From Prisoner to Si Chen..

Chapter 539 The Gate
Although the Sichen camps of March and May were neutral, Gillan had acquaintances there. And in July, he also had some friendship with "Santa Claus (Angel of the Wand, Morning Day)" Germain Nicholas.

When Gillan was still very weak, he had received Christmas gifts and was invited to visit the "Santa Claus Workshop", and was valued by Germain.

At that time, Germain also blocked the attack of the "Christmas Devil" Krampus for Gillan.

Now is a good time to visit again.

When consciousness sinks and completely enters a lucid dream.

Gilan controlled his own consciousness, set out from the spiritual kingdom of Lothran, and sailed on a spiritual boat to the hometown of God, Toyalan.

His first stop was, of course, the residence of "Bishu" Sasha, the Golden Palace.

After landing in the divine land, Jilan used the unique feather token as a medium to instantly teleport to a palace deep in the "Corridor".

The magnificent palace was extremely spacious, with two rows of golden pillars covered with reliefs surrounding the aisle. At the deepest part was a throne, on which lay a woman in a white evening dress.

The woman seemed to be sleeping soundly, her breathing was steady and her posture was lazy. On her perfect and delicate face, her eyes were closed and her eyelashes were trembling slightly.

Jilan walked over slowly, stepped onto the steps, and finally stood in front of the throne.

He quietly admired the woman's sleeping posture, as if he was appreciating a work of art.

After a while, he reached out his hand, trying to wake it up.

Unexpectedly, just when he stretched out his hand halfway, the latter grabbed his wrist first.

Snapped!
"Brother Jilan, you are here."

Sasha opened her eyes, her beautiful eyes filled with smile.

With a strong pull, she pulled Jilan into her full arms and hugged him tightly.

"How dare you, a busy man like you, come to see me?"

Sasha opened her red lips slightly and whispered in the young man's ear.

"Did you miss me?"

Gilan did not resist, but simply changed to a comfortable position, put his arm around Sasha's waist, and leaned back on the throne.

"Yeah, I missed you." He nodded, looking serious, and then added: "I'm ready to ascend."

Hearing this, Sasha's beautiful eyes lit up.

But then she rolled her eyes.

"Do you really miss me? Ha, perfunctory!" She muttered, then grabbed Jilan's big hand, placed it on her breasts, and signaled Jilan to help massage. "Brother is finally going to ascend, I've been waiting for a long time!"

"Which path are you going to take, brother? Do you need my help?"

"Ahem, February."

Jilan continued to move without stopping, looking straight ahead, and said:

"However, I plan to walk through the other gates of ascension and gain different enlightenments from the essence... Sasha, you know that the path I took was explored by myself, so this kind of experience is very valuable."

"Um……"

Sasha's beautiful eyes moved as if water was about to drip out.

She pondered for a moment, then raised her face and smiled:

"So brother wants my permission to go through May's 'Twin Gates'?"

"That's right." Jilan nodded. "In fact, I have pushed the Aoweina Federation into a corner. They have agreed to my terms and agreed to open the gate of ascension for me. They can't wait for me to ascend."

"Brother has reached the highest point in the world. Even Leonidas can't do anything to you. Naturally, I don't want you to stay any longer."

Sasha chuckled twice.

She suddenly stood up and sat on Jilan's thighs, then lowered her head and whispered:

"It's not impossible for me to open a back door for you, but the premise is that your brother also has to open a back door for me..."

"Ah?" Jilan looked puzzled.

"Don't worry, brother. I have a way not to hurt you."

Sasha smiled maliciously.

She pushed Gillan down.

The palace was suddenly filled with clear bell-like laughter, as well as Gilan's exclamations and gasps.

...

...

"Brother Gilan, after hundreds of years, we finally meet again."

On a desolate plateau, a sturdy man wearing leather armor and carrying a round shield and a spear laughed heartily.

He expressed his emotion, strode forward, and gave the purple-eyed young man a big hug.

Then he uttered a sigh and asked in confusion:
"Why do you look so haggard? Could it be... that you have been misled by alcohol and sex?"

Tsai looked at the tired-looking purple-eyed young man in front of him and shook his head.

