Chapter 470: Holy Land
Conquer the northern coast of the sea, Ivigli.
Ivigre is an important country in the Northern Sea of Conquest. Its entire territory is a huge peninsula, extending southward from the Uganda Continent into the Sea of Conquest.
In the southern part of the Ivigo Peninsula, there is a continuous mountain range that extends from south to north along the central ridge of the peninsula, dividing the entire Ivigo Peninsula into two parts, east and west.
Since ancient times, the Chisima Mountains have played an extremely important role in the history of Ivigli. There are many military towns with natural passes and many beautiful natural scenery on the long mountain range. Therefore, there are many military fortresses and tourist attractions along the entire mountain range. However, these are not the most famous places in the Chisima Mountains. The most famous point in the Chisima Mountains is located in its south.
South of the mountains, near the coastal area in the southern part of the Ivigo Peninsula, there is a place called Rachel Valley. The name of this valley is famous throughout the world and has an extraordinary influence in the hearts of hundreds of millions of people, because it is the most important holy place of the Our Lady of the Radiant Light Church and the final destination of countless Our Lady pilgrims.
At the southern end of the Qieji Mountains, there is a lush and beautiful valley. In the wide valley between two green hillsides, an extremely clear stream flows from the depths of the valley to the outside of the valley. On both sides of the river, there is a stone tablet covered with vines and moss every ten meters, and countless scriptures praising the Virgin Mary are engraved on the stone tablet.
On the not-so-turbulent water, small boats are being rowed upstream by manpower. On these boats are pilgrims from all over the world. After traveling thousands of miles, they finally arrived at this sacred place in their hearts.
The pilgrimage point of the holy land of Rachel Valley is the Cathedral of Redemption located in the deepest part of the valley. It is rumored that it is a large church of the Virgin Mary built under a waterfall. The clear river water flowing in the valley comes from the Cathedral of Redemption. The last leg of the pilgrimage for pilgrims is to row their boats upstream to the Cathedral of Redemption by water, where they will complete the final ceremony of their pilgrimage.
It was the end of March, and the Rachel Valley welcomed a new group of pilgrims. They came from all over the world and were paddling hard towards their final goal in a small boat. Soon they would reach the final destination.
In the Rachel Valley, countless boats were moving forward, beginning the last leg of their pilgrimage. At the entrance of the valley, on a vast marble square with a huge obelisk, there were many more tourists than pilgrims gathered, all looking at the entrance to the holy place.
In order to maintain the tranquility of the holy land, not everyone is qualified to enter the valley for pilgrimage. The number of pilgrims allowed in the holy land every month is limited. Most of them are people from all walks of life who have proven to be devout believers arranged by the church. Other ordinary people who want to visit the holy land can only go to this square and look at the scene inside the valley. Although there is nothing valuable to see, because the holy land itself is very famous, it attracts many tourists every day.
On the wide square, countless tourists who are not qualified for pilgrimage gathered here, curiously watching the surrounding scenery. Although the Rachel Valley is difficult to enter, these tourists still showed sufficient interest in the entrance to the holy land. Because of its fame, this place has become a must-see attraction on the tourist route.
In the bustling square, in front of the tall statue of the Virgin Mary in the center of the square, a rough-faced man was leading his son, who was about eleven or twelve years old, to look at the tall statue of the Virgin Mary. Their clothes showed that they were not from any wealthy class or family. The pair, who seemed to be born in the countryside, began to discuss things about the holy land while marveling at the magnificent statue of the Virgin Mary in front of them.
"It's a really tall statue, Dad. It's much bigger than the statues in the village... no, it's much bigger than the statues in the church in the city. How big a stone must it be carved out of? Why did they build such a big statue?"
"Yes, I guess only the Holy Land can have such a big statue... As for why it was built so big... I think it may be because the bigger the statue is, the more benevolent the Virgin Mary is..." Scratching his head, the man who seemed to have a low level of civilization spoke to his son, and his son continued after thinking for a while.
"Is it because this is a holy place that the statue is so big? Then why is this a holy place, Dad?"
"Uh... why is this place a holy place..."
Hearing his son's new question, the man suddenly looked troubled. He tried hard to think about why this was a holy place, but his limited knowledge made it impossible for him to figure out a reason.
