American Celestial Master

Chapter 85, Relic

Ralph thought for a while, nodded and said: "Indeed, thinking about the sea monsters in Sinbad's story, I don't think it's safe enough to even ride on an aircraft carrier. In comparison, airplanes are much safer. After all, there may be some dangers only when taking off and landing. Other times, it is relatively safe. And as long as corresponding measures are taken, the safety of the airport is not impossible to guarantee. But on the sea...just Lin, speaking of this, I have another worry."

"What?" Lin Qiusheng asked.

"In Sinbad's story, sailing is a very dangerous thing. If the sea monsters depicted in it really popped up, not just those in Sinbad's story, the European Legends, there are definitely many such things in American legends. I think there should be similar things in Eastern legends, right?" Ralph said.

"Yes, according to our ancient records, in the northern seas, there is a fish called Kun, whose body length is thousands of miles long; and it can also transform into a bird called Mipeng, Its wingspan also reaches thousands of miles, and once it takes off, the spread wings are like clouds covering the sky. Besides, there are others, such as the giant tortoise that carries the earth..."

"Ah, this is also found in European legends. There is also the giant snake Jormungandr, and... Well, if these things really appeared, even if the legends exaggerate a lot—like what we encountered The Condor is far less than the legend of Sinbad, but even so, the navigation industry of the whole world may be interrupted. Without the navigation industry, the communication between America and Europe and the whole world can only rely on the aviation industry Yes. But relying solely on aviation to carry more capacity? The changes brought about by this will collapse the entire world order we are familiar with. We must find a way to solve these problems, even if we use nuclear bombs!"

Lin Qiusheng just smiled, but did not answer. Whether it is Kunpeng or Yemengade, they are all typical ancient gods. At least for now, it is not time for them to appear on the stage, but even if they are not Those sea monsters, combined with ghost ships like the Flying Dutchman, and it's not entirely out of the question that the world's nautical industry will be hit hard.

"No wonder the country is so interested in reviving the overland Silk Road." Lin Qiusheng couldn't help thinking.

"I'm going to throw away the stocks related to shipping in my hand and exchange them for stocks in the aviation industry." Ralph said.

The two waited here for another two hours before the car that came to pick them up arrived at this alternate airport.And from here to Istanbul, it will take more than two hours to run, so when they arrive in Istanbul, it is already afternoon.

When the car entered the city, it drove directly to the gate of St. George's Church.

This is the church where the universal Patriarch, the theoretical supreme leader of the Orthodox Church, resides.However, compared with the Hagia Sophia Cathedral where the Patriarch of the World was located when Byzantium was still there, St. George's Church is very inconspicuous. The Gothic building is not a Byzantine building with a dome. If the car hadn't stopped here, Lin Qiusheng would hardly have noticed it.

The car stopped next to the church, and Ralph got out of the car with Lin Qiusheng.The two walked towards the black door of the church.

"This is St. George's Church. Since 1586, it has been the theoretical core of the Orthodox Church. See the black gate? The gate is called Gregory's Gate, in 1821, because the universal pastor Gregory V was unable to help Turkey control the Greek Revolution, and was hanged on this gate by Sultan Mahmud II." As he walked towards the church, Ralph introduced Lin Qiusheng.

"Wouldn't it be haunted here?" Lin Qiusheng thought, but he almost immediately denied this idea, because some auras revealed in this church indicated that ghosts and the like were unlikely to be doing anything here.

"However, it is not impossible to get some heroic spirits out. If this kind of thing is really made, then I, a heretic, may really have some troubles if I plan to go to their various records or even holy objects." Lin Qiusheng couldn't help thinking this way again.

The two walked to the gate, but saw a sign hanging on the gate, saying that the church would be temporarily closed for a month due to internal renovations.

But there was already a priest waiting there. He obviously knew Ralph, so he went up to him, said something to Ralph, then smiled at Lin Qiusheng, and said something in Turkish What.

"Priest Karaman greets you. He says he's honored to meet a superhero," said Ralph.

"Please represent me and send my greetings to him and the Patriarch of the World. I have come to bother them this time, and I hope they don't think that I have caused them too much trouble." Lin Qiusheng also said.

Priest Karaman nodded, and then said in English: "Her Majesty the Patriarch of the World is not here now. He ordered that if you two come, I will receive you. Please come with me."

