The next morning, when Ding Ping knocked on Chen An's door with a red face, Chen An had already completed the morning's "spiritual exercises."
"What did I do last night?" Ding Ping blinked and looked at Chen An.
When Chen An saw that she had changed her clothes and was still smelling of shower gel, she chuckled and said, "You had to go on a date with Allen last night, but I stopped you."
When Ding Ping heard this, she was slightly startled, and then her slightly red cheeks showed a sullen look: "Impossible! That damn pervert Allen! He will only make me feel sick!"
Chen An shrugged: "Okay, you drank too much and fell asleep by yourself. When I came back, I only saw you unconscious on the sofa, so I moved you to the bedroom."
"Oh." Ding Ping seemed to be relieved.
At this moment, the cell phone on Chen An's bedside suddenly rang.
"Brother An, come and see me." Brother Scar's deep voice came from the phone.
Chen An responded, picked up the black satchel on the bedside, picked up the ears of the two rabbits, and said: "Brother Scar, come to me, I'll go out, don't drink like that again, take it easy!"
After that, before Ding Ping could say anything, Chen An walked downstairs, put on a black cashmere coat, and walked towards Brother Scar's villa.
Arriving at the door, Chen An found that the brown-red wooden door was ajar.
After pushing the door open and entering, the warm air around him dispelled the chill from the outside world. Chen An looked up and saw Brother Scar holding a cup of coffee on the sofa.
"Brother Scar." Chen An turned around and flipped the card slot, locked the door, and walked towards Brother Scar.
Brother Scar nodded, stood up and motioned for Chen An to follow him upstairs.
"Where is Wang Ziyan?" Chen An didn't see the girl: "Hasn't she come back from the story world yet?"
Brother Scar shook his head: "She survived. I sent her out to buy things. She just left."
When Chen An heard this, he was slightly startled. Was he trying to create an environment where he could speak alone?
Normally, a "wall-facing barrier" can solve the problem, but now Wang Ziyan has to be sent out... Chen An had some guesses in his mind.
Counting the days, maybe something from the "Hall of Night" has arrived.
Stepping on the flaxen plush carpet, all the way up the stairs, until Brother Scar opened the study door, Chen An suddenly smelled a faint aroma.
The fragrance of orchids brings peace and serenity, and there is also the aftertaste of sandalwood, wrapped in the fragrance of lilies. Chen An not only feels slightly calm, but the complicated emotions in his mind gradually fade away.
Entering the study room, Chen An immediately saw the dark blue velvet cloth spread on the desk. On the cloth was placed a square box that looked like it was carved out of purple jade.
Those relief carvings depict twisted glasses, and are connected with the threads of the crescent moon. At first glance, Chen An was a little dazzled, as if he was in a twisted torrent at night, being carried away and washed away by the moon, without going anywhere.
Chen An felt someone holding his shoulder, and the feeling of being lost was suddenly interrupted. He turned his head slightly and saw Brother Scar's face full of vicissitudes of life.
"This is a 'gift from God'." Brother Scar said in a low voice: "Brother An, congratulations, the Bishop Church of the Night Palace has approved my application. After the baptism of the Lord of the Night, you will be a true believer of the Night Palace. ”
Chen An took a breath and chuckled: "Thank you, Brother Scar, so I can get paid."
Brother Scar patted his shoulder and said: "It's 'responsibility', Brother An. After becoming a believer in the Temple of Night, you will have an additional responsibility in your life, to spread the will of the Lord of Night and protect the dark world and mankind. , fight against distortion and madness, do not escape, no longer hesitate, face the darkness with eternal courage, and the night will also become your shelter."
Chen An nodded. Brother Scar had told him before about the teachings of the Lord of the Night.
I was studying these contents every day during those days.
The Temple of Night preaches "face the darkness with courage and forever protect the tranquility of the night and the peace of the dark world." It is the most neutral spiritual thought among the three major churches.
For example, Funong's "Desolation Sect" advocates "returning farmland to forests, harmonious coexistence of man and nature, and returning the original green mountains and forests to the world."
Alter's "Church of Order" preaches that "order is the foundation of all things and the root of mankind. Without order, there would be no square. Chaos is never allowed, and everything should be in order."
In fact, the teachings of the Church of Order are closer to the meaning of “rules”.
However, these are also related to the gods believed in by the three major churches.
For example, the name of the "Lord of the Night" believed in by the "Hall of Night" is: "Great Lord of the Night, you are the profound eternity, you are the moon in the endless night, you are the star in the dazzling galaxy, you are the one who brings The night when all things are peaceful is the incarnation of silence, the god of wisdom hidden behind the curtain!”
When Chen An heard this taboo, he didn't understand it at first.
But after experiencing the message from "Zhou Yu", also known as "Akna", he gradually understood that the gods controlled a certain amount of "authority", and what the "Endless Traveler" seemed to control was "travel", hmm. .. Chen An didn’t know whether his understanding was correct, because it was too vague.
But from Zhou Yu's message, nine hundred years before the current Dark World, there existed the Second Era, the First Era, and even the more distant Dawn Era.
That...in the name of the Lord of the Night,
"Profound eternity" may mean that He comes from a more distant era.
"The moon in the endless night, the star in the shining galaxy" are the moon and stars?
Including the following "night where all things are peaceful, the embodiment of silence" is like the "dark night" in the title of this god. Is there also "silence" in it?
As for the last one, there is still the title of "God of Wisdom"?
The fragrance of orchids still lingered in his nose. Chen An calmed down his thoughts that were drifting far away, looked at Brother Scar, and said, "Yes, I'm ready."
Brother Scar nodded slightly. He walked to the dark blue agate-like square box with complex reliefs, gently put his hands in the glass basin aside, washed his hands with clear water, and then solemnly put them on the white towel. Wipe dry.
Then, he opened the lid of the square box, and as a stronger sense of "tranquility" drifted away, Chen An felt calmer than ever before.
It is not the "erosion of tranquility" in the old mountains and forests, nor the "pollution of emotions", but comes from the heart, making people feel as comfortable as returning to the womb.
Breathing gradually becomes steady and melodious, my head no longer feels dizzy or painful, my limbs are not a bit sore, there is no fatigue, no boredom, no irritating fluctuations, only complete peace and comfort.
Brother Scar slowly reached into the box and pinched a tender green branch.
Then, under Chen An's persistent gaze, Brother Scar pulled out an emerald-green wicker tree about ten centimeters long.
There was clear water that would not drip on the wicker. The water droplets were crystal clear and had a sacred smell. Chen An felt a feeling of repentance emerge in his heart after looking at it for a moment, as if even looking at it was a kind of blasphemy.
