"The Star"? Why this card?
The moment Jiang Ran saw the tarot card, she instinctively thought it should be the "Moon" card, but the result was quite different; it was actually the "Star" card.
In Tarot, the "star" usually represents "hope." Of course, the meaning of Tarot cards is not fixed, and there are many interpretations.
First, let's rule out the absurd possibility that this person brought the wrong card. The channel representing the moon actually leads to the "star," which is quite interesting.
Jiang Ran put away the tarot card, then went to the man in the silver cloak, kicked him twice, and asked:
Who are you? Tell me the truth.
Under the influence of the Wheel of Fate, as long as Jiang Ran wants him to speak, he will definitely speak; it's just a matter of time!
In a minute, the cloaked man went from screaming wildly to gradually quieting down, and finally spoke slowly.
“I am the Archbishop of the Cemetery Village, I am a child of the moon, and I offer my soul and body to Him.”
"The Archbishop of the Cemetery Village?" Jiang Ran pressed on, "Where is the Cemetery Village? Is it also inside the cemetery?"
“That’s right.” The archbishop nodded. “We have lived here for generations, guarding the resting place of the dead. We are the children of the moon, offering our souls and bodies to Him.”
"Okay, okay, I know you're very devout, but please don't use that phrase every time you speak." Jiang Ran covered her face. "Are you believers in the moon? What's the relationship between the moon and the goddess?"
"The goddess is the goddess of the night, the moon is the moon of the night, the moon is the embodiment of the goddess, praise the moon!"
Goddess and moon are the same thing? Jiang Ran just wanted to say, "I don't believe you for a second." Compared to the words of this fanatical archbishop, he certainly believed what he had seen and heard along the way.
The goddess is hostile to the moon, but the moon's followers are not hostile to the goddess. No, the moon's followers directly regard the moon and the goddess as the same thing. Could it be that the moon wants to replace the goddess's position?
That's why it tells its followers that it is the goddess!
Where is the cemetery village located?
The archbishop pulled a slightly yellowed map from his bag and handed it to Jiang Ran.
Through this map, Jiang Ran gained a general understanding of the layout of the entire cemetery. The cemetery covered a very large area, almost indistinguishable from a typical small town.
However, the cemetery is quite aptly named, with about three-quarters of the area occupied by tombstones. Only one-quarter of the area in the corner is where the cemetery village is located. The cemetery village is not large, and the houses are relatively close together.
This direction... isn't that the direction Aransta went before?
He really has the life of a protagonist; he can find important locations just by wandering around.
"What brings you here today? And what is the purpose of these candles and tarot cards?"
“We are blessed by the moon, and are its children. In order to ensure that the moon does not forget us, we hold sacrificial ceremonies regularly and offer sacrifices to it. As for these candles and tarot cards, they are simply a tradition passed down from our ancestors, and we just follow it.”
"Offerings?"
Jiang Ran looked back at the candles on the ground. Apart from the tarot cards in his hand and the candles on the ground, there seemed to be nothing else in the room.
What are the offerings?
"I am the sacrifice."
Haha, as expected, fanatics are getting more and more absurd.
Well, this wasn't really unexpected for Jiang Ran. He'd finally caught this person, so of course he wanted to ask him all the questions he wanted to know! Let's see how much useful information we could dig out!
Do you know the specific meaning of this card?
Jiang Ran held up the "star" and placed it in front of the archbishop.
"I don't know, I was just preparing the materials according to the established ritual rules."
"Have you been using this card all along?"
"No, in the tarot section, we use two cards in rotation."
The two cards are used alternately, so does that mean the Moon and the Star cards? That seems more reasonable.
Which two cards?
“'Stars' and 'Sun'.”
Oh, sun...
Have you been to the passage on the left side of the temple?
“No.” The archbishop shook his head. “That place is forbidden to everyone. No one has been there since my grandfather’s generation.”
"Rumor has it that it is a place shrouded in darkness."
"Are you afraid of the dark?" Jiang Ran looked him up and down, then examined the candles on the ground. "These candles must have been lit after you came in, since you didn't bring any other lighting tools with you."
"With the moon's protection, this bit of darkness is naturally no problem."
"But the other passage is different; it's truly dark there."
Jiang Ran pondered for a moment. He saw that the symptoms he experienced when looking at the Dao God statue underground were the same as those he experienced when looking at the moon, which meant that the blasphemous power of the two was the same.
So there's a high probability that the statue was created by the moon. Why would its followers fear such a statue? Is it because the statue still points to the goddess of night, and the moon is worried that its plan to replace her will be exposed?
"Since you see the goddess and the moon as one, why do you only praise the moon and not the goddess? Since the moon is just an incarnation of the goddess, why do you not worship the highest goddess, but instead worship an incarnation like the moon?"
The archbishop stood there, speechless for a long time.
Because he couldn't explain it, but it was a rule passed down from his ancestors, and he couldn't disobey it.
"Alright, alright, I understand." Jiang Ran waved his hand, then had the Mountain God release the Archbishop and returned the "Star" card to him.
"Didn't you want to offer a sacrifice? Now you can begin!"
Jiang Ran wanted to see exactly how the archbishop would perform the sacrifice! He wanted to see what tricks the moon was up to.
After all, he had received the protection of the Goddess of Night, and strictly speaking, he could be considered half of her chosen ones, so it was quite reasonable for him to scout out the enemy's situation!
"Um...you're a good person."
The archbishop took the tarot cards, then stretched his body. Sacrifice cannot be interrupted; it is a rule passed down from his ancestors, and it is also the destiny of every generation of archbishops!
"Sublime light, I will embrace you!"
He relit the candles that had been kicked over on the ground, placed the tarot cards back in their original positions, and then sat back down, resuming his previous prayer posture.
"O sublime light..."
"You are the lighthouse that guides us."
"You are the light in the darkness!"
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