The question was too tricky. The kind-looking old man's words were so sharp. The merchants couldn't answer for a while, but they felt an inexplicable humiliation. How dare a storyteller like a beggar question them like this!
A fat man strode over with a red face. He was the merchant from Qileng who had shouted earlier. He kicked the bowl in front of the old man, pointed at the old man's nose and yelled, "Aluohe is the only god that the people of Qileng believe in. Our prophet Elijah has prophesied that the light of Aluohe will shine on the people of Qileng. Don't you dare make any noise here!"
The old man looked at the merchant and suddenly laughed. He was neither angry nor afraid. Instead, he asked leisurely, "You sure are impressive. If I were the commander of the Maro people, would you still speak to me like this?" Forget it, you should rest well and continue your journey after sunset. Go do your business and earn your money. "
The angry merchant felt a little scared when he was stared at by the old man's calm eyes. The old man's tone seemed to have softened. The merchant seemed to have found a way out of this embarrassing situation. He still pretended to be angry and walked back to his seat.
Yola picked up the old man's bowl and the coins that were scattered on the sand and put them back. He said apologetically, "As a Puleng person, I apologize for the rudeness of my people. There is nothing wrong with what you said, but some people think they have been blasphemed and hurt their sensitive and fragile self-esteem. "
The old man sighed. "I'm already very old, and I've experienced enough.
There are many people in this world who worship gods or claim to worship gods. They hope that their gods are nobler than others, so that they can prove that they are nobler too. Or they think they are nobler, so their gods must be nobler. So what if a bowl is kicked over? Three hundred years ago, a man named Aesop lost his life because of this. "
Yola looked at the old man as if he was remembering something, "Aesop? What a familiar name! I was young.
I heard many stories about him back then. They have spread all over the continent. Old man, you just said that Ilya's prophecy may have another meaning. What does the coming savior mean when he leads the people to establish an empire that may not be as great as Maro's? "
The old man pointed at the fat merchant and whispered, "Joanna, your name is Joanna, right? Do you think that the Messiah, God's appointed savior, came to earth with the purpose of letting such a person rule the continent? There were too many people who had this kind of expectation for the gods. If these cold merchants had learned to be smarter, learned more lessons, and done business for thousands of years, they might have been able to buy the power they wanted with money, but this was just the expansion of human nature.
Did the words Amun said before he left inspire you? The divine territory migrated along with the holy temple in one's heart. Wasn't it the same as creating an ideal kingdom by allowing the faith and guidance left behind by Aluohe to be deeply rooted in one's heart? Opening the door of the Holy Temple was the path to heaven. If someone did this, then he would be the legendary Messiah. "
Joanna blinked and replied after a long time: "You mean that the kingdom has already existed, and the arrival of the savior is only to guide the lost people to find the way there? Accepting this guidance, regardless of whether they are from the Eygut or the Maro, the glory of God will spread throughout the continent along with the holy temple in one's heart. Is this the meaning of Ilya's prophecy? "
The old man: "I just pointed out this possibility, young man, you need to think about how to understand it yourself. May I ask if you have ever thought of this possibility, and have you thought about the same question? "
Joanna replied: "I have thought about it in my meditation at night, but this is the first time I have heard it mentioned.
In fact, I am still searching for the path that the gods have guided me to this day. "
The old man looked at Joanna and asked tentatively: "You don't look like a merchant. Why did you come so far to Eygut?"
Joanna: "I am a carpenter, a very skilled carpenter, and I am not afraid of not being able to find a job anywhere. The caravan needs someone to repair and drive the carriages. I followed the caravan to Alexandria in Eygut and saw the busiest port and the most spectacular lighthouse on the continent. "
The lighthouse that Joanna was talking about was the Lighthouse of Alexandria built on an artificial island outside Alexandria. It was ordered by Alexander and finally completed in the Ptolemy era. It was more than 400 feet high and was the tallest building in the entire continent. It was even more magnificent than the Gate of the Gods outside Bablon City. However, it was not for the purpose of offering sacrifices to the gods, but to guide the ships entering and leaving the port. It had been standing for nearly 300 years.
The old man asked again: "Did you go to Alexandria to visit the world-famous lighthouse?"
Joanna looked a little embarrassed and replied with his head lowered: "I actually wanted to visit the Library of Alexandria. I heard that it has the richest collection of books in the continent since ancient times. Unfortunately, when I arrived in Alexandria, I found out that it had been destroyed in the flames of war when the army withdrew.
However, seeing the Lighthouse of Alexandria made up for my regret. The grandest buildings I've seen in all parts of the continent, without exception, are all dedicated to the gods. Only this lighthouse is used to guide mortals. Instead, I feel that the light on the lighthouse is more like the light of the gods. "
The old man's eyes showed admiration, and he suddenly asked: "Young man, are you looking for a way to transcend eternal life?"
