Chapter 566: I don’t understand, just look for the answer
After the White Saint left, Aiwass immediately went to the eleventh ring, ready to apologize for the Night Demon's reckless behavior and try his best to eliminate the impact.
But even though Aiwass rushed over as soon as possible, he still failed to catch up in the end.
"Still... a step too late."
Aiwass murmured.
It's not that anything happened to anyone.
——But everyone has recovered.
Everyone looked normal, and it was impossible to tell who was injured.
But it seemed that because the Pure White Saint had mentioned this matter before, the elven priests immediately understood the purpose of Aiwas's visit and gathered around on their own initiative.
Everyone was indeed very kind—no one bothered Aiwass, and many elves even smiled and comforted him, showing off their now pristine skin. Although there were also quite a few controlled fire elves among them, their attitudes were also very good.
In the face of Loki's death, at least as far as the elves in the eleventh circle who were affected by Aiwass were concerned, no one tried to hold him accountable.
On the contrary, some members of Controlled Fire felt guilty and wanted to apologize for Loki's attack on Aiwass...even though this matter had nothing to do with them.
Their goal was to clear the reputation of Controlled Fire—or to be more specific, to cut ties with Loki.
The result was that the condolence gifts that Aiwass had prepared earlier were not given out at all, but instead he received a batch of gifts.
They were basically fed expensive snacks and candies, along with some local specialties... I wondered who had taught the elves this habit. These elves seemed to be accustomed to using gifts to express friendship and apology, perhaps because they had received so many gifts from the short-lived species that they had come to believe it was their custom.
Aiwass went out with one bag and came back with more than a dozen bags, which surprised Lily.
Those who knew thought that Aiwass went to apologize, while those who didn’t thought that Aiwass went shopping.
"...I have to say, the quality of the elves of the Theocracy is much higher than that of the people of Avalon."
Aiwass sighed to Lily, "I'm a little uncomfortable with it."
But after thinking about it, he added, "That's not necessarily the case. Perhaps it's because Pure White spread Loki's crimes in advance."
This is also a way to prevent Loki from coming back to life - as long as the official certifies that Loki is dead, he is already dead on a social level.
Even if "other Lokis" appear again, the social identity of "Cardinal Loki" and the influence it possesses can no longer be utilized.
Of course, it is also possible that there are indeed some fanatical individual followers of Rocky who still harbor hatred towards Aiwass.
However, when those elves took the initiative to look for Aiwas, those less friendly elves did not come over at all.
Aiwass felt that the room seemed a little too quiet, so he asked while opening the presents, "Where's Sister Freya?"
"The eldest lady has gone back."
Lily spoke softly, "She brought the 'dates' you gave to the Pure White Saint, saying that Her Highness the Saint had given them to her. She plans to store them when she returns."
"All of them...? Your Highness Pure White doesn't intend to continue using them?"
Upon hearing this, Aiwass put down the gift in his hand with some confusion: "Or does she have a new solution?"
Or, when Cardinal Loki was killed, the White Saint thought that the other cardinals would not cause trouble?
This is reasonable.
The main reason for demanding the Saint's resignation was Controlled Fire. The other cardinals were obviously aware of this, but they did not intend to embarrass Pure White.
Wait until the Saint succeeds the Pope, and then let Freya slowly develop a drug to treat Ning Amber. This is possible.
After all, the Saint herself had agreed with Freya... to prioritize developing a more cost-effective treatment within the next three months. After all, those three months were already longer than the time for the Pope's election. This meant the Saint wasn't counting on Freya's Amber Solution to solve her problems.
Of course, there was another possibility: the Saint no longer intended to succeed the Pope. Although Cardinal Loki was absent, the Saint voluntarily gave up the succession... In this case, Aiwass had already triggered the hidden dangers and problems of the Theocracy.
As long as the Saint still possesses sanctity, holding a general election in the Church under her supervision would certainly be much better than the cardinals ruling their own kingdoms.
Regardless of the situation, Aiwass had already handed over his dates. It was the Saint's freedom to choose, and there was no need for him to interfere.
While waiting for the information, Aiwass continued to unpack the gifts one by one and prepare to classify and store them.
The most expensive gift is a medicine gift box that covers various treatments and daily benefits.
Opening it, he saw eighteen medicines inside: ten alchemical concoctions and eight witches' potions. It was clearly Star Antimony's product, even bearing the joint trademark of the Living Silver Workshop and another organization called "Witch's Cauldron."
Aiwas took a quick look at the star antimony text on it and realized what this box of hardcover medicine was used for.
Specifically, it is used to do.
Not only does it cover a wide range of possible uses, but its packaging is also exceptionally exquisite, with most being exquisite small bottles crafted from crystal, gemstones, and gold, and each bottle has a unique shape.
