Chapter 544: Evil Dragon Old God
When Jianxin was still very young, his father taught him: "No matter what time, remember to maintain a good image, stand properly and sit properly."
“Most people only see our outer appearance, our external image, which represents how we appear to other people.”
Kenshin always kept this in mind.
My father himself did the same.
He always wore a clean white or green tight-fitting long-sleeved shirt, a black or gray vest over it, and straight-leg trousers, with his hair tied in a very short ponytail at the back of his head.
Although they are just everyday wear, the appropriate clothes, coupled with my father's tall and upright body, always make people's eyes bright and give people a sense of reliability and trust.
After settling in Shacheng, my father made many friends, both male and female.
For example, the famous legendary doctor, Bianjiao, would come every month to have his hair done by my father. Sometimes he would bring a bottle of wine to thank my father for his superb skills.
"Ji Cheng, your hairdressing skills are amazing."
The funeral doctor often sighed in front of the mirror: "Is this also the effect of the secret method?"
"No."
The father just smiled and said, "It's just practice."
Jianxin remembered his father once said that he came from a distant country of mystic arts. It was a magical and chaotic country with various secret societies and organizations, and a wide variety of secret arts and spells.
The source of every spell can be traced back to the old gods, and the mystic is the inheritor of the power of the old gods.
My father doesn't miss his hometown.
“Some places are better left in memory.”
"Now that I think about it, it's not bad. But if I were to go back and live in such a chaotic and precarious place, it would be a torture and pain."
My father is a talkative man.
He always patiently answered Kenshin's various questions.
"Your mother's name is Fu Jian Bing. She was a swordsman from the Fu Jian clan. She died in a large blood tide in the Blood Hill world."
"The blood tide is a riot of blood elements. It is a natural disaster, just like the sandstorm outside our Sand City. The blood tide is accompanied by powerful blood elemental monsters. Many warriors died in the fight against the blood tide. They are all great heroes who protected more powerless civilians."
"As for where she is now, whether she is a ghost or has returned to the Sea of Sin, I don't know. Maybe one day when she is tired of practicing, she will come back to see us."
My father spoke of my mother's death in a calm and simple way.
In addition to his mother's whereabouts, Kenshin is also interested in his father's secret techniques.
"My secret method has actually been in use all the time."
My father said with a smile.
"This secret technique is called [Charm]. It can make people easily accepted and liked by others. It is an innate ability of our family."
“Charm can make it easier to get to know people, but this is just the beginning, because the process and the result are unpredictable.”
My father was able to travel far and wide, learn the haircutting skills from the short-bearded dwarves, gain a foothold in the Sand City, and win the favor of my cold and arrogant mother, all thanks to this secret method.
Kenshin did not inherit this charm, nor did he obtain the innate swordsmanship talent of his mother, the Sword Bearer clan.
He studied in the swordsman department of the local "Forest Academy" in Sand City, and his ultimate goal was to enter Qianyuan Mountain for further study. However, due to his poor grades, he failed to graduate in six years, and finally Jianxin had to drop out of school.
After working as a swordsman in the [Supernatural Union] for several years, Kenshin's elemental sword skills suddenly improved by leaps and bounds. He not only comprehended [Avoidance] and [Stubbornness], but also awakened the [Theology] trait.
It was as if some kind of switch had been turned on.
Jian thought that maybe his sincere prayers to God Yao had aroused the god's mercy.
In the second year, Jianxin found that he was particularly easy to make friends. Even if he was just standing there waiting for someone, men and women passing by might come over to say hello, chat with him, and want to get to know him.
Unlike his father, his awakened [Charm] only affects the opposite sex. Actively activating it will amplify its ability, which can be regarded as an advanced version of Charm.
Kenshin wasn't very happy either.
Many things in the world are time-limited.
When I was a child, I liked a wooden sword very much. I thought it was the best treasure in the world. If I could get it, I would own the whole world.
But after that time, you won't be so dependent on the wooden sword anymore.
In the past, Kenshin studied very hard for the swordsman course, wanting to enter Qianyuan Mountain and become an elemental swordsman who was admired by everyone. But now he no longer has this idea.
One day, Kenshin suddenly didn't want to work anymore.
I am not the type to spend money lavishly, I only need three meals a day. I have saved a little money, plus the large sum of money my father sent me, it is enough for me to use for a lifetime if I save a little.
So Kenshin changed his life.
He lived in the Eternal City for a year, played ice hockey with the giants, taught the Nibelungs basic swordsmanship, and visited the Apostle Blood Knight who stood like a sculpture beside the Inexhaustible Fountain.
Then he went to the Bamboo Reed Kingdom and the Ghost Realm adjacent to the Sand City, played the local human pyramid game with the bamboo people in the [Ring Mountain City], and discussed the postpartum care of slugs with the ghosts in the [Black Stone City].
Kenshin traveled between cities that were either rich or distinctive, and finally he went to the Four Kingdoms in the abyss and joined the "Old God Society" there.
The most significant feature of this secret society is its openness and fun. Everyone gathers together regularly to talk about their various strange experiences and to study the old gods as a common hobby.
Everyone drank tea and mead and chatted about everything under the sun.
Kenshin likes this kind of gathering where everyone sits around the fire and tells stories.
