"Praise the moon!"
Jiang Ran sincerely praised the moon with the village chief. When they left the secret room, they found that Alansta was still guarding the door.
Seeing Jiang Ran come out, he quickly went up to her and said, "I'm not disturbing you now, am I? May I come in?"
The village chief's response was—
"I'm going to go to bed."
Then the door was closed.
Aransta hadn't even lowered his raised hand yet, and for a moment, an awkward atmosphere filled the air.
"Damn it! You old codger! What's with all the swagger?!"
He then turned to Jiang Ran: "Hey! Tell me, how exactly did you impersonate the divine messenger?"
"As long as you sincerely believe in the moon, you too can become a divine messenger." Jiang Ran clasped his hands together, grinned mischievously, and said, "Praise the moon!"
“You’re praising a cow!” Aransta gritted his teeth. “I always felt you were corrupted by the moon!”
"Hey! I'm talking to you! Stop! Did you hear me?!"
Jiang Ran put his hands in his pockets and walked towards the back village, and Aransta could only follow.
Why are you following me?
"Hmph, we're enemies now! Can't I come to gather intelligence?"
"So you do know we're enemies—" Jiang Ran turned around, "Aren't you afraid I'll use some underhanded trick to kill you?"
Aransta took a half step back: "Who, who's afraid of you!"
He's the main character! How can the main character fail?! Otherwise, this dream would be too terrible!
As Jiang Ran walked, his gaze was drawn to a stone building. This house was twice the size of a normal house, but unfortunately the door was locked and he couldn't go in yet.
"We can't get in!" Aransta said, arms crossed. "They wouldn't let me in before either. This is where the archbishops have lived; no one but the archbishop can go in!"
After saying that, Aransta was stunned. Wait a minute, why did he say that?
"Yeah?"
Jiang Ran smiled and stepped back.
The residence of past archbishops? No one but the archbishop is allowed to enter.
Doesn't that mean there are certain secrets inside that only the archbishop knows? Although the village chief is the leader of the entire village and the head of the fanatics in the cemetery village, he has never been an archbishop, otherwise he wouldn't be alive now.
Moreover, Jiang Ran had always been suspicious of one thing: why was every archbishop willing to sacrifice himself for the moon?
Is it only those with devout faith who can become archbishops? If that's the case, then anyone who isn't devout won't be chosen as archbishop. So why has there never been a gap in the archbishop ranks over the years, and why has no one ever escaped the final sacrifice?
Furthermore, the archbishop always went to perform the sacrifice alone, without even sending anyone to accompany him. How could they be so confident that the archbishop would definitely sacrifice himself?
So there's definitely something fishy about this archbishop's residence! It might even be the culprit that turns every archbishop into a fanatic!
There's definitely a secret about the Goddess of the Night hidden inside! But the problem is, how is Jiang Ran going to get in?
Should he directly command the village chief to open the door as a divine messenger? No, that would conflict with the moon's arrangement, which wouldn't be in line with his status as a divine messenger, and there's a risk of being refused by the village chief.
Jiang Ran had to come up with a reason, a suitable reason.
He's going to become the next archbishop!
This seemingly dangerous position is actually not dangerous at all for Jiang Ran right now.
Since the previous archbishop just died today, and the next sacrifice will be postponed for another year, even if Jiang Ran finds out that the sacrifice is not a good thing, he can choose not to perform the sacrifice.
What, Alansta can keep dreaming for another year?
Jiang Ran decided to go find the village chief right now, since he couldn't wait until tomorrow!
First, once the sun rises, the moon is no longer there, but the temple is still surrounded by darkness, so during the day, the moon is weaker than the darkness.
Of course, the most important reason is that Jiang Ran has no time to waste!
He doesn't just need to clear this supernatural world! This is only Alansta's dream. Even if he clears it, he can only collect 2/7 of the progress at most. Jiang Ran still needs to go to the dreams of five people to get the method to collect divinity!
It's dark outside now, but it won't be tomorrow! If Jiang Ran dares to try to clear the level again tomorrow, Aransta will wake up and show him!
So he immediately returned to the village chief's house and knocked on the door.
"Who the hell is that?"
The village chief was just about to go back to sleep, but before he could even get into bed, he had to go open the door again.
"God, Your Excellency? What brings you back?"
“I have made a decision: I will become the next archbishop and dedicate my body and soul to the moon.”
"Praise the moon!"
"Oh! You...you are so devout!" The village chief quickly tried to dissuade him, "But you are a divine messenger! If you offer a sacrifice, wouldn't you be unable to travel among humans in place of the moon?"
"No need to be sad, I'm just keeping the moon company in a different way."
"Besides, there's probably no one more devout than me in the entire cemetery. I think only I am qualified to be the archbishop."
Truly devout!
"Praise the moon!"
For the village of Cemetery, the fact that one less person could die was something they were eager for, and after a few words of negotiation, the village chief agreed to Jiang Ran's request.
"It's late, Your Excellency, you should go and rest."
The village chief handed the key to the divine messenger's residence to Jiang Ran.
"Next, please keep this key safe, Your Excellency. Please inform me before the sacrifice, and I will take it back at that time. Until then, you have the right to reside here."
As a divine messenger, he must have been intimately familiar with the content of the sacrifice, so the village chief didn't give him any further instructions. After saying goodbye to Jiang Ran, he closed the door and went back to sleep.
Jiang Ran took the key and opened the door in front of Aransta.
Aransta: "Dude, are you cheating?"
Just as he was about to follow him inside, Jiang Ran closed the door first!
The room was very simple, with only a table and a bed. Did the other archbishops usually "enjoy" themselves in places like this?
Jiang Ran opened the drawer in the table, and inside lay a notebook.
Inside were messy, disordered handwriting, and even traces of scribbling. It didn't seem to be written by the same person; it was likely a message left by successive archbishops.
The goddess will protect Her child.
[Praise the Goddess]
The sacrificed goddess did not completely ward off the darkness; she too was corrupted by it, yet the moon still shines in the night sky.
Praising the Moon
The moon's light does not always shine; it will eventually be consumed by darkness.
Don't believe in the moon.
The goddess will forever live in our hearts.
Let us praise ourselves.
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