Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 806: The Ritual of Sealing the Celestial Master

After hearing the old lich's words, Aleister immediately felt a strong sense of relief.

Previously, Matthias's aura of fear was even able to penetrate the Night Devil's defense... and Matthias himself was only a fifth-level transcendent.

Even though the Lich class is a "hidden class" like the Scholar of Sin in the current version, it is impossible to cross two energy levels and break through the resilience immunity of the Night Demon of the sixth energy level upper phantom demon.

This means that this powerful strength comes either from the increase of rare path characteristics, or from equipment that can increase priority. It is hard to say whether the former exists, but the latter... Aleister is sure that he must have it.

To be more specific, it is the psychic tower itself.

As the true master of the psychic tower, Matthias would definitely be able to obtain a portion of the psychic tower's power. The core of the psychic tower was the spine of Lingbo Tiansi.

The mages of the Narcissus Principality can often exert power that is one level higher than their own in their own mage towers. The power contained in the psychic tower, which has been passed down for thousands of years, must be much stronger than that of the mage tower.

That is a power that can pose a threat to the descending angels, so the Fallen Angels did not come to attack the First Black Phase.

The first red phase and the first black phase of Xingti were both killed after Aiwas, who was an NPC, got the 5.0 version of "Lord of the Great Beast". "Thousand Years of Vengeance Spirit Tower" is the main quest of the first black phase.

In other words, in version 3.0 when the Fallen Angels arrived, both of them were safe and sound - living in peace with the Fallen Angels.

Since the old lich clearly wanted to protect Aleister, even the Red Prime Minister Pomponazzi would not dare to act rashly here.

So Aleister felt relieved and followed the old lich Matthias with Lily and Selene.

Although this is Matthias' office, it doesn't look much like a laboratory.

It looked particularly dark and eerie, like a black-hearted factory.

Under the dim green light, you can hear the sound of gears turning.

A complex machine that looked about three or four meters high, with a main body that was more than ten meters wide, not counting the various winding pipes, was running steadily. Tall jars were turned upside down on the machine, each filled with bubbling transparent liquid with various biological tissues floating in it.

It looks like "civilian biochemical weirdos are breeding clones", eerie, scary, and has the informal feeling of an underground workshop.

However, both the gears and the machines are not made of solid metal... but bone.

Aleister reached out and gently touched the pipe beside him.

The pipe suddenly twisted its body, trying to avoid Aleister's hand, like a cat that was scratched.

The nearby exhaust port made a violent coughing sound, and the entire machine was shaking violently. The pipes that looked like trachea were constantly twisting.

Aleister suddenly had an extremely strange feeling in his heart - it felt like the machine was cursing him, and the curse was quite dirty.

"If she wants to touch it, let her touch it."

Matthias's cold and hollow voice rang out: "Can you come back to life if I touch you?"

The low echo from the skeleton made the machine suddenly quiet down.

"...The machine spirit has been appeased."

Aleister muttered.

Only then did she clearly realize one thing -

Matthias' office on this floor did not originally look like an underground factory.

Instead, when Matthias was "preparing for the ceremony", he used necromancy to create a special machine on the spot!

——Everything in this room is undead!

Whether it's the pipes, the cans, the gears and machines... and those green lights that are on, indicating "running", they are all undead souls!

Aleister rode on the Heleqin Tianma, and the round trip took less than two hours.

——In just these two hours, Matthias used necromancy to construct a complete machine out of thin air to complete the ritual!

"Is this... the ritual used to solve that problem?"

Lily murmured.

Subconsciously, she didn't dare to say the word "Gray Sky Commander".

Ever since she realized her unusual talent and where her murderous impulse came from, she has been worried about her future.

It’s not that she was worried that one day she would no longer be herself... For a girl like her who was born into a commoner family and became a personal maid since childhood, she didn’t have any clear "self-awareness".

It can even be said that Lily somewhat hates her strong "abnormality" because it makes her feel uneasy, just like an animal in nature covered with orange-red fur.

——This is also the source of her strong resistance to Selene.

It's like when a person grows up and looks back at the dark history he left behind when he was young...

"I have been studying the ritual of sealing Tiansi for a long time."

Matthias did not get angry because he was questioned. Instead, he patiently explained, "Cyril also knows about this, so he recommended you to come to me."

"…Seal, Tenshi?"

Aleister murmured softly.

Even she didn't know that Matthias had such a past.

If Cyril knew about this, that meant... this was something that happened before Mathias embarked on the path of twilight. Was he already thinking about sealing the Celestial Master before he became a necromancer?

"...I thought only those who transcend have such ambitions."

"That's why Cyril and I are friends."

The old lich said calmly: "We are the same kind of people."

"Can I ask you something?"

Aleister looked at the old lich: "Since your initial target was Tiansi... In other words, do you have a clear goal?"

"of course."

Matthias replied, "It is Lingbo Tiansi."

