Abnormal paradise - #493 - Chapter 486 Confrontation, Night Banquet and Revitalization Plan

[Tip: Because you have successfully completed the first two stages of the open dungeon “Night Banquet”, your teacher “Ananda” has issued a special reward, the epic promotion material “Initial Ashes”. 】

[Introduction: Put the “initial ashes” into the “fire mature body”, and you will be able to ignore bottlenecks and risks when hitting the epic mid-level. At the same time, the great characteristics hidden in the “initial ashes” may also trigger the higher evolution of the “fire mature body”. 】

Good guy!

Really good guy!

This is the second [Initial Ashes] obtained by Ember so far. The previous one was used to ignite the “fire” and illuminate the deep space coordinates of the Garden of Eden, which fully reflects the importance of the [Initial Ashes].

Without it, it would be difficult to survive the epic realm safely, and the great characteristics contained in it are even more precious to the “Fire Seed”. In the process of being promoted to Epic, Ember used many [Source Stones] of various sizes, but unfortunately none of them could trigger the transformation of Fire. Now that he got a piece of [Initial Ashes], he saw a glimmer of an opportunity.

At this stage, the ancient world has just opened, and the space around the [Initial Furnace] is not yet stable, so it is difficult to obtain promotion materials such as [Source Stone], [Ashes], and [Embers] in large quantities. The reason why Ember sees this ashes as an opportunity is because the Creator has privately said that if the Ember matures further, it will be able to approach the furnace after the space is stabilized.

Compared with peripherals, the material acquisition and quality levels are naturally higher.

However, compared to the precious materials in the Wenrun Jade Box, what surprised Yi Jin was the sudden strength of the cheap teacher.

Facing the “unfathomable” priest Shi Meng, Ananda actually dared to openly attack and make the other party bow his head, which was really beyond Yu Yan’s expectation.

“Is it possible that Dream Picker’s transformation of my cheap teacher was comprehensive? Not only did he elevate his realm to the level of Epic Master, but he also changed his slave nature?”

Yu Yan was surprised, put away the jade box, glanced at the ugly-looking uninvited guest, and sat down gracefully with the puppet girl.

After Priest Haihan had no choice but to offer gifts, the night banquet began.

The number of Dream Shifting believers who are eligible to sit at the table is much smaller than those who go to the temple to worship. There are only about twenty people in the large hall, not counting the waiters.

Ananda sat alone as the chairman, facing the hall door, with the statue of the god in relief behind him, and flint and flame crystals on the left and right releasing radiant heat, which set off the power of the proprietor.

The two parties from Aurora City and Hot Spring Bunker sat opposite each other, which made the Aurora Priest feel slightly unhappy. In the Dream-Shining Cult, Aurora City had always had a transcendent status, but it was suddenly placed on the same level as Hot Spring Bunker, making the narrow eyes of the Aurora Priest unable to find any joy at all. What made him even more irritated was that because there were three steps away from where the chairman was, everyone had to raise their heads and eyes to look at Ananda, which undoubtedly lifted Ananda to a position he should not occupy.

The Aurora Priest couldn’t hold back anymore and stared at the slave mark on Ananda’s face. He pretended to be surprised and exaggerated: “I didn’t take a closer look just now. It turns out that the Venerable comes from our Aurora City! If we knew that the Venerable would one day become the master of dreams. Inspired by, I can’t say anything to make you suffer the pain of stabbing your face! Alas, now that the matter has come to this, I can only lament that fate has played a trick on people. Now our Aurora City can have one city and three loved ones. Compared with the Plague Land and the Thunder Land, Our major strongholds are no less generous!”

As soon as these words came out, Priest Haihan, who was sitting across from Ember, blowing his nose and staring, looked straight at Ananda’s forehead, and then confirmed that what he saw before was the slave brand representing Aurora City.

Hey!

I thought you were an expert who just appeared out of nowhere, and you are just a slave when you co-author…

What’s so cool about it?

If you dare to ask for gifts from us, you will have to pay back double the amount!

“As expected, he is the one with three loved ones in one city!”

