Strange Sequence: Longevity from Guoshu

Chapter 313 Knights Templar, Holy Water, Gang Jin

Jiang You easily killed the young man in black and continued to move forward.

The journey after that was uneventful. After Jiang You walked for half an hour, he saw an altar wrapped in vines protruding in front of him. Jiang You was not surprised when he saw this. He just said that there was a secret place. He walked slowly. Walked up.

After he stood on the altar, the altar glowed green as expected. After a flash, a picture of a medieval town unfolded in front of Jiang You.

At this time, he was standing on a hilltop outside the city, and the town gate was at the foot of the hill.

The buildings in the city are lined up one after another. Although they have a sense of heaviness after the baptism of time, they do not appear to be dilapidated. They all glow with a dark golden luster, filled with holy glory, and there is a solemn and sacred power lingering around.

The most conspicuous thing in the city is a Gothic cathedral that stands in the city. It rises from the ground and makes the residential buildings at its feet insignificant. The dark golden holy light is also emitted from the top spire of the church. .

"It used to be the Taixu Palace in the East, but now it has become the Western Church. It seems that the secret realm in the Holy Tree contains many types!"

Jiang You thought to himself after seeing the church, and then started walking towards the small town. When he was halfway up the mountain, he suddenly smelled a faint smell of blood. He looked towards the source of the blood smell and saw that there was something in the woods. On the next cliff, there was a gray dragon!

This dragon is the big demon who joined forces with Jiang You before, but at this time it has no life fluctuations. A straight and thick golden lance is inserted into the huge monster body. The lance pierces the heart of the dragon, killing it. Crucified to the cliff.

Jiang You flashed his body and came to the side of the cliff. He felt that although the dragon's demonic body was still there, it had turned into a virtual shell, and everything from its soul to its physical body had been destroyed. As long as he touched it lightly, it would Turn into powder.

The demon's head still retained the desperate look it had before it died, with its mouth wide open, as if it wanted to use some means, but in the end it was still a beat slower and died here.

Jiang You knew the strength of this demon, but it died here. It is self-evident what it means.

After Jiang You observed the dragon, he focused on the lance.

A little bit of the power of the sacred aura remains on the lance. Although the surface is still intact, there are cracks inside. It should have exploded with all its power to nail the big monster to death.

Jiang You took a deep look at Jiaolong, then blew a breath, and the monster's body suddenly shook, and like the lance on his body, it shattered and dissipated, and then he strode towards the small town.

Walking all the way to the city gate, one of the two city gates was pushed open at this time, probably by the dragon from before. Jiang You entered from the city gate and saw a spacious stone-paved road in front of him, with two doors on both sides. The doors and windows of the house are closed, empty and quiet.

After entering the city, Jiang You also came into contact with the holy light, which means he felt a peaceful power coming from his heart, and there was no other feeling at all.

But soon, Jiang You saw another corpse in the city. This person was nailed to the road with a knight's cross sword on his back. Like the dragon, he was also an empty shell, and the knight's cross sword was also on his back. There is a powerful divine energy dormant.

Such a scene made Jiang You frown. He took a few tentative steps forward. Sure enough, the cross sword suddenly vibrated and then emitted a bright golden light.

The golden light condensed into tall and tall Western young men, wearing golden chainmail, their long hair burning like golden flames, blazing beams of light flying out of their eyes, their auras terrifying, and they looked like a sun god!

As soon as this person appeared, he pulled out the cross sword and stepped forward with a stern expression. His long golden hair was spread out and his whole body was shining, as if he was shrouded in a bright sun. There was a sacred power permeating the air, which shocked people's hearts. !

When Jiang You saw this, he didn't hesitate. He also pulled out Shengxie and walked towards the Westerner who was condensing golden light.

Suddenly, the golden holy light boiled, and the man swept the sky with golden light and slashed at Jiang You with his sword.

clang!clang!clang!
The peaceful silence of the small town was instantly broken by the clash of huge swords.

Jiang You had a few head-on blows with this man, and he knew that although his power was great, it was far inferior to his own, and he was easily defeated by him.

