"Tormond Steel and Dagon Olison offer food to the temple. May God Oli be blessed by the Jiangu people and may the children grow up healthily."

The father explained his purpose to the temple's priest and asked to meet with the chief priest Kurt God. Although Dagon was with him, he could not interfere in this occasion, so he might as well close his mouth and turn his attention to the surrounding architectural decoration.

The architectural style of the Jiangu people has highlighted two characteristics from ancient times to the present: tall and stout. This style was gradually produced by learning from the mountains and learning from the ground for a long time. Eighteen stone pillars with a diameter of seven meters support the main dome of the temple, and the thick stone walls are comparable to the city wall. This is the most sturdy place in the entire city except for the lord's mansion.

Runes are scattered throughout the buildings, providing lighting, and also providing explanations for the reliefs of stories on the walls of deeds. Mythical figures, ancient legends and the great achievements of heroes are all carved on stone slabs, inlaid on thick stone walls one by one, supervised by Auri, and admired by later generations.

The temple of Aoli, but not only Aoli is worshipped in it. Although Aoli is the main guardian god of the Jiangu tribe, he is not alone. There are many helpers. Their statues are arranged in a circular shape on both sides of the hall, and there are places for offering offerings and praying and meditation in front of them. Since it will take some time for Pastor Kurt to finish his morning thoughts, Thormond allowed Dagon to turn around the hall and select a few gods to pray.

"Red?" Dagon could see the floating spirit that only he could see with just one head. "You are entrusted by the gods, so you have seen God Oli and others?"

Reed said with a slight smile and said, "I have indeed seen it. They are all black shadows that can shine. There is nothing good to look at or anything to talk about. Dagon, now you and my commander, I will take you to get the reward."

"Ah? Now? Here?" Dagon shook his head: "What you said about getting a reward is not to steal things in the temple, right?"

"Of course not. I won't teach you how to steal things. This time, the things I gave you received the consent of the original owner, so you can take them with confidence." Reed pointed to the left: "From this side, the passage behind the Lava Forging God."

"Wait, I'll tell my father." Seeing that he was about to leave the hall, he always told him so that Tormond would not be anxious.

"Don't mention the divine enlightenment first. It's not too late to say it after seeing the priest Kurt here. As long as you say it now, the priests will take you to test it, and there will be no chance to get the reward."

After receiving the approval of Tommond, Dagon followed Reid's instructions to go to the back of the lava forged statue and proceeded along the side path. The main body of the Temple of Oli is a prayer hall, behind which is the nave where the priests meditate and practice divine arts, and is adjacent to the apse that can enhance the power of summoning spells. Three connected halls run through the central axis, and then on one side is the area where the priests work, offices and libraries, the city's public canteen and emergency shelter, as well as the residence of the priests.

The road behind the Lava Forge God leads to the public canteen. Dagon used to come to eat something, so he is very familiar with the arrangement here. He sniffed and smelled the smell floating out of the kitchen very sensitively.

"I've started preparing for lunch. Hehe, I always eat here, and it's the first time I've served the canteen. Reed, I feel like I've become useful as an adult."

"You are useful, and adulthood is just an opportunity rather than a reason. The exercises from the past have created your present, and the exercises you want to continue now will shape the future."

"Ah, it's not a hammer or a tool, the Neil family's proverb." Dagon shrugged. He didn't think this sentence was bad, but this sentence was said by the Neil family, so he got bad. For the Neil family, he couldn't say love but had absolutely no hatred, he couldn't say like or dislike it, but he just felt a little annoyed. It was probably like "that's someone else's family, don't always pull it on me."

Reed could see Dagon's expression and hear his voice, but this was the matter between Dagon and Neil's family, so he would not express his opinions. After walking for a while, he was about to enter the cafeteria. Reed suddenly pointed to the wall and said, "Okay, stop and turn right and open this wall."

"What to open? I'm going out to find a pickaxe now?" Dagon shook his head: "You may not know yet. The walls of the Temple of Orli are very strong and cannot be broken with a siege hammer. How could you let me open it?"

"I will neither teach you steal nor rob you! What kind of siege hammer pickaxe? The original owner gave the key, and I will tell you how to open it." Reed pointed to the wall and said, "The Jian Gu tribe has an ancient craft that uses runes to hide the secret door and integrate it with the surrounding stones. It will become very strong, but even if there is a way to destroy it as a whole, the door will not appear and can still hide the secret inside."

Dagon shook his head and said he had never heard of it.

"I told you that it is an ancient rune. You have just grown up and have not conducted systematic learning. I don't know it is normal. This rune is called 'latch', which means closing the door. If you observe this wall carefully, can you see the marks left by the 'latch' rune? It's very shallow, you have to work hard."