At this moment, a clear female voice suddenly sounded not far from where the two of them were.
"Because this is where the Virgin Mary once descended to the world."
Hearing the sudden sound, the two turned their heads and looked in the direction of the sound. What they saw was a beautiful nun about 16 years old, wearing a white nun's uniform and glasses. At this time, she was walking towards the two with a smile. The man was surprised to see the nun and said,
"A nun...in white?"
"Ah, it's a nun. Sister, do you mean that this place is the Holy Land of the Virgin Mary because the Virgin Mary came here?"
Seeing the nun walking towards him, the boy couldn't help but continue asking out of curiosity. His innocent look didn't have any of the surprise and restrained look that his father had.
"Yes, the Virgin Mary first came to the world in this Rachel Valley. More than 1,300 years ago, the great and loving Virgin Mary stood on the land of Ivig with our ancestors and protected the people she loved from the disaster from the sea."
In response to the boy, the nun in white began to recount the myths recorded in the Holy Scriptures, and curiosity appeared in the boy's eyes.
"Disasters at sea, what kind of disasters could come from the sea? Big waves?"
"That is something far more terrifying than the big waves. It is an evil god, three evil enemies, and one of the three disaster beasts..."
"Enemy, three disaster beasts..." Hearing the response from the nun in white, the curiosity in the boy's eyes deepened, while the nun in white turned her head and looked towards the southern horizon, and continued to speak as if she could reach the distant sea.
"Yes, according to the scriptures, Jiu came to the world in a brilliant light, and spent four days to pacify the largest land, completely destroying and expelling all the evil spirits from the land under our feet. All the evil spirits in this world began to hate Jiu, and they united and launched a counterattack against Jiu. The most powerful among them were these three heads.
"There came a beast from the south sea; it was a female beast, greedy, lascivious, and unclean.
"The female beast is so greedy, her belly is always hungry, and she will devour anything that lives and moves wherever she passes. When she has eaten all the food in the sea, she will come to eat the food on the shore.
"That female beast was so filthy that when she exhaled, her breath was foul and smelly, spreading over thousands of miles. Anyone who inhaled her breath would be terminally ill and in agony. When she returned to the shore, a massive plague had already been set off there.
"That female beast is so promiscuous, it is the most beautiful and the ugliest, it seduces countless powerful people to become its slaves, its belly is always pregnant with thousands of evil creatures, it is always giving birth to its minions, it is a beast of disaster and also a mother of disaster.
"The female beast came from the abyss of the southern sea. The sea submitted to it, and the ocean was turned into bright red blood. It rolled up huge waves in the sea of blood and submerged countless lands. It marched towards the land in the north with the red tide, and challenged the rescue on the Holy Mountain from the south. The red tide submerged the land. It and its offspring devoured all life, and nothing was spared wherever it passed."
With their eyes fixed on the scenery in the south and towards the end of the horizon, the nun in white was recounting the mythological contents recorded in the Holy Scripture of Light. Listening to the words of the nun in white, the boy and his wife could not help but listen carefully to the nun's sermon. The boy couldn't help but speak out of curiosity after listening to the words.
"What a terrifying beast! What happened to it? Did the rescuer defeat it?"
Listening to the boy's words, the nun in white smiled slightly, and then began her own story.
"There were three beasts, and they came from three directions. The Southern Beast, the Western Beast, and the Northern Beast attacked the Holy Mountain together. They vowed to destroy everything that Jiuyu had saved. Jiuyu was on the Holy Mountain and looked around. He saw the huge disaster that had been set off in three directions. So he turned into three rays of light and flew in three directions. One of the rays of light flew to the south and landed in a valley. Then the ray of light turned into a beautiful and loving woman, who was the Holy Mother.
"The Virgin Mary appeared in this Rachel Valley and stopped the southern beast from going north. With her power, she saved the people tormented by the beast plague, saved the slaves tempted by the beast, purified the sea water dyed red by the beast, defeated the southern beast and its filthy offspring, and completely expelled their remains from this world. This is why the Rachel Valley has become the Holy Land of the Virgin Mary."
The nun in white continued to tell the story in the scriptures earnestly. After hearing the story, the boy beside her opened his eyes wide and blinked curiously. After a pause, he spoke excitedly.
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