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"Chi--" "Chi--"

A group of pale people sprayed paint on the walls wherever they went. This situation is really a bit weird.

However, apart from the cold, I didn't feel abnormal, and it seemed that even the stench seemed to be lighter.

Fan Ning didn't pay much attention to it, and raised his vigilance further, and continued to walk deep into the surrounding area.

"Dream? So, why did the upper two floors and the underground cave disappear?"

"To be precise, the last dream exploration, those are 'useless' parts, the only meaning of their existence is to let us know some information, such as the origin classification of the Lord of Witness, such as the 'Gate of the Vault' symbolism"

Dreams give people transcendent enlightenment, and the form is uncertain.

Could it be that my last experience in other layers was just an external manifestation of these hidden knowledge?
And now this is already known knowledge, maybe it is the same for the special inspection hall and his party, so, the other layers disappeared?

But in this case, how to explain the variation in masonry cracks and slipperiness?
"The Esoteric Teaching of Longevity?" Norma Gunn's words made Fan Ning end his contemplation.

In a slightly open hall, similar to a connecting hall, she frowned and looked at the scene in front of her.

The candlestick hanging from the ceiling in the middle is hanging, and below is a graystone sink that exudes a pungent smell, and there are seven or eight rotten and brittle cloth futons scattered beside it, like cloth futons that were once worshiped by people.

The sink was also cracked.

"It's indeed like the scene where the Esoteric Cult of Eternal Life worshiped the 'Chrysalis of Splitting'." He Meng walked around the sink for a few steps, and spoke in a low voice.

"The Esoteric Religion? Isn't this the altar of the Harmony School?" Fan Ning thought about the key words revealed in their conversation, "...Last time we all thought that the sink and the futon were enshrined in the 'Fountain in the Painting' somewhere. Why are they talking about the 'chrysalis of splitting'? What kind of Lord of Witness is this?"

Judging from the secret history recorded in the "War of Persuasion", one of the sub-volumes of the Okegon manuscript, the Esoteric Cult of Longevity was a secret religion that was wiped out in the "Second War of Persuasion" in the first half of the 8th century in the new calendar. organization, and it was solved incidentally.

This seems to be a secret war between the "School" and the "Church" that took place at the end of the Steam Revolution. Although the recording process is unheard of, judging from the changes in the forces of all parties, it can barely correspond to the historical result: one side of the school Winning, but the biggest beneficiary seems to be the Special Patrol Office. The influence of the Church of the Holy Sun will be weakened, the hidden precepts will completely withdraw from the Northern Continent, and the "Blood Origin Sect" and "Secret Sect of Longevity" will be wiped out.

Later, Fan Ning further learned from the history of the pollution of the Qiyuan God that the "Blood Origin God Sect" was the predecessor of the "Pleasure Listening Session", and the "Longevity Esoteric Cult" was the predecessor of the "Harmony School".

However, in addition to the "spring in the painting", why is there an extra "split chrysalis"?
The god name of the Lord of Witnesses is not among the seven gods of origin. Could it be the God of Jieyuan or the God of Lost Origin?
The two investigators went up and raised the watering can, and "chucked" a few times, and the colorful and strange "turpentine" in the stone tank turned gray-white.

He Meng stationed his cane, jabbed and checked around the connecting room, and said at the same time:

"Do you think this underground building will contain the research remnants of Oak Gun, the last president of the Alchemist Association?"

"The possibility is not small. I have always suspected that the establishment of the Esoteric Cult of Longevity is related to the pollution of Okgang." Gang nodded. The association was degenerate and was expelled from the Bologna School, but the Conciliation School was not formally formed in the transitional era.”

"At that time, some alchemists declared that 'the holy spring is dead', and the 'split chrysalis' was his new self. They used living people as sacrificial vessels, and swallowed 'the flesh and blood of the chrysalis and eggs' in collective rituals to express Respect, I think this way I can obtain 'amorphous longevity', of course, I don't know what these lunatics are actually eating... This esoteric group is too rampant, highly deceptive, and destructive quickly and hugely, There are often incidents where people from whole villages and towns collectively volunteer to offer sacrificial vessels, so they are wiped out in a flash..."

