Chapter 356: Cornerstone

The land was lush and green, with everything growing, and the roads in the wild were completely covered by weeds.

From a broader perspective, the world has become a paradise for plants after the gray fog descended. According to reports from Hammers' patrol of the troops around the city, the number of leopards has tended to increase.

In the past, this kind of monster was rarely seen, but now it can be found every few months, and the deer-headed monsters found are all in their infancy.

As the vegetation flourishes, the number of herbivores increases significantly, and the number of various carnivores soars accordingly, and more wild beasts are transformed into monsters.

In the setting sun, the rose-gold wings were shining brightly and colorfully, and Crown flew along the steam locomotive tracks towards Hamers.

If the locomotive had not had sharp propeller blades installed on both sides, cutting the grass and trees along the way every time it passed, the rails would have been occupied by weeds.

Relying on his extraordinary vision and dynamic vision, Crown discovered that the density of the beasts under his feet was astonishing.

He urged the breath of the fire dragon, and the life energy flowed continuously in his body.

If he doesn't cooperate with the corresponding actions, the proficiency of Breath of the Fire Dragon will increase much more slowly, but since he can happily gain experience while flying, he won't ask for too much.

The dragon soul played beside him, and as his proficiency increased, the dragon soul's spirituality became stronger.

The dragon's might was inadvertently released, and all the beasts and monsters affected by it crawled on the ground, trembling.

A wandering ogre came into Crown's sight. The guy was holding a broken clay pot and cooking.

This is a cruel humanoid monster. All creatures weaker than it are its food, and it will kill them before eating them.

The ogre felt the dragon's might and was so scared that he buried his head in the bushes beside him. The animal skin around his waist was broken into several strips and obviously could not cover his fat and round buttocks.

The huge butt was raised high and kept shaking.

The dragon soul swooped down in accordance with Crown's will, spewing out a breath of fiery red dragon breath.

The violent fire elemental power instantly ignited the ogre, and the extremely high temperature instantly burned it into charcoal.

It had just felt the pain of the flames when it was burned to death. It died quickly without suffering.

The speed of the fourth-level flying magic was amazing. Before long, the city of Hamers was in sight.

Klauen stopped practicing Breath of the Fire Dragon and flew a little faster.

A soldier guarding the city wall saw a flash of gold flying quickly in the distance, and excitedly patted his companion beside him and said, "Look, Lord Clown is back."

The new diocese spared no effort in promoting Clown, and the gimmick of the first fifth-order transcendent in the entire continent could still make the people feel at ease.

"where?"

Crown flew over the city wall and saw the increasingly crowded town. He realized that the task of expanding the city should be put on the agenda.

He landed at the central church, retracted his golden wings into his body, and strode towards Nick's room.

It is already midsummer, the temperature outside is very high, and the ice array is activated in the room, so the temperature inside is very comfortable.

Nick saw the person coming in and smiled, "You came back later than expected. Did things not go well?"

Clown sighed and smiled bitterly, "My experiences these past few days must be beyond your imagination. The Pope has turned into an unknown evil creature."

"What?!"

Nick felt that after his father-in-law's death in battle, he would not be surprised by many things, but he still raised his voice involuntarily.

The Pope represents the face of the church. If something goes wrong with him, the entire church will be disgraced.

Now Osman has transformed into an evil creature. If other churches knew about this, the Church of the Lord of Fire would become the laughing stock of the entire continent.

"Say it again," he couldn't believe it and whispered again for confirmation.

"Go and call Fanny, and I'll tell you both what happened in the Church."

"Wait a moment," Nick walked quickly to the door and said to the attendant, "Please ask Ms. Fanny to come here immediately."

The attendant took the order and left.

Crown asked in a low voice, "How is Fanny's mood lately?"

The death of her father had a great impact on the female bishop. Her spirit and energy were obviously much worse than before. This was why she gave the seed of Tao that she had originally left for Eliza to her.

Nick's breathing became heavier and he sighed slightly:

"She's getting better, but she often becomes dazed for no apparent reason. Sometimes when I'm talking to her, she'll lose her focus."

He tried everything but couldn't make his wife truly happy, and he felt a little guilty.

Clown pursed his lips and said soothingly:

"I hope time can dilute her sadness."

"Huh" Nick let out a long breath and said nothing.

"What do you want from me?" Fanny said in a somewhat cold tone. When she came in and saw the extra person in the room, she forced a bit of gentleness into her expression: "Crown is back."

