The Mani Temple in Cambridge Oasis is an ancient building with a long history.
Three thousand years ago, Manichaeism was once a popular religion in the Aegean continent. No one knows how this religion developed in the Aegean continent. At that time, there were rumors that the goddess Mani had descended from the gods several times and used her physical body as messengers.
This mythical and unfounded rumor once showed Manichaeism a large number of fanatical and radical believers in the human world, and many Behemoths even gave up on shamanism and followed Manichaeism.
However, this religion was destined to be short-lived. The smoke and flames of the sea and land wars brought it from glory to tranquility.
In today's Aegean continent, there are many ancient temple ruins similar to the Mani Temple, recording their past glory and current ruin.
Looking at this huge temple covering an area of dozens of acres, Liu Zhencheng really couldn't figure it out. This was a desert! Where did the original builders get so many green strips of stone to build the temple?
"Although it looks a bit dilapidated, the overall structure of this Mani temple is still very solid." Knight Piero, who was leading the way, saw that the Divine Comedy Shaman's eyes always stayed on the five-digit "Temple of Odi" printed on it.
On the stone lintel with the common script of the continent, there is now a tuft of grass sprouting on it, and there is an abandoned bird's nest, so the knight hurriedly explained.
"Such a big door pillar, it is estimated that it can withstand an earthquake." Liu Zhencheng nodded. There are dozens of huge stone pillars supporting the temple's outer corridor, each of which is carved into a half-naked beautiful beard.
The image of the Han Dynasty, the male genital part is half hidden and half exposed, and the diameter is amazing-------he refers to the stone pillar.
"Not even a dagger can fit into these gaps in the wall. The builders back then put a lot of effort into it." Chevalier Piero smiled and pointed at the moss-covered steps, hundreds of steps, all stone.
The seams are as thin as a line and almost indistinguishable to the naked eye.
"All followers, please stop for now!" Liu Zhencheng jumped up the steps and waved vigorously to the noisy group of priests and followers: "Priests and guards, come with me into the temple."
The priests rubbed their sore shoulders and took a long breath, finally able to rest.
On both sides of the steps of this ancient temple, there are huge statues of monsters. These stone statues are carved from jade. The carving techniques are extremely exquisite. The young priests walking through them can't help but turn their heads to take a look.
, they always feel that these monsters are gathering momentum, ready to pounce and bite people at any time. Although they know that this idea is a bit nonsense, after all, this feeling always lingers in their hearts; the older priests have been in the world for a long time.
, secretly laughing at the performance of the rookies, holding their heads high and striding forward.
Stepping into the huge temple, Liu Zhencheng felt a coldness on his face, a cold wind blew past him, and several delicate bodies immediately pressed against him behind him.
The ancient bronze oil lamps on the corridor have been filled with animal fat and are burning with a crackling sound. The bats on the roof of the corridor are startled and scream strangely from time to time as they pass through this long moss-covered path.
After entering the main temple through the corridor, what appeared in front of Liu Zhenshao and the priests was a ten-meter-high Mani statue. This Mani goddess has a beautiful face and a lion's body, which perfectly combines the soft and masculine qualities.
Perfectly blended together, not only are they not dazzling, but they are indescribably harmonious.
This statue of Mani is squatting on the altar, holding the sky in both hands, with a cluster of blue flames rising high in the palms of her hands. The two translucent blue flames just form a cross angle that relies on each other.
, the dim and strange firelight just illuminated the face of the Holy Fire Goddess, casting a layer of cyan light on this beautiful and delicate face, exuding an indescribable coquettish charm, a faint aria,
Accompanied by the rolling and steaming green flames, it echoed quietly throughout the temple, which was very magical.
The altar was already occupied by a large number of Behemoth soldiers. Except for the God of War Campas, the iron-blooded soldiers did not seem to have much interest in other gods. No one even looked at this person.
The Statue of Mani, and groups of uniformed staff officers and officers were surrounding each sand table, nervously conducting deductions with maps and rulers, while the communications soldiers next to them were recording something with a quill pen.
It felt like there was another group of people in the temple. Several Behemoth officers raised their heads, glanced at the priests with the arrogance unique to professional soldiers, and then lowered their heads to go about their own business. This contemptuous action made the priest group
The collective broke out into a cold snort.
