Coming out of the place where Shen Bingbing and the others stayed temporarily, Ma Long and his party followed the envoy sent by the high priest. After walking out of the quiet grove, they saw the local villagers gathered outside.
Seeing the crowd of people watching, Ma Long was really shocked. Because on the way here, Ma Long didn't see so many people. He didn't expect that so many people would appear out of thin air in this short period of time.
Man, it's surprising.
Ma Long thought to himself, it seems that if he wants to leave here smoothly today, he can't do it without seeing the high priest. Although in Ma Long's eyes, these are ordinary people who are powerless, they can't just leave here casually.
Are these innocent strangers injured or even disabled? Ma Long thinks that he is not that cruel. Although he has the ability to decide life and death, his nature is still kind.
Therefore, Ma Long followed Fan Yong's suggestion and went to meet the so-called high priest before making plans.
Ma Long and his party of five followed the envoy and walked towards the empty temple in the west of the village. The road was crowded with local people. Perhaps they heard the news that the saint was leaving, so they all ran away
Come out and watch.
The several kilometers around the temple belong to the sacred area, and most people are prohibited from visiting here. Therefore, when Ma Long and others stepped out of this open area, the gazes of the onlookers completely disappeared, replaced by the silence around them.
Soon, Malone saw a building similar to a Western cathedral appearing in front of him. Of course, due to the limited local technical level, it was impossible to build a beautiful Western-style spire cathedral, which did not have the solemnity.
It is not very impressive and does not have exquisite murals, but with the local productivity, it is not easy to build the prototype of this streamlined version of the cathedral.
When they arrived at the entrance of the temple, the envoy trotted all the way, notifying the guards at the entrance to go in and report to the high priest, the saint, and others.
The young guard at the door glanced at Ma Long and his group who were slowly approaching the temple, then turned around and ran towards the main hall.
Malone and others came to the high priest and waited outside the main hall. Different from Western churches, the temple here is not accessible to ordinary people, nor is it open to worship once a week, but is open to local people.
The place where the high priest rested, lived and practiced meditation was not accessible to ordinary people.
However, there is a large-scale holy meeting every year, and everyone in the village must participate. Most people can only enter the temple through this large-scale ceremony.
After a while, the guard ran out in a hurry, nodded to the envoy and said, "The high priest lets them in."
The envoy waved his hand, signaling Ma Long and others to follow him and continue walking into the temple hall.
As soon as he entered the temple, Malone felt a sense of emptiness. It was like an undecorated rough house, extremely shabby. Although there was a circular dome that was tens of meters high, it still could not hide the decay here.
It doesn't have the grand feeling of ancient or primitive buildings at all. On the contrary, this building seems to have been built by cutting corners and rushing materials.
Looking from the outside of the temple, it seems that it is a simplified version of the prototype of a cathedral. But once inside, it looks like an ordinary building with the appearance of a cathedral, with nothing inside.
Malone thought to himself, how could there be such a shabby temple? It can be seen that the true god enshrined here is probably not rich. The believers are so poor that they cannot even build a decent church. The true god enshrined here can
How good is it?
After passing through the empty and very long hall, Lai Shi turned right at the corner ahead and brought Ma Long and others into a room.
It is also a very simple room, with only a few wooden tables, chairs and benches, which are not even painted. They are the kind of stools that turn into sawdust when you sit on them and get up again, and a wooden table that will never be stable. It can be seen that there is an urgent need here.
A decent carpenter.
There were five people sitting in the room, all of them women. One of them looked very old. Sitting on the chair, he looked like a mummy. His body looked skinny and bones. His eyes were closed and he could not see any signs of life. Ma Long
When I saw it, I thought to myself, could this be the high priest of this village, possessing supreme power?
Sitting around the old woman were four ordinary middle-aged women. They looked ordinary, thin and frail, and their skin was very rough. They looked no different from ordinary middle-aged women.
Malone thought to himself, are these women servants of the high priest?
The envoy took Ma Long into the house and quietly left.
The five of them stood in the room, and no one offered up their seats. In fact, even if they gave up their seats, Ma Long preferred to stand. He had to go to the airport later, and he didn't even have a change of clothes. He was covered in dust, so how could he get in?
machine?
No one spoke in the room. After a while, the elderly woman slowly opened her eyes and stared closely at Shen Bingbing.
Her eyes were so bright that Shen Bingbing felt a wave of heart palpitations and involuntarily hid behind Ma Long.
As Shen Bingbing's figure moved, the old woman's eyes were forced to fall on Ma Long. She frowned slightly and said slowly: "Are you the one who just entered the village today and inquired about the whereabouts of the saint?"
Hearing what the old man said, it seemed that he had come here to rob someone. Ma Long felt depressed and said, "She is not a saint, but my fiancée."
The old woman sneered and said: "Young people always regard something as illusory as love as faith. How ridiculous this is. Girl, I ask again, are you willing to be my successor?
The saint of the true God?”
When Shen Bingbing heard the old man's question, she knew that he was speaking to herself, so she stood outside and said to the old man: "I'm sorry, high priest, I don't want to. I want to leave here with my fiancé and go back to the East.
Go back to my home."
The old man nodded, as if Shen Bingbing's answer did not surprise her. Then she slowly said: "That's what I said to the previous high priest back then -"
Shen Bingbing was shocked. She didn't expect that the high priest would say such a thing. It aroused her curiosity and she couldn't help but ask: "Then how did you choose in the end? Did you stay?" In fact, this question was in vain.
, seeing that she has become the high priest now, the answer is obviously self-evident. What makes Shen Bingbing curious is, what made the high priest change his attention again?
Hearing Shen Bingbing's questioning, the old woman smiled confidently, nodded slowly and said, "Yes, in the end I chose to stay. Do you know why?"
Shen Bingbing shook her head. She was a little worried. Looking at the old woman's confident smile, it seemed that she would eventually decide to stay. She kept telling herself in her heart that no matter what, I would leave with Ma Long and would not change my mind.
Yes! Hold on!
The old woman spoke again and told the reason why she finally stayed...
