Staring at the crystal ball glowing with purple light, Serena's heart itched beyond words.
But she still knew nothing about the strange language.
She could only remember the syllables one by one in her mind. Fortunately, her memory was never bad.
Serena took a deep breath, her eyes fell back to the throne, and said: "Then I will comply with your request and ask for the secret you want to know."
"Thank you very much." Chen Yi said.
"My guest, since you paid for a purple light secret, as I said before, I need a certain amount of time to digest it. If you still want to ask for secrets, I can only answer one or two secrets that are not highly rated." Se Lina explained slowly.
Chen Yi thought for a while and asked directly: "The Temple of Misery, they will replace the soul of a descendant of a pagan king. I want to know how they do it."
"Will it?" Serena was startled, then smiled bitterly and said: "Did you come to me to ask after reading the prophecy? With all due respect, asking for secrets cannot predict the future. Things that haven't happened yet can't be predicted. How can it be called a secret? Sorry, there's nothing I can do about it."
It’s impossible to ask for it because it hasn’t happened yet…
It turns out that's the case, Serena's words make sense.
What has not happened cannot be called a secret.
Serena holds the old adage "the secret," and that's probably what she's come to realize.
Chen Yi asked from a different angle: "Okay then, I would like to ask, how do they replace other people's souls in the Torment Temple?"
"Well... you are very speculative like a logician," Serena smiled appreciatively, "So, you have triggered the 'secret' singularity, and I can divine for you."
Chen Yi nodded slightly and couldn't help but think.
Triggering the "secret" singularity... It turns out that only by asking Serena for the secret can the conditions for the divination secret be met and the singularity triggered.
In other words, without asking, Serena cannot ask for it out of thin air because the singularity is not triggered.
In mysticism, the number "0" represents the state before the birth of the universe. There is no everything, only chaos. The appearance of the gods created the number "1", which is the first principle of the universe and the origin of all things. The number "1" and the process of creating "1" are abstractly called: singularity.
And the concept of ritual singularity comes from this.
In this regard, it is somewhat similar to "One is born with two, two begets three, and three begets all things".
Thinking of this, Chen Yi initially understood and then thought,
Serena may have said it on purpose. Based on the experience of getting along with each other several times, she is not someone who can tell anything. Why... to exchange trust with me?
"This is a red light secret, please pay the chips."
Serena's voice interrupted Chen Yi's thoughts.
"Okay." Chen Yi nodded.
If it's an exchange of trust...
Then perhaps, I should describe it in the language of this world to show my sincerity.
Besides, it's just a red light secret.
Having made up his mind, Chen Yi thought about it for a moment and then said to Zhen Awen: "Kasim, he is a magic puppet."
The crystal ball indeed glowed red.
Serena nodded, and Chen Yi heard her smile with satisfaction.
"The supreme secret, please tell me what He wants to see."
Chen Yi was attracted to the sphere as usual.
The constellations change, the continuous ethereal touch spreads out, the brilliance changes, revealing the deep red light.
"In the Temple of Misery, they replace other people's souls. Only the Lord of Misery knows the specific method, and He does it himself." Serena just said this, paused, and said, "But there are a few prerequisites:
One is to break down the replaced person’s defenses and plunge him into almost irreversible self-doubt;
Second, before the soul replacement is completed, the person being replaced cannot wake up from doubt;
Third, the process of replacing souls is gradual. They do not directly disperse or annihilate the original soul, but peel it off bit by bit and fill it with their own soul bit by bit, just like parasitism. Absorb the nutrients of the original soul and nurture your own growth. "
"Completing these three prerequisites can replace a person's soul?" Chen Yi asked.
"Yes, what's funny is," Serena said with polite contempt for the Temple of the Cross: "They don't call it 'soul replacement' or anything like that, but 'sublimation of essence' and 'change of essence' .
They also quoted their apocryphal texts and argued that 'sublimation of essence' is like replacing the keel and canvas of a ship.
What a self-deception. "
Chen Yi nodded affirmatively.
Replace keel, canvas...
Ship of Theseus?
Looking at it this way, the concept of "soul replacement" in the Temple of Misery is very similar to the philosophical Ship of Theseus.
"Do you have any other instructions? I can also divine another secret that is not highly rated." Serena said at this time.
"Okay." Chen Yi, of course, said, "I want to know the relationship between Priest Isha and an elf assassin."
After listening to the spiritual answer, Serena said: "Blue, the secret of low evaluation."
Chen Yi was confused for a moment, but he didn't expect the secret evaluation to be so low.
He immediately casually told a simple secret and paid the chips.
Serena whispered a spell.
The crystal ball changed color again, and soon settled on blue light.
"Well... tell me secretly, they have nothing to do with each other." Serena raised her eyes slightly and said slowly.
Doesn't matter?
Chen Yi couldn't believe it.
How come it doesn't matter?
Only Priest Isa would call himself a spirit.
When Chen Yi fell into confusion, Serena spoke softly.
"Did you learn from the prophecy and then ask me?"
"Prophecy... so to speak." Chen Yi replied.
Deducing the future, to a certain extent, can also be called a prediction, and it is clearer than a prediction.
"Oh, maybe there will be, or maybe there really won't be. In short, the secret is not something that has not happened yet." Serena rubbed her hair and replied.
Hearing this, Chen Yi's doubts were relieved a little.
Maybe... it really doesn't matter now.
Just when Chen Yi relaxed his mind...
Wait, that's not right.
Didn’t Priest Isa’s memory be erased by him?
Don't you know when the memory you erased came back?
Chen Yi fell into greater confusion and subconsciously cast his gaze towards Resurrection Town.
Every time I go to the Kingdom of God, out of vigilance and concern for Lomea, I will glance at the Lecture Hall.
No abnormalities were found.
Weird...weird.
Rubbing his brows, Chen Yi couldn't find any ideas for a while.
We can only find the answer by waiting for the elf to appear and keep an eye on her whereabouts.
Sighing, Chen Yi thought.
"Well, Serena, I have nothing to ask you anymore. Thank you very much for coming with the Secret Society."
Serena could no longer do divination today, so Chen Yi said this.
"It's my honor." Serena also said goodbye: "Then it's time for me to say goodbye too. By the way, starting from the day after tomorrow, I need to prepare a ceremony to obtain the secret of purple light related to Saint Vina Cana. During this period of time, I cannot respond to your call. If you still have secrets that you want to ask, it is best to call me here tomorrow night, and I can reluctantly divine another red light secret for you."