Rudely leaning out half of his body to check and confirm, Priest Haihan sighed and tried to make Ananda lose face. He turned his head and shook his nose, bowed his head and congratulated the chief priest Shi Meng: “Congratulations to the chief priest! There is one more venerable helper, Aurora. The city will inevitably gain momentum, perhaps this is a sign of the resurgence of our Dream-Shifting Sect!”

The two sang in harmony and immediately brought the topic to Ananda’s humble background. Whispers filled the air. Although the chief priest of Dream Shifting did not say a word, the smile was vaguely visible in his eyes.

Everyone sitting at the table, including Ember, was all dressed in noble clothes and made up with extraordinary makeup. Only Ananda, who was sitting alone in the chair, still looked like a slave.

Slightly red, rough skin is a common feature of many years of mining, and the scars that look like black reptiles are a particularly eye-catching identity symbol.

After Ananda was promoted to a Venerable, he only accepted the advice of the leader of the village and took a simple bath. He did not even change the tattered clothes that could not completely cover his body. The reason why he accepted the suggestion of bathing was to wash away the dust so that the Dream-Shifting Statue would not be disturbed by dirt. If Yu Yan knew about it, he would definitely not be able to evaluate how pious his cheap teacher was.

A person who doesn’t care about his own appearance will naturally not care about how others evaluate his origins.

Like an old monk in meditation, Ananda calmly accepted the mocking glances and whispers from all directions. He smiled lightly at the Aurora priest and said: “Destiny is elusive. No one can grasp even a ten thousandth of it. You and I are all ordinary people, so we must naturally accept our fate.” arrangement. Before today, I was trapped in a mine as a slave and experienced all the sufferings of life. Thanks to the rescue of the Lord of Dreams, I had a chance to escape from the sea of ​​suffering. However, it is not enough for me to escape the sea of ​​suffering alone, so I invite you to come forward. Come, let’s discuss the revitalization of the divine religion!”

“Your Majesty is righteous!”

The hot spring priest who completely fell in love with this side responded immediately. Ananda solved the problem of his origin in an understatement, and then immediately expressed his intention to save the world, which really made him admire him.

Yan Yan in the hall also raised his head unexpectedly, thinking that I am a good talker, and even a cheap teacher would not be too generous. Sure enough, the first point of a magician is to be eloquent, otherwise who will I fool?

Seeing that the identity attack was easily resolved, the Aurora priest was very unwilling: “The revitalization of the divine religion is a top priority. The chief priest has been running this matter for many years. We cannot change the person in charge just because you, the venerable, suddenly organized a banquet inexplicably. It’s up to you, don’t forget, the officiating master is the leader of the divine religion, and you should also pay attention to your identity when you are greedy for merit.”

“Hi! Revitalize the Divine Religion? Is your method of revitalizing Aurora City to suppress dissidents?” The hot spring priest immediately fought back. When he saw his opponent, he nodded “identity” without giving up. He couldn’t help it on the spot.

“Priest of Hot Springs is careful to say that you can eat randomly, but you can’t talk nonsense!”

“Why am I talking nonsense? Glacier Ranch was clearly developed by the God’s Religion, but you, Aurora City, want to do tyrannical things. Tonight alone, you destroyed three hunts in our hot spring bunker. If it is not to suppress dissidents, what else can it be? ?” The hot spring priest stood up angrily, shaking his trunk left and right, looking very indignant.

The Aurora Priest felt no shame: “You said three times? Three times? Anyway, there is no basis for what you said. I would like to let the venerable judge why your hot spring bunker took five cold land snow beasts! Not convinced? I still have witnesses here. Isn’t that right, Priest Haihan?”

“Every word is true! The Hot Springs Bunker ignored the Snow Land Contract and forcibly seized the five cold land snow beasts that should belong to Aurora City. I witnessed this with my own eyes. Please seek justice, Your Majesty!”

Priest Haihan displayed his job of being a loser to the fullest. Priest Hot Spring was so angry that he was shaking all over. He looked around angrily, wondering how there could be such a shameless person in the world!

“Hey, do you want me to expose their lies?” The puppet girl whispered quietly, and the lie radar that was frequently triggered made her unable to help but have a seizure.