Clown looked at the thin figure with sunken cheeks and high cheekbones in front of him and sighed inwardly. He wondered when the confident and calm bishop would come back.

He didn't say anything to comfort her. There was some sadness that no one could share with him, and he could only slowly get over it by himself.

He nodded slightly and said:

"Something happened in the Vatican. Pope Osman had a mutation and was contaminated by unknown reasons. He turned into a monster. Finally, Osman left through the secret passage and I couldn't track him down.

Later, Arthur Saxon became the new Pope, and official documents celebrating the event should be sent out soon.

Osman has broken through to the fifth-order extraordinary level. His injuries are not serious. I estimate that he will recover soon.

The situation in the kingdom will become unstable. We don’t know what Osman’s next move will be, so we must take necessary precautions.”

He briefly recounted the situation at the time and put forward his own opinions.

It is not good news that a fifth-level extraordinary creature with strong hostility towards the church is wandering within the kingdom.

He felt that Osman had a special malice towards him, which made him even more uneasy.

With his current strength, he is not afraid of sneak attacks, but the people around him are no match for them at all.

What he said was so shocking that Nick and the others were speechless for a long time, digesting the series of explosive news.

After a long while, Nick asked, "What are you going to do?"

He understood the principle of being on guard against thieves for a thousand days, but when his companion actually told him to be prepared, he felt that something must have happened that he didn't know about.

"Let's temporarily activate the protective array. Only the inner ring of the array needs to be activated. In addition, I am planning to go to the Kingdom of Ribia, which is expected to take about seven or eight days."

Crown said that the reason he came back was to inform his friends.

Then go to Ribia, purify an alienated area, and improve the proficiency of the Golden Light Spell.

At that time, he can obtain five more Tao seeds.

The smaller the defense area of ​​the protective array, the higher the defense power. Even if the enemy sneaks in here, it will not cause serious damage.

He thought about it and sent a message to Flanders through the Golden Light Seed: "Archbishop, please ensure the safety of my sister and her family. I feel that Osman has deep malice towards me."

"Got it," Flanders responded immediately.

Fanny's eyes showed some solemnity:

"If a fifth-level transcendent deliberately wants to do something here, we can't stop him at all."

"So you need to become stronger. If you two can achieve the silver level, combined with the protective magic circle, you will have the capital to deal with the fifth-level extraordinary creatures."

Clown hoped that Fanny would cheer up under the pressure of the harsh situation. She was the Dao Seed holder with the greatest potential to break through to the fourth level, and it would be a pity to waste her time.

He paused, turned to Nick and asked:

"During the time I was away, there was no good news from the mining area?"

He was concerned about the cold jade. If there were not enough cold jade, the Moon Soul Spiritual Light Array could not be built.

Nick smiled and said, "We got some cold jade. Although it only weighs over 700 pounds, we have discovered an unformed mineral layer.

The direction has been found. As long as there is cold jade ore in the mining area, it will be mined. I believe that day will come soon. "

Clown's expression also relaxed a lot, and he said:

"Okay, send it to my mansion. Ask my butler William to settle the promised fee."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"The cold jade was sent to your mansion after it was excavated. William has settled the cost."

It was already dark when he returned to the mansion, and Crown examined the cold jade that was sent to him.

He found that the quality of this batch of jade was very ordinary, and he was unable to pick out high-quality jade for the Taiyin Thunder Seal. However, these jades were enough to be used as the cornerstone of the Yuepo Spiritual Light Array.

The manufacturing process of the cornerstone is not complicated, and it can be completed by a second-level alchemist. The most core process is to superimpose the Heart Purification Mantra Seal on the cornerstone.

However, in order to maintain confidentiality, he decided not to allow any process to be performed by anyone other than a Dao Seed holder.

The outer layer of the jade is peeled off, crushed and mixed evenly with quartz powder, silver powder and other raw materials in a certain ratio, and then placed in a furnace for high-temperature calcination.

Two hours later, he made two cylindrical cornerstones. The cornerstones were 1.2 meters high and 60 centimeters in diameter. They were large cornerstones. The data of the small cornerstone was half of the large cornerstone.

The cornerstone is white marble, crystal clear and lustrous.

The release of the Heart Purifying Mantra Seal has been integrated into Crown's bones. He first familiarized himself with how to stack the seals, and then got started directly.

