Fan Ning understood what the Pope meant in an instant.
The other party seemed to ask three questions, but in fact they only cared about one point. This was just a circumstantial approach "for the sake of rigor" to avoid unexpected situations.
To be fair, Fan Ning felt that the other party's question was not difficult to answer.
In other words, even if you conceal it, you don't have to make up statements that are very different from the facts.
There is no need to talk about "the third level of understanding".
Based on the performance of "Mass in B Minor" and the performance of the battle with Owen, it is sufficient to say that he has passed through the "Gate of Lights and Shadows" and the "Gate of Enlightenment".
but
"Irving is on the same level as the lower realms, but the path in his eyes is the path traveled by those before him, but it is narrower." Fan Ning seemed to be judging, but his tone was fair and calm.
Yes, after thinking more about it, he chose to answer truthfully.
If the secret of the "self-created key" is still further hidden, it actually "fights" with the previous layer of identity disguise, or in other words, the effect is somewhat "one plus one is less than two" - identity disguise
The purpose is to bind all the characteristics that you don't want others to know for the time being, but need to be displayed to facilitate your actions, to the disguised character.
The more sincere and unrestrained "Lavoisier" is in his words and deeds, the more distinguished he is from "Fanning". This is not only "answering truthfully", but it is not entirely "answering truthfully".
If you want to get more information, you must maximize your attention and increase your authority.
What's more, if this secret is told to the church, the other party's intensity of keeping the secret will definitely be high, which in itself provides a first layer of great insurance.
"good."
Sure enough, after hearing these words, Emperor Yanning nodded deeply and said seriously:
"From now on, this matter is top-secret information of our Holy Sun Church. Apart from you, only the Saint and I know about it."
The light rain in the cold night gradually turned into moderate rain. When I stepped out of the carriage, my boots were muddy when they landed on the ground.
The dense water vapor covered everything that glowed hazy, the altar in the square was in ruins, and the cathedral was lying quietly in front of it. When you raised your head, you could only see patches of it, and the mountains and plains were rippling through the windows.
Blooming orange.
"The doors are old wounds of the world's will, always torn and healed. Some gaps are restored as before, while others gradually become unhealed wounds." The pope pushed the door into the void with both hands, and the church arch opened without any wind.
He was reading lines from the miracle play "The Great Terror" written by the third-generation Light-brother Banshua Lenya.
Fanning had read it, and it was from the second act of the play.
He recalled it when he had just been promoted to a high level and was appointed branch president, and entered the "Incinerator" to observe the path of climbing.
"Even the oldest Lord of Witnesses has trained chariots to ascend here, and how many countless creatures have passed through them behind them?" The other party talked about secrets, and he also responded with the late document of the Alchemist Association, "Theory of Chariots Ascension to Heaven"
"Secret Biography Preface.
The Pope nodded slightly when he heard the words: "Even though most of the enlightened ones have died from ancient times to the present, their behavior of passing through doors has always existed in the past. Their 'characters' are infinitely drifting in the flow, and they will also have negative consequences.
Later, people passing through the passage caused residual occupation or obstruction. The invisible power that today's Insighters can call is far less powerful than those ancient scholars. Although the New Calendar is called the "Era of Hope", it is not suitable for study.
For new scholars of history, there may not be much hope."
Under the basic principle of "the law of transmission of implicit knowledge", implicit knowledge can never be shared and disseminated without restriction.
Gnosis is a more special kind of hidden knowledge.
In fact, the taboo power contained in the door is still strong, but unfortunately, as time goes by, the gnosis observed from the same or similar angles will become more and more likely to be in a more vague state, understood by fewer and fewer enlightened people.
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"Unless there is a new way through the door, complete and thorough, rather than repairing, transforming, or deceiving in disguise," the Pope concluded.
"I just saw that this road was wider, so that's how things happened." Fan Ning's tone was very reasonable.
Finally, the Pope, like the former Bishop of Tucville, almost stopped breathing.
But looking at the sincere sharing attitude on the other person's face, he suddenly realized that this was purely because of the huge gap in knowledge.
He tried to make Lavoisier understand what an incredible thing he had become: "Theoretically, there are infinite solutions to any door, but in fact, the keys passed down by various organizations are extremely narrow and limited, and they all use a certain paragraph.
