The boy's little entanglement made Lu Zhengkang quite uneasy.
So he secretly went to Markas City and inquired about the whereabouts of Jonas's mother in the tavern. This aristocratic woman with extremely high artistic attainments was said to have been sent to Dugu City to work as a musician in the Blue Palace. It was also said that
She was abducted by bandits on the way, and now she is wandering around Butadanz. However, the latter is obviously the lie of a jealous person, so there is no need to believe it. There is evidence for the former statement.
Jonas's mother, Shifran Fuya, was bought by someone from the Silver-blood family, and the Silver-blood family is the land of Markas. Just from the nickname of Markas City, we can see the clues of a city flowing with silver and blood.
city, doesn't it imply that the Silver Blood family is the real one in power?
After using illusions to confuse a member of the Silver-Blooded Family, Lu Zhengkang confirmed the authenticity of the news. Shifran was only an insignificant part of the bribe. The Silver-blooded Family needed the support of the High King to open up trade routes.
Such a generous bribe also sends a signal of peace. After all, the Reach leader's rebellion during the great war is still a huge stain.
After confirming that Shifran's life was safe, Lu Zhengkang stopped paying attention. After all, the expedition had just begun.
The Black Waterfall Cave is indeed dark, which impressed Lu Zhengkang deeply in the game, and now actually entering it evokes some not-so-pleasant memories.
Sure enough, the darkness is as thick as a physical entity and can make people drown in it, unable to breathe. Some passages are extremely narrow, and it is impossible for a troll to walk. This discovery made Lu Zhengkang quite melancholy and hard.
The mountain wall was shattered and cracked by his angry punches.
There are very few traces of human activities here. After walking for a while, you have to jump into an underground river and follow the current to the deep cave. You also have to face hundreds of frost-biting spiders, going around, climbing up and down.
Everyone was quite embarrassed before finally arriving at their destination, Oriel Sanctuary.
Oriel is Oriel-El, the ancestor of the elves, the beginning of time.
A snow elf wearing pure white armor was wandering around the dilapidated sanctuary. He was tall, with shiny white hair and skin. He looked rather sickly, but he had a strong physique, strong eyes, and a peaceful demeanor, which made people feel good about him.
"Welcome to the great sanctuary of Auri-El, I am Paladin Galeb."
Serana was surprised, "Are you Vamo?"
"No, relatively speaking, I prefer to call myself a snow elf. The name Vamer is too negative. These twisted creatures called Vamer, I call them traitors."
Lu Zhengkang apologized to Galeb and then asked, "I wonder if you can help us find Oriel's Bow?"
"Oh, when I saw you, I had a special hunch that you are the right person. Of course, I will help, but all I can do is provide guidance. In the end, will you be recognized by the Lord?
You still need to work hard on your own.”
"What do we need to do?"
"I want you to kill my brother, High Acolyte Visul."
Serana made a clear voice, "Ah, sibling cannibalism, an interesting scene."
"No, it's not as simple as you think."
"It doesn't matter. Either one of them dies or they all die. Is there any difference?"
Serana's poisonous tongue could sometimes save a lot of time. Galeb was so angry that he gave up explaining his motive for killing his brother and instead began to describe the methods and routes to the inner sanctuary, the Great Temple.
"Please wait a moment and let me open the altar so that it may be more intuitive."
Galeb walked towards a spherical vault in the pool. This was the altar. Light was projected on the vault from the opening of the cave roof, and the brass sun statue placed on the top shone brightly. The main body of the altar sank in
Underground, Galeb released a lost snow elf magic, and the statue began to glow. After a trembling moment, the shrine slowly rose.
Jonas and Jonas once again exclaimed like they had never seen before, "Wow."
This is a gray-white stone pavilion in the shape of a hexagonal prism, with a door on one side and walls on the rest. The only object in the pavilion is a stone-carved basin. Other than that, there are no detailed and complicated decorative sculptures. It is very simple.
"This is the shrine, which is used for meditation and conveying the revelation of the sanctuary. Once the believers have finished praying, they will immerse the ritual water bottle in the basin, and then go to the next shrine, and repeat this until the initiation ceremony is completed."
Serana shrugged, "That's great. The believers still have to drag a big pot of water around. So how long does it take to pray?"
"It depends on the individual. After completing the initiation ceremony, the believer can go to the inner sanctuary and pour the water from the pot into the sacred basin of the temple, so that the door will be opened to him."
"We worked so hard to get the water, and then we had to dump it in the end. It was a lot of useless work. Then we had to kill your brother, and finally we could get the Bow of Oriel? This is really great." Serana
Her tone was calm and her face was so calm that it gave people the illusion that she was telling the truth, but in fact it was just routine complaints and venomous remarks.
Galeb said with a straight face, "These are symbolic! You just don't understand. Of course, it sounds strange to outsiders like you, but this is the only way. There are five shrines in total, each of which is well distributed.
It is far away, and you must go through a ritual to reach it. The first one is deep in the Black Waterfall Passage, in an uncivilized and uncivilized place. Come, take the kettle, and set off."
Lu Zhengkang scooped up the clear water from the bottom of the basin with a kettle. The rectangular wall facing the opening suddenly turned into a portal, like a tranquil water surface. A dark and wonderful world full of purple light showed through the water surface.
"Let's go in."
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Jonas and Dilo were walking through the Black Falls passage, and it was only then that the boy realized that he had been betrayed by Dilo.
The trolls and vampires had already carried the water bottles all the way deep into the passage, leaving only two rookies to follow behind.
"Be careful, don't die here." Lu Zhengkang's malicious smile made Jonas feel cold all over.
The Black Waterfall Passage has been isolated from the world for a long time and has evolved a new ecological system. Fluorescent organisms are the main source of light. In addition to the ordinary shimmering toadstools, there is also a mysterious organism that emits purple light. It neither looks like a fungus nor a fungus.
It is like a plant, and has obvious stress. Once other animals approach, its luminous top part will retract into the hard cavity, and the thin light will disappear in an instant.
Lu Zhengkang led Serana and carried Serana's old father Hakon along the way, passing through many Vamo gathering areas along the way. These disgusting guys have a strong hatred for the living, and they are ready to fight for their lives when they meet.
Fearless of death, he besieged the trolls together with a large number of nest moths.
At this time, Lu Zhengkang is like a Burning Cloud Breath. Whether these things can survive or not depends entirely on fate.
With him clearing the way ahead, the danger left to Jonas and the two of them is minimal.
Going deeper into the passage, various wonderful animals and plants are also displayed, including fluorescent saber cats and sika deer, strange plants, and tall shimmering toadstools that look like jellyfish.
Serana repeatedly lamented the wonder of the scenery, and even Hakon sighed slightly.
"Now I somewhat believe that the prophecy is a conspiracy."
