Pawn Crossing the River

"The Witcher" comes to an end. The old father finally finds his daughter, but then he has to face the threat of demons. They come across the world in ships built from dead people's fingernails. In the next scene, the old father seeks help from his friends to fight against the devil together.

Thunderous applause and cheers resounded throughout the theater, and it was Speaker Sophia who led the applause.

Qi Xuansu also applauded, not perfunctorily, but in recognition: "Josiah, I must admit that Miss Al's acting skills are indeed the best among all the actresses I have ever seen."

This is not nonsense, Qi Xuansu has never met many actresses anyway.

But it was just a compliment. Qi Xuansu still looked at Speaker Sophia. He had a feeling that this woman did not just come to watch the performance, but also wanted to cheer.

Is there a connection between these two women?

In other words, no matter how superb Audrey's acting skills are, if she wants to become famous, she must have the support of powerful people behind her. So will Sophia be the supporter behind Audrey? He even hesitated to support her personally.

Qi Xuansu felt that this was still possible.

If this speculation is true, then what is Sophia's intention in training an actress? Win over men? Some men don't like her mature nature, but like little girls, so she raises a little girl, or the speaker has a high status and is no longer willing to do it himself, so she needs to find a substitute. This is too much. Depend on it. But it's not surprising that Easterners also like to do this kind of thing, such as Li Qingnu. It doesn't come in handy, but it doesn't mean that the nature is different.

All differences can be attributed to human nature.

At this moment, the curtain opened again, and the actors who had changed their costumes came on stage again to greet the audience. Standing in the center is naturally Audrey in an evening dress. She is completely different from the one in a demon hunter outfit.

Speaker Sophia was invited to the stage to give a speech, and she and Audrey acted very close, like sisters.

Women are all born actors, and female politicians are among the best. .z.

Qi Xuansu had already stood up and left.

Strawney didn't care. The city council was divided into two camps. Leopold, Bill and others were all Tories, Strawney was also a member of the Tory party, and Speaker Sophia was a member of the Whig party.

The two sides are not in the same camp, and there is no need for Strawney to specifically come forward to praise the Speaker.

After leaving the theater gate, Qi Xuansu said to Strawney: "Josiah, you go back first. I want to walk around by myself."

Strawney nodded and got directly into the carriage without saying anything else.

Qi Xuansu walked alone on the white avenue in Zhongcheng District. There were street lights emitting dim yellow light on both sides of the street. The tall buildings around were brightly lit, making this place feel like a city that never sleeps.

Of course Qi Xuansu didn't come to see the night view. He turned into a dark alley and waited quietly.

After about half an hour, some lines appeared out of thin air in front of Qi Xuansu, gradually sketching out the outline of a human figure, which seemed to be a graceful beauty. Then the lines intertwined to highlight the three-dimensional effect, and finally filled with color, turning into a real figure. of living people.

It was a woman wearing a cloak and a one-piece hood.

Qi Xuansu was not surprised by this woman's identity, but he was a little surprised by her methods.

"Miss Aier?" Qi Xuansu asked.

"Mr. van der Linde, you really surprised me." The woman took off her hood and revealed her true face. It was Audrey Elle who had just played the witcher's daughter on the stage. This time she had a different style. , a bit more mysterious.

Qi Xuansu's previous feeling was not an illusion. Miss Audrey did glance at him, and she didn't glance at him accidentally. It was purposeful, so Qi Xuansu left Straunii aside and waited for Audrey here. Li came to the door.

Qi Xuansu looked at her: "Are you a projection now?"

"Yes." Audrey did not deny, "My true body is still being interviewed by reporters in the theater, and I have to deal with those dignitaries. I can only

Meet Mr. van der Linde in the form of a projection. "

Qi Xuansu nodded slightly: "Projection is the ability of the gods. I'm curious, how did you do it?"

Audrey smiled slyly: "Because I can borrow the power of the gods."

"Beloved by God?" Qi Xuansu was a little surprised.

This is a Western saying. In fact, the truth is the same. Qi Xuansu can also be regarded as the divine favor of True Lord Ziguang. He can directly ask True Lord Ziguang for fortune telling, which is also the same as borrowing the ability of the gods.

"Absolutely." Audrey's answer was a little vague.

Qi Xuansu didn't care and asked instead, "Miss Audrey, why are you looking for me?"

Audrey did not answer directly: "Dutch van der Linde should not be your true identity."

Qi Xuansu did not deny it: "How did you find me?"

Audrey did not avoid Qi Xuansu's question this time, and a book page appeared in her hand.

This page is made of human skin.

Qi Xuansu's eyes swept over the characters on the page. In fact, Qi Xuansu did not recognize these strange characters, let alone what they meant. However, these characters seemed to have the power to transcend cognitive boundaries, just like the Buddhist "other minds" Generally speaking, it directly touches the heart of the reader.

