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The two little girls were confused, while Fan Ning blinked several times in surprise.

He even felt for a moment that he was talking to a witness.

Of course, he immediately realized that his current understanding of the "apostle" was extremely limited. All the information was pieced together through speculation from his own experience or reading documents, lacking any substantive direct information.

There must be a lot of unknowns and deviations.

This is a dark area that even the Deeper can't see clearly, and the Order Enforcer... Fan Ning has never been qualified to communicate with an Order Enforcer before.

Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, he asked the two students to wait a little distance away. Then he calmed down, sorted out his thoughts, sorted them out, and asked the doubts in his heart as concisely and comprehensively as possible:

“What exactly is the nature of an apostle?”

"Isn't it true that only the Lord of Witnesses exists and has an apostle? Why is Master Lucter your apostle? Where is he now?"

"How did those apostles become apostles? What did the heterogeneous purpose mean to them?"

The more difficult the mysterious knowledge, the more obscure the effect of expressing it in words, but Fan Ning still hopes to get some guiding tips from the other party.

The voice of the sage Liu Li flows over the sea of ​​flowers, like water waves and air:

“The essence of an apostle is actually just a ‘relationship’, the relationship between sending and being sent.”

"When one party is the 'sender' and the other party is the 'sent one', and has left actual actions and influence in the long history, the latter can be called the 'apostle' of the former, and the former can be called the 'apostle' of the former. Call it the latter's 'mentor' - the title of mentor here and the meaning of the higher level of the school are two different things."

“In short, there is no necessary connection between ‘whether you are the Lord of Witnesses’ and ‘whether you have an apostle’.”

"For example, a young man follows his lover's preferences and accomplishes something for her; a minister is sent by his king to complete a conquest and plunder; his subordinates follow the minister's orders and carry out a secret mission... …They are all apostles and teachers in a broad sense, and there may be nested chains: someone is an 'apostle' relative to the sender above, and a 'teacher' relative to the sent person below...

"But it should be noted that such persons often do not have mystical significance."

"For a true apostle in the mystical sense, his 'sender' or 'teacher' must possess divinity. In other words, only the orderer and above can talk about 'choosing apostles'." ”

Fanning thought of characters such as Sylvia, Vasius, and Vienne, and he asked questions in an attempt to confirm:

"I have previously come into contact with some members of secret organizations who are suspected of having heterogeneous purposes, so I would like to ask the saints, if they are really apostles, is it possible that they were sent by the Lord of Witnesses, or maybe they were just sent by a certain person? The orderer’s mission?”

"Actually, the situation you mentioned is basically the latter." Ji's voice sounded again, "Even the Insightful One cannot directly communicate with the Lord of Witness, let alone the apostle who is qualified to become the Lord of Witness?"

"Those who are qualified to directly worship the Lord of Witness must be a complete Order or above, such as the 'Holy One' in the Zhengshen Church. It is unlikely that Mr. Scheler will be encountered casually among the group of Esoteric believers. Even if there is one apostle of the Lord, it is difficult to have two or three.”

"The vast majority of people who become apostles are selected by the mentors in the realm of the Order. These 'sent' are not required to have such high threshold qualifications. Generally, most of them are just ordinary knowledgeable people, and a very few are profound. Or... Of course, because the sending relationship can form a chain, if an orderer is both an apostle of the Lord who is witnessing from above, and a mentor to a knowledgeable person below, then the actions of the latter will naturally indirectly reflect the testimony. the will of the lord

"But the above definitions and principles can only be used as reference and not as golden rules. Occultism is not a natural science. There are neither absolute laws nor stable effective responses. There are only 'usual situations', 'generally speaking', and incidental Countless and unexplainable exceptions..."

Fan Ning began to figure out the meaning.

He believes that there is another variable that is possible in the time span of history.

If an orderer occupies a HOS seat through the fourth category of origin, will his former apostle be promoted because of his great achievements? In the same way, if the orderer had previously worshiped a lord of witnesses, and now he himself has become the God of Origin, what kind of relationship will there be between the two lords of witnesses?

