Magic Industrial Age

An hour later.

Luo Yi left the temple, still shrouded tightly in a black cloak, blending back into the darkness.

His steps remained swift, his speed fluctuating, cleverly avoiding all pedestrians with skillful misdirection.

But at this moment, Luo Yi's thoughts had already soared far beyond the clouds.

He seemed to see the rigid expression of the Red Dragon Virgil again, as if he had eaten shit.

Luo Yi hadn't expected that a question he asked out of curiosity would be worth as much as five thousand gold Thalers!

That was a full five thousand gold Thalers!

Don't be fooled by Luo Yi's seemingly lavish spending, throwing around tens of thousands at a time.

The Raymond family was an ancient family with a thousand-year heritage, and even that underground treasure was beyond the imagination of ordinary nobles.

Flower Collar was the most affluent territory, and coupled with Luo Yi's knack for making money, and the opportunities of this era!

With all these buffs stacked together, it seemed like five thousand gold Thalers wasn't much.

But in reality, many earldoms with shorter histories and barren territories might not be able to come up with such vast liquid funds.

However, under Luo Yi's persistent questioning, the Red Dragon Virgil still revealed some secrets.

Some things, it wasn't that he didn't want to say, but that he couldn't!

For example, the names of many great beings could not be directly invoked, as that would attract their attention, bringing unpredictable and enormous risks.

Also, many secrets could not be written down.

If you wrote them in a book, then that book would no longer be an ordinary book.

It would either be directly annihilated, or transformed into a magic book, bearing inexplicable secrets and containing immense danger.

These were not isolated cases!

Those evil magic books, or celestial scriptures, were basically created in this way.

And some secrets, once you knew them, were fine, but if you spoke them aloud, they would bring tremendous crisis.

This was why the Red Dragon Virgil dared not speak.

That was a taboo belonging to their level!

Violating taboos would result in punishment!

This, on the other hand, was less important the lower your strength was; even if mortals mentioned them every day, no one would care.

That's right, it was a terrible and grand war!

The only thing Luo Yi could hear from the Red Dragon Virgil was the name of this war—the War of Sparkling Stars!

In the darkness, Luo Yi's rapidly advancing figure suddenly froze, as if he was being stared at by an unknown existence, like the cold gaze cast by a terrifying behemoth.

Luo Yi reacted quickly, immediately throwing away his thoughts, his mind filled with a jumble of random ideas.

As a result, that gaze quickly dissipated, and Luo Yi moved again. Okay, not only couldn't he speak of it, but he couldn't even think about it?

How terrible was this war?

Unconsciously, Luo Yi thought of the [Ear of Layman], the world's voice he had heard.

He always felt that the two were pointing to the same war!

Unknowingly, Luo Yi had arrived outside the Lionheart Manor. He paused, stood for a moment, and then shook his head.

No matter which world, the secrets hidden in the long river of history are countless,

So, why dwell on so much?

It has nothing to do with him!

The only thing that matters to him is—the Silver Angel's bones are his, and the cultivation of [Sacred Fire] can also be put on the agenda.

...

Time flies like water, passing in an instant.

On November 27th of the New Divine Calendar 313, the long-awaited Harvest Festival officially began.

The festivals of the Old Continent are almost all linked to a certain deity, and this Harvest Festival originally worshipped the Earth and Harvest Goddess.

She controlled the divine power of all things growing, the changing of seasons, and the harvest.

According to legend, when she was at her strongest, both humans and other races were her believers, and her temples could be seen throughout the continent. The range of her divine power covered such a vast area that even cold and heat had to retreat.

At that time, Christmas was not important, and the Day of Divine Grace was even less so. Only this Harvest Festival was the grandest and most sensational sacrificial ritual.

However, this goddess's style of doing things was different from the current Sun God. She was gentler and more tolerant.

She allowed the existence and spread of other deities and faiths, and did not like to launch divine wars.

With her broad mind, she created a prosperous situation for all races.

However, people have ambition, and gods are the same. Her rule was eventually overthrown by those gods joining forces, like a collapsing high-rise building, crashing down.

And her fall directly led to the start of the war between all races. Thus, from the heavens to the mortal realm, they experienced an unknown number of years of chaotic warfare.

That was also the era of the rise of heroes and demigods. One after another, they took the stage until the Sun God grew stronger and stronger, gradually regaining the position of overlord.

However, this one seemed to have learned from the Earth and Harvest Goddess's failure. He was notoriously ruthless towards other deities, especially alien gods.

In the end, he forced all the other alien races on the continent to choose distant migrations, which also indirectly led to the discovery of the New World and the arrival of the Age of Exploration.