He Meng laughed lowly when he heard this: "It is now said that the Harmony School is a lunatic, but in fact, the secret teachings of the Harmony School tend to be 'fundamentalist'. Those who have looked through the historical files of the Esoteric Sect of Longevity will know what is true. madman."

"Go ahead." After finishing speaking, he gave orders, "If you can find some research documents or secret history details of the Okgon era, it would be considered a windfall."

Fan Ning had known for a long time that the pattern here was not complicated, and the group of people took a short time to walk all the vertical and horizontal paths, and erased the colors of the paint one by one.

Then there is a nearly 20-meter-long wall on the inner side, on which there are seven stone doors with the same eyeball style.

"Chi--" "Chi--"

The messy paint "ghost face" on it was once again faded by the contagious pure white mist.

"Sir, there are collapses inside, and the collapse of this door is smaller." Several investigators quickly probed behind each stone door to check.

So they also chose the same path as the three of Fan Ning before.

Above is a larger circular building with many rooms inside and curved corridors outside.

Windows and paintings appear alternately on the walls, and through the cloudy and yellowed glass, the dirt and rocks outside can be faintly seen.

Fan Ning watched these people walking all the way, and sprayed all the painting paints that he could see with the "fade agent" containing the essence of "barren" phase, and the whole building became pale. He felt as if he was gradually thinking of something.

But it couldn't be clearly grasped for a while.

In the small rooms connected to each other inside the circular building, He Meng carefully looked at the blueprints and murals that reflected celestial bodies, constellations, herbs, minerals, or rough human anatomy. Weird instrument.

Fanning watched coldly as the group examined what he had already seen.

"Sir, there are quite a few things, but no readable literature or classics have been found."

A female investigator stood up holding tweezers, holding a few pieces of paper whose edges had been eaten away by black ash, or completely corroded by mildew.

"This is undoubtedly the research site of the Harmony School. After all, the Esoteric Sect of Longevity is their predecessor." He Meng signaled harmlessly, "Go ahead, finish the color that needs to be dealt with, and don't miss the dead corners."

After a long time, everyone came to a deep area, and there seemed to be a spacious space in front of them.

As soon as they entered the door, everyone's pupils shrank suddenly. In order not to be suspected, Fan Ning followed with a horrified expression.

It was the room where the walls were splattered with paint.

Investigators scattered samples for inspection.

...These two times, why are the paths of the two groups of people falling into dreams exactly the same?Fanning found the situation inexplicably strange.

After going down the well, except for those hidden revelations on other floors, you go through the gallery, see the water tank, choose the least collapsed steps among the seven stone gates, then explore the circular building above, and finally come to this paint room.

Is the plot in the dream predestined or optional?This question can't be answered, and those who know it can't answer it.Although the dream control method can "experiment and understand dreams", it is only a limited degree of self-knowledge or control actions. Fan Ning recalled the previous times in underground buildings, the small town of Watznai, and even the church of enlightenment. In my experience, I feel that many decisions are not like what I can make in the waking world.

But this time in the dream, I have the reference memory of the last time, and my self-control ability has not been lost. I can force it to be different, to distinguish, change, and fight against something destined.

No, it doesn't seem to work, this time I was held hostage by the Special Patrol Office.

It's too convoluted, it seems to be destined, but no matter what, my plan has not shown any mistakes so far.

Thinking about it, Fanning's eyes suddenly went blind for a few seconds.

The vision-preserving elixir started to work.

When Joan configured it, it took about an hour to persuade him to take effect. In fact, he feels that more than two or three hours have passed. This kind of illogical dreaming process, he does not know what should be used, but in short, The timing is about right.

"Typical place for group ceremonies of Eternal Life Esoteric Cult." He Meng frowned as he looked at the dark and smooth boiler hemisphere in the middle with a sunken ground, and the futons scattered around.

"Sir, there seemed to be books on that work table, but they have been taken away."

In the darkness, Fanning heard Salman's voice, and his spiritual sense also noticed that he was standing in the corner of the room, holding the weird pile of wires that once bound and wound the "Octogon manuscript".

"My face is his face, and his image is my image?" Norma Gun walked over, thinking silently the small words on the table.