The more Fan Ning thought about it, the more complicated it became. This personal knowledge made him feel dizzy and dangerous.

He had to first think about some known characters.

Mr. F, Sylvia, Vasius, Perfumer, Experience Officer, Vienne

In this way, he immediately thought of the "old days" instructions for reproducing music and the phenomenon of tampering with keys.

Could he also be a sent one?

"Impossible, absolutely impossible"

"I didn't even know this existed. Moreover, since I noticed something fishy, ​​I have continued to use the method of reproducing music to strengthen my inspiration or quickly open up the situation. However, the temptation of entering Huita and climbing all the way reminded me that I will definitely ignore it.”

Fan Ning has always felt that the former is just a tempting "sweetener" and the latter is the real motive, and he is very clear about this.

——If it's sweet, take more bites. The more you take advantage of others, the better. But if you want to get yourself into trouble, no way!

He thought about it and asked a question that was also confusing before:

"So what is the purpose or role of the existence of apostles?"

This existence makes the originally complex interests even more obscure and makes the already obscure secret history even more ambiguous. Fanning has always been deeply afraid of this.

In order to eliminate the influence of various events on one's cognition and decision-making as much as possible, one must understand it more clearly.

"Naturally, it is to make the mentor rise higher."

Fanning frowned at the answer of the answer.

Without understanding the meaning behind it, the other party asked again: "Mr. Scheller's spirituality has long been expanded to the limit, so has he ever observed and understood the structure of the high place?"

""Summer Noon Dream" contains some of my understanding." Fanning answered calmly at first.

The next moment he felt the surprise from the invisible eyes surrounding him.

In fact, the purpose of asking this question is that the communication of hidden knowledge will continue, and it is necessary to confirm whether Scheler has reached a sufficient level of cognition.

He found that Scheler's understanding of Huita was obviously beyond his expectations.

This is because "Summer Noon Dream" has only written five movements so far, and he could not imagine that the other party was actually going to use this work as a self-created key to promote to the Profound Enlightenment!

At present, the only person in the world who uses a self-created key to ascend is Poglelich. This is clearly known by the "saints" behind the Orthodox Church and the "advisors" behind the official school.

This is also the direct reason why these official forces are extremely afraid of the Special Patrol Office and are willing to accept its leadership in the discussion group.

"That's good, young gentleman, you might as well recall the knowledge about the 'key' first." Luan Luan suggested.

Fanning then narrated fluently:

"The key is a must for passing through the gate of Huita. In theory, there are many forms, such as self, others, secret rituals, ritual vessels, secret transmission, or a certain feat, a certain moment, a certain experience, a certain emotion or state. Any form may become a key, but in general, most of its acquisition depends on the inheritance of extraordinary organizations from ancient times to the present, and it is extremely difficult to find a new key."

"That's basically it. But have you ever thought that the key to pass through gates of different heights will need more fundamental changes from a certain moment?"

The prompting question of Ni Ni made Fanning's eyes light up and grasped a sense of direction.

Yes, there is a detail that was overlooked before.

The keys required to pass through the lower three gates and the upper three gates must be very different!

Now Fanning is just creating the key of the first gate in the "metaphor of the upper and lower structures". The climbing path has just started, and the understanding of higher places is extremely limited.

But he recalled what he had found on the dome window of the Qiming Church.

The original key information that was tampered and crossed out by the "Old Days" began to contain a large number of "Apostles" from the fourth level of the Divine Gate! This is true for both the "Candle" and the "Key" climbing paths!

"After reaching the height of the Divine Gate, the required keys begin to become related to the Apostles?" Fanning made a guess.

"To be more precise, the Apostles are a necessary part and a necessary link of the high-level keys." The other party affirmed.

The cigar on the rattan chair burned out, and the shadows of the petals and flames completely faded to transparency.

Then Fanning saw that Master Rückert's figure reappeared on the rattan chair!

He slowly took out a new cigar from his pocket.

Apostles are just part of the high-level keys?

Rückert is the Apostle of the Ninja?