The two of them followed Priest Karaman into the courtyard through a small door next to them, and then entered the church through a small door in the courtyard.

Unlike the inconspicuous exterior, the interior of the church is decorated with splendor.This is also one of the characteristics of the Orthodox Church.Orthodox churches often don't look too eye-catching on the outside, but the inside is another look.The afternoon sun casts dappled light and shadows on the mosaic floor of the church through the stained glass.

Various religious stories of Christianity are painted on the pillars in the church and on the four walls of the church.When Lin Qiusheng passed by those holy statues, he faintly felt some kind of power fluctuation.

"Although they haven't really awakened yet, they already have an almost instinctive reaction to the arrival of me, a heretic. Of course, the Lord of Armies is far from truly coming, and even those who are about to blow the horn of his return to the world The angels are still far from being able to come, and the same is true for the saints on the paintings. Their days have not yet come. At most, the heroic spirits of some later martyrs may be able to move. But I am now It is a guest invited by the Patriarch of the World, and my actions have been approved by the Patriarch of the World. Unless they can get direct instructions from the King of Armies, they can only watch. At this time, the King of Armies There will be no oracle."

Priest Karaman led the two people through the main hall for preaching, into the side hall next to them, and then led them through a corridor, which was a staircase.

The two followed Karaman up the stairs, and then through a corridor, before arriving at a gate with a picture of St. Peter.

"This is the Hall of Relics. Some relics are stored in it. Some of them were originally plundered from Constantinople by the Crusaders and returned in the 90s of the last century. You can follow me in to have a look. said Karaman.

He took out the key, opened the door of the hall of relics, and walked in with Lin Qiusheng and Ralph.

As soon as he walked in, Lin Qiusheng frowned. The fluctuation of power he felt here was not even as good as in the prayer hall below.

"Although I have heard that [-] out of [-] holy relics of Christianity are fake, but this... is this too much?" Lin Qiusheng couldn't help thinking.

Indeed, in this hall of relics, there are few real relics.This is because a large number of Christian holy relics are fake, and they are official fakes.For example, the fragments of the true cross that have been passed down in an orderly manner are enough to spell out many true crosses. For example, the iron nails that were nailed to Jesus were forged into many other things. Jesus was made a life-size statue.

Another reason is that Constantinople has experienced many wars, and with the wars, plunder and destruction are indispensable.The conquest of Ottoman Turkey is nothing more than that, the Turks did not intentionally plunder these holy relics of the "Man of the Book".

For those sacred objects in Constantinople, the biggest catastrophe was actually the Fourth Crusade.During this Eastern Expedition, the Crusaders captured and looted Constantinople, including those churches in Constantinople.Catholics are much harsher on heresy than Greens are on scriptural heretics.In their opinion, how could those precious holy objects fall into the hands of these heretics?

So the Crusaders almost snatched everything they could, including those holy objects that were originally kept in Constantinople.Judging from the current situation, at the end of the last century, the holy relics returned by the Catholic Church were also very inauthentic.

"But those murals below are really real anyway." Lin Qiusheng listened to Priest Karaman's introduction to those sacred objects without energy fluctuations. Well, this one was reversed when St. Peter was martyred in Rome. The iron nail for the crucifixion is the wine glass that contained the poisoned wine given to St. John by the Roman emperor Domitich. (St. John was the only apostle who died in bed. According to legend, Domitick gave him poisoned wine, but the poison in the wine turned into a snake and crawled out of the cup.) And this, back then...

"Fake, fake, still fake, still fake, and fake again... There is not a single genuine product in it, the more advanced it is, the more serious it is, the more fake it is... Orthodox church What the hell are you doing!" Lin Qiusheng listened to Priest Karaman's explanation with a smile on his face, nodded frequently, and complained in his heart.

Soon, the entire hall of relics was visited, and Lin Qiusheng did not find a single relic that might be real.Then they came out from another door and went in the direction of the library.To be honest, Lin Qiusheng's expectations for this library have plummeted after seeing the entire poor hall of relics.

When he came to a turning point, Lin Qiusheng stopped suddenly. On the wall next to him was a dagger without any description.

"What is this?" Lin Qiusheng narrowed his eyes and asked - this inconspicuous dagger made him feel like the hairs on his body stood on end.

(End of this chapter)