While Angel was remembering the mural, the wise master had already arrived at the center of the room.
He sat directly on the floor.
"We've almost talked about the murals. Now we can talk about the eternal snake emblem you mentioned, and those... origin worshippers you are concerned about."
Angel also came to the opposite side of the Wise Lord. He originally wanted to make an illusion chair to sit on, but the Wise Lord always sat on the ground, and he was too embarrassed to be in a high position. He could only follow the example of the wise ruler and sit cross-legged on the ground.
"Let's talk about the eternal snake emblem first." The wise man ruled: "Before we talk about the topic, I want to ask you, why do you think the eternal snake emblem is a snake wrapped around a cone?"
Angel didn't answer and asked instead: "Has the wise master ever heard of the Kulakuka tribe?"
The wise master pondered for a moment and then said with slight hesitation: "You mean the small human race?"
Angel was stunned for a moment: "Little human race?"
In a sense, the Kulakuka people are indeed considered to be small humans. They are no more than the size of a palm. What are they if they are not small people? But, is their scientific name really called Little Human Race?
The wise master heard Angel's doubts, so he explained: "In the Southern Territory, except for humans, those who can be accepted by wizards and can learn extraordinary knowledge need to be close relatives of the human race in terms of blood. Here, according to The categories are: giants, humanoids, dwarves and small humans.”
"Among this series of close relatives of the human race, most people would think that the dwarves may have the closest blood relationship with humans, because many humans are not taller than the dwarves. And except for the fact that dwarves look a bit like dwarfs, they are no different from humans."
"But in fact, the dwarves are not too closely related to humans, they are only a little higher than the humanoids."
"Actually, the closest blood relatives to humans are the little humans. The kind of little humans that are about the size of a palm."
"There are rumors that the little humans are actually a race created by some powerful extraordinary wizards with their own blood when they were looking for a path to miracles. Therefore, their structure is almost the same as that of humans."
"For this reason, small humans will generally not be blocked from entering the wizarding organization. On the contrary, the wizarding organization may not be willing to accept humanoids, giants, and dwarves."
Angel had briefly heard of what the wise master said before, but this was the first time he heard such detailed information.
What the wise masters say is also true.
The few talented people from the Kulakuka tribe were not blocked at all when they entered the Savage Cave, and the wizard was willing to be their mentor.
"The Kulakuka tribe should be considered a small human race." Angel sighed: "I thought the wise master had never heard of them."
The wise master said: "I have seen a lot of small human tribes, but I have never seen the Kulakuka tribe. However, I have read a lot of wizard travel notes, and some of them also recorded the Kulakuka tribe. I remember, It seems that the Kulakuka people are protected by Castle Black?”
Angel nodded: "Yes."
Currently, part of the Kulakuka tribe is still under the protection of Castle Black, and the other part is protected by Angel.
"You suddenly mentioned that the Kulakuka clan is related to the eternal snake emblem?"
Angel: "Well, the term "Eternal Serpent Emblem" was told to me by the priest of the Kulakuka tribe. The priest told me that the symbol of the snake entwined cone is called the "Eternal Serpent Emblem"; and the ring-shaped awl in it is called "Eternal Serpent Emblem". It’s called the Cone of Immortality.”
The wise master raised his eyebrows: "Cone of Eternal Life? This is the first time I have heard of it. Is it named after the descendants of the Source Worshipers? Also, why do the Kulakuka people know this information?"
Angel: "I don't know if it was named after the descendants of the people who worshiped it. However, because the Kulakuka tribe lived in a fairy tale world and witnessed the overthrow of the Serpent Kingdom, they have some information about the Serpent Kingdom. understood.”
"The country of giant snakes." The wise ruler pondered for a moment: "I have vaguely heard of it, but I never thought it was related to the snake entangled cone."
Angel: "As far as I know, the Country of Serpents is a mortal country, where the medical arts are very prosperous, and all those who practice medicine in the Country of Serpents will swear an oath to the logo of a snake entwined with a cone. "
"Oath?" The wise man ruled: "Is it related to the snake-wrapped cone?"
Angel shook his head: "The content of the oath basically covers the norms after practicing medicine, as well as the ethics of doctors. There is no mention of snakes entangled with cones."
