Chapter 3069： Secrets in the Holy of Holies

The Orthodox monk guard guarding the Sanctuary Chapel was dozing on a chair inside an arch of the chapel, lonely and desolate.

From the day he walked into the Chapel of the Sanctuary, this person could never leave here anymore, he could only live in this place in his entire life!

It can be said that he is an extremely pious monk and believer, or he can be regarded as a prisoner sentenced to life imprisonment, both respectable and sad!

Ye Tian looked at the pious monk, then shifted his gaze to look at the Most Holy Place in the center of the chapel.

His gaze penetrated the wall in an instant, and directly saw the situation inside the Most Holy Place.

The first thing that appeared in his eyes was a bronze altar about 1.5 meters high. In the center of the altar was a seven-branched gilt candlestick with seven candles in it.

Behind this gilt candlestick, a crucifixion cross hangs.

And right in front of this bronze altar, there is a gilt wash basin, which looks golden, but the inside is empty.

The line of sight extended further, and it was a golden vertical board resembling a screen, also magnificent and magnificent.

Passing through this golden vertical plate, you can see an exquisite gold lampstand, a furnished table with some gold utensils, and a golden incense altar made of pure gold.

Moving on, it is another golden vertical board.

Behind this golden vertical board, there should be the most holy thing in the minds of all Jews and Christians, the Ark of the Covenant!

In teaching, the ark is also a sacred object.

When Ye Tian's gaze penetrated this golden vertical board and saw what was behind it, he couldn't help but pause.

The next moment, a smile flashed in his eyes, fleeting.

Each of the items stored in this most holy place has a very long history, and is very exquisite and priceless.

And this most holy place was built entirely in accordance with the most holy place where the ark of the covenant was contained in the legendary Solomon’s Temple, and it looks very old.

However, it is not the most holy place in Solomon's Temple!

The things stored in it are not the original ones either.

In a blink of an eye, Ye Tian looked through the chapel of the Holy Spirit thoroughly, not letting go of any corner.

Immediately afterwards, his gaze moved downwards, looked at the underground of the Chapel of the Holy Spirit, and began to see the situation deep underground to see if he could find anything.

After a while, a surprise flashed in his eyes.

This color of surprise disappeared in an instant, and replaced by a bit of helplessness.

Obviously, deep underground in this Chapel of the Holy Spirit, there are indeed some important secrets hidden.

It is a pity that these secrets may never have a chance to be seen again!

The Chapel of the Sanctuary, standing on the ground, will suppress these secrets forever.

Unless this Chapel of the Sanctuary collapses completely one day, when it is renovated and rebuilt, people will be able to discover the secret hidden deep underground.

In other places in the Chapel of the Holy Nation, Ye Tian also found something.

But these discoveries are beyond expectation, and their value is not so great that he needs to risk sneaking into the Chapel of the Sanctuary to secretly dig out these discoveries.

After looking through the entire chapel of the Holy Nation, Ye Tian and David circled the religious building again and took a closer look before ending the visit.

"Let’s go, David, let’s take a look at the Church of St. Mary of the Old Mount Zion, which is also a famous religious building worth visiting."

Ye Tian said with a smile, and then walked to the Church of St. Mary of the Old Mount Zion not far away.

David and the others immediately followed, including the Orthodox monk who was in charge of the explanation.

The rest of the Orthodox monks and believers who were staring at Ye Tian and them followed one after another.

When they arrived at this ancient religious building, Ye Tian and the others stopped and began to visit it in earnest.

The Orthodox monk who followed was explaining.

"Since the church of Saint Mary of Mount Zion was built in the fourth century AD, this church has been plagued by disasters. In 976 AD, it was in order to resist the continuous expansion of Christian missionaries to the south.

A Jewish queen named Judit Gudit sent troops north to attack Axum and burnt down the church of St. Mary of Mount Zion. The church was later rebuilt on a larger scale.

The rebuilt church had 5 naves and a long dome. Unfortunately, the newly built Church of St. Mary on Mount Zion was burned down by the *** invader Ahmed in 1535.

Emperor Galludivos rebuilt the church of Santa Maria on Mount Zion, which was small in scale, and then expanded by Emperor Minas. At the beginning of the 17th century, Emperor Fasilidas completely rebuilt the church.

What everyone sees now is the Church of Santa Maria on Mount Zion, which was rebuilt by Emperor Fasilidas. In order to distinguish it from the church built in 1964, it is also called the Church of Santa Maria on Mount Zion."