Events involving the disputes and evolution of the Lord of Witness in the Secret History are used as a basis for mapping and homogeneous one-sided tributes or imitations."
"To completely jump out of this category, I have seen a few words from ancient secret scriptures, which mentioned the commonality of self-created keys by ordinary creatures. They all need to complete the discussion of the entire Huita structure in the first key.
But based on the knowledge and inspiration of knowledgeable people who have never even entered Huita, it is almost nonsense to think of creating a key by yourself."
These words of the Pope added a lot of auxiliary side information to Fan Ning, and also completely explained theoretically why the Insighter who created his own key would have an overwhelming advantage in a direct confrontation with the same realm.
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"Such a person must not be the only one," Fan Ning speculated calmly, "For example, if someone truly believes in Him and can see the lighting from the top of the home, he will also be able to see the Hui Pagoda from the bottom.
The way up.”
The old man could only smile, nod and shake his head.
Many times, saints do not feel that what they do is unattainable, nor do they realize that they are sacred.
"Well, in the long history, 'nonsense' will always happen a few times, such as St. Sebastian, the first 'Light-Bearer' of my church, and the current director of the Special Inspectorate, Pogolleri.
strange."
These two people? Fan Ning said "Oh", this was information he had never known before.
St. Sebastian is the creator of the church's "God Theme" and preached very early. When Fan Ning once talked with Walter, the latter admitted that the church's records of St. Sebastian's deeds are not systematic.
In the past four months, Fan Ning has personally studied the meaning of the scriptures and has the same feeling.
As for the other person
It's a feeling of trepidation.
Fan Ning has already experienced the crushing feeling of a self-created key climber facing an opponent of the same level. He even feels that if he faces an inspector general like He Meng and Gang who knows the second level, he should be able to fight well.
Come and go.
But that Boglalic had already risen to the sixth level of the Execution Order.
The last time he fell out of the "Red Pond" nightmare, Fan Ning felt as if his whole body was about to be torn apart as soon as the opponent took the sword out of its sheath. Later, he seemed to have used special means to restrict his movements, but he did
This point is the remaining divine power of a Lord of Witness before his death.
He created his own key, performed the sixth level of sequence, and also studied "Jin". This is the strongest possibility of mortal creatures that Fan Ning currently knows. I'm afraid there is really no one in the world who can confront him head-on.
"The evil and rebellious behavior of this special patrol officer must have deviated from the commandments and laws and harbored ambitions. Has the Lord given any revelation or method to check them?"
The Pope was silent for a moment and motioned for Fan Ning to follow him into the church arch.
Even if there are no worship services late at night, you can still smell a light and long-lasting scent of incense in the air.
The footsteps are echoing, and there seems to be an infinite layer of space extending in front of you. The halls, door rooms and corridors are brightly lit, with no room for shadow or mercy. Gold and silver vessels, sculptures and murals are everywhere.
All of them. Fan Ning followed the Pope for more than a quarter of an hour. He had lost count of how many authentic masterpieces he saw that could only be seen in picture albums.
Until the two of them stopped in an empty place.
"The rack is no longer real."
Seeing Bishop Lavoisier looking around, looking thoughtful, the Pope again put his hands behind his hands and spoke leisurely, but it seemed that he no longer talked about the issue of the Special Inspectorate.
The place where Fanning was taken was the highest court of the Janus Inquisition.
Its ground is in the shape of an ascending trapezoid, with moderate width but far depth. It has a judgment table, an altar, a code wall, an inquiry seat and more witness seats. As a concentrated symbol of the church's judicial power, although it can be seen every year
Only a handful of cases have actually been brought to trial here, but it always maintains constant light and sufficient cleanliness.
But at the highest and deepest point, the rounded rectangular steps go up, giving people another impression. It is a burning cross made of granite. The iron barrels below are filled with rosin, asphalt, gasoline and dry firewood.
There were several black-green iron chains wrapped around it, and the lights swayed with dark red spots on them, like harsh eyes looking down at the entire court.
"No longer true? What does His Majesty the Pope mean by this?" Fan Ning asked.
"This kind of layout can comply with traditional laws. But again, for such a layout, it can only be false and an appearance."
The Pope stared upward.
"During the three hundred and twenty-seven years that this generation of saints has been guarded, only thirteen people have been actually sentenced to death by the stakes by the Supreme Court of the Inquisition and executed here in accordance with classical law. The most recent one was at the exact time of today.
