Chapter 405 Ceremony
Under the leadership of Lan Qi, Gan Jue, Xiaobai, and Ma Hongjun entered the cave again, which is the temple where the mermaid tribe worships the sea god.
"Three sirs, you are here."
However...
A crisp sound came, and Gan Jue's gaze looked at the sound source, immediately making him stunned. Because wherever his eyes saw was a beautiful woman, with a fishtail, a beautiful face, and a floating black hair, making her look like a fairy in the pool, standing quietly in the middle of the pool under the statue of the Sea God, leaving the world alone.
"Feng Lan...Elder?"
Gan Jue hesitated and called the other party with a shaking soul power.
"Sir, the Inheritor."
Feng Lan, whose appearance turned young, stood on the huge rock and greeted Gan Jue gracefully.
"What's going on with you?"
"There is no situation. It's just that we have cultivated our soul power again. Our mermaid tribe is a very special race. As long as we have soul power, the appearance of a woman will never grow old with age. Feng Lan's previous appearance was just because the deadline was approaching and her body could no longer bear so much soul power, so she took the initiative to disperse most of it in order to worship the Sea God for more years before she would be what the adults looked like before. Now that Feng Lan is about to sacrifice to you, she naturally has to face it in the best state, so she naturally has to cultivate her soul power and restore her youthful appearance."
"Okay, I understand..."
Gan Jue nodded, not having much emotion on his face, but the few traces of resistance in his heart were completely let go, and even some expectations arose.
Gan Jue felt the changes in his heart and couldn't help but shook his head with sigh:
It seems that I am indeed a good-looking dog.
"Sir, do you have anything else to give? If not, please go to the prayer stone in the center of the Holy Pond to accept the prayer of our mermaid clan."
After seeing Gan Jue and Feng Lan, the patriarch of the mermaid clan, saw that Gan Jue and Feng Lan did not communicate anything, he respectfully bowed to Gan Jue and said:
"good."
Gan Jue nodded and released his martial soul. He stepped forward and floated on the water with his hands on the ground. He broke through the waves and came to the huge rock in the pool, which was what Lan Qi called the prayer stone.
Gan Jue's performance was indeed the look of a group of mermaids looking at him, and they were even more respectful. They couldn't understand the methods used by Gan Jue, so they could only attribute this to the identity of the inheritor of Gan Jue's death god.
"Sir, please wait. After the prayer ceremony, Feng Lan can start offering sacrifices to become your soul ring. What should I do at that time? Please give me the instructions."
Seeing Gan Jue coming, Feng Lan was the first to explain to Gan Jue.
"good."
Gan Jue nodded and agreed simply again. Because of this situation, he didn't know what to say. Ma Hongjun and Xiaobai on the shore also consciously retreated aside and gave the space to the mermaid tribe people.
Lan Qi, the Great Elder and the Second Elder all walked forward with serious expressions, jumped into the pool, and swam towards Gan Jue and Feng Lan. Wan Feng led his guard of honor, a total of more than 20 fishmen, who also followed Lan Qi and the others and entered the pool one after another. They swam around the prayer stone, but they did not come on the stone, but began to swim around the huge prayer stone.
The gentle and solemn singing gradually sounded in the mouths of other mermaids in the cave, floating in the entire temple space. In conjunction with the various movements of Lan Qi and his group of people who were traveling around, a serious and sacred mood gradually infected Gan Jue, making him silently close his eyes.
As the ceremony progressed, under the singing and dancing of Lan Qi and others, a trace of blue light gradually lit up on the prayer stone under the feet of Gan Jue and Feng Lan, and gradually became stronger, turning the entire pool into a beautiful blue color.
And in such a sacred light, Feng Lan turned around and faced Gan Jue, put his hands on his chest, made Xizi's heart-holding shape, prayed silently, and muttered something.
But what's amazing is that even Feng Lan's sound of being close at hand did not wake up from her eyes closed.
At this moment, Gan Jue fell into a magical state. It was not that he did not feel the changes around him, but that he felt them but did not want to wake up. Because at this moment, he felt his body very relaxed, as if every muscle in his body had relaxed, and the comfort level was even stronger than when he absorbed the soul ring, as if he was undergoing a sacred baptism.
I don’t know how long it took, the mermaids’ singing stopped unknowingly. The prayer sounds in Feng Lan’s mouth also disappeared. The blue light emitted from the prayer stones under her feet of Gan Jue began to gradually gather towards Feng Lan’s body.
"call..."
After gently exhaling a scent, Feng Lan raised her head slightly to look at Gan Jue. After staring for a while, she stretched out her right hand and pressed it on his forehead. The blue light clearly flowed into Gan Jue's body from Feng Lan's body.
In fact, if the mermaids themselves come to accept this ceremony, they need to kneel down. But Gan Jue's identity makes the fishes let go of this idea.
The Gan Jue, who was pressed by Feng Lan's palm on his forehead, felt a cool soul power as the moment the blue light poured into his body, and quickly poured into his body through his forehead. The feeling of soul power entering his body finally made him awake.
The soul power that poured into Feng Lan's body was very gentle. Just like the soul power he absorbed from the undead stone, it could be accepted and used directly by him. Although Gan Jue has not yet fully entered the realm of Soul Contra, this soul power will not disappear. It will exist in his body like the soul power that Gan Jue usually cultivates. After Gan Jue obtains another soul ring, it will be completely displayed, allowing Gan Jue's soul power to go further.
Feeling the soul power flowing into his body, Gan Jue opened his eyes and looked at Feng Lan's pure and unimperfections. From Feng Lan's sincere gaze, Gan Jue finally felt the sincerity of the mermaid clan, which made him no longer have any barriers to the mermaid clan.
Silently lifting his robe, Gan Jue knelt down on one knee to Feng Lan, earnestly accepting the gift from the mermaid clan. The mermaid clan's kindness is worth Gan Jue's kneeling.
When Feng Lan saw Gan Jue's actions, a hint of relief appeared in her eyes. The efforts of their mermaids finally got rewards.
This ritual of the mermaid tribe is not open for every mermaid who receives the gift of his elders. Because it will consume the power of the prayer stone. Generally speaking, it can only be opened when there are tribe members who are rare in a thousand years of talent in the clan. The last time this prayer ceremony was opened, it was more than 20 years ago when the Sea Witch became the title Douluo.
The mermaid tribe originally didn't have to start this ceremony for Gan Jue, anyway, this is a secret that even Xiaobai didn't know. But after discussing for two days, they finally made the decision to start, because they believed that as long as they gave their sincerity, they would definitely get rewards!
Finally, after the last blue light flowed into Gan Jue's body, Feng Lan reached out and helped Gan Jue up.
"The prayer ceremony has been completed, and the mermaid tribe has given its last power. Feng Lan is also ready. Please give me the instructions on how to act on the soul method of the adults."
"Um..."
Gan Jue felt the surging soul power and a refreshed feeling in his body, nodded, and after thinking for a moment, he also stretched out his right hand and gently pressed his palm against Feng Lan's forehead.
Feng Lan was stunned for a moment, then nodded calmly. The fish tail under her body quietly slid down, gradually lowering her body height, reaching the height of Gan Jue kneeling before, and raised her head, closed her eyes, held her heart with both hands, and faced Gan Jue devoutly.
Looking at Feng Lan's pious expression and reaching out to touch her holy face, Gan Jue had no other thoughts in his heart at this moment, but he silently mobilized the power of the undead in his body.
The gray-blue light suddenly emanated from Gan Jue's palm, instantly capturing the sight of all the fishmen in the cave. The light rushed into Feng Lan's body, and as it flowed, a illusory figure gradually rose up in her body. Under the influence of the power of the undead, Feng Lan's appearance could be clearly seen.
"this..."
The soul body Feng Lan spread her hands and felt her strange state at this moment.
"Is this me in the soul state..."
However, before Feng Lan could try more, she was attracted by the appearance of Gan Jue in front of her.
The mysterious and ancient black mask, the twin eyes of glittering blue light, the white body with mysterious blue runes, and the completely opposite wolf spirit floating beside it.
Feng Lan, who was in a soul state, could finally clearly see Qian Jue's true appearance.
"Is this the God of Death really like..."
Feng Lan murmured a little in a daze.
"Elder Feng Lan, if you sign this soul contract, you will become my soul, and you will always be with me and have no freedom. But accordingly, when I become a god in the Nine Tests and ascend to the God Realm, you will be able to ascend to the God Realm with me, transform from soul to god, and achieve eternal life."
Gan Jue's voice sounded directly deep in Feng Lan's soul. At the same time, a large amount of dazzling gray light also surged out from Gan Jue's body, slowly outlining a large amount of text in the air.
Feng Lan looked at the contract in front of her and found that it was indeed the same as what Gan Jue said, then nodded sincerely.
