Chapter 15 The Crown of Antebili(1/2)
"Okay, Vincent, I have told you everything that needs to be said. The rest of the trip depends on your wisdom. Please remember not to forcibly destroy anything in the temple, especially the statue of the goddess, otherwise
There will be serious consequences." Having said this, Lucia turned around and walked out of the church door. Everyone looked at her back with astonishment.
Cheney asked: "Lucia Priest, where are you going?"
Lucia did not look back and said directly: "According to the traditional tradition, the ceremony of handing over the saint does not allow any other members of the royal family to participate in it, and I am no exception. However, you do not belong to the royal family and are not restricted by tradition. If you
If you find the answer, please call me at the door."
"How could we possibly find out the secret truth without your help?"
Lucia had already walked to the door. After hearing this, she turned around, looked at these people, and said calmly: "I'm sorry, friends, except for the reminder just now, I can't do anything else for you. I wish you good luck.
"After saying that, she turned around and walked out of the church, and the sound of her footsteps gradually faded away.
Everyone looked at each other, and Cheney said: "We don't have any clues in such a big place, how can we find it?"
Xia Silan did not speak. He squatted down, walked around the statue of the goddess twice, stretched out his hand and knocked carefully several times near the platform base, and then said: "The platform base is solid and has no mechanisms."
Cheney said: "The statue is so conspicuous, I guess there won't be any secrets. Let's look around and maybe we can find some clues." He walked away.
Vincent frowned and stared at the statue. After a long time, he said: "Wei'en..."
Wei En did not answer. Vincent turned around and found that Wei En had left the center of the church at some point and walked to the relief on the wall, looking up attentively. Vincent closed his mouth, thinking in his heart
Suddenly, a strong feeling arose: The key man who can solve the problem may be Wei En.
Wei En walked along the base of the wall, and the raised patterns on the wall kept emerging in front of his eyes. As the flames swayed, their luster and shadow alternated between light and dark, as if they concealed the flow of life. He browsed carefully, but there was nothing
Finding helpful clues. As he continued to move forward, he suddenly stopped, looked up and down a few times, took a few steps back, and carefully examined the pattern in front of him.
This relief is two closed doors, with a big bird flying high in the sky carved on the door. The big bird is lifelike and has a strong sense of dynamics. Even its persistent eyes and wing-spreading movements are very expressive.
Wei En stared at the pattern and gently stroked his chin with his fingers. Suddenly, he struck his right palm with his left fist: "That's right! The Crown of Antebili, I remembered it!"
In an instant, several fragments appeared in his mind like electric sparks, which were all the memories he had left at a critical moment in his life: First, in the oak barrier of the Oak Church, in order to summon the awakening of Zhu Qing
, he reluctantly used the Seal of Reincarnation. When he was unable to do what he wanted, the Apocalypse of the Stars gave him support, accompanied by the image of the door engraved with flying birds; later, in the Castle of Saramento, in order to save Lan
He used the Apocalypse of the Stars as a sacred object to reset the catalyst for the Thousand Years Abandonment Curse of the Blood Man. At that time, he vaguely saw the door again, and it was that time that he heard the words "Crown of Antebili".
What is the connection between the Star Revelation, the Crown of Antebele, and the door carved on the wall? At this time, Vincent's voice came from behind: "Weien, have you discovered anything?"
Wei En turned around and was about to speak when he saw Vincent and others surrounding the statue of the goddess. The face of the statue was facing him, and the flying eagle on his wrist seemed to be staring in his direction.
An idea flashed in Wei En's mind: The shape of the Star Revelation is a ring, which must have its function. When Priest Lucia was describing the temple just now, her hands were stretched out and flying, and she was also wearing it on her middle finger.
A ring? Yes!
Walking quickly to the statue of the God, Wei En stared at the statue for a moment and suddenly said: "Vincent, please use the Book of Star Revelation."
Vincent was stunned, then took out the small bag from his arms, poured out the Book of Star Revelation, and handed it to Wei En: "What is it for?"