It was one hundred and eighty years, one month and ten days. After the burning, the site was purified. After being abandoned for half a century, it underwent a major renovation. A century later, it was renovated even more thoroughly. Up to this point, that is
What Master Lavoisier saw in front of his eyes was a brand-new torture rack that had been repeatedly torn down and replaced in the industrial era. It only served as a decoration for etiquette."
After hearing this, Fan Ning, the new senior executive, tried to figure out the meaning. He slowly adjusted his white robes and thought that he would first make a statement that was consistent with his position as "Lavoisier's deputy presiding judge":
"Then the Holy Lord sent his disciple Job to the Noahites with a message, saying, 'I know that after I go away, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock; and men will rise up, speaking perverse things to seduce the disciples.
"Follow them." This is the answer. Now the robbers' tents are prosperous, and those who provoke God are secure. False teachers will also deliver property to them. They have no light, trespassing in the dark and setting up barriers, and plundering the ruins without obeying the law.
, causing the people to stagger around like drunken people.”
"But the light is not kind. The light can make people see things, but it can also make people blind. When the people of the Holy City walk towards the light, their steps will not be narrowed, and they will not fall when they run. When the foundation is strong and things are done, they can only do it in the shadows."
The day when they find mercy will surely come upon them."
"What Master Lavoisier said is profound and simple. I completely agree with it. In the future, the priests will have to mention it again and again in front of the believers. However, the words I just recalled, what I want to emphasize the most is,
Time itself!”
The Pope's back climbed step by step up the steps in front of the crucifixion.
"At the end of the 2nd History 'Dark Age', in the age of shell species and dragons, human beings were in a humble position, living in caves in the dark, kneeling to eat and drink. At that time, there were prophets who taught them to devote themselves to enlightenment; in the 3rd History'
In the Age of Light, the power of the knowledgeable people of the Noah Dynasty and the Turungalia Dynasty was not inferior to that of the Special Inspectorate. During the period when the "Great Court School" was at its most powerful, the number of those who enforced the order was greater than that of today's Bog.
There are still many enlightened ones under Lerici. The so-called "True God Church" list is just a deck of cards that is shuffled every few hundred years; even in the "Era of Hope" of the new calendar, my church has gone through it twice.
Despite the crisis of the War of Persuasion, the people of Tiolain as far away as the Northern Continent are still under the teachings of the Holy Lord, and all concepts of etiquette and artistic ideas have penetrated into the marrow of humanities."
"Saint Sebastian, Saint Janingo, Saint Lenia, Saint Apollo. When each generation of 'light-dwellers' is born, the church will usher in a moment of strength, but there will be more stable or low ebb years.
Successive saints and popes have also handled things well and steered by without being frightened. The Special Patrol Office is very strong, but they are very young. They are neither unique nor long-standing, nor are they involved in the most critical issues at the moment."
"The greatest power of time is 'washing', and the essence of 'candle' lies in seeing the higher ground rather than holding a sword and fighting bravely. Mercy can only be found in the shadows. Those struggles that are related to interests must be actively fought.
But some people may not be able to see clearly, cannot understand, cannot accept, or feel they cannot find a way out for a while. Let it stand for a longer time and the answer will come naturally.”
The old man's words all revealed calmness and depth, but Fan Ning also keenly grasped something else.
"Therefore, His Majesty the Pope believes that the biggest disaster in this country is not the chaos on the smuggling roads, and the biggest danger does not lie in the Special Patrol Office?"
"It's not them, but it is inextricably linked to what they are doing. Did Master Lavoisier ever hear the prophecy, 'At noon, the sun sets and the moon rises'?"
Fan Ning's heart was moved, and he nodded and said: "When I was doing business in the South, this prophecy often came to my ears. I sent people to inquire about it, and the answer was that it was the secret information that the Special Patrol Office brought out from the abnormal area for research."
"If we want to judge the credibility, that place is also the secret place where the 'theme of God' is buried. It is not appropriate to directly conclude that it is the words of a false prophet."
The old man's expression gradually became serious:
"So, what does Master Lavoisier think this prophecy should sound like to my church?"
Fan Ning chewed each phrase carefully, as if he suddenly realized a problem that he had never been aware of before, and his brows wrinkled: