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After the last ray of the sun disappeared on the horizon, gusts of wind began to appear on the ground in Qianmao District—the night in Qianmao District, compared with the hot flashes during the day, undoubtedly made people feel colder; The chill brought by the wind made anyone who underestimated the night in Qianmao District shiver unconsciously; moreover, even some people who were prepared would still shiver unconsciously under such a strong wind. Stamp the cold numb feet, breathe hot air into the stiff hands.
"Why is it my turn to watch the night again, and it's on this rock wall again!"
The patrolling guard in leather armor straightly carried the gun in his hand on his back, then tightened his windbreaker, which seemed thin to him, and whispered to his partner next to him: "I'll be here for a month. It should only take four patrols, but this month is the sixth time I've been out on patrol, and three of them have been on the damn rock!"
Without the shelter of trees and bushes, on this rock wall full of gravel, the strong wind that appeared in the Qianmao District at night undoubtedly exerted its greatest deterrent; the guard who spoke could not help but tightly wrapped his windbreaker Finally, trembling; the four guards in the rest of the team did the same thing, even after hearing the guard's complaint, the team leader who was walking at the front didn't say anything to stop him, just raised his eyebrows, and then, Helplessly sighed.
Facing the facts, any refutation is useless; what's more, the captain's heart is full of dissatisfaction—just like his own team members, as the captain of the team, he also needs to go through patrols and other duties on weekdays. . But there were only four night patrols, and as compensation for night patrols, it was impossible for him to climb the rock wall of this canyon for the third time in the same month.
"There's another team next door. There hasn't been a single night patrol this month!"
The team member who spoke first continued to speak in a low voice; after hearing what his companions said, he immediately sneered disdainfully: "Those guys have taken refuge... Hey, the elders, can they be the same as us? Not only are they assigned the most It is also the easiest job to do!"
"The elders..."
After hearing this title, the entire team fell into silence, including the team member who told the news, who also sighed slightly. Then he looked helpless.
"Then, that, or else we will..."
The first team member who spoke looked at the entire silent team and asked cautiously.
"Impossible!" The last team member who spoke immediately shouted in a low voice: "Even if it is a night patrol every day, I will not beg for mercy from those guys! If you want to go, don't blame me for not treating you as a friend!"
"I, I'm just talking, talking!"
The team member who was refuted was not angry or angry. Looking at his friend who grew up with him, he certainly understood why his friend had such a reaction - facing his beloved who was about to be transferred to the temple to serve the 'God'. Anyone who knows the inside story will have such a temper; being able to not violently hurt others is enough to prove that his friend respects God and restrains himself!
"However, there are still ten days left in this month, and I have no more food! This month I only got half of the food I used to get. Although I have saved money, it is still not enough..." The team member who spoke first, looked Looking at the friends beside me. said timidly; and the whole team fell into silence again, because. Their situation is basically the same.
"I still have some..."
"You probably only have one or two days left over there, right? After the night patrol, go to my place to get it! As the captain, although there are no other benefits, but the rations are more than yours!" Walking in the front The team leader interrupted his team members, and then said to the other two in the same way: "Your rations are about the same, right? Wait, let's go together!"
"Thank you Captain!"
Facing the thanks from the four team members, as the captain of the team, he didn't feel any joy, he just waved his hand slightly, and said with a slightly sad expression: "The high priest has entered the prayer room again, it has been a month It didn’t show up anymore; several elders of the elders group have already started to preside over the next month’s prayer; the current temple is no longer the original temple; this is the only thing I can help you with; if you want... oh..."
Before finishing speaking, the team leader who ended with a long sigh turned around and continued to walk forward, his slightly solitary back was full of indescribable loneliness; the remaining four team members looked at each other quickly. Keep up; however, there are already some differences between the expressions.
After the team passed by, Ye Qi, who was wrapped in a gray-black, non-reflective cloak in the shadow under the gravel, walked out slowly and looked at the leaving patrol team. Bing, thoughtfully—
Has the internal cohesion been so poor? !
Although he was reminded by the strange wolf, Ye Qi didn't think that the other party would be as unbearable as the strange wolf said, but after seeing the performance of this patrol team, Ye Qi had to admit that what the strange wolf said before 'Even if it is re-evaluated, it is just a downward adjustment of the existing awareness! 'There is indeed a certain truth-the previous team was not the first team he saw, but the fifth team; according to Allen's confession, Ye Qi already belongs to the rock wall where he is now The observations of all five patrol teams were completed; and almost every one of these five patrol teams was the same as the previous team, full of complaints and dissatisfaction during the march.
