Chapter 104

the next day.

Vincent, who had been meditating all night in a prayer position, opened his eyes. His folded hands were spread out, and the dome holy emblem placed in the center of his palms was slowly shrinking the faint moonlight.

He stood up and lifted the etheric barriers arranged around him, and the ether that flowed around his body like a light veil immediately dispersed to the surroundings, like a gentle wind.

The simple meditation enchantment consists of three parts.

The first is the formation outlined with holy water on his feet, which has evaporated with the end of his meditation at this moment.

The wet marks on the floor are slowly disappearing on the ground, leaving only the faint fragrance of the shadow flower.

The second is the energy source for maintaining the enchantment. If it is a more formal situation, it will generally use related spell-casting props with moon spirituality, such as pure moon stones.

But now that he came in a hurry, he can only use the ether he can master.

The third is the holy emblem of the dome in his hand, which is a bridge to connect his own soul and the moon.

The standard pattern on the silver holy emblem is a simple and unadorned last quarter moon, together with the looming patterns like water waves, these patterns seem simple, but if you look carefully, you will find that all the ripples are complex and disturbing. Dazzling spells.

Every clergy member of the Dome Church will have its own holy emblem.

On the one hand, it is a status symbol, and on the other hand, it is the best medium for meditation and spellcasting.

Everyone's holy emblem is formed when they join the church, when their consciousness communicates with the moon during the first baptism, and the infused soul power is formed, it is a perfect spell-casting tool that is almost 100% compatible with themselves.

"Meditation efficiency is much lower than usual, and the time to enter meditation is almost three times as long as before. During meditation, distracting thoughts appeared, and I even heard... strange ravings? There are also flashing pictures?"

Vincent frowned, feeling that inexplicable irritability again, a nameless anger seemed to be suppressed in his heart at any time.

"what's wrong with me?"

He subconsciously put away the holy emblem, then took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one and lit it with his eyes closed.

"call……"

It was as if only when the smoke was lingering in his lungs and in front of his eyes, could he be at ease, and get rid of all distracting thoughts in his mind.

Even the restless ether was tamed, and flowed regularly with the puff of smoke again.

It was a soothing experience, as if returning to the first baptism. The old priest who presided over the ceremony gently pressed his old and rough but warm and powerful palm on the top of the young boy's head, and then An extremely gentle force guided him into the water.

"We will be servants of the moon in this life, worshiping the moon, serving the moon, loving the moon, and fearing the moon."

"We are with the moon, born on the bright side, and die on the dark side. When the moon completes a cycle of alternating light and dark, life and death reincarnate, and the dead will be reborn."

"We have the gift and blessing of the moon, and at the same time we shall never be able to see what lies beyond the dome until death lifts us to the sky."

The old priest's voice was calm and steady, and the water waves in his memory shone brightly, rippling in his vision as a young man.

As he sank, he saw the moon reflected in the water.

The taste of childhood is like the water of the baptism pool flowing through the fingertips...soft and warm.

Since then, he has never seen the real moon again.

When Vincent came back to his senses, he had already smoked the whole cigarette, and there was only one cigarette butt between his index finger and middle finger.

He froze for a moment, then opened his eyes wide suddenly, and shuddered all over his body.

how is this possible? ! He...he saw the moon in his memory? ! That's impossible!

After the baptism was completed, all appearances and impressions of the real moon had been erased from his memory!

"No, no, no... that's the reflection in the water, not the real moon!"

Vincent muttered to himself, panting heavily, bead-sized beads of sweat oozing from his forehead, flowing down his temples, followed by heart palpitations, panic, confusion, and fear.

He knew that he was deluding himself, that all real moon-related impressions should have disappeared from his soul long ago.

No matter how much they love and long for the moon in their hearts, they must never look directly at the real moon.

This is the clergy of the Dome Church.

"However, what's going on now? How did I see the moon under the water? Is my faith impious? Or is it the moon's punishment for me?"

Vincent's expression was almost distorted, with anger, confusion, fear, and unstoppable ecstasy...

He stared at the holy emblem in his hand, a little fascinated: "It turns out that is the real moon."

The priest was sweating all over. Because of fear, the clothes on his back were soaked in the blink of an eye. He reached out tremblingly and took out another cigarette to light it.

Smoke curled up, and he suddenly squeezed the cigarette and the cigarette case, threw it on the ground, gritted his teeth and roared, "Damn it!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Father! Father! Father Vincent! What's wrong with you!"

The sound of knocking on the door and the yelling of the owner of the video store made Vincent stop.

Colin yelled outside the door: "I have prepared everything you asked me to prepare, what should I do next?"

Vincent took a deep breath, squatted down and picked up the cigarette, and said as calmly as possible: "I'm fine, I'll be right over."

When he opened the door, Colin was still talking about the horror of the evil spirit next door, but it made Vincent feel a sense of cordial reality.

He followed Colin to arrange and check the enchantment and spirit removal devices and formations in the house, and confirmed that they were all correct.

During this period, he tried to use ether to contact the bookstore next door, but he didn't find anything useful.

"You mean, you've been shouting outside the door for about a minute?"

Vincent frowned.

"I swear! I'm absolutely not lying!" Colin quickly swore, "I yelled outside for a while, but when no one responded, I knocked on the door."

call……

Vincent pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling that the matter was more serious than he imagined.

He was completely unaware that he was hallucinating at the time.

Vincent shook his head, but the top priority now is to help Colin solve his problem... His problem, let's explore it after this matter is dealt with.

That night, Vincent put on a black blindfold, took all his spirit removal tools, opened the door, and pushed open the door of the bookstore next door under the night and moonlight.

...

"jingle--"

"Welcome, may I ask..." Lin Jie raised his head and looked at the customers who were destined to enter the store today.

But then he didn't finish his sentence, his expression was slightly taken aback, and he looked at the blindfolded man in a priest's robe who opened the door.

blind? And a blind priest?

This role that was supposed to guide others was played by a person who was supposed to be guided. It has to be said that there is a hint of philosophy.

"Is there anything I can do to help you? You can buy books, borrow books or read books, and it's okay to rest your feet."

Lin Jie's tone became more gentle, showing a warm smile.

He stretched out his hand and quietly stopped Mo En who was going forward to guide her to sit down, gestured to her for silence, and said, "Are you the priest of the Dome Church?"