Seeing this, the Westerner suddenly retreated, holding the cross sword with both hands in forward and backward directions, tilting the tip of the sword downward and raising it above his head. When the golden light emitted from the sword body, he raised it upward, and suddenly there was an extremely huge golden sword energy. He rushed towards Jiang You.

But Jiang You still had an indifferent expression. He simply raised the Shengxie Sword high and slashed down. The golden sword energy was cut off from the middle with one sword strike. Then the sword energy shattered and turned into strands of golden sword energy in Jiang You's body. You were surrounded by people, but couldn't break through Jiang You's physical defense.

Jiang You already knew the opponent's strength at this time. If he had met him before, he would have had to spend a lot of effort, but now, it was nothing more than that.

Sheng Xie shook his body diagonally downward, and the black demon-slaying sword energy surged and entangled him. Jiang You planned to kill him with one strike.

Unexpectedly, with the emergence of the Demon-Slaying Sword Qi, the Holy Light in the city suddenly seemed to have discovered a heresy. It changed its previous peace and launched an attack on the Demon-Slaying Sword Qi from all directions.

This holy light seemed to have a nature of annihilation, and it quickly "purified" all the demon-slaying sword energy on the Victory Evil Sword.

Jiang You did not expect that such a situation would happen. No wonder the Westerners transformed by the cross were of average strength, but they could make the former bleed. It turned out that there was help from the Holy Light all over the city!

The demon-slaying sword energy used by Jiang You also made the Western young man angry. His eyes burst out with fierce golden light, his breathing rhythm suddenly changed, his mouth and nose were exhaling golden smoke, and all the holy light around him gathered towards him. , the whole body seemed to be on fire.

The golden cross sword in his hand also made a sword sound, as if he couldn't wait to kill the heretic Jiang You under the sword.

"Finally something looks good!"

After receiving the blessing of the Holy Light, the Western youth's strength surged, and he rushed towards Jiang You wrapped in the Holy Light.

Jiang You saw in front of him a brilliant golden light, covering the sky, and the cross sword was dancing with golden flames, extremely blazing.

The terrifying power made the space on the street shake.

Jiang You once again activated the Demon-Slaying Sword Qi, this time larger than before, making it impossible for the surrounding holy light to "purify" it for a while, and even forced the holy light away.

Suddenly, black and gold collided violently between the sky and the earth, and a powerful air wave erupted. Even though the space here was stable, cracks were made out. The air wave raged towards the surrounding buildings and streets, but they were golden light one by one. The brilliance was not destroyed by the battle between the two.

After all, Jiang You won with this sword. After the light dissipated, he saw the cross sword falling to the ground. The Western young man stood there blankly, with an incredible look of death in his eyes, and then from the center of his eyebrows, A black sword energy emerged from somewhere, spread rapidly downwards, and soon cut him apart from the middle, causing him to fall to the ground.

And Jiang You Jiang You kept using the demon-slaying sword energy to provoke the Holy Light here, finally irritating it completely. Jiang You suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart. He quickly looked up and saw the top of the towering church in front of him. He didn't know where it was. At that time, a dazzling light had condensed, and as he raised his head, the light blasted towards him.

"not good!"

Jiang You felt that his body could not hold on to the light, so he quickly shot out the Taixu Cauldron in front of him. As soon as the Taixu Cauldron appeared, the energy of Taixu wrapped around him and collided head-on with the holy light. The street space was immediately torn apart. The building that was originally sheltered was smoothly divided into two halves by the power of space. As the space crack spread, half of the city was separated, and it suddenly seemed like the place was divided into two worlds.

Although the Taixu Cauldron buzzed and trembled from the blow, it was completely blocked by Jiang You and did not cause any damage to Jiang You behind him.

Jiang You could tell through this attack that all non-church energy was regarded as heresy here and was not allowed to appear. Once it appeared, the power of the whole city would be mobilized. With a thunderous strike, the power of the holy light just now has been combined with that of the heresy. There is no difference between a blow from a strong person in the field. If he hadn't been protected by the Taixu Cauldron, he would have been beaten half to death.