That's right, from the time when he quickly climbed up the rock wall of the canyon after dark, after being blessed with advanced invisibility, he hid motionless in the shadow of a piece of gravel, until just now, every patrol Ye Qi encountered The team all made the same voice—as for the priest who Ye Qi was worried about controlling the magic before, until now, he has not found any trace.
"It's not a question of internal cohesion, but a question of fairness or not!" The voice of the strange wolf still had a hint of disdain: "Wealth and power are used as the capital of temptation to make countless believers climb up. Even if they step on themselves The body of his companions is not spared, this is what that guy likes to do most! Even, if anyone can use any means in the low position, not only will he not be punished, but he will be rewarded!"
"So, the current situation is basically caused by the existence similar to you?" Ye Qi asked.
"Well, of course! The so-called confrontation between the elders' group and the lower forces is reconciled with the high priest. This is what that guy often does. Even the original name 'Elders' group' has not changed!" Said At this point, there was obviously a smirk in the tone of the strange wolf: "However, that guy's eyesight has never been very good; whether it is the young man who was frightened by you before. Or the high priest!"
"It's not because of vision, but because of such preference, it's already doomed to such an ending!"
After coldly replying to the strange wolf, Ye Qi, who was only using stealth skills, readjusted his posture. Quickly left the pile of rubble, walked towards the front of the rock wall, and sneaked cautiously—according to Allen’s confession, there are five 24-hour guard posts on each side of the canyon overlooking the entire canyon and its surroundings ; Moreover, there is a complete five-man squad in each sentry post as the eyes of the sentry; now he has seen all the patrols in the five sentry posts; but. The priest who he guessed possessed divine power did not appear.
And it was this priest who could use divine magic that did not appear that made Ye Qi decisively give up his plan to use invisibility after approaching the canyon—although the detection of invisibility cannot exist like a sentry, but under Ye Qi's blind In Dou's perception, there are many empty places located at the mouth of the canyon and on both sides of the canyon's rock walls, but there are abnormal and frequent fluctuations flickering.
As far as Ye Qi knew. Although detect invisibility cannot be a constant divine spell, it is activated like using a magic item. But it is completely possible; even, an existence with a slight alchemy level. It can create such things—after all, compared with low-level motivating magic items, magic is just changing the soup without changing the medicine; seriously, it is also a kind of magic item; it is nothing more than a little more troublesome to add.
However, this is of course not a problem for the person in the canyon; even, there is no need for that person to make a move at all; it only needs the cooperation of some high-level priests-of course, with these people who appear in the perception of blind fighting and can be easily avoided 'Trap', Ye Qi paid more attention to the priest who possessed magical powers.
One of the five outposts
After a little thought, Ye Qi determined the approximate location of the priest who possessed magical powers—the five patrols he saw were all complaining about the bone-chilling wind at night, plus the strange wolf's concern for the people in the canyon. With the explanation of "special hobbies", Ye Qi was able to guess where the priest who possessed divine magic and whose identity was completely different from those of these patrolling soldiers was.
With a hint of mockery at the unfair system in front of him, the advancing Ye Qi scanned everything in the canyon while paying attention to the distance from the patrol in front - it was different from standing in the distance with the narrow canyon blocking; at this moment, standing Ye Qi on the rock wall, ignoring the obstruction of the night, immediately took in all the buildings in the entire canyon; of course, aside from the two sides that have fallen into darkness, it is only the two sides where the lower floor of the temple lives. Dark, even brightly lit enough to dispel the darkness.
From the altar in the middle of the canyon to the two walls of the canyon, all the ground is paved with uniform marble about five feet long; a carpet that glows scarlet at night is formed by the center of the altar. The location stretches toward the depths of the canyon; and on both sides of the carpet, there is a marble column with three people hugging each other every twenty yards or so, standing on the ground; The flames illuminated the entire road—according to Allen's confession, that was where he wanted to investigate tonight, and it was also the most important place of the entire temple in the canyon: the church.
Of course, what attracted Ye Qi's attention even more was that a section of stairs was excavated from the bottom of the rock wall in the middle of the canyon towards the top of the rock wall, and the place where the top reached the rock wall was a guard post—that's it; almost It was his gaze that followed the stairs to the top of the rock wall, and after he saw the nearby sentry post, Ye Qi immediately concluded that the priest with divine magic ability he had to be wary of, It should be there; and after getting a little closer, the Blind Fighting Perception transmitted the fluctuations that were different from ordinary people. It confirmed Ye Qi's guess.