In an instant, Qi Xuansu clearly felt that a feeling of pride, arrogance, and arrogance began to grow rapidly.

This feeling is all too familiar.

Qi Xuansu relied on this kind of book page to defeat all kinds of powerful enemies in Borneo.

"This is a page from the Book of Sirila." Qi Xuansu's face turned solemn, "Are you a follower of Sirila?"

Just as Taoism wants to prevent secret societies from causing chaos, although the Holy Court is the only one in the Western world, it does not mean that the Holy Court has no opponents. In the Western Continent, there is a special association similar to the Mingzhi Cult and the Lingshan Witch Cult, called the "Fallen Apostles" , it is said that some apostles were dissatisfied with the rule of Queen Pallas and raised a rebel flag, but these apostles were quickly suppressed. According to the Holy Court, these rebellious apostles were all shot down to hell, but they did not die. This is the origin of the "fallen apostles". "

Among the many fallen apostles, there is an apostle in charge of killing and conspiracy named Sirila. It is said that he is an old man who appeared almost at the same time as the Supreme Will. After the Supreme Will left the world, he began to try to conquer other gods. . The "Heritage Sutra" is his item.

Although the "Xirui Sutra" has now fallen into the hands of the earth master, since Xirila can make the first "Xirui Sutra", she can make the second "Xirui Sutra", even if there is no second "Xirui Sutra" "Rui Jing", it is not difficult to just create some independent pages.

Audrey said: "Mr. Van der Linde, you have the residual power of the Siren Sutra in your body. It was with this power that I spotted you at a glance among the crowds in the theater, and I asked someone to check the ticket purchaser. I know your name."

Qi Xuansu said: "I thought it attracted Sirila's attention."

Audrey smiled: "Hell is a cage, and so is the abyss."

Since ancient times, there has been a saying in the East about the three realms of heaven, earth and man. If the three realms of heaven, earth and man are the real world, then the world that exists dependent on the real world is the secondary world.

Heaven is the place to go after ascension, also known as the boundless and mysterious realm. No one knows what this world is like. When mortals enter it, it turns into nothing. Immortals can create different worlds here, such as the paradise opened by infinite light, the heaven opened by the emperor of heaven, the thirty-third heaven opened by Tao ancestors, and the world opened by the supreme will. Heaven. These worlds must rely on the heavenly realm to exist, that is, the secondary world.

The human world is the human world, and various caves can also be regarded as secondary worlds.

Further down is the underworld, which is called the underworld in the east. This place is a place for the dead in a certain sense. Hell and the abyss are the secondary worlds opened up in this world.

For the apostles who were sent to hell, if they want to return to the human world again, although it is less difficult than returning from the heaven to the human world, it is more difficult than coming from the kingdom of God on the human world.

If these hell apostles want to break through the boundaries between the two real worlds and return to the human world, they need a powerful enough container and a suitable

The opportunity is the corresponding ritual and traction. In other words, someone must open the door, otherwise they won't be able to get in.

Unlike the human gods who have multiple choices, the gods can come if they don't have a container, or the container is not strong enough, or even project it, it's just a matter of how much strength they use.

The Hell Apostles have no choice, they must be containers that perfectly meet the requirements, so what they like to do most is to seduce, corrupt, and deceive some powerful beings who have not yet ascended to godhood, and set traps to reduce these powerful beings to Their vessel in the human world.

Because the east is the territory of the Taoist sect, it is basically impossible to see these hell apostles making trouble. However, in the west, this is a real problem before us.

Qi Xuansu was very vigilant, he did not want to become a vessel for such hell apostles.

Of course, vigilance is vigilance, not fear.

Because the Hell Apostles cannot interfere with the real world of the human world with all their power, as long as they don't think about it, part of their power that penetrates through a world cannot do anything to the pseudo-fairies. I am afraid that because of greed, hatred, obsession and other factors, I will actively cooperate with the apostles of hell. Therefore, the Hell Apostles are a bit like swindlers, not robbers. They will not directly steal money from you through violence, but they will take advantage of the weaknesses of human nature to get you to give money to them on your own initiative.

Qi Xuansu asked for the second time: "Miss Aier, what do you want to do? You don't come to me to discuss performing arts."

Audrey took a deep breath and seemed to have made a heavy decision: "I do have some kind of connection with the legendary Sirella, but I am not his believer, and I want to get rid of her."

Qi Xuansu asked: "Why me? As you said, I also have the residual power of the 'Hira Sutra' in my body."

Audrey raised her head and looked directly at Qi Xuansu: "Sirila created a book that can turn any believer of other gods who hears or sees it into a fanatical believer of Sirila. What's in you There is the residual power of Sirila Sutra, but you have not been affected by Sirila and have not become a follower of Sirila, so I think you can definitely help me."