The old priest has a stooped figure, his hair is snow-white, and the wrinkles on his face are like dry old tree bark. He must be over eighty years old.
He walked very slowly but steadily, until he came close, and then he took a serious look at the two of them, then looked at Jolena and said slowly: "Girl, I think she looks familiar..."
Joanna looked at the priest intently, but frowned and shook her head and said, "I'm sorry, priest, it seems like this is the first time we have met, right?"
The priest smiled slightly and said: "I have an impression of Cha Haner since the beginning of the investigation. But I didn't expect that even if he faked his death, he would not be able to hide it."
"Ah? Is Chahaner really not dead?" Qiao Lina asked in surprise.
The priest turned to look at the empty coffin and said, "Didn't you already see it?"
"Father, do you know the truth about my boyfriend's disappearance?" Joanna couldn't help but ask.
The priest sighed and said, "If you two have time, I would like to tell you a story..."
"Story?" Lin Shan and Qiao Lina looked at each other with suspicious expressions on their faces.
"Young man, could you please restore the grave to its original state?" The priest said to Lin Shan without further explanation.
Lin Shan pondered for a moment, then nodded, closed the coffin lid again, then picked up the shovel and quickly backfilled the soil.
After regaining his original position, the priest turned around and walked back tremblingly.
Lin Shan and Qiao Lina looked at each other, and then walked behind the priest.
The priest walked very slowly. Although Lin Shan was anxious, he couldn't rush him, so he could only follow behind him patiently.
In this way, I walked for more than twenty minutes before entering a room in the church.
The room was not very big, but it was very clean. Several chairs were placed against the wall. After the priest invited Lin Shan and Qiao Lina to sit down, he also made fragrant coffee for them.
However, out of caution, neither Lin Shan nor the others drank.
The priest was minding his own business and told a story about the village.
"In the depths of the Sahara Desert, there is a mysterious village called Rakha Village, where a group of mysterious Rakha people live. According to legend, the Rakha people immigrated from aliens, that is, the legendary aliens
People, and there are also records about the Raka people in our sacred books, but what is recorded above is that they are messengers of God, coming to spread God’s light and love.”
"This village never communicates with the outside world and lives a self-sufficient life. However, many believers, in order to trace the traces of God, have gone deep into the desert many times to search for the Raka village, but they have not found it. Even most people,
They were all lost in the vast Sahara Desert and never came out. However, some people say that those believers have been called by God, have become God’s people, received God’s gifts, and have become members of the Raka village.
.”
Hearing this, Lin Shan couldn't help but asked curiously: "If this village is hidden in the hinterland of the desert, how can they be self-sufficient? In addition, now the exploration equipment is very advanced and the transportation is very convenient. If this is really the case
How can it be impossible to find a place?"
"Having said that, how can believers rely on modern transportation for pilgrimage?" the priest said: "In my opinion, the hidden location is only one of the reasons why people cannot find the Raka village."
"Oh? Then you think there are other reasons?" Lin Shan asked.
The priest nodded and said: "It is recorded in the sacred book that the village of Raka is very magical. It disappears at sunrise and appears again at sunset. Perhaps this is the real reason why believers cannot find it."
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bsp; “It disappears at sunrise and appears at sunset? Do you mean that this village will disappear during the day and only appear at night?” Jolena asked in surprise.
"This is what is recorded in the divine book." The priest nodded.
Lin Shan asked with some surprise: "Father, you are telling us this story tonight. Is that Zha Haner related to this story?"
The priest seemed hesitant, and after thinking again and again, he confessed: "Zhahan'er is from Raka."
"What?" Lin Shan and Qiao Lina were both surprised.
"Isn't this because he deceived you?" Lin Shan said.
The priest shook his head and said: "Absolutely not."
"Why are you so sure? The village of Raka exists in legends, and no one has ever seen the Raka people. It was also said before that the Raka people never have contact with the outside world, but Zhahan'er appears here, and yet
After surviving for many years, isn’t this very contradictory?” Jolena said.
The priest said: "Zhahan'er is a messenger sent by God. He understands divine texts."
"What is the divine text?" Lin Shan became more and more confused as he listened, and he couldn't figure out what the old priest meant.
"The divine writing is an ancient writing recorded in the divine book. Only the messengers of God can understand it. And the Raka people are the messengers of God." When the priest said this, he explained: "I know that people definitely don't believe it. After all,
We don’t know that kind of divine writing, so Zhahan Er can just talk nonsense. This is also possible. But..."
"But what?" Joanna asked.
The priest continued: "Zhahaner has many magical abilities, such as flying, strong strength, and the ability to turn water into ice, etc., and the most important thing is that he has god-like medical skills and can save endangered people.
, and I was saved from death by Zhahaner."
"Oh? Now that you say it, this Zhahaner is really quite capable. Then why did he cheat his death?" Lin Shan asked.
In Lin Shan's opinion, these so-called magical abilities are not magical at all.
On the contrary, he became even more suspicious of Zha Haner.
The priest looked at Joanna and said, "This girl has been investigating Zhahaner. Zhahaner didn't want to be noticed, so he had no choice but to fake his death."
"Then where is he now?"
"My boyfriend's disappearance is related to him?"
Lin Shan and Qiao Lina asked at the same time.
The priest shook his head and sighed, and said: "Zhahan'er has returned to Laka Village. As for this girl's boyfriend, I don't know very well, but I believe that as a messenger of God, Zhahaner will never harm her.
Someone else’s.”
"I just want to know where my boyfriend is now?" Joanna asked in a somewhat unkind tone.
Lin Shan secretly shook Joanna's hand and signaled her not to be excited, and then asked the priest: "Father, when you tell us this story today, you probably don't just want to tell us the inside story, right?"
The priest smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Yes, I have a purpose."
"What purpose?" Lin Shan asked.
The priest pointed at himself and said calmly: "I am extremely ill now, and God has called me, but I don't want to die here. So I would like to ask you to take me with you to find the village of Raqa. I hope to be there."
Before closing my eyes, I saw that mysterious place with my own eyes and dedicated my remaining body and supreme faith to my great God."
"Father, your spirit is admirable! But I still have some doubts in my heart, why did you choose us? And how can you be sure that we will definitely take you to find the Rakka village?" Lin Shan asked, staring into the old eyes of the priest.