Manjusri turned his head and smiled, his charm could not be described, and said with a smile: "If you see the illusion of information created by divine magic, you can see the world like this, like birds in the sky, like people's troubles, like waking up from a dream. Now you have escaped from the sea of suffering, When you seek non-dwelling and establish the foundation of all dharmas, if you want to ask, why don't you come with me?"
Ren Yun put down his wine glass and strode down the sand dunes. Those people walked Shi Shiran, but Ren Yun couldn't catch up, and then roared and turned into a lion and rushed forward, and quickly disappeared on the horizon. The Scorpion King put down the Ice Scorpion and the Fire Scorpion, turned around and shouted, "Lion King, you just escaped from the Nine Unions God Realm, where are you going with these people? We haven't finished talking yet!"
The voice of Surabaya echoed across the desert, but the human cloud had already disappeared. Sishui cursed in the direction where he disappeared: "This lion's temper has not changed, it is still so impulsive and stubborn. It just escaped from the Jiulian God System, and it was abducted by some god."
Then he turned around and sat down. The fierce Scorpion King looked a little sad. Looking at the fine wine on the table, he seemed to be talking to himself: "Where did this god come from? What are they preaching? It seems that this There are still unknown gods in the world! Without the guidance of the gods, it is too difficult to explore alone, but I don't want to go back."
The crowd left, and the Scorpion King drank a few gulps of mulled wine, then raised his head and said to Amon, "Goddess Mu Yun has taken a fancy to you. Muzi is sent to the underworld to exchange you, and you will definitely be introduced to the Anuna enlightenment system.
You are a terrestrial monk, which is very fortunate for you. But how difficult it is to truly transcend eternal life, I hope you can have this day. You are not interested in what those gods said just now, and I am afraid that you are even less interested in my suggestion from this scorpion. Anyway, you have already stepped into the Anuna Enlightenment Department, so there is really no need to shake your faith. "
Amon smiled bitterly and said, "Don't you know the relationship between me and Enlil? It was the flood he launched that destroyed my homeland. Regardless of the sins of my people, I have bid farewell to him."
Surabaya snorted and said: "Then you want to join the Marduke side? I heard that the goddess Muyun won the bet with Enlil, and she can freely enter and leave the God Realm of Anunaki and lead you into Marduke. It's okay to be on the side of grams."
Amon shook his head: "The path I want to prove may be different. I have the insights of the predecessors and I also have my own pursuit. I have been thinking-why the gods transcend eternal life, and what is the so-called divinity? I am just a seeker. I don't want to Join any pantheon."
These words speak from the bottom of the heart. Amon is an anomaly. He has never accepted the guidance of any god system. During the difficult exploration, he solved the unsolved puzzles of the old lunatic and Bell, and finally comprehended and mastered the original power. He has an eighth-level achievement, and has experienced everything in Schrödinger's soul imprint, and even learned about the torture of fate and the judgment of the end in advance. Before he became a real god, he didn't need any guidance from the gods, and he only needed to verify it himself, which the Scorpion King didn't know.
Surabaya smiled: "You may be thinking too much. No matter who you are, whether you believe in it or not, the gods are there. I used to be the messenger of the gods, and I have received the guidance of the oracle. I know the power of the source and what you practice. What's the difference, so I just think about how to become a god who truly transcends immortality. Don't look at my powerful strength in the world to fight them, but the meaning of existence as a living being is not the same. I have to tell you one last thing , the destruction storm cannot kill the gods who are truly transcended and immortal."
Amon replied not unexpectedly: "Thank you for your reminder. I have read the records about the Destroyer Storm. It only said that it can even severely injure the gods, but it did not say that its power can definitely destroy the gods. This is what you want to tell me One last thing?"
Surabaya sighed and said: "I have made an oath. Although Amat who guided me has fallen and I can no longer be driven by the Anuna enlightenment system, the secrets of the gods still cannot be revealed. Unless I become Gods who have truly transcended immortality have their own gods and gods. I will only tell you what that path is until the day I can guide you.
This is an agreement among the gods, and only then will I be eligible to join this agreement, so I will say those words to you. But you have a ready-made shortcut, and don't have to pin on my unseen hope. Can you understand now, why the Lion King left just now, and why I ignored those gods? We all have our own desired paths. "
Amon raised his glass and said, "The agreement of the gods has nothing to do with me, but anyway, I want to thank you for telling me this today! It can be seen that you also want to find someone to tell, and clarify and strengthen your beliefs in telling. "
After drinking this meal for a long time, the Scorpion King stretched out his arm and clinked glasses with Amon for the first time: "You are more sensible than I imagined, and you have really seen through many things. In order to thank you for listening to my story today, I Giving you another promise is also a kind of hope."
Unknowingly, Sishui spoke with the tone of a god. In the legend of Tianshu Continent, an envoy like him who has passed the endless trials of life can already be called a god, just like Bester back then. And when they mentioned the real gods, they used the title "truly detached and immortal gods", which was deliberately different.
Amon asked: "What kind of hope?"