Joanna was stunned, as if his thoughts had been seen through. His face turned slightly red, but he still nodded honestly:
"Yes, a long time ago, our God Aluo
He would tell Tui Leng that mortals could also transcend eternal life and become angels in the Kingdom of Heaven. I've been traveling all over the continent in order to find the direction of this path. "
It is the guidance left by the gods. Looking for it does not mean that the heart is greedy. So what is your purpose? Do you want to transcend eternal life and become an angel? " The old man asked with interest: "There is nothing to be embarrassed about. All mortals in the world have the hope of transcending eternal life. As long as it is possible, everyone is willing to try.
It is the guidance left by the gods. Looking for it does not mean that the heart is greedy. So what is your purpose? Do you want to transcend eternal life and become an angel? "
History seemed to have gone through a cycle of hundreds of years. When Amon walked out of the town of Duc, the mission he inherited was to unravel the secret of becoming a god. He did it, without the guidance of the divine clan. History seemed to have gone through a cycle of hundreds of years. When Amon walked out of Duc, he inherited the mission to unlock the secret of becoming a god. He did it, without the guidance of the gods. Before Amon left. An oracle had been sent to tell the world that there was a way to transcend eternal life.
So why was Joanna looking for it on the continent three hundred years later? The reason was simple. Even if he knew that there was a way to transcend eternal life, it could not be in the hands of everyone. God told the world that there was a way to transcend eternal life, but it was only a faint hope, the most difficult path in the world.
To awaken the power of the origin, at least a great achiever had to hold a ceremony and pass a test to be able to understand and practice it. So even if this secret had been made public in the world, it could only be mastered by the high priests of the shrines, let alone spread among the common people.
Amun was in the Temple of Eygut. It had been abandoned fifty years ago, and the world no longer offered sacrifices to this god. Naturally, the path to transcend eternal life could not be passed down from the shrines.
The angels of heaven continued to guide the emissaries in the world, but only a few were afraid of luck. The angels observed and selected those who were likely to pass the test and obtain the achievement.
After Zeus merged with the world of Prometheus, he also changed the thousand-year tradition and announced that mortals could also become gods, as long as they had qualified faith, quality, and achievements. In addition to the direct guidance of the gods, the path to transcend eternal life was, of course, guided by the shrines in the world. The high priests of many shrines were the emissaries of Olympus. There was no other way more convenient than this.
In this way. The secret that originally belonged to the gods became the secret of the priests and priests in the world. It was said that only those who had the most devout faith in the gods and made enough contributions were qualified to receive this guidance. The priests would hold a ceremony to awaken the power of the origin for them.
This condition was fair in itself, but in practice, it also became a symbol of privilege.
What was more interesting was that some people did not become gods, but were declared as gods by the shrines after their deaths. They enjoyed the same treatment as the gods in the human world, such as Caesar and Augustus.
These two outstanding rulers of Maro had certainly awakened the power of the origin, but their achievements were limited, let alone transcend eternal life.
Yossi was not a noble of Maro, and he did not believe in the Olympian gods, so it was impossible for him to obtain this secret from the priests of Maro. In his hometown, the Tuleng Plains, Aloha had also left the guidance of the power of two sides. As long as this power was cultivated to the eighth level, one would naturally be able to understand the power of the origin and continue on the path to transcend eternal life.
However, this secret was in the hands of the elders in Tuleng, and they could not hold a ceremony for anyone. Firstly, the success rate was too low. Secondly, even if this power was awakened, it did not mean that the person would achieve great success or transcend eternal life. Moreover, even the elders themselves could barely achieve great success.
In order to teach the path of the gods to others, one must also carefully examine the path, and one must have an outstanding character and a devout and firm faith. This requirement was in itself correct, but in the hands of people, it inevitably became a form of control. It was almost impossible for an ordinary carpenter like Yossi to have this opportunity, unless he could make an outstanding contribution and ask the elders for permission.
Now that the people of Tuleng were under the rule of the Maro, the elders of Tuleng had to be careful. The ceremony of awakening the power was almost always carried out in secret, and people like Yossi had no access to this kind of opportunity. However, he also yearned for this path, and went to all parts of the heaven's center to search, trying to find something in the ancient books. Interestingly, this was what Crazy 'Ole had done, and a carpenter like Yossi wanted to do the same.
However, Yossi's situation was different from that of Amon. In the era of Amon, no one thought that they could transcend eternal life, but in Yossi's era, even ordinary carpenters knew that this hope existed.
The belief of the Tuleng people in the Aro River was very special in today's heaven's center. Because of the unique location of the Tuleng Plains, with the Charcoal Marsh to the west, the Euphrate Valley to the east, the Syah Plateau to the north, and the saltwater inland lakes and the Syah Desert to the south, it was a difficult area to directly govern. The Maro people only set up a governor here, left a small garrison, and collected taxes from the local merchants.
