Original God's Dark Priest

After obtaining a Hengsu Fruit, Ying and her group were about to set off for the next place. While they were moving, Saphir and his group had already arrived at the entrance of the Mysterious Temple.

Unfortunately, their journey was not smooth because the door of the Mystery Temple was not opened.

The gate of the Mysterious Temple is different from the ordinary gates of secret realms. It is a triangular entrance with a large sapphire on the gate. The material cannot be seen. Presumably, the way of opening the door is similar to the operating principle of the light-guiding mechanism.

The door can only be opened by irradiating it with corresponding light.

Looking at the tightly closed door, Jade made a bitter face: "I thought it would be smooth sailing this time, but in the end I still have to find a way to open the door..."

Tirzad was optimistic: "Isn't it a good thing that the door is closed? At least it means that no one has gotten there first, which means that no scholar with the same topic as mine has come here yet!"

After hearing his words, Jade blinked her eyes: "Why do I feel like I've heard this before?"

"Ms. Safir said something similar before, right?" Gabriel reminded.

Jade nodded immediately: "Yes, yes, I remember now." She looked at Saphir and said, "The door is closed, which means no one has been here, so the areas inside are all unexplored."

Saphir tilted his head to look back at her, shrugged, and said nothing.

She did say this, and she did it to appease Tirzad. In fact, the door being closed does not mean that no one has entered, because there are indeed people who can break into the ruins without triggering the mechanism.

But let's not say this now, so as not to dampen Tirzad's enthusiasm. This guy is like a child and still needs to be coaxed.

Looking at the tightly closed door, Gabriel said pointedly: "It's not just the scholars of the House of Religious Orders who covet the Red King's legacy."

As far as he knew, Saphir was also one of these people. Her purpose in coming here was the Red King's legacy, or to be more precise, Aru, the other part of Aru.

From her action of letting Sameer go, Gabriel could conclude that what Saphir was seeking must be the legacy of the gods hidden in the desert.

And Samel is the treasure-hunting rat she let run away. She is just waiting for that guy to find the real inheritance and then present it to her with both hands. This is why Samel was able to escape unscathed.

Gabriel would not say much about this, because he is now a member of the Fatui, and naturally he cannot undermine his boss.

After hearing what Gabriel said, Tirzad was unhappy. He spread his hands and argued: "What do you mean by 'coveting'? This is a serious academic research approved by the Faith Council. Don't compare me with the treasure-stealing group!"

In the face of Tirzad's rebuttal, Gabriel just glanced at him indifferently and did not answer.

He wasn't talking about Tirzad in the first place, and there's nothing we can do about it since this guy took it personally.

Safir, who was actually being ridiculed, smiled and poked Gabriel in the waist with his finger as a warning, which made the other party shudder.

Then she spoke: "Okay, stop talking, open the door first."

After that, she took out the slate that Tirzad gave her and said, "If I'm not mistaken, I should be using this thing."

Holding the slate, Saphir frowned.

Seeing that she didn't say a word, Jie De became a little anxious: "How is it, did you see anything?"

"I didn't see anything. I don't understand this thing." Safir shook his head honestly.

She is good at mechanical engineering, but Red King Technology is not mechanical engineering. This thing is neither metaphysics nor science. It is a "Red King Science" that is independent of both. Even Saphir, who is good at both technology and metaphysics, is completely clueless when encountering this kind of thing.

"Tsk..." Safir felt a little toothache. She had been in Aru's consciousness space and Achmar for five hundred years, but she had not learned even a little bit of the Red King's technology. This was somewhat unlearned.

Actually, we can't blame her. After all, she had no self-awareness at that time because of the punishment for wear and tear. She couldn't even communicate, let alone learn knowledge.

In fact, Akhmār was a little regretful when he left. He could see that Safir was a good talent. Over the course of hundreds of years, he could have found a way to pass on his knowledge and learning and leave his wisdom for the world.

But the crazy Saphir obviously couldn't accept this gift. When Saphir found himself, the Scarlet King completely disappeared. He didn't have the time at all. Maybe...