"That's it." The wise master touched his chin, pondered for a moment, and said: "According to what you said, and some of my own conjectures, maybe there are handwritings by the descendants of the source worshipers in the country of giant snakes. The snake winding cone is in The Baiyuan people are indeed good at medical treatment, so in the country of giant snakes, taking a snake-wrapped cone as a doctor’s oath of office is absolutely inseparable from the Baiyuan people.”
"That's my guess." Angel was silent for a moment and pointed at the black snake on the snake cone: "I have encountered a wise black snake at the ruins of the Kingdom of Giant Snakes before. Having lived for thousands of years, I thought this black snake was the snake on the cone."
"But now it seems that I must have misunderstood."
Angel previously believed that the symbol of the snake entwined cone was: the eternal snake emblem.
The snake on the immortal snake emblem is Axl. The cone on the eternal snake emblem is the cone of eternal life.
But now the wise master told him that he had never heard of the Cone of Eternal Life. There is also the immortal snake emblem. Although the wise master has not clearly said that it is not a snake entangled with a cone, from his tone, it is basically certain that the two cannot be equated.
In other words, Angel's past perceptions may be all wrong.
However, when Angel was reflecting on his cognitive errors, the wise master said: "Times have changed, and what I know is not necessarily correct. Just like the cone of immortality, since it is among the giant snakes Guo is a recognized name, which means that the descendants of Baiyuan at that time also recognized it."
"What I know happened thousands of years ago. This period of time was enough to turn green forests into deserts and turn plains into ridges. So, you don't need to care about my answer. Use your own judgment. I The answer is just a reference."
In the midst of emotion, the wise master spoke out the "answer" about the immortal snake emblem thousands of years ago.
The relationship between the snake-wrapped cone and the eternal snake emblem is not the equal sign that Angel understands. But the immortal snake emblem is not completely unrelated to the snake-wrapped cone.
As an internal force of the Baiyuan tribe, the Snake Tangle Cone is good at medical treatment and research. In wizard terms, they tend to be academic.
As for those in the academic community who focus on medical research, the most basic one is to conquer stubborn diseases, a slightly more advanced one is to study the causes of diseases, and a more advanced one is targeted research on the micro and macro worlds, and the ultimate goal of medical research is, It is the study of... eternal life.
The same is true for the academic circles in the wizarding world, and the same is true for the earth scholars Jon said.
The pursuit of immortality is probably a stamp engraved on the human mind, the highest command center of the human body, the brain.
Not only for human beings themselves, but also for the continuation of the "brain" self.
Although saying this is a bit of a separation between the brain and the mind, many experiments tell humans that the brain can sometimes deceive even what it thinks. Just like the famous split-brain experiment, in order to deceive you, the left and right brains have made up many reasons that are full of jokes in the eyes of others, but you yourself will not feel any problem at all.
Likewise, the pursuit of eternal life is also the goal of the snake wrapped around the cone.
They believe that the Source Worshipers are a race favored by fate, and that they are the true darlings of the world's will. Shouldn't they be so gifted and deserve to live forever?
Therefore, some of the worshipers pursue eternal life, and this group of people is the snake entangled with the cone.
The ultimate goal of the snake wrapped around the cone is eternal life. And this concrete representation of eternal life is the so-called eternal snake emblem.
After listening to the wise master's narration, Angel personally believed it, because these matters had nothing to do with the core interests of Naruk City, and the study of immortality was not only done by worshipers, so no matter how he thought about it, the logic was self-consistent.
However, what Angel didn't understand was: "Why 'snake' and 'emblem'?"
First of all, why is the snake used as a representative of eternal life? Also, why is immortality just a logo?
Or is Angel misunderstanding that the snake emblem is not a logo, but a symbolic meaning?
Angel asked his doubts, but the wise master did not answer directly, but asked: "Why can't eternal life be a logo?"
Before Angel could answer, the wise master continued: "For the source worshipers, the continuation of civilization can be the fire burning on the altar in the unknown dimension. Then why can't eternal life be a logo on the altar in the unknown dimension? ?”
After hearing the wise master's question, Angel vaguely understood.
"The logo placed in the altar... the eternal snake emblem..." Angel murmured in a low voice: "What the worshipers want to do is truly a journey against heaven."
The wise master was very satisfied with Angel's understanding: "So you should understand now that the reason for the extinction of the Source Worshipers is not as simple as it seems. Xicia has been thinking about it for so many years and has not figured it out. It is because she is in the game. See What you finally arrive at is the prospect before your eyes.”