But as long as you don't use energy and just use physical power, it won't be like this. Even the Western youth condensed from the cross sword won't go berserk.

But Jiang You only now fully understands the rules of this place. Before, he thought that the Holy Light would only consume the demon-slaying sword energy. The people who entered before were probably the same as him. Because they understood it too late, there was no chance to make amends. , fell one after another.

Fortunately, Jiang You blocked the blow. At this time, the cracks in the space healed, the heaven and earth were restored, and the collapsed buildings in the city were reassembled under the holy light. After a while, the whole city was restored to its original state.

When Jiang You saw that the holy light that filled the city had not become thinner because of the previous attack, he knew that if he provoked him again later, an even more terrifying holy light might fall.

"It seems that I can only fight with my body in the future!"

While he was thinking this, he saw that the Holy Cross Sword that had landed on the ground began to absorb the Holy Light in the city, and soon the golden light erupted again, and the Western youth reappeared.

"It's really troublesome! Are you going to spend time with me like this?"

Jiang You frowned. The moment the Western youth gathered his strength, he rushed to him and punched out. There was a violent sonic boom, and the punch penetrated the young man's chest. He continued to step forward, and with a sway of his arms, the Western youth immediately flew out, and his body turned into holy light and dissipated in the air.

But Jiang You hadn't finished his action yet. He twisted his hips and stepped towards the cross holy sword on the ground.

He already knew that the Western young man was just an externalization of the sword's energy, and the key point was the sword itself.

When Jiang You stepped on it, golden light emitted from the cross sword, trying to counter it. However, under Jiang You's full strength, the golden light was instantly crushed, and then the sword broke from the middle. All the light faded and turned into one. A mortal sword.

Jiang You only used his physical body to fight. Even if he crushed the sword, he did not attract the attack of the church's holy light.

Jiang You snorted coldly and walked towards the church. With his current physical strength and martial arts cultivation, he had nothing to fear even if he didn't use other means.

On the road, Jiang You soon encountered a golden battle axe, but next to it was not a corpse, but an arm.

After Jiang You saw it, he quickened his pace and came directly in front of the battle ax without giving it a chance to gather his figure. However, the golden battle ax flew directly towards Jiang You and struck him.

Jiang You punched and collided with the tomahawk. The ax left a bloody mark on Jiang You's fist, but it was knocked away.As the battle ax struck again, Jiang You responded with Shengxie. As long as he didn't use the Demon-Slaying Sword Qi, he would be fine.

Sheng Xie's hardness can be said to be the strongest Jiang You has ever seen. Under Jiang You's huge swing, it collided with the battle ax crazily, and soon the peak of the battle ax was broken, but Sheng Xie was still intact. .

As the gap in the tomahawk appeared, Jiang You's every collision hit the gap accurately, and soon, the tomahawk was violently chopped into pieces.

After that, Jiang You also encountered heavy swords, meteor hammers, shields and other objects.

These weapons were all standing in the middle of the road leading to the church. No other corpses appeared, which meant that the people who came in before had not reached this depth.

However, the coping methods Jiang You mastered relied on his own strength and the ridiculous strength to defeat the evil spirits, cutting them off one by one, but it was extremely easy.

In this way, after Jiang You pierced the golden shield in front of him with a sword, he finally arrived at the door of the church.

There is a faint holy light all over the church. The holy light that would make people feel peaceful is indeed a strong sense of oppression here in Jiangyou.

He took a deep breath, reached out and pressed on the church door. With a little force, the church door was not pushed. Jiang You increased his strength again. This time, the door finally opened slowly, because the door was five or six meters high. , Jiang You pushed open a gap, which was already very spacious, and he walked in.

What came face to face was a huge marble statue of Christ, standing high on the altar, holding a Bible in one hand and resting on it with the other, looking forward with a peaceful face.

Two red flags hung down on both sides of the statue. When Jiang You saw the flags, he immediately guessed where this place was.