"... Lingbo Tiansi?"

This made Aleister stunned for a moment.

——Isn’t that your own boss?
Before the Winter Maiden took over necromancy and the undead, the undead and necromancers were all the domain of the Amber Master.

At the time when Cardinal Cyril met Matthias, even the Star Antimony Kingdom had not yet been born... At that time, people had no way of knowing that the future Snake Father would trigger a wave of "great promotion".

If he was planning to seal the Amber Spirit Master, then why would he embark on the path of necromancy?

He even transformed himself into an undead...If Lingbo Tiansi lost his position, his own power would be lost as well!

"I first met Cyril because I was researching the art of amber condensation..."

Matthias mentioned it briefly and did not continue.

At this point, the old lich changed the subject: "My original research allowed me to obtain a portion of the power of 'Ningbo'.

"When the gods and apostles descend to the mortal world, they themselves become extremely fragile, but their souls still have divinity. But if you kill them at this time, they will often be sent back to the dream world... Therefore, if you want to keep the gods who descended to the mortal world in the material world, sealing is the best option.

"It sounds incredible, but the principle is very simple - much simpler than the 'Heavenly Level Ritual' you imagined. You can imagine that this is a cup of water mixed with wine. To purify the wine, you have to heat it until it evaporates... The holy soul is also 'lighter' than the soul of a mortal. Because there are fewer impurities mixed in it, it is easier to leave the body..."

The old lich said, letting Lily and Selene sit in the open jars on both sides of the instrument.

This huge machine looks like a giant bull's head.

The location where the two of them were standing was at the bottom of the two bull horns that were spiraling upwards.

The place where the King of the Wild Hunt is going to be is inside the cow's mouth.

Lily sat down from the chair with some trepidation.

When the door closed, she was surprised to find that she was not locked in a dark little room.

Although she was sitting on a chair, she felt like she was sitting in the center of a frozen lake.

The lake surface was broken into a thousand pieces, each piece was exactly the same shape as any other piece. They were like a mirror that was broken into a thousand pieces, reflecting its own image in overlapping layers.

Lily looked at the thousands of herself looking at her at the same time, and she felt a strong sense of dizziness and sleepiness. A strong suction came from the thousands of mirrors.

She felt as if she had fainted, but also as if she was dreaming. Her consciousness was half in reality and half in a dream.

At this time, outside, the old lich's voice was still ringing:
"…People believe that a glowing mirror can take away a person's soul. This is not wrong, but a normal mirror does not have such power. People believe this because those who transcend the path of beauty can often pass through the mirror freely or seal the souls of others…"

The machines are humming away.

In those transparent jars, colorful liquids were shaking violently, mixing the contents together.

A strong emerald green scent permeated everywhere.

"Is this... the power of the Path of Beauty?"

Aleister felt that her consciousness was a little fuzzy. She felt a sense of weightlessness and colorful hallucinations. This made her feel as if she had returned to the fairy kingdom: "Fairy magic?!"

The use of fairy magic requires the caster to still have a childlike heart!
Once children grow up and no longer believe in fairies, fairy tales, and miracles, they will lose the right to use fairy magic forever.

——Because if all the children in the world lose their innocence, the "fairy" race will no longer exist.

"You are indeed well-informed."

The old lich did not reject it, but agreed.

"The profession that is best at sealing souls is the 'Mystical Painter' who is promoted when the Path of Beauty joins the Path of Dusk. They can often capture the soul by drawing portraits, making statues of the other party, or even taking pictures of the other party with a camera.

"And if you use this ability skillfully and use fairy magic to filter the souls... you can absorb the 'lighter soul'. I made a thousand mirrors like this. When the sum of the souls of either lady is heavier than the other, I will absorb the excess soul from her, and the cycle will repeat... The power of balance will protect their souls. Then, through a circular ritual, I will pick up the heavier soul, and then I will fill it back in my dream...

"For those 'lighter souls', we need to use the Amber Condensation Technique to solidify and deposit them. But even if they are sealed and fall into a deep sleep, only sufficiently powerful undead can accommodate these residual souls - because they are undead, they will not be controlled by these sacred wills, and the will of dusk can keep them frozen, and will not be awakened by the strong impulse of the path.

"I once used a fifth-level undead spirit to seal an apostle. At that time, I concluded that a sixth-level undead spirit would be necessary to seal a celestial official.

"If the undead is made into an amber container, it can become the energy source of its own power. This also happens to fit the concept of 'spiritual amber' - something that wraps up the twilight of life..."

As the old lich spoke, the King of the Wild Hunt, who was standing quietly at the center of the ceremony, saw wisps of gray smoke spreading towards him.

Aleister was shocked——

Although the old lich sounds simple and easy to understand, but when it comes to actual operation, it is a complex operation that includes rituals, fairy spells, soul-stealing, necromancy, soul repair, amber crafting, and alchemy!
(End of this chapter)