Yi Yan glanced at the prompt panel and found that there were no stage tasks; he looked at his teacher again and saw that he was still in meditation like an old monk; finally he looked at the waiters who opened the door and filed in, and caught a glimpse of the dazzling precious ingredients. After being sent to the banquet under the arrangement of the leader of the settlement, he knew that now was not the time to fight back, and signaled to the puppet girl that she did not need to stand up.

The luxurious feast cooked with fifty flint crystals, hundreds of precious seafood, and three cold land snow beasts as the main ingredients had an extraordinary effect on the market. The power of fire and ice are perfectly integrated into the seafood, making the value of each plate reach a transcendent level that transcends epics and approaches gods.

The dazzling brilliance formed by the intersection of red and blue made the three priests who were facing each other unable to help but cast their gazes.

Even though the three of them were in high positions, they rarely enjoyed such delicacies. They unconsciously sat down and enjoyed the “beautiful scenery on the plate”, and everyone in the room forgot about the dispute just now.

“Hey, I didn’t expect that the first game meal that surprised me was actually at the Shennu Settlement.”

Ember was filled with emotion and spoke highly of the ice and fire seafood that only shines in anime. Of course, it may also be because he collected all the ingredients, so he can enjoy the joy of the harvest gained from his labor.

On the other side, the leader of the settlement breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that everyone at the table was attracted by the food, secretly saying that all the efforts were not in vain.

There is nothing to say about the cooking skills of ice and fire seafood, but the perfect integration of the power of fire and the power of ice into the ingredients really made him, an epic powerhouse, almost exhausted from exhaustion.

And the reason why he worked so hard was because of Ananda’s comment.

“Your Majesty, the dishes have been served.”

“Hard.”

“It is my duty to serve the Venerable.” The leader of the settlement was extremely happy. With just two words, the fatigue in his body was swept away.

“The dream-seeking believer outside the door, please take the time to entertain me. After tonight, when the dust has settled, I will lead you to ‘entry’.”

Entry?

Hearing this, the leader of the settlement was confused for a moment, and then he was ecstatic, thinking that if he understood correctly, he saw hope of realizing his long-cherished wish!

It’s not in vain for me to be in front of the horse and behind the horse!

Bowing to Ananda with increasing gratitude, the leader of the settlement immediately bowed and retired, going to deal with the believers in the three cities. He made up his mind to satisfy Ananda no matter what difficulties he encountered tonight.

Without Ananda’s instructions, the banquet began quietly. Under the attraction of the food, the quarrel temporarily withdrew from the stage.

“Well, it’s quite delicious. It’s almost better than what I have at home.”

The puppet girl said to Ember, as the daughter of the Creator, this evaluation could not be higher.

What Yi Yan is concerned about is the data income from enjoying the food.

[Tip: You have eaten the sub-god-level precious ingredient “Cold Volcano Precious Seafood”, your current contribution bar will be filled by 5%, your fire resistance will increase by 5 points, your freezing resistance will increase by 5 points, and your chaos resistance will increase. Five o’clock. 】

[Reminder: You have eaten the sub-god-level precious ingredient “Cold Volcanic Precious Seafood”…]

Every time he took a bite, a system prompt appeared. In addition to increasing a lot of resistance, it also promoted him to level fifty-two. After finishing a plate of seafood, his contribution bar increased by more than half, not far from level fifty-three. . If you work harder, you can use the [Initial Ashes] you just got to break through the middle level of epic, and increase the law of your natal skills by as much as nine times!

“Not bad, not in vain.”

Ember let out a sigh similar to that of the leader of the settlement, and after eating and drinking, the third stage of the task appeared.

“I wonder if you think this banquet is acceptable?”

Ananda, who had only tasted the delicacy in front of him, looked around the hall with a look of compassion. Even Priest Aurora and Priest Haihan, who wanted to find fault, could not speak at this time. Because they had eaten up all the ice and fire seafood, the main priest Shi Meng, who said nothing, also ate more than half of it.

Seeing that no one raised any objections, Ananda smiled and said: “As high-level leaders of the divine religion, there is nothing wrong with us enjoying such delicacies every day. As long as we are strong enough, even if the mountains are high, the roads are far away, the sea is deep and hot, it is not a problem at all!”