"Your Majesty, gentlemen, please wait for a moment. I will go to Sir Boban and Commander Kahn immediately." Piero noticed the displeasure of the priests and said quickly.
"Go ahead. This temple must have enough rooms. Let's get settled first. The priests are not rude soldiers. We need to rest." Liu Zhenzhen laughed, and his words immediately attracted more Behemoth officers.
An unruly and provocative gaze.
"It's very strange! The two clusters of blue flames on the statue can never be lit by the Behemoth officers who entered earlier. Could it be said that this kind of flame will never go out? This Mani temple should have been built for many years.
Are you there?" Little Sister Joan of Arc asked strangely: "I don't know if you heard it, but every time the flames rolled around, I could hear a chant, like sighing, but also like talking."
"I heard that voice too." Sissi nodded.
"Sigh? Confess? Why do I sound like a broken shoe moaning..." Liu Zhenzhen smiled slyly, and as soon as a pornographic sentence slipped out of his mouth, he immediately realized that there were many sacrifices behind him, and his face turned serious, "
...Well...it's like the painful groan of a soul being "coerced" and imprisoned in a dark cage."
As the people who knew the boss best, the four Ouchi guards and several militia leaders almost burst out laughing on the spot. Fei Luo and O'Neill deliberately laughed loudly, and were stepped on by the boss's wife Helen each. Many priests also listened.
After realizing the mystery, everyone struggled to hold back their laughter. Gomez was so shy that he couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing.
Mo'er stared blankly at the green flames on the hands of the Mani statue. Suddenly, her face turned red and blue. Liu Zhencheng was pulled by Guo Guo on his shoulder and noticed something strange about Mo'er.
"I'm also a little surprised. This temple has been built for at least three thousand years." Gelini interrupted with a blushing face: "Logically speaking, how can a holy fire burn for thousands of years? Even if it uses Huopu beads as fuel.
It definitely didn't last that long! This temple has been abandoned for at least a thousand or two thousand years, right? How could the holy fire keep burning for such a long time without anyone adding fuel... It's really strange..."
"There's nothing surprising!" Mo'er's face turned livid: "This green flame has a smell of wintergreen when it burns, and there is a strange sound when the flame rolls. It is obviously fuel refined from the fat of a mermaid. It comes from a mermaid.
The oil purified and refined in the body is enough to ensure that it will burn for five hundred years. As long as the oil of twenty mermaids is extracted, it will not be a problem for the holy fire to last for ten thousand years."
"Mermaid?" Galini's beautiful eyes immediately widened. She obviously didn't quite understand what Mo'er meant.
The priests were also a little confused. The mermaid was the king of the Sea Clan in West Asia. There was no doubt about the power of the Sea Clan. Who could kill a mermaid in the sea and then extract the oil and bring it back to make lamp oil? This would be too difficult.
Isn't that big? Twenty mermaids are even more ridiculous. If the sea tribe is so good, they won't be able to wipe out Behemoth and wipe out an entire water tribe in a land and sea battle.
"I'm not talking about the West Asia royal family, I'm referring to the "freshwater mermaids". The West Asia mermaids are "ocean mermaids". There is a difference between the two." Mo'er gritted her teeth and said in a standard Avril tone: "In
Many years ago, there were a large number of "freshwater mermaids" living in the rivers and lakes of the Aegean continent. These "freshwater mermaids" were directly related by blood to the mermaids in the West Yahai Kingdom, and they both belonged to a large mermaid family with noble blood.
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"Lord Mo'er, your tone really scares me." Qi Dan, the model officiant, rolled his eyelidless eyes with a look of surprise. He obviously didn't expect a little butterfly beauty who had returned from overseas less than a year ago.
How did she learn such an ancient secret, and Mo'er's tone sounded like a mermaid rather than a mandarin duck.
"'Freshwater Mermaid'?" Liu Zhen said thoughtfully: "Then the 'Kou Tao Mermaid' can be considered one of them, right?"
"Go to hell, the Kuo Tao mermaid can only be regarded as a mermaid at best. It belongs to the mermaid, but it does not belong to the mermaid." Mo'er Chunbing smiled as if he was thawing, and twisted his mentor's nose.
