Chapter 155: (two more)

Chapter 155: (two more)

    Sages, like angels, have a special position in this world.

    They do not have to be restricted by geographical and identity no matter they enter or leave any country. If it is a great sage, even the king should be very respectful to them. It's just that the whereabouts of the sages are often mysterious, and few people can find their secluded location.

    He came directly to the gate of the city, and swaggered that he was a sage. This was the first time the knight commander had seen him.

    What's more, a young girl...

    The knight commander frowned imperceptibly, not letting the contempt and displeasure in his eyes show.

    Although he has no experience in dealing with this situation, he knows that when the two identities of "sage" and "envoy" come together, it must be a very important situation - at least on the surface Once handled improperly, it is the kind that he cannot take responsibility for.

    "Who is the new angel?"

    An Ji, who was sitting on the prying board pulled by the nine-legged spider just now, holding the cured meat in one hand and grinding the stone chips in the other, was silent: "…"

    If she knew she would run into the guards directly, she would never come in like this!

    An Ji laboriously pulled her head out of the wooden helmet, just as she was about to find the feeling of being a fool in her previous life, she saw Tang Xiao waved his hand and dragged the stunned Wu Shi to the front : "It's him, he's the new angel."

    Black Stone: "…"

    Angie: “…”

    Everyone: "…"

    In the silence, the knight commander looked at Wu Shi suspiciously, and finally nodded: "Then please come in with us."

    ***

    As soon as you enter the city gate, everyone's vision seems to be broadened several times. On both sides of the wide, stone-paved road are patrolling soldiers and houses. Occasionally, a young girl holding a crock pot and a young man carrying goods passed by, giving the group a curious look.

    "She's looking at me! Was she looking at me just now?" Barlow was a little excited, this was the first time he saw a girl in the capital.

    "You're talking nonsense, she's clearly looking at me." Red nose tried to show his meager biceps.

      Signal, understand what the other party is doing.

    However, before she could implement it, the knight commander led the crowd to a stop in front of a chapel-like building.

    "Please come in with me, the rest of you will wait outside and cannot act without authorization."

    Tang Xiao also raised his head and put this little church in his eyes.

    Before the door was opened, her spiritual power had already seen the interior of the building: there were no soldiers inside, only a few men and women in gray robes were kneeling and praying in front of a row of statues.

    This should be the place to "Authenticate".

    She walked in with Wu Shi. The men and women in gray robes in the church were interrupted in their prayers and stood up in dissatisfaction. After the knight commander apologized and explained the situation to them, everyone turned to Tang Xiao and Wu Shi.

    "Don't worry, Knight Commander, leave it to us here."

    The head of the gray-robed man was a gray-haired old man, and he waved his hand very pompously, and the knight commander left with satisfaction.

    Wushi noticed that the lights in the chapel were dim, and only a row of idols on the stage were illuminated by the lights, which was very grand. In contrast, most of the gray-robed people stood in the dark, and they couldn't even see their faces, nor could they tell how many people there were.

    "Where are you guys from?"

    The old man in gray robe stretched out his hand, as if waiting for the two to take the initiative to come forward to introduce.

     

    But unexpectedly, not only Tang Xiao was indifferent, but even Wu Shi just frowned and did not give any special reaction.

    As soon as the expert made a move, he knew whether there was any. The gray-robed old man immediately raised his evaluation of the two people, and his attitude was also correct: "My friend, you don't have to be cautious about coming from afar, can you stay? your name?"

    Tang Xiao raised his eyebrows: "I can't change my name or my surname, my name is Tang Xiao."

    The girl's voice resounded clearly in the chapel. A gray robe in the corner suddenly stopped, and then leaned into the shadow imperceptibly.

    "It's an honor to meet you." The gray-robed old man smiled and nodded, "I'm the current high priest of the capital, you can call me Nernas."

    "The high priest of the capital lives in this remote chapel in the outer city? It seems that the king doesn't care much about you." Tang Xiao said bluntly about his senses, without any thought Show respect to each other.

    The gray-robed old man's face stiffened, and his eyes became a little sullen: "My friend, we should know etiquette and proportion, not arrogance and arrogance, this is what the sages taught us from the vast sea of ​​knowledge The most important knowledge, you should understand this, no?"

