the next day.
The sun emerged from the cracks in the mountains, and the little sunlight was divided by the peaks into rays, shining on the palaces on the mountains.
They are white in color as a whole, and some tiny crystal particles can be seen in the stones used to build the temple in the sunlight, which creates a hazy halo when reflecting the sunlight.
Almost all the buildings in the sanctuary are like this. They are distributed on the continuous white cliff plateau. Some are on the mountain tops, some are in the valleys, and some are in the open fields. Their style is elegant and grand, and there are many reliefs in them to show the legends and stories in history.
During the Chaos Calamity at the beginning of the Third Age, many great heroes emerged from all over the world. They fought on the front lines, led people to resist the attacks of the Chaos army, and protected local creatures from survival.
Among these, 427 heroes are recorded in church texts, 65 of whom were canonized. Durlan, the founder of the once famous White Cross Sword School in Hopeland, was canonized as the White Flower Saint.
After the disaster, most of these heroes became local rulers or leaders, and some of their descendants inherited this status, gradually forming new countries and re-expanding on the barren land.
At that time, there were hundreds of countries, which annexed each other. Until a few hundred years later, Xifeng and Cangcui rose to power, and finally two major groups were formed in the Western Continent, namely the Seven Kingdoms of Xuehua and the Cangcui Empire.
Around the same time, the scattered islands in the south were unified by the United Kingdom of Cranberry and Hinayue, later referred to as Hinayue.
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Aquarius Palace, a remote palace.
Luo Xier stood on a wooden stool, holding a wet towel in one hand and leaning on the white jade-like stone pillar with the other, scrubbing the dust accumulated on the top.
As the wet towel wiped over, the gray areas turned clean white again, revealing the concave and convex and clear reliefs.
These reliefs silently tell future generations about the great deeds of the past.
"Luo Xier, do you want to change shifts?" Boli's voice came from below. She was carrying a wooden bucket of water and walking towards the gate.
Luo Xier looked at the condition of the top of the hall, shook her head, and handed the towel in her hand to Boli below, asking her to change into a clean one.
"Let's wait a moment. I'll finish cleaning these and then you can do it. Otherwise, it will be harder to reach if you clean it yourself."
"Okay then. Thank you for your hard work, Senior Luo Xier." Boli handed a washed towel to the silver-haired nun.
The buildings in Aquarius Palace need to be thoroughly cleaned every three months. Today it is Luo Xier and Boli's turn to wipe the hall.
Now, aside from the two of them, there was no one else in the hall. There were a dozen or so beds scattered about, their bedding already removed, leaving only the basic structure of the beds. After they finished cleaning, they would likely clear out the clutter in the hall as well.
Only when the sun gradually rose to the highest point in the sky, which was noon, did the two take a short rest.
Luo Xier got down from the stool and was about to put the towel into the bucket, when two people in black robes came to the main entrance of the hall.
Their attire was consistent with the style the girl had seen in the room last night, mysterious and capable. Their steps were clearly not slow, but silent.
"Hello, is Miss Roxelle here?" They had never seen this silver-haired nun before.
Boli looked up at the two of them, then turned her head curiously and looked at Loran Hill.
"It's me." Loran Hill put down the things in his hands, put his hands into another bucket of clean water, washed them, and then stood up.
"Hello, Lord Keus is looking for you." There was no emotion in their voices.
"Yeah, I know." Loran Hill turned his head and said to Boli beside him.
"Then I'll be leaving first. I'm afraid I won't be able to have lunch with you today."
"It's okay, it's okay." Boli waved her hand.
"Senior Luo Xier, please go do the important things first. Leave this to me."
After tidying up her clothes a little, Luo Xier followed the two of them and walked out of the hall.
They brought the girl to the edge of a cliff where two huge blade-feathered eagles were resting. These giant eagles had sharp feathers and were very powerful, but if you wanted to ride one, you had to use a special saddle, otherwise you would be cut by the feathers.
There were two men in black robes, one of them was riding a giant eagle, and Luo Xier was riding on the back of one of them.
As the giant eagle leaped down from the cliff and spread its wings nearly ten meters long, the cold wind in the valley cut across the skin like a thin knife.
The scenery around him was rapidly receding, and beneath him was a bottomless abyss. Everything in his field of vision was rapidly changing with the flight of the Blade-Feathered Eagle. If it were an ordinary person, their heart would probably jump out of their throat with nervousness.
After traveling through the mountains and valleys for a long time, the temples and buildings in sight became fewer and fewer and sparser. Finally, the two giant eagles landed on a special platform on the mountainside.
The terrain here is very special. In the center is a short and large mountain, which is roughly like a blunt-angled cone. Surrounding it are high and thin peaks, which appear as rough circles and surround the mountain in the middle.
There are tall lighthouses on every mountain around it, with large bells and people wearing black clothes.
After the giant eagle landed on the platform in the middle of the mountain, the three of them jumped off and continued to move inside.
First, at the gate, after checking and inspecting the formalities, the six guards in black armor cautiously let them in.
The corridor leading inward was very spacious, with torches stuck on the surrounding walls, and water occasionally dripping from the top of the passage.
"Where is this place?" Luo Xier asked, her ethereal voice carried far away in the passage.
"This is the headquarters of the Judgment Department. There are also some prisoners awaiting execution imprisoned inside the mountain." The man walking in front answered.
"But don't worry, Miss Luo Xier. We just want to ask you to help with some work." The man behind the girl added.
Normally, such a gentle explanation wouldn't be necessary. However, Lord Keus had specifically instructed them today, so the two were much more polite. Otherwise, given their reputation and tactics, those within the church would be terrified and nervous.
As a special agency within the church, the Judgment Department has always been mysterious. It is said that they can directly execute those corrupt church members. They usually hide in the dark and monitor priests and nuns everywhere.
As a secret service, they rarely explain themselves to the public. It's said that almost no priests captured by the Judgment Department ever return alive. Furthermore, they don't follow the same rules and morals as other church members.
Once it is determined that someone needs to be dealt with, various effective methods will be used, including but not limited to poisoning, assassination, extermination of the entire family, cross-continental pursuit, etc. He has always been famous and bloodstained.
Sometimes even good people are afraid of being implicated and misunderstood by outsiders, and being included in the list of people to be arrested and dealt with by the Judgment Bureau.
Luo Xier recalled the various rumors and introductions about the Judgment Department until a long time later, the voice of a man in black robes came from beside her.
"We're here."
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