"The Mermaid Clan Feng Lan is willing to accept the soul contract of the adults, and from then on turn into a soul ring and always accompany the adults."
As Feng Lan finished speaking, the soul contract in the air slowly changed, and finally turned into a bright gray rune that looked like a red shore flower, slowly drifting towards Feng Lan's soul body's forehead.
Seeing this, Feng Lan held her heart with her hands again, closed her eyes and prayed in a pious manner, allowing the mark of the red flower to fall accurately into her eyebrows and gradually merged into it.
The gray light slowly lit up from Feng Lan's body and soul. Her body began to gradually sand and turned into countless gray gravels, gradually floating up. After rotating in the sky, it floated back to around Gan Jue's body again. As it rotated, it gradually turned downward, turning into a gray soul ring, condensed on the outermost edge of Gan Jue's soul ring, becoming his eighth soul ring.
But the soul ring at this moment was so gray that there was no trace of light.
However, the ritual of the soul is not over yet.
Feng Lan's soul was also pulled, turning into a dazzling gray light and blending into the gray soul ring. The soul ring injected into the soul finally lit up a dazzling light, and finally, after the light dissipated, it became a bright gray soul ring, slowly rotating under Gan Jue's body.
"The fourth test of Death God, completed. Reward all soul rings will be increased for 4,000 years, reward soul strength will be increased by 40%, and reward the control of the power of the undead will be increased by 10%.
As the eighth soul ring of the Yang Ling slowly formed, Gan Jue also truly stepped into the realm of Conra. The fourth test of Death God was naturally completed. When the fourth golden edge of the other side flower lit up between Gan Jue's eyebrows, the vast energy also surged out of the mark of the other side flower, blending into Gan Jue's limbs and bones, which made him sit cross-legged and began to sort out his strength.
Gan Jue's practice time was not short, and in a blink of an eye, a full four hours passed. However, the mermaids around him had no intention of being impatient. They still stood in the temple and waited patiently for Gan Jue to wake up.
However, Ma Hongjun and Xiaobai couldn't help but wait boredly, and came to the pool and the prayer stone, and began to practice.
Finally, an hour later, Gan Jue opened his eyes again. He let out a long breath and smiled.
The harvest of this trip to the mermaids was really great.
"You're finally awake!!"
Xiaobai's figure suddenly grew longer and grew from the pool, turned into a human form and fell around Gan Jue, looking at him with a sad face.
"Haha, sorry Xiaobai, I have been waiting for you for a long time. After leaving the mermaid tribe, I will make you whatever you want to eat."
"Huh...Brother Jue, you are awake, how are you? Have you gained a lot?"
The voices of the two also awakened Ma Hongjun, who was practicing beside him. He quickly stood up and asked about his gains with an excited expression.
"It's very big, but I'll tell you in detail after leaving. As for now, let's go first and say apart to the leader of Lan Qi and the others."
Gan Jue said, but he did not release the wolf spirit. He just flashed his body, and his toes tapped a few lightly on the water surface, crossing the distance between the prayer god stone and the water bank, and came to the side of the mermaid clan leader Lan Qi.
Seeing this, Xiaobai hurriedly brought Ma Hongjun and walked to Gan Jue's side.
"Three sirs, I wonder if your soul method has succeeded?"
Seeing Gan Jue coming, Lan Qi bowed to Gan Jue and asked Gan Jue anxiously.
"Of course it was successful. For specific reasons, let Elder Feng Lan tell you."
Gan Jue said, releasing his martial soul. Before Lan Qi and the other two understood what they meant, they used their eighth soul skill.
Summon Feng Lan.
Yes, summoning Feng Lan. Gan Jue's eighth soul ring only has this soul skill, which allows him to summon Feng Lan's soul to fight. Apart from that, he has no other ability.
Gan Jue didn't know whether the soul method he created was considered successful. Let's say that it was successful, the soul ring it produced was gray, not the red of the soul ring of a hundred thousand years, and there was only one soul skill it generated, and it summoned a soul skill like Feng Lan. And most importantly, after Feng Lan's body turned into a soul ring, no soul bones were produced.
That is a soul bone that has been around for 100,000 years.
But if you say it is not successful, Gan Jue can clearly feel that the improvement of his physical attributes by this gray soul ring is even stronger than the 100,000-year red soul ring absorbed by the wolf spirit before. Moreover, Feng Lan has indeed maintained his mind, so Gan Jue doesn't know how to understand it.
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Chapter completed!