"Although the Church of the Sage does not have special trials to clarify itself like the Church of Destiny, we are also very concerned about not interfering with the purity of every individual with mystery. The book you saw, and the nature of the power of the Sage It has nothing to do, and it has nothing to do with your status as the Son of God... Or, do you really fit the power of knowledge so well that life is just an appearance?"
The old man looked at Jenkins suspiciously, which made Jenkins a little uncomfortable.
"Speaking of which, until now, you haven't learned a few divine arts of the church, and you haven't even used the rituals related to book knowledge in the church seriously, so it's hard to say how much power you have about books. Talent... why not do a simple test."
"Test, can you detect the so-called essence?"
"How could it be so easy? If it's so easy, the Church of Destiny would use the Vientiane Impermanence card to try it out, wouldn't it be superfluous?"
The old man shook his head and got up from the rocking chair, tapped Jenkins on the top of his head, and motioned for Jenkins to step back, and Jenkins immediately picked up the dozing cat lying on the counter.
There was no one on the street yet, so the old man opened the dark room under the counter with confidence. He disappeared below the ground along a sloping metal ladder, and returned soon after, holding a wooden box.
The box is not delicate at all. To be more precise, it looks like some rotten wood was randomly cut into boards, and they were roughly nailed together with nails without even treating the surface. Apart from the absence of gaps, this box has no advantages at all. .
"It must be stored in such a container, it is a condition of containment."
The old man explained briefly, watching the underground darkroom close together with Jenkins, and then signaled him to come to the counter.
Jenkins and the chocolate held by him stretched out their heads to look at the box. When the old man opened it, some wood slag even fell off the box lid, and there was a box full of white ash lying inside.
Holding his breath, the old man carefully inserted his hand into the white ash, and groped out a piece of thick old bark from it. It should be birch bark, which has been specially treated so that there is no trace of rot or slag at all. A few lines of words are written crookedly on the inside of the bark with a paint that looks like blood.
Because the bark itself is not big, I didn't actually write much content.
"The ashes are bone ashes... don't worry, it's not human, it's animal."
The old man explained, and then continued to grope in the white ash with his hands, and finally took out nine pieces of bark of different sizes and written with different characters, arranged them in a three-by-three pattern and placed them on the counter.
"B-10-2-4291 [Somer Esoteric Ritual Book], this is the oldest one in my collection, the earliest document that can be found to record it, unearthed in the civilization relics of the tenth century. Although it is written It's on the bark, but it's also a book, and because of its antiquity, it's more powerful than most B-class extraordinary books."
Jenkins had never heard of the so-called Sommer secret sect, not even his father. It must have been a secret society that had disappeared for a long time. And this original book of rituals recorded on the bark, although it has only nine pieces of writing area less than a palm-sized bark, actually records 27 different rituals used by the esoteric religion.
"The function of B-10-2-4291 is to allow the holder to use the above records without going through any ritual base formation, without using any consumable materials, and even without consuming spirits. Just donate a drop of blood. But each piece of bark can only use one of the rituals recorded in it in this way, that is to say, this ritual book can only be used up to nine times a day."
Jenkins showed amazed and curious eyes, he controlled his cat not to scratch its little paws, and carefully looked at the records on the bark.
This is a text that he can't recognize at all, densely arranged like red ants on the inside of the withered and yellow bark.
"In addition to the need to pay attention to storage, this item is defined as a level 2 danger, because the user will gradually hear some whispers that no one else can hear. Once this situation occurs, it is irreversible, and those who listen to the whisper will go to a crazy ending without exception... But don't worry, you just use it once, just pick one."
"Choose one?"
Jenkins looked at the counter table hesitantly.
"Yes, not everyone has the same effect when using ritual books. I would like to see your compatibility with Book-type B-class extraordinary items. This book is the most suitable test product for me. Just pick one. "
The nine pieces of bark were all different, and Dad didn't explain the difference in the rituals they recorded. So Jenkins thought about it, and chose the piece of bark that kept stretching out his little claws to try to touch it. The old man lowered his head and squinted his eyes, and then put the other bark back into the ashes, and said:
"This piece of bark is numbered 7, and five rituals are recorded, [Contact Flying Leeches] [Blood Clothes Curse] [The Dream of the Ancient One] [Dragon Summoning Flute] [Whistling Demon Breathing Method]."
After gathering up the other bark, he tapped on the wooden tabletop, a superstitious practice to ward off bad luck:
"The ritual of touching the flying leech is too dangerous, although the possibility is very small, but once you succeed, Nolan may become history.
Don't ask too much about the secret method of blood clothes, this bark number 3 and number 7 can be used together, and the ritual recorded by this bark alone is incomplete.
The Dream of the Old Ones is related to the creep A-12-2-4099 [Dream of the Ancient Gods]. The ritual can call for a highly contagious dream curse to descend, so we'd better not try it.
The Breathing Law of the Howling Demon can temporarily allow humans to simulate the activities of a powerful alien species, but there is a price for this. I think you are probably reluctant to part with this young and handsome look.
Then choose [Dragon Calling Flute], this is relatively safe. Pack up and follow me to the Evergreen Forest, in case you really call something big. "
After speaking, he greeted Jenkins to pack up and prepare to leave.
"Wait a minute, Dad, you put such a dangerous thing under the antique shop?"
Jenkins asked in surprise:
"Although I know you have a hobby of collecting all kinds of strange items, isn't this a bit..."
"It doesn't matter, only the bestowers of the sage faith of level six and above can use it."
The old man said reassuringly that Jenkins was still at the sixth level in his cognition. After finishing speaking, he asked Jenkins to go outside to find the carriage first.
PS: I don’t know how many of you are still students who read this book, maybe it’s the start of school today, right? I wish you a happy start to school.
Please ask for everything at the end of the month. This month, the author has increased by nearly 17W. There have never been so many rewards before.