"Back then, you were Klein's most heroic warrior. I've heard a lot about your heroic deeds recently... But remember not to fall."

"I have given up drinking, Mr. Twissell."

Jilan smiled awkwardly and waved his hand.

Quit drinking...

That is being misled by beauty.

Twissell then showed a look of realization.

Not long ago, rumors of scandals between the two female superiors, "Red Sage" and "Miss Ether" and "Bi Shu", spread throughout the Shenxiang Corridor...

He immediately patted Jilan on the shoulder and gave him a thumbs up.

Seeing this, Gillan knew that Twissell had misunderstood.

He sighed to himself.

Every time I went to see Sasha, he would pester me to play new tricks. When I think about it now, my legs go weak.

"Well, Mr. Twissell, I found your house through Miss Sasha's secret method this time. Actually, I have something to ask of you."

Jilan didn't explain and changed the subject directly.

Twissell nodded and folded his elbows.

"Whatever it is, just tell me. If I can help you, I will definitely help you."

"Thank you," Gillan said, pausing for a moment. "I want to go through the Aries Gate in March."

"Hmm?" Twissell was a little surprised. "You want to change your path and follow the path of the March 'Gladiator'?"

"it's not true……"

Gillan shook his head in denial and immediately explained to Twissell.

Soon, after listening to his concise description, Twissell learned the general situation and laughed and applauded.

"Amazing, amazing! So the reason you stayed in the mortal world was to pursue the pinnacle of strength, so as to intimidate the Owena Federation and eventually open their gate of ascension for you... You have been planning for hundreds of years just to pursue the truth of the law. I really admire you!"

A look of surprise appeared on Twissell's angular, chiseled face.

Jilan was stunned.

He didn't expect that the other party was so good at imagining things.

But Gillan didn't explain.

"Including me, the four apostles under Mr. Gladiator Mars are all warlike and good at fighting, so we admire the strong who pursue the ultimate strength and truth."

Twissell's face gradually grew serious.

He nodded and said in a deep voice:

"Don't worry. The guardian of the March 'Aries Gate', 'Bulwark' Taunos, is my good friend... and he has always heard about your deeds from me and admires you very much. This matter is not a problem."

"Thank you."

Gillan breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to the "Undefeated" Tsai.

...

… Having completed the Ascension Gates in May and March, Jilan was in high spirits. The final stop was the "Santa Claus Workshop".

Because the previous "workshop ticket" had been scrapped, Jilan could no longer go there by taking the "Silent Coach".

Fortunately, Sasha, as an apostle in charge of "secrets", kept the tokens of most of the ascenders, transmuters and even apostles in the Divine Land, so Jilan got a token of "Morning Day" Germain from her and used it to teleport directly over.

Come to the workshop again.

Gilan was in the snow, and in front of him was a strange building that looked like an enlarged version of a gift box.

On the left and right of the door stand two ceramic sculptures of deer-headed men in suits and leather shoes.

Crunch, crunch.

Jilan walked forward, stepping on the thick snow and breathing out white air from his mouth.

As he approached, the two ceramic sculptures of deer heads suddenly moved.

"Mr. 'Red Sage' Gillan Iros, welcome to 'Santa Claus Workshop' again! It's been a year since we last met, and I didn't expect that you have gone from being an unknown little person to a well-known strong man in the God's Land!"

The deer head sculpture on the left opens and closes its mouth, makes respectful sounds, and claps mechanically in celebration, which looks quite funny.

The shoulder joints of the deer head sculpture on the right creaked, and its arms rotated a circle, leading the way into the door, and spoke:

"As the distinguished guest of Master Germain, please come in."

Jilan nodded to the two sculptures, bowed slightly, and then walked in with a white cane.

The familiar assembly line scene comes into view, with many childlike deer-head dolls and little people constantly carrying or packing Christmas gifts, working hard for the good children of this world.

After Jilan walked into the workshop, the dolls didn't pay any attention and continued to do their work.

"Hmm? Where's Mr. Germain?"

He looked puzzled and looked around, but could not find any trace of "Santa Claus" Germain.

So he continued to go deeper into the aisles between the assembly lines.

Soon, he came to a hall. On the red wall opposite him hung the huge "Twin Kites" painting.