Saphir suddenly narrowed her eyes. After she recovered, Rosalin and others found her and then left the Red King's Mausoleum. At that time, she had not explored the place properly.

If Akhmar really wanted to leave his knowledge behind, what would he do?

The answer is the lost artifact: the Staff of Red Sand.

When he was in Aru, Akhmmar used this weapon to defeat Saphir countless times. However, with his departure, Saphir did not take the Staff of Red Sand away. It was thrown on the top floor of the Red King's Mausoleum like a decoration.

"Oh my god! No way?" Safir suddenly realized that he seemed to have missed something very important.

"What's wrong?" Jade was startled by her sudden exclamation.

Realizing that he had lost his composure, Safire waved his hands to hide his embarrassment: "It's okay, I just suddenly thought of something, let's continue."

She left in a hurry, and the Red Sand Staff was no more useful to her than it was to Veronica, so she had no intention of getting it. As a result, she missed the opportunity to learn about the Red King's technology.

Seeing that the gold mountain he had obtained was actually thrown away, Safire wanted to slap himself in the face.

Recalling Ahmar's words to the emperor at that time, Safir felt that this was really possible. The more she thought about it, the more she felt at a loss. She wished she could run to the Red King's Mausoleum to find out what was going on.

But she still held back, because the current matter was also very important.

But if they can't open the door, there's no way to get in. They're here to do archaeology, not to rob tombs, so brute force is not an option.

Just when everyone was at a loss, Benben showed unusual movements again.

Jie De was still the first to notice it, and she immediately spoke up to remind everyone: "Wait a minute, Ben Ben seems to be a little bit abnormal."

"Beep-beep--" Benben kept spinning, making a noisy mechanical sound, as if it was telling something.

Saphir turned his gaze to Jade: "At this time, you have to translate."

Jade touched her chin and thought for a moment before saying, "Could it be that Benben can open the door?"

When Benben saw that Jade understood what he said, he immediately flew to the door excitedly. Then his body began to emit a blue light, shining on the diamond-shaped sapphire on the triangular door.

As the light shone, the door trembled and slowly opened, as if it had been verified.

"It actually opened?!" Jade was shocked.

Then she looked at Safir with a hint of inquiry in her eyes. You know, Safir had been intentionally leading them into the ruins at the bottom of the sacrifice pit from the very beginning. She could have taken them away directly, but she didn't do it.

According to Safire's explanation, this kind of thing means you get what you pay for, but this explanation does not stand up to scrutiny.

Because this girl is not short of money. The fact that she would become a mercenary for money is outrageous in itself.

Then she allowed her employer to go to a dangerous place because of so-called principles. No one would believe her if she said she had no other purpose.

The more Jade thought about it, the more she felt that Saphir had planned all of this from the beginning.

The other party might even know about Benben's existence, otherwise it would be hard to explain why he insisted on taking her with him to explore the ruins.

Tirzad didn't think too much about it, he was just surprised at Benben's ability.

"Beep-beep!" Benben spun around the door a few times and made another sound, as if he was asking for credit.

This time, Jade understood immediately. She put her hands on her hips and puffed out her chest: "Hey, Benben is saying that it has more than just this ability!"

"Jade, your proud look reminds me of a friend." Saphir said with a chuckle.

This aroused Jade's interest: "Oh? Really? Saphir's friends must be very powerful, right?"

Saphir thought about it and nodded: "I guess so. It's about one-fifth of the strength of a wild boar?"

"Doesn't that mean no one can beat me?" Jade immediately jumped up and said, "I'm not like that friend of yours!"

Saphir smiled and began to comfort her: "But she is very cute. You are almost as cute as her."

"Is... is that so? Then I'll reluctantly agree with you! But you must not compare me to a bad guy, otherwise, even if it's you, I won't forgive you easily." Jade raised her head, showing that she holds a grudge.

Saphir nodded: "This action reminds me of another friend."

"Ah... you seem to have a lot of friends. Introduce some of them to me later!" Jade didn't care about these and asked Saphir to introduce her to some friends directly.