What is drawn on those two flags is an octagonal cross pattern that is slightly modified from the cross. That pattern is the symbol of the Western Knights Templar.

The Knights Templar, also known as the Knights of the Temple, was a Catholic military organization in the Middle Ages and one of the three famous knights.

It was originally founded to protect pilgrims and attack pagans.

There were only nine members at first. Later, the Knights Templar received official support from the Holy See and had many privileges. They rapidly grew in size, power, and wealth, and even developed the earliest banking industry. Later, due to the erosion of monarchical authority over divine authority, it declined day by day. Eventually disbanded.

Jiang You didn't know any of this. The reason why he knew about the Knights Templar was because of the infamous Crusades in history and a mysterious treasure legend.

At that time, I only took a cursory look at Crusade Jiangyou and was not interested in it. The main point of interest was the treasure.

Legend has it that when the Knights were about to be disbanded, the Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Jacques de Molay, who was already in prison, named his nephew "Temple" in order to preserve the "traditional and noble basic doctrines" of the Knights Templar. Go to the prison, teach him the position of Grand Master, and then make him swear before God that in order to save the Templars in the future, he will keep some treasures until the "end of the world".

In addition to some secular gold and silver, the most important treasures are: the crowns of the kings of Jerusalem, King Solomon's seven-branched candlestick and the four golden gospels!

"Could this be where the Templars hid their treasure? But how could it appear on the sacred tree?"

Jiang You's heart suddenly became a little hot, and he quickly looked towards the altar in front of the statue. However, there was no legendary holy object on it. Instead, there was a semicircular stone plate with nothing in it.

In front of the altar, there were rows of empty seats.

Jiang You's eyes kept scanning, but in the end he didn't take the risk to use his spiritual sense to explore, and walked towards the altar.

As he took a step forward, holy light flew toward him from the Bible in the hand of the Christ statue.

When Jiang You wanted to get out of the way, the holy light still shrouded him, and he suddenly felt his whole body sinking. It felt a bit like being suppressed by the Taixu Cauldron, but it was not as heavy as the Taixu Cauldron. Other than that, it was No other discomfort.

Jiang You stood still and kept putting together all the clues since entering this world in his mind, trying to find a guess that could connect all the clues.

"Since this is not a place of treasure, is it the place where the Knights Templar select knights?"

All I encountered along the way were lances, cross swords, and heavy swords.
It can be seen that the inheritance of the Knights Templar has high requirements on physical fitness. The extremely heavy door of the church and the oppression of the Holy Light on one at this time are all used to screen the physical body.

And the use of other energies is not allowed here. A person who can get here completely by relying on his own physical fitness has a high probability of specializing in physical fitness. In this way, the purpose of the Templar Knights is to make this kind of physical strength powerful without practicing heretical methods. Select people with their own lineage and teach them their own Dharma lineage, becoming the fresh blood that supplements the Knights Templar.

Jiang You quickly found a seemingly reasonable explanation. He walked towards the altar, and the pressure brought by the holy light gradually increased.

And Jiang You saw that the originally empty stone plate on the altar started to have clear water emerging from the bottom of the plate as he moved forward.

"The pure water enshrined on the altar, could it be holy water?"

Jiang You thought after seeing this, and then he stood still and observed again. As he stopped moving forward, the clear water immediately stopped emerging, and then the clear water flew out, as if to baptize Jiang You. Seems like it.

Jiang You quickly moved forward again.

The movement of clear water stopped and then began to emerge again.

"As long as you can push open the church door, anyone who enters is eligible to join the Knights Templar, and this holy water is rewarded based on the distance that the person who enters walks forward!"

Jiang You made a judgment immediately, and then he strode forward. Although the pressure from the holy light on his body increased rapidly, Jiang You's current body did not feel any pressure at all.

Until he was three steps away from the altar, he felt that his body had reached its limit and began to tremble. He could not take the next step, and the holy water in the stone plate was almost overflowing.

This result may be an extremely terrifying result among the Knights Templar in previous years, enough to set a new record, but how could Jiang You have such low requirements for himself?
I can't use a period of energy here, so I can always bless myself in my body.

