The Holy See is built on the mountain. The white stairs lead from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. From the bottom step, you go up step by step. After walking up to 18,000 steps, you arrive at the "sacred church" that is almost at the top of the mountain.
This is also the most sacred place in the entire Holy See.
According to legend, at the beginning of the world, the goddess of light descended from heaven and led the angels to sow vegetation on a barren continent and created various animals, monsters and humans.
The earliest people built a temple here in memory of the goddess of light.
After a long historical development, the behemoth Holy See of Light was born, and the temple originally dedicated to the goddess of light became a holy church.
Ordinary members of the Holy See only have the opportunity to visit the church once when they receive the baptism of God.
Under normal circumstances, only the bishops and elders of the Holy See can set foot here—and, of course, the most powerful figure in the Holy See, the Pope of Light.
now.
On the platform in front of the church, unusually, thousands of figures appeared.
And these thousands of people stood together, facing forward - on the high platform, there was a pure golden throne.
One thousand eight hundred people who participated in the killing trial were staring at the throne, waiting for the pope's arrival.
Most of these 1,800 people were selected through level-by-level selection.
There are also some members of the Holy See itself, including Holy See knights, priests at all levels, etc. They do not need to go through selection and directly receive the quota granted by the Holy See.
Among the 1,800 people, there are two-thirds of the Glory Knights and Sun Magisters from one to three stars, which is a full 1,200 people. There are 500 Glory Knights and Sun Magisters from four to six stars in total. There are only a hundred people, seven to nine star knights of glory and magisters of the sun.
"A small number of the strongest elites in the entire Holy Alliance are here."
While everyone else was waiting for the pope to arrive, Qi Ying looked at the people participating in the killing trial. Many of them were familiar faces. Many of the third-level personnel had met each other. Some of them, such as Helen, Qi Ying knew Janice and the like a little bit.
However, the second-level personnel and the first-level personnel are all unfamiliar faces.
"Qi Yun, take note of that list for me, and analyze everyone's situation clearly for me!"
Qi Ying's thoughts were passed on, and Qi Yun on the other side responded: "It will take a while. I have to remember the messages of 1,800 people for a while."
Before coming to the temple, Qi Ying got a list of names written on a jade slip from someone sent by the Black Hall.
It contains the personal information of 1,800 participants in the killing trial of the Holy Alliance. In the killing trial, these people are not partners, but also their competitors!
The task of remembering everyone's information naturally fell on Qi Yun.
The two people share consciousness. Qi Yun's memory is equivalent to Qi Ying's memory. Moreover, Qi Yun is currently in the stage of Lingwu Realm. The effect of memorizing these numerous things is no worse than simple meditation.
While waiting, Qi Ying asked Banzol: "Have you seen the Pope?"
Banjoer replied: "I've seen it."
Several people around him expressed surprise, and Stanley asked: "The Pope never appears in front of others easily. Even the Vatican Knights in the Vatican have never seen the Pope. Every time he presides over a grand celebration, the Pope just bows to him. He appears as a phantom and never really shows up. When and where did you see him?"
"That was a long time ago." Banzol twirled his mustache, seeming to be reminiscing. "In order to complete a long-lost fighting qi technique, I went to the holy tomb of the Holy See in the east of Sivanji City. ."
"The Holy Tomb of the Holy See?"
Qi Ying sighed, he had never heard of this word.
Mofurui interjected and explained: "The Holy Tomb of the Holy See is the place where the deceased senior members of the Holy See are buried. On a high mountain, there are countless deceased senior members of the Holy See buried there. There are many reliefs carved by masters of art, and Some masters will leave information on their own cultivation techniques on the reliefs. Some people, when they are watching the reliefs, will suddenly understand a technique and their strength will improve by leaps and bounds. Banzol, you old guy. Have you been to the Holy Sepulcher more than once or twice?”
Banzol nodded and said: "However, that was the first time I went to the Holy Tomb of the Holy See. At that time, I obtained the permission of the caretaker and went in to view the reliefs. Suddenly, a large group of people flew over the Holy Tomb, carrying a A golden coffin fell in the center of the Holy Sepulchre - I later learned that it was a bishop who died of illness. Less than a thousand people held a funeral for the bishop at the Holy Sepulcher, and the Pope also appeared. From a distance, I I can’t even see clearly what the Pope looks like, but I can feel an extremely noble and bright aura, and when I see him, it’s like being illuminated by the sun.”
"Yes, the Pope is the spokesperson of the goddess in the world. He is the most noble existence of the Holy See. He has the aura of the goddess. Even if you stand next to him, you will be radiant and calm all the turbulence in your heart. ." Snow also echoed from the side, but his eyes were looking towards the throne, his eyes full of expectation.
Qi Ying disagreed. The Pope was not necessarily stronger than the emperors he had seen before. How could it be so magical? But he said: "Praise the Goddess of Light! The Holy See of Light has a group of devout believers like you. If she knew about it, she would be very happy."
Qi Ying, who has struggled all the way since childhood to reach this point, naturally cannot understand how the believers of the Holy See of Light revere the Goddess of Light and the Pope of Light. He just thought, if the Pope wanted to take over the power, wouldn't it be better to establish a huge empire similar to the Saint Solan Empire? The existence of the alliance will consume the strength of each internal kingdom. The Holy See's control over the kingdoms and principalities is not as good as the empire's control over its various provinces.
Qi Ying didn't think that the Pope of Light would believe in the goddess of life so devoutly.
In the main world, under the jurisdiction of the White Tiger Sanctuary, there are some entities similar to the Holy See.
Sanctuary disciples have always been dismissive of those Holy Sees, saying that those Holy Sees believe in false gods and that the real gods have long since disappeared. Those Holy Sees are just using the guise of doctrines to deceive uninformed practitioners and establish power. , there must be no good intentions.
For example, the Three Holy Sect that was destroyed when Qi Ying was performing his mission as a disciple of the Holy Domain was established by the "Skybreakers". They conducted experiments on cultivators to study biological puppets, and a large number of innocent people were brutally tortured by them. He became a test subject, more cruel than the pirates and bandits on the Sea of Void.