Safire walked up the steps with a smile, and replied perfunctorily as he walked: "There will be a chance."

"Hey? Saphir, walk slower! Wait for us!" Seeing Saphir walk straight into the ruins, Jade hurriedly followed, followed by Gabriel and Tirzad.

This archaeological team officially entered the Secret Temple.

Gabriel looked at Safir who was walking in the front, and subconsciously wanted to remind her to be careful, but when he thought of Safir's terrifying strength, he swallowed the words back.

This guy is so powerful that the little people in the Secret Temple may not be able to hurt her. If even she can be injured here, the rest of us might as well just go back home. If we die here, we will have no place to seek justice.

Tirzad walked very fast, "Ms. Saphir, please walk slower! I'm afraid it will be dangerous if I stay away from you!"

Seeing Tirzad's useless look, Gabriel sighed helplessly and quickly followed.

The Temple of Mysteries was very large, and the group wandered around for a long time, visiting all the places that could be explored so far. Finally, they found a door, and another door. Benben flew to the door and kept spinning, obviously trying to open it.

But this time, the door did not listen to Benben. No matter how Benben tried to spin it, the door remained closed and showed no sign of opening.

Finally, Tirzad was tired. He found a stone step, sat down and began to sigh.

Seeing him like this, the others simply stayed where they were and began to rest. It wasn't that they hadn't thought about leaving Tirzad here and letting the others continue exploring, but they couldn't do that.

After all, if this guy is left here alone, something might really happen. This is inside the ruins, and it is an unexplored ruins. Who knows when a meta-energy construct or something like that might suddenly pop up and kill the powerless Tirzad in one fell swoop.

After regaining his composure, Tirzad spoke up, "I've been looking around for so long, but I still haven't found anything. I can't go on like this. There's nothing worth writing about.

How about...I take Ben Ben back? It should be okay to do this, right?"

He set his sights on Benben.

After hearing what he said, Jade immediately stood in front of Benben and said, "No, Tirzade, I don't agree!"

Tirzad knew that Jade would say this. This guy already regarded this energy construct as a friend, so he naturally would not agree to his suggestion to take Benben away.

Seeing Tirzad's disappointed expression, Saphir frowned and said, "Let's not talk about whether Jade would agree or not. Your original thesis title was about the slate, right? If you change it to studying Benben, wouldn't all your preparations be in vain?

And can the title of the paper be changed at will?"

Tirzad blinked, as if he suddenly realized something: "Yes, I followed the clues of the stone tablet from the beginning. It is really a loss to change the subject now."

Ignoring Tirzad's nagging, Jade looked at Ben Ben thoughtfully: "Saphir, you said... Ben Ben seems to be very familiar with this place, and for some reason, compared to other objects, it seems to have a special liking for the 'door'?"

"Maybe it's because it's a key?" Safire answered casually, fiddling with the slate in his hand.

Jade agreed: "Indeed, I think so too, but if that's the case, which door would be paired with it?"

"There's no rule that one key can only open one lock, right?" Saphir said casually, and then he touched some mechanism on the stone slab, and the stone slab suddenly lit up.

This scene naturally did not escape the eyes of others, and the changes on Saphir's side immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The stone slab emitted a bright light, which suddenly shone onto a torch-like mechanism on the side of the stone steps, and the torch mechanism was instantly lit.

"Huh! What is this?!" Tirzad's eyes lit up.

He didn't expect that the torch mechanism could actually be turned on. But he was only shocked for a moment, and the next second, his eyes fell on the mechanism on the other side: "If this is also..."

Before he finished his words, Saphir fiddled with the slate again, and another azure light shot out. This time, the light fell on the torch mechanism on the other side.

The two torch mechanisms were lit, and the door behind the stairs that was originally closed opened instantly.

Looking at the opened door, Saphir still walked in the front: "It seems that this stone slab is quite useful. Even the door that Benben couldn't open was opened by it."

The others followed suit. Tirzad was very happy because he didn't have to change the subject, which made him feel relieved.