    Tang Xiao shook his head: "It seems that the knowledge we have learned is not the same. For me, the most basic and important knowledge learned in the life of a sage is: practice is the only way to test the truth standard."

    "For example, now, I think instead of letting a group of half-assed wizards test whether I am a real sage, it is better to prove it with actions - such as catching a monster hidden among us, how?"

     

    Suddenly attacked, everyone hurriedly dispersed, and the gray-robed old man at the head turned blue with anger: "You actually feel that you are using magic in the church!"

    Tang Xiao kept her fingers, and the wind moved quickly through the church with her fingertips, "It's strange, this is the church where the sages worship the gods, isn't it the place where the sages use spells? What? If you are not allowed to use spells here, why are you here? Sweeping the floor?"

    A series of precise strikes ignited the fire, making the gray-robed priests who were still preparing to pretend for a while so mad that they went out of their bodies. They realized they couldn't let Tang Xiao not stop, and couldn't let her continue to do whatever she wanted, so they immediately took out their canes and chanted a spell to stop her.

      , forming a small tornado vortex directly in the church!

    Before the monster behind him came out, Tang Xiao laughed first: "That's it?"

    Even Wu Shi couldn't help frowning and looked at everyone: "You are too weak, are you really a sage and a high priest? Isn't it a demon in disguise?"

    Grey priests: “…”

    They have been priests and sages for several years, and they have enjoyed all kinds of glory, but this is the first time they have received such straightforward contempt and ridicule!

    Tang Xiao ignored the people who doubted his life, slowly raised his other hand, and a icy machete appeared in the palm of his hand, which suddenly flew in one direction.

    Poisoned, full moon machete!

    Where the machete sank, a scream rang out, and when everyone looked around, they saw a petite, beautiful-looking gray-robed nun clutching her lower abdomen and howling with a twisted face: "Don't Kill me! I'm just driven, don't!"

    Unfortunately, the spiritual power attached to the machete was too powerful. The nun's pain lasted only less than two seconds, and she turned over and lost her voice.

    The priest in grey looked like he was going to faint: "You killed a sage in front of the gods in the holy church..."

    "Free correction, I killed a monster disguised as a sage in a shoddy makeshift church in front of a room full of half-ass wizards."

    Tang Xiao motioned them to look at the nun's body.

    Under the eyes of the public, the nun's beautiful body rotted and turned black in an instant, the eyes were bulging and the skin was densely covered with blood vessels. He frowned and took a step back.

    …This nun was killed by Tang Xiao just now, but her body seems to have been dead for several days!

    Wushi received a signal from Tang Xiao and boldly took off the nun's collar, and found a scalded black scar on her neck, which was still emitting a trace of blackness.

    "This is, this is the sign of the devil! Omg!"

    Another elderly woman in gray robe exclaimed, fell to her knees with a plop, folded her hands on her chest, and chanted a spell.

     

     Witnessing this scene, the other gray-robed monks also fell silent. Although he didn't want to admit it, the facts in front of them all told them that this was the "self-snatching" technique that the demons wandering in the capital were good at using, killing a person first, and then pinning the evil soul on this person.

    No one thought that even the priests in the church had become the target of the devil - even swaggeringly hidden in the church, no one noticed!

    Tang Xiao was very interested: "What does this black mouse represent?"

    The grey-robed friar who chanted the spell covered her face and wept: "This black mouse represents the image of a demon, the one who killed her and hid among us. May God bless her , poor Elya..."

    "I don't know if the gods can bless her, I only know that if you have been so weak, then in the face of the coming storm, none of you will be able to protect her."

    Tang Xiao waved his fingers left and right, and all the lamps in the church were instantly lit. The dark atmosphere that was deliberately created disappeared without a trace, and the nine monks who were still standing were exposed to the light, with an indescribable rigidity and embarrassment.

    "Now call the **** to explain the situation, we may still have time to talk about business - although I don't think you really have the ability to verify who is the real sage, after all, even one of you There are no sages, right?"

    ***

    When the knight commander led the soldiers in, his expression was extremely tense, and he was still suffocated for a moment when he saw the corpse.

    "My God, this is..."

    He glanced nervously at Tang Xiao and Wu Shi, and ignored the corpses on the ground, but walked quickly to the gray-robed old man, motioning him to go out and talk about this matter alone.

