Chapter 163: Will you also meet acquaintances here?
"That's what Ringer said?"
"Yeah."
Metien, who came back to deliver the message, nodded, and quickly comforted: "But don't worry, sister Xiaoxia, he is definitely not angry, he just wants to talk to you face to face. After all, Ringer is such an awkward person, what he wants to do is
I never say it directly, you just get used to it."
"Thank you, Metien."
Saint Xalia gently stroked the lamb's soft hair and said softly: "I understand. I will find a time to apologize to him in person."
"Aren't you going now?"
"No."
Saint Xalia shook her head and glanced at the lower reaches of the river. She could not see the young man from here, but she felt as if she had seen him. She said in a very determined tone: "He needs an environment for quiet thinking now."
, you shouldn’t want other people to disturb you.”
"Okay."
When Metien saw that Saint Xalia had her own plans, she didn't try to persuade her. She was just a little bit strange: How do you feel that Sister Xiaoxia seems to understand Ringer very well?
Even... know better than yourself?
……
Saint Xalia was right. Linge really wanted to be alone and think calmly, so he stayed away from the camp where his companions were resting, went to a further downstream section of the river, and was lost in thought by the gurgling river water alone.
When I first saw this river, the water was still crystal clear, and I could see fish pecking at aquatic plants and smooth and round pebbles underneath. However, after days of heavy rains, the river bed was widened and the river became faster and turbid.
, small whirlpools collide and smash countless water droplets. You have to look closely to distinguish whether what is floating in the shadow of the stone is swaying water plants or flowing moss.
Although his companions could no longer be seen, Ringer still walked forward unconsciously, as if he was deliberately avoiding something. His footsteps stepped on the soft and wet riverbank tidal flats soaked by the rain, leaving a series of straight footprints. Looking back
Go, like pearls connected together.
He didn't know what he was thinking about, or whether there was a need to think about it. The answer to the question was very simple, it was nothing more than starting or staying. As for the advantages and disadvantages of the two options, everyone knew it. Alice and others
The reason why people don't want to talk about it is simply because they are afraid of getting a disappointing answer. Only Ringer knows that whether he is disappointed or not is a hypothesis, and whether it is necessary or not is real. That's why he fell into such endless thinking, acting like a fool.
stubbornness, trying to explore the special meaning behind it.
It wasn't until the road in front of him was blocked that he suddenly came back to his senses and found that the river ahead was blocked by scattered mudstone, earth rocks, fallen trees and broken branches. There were fallen trees and lying weeds everywhere.
The messy appearance does not look like it was washed away by heavy rain, but it looks like it has just experienced a violent flash flood.
The river flows through the gaps between the wreckage and ruins, allowing you to go to places that no one can go to. Linger shook his head helplessly, thinking that he would have to change directions later and could no longer continue along the river. He let out a breath.
, turned around and wanted to return to the camp to tell the others the news. At this moment, a rustling sound suddenly came from the tangled vegetation and vines on the left.
Is it a beast?
The young man was alert, but did not panic, because he knew that although the beasts in the mountains were ferocious, they were still somewhat afraid of humans. As long as he acted calmly enough, he could scare them away; if
Turning around and running away would expose your cowardice, which is undoubtedly a stupid thing to do.
He waited silently to see whether the unknown beast wanted to wait for an opportunity or turn around and leave. What he didn't expect was that from behind the vegetation, a steady and thick voice, like a rock, came from behind.
: "Believers in a foreign land meet again here. This reminds me of the philosophy once taught by the saints: destiny is not permanent and solid, and there are thousands of karma in this world. The same is true at this moment."
When Lin Ge heard this voice, a look of astonishment suddenly appeared on his face. The next moment, a burly man wearing a torn gray robe and animal skins, dressed like a plateau man, had already pushed aside the vegetation that blocked his sight, and stepped forward.
With steady steps, she appeared in front of him and looked at Ringer with her deep brown eyes. In the deep sunken eye sockets, there was some kind of silent and fierce power accumulated like a volcano.
Ringer still remembered him. The two had a brief conversation in front of the Central Theater on Square Street. At that time, he said that one day they would meet again, but he didn't expect that it would be confirmed so early. p>
Fertile Earth Sect, Walker——
"Rochelle?"
Lin Ge recalled his name from memory and whispered it.
"I'm glad that you still remember my name, strange believer." His voice was so low that it caused deep resonances among the buried earth and rocks: "If it weren't for the wrong time, maybe I would be happy to discuss the matter with you.
The significance of this reunion. Unfortunately, the Arbitrator of the Scale of Order is still chasing after me, eager to take off my head, causing the blood of those beliefs to boil into a gray mist of nothingness. This is what I don’t want.
If innocent people are involved in the disaster, it will be contrary to the precepts of Mother Earth. Therefore, please tolerate my rudeness and forgive me for not being able to talk to you for a long time."
The Arbitrator of the Balance of Order is chasing Rochelle? Is it about the "Religious Decree"?