Returning to the main topic, the great Sun God's methods towards 'colleagues' were notoriously cruel, but only this Earth and Harvest Goddess seemed to have some face.

This is reflected in the fact that this Harvest Festival has been completely preserved.

Of course, this festival is very different from Christmas.

Near dusk,

Luo Yi, wearing a very thin silver-white silk robe and with his chest bare, stood on the sixth floor of the mage tower, looking down.

The sound of drums rang out, transmitted throughout the entire city through the mage tower's amplification array.

With the booming rhythm, countless people opened their doors, lit the torches in their hands, and joined the procession.

They held up their torches high, singing and dancing, treading barefoot on the earth, as if singing life to the beat of the drums.

They walked along the streets, and with the flow of people, it was a bit chaotic at first, but after only a hundred steps, they merged into that ancient dance.

They were also singing, it was unclear what the lyrics were, many were just imitating the howls of beasts, but there was a different kind of vitality, as if the ancient bloodline was reviving.

Looking from afar, it was like long dragons dancing, winding their way out of the city.

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In four directions, outside the city, were small mountains made of grains.

Wealthy places naturally used real grains; barren places, on the other hand, had straw and haystacks underneath, with a layer of grain on the surface.

When the procession arrived here, they could throw their torches into it, using the act of burning the grain to worship the Earth and Harvest Goddess.

It was also here that there were long tables, bonfires, harps, drums, voices, and music...

Of course, there was also no shortage of plenty of food and drinks.

Everyone could receive food here, singing and dancing, fully releasing their enthusiasm and joy.

Of course, what Luo Yi saw in his eyes was different.

His vision blurred, as if he saw amazing vitality blooming, as if merging into one, transforming into a giant dancing on the earth.

He also saw countless points of light, following their trajectories in the dark, most of them disappearing into unknown dimensions, going to who knows where.

But some of them gathered around him, so that in this vision, he seemed to be immersed in a golden ocean.

This was the first time Luo Yi had discovered that he had this ability, he thought for a moment, and understood that this was the effect of the [Lion King's Coronet].

The level of Lion King's Coronet LV3 (99/100) seemed to have reached a very important threshold.

Although he hadn't taken that step yet, he had already shown many aspects of divine intent.

This was the power of faith, the source of power for the gods.

And the reason why Luo Yi held this Harvest Festival was for this rich power of faith.

Although most of the faith was not his, even a small part of it gathering towards him was enough.

After standing for a moment, Luo Yi suddenly turned around, looked at Oliveira, and said with a smile, "Teacher, you have to be clean and quick later!"

Oliveira's stern expression stiffened, and he said, "Or, should we change to someone more professional?"

"Then tell me, in the entire Flower Collar, who is faster and has better swordsmanship than you?"

"This, I really can't find anyone!"

"Even if you found someone, I wouldn't dare to use them! Only you, I trust you the most."

Saying this, he had already strode to the bed.

He pulled over a round table and placed the [Golden Bone] potion, the Potion of Healing Water, a folded towel, and a replica of the Silver Angel's rapier all on it.

Then, he casually spun around, took off his silk robe, revealing his well-defined back muscles and bronze skin.

Only now could it be seen that Luo Yi was actually wearing nothing, not even underwear, he just lay naked on the bed.

Raising his hand and throwing the towel into his mouth, before biting down, he turned his head and glanced at Oliveira, saying, "Use my Silver Angel's rapier, it's sharp enough!"

"Okay!"

Oliveira took a deep breath, and stepped forward, reaching nearby.

Then, he extended his left hand, pressing his index and middle fingers together on Luo Yi's spine.

All the way down, along the spine, until he touched the last coccyx bone.

It should be said that Oliveira had no intention to kill, but Luo Yi showed considerable discomfort when a vital part of his body was touched.

He almost instinctively wanted to twist his body and get rid of this pressure, but reason overcame instinct, suppressing the movement of his muscles, and just biting the towel in his mouth tightly.

Then, just as he was waiting, Oliveira finally made his move.

Clang...

The Silver Angel's rapier was unsheathed, and a sharp edge seemed to condense in the air, and then flashed, slicing across Luo Yi's coccyx.

Oliveira's swordsmanship was naturally precise and highly effective, the blade slicing through skin, fascia, and bright red muscle.

It seemed because the speed was too fast, that before the blood could gush out, the ghastly white coccyx was revealed.

And Oliveira, with almost no hesitation, picked up the [Golden Bone] potion, pulled out the stopper, and poured out the pink potion.

At this moment, Luo Yi only felt a intense burning sensation coming, so that he couldn't help but let out a muffled groan!