A white-haired boy in a red cloak and holding an oak cane was standing there, looking up at the girl in the painting in a daze.

In the huge painting, the long-haired girl in a black puffy skirt is still sitting on a high stool, facing an oval full-length mirror. In the mirror, there is another short-haired girl with the same appearance but wearing a white skirt.

The two girls were talking and laughing in low voices, and it was hard to hear clearly.

As Jilan approached, the two girls turned their heads at the same time and looked outside the painting.

To be precise, he was looking at Gilan.

The twin kites Maria and Mary of May smiled friendly at Gillan and waved.

"Hello, Gillan."

This scene not only stunned Jilan.

Even "Morning Day" Germain, who had been looking up at the painting, was shocked.

Because ever since he collected this painting, he has never seen the "Twin Kites" interact with people outside the painting.

Germain turned around abruptly and looked at Gillan with a complicated expression.

"I have seen the Twin Kites."

Gillan came to his senses, took off his hat, touched his chest and bowed to the painting.

The two girls smiled even more and said:
"We will witness your ascension together."

"It's my pleasure, Miss Mary, Miss Maria."

Ji Lan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.

Immediately, the two girls turned their heads again and continued chatting and laughing, no longer paying attention to what was happening outside the picture.

"I'm sorry to bother you, Mr. Germain."

Gilan apologized again to the white-haired boy in the red cloak.

Germain was silent for a moment, then smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"It's okay." He said. "I haven't welcomed Mr. Gillan to visit again yet... Oh, I never thought that in just one year, your status and strength have undergone earth-shaking changes."

Germain came over with a cane, looking quite emotional.

"I have always paid attention to you. I have seen everything you have gone through... I am even a little jealous that you are valued by the Twins."

He said this with a smile.

Gillan certainly knew why Germain was "jealous", because he seemed to have always had a crush on Maria, the younger sister of the "Twin Kite".

"Don't worry, Mr. Germain..."

He winked at the boy in the red cloak, leaned over, and whispered in a joking tone:

"I'm not going to take the May path."

"Haha."

After hearing this, Germain laughed.

Gillan's joke eased the awkward atmosphere. After the two exchanged a few pleasantries, Germain asked:
"I wonder what Mr. Gillan is visiting you for this time?"

"Is such that……"

Gillan hesitated for a moment and then explained to Germain in a deep voice the whole story and his request.

After a while, Germain fell silent.

"You want to go through Lion's Gate in July?"

He sighed.

"In fact, you shouldn't come to me for this matter. Instead, you should go to Angel of Dusk, because He is the guardian of the Lion's Gate."

"But I can intercede for you."

Germain pondered and said:
"Perhaps you already know that my Lord has long since split his mad body and resided at the top of the God's Land with pure spirituality... Until now, He has not responded to us for thousands of years. The situation is unclear."

"So Angel has been abiding by the rules of a thousand years ago, controlling the Lion's Gate and strictly testing every mysterious person who tries to ascend to July through it."

"I see."

Gillan nodded.

"Then I'll leave this matter to Mr. Germain. If Miss Angel disagrees, I will also try it according to His rules and tests."

"Okay." Germain smiled.

...

...

end of September.

Gillan received a secret message from Emperor Caesar.

The letter contained only one sentence:

"The last day of this month, prepare for the ascension ceremony."

Ji Lan, who was sitting in the office handling official business, suddenly became energetic.

The subtext of the Führer's secret letter is obvious, which is that the ascension gates in January, August, September and December will allow Jilan to pass through.

This made Jilan very happy.

But as the saying goes, fortune and misfortune go hand in hand.

That night, after Gillan fell asleep, he happened to receive a response from "Morning Day" Germain.

A clay figurine of an elk had been waiting in the dream, conveying Germain's apologetic words:
"'Dusk' Angel did not agree. If Gillan wants to pass through the 'Lion's Gate' in July, he can only rely on his own ability."

After waking up, Gillan stared at the ceiling.

Immediately smiled.

"Rely on your own ability... Oh, well, if everything is arranged, it would indeed be a bit boring."

he murmured.

Jilan doesn't think that his ascension must rely on connections. He is confident that with his own strength, he can pass through any gate of ascension!
(End of this chapter)