The young man glanced at Rochelle subconsciously and found that his clothes were ragged and there were many hideous scars on his exposed body. Some were old wounds that had solidified and scabbed, while some were still very new and were still dripping with blood.
.This made him look very embarrassed, not as majestic as when he met in Luosting City.
However, the spirit of the whole person has not changed at all. It is still calm and calm. It has even been further sublimated, giving people a vague feeling of sharpness, as if the dust-covered divine sword has finally revealed its sharpness, making people just
You will feel suffocated when faced with his momentum.
The strange thing is that these scars don't look like they were left in a battle, but rather like they were fighting against some kind of behemoth other than human beings. Through the wounds, you can still feel the majestic momentum of the other party: towering and oppressive.
, the vastness, and the boundless vitality are exactly the same as the mountain range at your feet.
Ringer was surprised by his sudden thought, and even thought it was a bit ridiculous. However, Rochelle seemed to be able to guess what he was thinking, and slowly stretched out her hand to press on a certain scar that had not scabbed, feeling the feeling there.
The throbbing blood vessels and boiling blood under the cortex said in a low voice: "This is not a human scar, but the glory bestowed upon me by the mountain of Thorson, because I have passed all the trials of its generous gifts and proved my piety.
So it also recognized its power and gave back the spirit of the mountain."
Ringer subconsciously asked: "The trial of the mountain?"
"Yes, the Fertile Earth Sect has been passed down for thousands of years, and believers of all generations will go through this ritual to prove their devotion to Mother Earth. Only those who survive the trials of mountains and mountains, soil and rocks, and experience the intrusion of wild beasts and attacks by aliens,
Only after being tempered by natural disasters can you be recognized by the spirituality of the earth."
"That is to say..." Lin Ge couldn't help but move his eyes to the ruins of the flash flood nearby, looking at the buried earth and rocks and the broken giant trees in trance: "Are these scenes caused by you?"
Rochelle shook her head slowly: "No, it's the test of the mountain, and I'm just a mortal struggling to survive in the test."
Fighting against an entire mountain range with one's own strength is not a mere mortal.
Lin Ge thought silently and noticed that what he just said mentioned a very crucial thing: "You just said that after passing the trial, you can gain spirituality?"
"Yes." Rochelle replied: "All things have spirits, including mountains, rivers, earth and rocks. In order to respect the will of the saint, I traveled all over the earth to collect spirits in order to reunite the scattered ones. The mountain spirits of Suosen,
That’s an important part of it.”
As expected, Rochelle, a traveler of the Fertile Earth Sect, collected the spirituality of the Saussen Mountains, and the spirituality of the ancient spiritual spring Sadler previously buried under the Central Theater was taken away by the believers of the Holy Spring Monks... These two
This incident is enough to prove that followers of animism are secretly collecting spiritual spirits to realize an ulterior plan.
"What does it mean to reunite scattered things?" Ringer asked with a frown.
Rochelle shook her head again: "I'm sorry, this is the core secret of animism. As a practitioner of the Fertile Earth Sect, I cannot easily reveal it to outsiders."
It is reasonable to say that Ringer did not expect Rochelle to tell all the secrets with just a casual word. He was silent for a while and then asked: "Since the people from the Balance of Order are hunting you, where are you going to escape to?"<
/p>
Hearing this, Rochelle slowly raised her head, turned her gaze to the other side of the mountains, and said in a deep voice: "Across the Saussen Mountains, you will find the land of the small neutral country Laisenberg. At the end of the Snow Moon, the 11th World Exposition will be held
It is held in Nimschel, the capital of Leisenborg. This is a major event in the Western Continent. I wonder if you are interested in going to that city to have an in-depth understanding of all the history since the birth of mankind?"
The 11th World Expo?
Ringer had heard about this event, but had never participated in it, so he replied: "At least now, I have no interest."
"Really? But at this moment, I have begun to look forward to the day when I will meet you again in that city. Perhaps this is also the teaching from the saint: destiny must be predicted in advance." Rochelle looked at it deeply.
Ringer glanced at him, and without waiting for an answer, he turned around and walked towards the other side of the mountain, in the direction of Laisen Castle, and said at the same time: "The arbitrator of the Balance of Order is called the Silver Mad Dog. Although he means to vent his grievances,
But it also proves that their sense of smell and resilience are far beyond ordinary people, and it is unrealistic to hide anything in front of those arbitrators."
"Therefore, after I leave, if the Arbitrator of the Balance of Order comes here and asks you about my whereabouts, you can tell the truth. You are not a magician, and you have no magical aura in your body. In their eyes, you are just an ordinary person.
I guess it won’t be too difficult.”
"As for the World Exposition in Seenburg, I hope you will consider it carefully before making a decision. It should be noted that everything that will happen in the world is what has already happened; and what has already happened is not subject to the will of mortals."
The voice gradually faded away, and when the last words dissipated in Ringer's ears, his back had dived into the depths of the dense forest and disappeared. Only the young man was left staring at the direction he left in confusion.