Dorothy thought so in her heart, and then she let the flesh puppet she controlled continue to move forward in the town of Xiashu, looking for other useful clues.
Since the town was at the foot of the conspicuous giant tree on the island, Dorothy also let one of the puppets hold the giant tree and move forward. After actively avoiding the sight of the residents of Xiashu, Dorothy controlled a meat puppet and finally approached the towering tree.
Later, Dorothy discovered a surprising scene under the giant tree. Under the giant tree was a large open-air temple! This was the island's sacrificial site!
At the foot of the giant tree is a wide square. All around the square stand tall logs with intricate patterns carved on them, like tall pillars on the roof.
In the center of the square is a huge bonfire burning. The fire pots around the square also illuminate the surrounding environment. Next to the giant tree is a huge wooden statue of a goddess that seems to have grown naturally from the ground.
The statue of the goddess has a plump figure and a blurred face, and she seems to be holding something in her arms. In the four corners of the square stand four altars.
Seeing such a scene, Dorothy was stunned, and then she immediately controlled the living puppet to approach carefully. Through the living puppet's vision, Dorothy could see many indigenous residents coming and going on the square. Even at this time at night, there were many people kneeling in front of the goddess statue, seemingly praying devoutly. This open-air temple was also strictly guarded around.
Dorothy let the living puppet enter the open-air temple for a more careful observation. She first examined the patterns on the pillars that looked like lush vegetation, and then examined the automatically growing goddess statues. The more she looked at these things, the more familiar she felt in her heart. She felt as if she had seen such things somewhere before.
"Strange... Have I seen something like this before? Have I come across this belief on Xiashu Island before?"
Dorothy thought so in her heart, and then she controlled the living puppet to go to the four corners of the open-air temple to check the four altars.
Dorothy carefully observed the altars at the four corners of the open-air temple and found that they all had similar structures but different details. Their main bodies were all thick wooden square platforms with fine patterns carved on the bottom of the wooden columns and reliefs carved on the top of the columns. Four different images were carved on the four square platforms.
These images are: a sailor with his upper body naked, standing on the waves and looking into the distance; an old man holding a wooden stick, stirring a crucible; a hunter holding arrows and wearing furs; and a graceful dancer dancing gracefully.
In front of the altar with the image of a sailor, there are several large fresh sea fish and a basin filled with clear water placed like offerings. The water in the basin is slightly disturbed without any driving force, forming a small vortex that keeps rotating. Around the sailor's platform, there are beautiful flowers blooming, and some young people are also worshiping in front of the altar.
In contrast, the other three square platforms had no offerings and no one was worshipping. Although there were flower buds next to them, they were completely closed. Compared with the goddess statue and the sailor's altar, the other three altars seemed rather desolate.
When Dorothy looked closely at the four altars and the four images on them, she immediately realized where her sense of familiarity came from. She had seen these things in the secret teachings before, in the secret teachings of Adele's teacher and Darlene's.
In the paintings collected by Darlene and the numerous notes she wrote, Dorothy once got a glimpse of the faith on the Summer Tree Islands. This was the faith of the goddess of abundance! It was suspected to be the "cup" pantheon before the afterbirth!
"So that's the case... It turns out that this group of natives are the same as Adele and the teacher, the modern survivors of the Faith of Abundance. I was wondering why this open-air temple looks so familiar..."
In the hotel room, Dorothy touched her chin and murmured, about the general appearance of the temple, about the style of the goddess statue, about the decorative patterns, about the four altars... Dorothy had actually seen descriptions of all of these in Darlene's notes.
The marginal mountainous area where Darlene was born, like Summer Tree Island, is the remnant of the Faith of Plenty in this world. She once had a thorough research on the Faith of Plenty that she believed in. Her notes contained a lot of detailed information about the Faith of Plenty, from the appearance and art style of the temple to the descriptions of daily rituals. Dorothy had only caught a glimpse of the appearance of the Faith of Plenty in the words between the lines of Darlene's notes before, but now she finally saw it with her own eyes.
"Dalina once described in her notes that the belief in abundance is a belief that advocates harmonious coexistence between man and nature? There is indeed such a flavor on the streets of Xiashu Island. I didn't expect that the belief of these Xiashu natives is actually the goddess of abundance. In a sense, this also explains where their extraordinary abilities in the Path of Waves come from..."
Witnessing the scene in the temple in the distance, Dorothy understood what was going on in her mind. After confirming that the object of worship of these Xiashu natives was the goddess of fertility, she began to have some ideas in her heart.
"Perhaps... we can give it a try. Although it is a little risky for Vanya, it is at least better than sitting there and waiting to die as a hostage."
Dorothy thought so in her heart, and then she pondered for a while in the room, then immediately took out her magic box, took out the "Sea Voyage" from it, opened a page, thought for a while, picked up the pen and began to write information on it.
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Tivian East District, Feiteng Theater.
In the dark night of Tivian, the wonderful shows in the theater are being performed as usual, and the audience is cheering and applauding one after another. Tonight, like the previous nights, is a sleepless night.
Backstage at the theater, in an exclusive and luxurious dressing room, Adele, wearing a bright red dance dress, was carefully putting on makeup in front of the mirror.
Suddenly, Adele seemed to sense something, her eyebrows raised, then she put down the eyeliner in her hand, looked at her charming self in the mirror, smiled slightly and murmured.
"After traveling for so long, you finally know how to write me a letter~
"But considering her personality, it's probably not a greeting, but some troublesome and extraordinary event..."
With a gentle smile, Adele took out a magazine from under her dressing table. After flipping through a page, Adele read a line of words that had just appeared not long ago.
After examining the letter for a while, Adele touched her chin with interest, and then murmured softly.
"About the beliefs and rituals of the teacher's hometown? Hehe, where is the little detective going now?"
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