Surabaya said meaningfully: "You are a rare genius in the world! But don't forget about the famous curse of that goddess. If one day you are injured like a human cloud and leave the Anuna Enlightenment Department, and I have become a real You have transcended the immortal gods and established your own god system. You are welcome to become the gods of this god system. I wanted to talk about this with the Lion King, but unfortunately he ran away."
Amon replied: "Thank you for saying that, but I am not a human being. You may have misunderstood my relationship with Mu Yun. I am only fulfilling my promise to the goddess, and it has nothing to do with whether she loves me or not."
The Scorpion King shook his head and said: "If the day when the bad luck really comes, it will be hard to say, I wish you good luck!"
Amon lowered his head and smiled wryly: "Even if Goddess Mu Yun really has such a curse, I have already experienced enough suffering."
Surabaya stood up and patted Amon on the shoulder and said, "It's not easy at such a young age, just don't forget what I said today... Your little friend has been here for a long time, it seems that there is something wrong, you should solve your own problems first." trouble,"
The lion king's three roars were really powerful. Although Sishui cast a spell to protect the ice scorpions and fire scorpions from harm, these two monsters are still unconscious. Surabaya picked up the two concubines and left, quicksand surged up under his feet and disappeared strangely. Amon turned his head and said towards the distant midair: "Medan Zuo, how long have you been here? Come down and rest for a while."
A white cloud swayed down, the crystal shuttle was put away, and Mei Danzuo staggered towards the sand dune, and sat on the chair that Surabaya had just sat on, panting heavily. Amon looked at him and said with a smile: "The wine is in front of you, why are you drunk before you drink it?"
Mei Danzuo said with a bitter face: "God Amon! Fortunately, I came late and left far away. The lion king's roar was so loud that I almost didn't fall, and managed to stabilize myself in the air."
Amon pointed to the banquet in front of him and said: "They are all gone, don't waste the food and wine, eat and drink first, I see you look very tired."
Mei Danzuo took a sip of the wine and exclaimed: "Good wine, peerless wine! The Lion King really knows how to enjoy it."
The two enjoyed the almost untouched banquet, and after eating and drinking enough, Amon asked, "When did you arrive, what did you see, and what did you hear?"
Medanzuo replied: "I flew from afar while the Lion King was roaring, and then those weird guys passed by, and I heard everything they said. Who are they? Putting on airs, but I feel that I am more attractive than a god in my bones!"
Amon said calmly: "Don't ask who they are, just stick to your own beliefs and prove your own path... You didn't follow Moses and the others to the Duke Plain, but came to find me on this road, didn't you? What happened again?"
Mei Danzuo sighed straight away: "God Amon, your clansmen are simply whirlpools and magnets. No matter where you go, it's surprising that nothing happens!"
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After Moses and others left the border of Eju, they crossed the Syrian desert and entered the Duke Plain along the east bank of the inland lake. This should be the safest route. Because the west bank of the inland lake is the commercial road between Eju and Hatti, and now there are towns, farms, and garrison checkpoints. The place where Amon will fight Celia is also in this area, and then enters the Duke Plain. There are also large swamps, which are difficult to pass through.
Moses and the others passed by from the east bank of the inland lake, which was close to the Youdi River Valley. Although there was a section of the road that was very rough, they could reach the plain directly after crossing the mountains. At this time, the Duke Plain has attracted explorers from surrounding countries, but it is difficult to see a place where people gather in such a large wilderness, at least a year ago.
However, when Moses led his people over the mountains on the shore of the lake and appeared at the valley entrance leading to the plain, there was a newly built city in front of them, or a small city-state that had just been built halfway. This is the resting place and trading market for explorers and warriors who slay monsters. Moses and others could have rested here and bought supplies before setting off, but they were stopped by the "army" sent by this "city-state".
Moses and the others had only 60 people, while the opponent had 800 warriors with various weapons, including plateau giants who were good at fighting and forming an army. Moses was very surprised, and stepped forward to ask: "We are just the reclamators who want to go deep into the wasteland, and we are not enemies to you. Like other explorers, we will exchange supplies and pay taxes in your market town. Why did you convene so much?" How many warriors are there to stop it?"
This city-state under construction is actually called Marduk City, and the owner of the city is a short plateau giant named Yusier. He sent someone to say to Moses: "You are a family of miners from the town of Duk who escaped from Eju. If you want to enter the plain of Duk, you have two choices. Either you stay in my city, declare your belief in Marduk and live in the temple. Take an oath; if you want to return home through here, you must promise to the gods that you will build a temple for Marduk where you stand, and hold a ceremony to summon the gods. As a guarantee, you must leave the leader until the promise is fulfilled. let go."
Mei Danzuo knew Ussier, he was the leader of the United Tribe of Plateau Giants who kidnapped Princess Xiaoqian, in fact, he was sent by Princess Xiaoqian to build a city-state in the Duke Plain, and he also extorted a large amount of supplies from Akkad Town . Now the location of this city-state is stuck on the throat of the east bank of the inland lake entering the Duke Plain.