Angel did not answer, but he agreed with what the wise master said.
Snake's ambition was more terrifying than he imagined.
As long as source worshipers close their eyes, they can see an altar burning with blazing flames. This is the Source Fire Altar. Outsiders don’t know the true location of the altar, but to the worshipers, the altar is a spiritual connection they share.
Source Fire is their spiritual source.
If Snake Twisting Cone wants to add another immortal snake emblem that means immortality to this Source Fire Altar, that means——
All those who worship the source will live forever under the illumination of the eternal snake emblem!
This is equivalent to promoting an entire ethnic group into a new life form!
The immortality studied by others is only for one's own sake, while the immortality studied by Snake Cone is an overall leap.
Even Angel was shocked by such a feat. If this is not called heaven-defying, what is it?
And this "Heaven" is not against the will of the world, nor is it against the laws and norms, but... the heaven of mankind! Human heaven!
It’s no wonder that the Source Worshipers will slowly disappear in the Southern Territory. Rumor has it that the reason is that he is coveted for the Source Fire, and this is probably just an excuse.
The real reason may be the small number of extreme people among the source worshipers.
Among the people worshiping the source, Snake Tangle Cone is only a force responsible for medical treatment and research, and their goals are so astonishing. It is conceivable that other forces among the Source Worshipers will also have some extreme ideas.
It can only be said that success is also an altar, and failure is also an altar.
The altar that the worshiper saw when he closed his eyes shared everything about the worshiper, allowing him to embark on a unique path, but it also put the worshiper into trouble.
The altars of worshipers are shared, so when encountering difficulties, basically all worshipers suffer together.
Angel: "Did they do it?"
The wise master shrugged: "Who knows, what Snake Coil is studying in Narok City is not the Immortal Snake Emblem. I don't know how far they have studied the Immortal Snake Emblem, what is the progress, and whether they have succeeded."
Angel: "Isn't the wise master not curious at all?"
"Of course you are curious, but if you have more important things to be busy with, you will put aside the curious things." The wise master's tone was full of meaning.
"Something more important?"
The wise master said: "Yes. There were still many things to do in Naluo City at that time, such as some important experiments."
The wise master paused deliberately and looked at Angel.
Angel understood the meaning of the wise master, and deliberately paused to whet his appetite, just to let him take the initiative to ask what the experiment was.
Angel did not rebel, and followed the wise man's tone and asked: "Oh, I wonder what kind of important experiment it is?"
The wise man ruled: "According to the regulations, I can't tell you this."
Angel: ...Then what do you mean by asking?
When Angel was slandering in his heart, the wise master added: "However, if you are willing to become a participant, I can tell you the truth about these experiments."
"Participant? The wise master means that these experiments are still going on now?"
The wise master shook his head: "No, all experiments have been suspended."
"Then the wise master wants me to restart these experiments?"
Wise Master: "No. I don't agree with many experiments myself. They are just needed by other masters or Naraku. Since the experiments have been suspended a long time ago, let them continue to be suspended."
"What I call participants is the relationship between Snake Tangle Zhui and Naraku City."
Angel: "What is the relationship between Snake Cone and Naraku City?"
"cooperate."
Angel immediately realized that, to put it bluntly, it was just an alliance.
It's like the friendship between Fantasy Island and Castle Black.
However, Angel is very self-aware, he has some abilities, and he can see clearly. Now he is so confident that he dares to criticize anyone in front of him, because the iron-clad mother-in-law is supporting him behind his back.
Without this confidence, Angel would have to keep his head down and behave.
Even if he has alchemy talent, he can't do it alone. Moreover, the wise master is also proficient in alchemy, but the direction of his research is different. However, although the direction of alchemy is different, in the end, different paths lead to the same goal.
Therefore, Angel does not think that the wise master values himself.
What the wise ruler values is actually the power behind him, and what he values is the Savage Cave.
He could agree to this proposal in his own name, but if he agreed on behalf of the Magic Island or the Savage Cave, this would be a typical substitution.
Also, what is cooperation? The original intention of cooperation is not unilateral contribution, but a community of mutual interests. Cooperation can only be achieved if there are benefits for both parties.
What can today's underground waterways do to work with Savage Cave? What benefits are worth paying for Savage Cave?
For now, the answer is no.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for Angel to agree.
(End of chapter)
