. It was a good horse. There were grass roots, grass debris, and mud mixed in the hair. The horse was gentle in nature. Lao Yang turned over and rode on the horse's back, using his spatial ability to remove all the impurities on the horse. Instantly, the horse felt refreshed, and its hair became much smoother, fluttering in the breeze.

Lao Yang controlled the horse and walked a few steps forward and backward. He felt that the horse was very obedient and did not show any dissatisfaction with Lao Yang's riding.

When he looked up, he saw Pudar had walked up to a black horse and reached out to touch the horse's belly a few times. The horse turned back to sniff at Pudar and continued to nibble on the grass. After Pudar reached out and grabbed the mane on the black horse's neck, the horse obediently followed Pudar and walked towards Lao Yang.

Lao Yang took out another set of horse harness from the space and threw it on the ground, then urged the chestnut horse to run back and forth on the path twice. After a few laps, he felt familiar with the horse's condition, so he called Pudar to continue along the path.

According to Pudar's instructions, we set off for the next town, Puru Town, and took a detour through Puru Town to the teleportation channel. Then we returned to the temple and went to the library, where we collected all the books in the library, copied them, and returned them.

According to the plan, the two men galloped on horseback and it took them three hours to arrive at the cabin where they borrowed the horses. After returning the two horses to the owner of the cabin, Lao Yang and Pudar took the elevator back to the second floor of the temple.

Pudar led Lao Yang to the southeast of the second floor. After passing through several complicated passages and alleys, they finally saw a huge building nearly 100 meters high, like a giant boot. The entrance to the ground floor was engraved with "Book Collection". Four shining knights stood at the door. They were meticulous and ignored the passers-by. They were motionless like a sculpture and completely ignored the arrival of Lao Yang and Pudar.

When the two entered the library, the first thing they saw was a complex machine. Pudar explained to Lao Yang:

"Sir, this is a detection device. Anyone entering needs to hold a token granted by the temple to pass through, and it can detect whether the entrant is carrying tools for arson or destroying books. Only those who meet the security requirements can pass through and enter to study the materials inside. If you want to borrow them, you can only copy them by hand and leave with them!"

Then Pudar took out his token and pressed the bulge on the machine. After the baffle in front retracted, Punar walked in and walked into the library with green lights all the way. Lao Yang also took out the token of the envoy, verified it like Pudar did, and then walked into the library.

Under Pudar's guidance, the two passed through an archway and entered the library. This was only one floor of the library, which was 20 meters high. Standing at the entrance, they saw huge bookshelves filled with all kinds of books.

The left side is full of books made of metal; the right side is some stone carvings, wood carvings, and paper books. It is very obvious that the books on the left are obviously more valuable than those on the right.

Pudar introduced to Old Yang: "Master Yang, this library is divided into five floors.

The first layer mainly consists of biographies, life introductions, and oddities collected by the folks. This much information has been accumulated over thousands of years.

The second level contains archive data on all the knights in the temple over the past thousands of years, as well as biographies, weapons, and martial arts introductions.

The third level contains archived information on all missionaries over the past thousands of years, as well as the autobiographies and cultivation experiences of key figures.

The fourth level records the temple’s beliefs and biographies of the gods, and preserves major events that occurred in the temple, as well as all cultivation systems and secrets.

It is said that the fifth floor can only be entered by the messengers of God, and it is full of unknown records about the temple.

The fourth floor can only be entered by bishops and daylight knights, and they can only enter for one month each year, and learning materials cannot be copied. The fifth floor can only be entered by the Lord of God, and I know nothing about the rules. "

After Pudar finished his introduction, Lao Yang asked, "Are there any other libraries or similar places in the entire temple?"

Pudar immediately replied, "Yes, there is a small bookstore on each floor, which sells various biographies of gods, religious rules, religious hymns, as well as chivalric novels, missionary novels, etc. Of course, there is no such thing on the eighteenth floor."

Old Yang frowned and asked, "Doesn't this library need someone to manage it? Why can't I see anyone?"

Pudar pointed in a direction to Lao Yang and said, "Sir, that room is the duty room where the missionaries stay. They will stay here all the time, cleaning up every 24 hours, returning the books to their original places, and checking if any books are missing!"

Old Yang asked again in confusion: "Don't they need to verify whether the token belongs to this person? Wouldn't it be very dangerous if someone else pretended to be in?"

Pudar replied nonchalantly, "Sir, what you are worried about is not that it has not happened, it happens all the time! Once a knight or missionary successfully challenges the ranking above them, but the new ranking date has not yet arrived, the person who successfully challenges will snatch the loser's token and use it. Therefore, some important places will not check whether the token belongs to the person. As long as you have it, you can use it. It is also a means to motivate all knights and missionaries to make progress."

Old Yang asked Pudar his doubts again: "Then do you think that Sorata's divine token was taken away by someone else?"

Pudar thought for a while and replied, "This is basically impossible! The place where the God's Messenger is in seclusion needs the God's Messenger Token to open, otherwise the room cannot be opened, and no one can forcibly take the token away. And you can't become a God's Messenger by defeating the God's Messenger. You must be recognized by several other God's Messengers and receive the blessing of the temple to establish your identity! For so many years, no one has directly tried to snatch the token from the God's Messenger. Sorata's God's Messenger Token is probably borrowed by someone else. After all, robbing by force sounds incredible!"

Old Yang nodded without comment and walked towards the metal book on the left.