Dagon stared at the eyes widened and observed carefully, stroking his fingers inch by inch, without finding any clues at all. He looked at Reed in confusion, and the latter said with a smile: "I just told you that the secret door is hidden, how can you see it with your eyes and fingers? Don't stare, you have to use your magic power. Come, follow my fingers and write the rune of the 'latch' on the door."

With a hint of suspicion, Dagon forced his mana to the tip of his fingers and then wrote on the wall. During the writing process, the wall did not respond at all, but when the last stroke was completed, the "latch" rune emitted a silver light, flickering as if breathing.

"Look, this is the rune secret door. The 'latch' is the most commonly used, simplest and most basic. There are more and more complex rune secret doors in history, and they need to be opened with more complex methods. The door in front of you is just a secret room for daily use, not a treasure house, so there is only one rune." Reed said: "Come on, keep opening. Take some water and dip it on your fingers."

"The water bag is in Kuku, and it is under the temple steps."

"It's okay to use saliva, but for convenience, there are already such design considerations."

Dip your half-believing fingers in saliva, pressing the horizontal line in the middle of the "latch" according to Reid's instructions and wrote "water". The brightness of the rune increased slightly, and after a slight deformation, it became "idle". The "wood" in the middle became brighter and bigger, and finally pushed the door outward and opened to both sides.

Behind the door is a small room, about four meters square, with metal shelves that have already rusted and collapsed on several walls. There are many pieces of pottery on the ground, and the things originally contained inside have turned into dust and are completely indistinguishable. When the air inside comes in, some things that may be cloth or plant fiber structures fade and decay quickly.

"It's already like this... Dagon, it's said that it's on the shelf on the right. You go find a jar of topaz, the seal is white jade." Reed followed Dagon in and looked at him searching there: "Yes, it's this. There's an Iron stone inside, which is the reward for you."

The jade jar fell off the shelf and was damaged. Fortunately, the shattering only occurred on the surface and did not go deep into the inside. The Ein stone in the jar was intact, but it had lost its elemental power for too long and could not be activated for the time being. There were still several elemental crystal debris in the jar. The elemental power inside had long been absorbed by the Ein stone and had lost its value.

The feel of the Ain stone is between porcelain and jade. Under the smooth and round appearance, its interior is very strong. This Ain stone is about the same size as the palm, and the overall shape is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. The four corners are grinding into arcs. There is an oval pit near the narrow edge, which can just put the index finger on it.

"You can understand how to use it at a glance, right? Your fingers gather your mana and put it on. Your mana is weak now and you can't last long, but it's enough to open the primary part. It records the rune breathing method, which is the most basic and primitive method of mana training. It can be used by anyone, but it has a better effect on the divine enlightener."

Dagon took the Iron Stone and pressed his finger on it while urging his mana. He pulled his hand suddenly in just half a second. "Oh! It hurts so much! It's like a needle piercing it! Hey, my heartbeat has also become faster and I feel very tired." He looked at Reed, his eyes blurred. "What's going on?"

"It should be that the elemental power is too ineffective, which causes it to absorb mana too much, exceeding your ability to bear. Don't worry, breathe slowly, and you will be able to recover soon. I will bring this Iron stone back to the middle of the soul and let its original owner see it. The reward cannot be given as a punishment. Isn't this abominable god?"

After saying that, Reed reached out and actually grabbed Ainshi and took it away from Dagon. He waved his hand, made a move to go back, turned into a burst of black smoke and disappeared, and took Ainshi away. Dagon was empty-handed and panting. As soon as he walked out of the secret room, he was surrounded by people who heard the movement.

"There is a secret room here!" The voice was very familiar, and you could tell it was Pastor Ge Li at first. "Wow, what an old secret room, it has been many years since it was opened. Do you dare to go in, aren't you afraid of the toxicity of air corruption?"

He shouted and asked the young trainee pastor to find water and disinfect incense, and pulled Dagon out at the same time. "Do you feel weak and dazzled? Well, sure enough, your heartbeats faster, this is a symptom of poisoning. Don't be nervous, this is easy to do. Swallow this soothing pill."

Dagong nodded, took two black round pills from Ge Li's palm, and tilted his head to eat. The pills were bitter and unpalatable, and the aftertaste left in his mouth stimulated the secretion of saliva, making Dagong swallow his saliva continuously. However, after the pills entered his stomach, it gave him a cool and comfortable feeling, which quickly relieved his heartbeat and made him feel much more comfortable.

"Thank you, Pastor Grie." Dagon straightened his waist and saw Pastor Grie studying the secret door. "I saw a 'latch' character, and then wrote it as 'id' with water, and the door opened."

"Yes, I also see that it is this basic secret door rune. People in the past like to use runes to build secret rooms and secret passages, which caused a lot of trouble. However, the maze of blocking monsters under the Demon City was built with runes and has always played an important role. It is the greatest contribution of secret rooms to the world. But the key is not the secret rooms, but..."
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