Even if any one of them is taken out alone, it can be called an extremely expensive perfume bottle.
This item must have been very popular among the Star Antimony nobles, but those who gave it as a gift to the elves certainly didn't realize that the customs of the elves of the Theocracy and the Star Antimony nobles were completely different. The production date of this box of medicine indicated that it was four years ago, but even the seal on the outer packaging had not been removed.
Hope it hasn't expired.
Thinking so, Aiwass put it in the cupboard as well.
— Take it with you when you return. This isn't suitable for transporting back via sacrifice. It would be bad if someone saw it.
It was not until dark that a pair of Pope's guards knocked on the door and delivered the agreed information.
As a result, the box of things scared Aiwass.
Although Aiwass had long known that advanced divine arts was a separate system from divine arts, he had originally thought that this teaching material referred to a secret book, or an ancient mysterious prop such as a crystal ball, magic mirror, bark, stone tablet, or jade.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a set of teaching materials.
The Pope's guards carried back a set of finely decorated wooden bookshelves, over half a meter tall, sealed with a triple ring of gold, silver, and red runes. They opened it personally and taught Aiwass the code to unlock it.
Once the wrong password is entered, it will immediately destroy the books inside and sound an alarm. It is very strong, and Aiwass even found it to be a purple-level mysterious item when he touched it.
The category is body - that is, the system determines that this bookshelf is a suit of armor!
—and there are a full eleven books in here!
Each book is as thick as a dictionary. They are all brand new and even feel as if they were just printed.
You can only take out the next book after putting the previous one back in. If one book is out, the other books cannot be taken out.
Finally, after Aiwass finishes reading, the box will be returned to the Church.
After the two Pope's guards left, Aiwass immediately returned to his study and planned to take them out and have a look at them.
As a result, he just took out the first book "Introduction to Advanced Divine Arts" and flipped through a dozen pages when he felt a headache.
...It turns out that the fact that humans cannot teach is not a form of racial discrimination.
But I really can’t learn it.
In other words, the person who wrote the textbook did not simplify it at all.
Aiwas roughly understood its origin from "An Introduction to Advanced Divine Arts".
When the elves were still fighting each other in the Warring States Period, the Nine Pillars of God emerged from the midst of war and unified the "Great Tree Kingdoms." They relied on the advanced divine arts developed by the first Pope.
The first Pope, through advanced divine arts, respectfully invited the Nine Pillars to possess him, becoming their common messenger and the sole spokesperson for them on earth. Because of this, he was able to personally establish the Church of the Nine Pillars in the name of the Nine Pillars.
The reason why Higher Divine Art is called Higher Divine Art is because its logic is based on divine art, but the foundation is not exactly the same. Therefore, the first Pope simply wrote it down and called it Higher Divine Art - this seemingly sloppy name was chosen by him.
Yes, the first Pope was a man. It's said he had the blood of a candlestick, but it's not certain if that's true.
Specifically, he is an elf with a pair of huge antlers on his head. His antlers can also burn like a candle.
And after his death, he was elevated to Zhu Tiansi.
Initially, these technologies were completely open.
Descending gods, welcoming gods, performing shamanic dances, summoning gods, communicating with gods... these skills that are still being passed down in the human world today, or have become the inheritance of secret scriptures, actually all come from those short-lived species or elves who studied advanced divine arts but did not master them.
And integrating them all together is the complete inheritance of advanced divine arts.
Later, someone degraded the difficult-to-master higher divine arts, then used them to collaborate with some dreamworld celestial officials, apostles, and even phantom demons to bypass the restrictions of the Sand Clock and lead them to the lower realms. This caused great trouble for the Balancers, and subsequently this technology was controlled and banned.
But when Aiwas turned to page 40, he felt his head swelling.
The power of taboo was permeating his consciousness through words, and the world barrier continued to resist Aiwas's mastery of this skill - it was a feeling like motion sickness, even a little nauseous.
"Forget it, I don't understand it, I won't read it anymore."
Aiwass closed the book decisively.
I had originally wanted to see if I could master it... but at my current pace, I can only read fifty pages a day at most. It would take me an awful long time just to finish reading these eleven books. This truly is knowledge only the Immortals can master.
Just take them and ask the Pure White Saint for advice tomorrow.
As long as the Pure White Saint takes them and explains them to Aiwass, Aiwass can directly consume experience to master them!
I woke up with a sore throat today, went to the hospital, and got home at five o'clock!
This chapter is 3200 words long. I have written some of the second chapter, but I am a little hungry. I will go have lunch first and then come back to continue writing.
I'm worried that you'll have to wait too long, so I'll post one first. The second chapter will definitely be before midnight, and I'll try to post it before eleven!
(End of this chapter)
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