Back then, when the Plains of Duc was at the border of Assyria, Hittite, Bablon, and Eygut, it was the center of the heaven's center, and that thousand miles of fertile land was almost a battleground. But with the formation of Boz,
The formation of unprecedented empires such as Macedonia and Maro, the cultural, political, and military center of the heaven's center had moved westward.
As a result, the Plains of Duc became a relatively isolated island.
It was because of such a special environment and the unique customs of the Tuleng people that the Tuleng people's belief in the Aro River could be largely preserved. The situation of Tuleng also more or less symbolized the situation of the kingdom of angels created by Amon, and when Amon's divine realm was completely annexed by the divine realm of Olympus, Amon's divine realm became almost an isolated collection in the immortal eternity.
The old storyteller Ilya was certainly aware of the situation in the world, and when he heard Yossi's words, he looked at the young man and fell into deep thought. After a long time, Yossi coughed softly and said: "Old man, what are you thinking about, are you tired?"
The old man came back to his senses, looking a little uneasy, and asked abruptly: "Yossi, do you know the mining skills of the Tuleng people?" Yossi replied very honestly: "I have learned and worked in the mines for a short time, but I am a carpenter. Nowadays, the Tuleng people rarely learn the mining skills, it is too difficult to master and too arduous, and people still regard mining as a lowly job. "
He was telling the truth, the ancestors of the Tuleng people, the Duc people, had a unique talent in their bloodline and inherited the mining skills of their people. But before and after David Solomon established the Tuleng state, the descendants of Moses became the richest and most prestigious people in the area, and hundreds of years later, they also became the most successful merchants on the continent, with footprints all over the Maro Empire and even further places, and few people learned the mining skills anymore.
The old man stood up with his cane and said: "Young man, where are you going next?"
Yossi: "I will follow this caravan to Bablon, and plan to set off from Bablon and find another caravan to travel far away to India, where I will continue to search and think and see if I can find anything?"
The old man smiled: "The footprints you have walked are the path you have confirmed, and after returning from India, you will understand. Young man, I wish you good luck. "
At this time, the sun was already setting in the west, and the desert was not so hot anymore. Someone in the distance called out: "Yossi, come back to Taofeng, we have to continue our journey!"
Yossi bowed to the old man and then returned to his caravan. He was not only a carpenter but also a driver, repairing damaged vehicles, taking care of camels and horses during the journey, driving the caravan in exchange for payment and accommodation provided by the caravan.
The caravan of camels and carriages left the ruins of the shrine and headed west again. The old man leaned on his cane and looked at the caravan in the distance under the sun, narrowing his eyes and thinking about something.
Yossi drove the caravan to a distant sand dune, but as if he suddenly sensed something, he looked back inexplicably. The ruins of the statue were still in the direction of the horizon, but the water vendor, the snake charmer,
The old storyteller had disappeared. Perhaps it was too far, and he could no longer see clearly.
Ilya returned to the kingdom of heaven and summoned the disciples of Amon, as well as the angels such as Mourrin in a palace. He said in a joyful tone: "I have sat by the ruins of the abandoned shrine for fifty years, and finally met someone! When I told him the true meaning of Ilya's prophecy, he was neither angry nor confused. Instead, he sincerely asked me for advice and admitted that he had the same thought. "
Medanzo said excitedly: "Could it be him?"
Ilya muttered: "I can't confirm it. In fact, I didn't feel any aura."
Gabriel also asked: "Then why did you return to the kingdom of heaven and call us all here? Since you said so, there must be a reason. "
Ilya said with emotion: "When he listened to my story, I was too familiar with that look in his eyes! It was the look in Amon's eyes when he listened to Aesop's story, and the tone of his voice. " He waved his hand and displayed a piece of information: "See for yourself, I think it's possible, but I can't confirm it."
The angels also showed a look of excitement and thought. Michael said: "This young man called Yogi, what he wants to do is almost the same as what Nietzsche and Amon did back then, just in a different situation and in a different way. In any case, this possibility exists. We must pay attention to him and try to confirm it. "
Moses suddenly interrupted: "As long as there is this possibility, things won't be difficult. I have a ready-made way to confirm whether he is the person we are looking for."
Moses's voice carried the information imprinted in the soul, explaining his method. It was actually very simple. The first was to give Amon's iron branch staff to Yogi. This iron branch staff was made by Nietzsche for Amon, and it had accompanied Amon through thousands of mountains and rivers. It had always been his artifact and weapon, a witness of Amon's search in the human world.
Later, Amon gave the iron branch staff to Moses, and with this staff, Moses led his people through the trials and returned to the Plains of Duc. The staff made by Crazy 'Ole could be secretly inlaid with four special parangons: the Terroculus, the Aquaticore, the Ventussalam, and the Flame Sprite. The head of the staff could also be inlaid with the Gods' Tear, referencing the staff of the Adoratrice of the Temple of Isis.
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