Here comes the topic.

Everyone in the room immediately started thinking. No matter how stupid they were, they could guess that Ananda was going to use this night banquet to do something big that would shock the religious sect.

Besides, how could anyone be so stupid as to make it this far?

Even the dream-picking priest who intends to kill gods can only be called “crazy”. A truly stupid person will not even think of raising a knife to the gods.

“The decline of the divine religion has hurt not only the great Lord of Dreams, but also the higher-ups of the divine religion like us who are forced to rely on others. The City of Dream Pickers has been reduced to a settlement of divine slaves, and the flint and flame crystals have been wantonly carved up… Everyone, are you willing to do so?” Ananda asked everyone.

“Of course not!” The hot spring priest was filled with hatred.

“Alas, if possible, who would be willing to do so…” Priest Haihan was touched by the pain point, and looked at the dinner plate blankly, thinking that he might not have the chance to taste the precious seafood of the Flame Crystal Snow Beast again.

“So what if you don’t give in?”

Priest Aurora glared at Priest Haihan without revealing any trace, and continued to serve as the mouthpiece of the Dream Picker Priest: “The seven strongholds in the Plague Land under the control of [Plague Matrix] are far more powerful than our Four Cold Cities. If it weren’t for a large number of slaves coming from outside, Transport, the gap between believers is even more terrifying. Not to mention, the eighteen strongholds in the Land of Thunder, under the rule of the middle ancient god [Raging Thunder Spirit], are among the top large forces in the entire Suffering Sin Realm. !”

The Aurora Priest took a deep breath and said the heartfelt words that made the Lie Radar blameless: “We, the Dream-seeking Cult, live in a cold place, with a shortage of believers, few resources, and little response from the master of the dream! I dare to ask, sir, what do you think? So what if we are unwilling to do so? Do we have to hit the stone with an egg and let the Dream-Shifting Sect be destroyed in one fell swoop?”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere suddenly became stagnant.

The power struggle in the Ancient God World is far more cruel than the other main worlds. Even in the wasteland world, which is known for its chaos, the major financial groups still maintain the most basic and polite manners. But it’s different here. Every day, ancient gods fall, churches fall apart, and devout believers die in batches. Those who are ungrateful don’t even think about it, because it’s not easy to change their beliefs!

It would be fine if the new ruler was an established god from various fields, but if he were a “novice” who stood out from the stars, then just wait for his mind to be cleared by the Chaos Storm. Collecting faith and building a temple is not an innate ability of the ancient gods!

In front of the ancient gods, human beings are extremely fragile. If one thing is not done well, it will create a group of idiots.

So far, there are still many beings in the world of ancient gods who cannot master the best way to deal with human believers and are forced to watch the old gods enjoy the power of faith. The dream pickers who were suppressed by a group of ancient gods to a cold place were not envied by the “wandering” gods? Not to mention, there are countless hungry ancient gods in the starry sky.

No matter how weak the Dream-Shifting Sect is, it is undeniable that as long as the status quo can be maintained, the disaster will not come.

Even the extremely devout Hot Spring Priest does not want to rashly destroy the foundation of the divine religion, and Haihan Priest continues to firmly support the Aurora City and the Shimeng Priest.

“As you said, in the cold land, there is indeed a shortage of believers and rare resources, and the dream master rarely responds.” Ananda admitted this truthfully, and immediately drew a blank stare from the Aurora priest.

Yi Yan had a premonition that his cheap teacher was planning a big move, and sure enough, Ananda’s next words immediately shocked the entire audience.

“After the great Lord of Dreams gave me the inspiration, he also brought a great asset! Using it, all the high-level leaders of the divine religion here can be promoted to the first level. Legends will become epics, epics will become favored ones, and favored ones will become revered ones. And the venerable one can become one of the near gods. In this way, the strength of our Dream-Shifting Sect will increase greatly. Can I have the power to be unwilling to do so?”

After Ananda finished speaking, he looked directly at the chief priest Shi Meng: “I don’t know… what do you have to say?”

Thanks to fellow Taoist [Crazy Buqing] for the reward and monthly ticket.