Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 609 Lunar Eclipse Ceremony
On February 28th, the new moon rose into the sky.

Sherlock was in the corner of Aiwass' room, quietly reading the Tantra. And Aiwass is preparing for this unique promotion ceremony.

The reason why he came to guard Aiwass's promotion ceremony was because Lily's separation had reached the most critical moment.

The full moon will wither and wither as the moon phases change. Just like a flower turning into a fruit, it breeds new life with its own existence. And that fruit is the new moon... the lightless egg.

It will eventually eclipse the light and grow, becoming the next full moon again as the sun rises and sets.

The Egg Moon Tantra talks about the changing phases of the moon and the art of self-division and self-gestation.

Because of this, the birth of the "new self" must be completed on the night of the new moon.

At this moment, Lily was alone on the second floor, preparing to split herself.

Then the only one who can help Aiwass guard the promotion ceremony is Sherlock.

"no problem?"

Therefore, when performing some serious and dangerous rituals, the ritualist usually starts fasting some time in advance. This ensures that your body is weak enough so that your soul can maintain a more stable state during the ceremony.

Aiwass used a special ritual sacrifice this time - fasting.

Sherlock looked down at the book and said casually: "No one can hurt you unless I die."

——It is different from the promotion ceremonies in the past.

Instead of preparing nine different tokens, Aiwass only prepared three.

Aiwass hummed softly and started the ceremony.

White dove. Dark blue fish. green snake.

They symbolize the sky, ocean and earth respectively, but what they have in common is that they are all scales and feathers.

He placed these materials into a ring and connected the three rings to form an equilateral triangle. He prepared another bottle of life potion, poison, and anesthetic, placed them in three smaller circles, and connected the three of them into a smaller equilateral triangle. Overlap these two triangles into a less regular hexagram.

Sherlock stared at the tantra book intently and suddenly asked, "Do you need my help?"

The corners of Sherlock's mouth raised slightly, and he responded: "Why don't you let me recharge my batteries and protect you to complete the ceremony."

"It was just finished."

"I also knew you wouldn't come to help, so I didn't even ask you at first..."

Aiwass curled his lips: "In short, take care of my body. Don't let anyone get close to it."

"Do not worry."

"I would have helped if I had asked, my friend."

Aiwass had been fasting for five days, deprived of sleep for one day, and deprived himself of water for a day and a half. For ordinary people, this is already a level of weakness that requires them to lie in bed. But Aiwass could still handle the ritual alone... At most, he would feel a little dark before his eyes when he stood up.

Any later and people will start to get sick. The pain and worry caused by a large number of chronic diseases will gradually wear away the luster of the soul. Afterwards, people will age rapidly, because the weakened soul is reflected back on the body... At the same time, the severe wear and tear of the brain will also affect the soul in turn.

It looks as random as fooling people. But since this statement came from the mouth of Sherlock Hermes, it might be credible.

Aiwass sighed: "You might as well have asked earlier."

Ritualists believe that, excluding the torture of disease and pain, the weaker a person's body, the stronger his soul. Therefore, when a person is around fifty years old, his soul is the strongest. This is also the age when spellcasters such as ritualists and mages are strongest.

At this moment, Aiwass definitely felt that his body had fallen into a weak state. A "cold heat" ignited beneath his skin, as if he had a high fever. Compared with the pain of a low-grade fever, a high fever will give you a sense of tranquility, as if you are in the ocean. Aiwass's thinking became colder and more rational, as if he was controlling this body from a higher perspective.

This was also the first time Aiwass acted like a ritual master, carrying out the ritual step by step according to taboos and rules.

After finishing the first part of the ritual formation, he started to use sea water to write the second layer. Then the third layer was written with the bile of the snake, and the top layer was written with the blood of the bird. After everything was written, Aiwass stood in the middle of the ritual array.

“I pay my respects to the Lord of Scales and Feathers, the God with the number six.

"The God of Scales and Feathers, the God of Thousands of Clothes—"

Aiwass raised his hands and chanted loudly: "I praise the birds and fish, and the crawlers on the ground with hundreds of claws and thousands of scales!

"I praise the medicine, the poison, and the thing that doesn't know the difference between medicine and poison!

"Three times have I praised, and three times have I prayed. I have soaked my eyes with the bile of snakes, and covered my body with the blood of birds. I have bathed in sea water!
"Among the lightless woodlands, I will grow wings and scales—"

As Aiwass chanted, the gem on his chest suddenly lit up with emerald green light.

As he sang, the wind suddenly blew up in the room with the closed doors and windows, and all the light was blown out. In the dark space, only one emerald green star rose slowly, emitting a cross-shaped sharp light.

"The eight are not here——"

Aiwass's voice became blurred in the increasingly violent storm: "I am the only one who can do it——"

The storm that hit him made Sherlock couldn't help but close his eyes and stretched out his hand to shield his eyes. Because he was indoors, he didn't wear a hat, and at this moment, his hair was being blown around and pulled into different shapes.

When facing the wind, it is difficult to get oxygen for breathing. Sherlock gasped for air, feeling an increasingly strong sense of suffocation. The messy things in the room trembled, fell, and became a mess, but none of them came close to the ritual circle under Aiwass. When they get close, they will be directly ejected by a storm.

——The next moment, Sherlock suddenly felt frightened.

It seemed as if some gaze was passing over him.

He had known this feeling.

The last time he was in Eagle Point Village, Aiwass launched the "Ritual: Odin's Trial" in front of him. The moment the thunder struck down, Sherlock felt this sense of fear for a moment. The body will be unable to stop grinning, and the limbs will be weak and trembling.

"Gaze" is powerful, as some particularly keen people can even clearly detect the sight behind themselves.

And when the pillar gods cast their gaze, their gaze itself was like a spell that affected the mind.

——When Sherlock gradually recovered from the numb feeling in his scalp, he saw Aiwass still standing in the middle of the ceremony, falling into a silent state of stiffness.

The wheelchair Aiwass had prepared and pushed to the side of the ceremony was not used at all. When the storm just started, the wheelchair ran far away on its own.

But he didn't fall unconscious directly to the ground.

Instead, it was fixed directly in mid-air by an invisible force.

He lowered his head and lifted his feet off the ground. Bend your knees slightly and hold your abdomen with your hands. Except that he couldn't curl up completely, he was almost like a baby.

"...Aiwass, does he really need me to protect him?"

Sherlock murmured.

This was the first time he had seen such a big promotion ceremony - even the Pillar God himself came looking for it.

Forget it, let’s pack our things first.

He shook his head, stood up, closed the "Song of Foolish Tantra", and patiently picked up the clutter all over the house that was scattered on the floor, as if thieves had entered.

On the other side, Lily looked up at the lightless moon: "The time has come..."

Her eyes sparkled with crimson brilliance, and in her hand was a glass of red wine - with a drop of Aiwass's blood in it.

She raised her head and drank the wine in the glass.

(End of this chapter)