Thanks to Ming Xin Zhui's experience, he completed the work of stacking the seals very skillfully. However, the seals of the large cornerstone needed to be stacked eighty-one times, and it would take a long time to establish a basic Yuepo Lingguang Array unit.

After just one round of superimposed Heart Purification Mantra Seal, the foundation stone began to emit an aura that calmed the soul.

After putting away the cornerstone, Crown began to visualize the Golden Light Mantra to restore his consumed energy.

During his trip to the Vatican, he watched the church's fifth-level secrets and found that only a few were suitable for him. Moreover, these secrets had no appeal to him who possessed the Golden Light Spell, so he did not learn anything.

From now on, he will focus on the Golden Light Curse and the Breath of the Flame Dragon. The two secret techniques complement each other, and the effect of cross-practice is very good.

At night, he spent his time meditating and practicing breathing techniques, and before going to sleep, he habitually summoned a golden wall.

[Golden Light Mantra: 172539/300000; Level 4]

[Breath of Flame Dragon: 75892/120000; Level 1]

[Healing Wind: 4086/8000; Level 3]

[Flying Magic: 14973/50000; Level 4]

This was all he gained from his trip to the Vatican, with his proficiency in the Golden Light Spell and the Healing Wind increasing the most.

The next day, Crown went to the area where the McLean family built the castle and found that the buildings here were already quite large.

Although there are no 'modern' tools here and a lot of work needs to be done through manual labor, given the physical fitness of the extraordinary people, even if they are just moving bricks, they are much more efficient than ordinary people.

His arrival attracted Audrey's attention. It was hard for him not to attract attention as he flew in the air wearing golden alloy armor.

Clown landed beside the female knight and bowed slightly: "Good day, beautiful lady."

"Good day, Moon Goddess." Audrey wanted to say a blessing. She looked up at the sun in the sky and laughed:

"It feels a little strange to say something like the Moon God's blessing under the sun."

Crown laughed, then he stopped and said:

"The project is progressing very quickly. When will it be completed?"

"It will be completed in half a month. Using secret methods to treat the building, we can move in in a few days. Are you here to discuss the wedding date?"

Crown nodded, "Yes."

Audrey covered her mouth and smiled: "The 20th of the Flowing Fire Month happens to be the festival of the Moon God Church. That day is a good day for the newlyweds to get married."

After quickly calculating the date in his mind, he found that there was still a month left. Clown nodded and said, "Okay. Please inform my butler if there is anything I need to prepare."

Audrey heard the other party's hidden meaning and couldn't help but frowned and said, "You're getting married soon, and you don't even worry about these things?!"

"I have something urgent to do and need to go out," Crown lowered his voice, "find a secluded place. I have something to tell you."

The two walked one after the other into a grove on a distant hillside.

Audrey stopped and looked more serious: "Tell me, what's so mysterious about it?"

Crown tells the "official version":

"Something happened in the Holy See. A powerful evil god corrupted a large number of believers in their dreams and besieged St. Peter's Basilica. A powerful fifth-order evil creature participated in the attack. Pope Osman and a large number of cardinals were martyred. Arthur Saxon succeeded as the new Pope.

I later fought the evil creature, but it escaped."

He told the other party about the situation, hoping to arouse their vigilance and attention.

Audrey's pupils suddenly shrank. This was something that affected the continent. A pope of the Divine Church died in battle at the seat of the Holy See. Have the minions of the evil god become so rampant? According to the family's records, the Kingdom of Farouk was the last country affected by the war during the last holy war.

Now this country is showing some signs of chaos, and it is likely to face many crises in the future.

Audrey nodded heavily and said:

"I know what to do. Thanks to the magic circle crystal core you provided us, our protective magic circle can fully defend against a fifth-level attack."

"We can't take this lightly. I'm afraid this evil creature will bear a grudge and follow me here."

Crown couldn't tell her the truth and could only hint at the dangers she might face as much as possible.

It is one thing that the magic circle can defend against the fifth-level attack, but whether it can be activated in time is another matter.

Audrey's expression became more cautious: "I will prepare for the worst."

"Very good." The rose-gold wings slowly spread out, and Clown nodded slightly: "Goodbye."

"Won't you see Eliza?"

"No, there's still a long way to go."

Fixed two minor bugs. In two chapters, the number of Dao Seeds was calculated incorrectly. In another chapter, a patch was made when Osman disappeared in the river after escaping. It said that when the time was reversed, the other party became transparent and disappeared in the water, so he could not be found.

(End of this chapter)