Moses and the others were unable to force their way in, so Medanzuo sneaked into Marduk City as a wandering hunter and found the city lord Ussier to "reminisce about the old days". He woke up the person in Ussier's bedroom in the middle of the night, and put a broken blade around his neck to force the city lord to let him go.
Ussier said with tears: "Fearless warrior, that is not only the order of little Sissi, but also the oracle of Marduk! Even if you kill me, it is useless, besides, if you kill me, you I can't run away either."
Medanzuo asked in surprise, "Marduk's oracle, what's going on?"
Ussier explained: "I don't know what's going on. I prepared to build this city-state and served as the city lord and chief priest here. I got the support of Princess Xiaoxi and the Kingdom of Baron. After the completion of the temple, I led several After the priest performed the ceremony, the great god Marduk spoke in my soul that night. The god told me that the miners in Duke town would pass by here, and asked them to promise not to build statues for any gods except Marduk. Otherwise, we can't let them go."
The situation was beyond Medanzo's control, and it immediately rushed back to discuss with Link. They formulated two plans, either to let John lead the army in Duk to fight, and make a way to take Moses and others to the past; or to let Moses and others turn around and go around the west bank of the inland lake to avoid the city of Marduk range of control.
The former plan was too expensive, and the city-state built under the auspices of Aesop had only begun to take shape. Although the warriors led by John were not afraid of a battle with Marduk City, they had to bear the loss of both sides. The latter option has a difficult road. Moses and others need to pass through the territory controlled by the Syrian city-state, and after crossing the inland lake, they have to pass through the inaccessible Black Fire Swamp. The two decided to make two-handed preparations. Medanzuo went to explore the road first, and Link rushed to the area around Duke Town to make John ready for the response.
Link returned to Duke Town only to find out that an accident had happened there too. At the foot of the Assyrian Plateau north of Duk Town, a large group of plateau giants suddenly appeared. They are not like the residents of the mountain tribes. They have obviously received organized training. They carry all kinds of utensils and supplies with them. They quickly established camps and defenses, forming the prototype of a city-state at an astonishing speed.
This is obviously not a random and spontaneous behavior. They are strong and strong, their supplies are neat, and their personnel are deployed in an extremely orderly manner.
The gathering point they established is less than a hundred miles away from the city-state that Link built. They occupy the fertile fields and open up wasteland and sow seeds on the spot. They also occupy the mines where the people of Duke Town mined the sacred stone and iron ore, and organize manual mining of the sacred stone core. With iron ore, smelting refined iron on the spot is obviously preparing for large-scale immigration and advancing to the entire Duke Plain.
The city-state Link built occupied the largest piece of fertile land on the Duke Plain, and of course conflicts arose after the outsiders occupied the mine. Fortunately, Link and the others had already built a strong city wall, and under the management of Aesop, they already had a population of several thousand and had a firm foothold, otherwise they would not be able to compete with the opponent.
Link and Medanzo were absent, and Aesop avoided the conflict at first. Later, John came with thirty-six personal guards, assembled the warriors trained by Medanzo into a battle formation, and demanded that the opponent withdraw from the occupied mine. There were two battles, but neither side took advantage.
So they started negotiating. The other side believed that the mine was an unowned land, and John took out the title deed of Duke Town to prove that it was not unowned. It was mined since ancient times, roads were built, and mine veins were dug. The other party said that the miners in Duke Town had already disappeared due to the punishment of the gods, and they refused to give up the most precious mine on the mainland. In fact, both sides understand that it is the most important strategic base based on the Duke Plain to annex thousands of miles of fertile land.
John gathered the warriors to fight them again, and found that it was no problem to rely on his own city-state to defend, but it was impossible to repel those people, so he sat down for a second negotiation. John had no backup, but the opponent's army was gradually increasing. They came across the Assyrian plateau, and the walls built around the settlement became stronger and stronger. The first permanent building built was Enlil's temple.
It is obviously unfavorable for John to continue to attack in this situation, and Aesop made another suggestion in due course.
Aesop used to lack a strong labor force to mine ore and ore cores. Today's residents are not the miners in Duke Town back then, but mainly cave dwellers, absorbing the scattered tribes in the vicinity, as well as wandering from surrounding countries. explorer. They had to plant land to support themselves and build city-states, so they simply couldn't spare enough strong labor to mine such a large mine.
So Aesop suggested that the two parties cooperate. As long as they admit that this mine belongs to the people of Duke Town, the other party can organize strong and powerful plateau giants to do heavy mining work. If you stay, you can either smelt the iron ore and take the sacred stone yourself, or let Aesop buy it at a fair price on the mainland.
This was a good idea to get the best of both worlds. The other side was accumulating strength, and they didn't want to have a full-scale conflict with tribes such as cavemen and savages who already had a foothold, so they agreed to this cooperation condition, and temporary peace was restored on the Duke Plain.
But Aesop also knows that this kind of superficial peace cannot last for too long. Judging from the situation of the other party, it is obvious that it has been planned for a long time, that is, to use the settlement at the foot of the Assyrian Plateau as the base to spread the war to the entire Duke Plain. advance.