What he didn't expect was that there were some formal scholars in the "Old God Society", such as the red-haired potion master Maji from White Castle, who was also one of the sponsors of the organization.
Maji had been a monk in the Abyss for two years, and was now doing potion-related research in the White Castle.
The greatest benefit he brought to the "Old Gods" was providing some delicious Le Tomato Sauce, a rare jam that cannot be bought outside.
“The Old Gods are a special group of gods. They have fallen in name only, but their power has not completely disappeared. Instead, they exist in a way that we cannot understand for the time being.”
Maji said seriously: "I hope you can persist in observing and recording. One day, the veil of the old gods will be unveiled by us, and you will go down in history and become heroes of the Yao clan."
Due to various reasons, neither the seminary nor the White Castle has conducted in-depth research into the realm of the Old Gods.
Therefore, Maji placed high hopes on the "Old Gods Association" and provided a lot of help.
Jianxin originally thought that the power of the old gods was just a rumor. Until he went back to Sand City to visit his father, he personally witnessed the methods that only the gods could use in the desert.
The desert rises high, as if being pulled into the air by invisible hands, and the sand dunes twist slowly like a stream of water.
Strange black and silver lines emerged from it and slowly condensed on the ground like metal earthworms.
Kenshin drew the magic sword on his back, but was completely unable to enter that strange area.
[Theology] Power can be sensed; it is a manifestation of divine power and miracles.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
After returning, Kenshin shared his experience with the "Old Gods Association".
He also began to believe that the old gods might really still be in this world, and that they existed in an invisible way.
After that, Kenshin actively collected intelligence everywhere.
He purchased a [Crystal Photographer] and began to take photos of possible traces of the Old Gods.
Whether it was suspicious and peculiar phenomena, rocks and trees with strange shapes, or groups of people dressed strangely and performing secret rituals, Kenshin would freeze them into crystal form.
During this process, Kenshin encountered a lot of troubles. He was often discovered, accused and questioned, but the biggest trouble was women.
Women would always appear in front of him and chat with him while he was shooting.
Since childhood, he has always been popular with the opposite sex.
Whether they were the furry war cats, the normal human girls of the Yao clan, the vampire girls, or the dryad girls, they all showed special favor to Kenshin, always asking him about his well-being and smiling at him, wanting to make friends with him.
When he was a child, Kenshin thought this was a complete shame. It was not a great talent at all, just a handsome appearance.
As he grew up, he gradually reconciled with himself.
My talent is just popular among women.
These female friends also became Kenshin's best source of information. Some of them became his past girlfriends, current girlfriends, or future girlfriends.
One day, Kenshin received reliable information from a girlfriend that traces of the old gods appeared in the mystic country.
So he packed his bags and rushed over as quickly as possible.
Although the Mystic Kingdom is his ancestral home, Kenshin has rarely visited there.
Because he doesn't like the environment there.
Most of the cities and settlements in the country of secret arts are in a mess, with poor public security and sanitary conditions. There are drunkards and homeless people everywhere, and from time to time there may be some crazy people who have drunk secret drugs and commit self-destruction and indiscriminate attacks.
In that kind of environment, just staying safe is a challenge every day.
It is normal for the father to have no feelings for that place after he left.
Girlfriend Ao Shen hugged Jianxin and was reluctant to let go for a long time.
Finally, Kenshin had to push her away firmly: "Let's talk business."
Ao Shen said in a calm tone that was completely different from his passionate gestures: "Dragon's footprints appeared here."
"Dragon clan?"
"Yes. A powerful pure dragon, but we can't see its appearance. We can only see huge footprints and claw marks. There are also traces of divine power around it."
Ao Shen said seriously, "To hide a huge and powerful dragon, only a god can do it. The gods of the Mystic Kingdom, from the previous Lord Mystic Star Crow to the current Lord Seven Sea Monsters, have sent apostles to investigate this matter everywhere, but to no avail."
"All I can think of is that it might be related to the old gods. So I thought of you."
"Um."
Jianxin really trusts what Ao Shen said.
Because the girl standing in front of him had two small forked horns on her head. She was a dragonborn and was naturally very sensitive to the power and breath of dragons.
"But you have to be very careful."
The dragon girl's face was serious: "Not long ago, the invisible dragon destroyed the headquarters of the "Black Temple". The origin seems to be related to the mysterious Lord of the Temple. There are rumors outside that the holy relics of the Lord of the Temple were lost in the Resurrection Kingdom, causing the Lord of the Temple to be angry and send down the dragon disaster..."
"We have offered sacrifices and prayed in the Four Seas Temple, but we are still unable to learn the dragon's name or response. The person who came here has bad intentions, and it is likely to be an evil dragon god. You must be extra careful, and safety comes first."
Kenshin nodded, "I will focus on the crystal phase and will not conflict with the dragon."
"Anyway, I'll take you to the Four Seas Temple first and let Dragon Ancestor give you some blessings. With the blessing of God Yao, the protection of the messenger, and Dragon Ancestor, you will be much safer."
Ao Shen took his hand without question and walked towards the coast.
As she walked, she asked, "I heard that the holy objects of the altar are in the hands of the Yao clan. Is that true?"
“I don’t know.”
Kenshin said: "This secret is probably only known by the gods and the apostles."
(End of this chapter)