Wei En took two steps forward: "Please help me, lift me up."
Vincent did as he was told. He put his right hand around Wei En's knees and lifted him up, facing the goddess's wrist where the flying eagle rested. Wei En held the Book of Star Revelation and gently put it into the goddess's finger pointing forward.
On my middle finger, I found that the size was just right, and smiled slightly: "Put me down."
Vincent put Wei En down, and everyone looked up and stared at the goddess's fingers, with various expressions on their faces, including anticipation and excitement.
After waiting for a while, there was no change in the goddess statue. Xia Silan sighed softly and said: "It seems there is no response."
"Could it be another finger?" Vincent asked.
Wei En frowned and was about to open his mouth to say something. Suddenly, there was a soft "buzz" sound, and a trace of multi-colored light was quickly wiped on the white jade surface of Star Revelation. After an instant, the light became brighter and a streak of light appeared.
There was a rainbow-like light. Immediately afterwards, the church seemed to darken all of a sudden. Everyone looked around, feeling surprised. Xia Silan said urgently: "Look up."
Everyone looked up and found that the huge roof of the church was completely shrouded in boundless darkness, gradually showing a wonderful arc, like the sky under the dark night. Then, little rays of light flashed in the "sky" one after another.
, the light spots continue to increase, looming, like the stars in the sky on a midsummer night.
Vincent murmured: "The revelation of the stars, the revelation of the stars..."
At this time, the light on the ring spread quickly, and just when everyone was surprised, it had already traveled from the fingers of the statue to the wrist, passed upward along the eagle's claws on the wrist, and reached the neck of the flying eagle.
The next moment, the flying eagle's eyes lit up.
Fanny exclaimed: "Dad, the eagle is alive!"
The eagle was not alive, but the colorful light seemed to activate its eyes. The originally pale and dull eyes suddenly became full of energy and vitality in the dark church. The light continued to flow, and the eagle's eyes gradually reached their maximum brightness.
Suddenly, a strong light shot out, shining directly on the relief of the door on the opposite wall, shining impartially into the eyes of the big bird on the door. As the light continued to enter, after a while, the big bird
His eyes also lit up..
Everyone's faces were shocked, and Cheney thought to himself: "What a clever mechanism, it can actually use invisible light as the key to open the wall door!"
The sound of "click" slowly sounded, and as the sound of the door brackets turned became louder, the bird spreading its wings gradually divided into two parts, and a black space continued to grow larger and appeared in front of everyone. Fanny gently clapped her palms
: "Ah, the door is open."
The door opened.
Vincent stood quietly, without any excitement on his face. Wei En found a way to unlock the secret, but what kind of secret would be waiting for the father and daughter in that darkness?
The sound of opening the door stopped, and two embossed secret doors opened outward. Cheney walked closer, took off a torch on the wall next to him, shined it down, and said loudly: "It's a tunnel."
As everyone walked over, they saw a tunnel that could accommodate several people entering and exiting side by side, diagonally going underground. The steps at the door were covered with thick dust, and it was obvious that no one had walked on them for many years.
Cheney put the torch into the tunnel and shook it a few times. The flames flickered but showed no signs of extinguishing. He said, "The tunnel is ventilated, so the air should be fine."
Wei En looked at Vincent: "Shall we go down?"
Vincent showed a wry smile: "We have reached this point, how can we not go on?" Cheney held the torch and took the lead. Everyone filed in. After taking a few steps, a cool breeze seemed to roll up from below, which made people feel uncomfortable.
I shuddered involuntarily.
The tunnel was not rough and difficult, but there were a lot of twists and turns. Vincent carried Fanny on his back and said, "Fanny, are you cold?"
"A little bit." Fanny's voice came from the tunnel.
Wei En took off his coat and put it on her body. Fanny turned her head, her bright eyes shining with innocence: "Uncle, you are so kind."