As the Orthodox monk explained, Ye Tian once again turned on the perspective ability and began to explore this ancient church.

In an instant, the situation inside the church was already in his eyes.

In this ancient church, there were only two or three clergy, no other monks or believers, and it was empty and very quiet.

Like many churches I have visited before, there are also many frescoes in this church.

The content drawn above is based on stories from the Bible, but the characters are created based on black people, which is very special.

As usual, there are some religious articles in the church, such as crosses and altars.

There are also rows of wooden seats, which look nothing special, even a little run-down.

But in Ye Tian's eyes, he saw many objects emitting different colors and lights.

Needless to say, those objects are all antique relics and works of art from different eras, and their value is also different.

In addition to these antique relics and artworks, he also saw some valuable gold products placed on the main altar of the church.

In just a few moments, Ye Tian had thoroughly inspected this ancient church.

Immediately afterwards, his line of sight penetrated into the ground and began to check the situation deep underground.

When his gaze reached about five meters below the main altar, a dazzling golden light suddenly appeared in his eyes.

It was a treasure buried deep underground. Although it was not large in scale, it was a nice surprise.

The things hidden in this treasure are not only gold products, but also various other antique relics, including some from ancient Egypt.

And these things are quite old, most of them can be traced back to before the fifteenth century, radiating beautiful light, fascinating.

It is a pity that this is another treasure that is beyond sight, and there is no possibility of exploration and excavation.

The many monks of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and the Church of Saint Mary of Mount Zion will never allow the tripartite joint exploration team to enter this ancient church to explore, let alone dig up this treasure.

Since it is impossible to dig this treasure, and this treasure is very likely to be buried forever, and there is no time to see the sky again, Ye Tian naturally does not need to be polite.

After basically grasping the situation of this treasure, he began to absorb the aura of the antique cultural relics and artworks in the treasure to supplement himself.

However, he still left a little room to absorb at most half of the aura of each antique cultural relic and artwork, instead of absorbing all of it.

The reason he did this is to leave a glimmer of hope for these antique cultural relics and artworks, hoping that they will not be completely decayed when they see the sky again.

In the next time, he looked through all the deep underground of this ancient church, not missing any corners.

Under this ancient church, he not only found a treasure, but also a secret tunnel, several secret rooms, and other unknown secrets.

Especially the secret tunnel leads to the Christmas Chapel and Mount Zion in the back.

It can be inferred from this that it is probably an escape route, or a secret tunnel for transferring the ark of the covenant.

Once the Church of St. Mary on Mount Zion and the Chapel of the Holy Trinity are attacked, if they cannot be defended, the Orthodox monks can quickly move the ark of the covenant to other places through the tunnel to avoid falling into the hands of the enemy.

Perhaps this is why the Axum has been broken by the enemy many times in history, but the ark of the covenant enshrined in the Chapel of the Holy Trinity has never been robbed.

Apart from these, there was no other discovery.

After the perspective, Ye Tian retracted his gaze and quietly admired this ancient church.

They circled this ancient church twice before leaving here and walking towards the garden not far away.

In that garden, there are also some ancient religious buildings, which are worth admiring.

During this process, Ye Tian will thoroughly see through every piece of ground that he walked through, and he also found something.

However, only he knew these discoveries, and the others knew nothing.

Time passed quickly, and nearly two hours passed in a blink of an eye.

Negotiations on the Santa Maria Church in New Zion finally ended. After receiving the news, Ye Tian and the others also ended their visit and walked to the church.

When they entered the church again, Joshua and the Bishop of Kent were already inside the church and were discussing something in a low voice.

Seeing Ye Tian coming in, Joshua and the Bishop of Kent nodded at him together, with a little excitement in their eyes.

At the same time, the company employee and assistant lawyer who attended the meeting on behalf of the Brave Fearless Exploration Company also nodded at Ye Tian.

Seeing this scene, Ye Tian suddenly understood.

The results of the negotiations were not bad, and the interests of my company were guaranteed.

Of course, Israel and the Vatican must have paid something or made some promises.

When Ye Tian and the others got closer, the governor of Tigray State immediately asked:

"Steven, did you find anything when you visited the Church of St. Mary on Mount Zion? Are there hidden treasures around the Church of St. Mary?

Legend has it that you will always be favored by God, no matter where you go, you will find hidden treasures everywhere, creating a breathtaking miracle! "

"Of course I found treasures, and there are more than one, but these treasures can't be discovered, nor can I tell anyone, only I know it!"

