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In the early morning in the southern suburbs of Florence, in the Beautiful Temple between dawn and dusk, a graceful dance with almost no audience was gradually coming to an end.
In the deserted ceremonial square, on the triple overlapping stage of broken pieces, halos and water curtains, a gorgeously dressed Adele leaped on the mosaics, swirled between the water curtains, and bloomed under the morning light, reappearing the dance steps of the boastful king in the palace of a long-gone dynasty.
As the sun slowly rose on the edge of the eastern sky, the lotus halo from the top of the Colorful Dome Hall gradually disintegrated, and Adele's movements gradually slowed down. After her last turn, she spread her hands and slowly squatted down, ending this silent song.
When Adele's dance came to an end and her entire posture was completely frozen, beams of bright red light flowed over her body, passing through the exposed skin, and finally gathered on top of her head, transforming into three red petal marks, and then gradually disappeared, as if they had melted into her skin.
"It seems... it worked. I was not wrong..."
Then the small corpses on guard around watched this scene. Dorothy, who was still far away, thought so in her heart. She looked at the strange marks on Adele's body after the dance, and confirmed her previous speculation.
In the puzzle left by the King of Costumes, only by dancing on three stages at the same time can one become "嵟". In other words, if one wants to truly glimpse the legacy of the King of Costumes, one needs to dance on the three hidden stages in the Palace of the Goddess of Beauty at the same time.
Among these three stages, only the second water curtain stage cannot be moved. The Broken Stage is not essentially the piece of land in the concert hall but the jigsaw floors. The Halo Stage will change positions on a central axis as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west before and after the audience banquet. Therefore, we only need to transfer the floor on the Broken Stage to the water curtain stage, and then wait for the Halo Stage to overlap with it under the changes of the sun.
If this is done, the light for the projected halo stage cannot come from the west light of the sunset, but the morning light from the east. Dorothy has carefully observed and calculated that in order for the halo stage to achieve the effect of perfect overlap with other stages, the light required is not the evening light on the day of the audience banquet, but the morning light on the second day of the audience banquet. In fact, the audience banquet can be held in the two adjacent evenings of this morning. This morning is the time for the real ceremony, and the audience banquet is just a prelude. Only in this morning can the triple stage achieve perfect overlap.
The audience banquet for the costumed king was held. On the one hand, the double stage could be used to strengthen the loyalty of the lords of various places. On the other hand, it was also a confusing operation to make others think that the audience banquet was the key to some important ceremony, and misled to a certain extent. In this way, while consolidating their own authority, they also concealed the most critical flow of the ceremony. The Afterbirth Cult was obviously misled by the audience banquet. They saw that every costumed king danced in the singing hall at sunset, so they determined that the correct time for the ceremony should be at that time.
In fact, the King of Costumes also gave a hint in the name of the building. The fountain serving as the second stage is called the Dawn Fountain, which implies that it should be a stage used at dawn.
This is why Dorothy asked Samson for the right to use the Palace of Beauty in the morning. She wanted Adele to complete her dance on the complete triple stage, so that she could completely trigger what the King of Costumes wanted to leave behind. Judging from what was happening in Adele now, she had succeeded.
After adjusting her dance steps and the strange feeling on her body disappeared, Adele opened her eyes and slowly stood up on the stage. She then glanced around, taking in the beautiful scenery around her, and then a hint of melancholy appeared in her eyes.
"How is it? Adele, how do you feel now?"
At this time, Dorothy used the consultation channel to communicate with Adele. After listening, she breathed a sigh of relief and spoke in her heart.
"It's okay... I felt a lot of things that I had never felt before. It was a wonderful experience... It was so close yet so far away, so exciting and trance-like. This is probably the most unforgettable dance I have ever danced in my life..."
"From what I heard from you, I feel that you are in good condition now. I have noticed some extraordinary changes in you. How is it? Have you been promoted to a higher level now?" Dorothy asked Adele through the information channel, and Adele answered with a smile.