    The old man in gray robe raised his head, and the shelf was still high, but in front of the large number of soldiers, there was still a hint of despair in his eyes.

    Tang Xiao captured this detail, she suddenly interjected, and directly interrupted the knight commander who was making a fierce statement: "Pardon me for interrupting you, isn't the most important thing now to deal with the corpse? The priest lost his breath and fell under the statue in the church, but the knight commander turned a blind eye, this scene should not be very elegant, right?"

    The knight-chief was interrupted in the middle of his speech, and the blue veins on his neck popped out, uncontrollably exuding a trace of hostility, which was completely different from the respect he had for the gray-robed priests at the beginning. Probably because Tang Xiao's identity was unknown, and Wushi suspected that he trusted the envoy, he forcibly endured it and apologized a little stiffly:

    "I didn't think about it. I will send someone to take away the body of Priest Elya for investigation. Before that, I hope everyone can cooperate with our arrangement and wait here. Before the matter is revealed Please don't tell anyone about this."

    "How long is your investigation? Before the sun goes down? Before the sun rises tomorrow?"

    The knight commander turned his head to look at the girl who was speaking. Although her face was still full of smiles, her voice had cooled down, which made people feel a sense of anger and self-pretence.

    "My time is scarce and I don't want to waste it because of anyone's selfishness, you understand?"

    The man ripped his mouth reluctantly: "Of course I understand... It's just a matter of the priest's life and safety. In order to thoroughly investigate this matter, I hope to be understood..."

    "Since it is to find out the truth, it is better for me to see the king directly. It can not only verify the identity of the envoy, but also report the accident at the same time.

     

    At this moment, Wu Shi also saw the clue. He said coldly: "Lord Knight Chief, you don't want to investigate this matter, and you don't want the king to know about it, right?"

    If this is not the case, there is no need to nervously find the highest priest as soon as you come in. Judging from the attitude of the gray-robed old man, the knight commander obviously wanted to suppress the matter and was unwilling to reveal it to the upper echelons.

    The Knight Commander had a grim expression, and couldn't bear to reply: "What do you know, this is about the reputation of the church. If it is leaked out and the common people know that the priest is dead in the church, what will they think? Churches under my jurisdiction?"

    "Church within the jurisdiction", this sentence undoubtedly included all the priests into the sphere of influence of his subordinates. It was supposed to be an arrogance and insult to a society in which theocracy is above everything else, but the gray-robed priests who heard these words did not respond, as if they had become accustomed to it.

    Tang Xiao saw it in his eyes, and his words were more straightforward: "Isn't this just in line with the king's idea to shake the people's trust in the church and the sages?"

    As soon as the voice came out, the scene was suddenly silent for a long time.

    The face of the knight commander sank suddenly, stared at Tang Xiao quietly for a long time, and then said: "I don't know what nonsense you are talking about. Come on, drive them all out, Wang These demagogic liars are not allowed to exist!"

    This sentence pierced the final imaginary and the serpent, and even made the knight commander plan to tear his face with them, which further verified Tang Xiao's idea:

    On the surface, the Kingdom of Dodo still worships gods and attaches great importance to faith, but in fact, it is no different from those countries that Anji saw before his death—

    They don't want the divine authority to be higher than the king's authority. The belief from top to bottom has gradually collapsed, and even the king is the head of the power chain that belongs to the sages. They are trying to overthrow the control and worship status of the gods !

    The scene was instantly tense due to the order of the knight commander, Tang Xiao raised his eyebrows indifferently, seeing the different expressions of the "sages" in the church, but no one dared to come up to stop it.

    Sure enough, they are half bottles that can only hold shelves... Their real strength may not be as good as Anji who has just become a god, let alone Lusa before.

    Sage? That's it?

    Tang Xiao smiled, took away the "magic wand" of a gray-robed monk next to him, and injected spiritual power into it. In an instant, the end of the wand burst into a sun-like light, shaking everyone. I can't help but close my eyes-

    The next moment, the violent airflow spread out with Tang Xiao as the center! All the soldiers who tried to approach were overturned to the ground. The knight commander stepped back a few steps and directly hit the wall of the church. He almost collided with the corpse of the priestess who was thrown away. He couldn't even open his eyes. Shout out no.

    In the chaos, only Tang Xiao's voice could still clearly reach everyone's ears:

    "For the last time, I want to see the king, now."