Ye Tian murmured to himself, but what came out of his mouth was something else.

"That's just a false rumor, it's too exaggerated! In the past exploration operations, we did find some treasures, but it was not as exaggerated as the rumors.

I didn't find anything around the Church of St. Mary on Mount Zion. Maybe it was because the time was too short to explore seriously, so I didn't gain anything.

This is an ancient church with a very long history, and its status is very important. According to my guess, it is very likely that some unknown secrets will be hidden here."

Hearing his words, the governor of Tigray couldn't help but a look of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

Tigray State is about to go to war with the Ethiopian government. At this time, he certainly hopes to discover a few more treasures, so that he will be more confident and can buy more weapons and ammunition.

Unfortunately, he did not hear the answer he wanted.

Other Ethiopians reacted differently, some were disappointed, others secretly rejoiced.

Next, Ye Tian and the others stayed in this church for a while, then left and drove back to the hotel.

Just like when they came, everyone still left with countless hateful eyes, and boarded the numerous bulletproof armored vehicles parked at the entrance of the church.

The journey back to the hotel went smoothly without any accidents.

However, more and more Orthodox believers and monks gathered on the streets of Aksum.

It didn't take long for the tripartite joint exploration team to return to the hotel.

The situation on the hotel side is the same, even more exaggerated than when I left before.

Many Orthodox believers and monks who have heard the news have blocked the surrounding area.

They all protested loudly, even shouted unscrupulously, trying to drive away the tripartite joint exploratory team.

But they did not launch an attack or any other aggressive actions. It is estimated that they did not receive an order.

When entering the hotel, Joshua whispered to Ye Tian:

"Steven, we have reached an agreement with the Tigray State Government and the relevant people of the Orthodox Church. They promised to control the behavior of these Orthodox monks and believers in the city.

In other words, in a short while, the fanatical Orthodox believers and monks around the hotel will disperse, and they will not continue to protest and demonstrate and yell! "

"That's great. This kind of scene is really annoying and dangerous. Just a little spark can detonate these angry Ethiopians and make the situation out of control!"

Ye Tian nodded and said, pointing at the protesting crowd outside the hotel.

After going upstairs, Joshua and the Bishop of Kent came directly to Ye Tian's suite, informed him of the results of the talks, and discussed the joint exploration operations to be carried out next.

"After some negotiations, we reached an agreement with the Tigray State Government and the top leaders of the Orthodox Church. The tripartite joint exploratory team can carry out exploratory operations in Axum without interference from the Orthodox monks and believers.

However, no matter what the tripartite joint exploration team found in Axum, even a stone from ancient times, the Tigray state government and the high-level people of the Orthodox Church must be notified as soon as possible.

For a series of follow-up exploration actions such as the next excavation and clean-up work, their representatives must supervise the site. If it is a destructive excavation and clean-up, they have the right to stop at any time,..."

Joshua said in a deep voice, introducing the results of the talks.

After listening to his introduction, Ye Tian pondered for a moment, then nodded and said:

"There is no problem, we can accept these conditions, but in this way, the subsequent joint exploration operations will certainly be severely restricted, and the progress will naturally slow down.

However, this is nothing we can do. As far as the current situation of Aksum is concerned, without the cooperation of the Tigray State Government and the high level of the Orthodox Church, we will be unable to do anything! "

When the voice fell, the bishop of Kent immediately said:

"From the attitude of the top leaders of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, it can be seen that the ark of the covenant enshrined in the church of Saint Mary on Mount Zion is true or not? They also have doubts.

If we really find the Ark of the Covenant in Axum, it is not a bad thing for them. They can completely claim that the Ark of the Covenant has always been in Axum.

However, due to changes in history, in order to better protect the ark, the ancestors of the Orthodox Church hid the ark somewhere in Axum and made a fake ark instead.

In this way, there is no need to worry about the real ark being snatched away. The discovery of the real ark in Axum just illustrates this point. They can justify themselves! "

"But have you ever thought about it? Joshua, Bishop of Kent, if we really find the ark, how can you take away that most holy thing?"

Ye Tian pointed out the most critical question.

When the words fell, Joshua and the Bishop of Kent were stunned.

Later, Joshua explained.

"On this point, we discussed with the Ethiopians and reached a few agreements, which we cannot disclose to the public for the time being!"

"In this case, I won't ask, I hope that the agreement you reached will satisfy all parties!"

Ye Tian said with a smile.

At the same time he said this, he was sure that the Ethiopians were likely to be fooled.

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