The scene in front of him made Fanning's mind, which was running at high speed, seem to be inspired again.

The first two nouns of the key form flashed through his mind again. He calmed down and asked in a concentrated voice:

"So, if I guess correctly, the types of apostles are also divided into 'self' and 'other'?"

Master Luket got up and walked along the stone steps in the water towards the depths of the flowers. The cigar that touched his lips re-ignited, leaving a cloud of pink smoke:

"It is these two forms."

Fanning quickly chased after him and motioned the two girls to follow.

"But why?"

"Why does the Order Keeper need the Apostle to construct the key when he wants to continue to climb?"

"Is it because the Order Keeper has sublimated and moved, and some mysteries must be completed with the help of the Apostle in the waking world?"

This time his guess was obviously not on point. Master Rückert in front of him did not look back and asked Fanning:

"Since you have made some observations on Huita, how do you feel about it?"

Fanning gave an evaluation without hesitation:

"It is full of holes, and the higher you go, the harder it is to get through."

Master Rückert sighed lightly when he heard this:

"Mr. Scheele's judgment is too optimistic, or his observation is not clear enough."

"In fact, the climbing path of the upper three doors is completely 'no way to go'."

"No way to go?... All seven phases are like this?" Fanning frowned and asked.

"All of them are like this."

"Then how did the Order Keeper continue to climb up?"

Master Rückert took a deep puff of his cigar and stared at the rainbow in the garden mist in a trance:

"I don't know when this 'no way out' situation was formed, nor do I know which Order Enforcer first thought of this idea, but he must be a genius who is unparalleled in history. I wouldn't be surprised if he could find a way to pass through the dome door later..."

Fanning's eyes were a little strange: "Did he invent the existence of this apostle?"

"The apostle is not the point, but a means." Luket shook his head, "The essence of this idea is to find a certain type of knowledge or principle that can be regarded as the 'eighth phase' when there is no way to climb the seven phases, and use it to transform the original seven phases. The key, so as to build a 'support structure' that did not exist around the rotten or collapsed path, forcing the Order Enforcer to climb!"

"And the knowledge or principle that the Order Enforcers chose to act as the 'eighth phase' is - Secret History!!"

Secret History! ? ...

Secret History can actually be regarded as... a phase?

Such extraordinary knowledge and imagination gave Fanning a very strange and gorgeous sense of strangeness and dislocation.

He suddenly thought of the 1+4 framework of hidden knowledge that Dupont had mentioned when he first entered the Guidance School and told him about the mystical courses related to secret history!

Among the types of hidden knowledge, "Secret History" is directly related to the origin and mystery of the Lord of Witness, so it is at the core, while "Transfer", "Phase", "Mystery" and "Knower" are just derived categories.

Of course, due to the lack of knowledge reserves in the past, the instructors and learners at that time were probably "memorizing" this framework by rote, and now, Fanning feels that he seems to have found some kind of deep-level confirmation!

Is this the theoretical basis for considering "Secret History" as the eighth phase?

Master Rückert's voice continued;

"Whether choosing 'other self' as an apostle or sending 'self' as an apostle, the purpose is essentially the same, that is, to complete a secret history that is undetermined and inextricably linked to the original in another relatively independent life, and to create or find a ritual vessel containing the invisible power of 'secret history', and to serve as a key to oneself at the right time..."

"The facts they witness are inconsistent with the facts known by the world. They are extremely inconsistent, extremely divided, and extremely illogical when taken out from the main river basin of the long river of history. They are simply like items that 'do not exist in this world'..."

"Such items are obviously incomprehensible in ordinary people's cognition. Their existence is forbidden, and forbidden things have power."

"Usually, such items can be called 'paradoxical antiques'."

When Fanning heard this, he was completely stunned.

Paradoxical antiques?

Extraordinary items that not only have the color of the regular phase, but also may contain the invisible power of the eighth phase - "secret history"?

It seems so incongruous, so divisive, and so illogical to take it out, as if it is an item that does not exist in this world?

For example...

The cell phone that I brought with me when I first crossed over! ? ! ?