Wei En smiled, looked into these morning star eyes, and said, "Fanny, no matter what happens next, don't be afraid. Remember that your father and uncle are by your side."
"I'm not afraid. I still want to see my mother."
"Well, okay, our Fanny is a big girl now."
Continuing to move forward, after walking for about twenty minutes, Cheney suddenly said: "Huh? There seems to be some sound." Everyone stopped and listened carefully. After a while, Shasilan said: "It seems to be the sound of running water."
Vincent said: "The air here is so refreshing, it would not be surprising if there is an underground river. Come on, let's go down and see what happens."
After turning a corner, the vision suddenly opened up. Standing at the exit of the tunnel and looking out, a natural hall appeared in front of me. The hall was quite large, slightly smaller than the temple and church on the ground. The hall was surrounded by silence in the darkness.
Center. By the light of the fire, you can see a huge circular pool in the center of the hall, which is making the sound of surging water.
Cheney waved the torch and said: "Let's go and have a look." Everyone followed him and came to the edge of the pool. They looked down and saw that the water in the pool was very clean and translucent. There was a square stone platform in the center of the pool.
Slightly above the water, there is a simple stone chair on the stage. There is a stone beam on both sides of the stone stage, leading to the edge of the pool, like two small bridges for a single person to cross the water. Shasilan looked around
Looking at it, he said: "It seems that this is a living water spring. The spring water gushes out from the ground all year round. There are drainage holes on the wall of the pool to maintain the balance of the water level."
Wei En frowned and said: "Have you noticed that this water is obviously living water, but why is the water surface so flat without any fluctuations? Our shadows are printed on the water surface, almost as clear as in a mirror."
Hearing this, Xia Shilan's face showed an expression of reminiscence, and she muttered: "I seem to remember..."
Cheney suddenly raised the torch: "Everyone, look up." After hearing this, everyone looked up and saw a semicircular complete crystal hanging high above the stone platform, glowing faintly with blue light under the firelight.
, exuding a beautiful and mysterious brilliance.
Wei En murmured: "What is the use of such a big piece of crystal hanging here?"
Vincent said: "Let's go to the stone platform and have a look, maybe we'll understand."
Everyone walked along the stone beam and walked across the pool. Fanny peeked down and saw that the pool clearly reflected the shadows of everyone's activities on the water, as if it were a huge piece of white ice with no cracks.
However, there was a constant sound of water flowing into my ears, and the scene was quite strange.
As soon as they stepped onto the stone platform, Cheney suddenly said: "There is something on the chair." Everyone looked at the stone chair and found that under the firelight, there was an object placed squarely in the middle of the chair, with a gem-like brilliance flowing on it.
It is the crown that women wear.
Wei En walked closer and squatted down, looking at the silver crown carefully: the exquisite shape and elegant color made it clean and dusty, and the meticulous craftsmanship and glorious gem enamel, despite the dust accumulated over time,
It couldn't cover up its beauty. The only regret was that the place at the top of the crown that should have been inlaid with the central gemstone was empty and turned into a diamond-shaped transparent hole. Wei En looked at it for a long time, stood up and slowly
He said to everyone: "It seems that this is the Crown of Antebili we are looking for." Everyone was surprised, feeling both sudden and a little surprised.
At this time, Xia Silan shouted: "I remembered."
Everyone was startled. Fanny, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help but ask: "Uncle Shasilan, what did you find?"
Xia Shilan also felt a little embarrassed about her gaffe, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "I remembered why the surface of this pool of water is so smooth and quiet."
"Why?" Cheney said.
"My father once mentioned that the royal family has a wonderful solution. If you dissolve it in water, the water surface will become as smooth as a smooth mirror, which can reflect bright light and clearly reflect your face. The name of this solution is like
It sounds like it's called..." He thought about it for a few times and then said, "It's called Zhui Yi Lu."
"Reminiscence Dew?" Cheney frowned and said, "It made the pool water look like this. What does it have to do with the Crown of Antebili?"
To be continued...