The eyes of the priests all looked straight. Although this overly intimate tone and action were part of Avril's habitual behavior, in the eyes of those who didn't know the inside story, it aggravated some hearsay--
-----Speaking of which, Divine Comedy Shaman Richard's corrupt male-female relationship and incestuous behavior are far more famous in the kingdom than the title of Heavenly King Sacrifice.
"Wow...and my apprentice...so sexy..."
"Killing two generations... It's truly an incestuous sacrifice... Not counting the fact that I ate my own mentor... By the way, I also ate the Loli apprentice..."
"What do you know...I heard that Your Majesty...and his two fairies and dragon demon pets...are so handsome...a modern version of the Legend of the Cowherd and Fairy..."
Among the two hundred priests, it seems that there are not a few who like gossip. Although the sound of these slight private discussions was low, every word reached the ears of several people involved.
"Ahem..." Helen saw the priests around her squinting their eyes, and quickly pretended to cough a few times, reminding Richard and the other priests to pay attention to their appearance.
Mo'er and Liu Zhenshao rolled their eyes at the fussing priests around them.
"If you don't understand, you can ask the priest, and if the priest doesn't understand, you can ask the prophet... Dear Lord Mo'er, the prophet of the sky, your erudition really makes me feel ashamed. Could you please tell me specifically what you call "freshwater mermaid"?
Why? Why don't there exist "freshwater mermaids" in the Aegean continent today?" As Mourinho's daughter, Corinne naturally didn't like hearing the word "incest", so she frowned and hurriedly looked for it.
He talked about a topic he was interested in: "As for what you said, using the fat of "freshwater mermaids" to refine lamp oil that can last for a hundred years is so cruel! Has such a shocking tragedy really happened in the Aegean continent?
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This topic was very fresh, and it immediately attracted the attention of many Beamon officers who were working. The discussion just now also made the surrounding staff officers and officers secretly whisper for a while, and occasionally there were a few ambiguous shouts.
laugh.
"Lord Corinne, the last appearance of the freshwater mermaid can be traced back to about three thousand years ago! The reason that led to the extinction of the freshwater mermaid was that the fanatical believers of Manichaeism discovered that the fat of mermaids can be used as fuel, which can not only ensure that hundreds of
It is immortal and can produce wonderful flame singing when it burns ----------- Manichaeism is also known as the "Holy Fire Cult". These believers believe that as long as they find a fire that will never be extinguished,
With the holy fire, I can also gain eternal life under the blessing of Goddess Mani." Mo'er bit her lip hard, with suppressed anger on her face.
"Do you mean that the "freshwater mermaids" became extinct in the Aegean continent because of Manichaeism..." Corinne shivered twice and could not continue talking.
"The Manichaeism was a very popular sect at that time. Various temples dedicated to the goddess Mani were built all over the continent. Although the mermaids in West Asia were untouchable, the "freshwater mermaids" hiding in the lakes
"But it was provoked. In order to inherit the everlasting sacred fire, the entire continent triggered a frenzy of hunting "freshwater mermaids"." Mo'er sighed: "Since the Aegean Aquatic Tribe belongs to the Behemoth Kingdom,"
The "freshwater mermaid" had no powerful warriors to protect her. Although she was gifted with superb water spells, the extreme disadvantage in numbers and the craziness of the national movement made the "freshwater mermaid" quickly come to the end of her life."
"But...why don't these "freshwater mermaids" escape into the sea through inland rivers? You must know that many rivers in the Aegean continent lead to the sea! As long as they reach the sea, can't they find their own kind and ensure their own safety?
Is it safe?" A female priest asked strangely.
"My child, the salt concentration in seawater is very high, but fresh water does not have any salt. Whether you are a marine or aquarium, there is no problem in entering unfamiliar waters for a short period of time, but over time, you will definitely not be able to stand it. This is
The mammoth clan has no problem living naked in the ice and snow, but we can’t stay long in the Taimurraya Snow Mountains wearing fur coats.” Liu’s shocking erudition made the female priest suddenly nod.
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Recommend a book. From the beginning, the follow-up capabilities and development space are very majestic: "The Empire Under the Sky".