Ella glanced at the spring water in the spoon and took it silently.
"You see, we chose night. We thought you could bear the spring water during the day, didn't you?" The priest continued to taunt Ella, "You are wrong. Even in the day, the power of the spring water god is still strong. Drink this bowl of water After that, you only have half a day to live."
"You misunderstood. I chose daytime just because of this."
Ella pointed to the sun in the sky, and then she smiled contemptuously at the priest:
"Can I ask another question? Since drinking this water will kill you, why do you think the water at night is more powerful than the water during the day? And it is the most powerful tonight? You are there every day and every time of the year Are you here to drink water and seek death?”
The priest drank: "Of course it's because we priests can feel the magic of the God of Spring Water!"
"Is it you? But you obviously can't even stop my fire."
The priest's voice obviously paused for a moment, and then he said even more angrily:
"I really can't. But our great ancestors can detect the changes in magic power and pass down the knowledge to this day!"
Ella smiled meaningfully: "That's it. You just heard about it."
"It's useless to talk more." The leader said calmly, "You and I are here to compete today. As long as you can withstand the magic of the God of Spring Water, we will recognize you as the true envoy of the God. Drink the water quickly!"
"Of course, I will drink this water."
Ella raised the water spoon as if she was about to drink the water immediately.
"Your Majesty?" Amy shouted anxiously from the side. They didn't bring any of the antidote that Ella made last night. The only thing in Amy's hand now is the yangsui. She doesn't know what use it is. If she wants to make a fire, she doesn't need the yangsui, just use her magic.
But I heard Ella laugh, and instead of drinking a drop of water, she put the water spoon on the ground.
"What are you dawdling about?" The priest's words contained a mixture of impatience and pride. "You're not just thinking of begging us for mercy now, are you?"
"You are just hearsay, but I can clearly feel the magic power of the God of Spring Water." Ella said, "This magic power is indeed very strong. If I just drink it like this, I will definitely not be able to bear it. So I can't drink it yet." "
"It's useless to beg for mercy!" the priest scolded, "You have to drink the water today, whether you want to drink it or not!"
"In this case, I can only pray for the blessing of Quetzalcoatl."
Ella sat down next to the water spoon with her eyes closed.
"In order to resist the magic of the God of Spring, I need the help of some plant branches and leaves."
Amy had seen Ella making herbs for antidotes. When Ella said this, she immediately agreed: "Okay, Your Majesty! I'll pick it right away!"
Unexpectedly, Ella raised her hand to stop Amy.
"Amy, you can't do it. You are a citizen of Quetzalcoatl, and these branches and leaves must be picked by the people of the God of Spring. This is necessary."
"We?" the leader snorted, "We don't know any effective herbs. You have to know that this is divine power, not poison. No medicine can be effective."
"There is no need to care about the type of plant. The God of Spring and Quetzalcoatl made a covenant last night. The plants you collect, no matter what they are, will be used as tokens of the God of Spring."
Saying that, Ella opened her eyelids slightly.
"Please don't be clever and pick poisonous plants. If anyone tries to break the covenant between the two gods with a mortal body, he will be punished by God."
"What are you pretending to say!" The priest jumped up angrily, "I have already said, how can you, an outsider, hear the voice of the God of Spring Water?"
"Of course." Ella replied without changing her expression, "Because I am favored by Quetzalcoatl."
"I think you are waiting for me to ask what 'covenant' means." The leader snorted coldly, "But I won't ask. Drink the water and you will know everything for yourself. If you are not an envoy of God, then there is no need for me. Listen to your nonsense."
As he spoke, the leader glanced at the warriors of the two tribes and motioned them to pick some herbs.
"Just pick some common leaves, non-poisonous ones. I want to see what tricks she can do."
It didn't take long for a pile of plant branches and leaves to be piled in front of Ella, including about ten kinds of plants. It can be seen that the two tribesmen picked them at will. Amy looked at the pile of plants worriedly. There are no herbs here that Ella used to prepare the antidote yesterday. She didn't know what Ella should do now.
But Ella took the Yang Sui from Amy's hand and raised her voice and said to everyone:
"Now, I want to borrow the power of Quetzalcoatl from the sun to let the God of Spring confirm my identity."
She adjusted the focus of the yangsui and aimed the light spot at the branches and leaves of the pile of plants. Then, a chant that no one could understand came from Ella's mouth.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the Yang Sui in Ella's hand. As before, no magic power was revealed from either the Yang Sui or Ella. Only the sunlight was reflected by the Yang Sui and hit the ground.
The tribesmen already knew that the reason why Ella asked to change the time of the competition to daytime was so that she could borrow the sun's rays. But they couldn't figure out what the sun's sunlight could do. These tribesmen have lived by this spring for generations, and all nearby plants have been confirmed to be incapable of detoxifying the black spring. What's more, these plants are collected at will by the tribesmen, so it is impossible to make them into medicines. Could it be that if you shine it with the sun, its properties will change?
I don’t know how much time passed, but a wisp of green smoke rose from the haystack. After a while, a flame rose from it, and the collected plants were gradually involved in the fire. Even though it was the second time they saw this "magic", the tribesmen were still extremely surprised. Although the fire was not big, it was unbelievable to them no matter how many times they saw it ignite the plants using only sunlight.
After a while, the fire gradually died down, and the collected plants were burned into a pile of ashes and piled on the ground.
"Your medicinal herbs have been burned!" The tribe's priest laughed loudly, "It seems that your Quetzalcoatl has no mercy for you!"
"It doesn't matter if it's a plant or ashes." Ella replied calmly, "The covenant has been established. Under the magic of Quetzalcoatl, the God of Spring confirmed my identity. These plants turned to ashes will As a witness to the covenant, help me embrace the power of the God of the Fountain.”
But I saw Ella wrapping up the ashes of plants and trees on the ground with a piece of linen cloth. She placed a bowl under the linen cloth and poured the black spring water in the spoon from above very slowly, so that the water would drip into the bowl drop by drop after passing through the plant ashes. She repeated this step many times until she was stopped by the priest impatiently: "How long are you going to stall there!"
"That's it now."
Ella glanced at the priest, raised the bowl, put it to her mouth and drank it all.
(End of chapter)