"A common prayer in the Esoteric Cult and the Harmony School, but they interpret it in different ways in specific Tantric rituals." She thought for a while, "...may have been taken away by the Harmony School that was explored later , I just don’t know what year it happened.”

"What happened last year." Fan Ning sneered secretly in his heart.

However, he felt more and more that the water was getting deeper.

The stone gate is in the style of the third Stulengalian dynasty;

The cement stone trough, the hemispherical boiler and the futon are the altars of the Esoteric Buddhism of Longevity;

The lower gallery and the upper circular building are traces of the Harmony School;
Finally, this large room with paint splatters now has both.

When he saw buildings with different styles spliced ​​together, Fan Ning thought it was built by the Harmony School to explore the ruins of the Great Court School. Looking at it now, there are actually four layers of nesting?
The ruins of the Great Court School of the third history of Changsheng Esoteric Buddhism exploration;

Later, the Harmony School explored the above two;
Now my line of work is exploring the above three;
The knot of this secret history is really intricate, and the ancient existence is always eager to understand the more ancient existence.

"What's that?" Fanning, who had lost his eyesight, suddenly heard another unbelievable cry.

There was the sound of quick pattering footsteps, as if something on the ground had been picked up by an investigator.

"Vassius' pocket watch?" This time it was Salman's voice.

A group of people surrounded him, and Fan Ning was startled suddenly, and turned his head suddenly without deliberately concealing it.

How did this thing appear here?Not at all right?
"You killed Vassius before?" Gang's cold voice appeared behind him.

"I don't dare to take this blame." Fan Ning shook his head and chuckled, "To be honest, he disappeared, and I watched him commit suicide, and I couldn't stop him, and almost brought me with him. "

"Then explain?" Salman stretched out the pocket watch he took, "Why did his belongings fall in your backyard?"

"I've been coerced to come down here to accompany you to death, can you stop being frank and lenient, it's really stupid." Fan Ning turned to the local leader who used to be his equal. He curled his lips, "Also, think about it, how can I leave such obvious belongings on the ground after killing him? If this problem is too difficult for you, then think of an easier one. Where did you encounter that mysterious incident?"

"I am a composer and a conductor. I took a group of students to perform at Fort Santa Lambert. I ate snacks and sang songs with everyone in the car. Just about to enter the city, suddenly the train made two bang bangs, and then jumped out of a train. Vassius said that everything is his method, and he wants me to carry out the task with him, would you like to explain to me first?"

"Hoo!—" A black awn echoed past.

Fanning only had time to shorten half of his body, but Norma Gunn's dagger had already sliced ​​through the top of Fanning's head in an instant.

A small piece of pale hair fluttered out.

"Let me give you a little lesson this time." Gang said calmly, "Don't talk nonsense that shouldn't be said, just say as much as you know. First, tell the truth about the scene you experienced before Vassius died."

Fan Ning seemed to have succumbed to the threat, and spoke slowly in a slightly lifeless tone: "...Actually, I also wonder why the final architectural pattern is exactly the same as here. The only difference is that there are paints everywhere here, while last time it was It was empty and pale, and there were some weird dolls hanging there. I don’t know what the mystical principle is, but Miss Nisimi seemed to play a key role under the coercion of Vassius. Finally, he opened a door, first Coerced us to go in together, and then he might think it was a waste of time to fight, so he went in by himself."

His compromising words after his frustration caused everyone to prick up their ears and analyze them carefully.

Pale and empty?The member of the Bologna School newly approved last year?opened a door?

It is undoubtedly the "Gate of No Light" that is the same as the "Gate of Seven Lights".

He Meng compared the information he had and felt that Fan Ning's words should be very reliable. He asked, "So, do you remember which direction the door he opened is probably in?"

"The position of the door? The position is a bit strange, and it's not very eye-catching." Fanning's vision was dark during the acting, but in order not to attract suspicion, he still kept his eyes open and frowned at the same time thinking.

In fact, when he just walked into this room, he also found that there was no door on the wall like last time, but when he thought about it now and pointed his finger at the direction matching his memory, his spiritual sense suddenly realized that there seemed to be a door on the sealed wall. There seemed to be a gap——

"That's the direction!" He acted as if he suddenly remembered, and pointed to the opposite corner of the desk.

Everyone followed the prestige, and a small stone door came into view.