"Oh, how can it be so easy... Although I am at a higher level than before, I am still a chalk body. If I want to become a red-blooded person, I still need to dance two more steps."
"Two more? So even though you haven't become a Red Adult yet... you have already mastered the promotion ceremony?" Dorothy asked curiously after listening to what Adele had just said, and Adele answered without hiding her answer.
"Yes, just now while dancing, I came into contact with the information hidden in the extraordinary system of the Beauty Palace. This place was originally an important place for the worship of fertility in the Fararo region before the era. It was the location of the temple of Astaro, one of the subordinate gods of the fertility goddess, the goddess of the dance of love, and the mistress of the flowers. When the King of Costumes Charles was searching for fertility relics across the country, he found this abandoned temple hidden underground here. Later, he restored and transformed it into the current Beauty Palace."
"Astarte... this... could this be the name of this goddess?" Dorothy responded curiously after hearing Adele's response. This was the first time she heard the real name of a god.
"Yes... According to the information given in this temple, the mistress Xianxi, who was originally at the top of the Path of Desire, was called this. I don't know much about this mistress, almost all of which comes from my teacher. According to her, she may not be here now. But when she fell, she still protected the entire branch with her ultimate powerful strength, preventing unrecognized inheritances from touching the power of the branch.
"Except for those who have been recognized as inheritors, others cannot advance even if they know the promotion ceremony. The three Afterbirth religions have been trying to break this protection for thousands of years. The mistress's power seems to have been constantly weakening over such a long period of time. Fortunately, the Afterbirth has finally been able to make a preliminary breakthrough in this protection..."
Adele slowly told Dorothy what she knew about the goddess, and Dorothy couldn't help but nodded after hearing it.
'It turns out that the gods at the top of all branches have some degree of influence on their respective branches... Maybe the higher the position, the greater the influence, just like the red wolf in the Wolf Blood Society... It is obvious that the more it fights, the more it will be dominated by wildness. This may be the influence of the gluttonous wolf. But Edward, a traitor to the Abyss, does not seem to be affected by the Abyss Serpent. Is it because he was not injured too much and the influence could not be exerted? Or is it because the power of the Abyss Serpent is weaker than that of the gluttonous wolf? What about the Spider Queen? If Greg is promoted to the Red Adult, will he be affected by the Spider Queen? '
Dorothy thought quickly in her mind, and after thinking for a while, she focused her attention on the current scene again and continued to ask Adele.
"I have a general understanding of the situation in the temple. You just said that in order to truly become a Red Master, you need to dance two more dances. What exactly is this? Isn't what you completed the Red Master's promotion ceremony?"
"Yes... but it is only a part of the ritual. I have just learned the complete method of advancement to the Path of Desire from the temple of Mistress Xianyu, which requires me to dance three dances.
“The first dance is a dance for others, the second dance is a dance for myself, and the third dance is a dance for God. The one I just finished was actually the third dance for God.
"The third dance is dedicated to the gods. It needs to be performed at a sacred moment in a suitable temple, and at the end of the dance, one must receive the spiritual blessing from the temple. What I just completed on the triple stage was the dance of dedication to the gods. When I performed this dance, I did not need any permission and was able to truly control this temple and use all its spirituality for my own benefit.
"Without external acceleration, the Mistress of the Temple can naturally accumulate spiritual energy every ten days. After I finished dancing on the triple stage during the Holy Time, all the spiritual energy accumulated inside turned into a blessing and was bestowed upon me, which improved my integrity to a certain extent. This is part of the entire promotion ceremony. It should be used only once every ten days. Since the last King of the Grand Costume used it, no one has been promoted here. Therefore, the spiritual energy here is almost full, enough to bless me. This is the remaining power of the Mistress of the Temple, giving me guidance here."
Adele said this to Dorothy. After listening to her narration, Dorothy nodded silently, and then continued to speak again.
"Ten times? That's a long time... and what are the other two dances?"