Continuing to follow behind the patrol team, advancing cautiously, and avoiding several 'traps' that reappeared, Ye Qi could already fully see the gaps in the wooden house that was completely made of wood. And the slightest light revealed from it-according to the lack of light in the previous two guard posts, and the reappearing 'traps'; no doubt, this priest in charge of night patrol is very 'conscientious'!
Not only did he set up security around his rear, but he also sent more patrols to patrol the night; at least, Ye Qi, who has been observing here since dark, has not seen anyone from the five patrols enter Go to the sentry post, or stop to rest; at most, slow down the speed of advancement.
Gently moving his footsteps. Ye Qi, who was following the patrol team, deviated directly from the direction of the patrol team in front, and came near the wooden sentry post. He held his breath and focused his narrowed eyes on a gap in the wooden house, and looked inside—— A middle-aged man dressed similarly to Alan. I was sitting in a wooden chair wrapped in a thick cashmere blanket, leaning on the edge of the firepit composed of a circle of stones the size of an adult's fist, dozing off with my head up and down; only when the cold wind passed through the wooden house After entering the room through the gap, the other party will unconsciously twist his body; however, even when twisting his body. The priest didn't intend to open his eyes either, at most he cursed in a low voice.
Ye Qi, who was standing outside the wooden house, reached out from the medicine bag on his waist, and took out a test tube containing purple powder—the medicine refined by Ava, which is already a must-have for some people in Ye Qi; even if it is After concealing his identity. Ye Qi still carried some of the very useful potions; for example, what Ava called sleep powder in his hand.
Pour out a little and pinch between thumb and index fingertips. Ye Qi blew lightly on the gap of the wooden house; immediately, the purple powder pinched between two fingers floated into the room. And just a moment later, the already drowsy priest fell into a sound sleep; listening to the steady breathing, Ye Qi knew very well that if no one disturbed him, those medicine powders before would be enough to make him sleep. The priest slept until the moment the sun rose—and judging from the previous performance of the patrol members, it was obvious that none of them would come in to make fun of themselves; The moment the sun rose, he had enough time to find everything he wanted to investigate.
Of course, there are also patrols inside the canyon; however, as long as you avoid the altar in the center and intersperse through the lower houses on both sides, there is no problem until you reach the church of the temple. With Alan's detailed description, Ye Qi is very The altar is clearly located in the center of the canyon. No matter day or night, there is a high priest leading several priests and several patrols on duty; It's not a small room to live in; before, one of Allen's main jobs was to guard the altar.
Although the winding staircase from the bottom of the valley to the rock wall is a very convenient path, Ye Qi did not choose this staircase—although the staircase is convenient, it is too much for the people on the opposite rock wall. It was conspicuous; perhaps, those patrolling soldiers were still unable to see clearly due to physical limitations, but the priest who possessed divine magic did not have such obstacles. As long as he walked out of the outpost, he would definitely be able to see the scene on this staircase.
Even if this possibility is not high, Ye Qi will not take such an unnecessary risk; after all, it is not difficult for Ye Qi to go from the top of the rock wall to the bottom of the valley—with his agility, Ye Qi Qi turned straight down the rock wall. Leaning on some protrusions on the rock wall, Ye Qi came to the bottom of the valley quickly like a sensitive monkey; in the shadows.
Tread Tread...
Just when Ye Qi hid in the shadows, a series of fairly orderly footsteps sounded, and then, fire appeared in Ye Qi's line of sight—cautiously avoiding the light; according to the distance between the fire and the shadow, Alternately, Ye Qi moved his body; until he moved to the back of the wall where the light could not reach at all, Ye Qi stopped, and stood silently in another shadow, watching the flames go away.
It is still a team of five people; however, compared to the team on the top of the rock wall, the team at the bottom of the valley is much stronger in terms of clothing and looks-obviously, these patrols that can stay at the bottom of the valley The squads all have the existence of "following the ground" or "following" someone; Allen once said that he has several such patrols under his name because of better treatment.
The way of living here is more realistic than the outside world!
Comparing the difference between the patrols on the top of the rock wall and the bottom of the valley, Ye Qi carefully sneaked towards the temple.
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