The Taixu Cauldron in the mud ball between the eyebrows suddenly shook, and strands of Taixu Qi flowed out and began to circulate in Jiang You's body. With the blessing of the Taixu Cauldron, Jiang You walked three steps in a row and came to the divine place. before the stage.

At this time, the space around him began to shake, as if space cracks would appear at any time.

To resist the squeeze of space with the strength of his body alone, Jiang You's body is so strong that he has to secretly cheat and use the Taixu Cauldron to do it. It is conceivable that the Knights Templar are indeed one of the three major knights. , the requirements are indeed ridiculously high.

As Jiang You walked to a few years ago, all the holy water in the stone plate suddenly flew to his head. Under the shining of the holy light, it instantly changed from clear water to a holy object that exuded bright golden glory, like golden sand.

It dripped down from Jiang You's head, and after contact with Jiang You's body surface, it was quickly absorbed by his skin. After Jiang You's body had been improved before, it had reached a strength that could collide with the divine weapon. It is extremely difficult, extremely difficult to walk up a flight of stairs.

But who knew that the creation in the holy tree would be so terrifying, which directly allowed Jiang You to obtain the Western holy water specially designed to baptize the body.

At this time, in the baptism of holy water, Jiang You's body transformed rapidly again. His whole body was exuding golden light, as if it were made of gold, and his eyes were even more shining with golden light, like a god.

Jiang You himself felt that the five-color radiance in his body began to condense and fuse in response to the feedback from his body, but he still seemed to be unable to do anything. At this time, the Dongwang Stone Tablet that had been refined into the liver suddenly burst into green light, and the stone tablet It actually flew into his sea of ​​energy.

With a sudden shock, the Taixu Cauldron was actually pulled by the Dongwang Stone Stele. Daoxu Qi rolled down from the mud balls and wrapped around the stone stele. The stele sank into the sea of ​​​​qi, forcibly suppressing the five-color brilliance. Under the influence of external forces. Below, the original five colors combine to become cyan.

At this point, Jiang You actually used a method that he didn't know what was going on. He only suppressed the progress of his liver and entered the realm of Gangjin.

After entering Gang Jin, Jiang You felt that his body had reached the terrifying level of disturbing the space and forcibly smoothing out the ripples in the space. At this time, the holy water was finally exhausted.

It's a pity for Jiang You. If he had a little more strength, he might be able to reach the terrifying height of punching through the void.

People's hearts are not enough, snakes swallow elephants, and being able to enter the Gangjin is already a great blessing. He is not satisfied yet. Jiang You instantly suppressed the greed that had just arisen, shook his head and chuckled that he was receiving blessings continuously and his strength skyrocketed. , the mentality is unstable.

Just when Jiang You thought that the creation of this place was over, suddenly, the Bible in the hand of the Christ statue flew down, and before Jiang You could react, it pressed directly on his head, and an extremely fierce golden light rushed in. into Jiang You's soul.

Suddenly, Jiang You felt Christian doctrines running through his mind.

"No, people brought out holy water for baptism. Naturally, they wanted to ensure the purity of the faith of the person being baptized, but they actually started brainwashing them at the soul level!"

As soon as Jiang You finished eating the sweet icing, the cannonball hit him immediately.

In his soul, the fire of Samadhi immediately appeared, and he was about to stop it. Who knew that this holy light was so powerful that it directly forced the fire of Samadhi back. As the holy light shone on Jiang You's three souls, he immediately felt a kind of feeling from the bottom of his heart. From unfailing devotion to Christ and the Knights Templar.

At this time, the holy light seemed to anger the gray world mark, and the mark flew out all of a sudden, emitting streaks of black light that collided with the holy light.

After a while, the holy light was finally driven out of Jiang You's soul, but the mark of the gray world was still shaking. Jiang You suddenly felt that he was about to be pulled into the gray world. At this time, the space of the soul shook, and the mark of the gray world shook violently. The ground paused, the power of the holy tree came, and the mark of the gray world slowly sank into the soul like a compromise.

(End of this chapter)