"The second dance is a dance dedicated to the world. I need a performance on a large enough scale. In this performance, I can use my ability to actively influence at least 10,000 people at a time, and complete the dance while these 10,000 people are absolutely intoxicated." Adele continued to explain to Dorothy, and Dorothy frowned slightly before speaking.
"10,000... That's a lot of people..."
"Yes, to actively influence tens of thousands of audiences with one's ability at the same time is extremely excessive for a Cretaceous-level Beyonder. This is far beyond the Cretaceous-level Beyonder's ability limit. If I want to achieve this effect, I need to find a lot of external assistance, and use rituals, talismans, medicines, props and other methods to greatly improve my own ability limit in a short period of time and complete this dance." Adele replied, and Dorothy also spoke thoughtfully.
"Rituals, props and other external things... If you want to find them, you can, but it will take more time. Compared with rituals, it's more difficult to gather tens of thousands of audiences for a performance. But with your fame, Adele, it's not too difficult... So what's the last dance?" Dorothy asked, and Adele looked behind her hands and spoke slowly with a serious expression.
“The first dance is dedicated to myself. It is a solo dance, a test for myself. I need to find an absolutely safe and quiet place to perform a cruel and long-lasting dance.
"I will be the only one to perform this dance. I don't need any audience. I can't stop from the beginning until it is completely finished. If I want to perform this dance completely and in full flow according to the correct rhythm, it will take a total of seventy days and nights, and I can't use any external aids during this time."
"Dancing for seventy days straight? Can you handle that?" Dorothy said seriously as she listened to Adele's words, and Adele continued to answer.
"Yes... Dancing for seventy days without eating, drinking or resting is a huge test, both physically and mentally, even for a Cretaceous Beyonder. During these seventy days, the dancer must continue to dance, and every move in this super long dance cannot be wrong. The first twenty or thirty days are fine, but the more time passes, the harder it is to persist. The boredom and fatigue will continue to torture the dancer's body and mind until it completely collapses. In the end, even if the body can barely hold on, the mind may become dazed due to the long dance, resulting in mistakes in the movements. If there is any mistake in this dance, all the previous efforts will be wasted and they will have to start all over again."
"It takes seventy days of continuous dancing to complete the long dance, and if you make even the slightest mistake you have to start all over again. It's too cruel." Dorothy couldn't help but sigh as she listened to Adele's words, and Adele explained in response.
"Yes, it is cruel like that. In fact, according to the regular promotion order in the Church of Plenty, this is the first dance that needs to be performed. This dance is said to be dedicated to oneself, but it is more of a test of oneself, to test whether one has the qualifications for promotion. Generally, those who do not have the qualifications will find it difficult to pass this test even if they spend dozens of hours. Only those who pay equal attention to the body and spirit, patience and precision, strong body and strong will, and absolutely excellent dancers can pass this test. Only such dancers will be eligible to get help from the Church of Plenty and perform the next two dances.
"After all, among the three dances, only the first dance can be performed by the dancers themselves, without any additional resources. Dancers who can complete the first dance are qualified to obtain resources and become Chicheng."
Adele explained the meaning of the first dance to Dorothy, and Dorothy couldn't help but sigh in her heart about the difficulty of the Red Adult promotion ceremony on the Path of Desire. But thinking about it, the regular promotion to Red Adult should not be difficult, and her own ceremony of collecting the blessed objects was also ridiculously difficult in some ways.
You know, after these divine objects are used in the promotion ceremony, they will be marked in a special area in the world of consciousness, and will have some kind of connection with the promoted person in the world of consciousness. The divine objects with this connection cannot be used again to promote a new mentor of truth. That is to say, in the First Dynasty, every mentor of truth needed to spend time and experience to collect a divine object for promotion. The extraordinary resources invested in the birth of each mentor of truth were huge, and the consumption of a single round of extraordinary resources was definitely higher than that of the Path of Desire.
"So, now that you're there, you plan to start working on your promotion right away?"
After a brief thought, Dorothy continued to ask Adele, and Adele quickly gave her answer.
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