Regardless of how it is categorised, something like magic is a technique of resonating one’s own energy with the outside world through the use of external energy sources.

　　To borrow something, you have to sign a contract, and this is the same whether you are borrowing money from a money changer or using magic.

　　Light and dark magic lends its power to the gods, beast magic involves a blood oath with a beast demon, and wind and fire sign up with an elemental spirit …… Either way, they are exempt from such a procedure.

　　In order to learn sacred magic, you first have to make a contract with a god first. Considering the beginner’s ability, it would be fine to find some ordinary minor gods, there were too many followers of the higher gods, if too many people prayed at the same time, a beginner with shallow spiritual power probably wouldn’t be able to borrow anything, and the gods were busy.

　　With regard to Asuka’s request to learn the art, Fang Qingshu was initially not very willing. Because Ah Xue already had a master, he would not be willing to commit an act that violated the Dao without my consent. But in the end, because of Nei Hong’s strong recommendation and Asuka’s insistent request, after pestering him for several days, he reluctantly agreed to teach some introductory techniques of sacred magic.

　　A suitable time was chosen, and Asuka was asked to fast and bathe beforehand, and was helped to open her spiritual aperture at noon, to pray and make a covenant to the Gods and Goddesses of Light, and to officially begin her practice.

　　Opening a spiritual aperture was a rather sacred matter, in the Palace of Light, only great monks who had been recognised were able to perform this ceremony, and the fact that Fang Qingshu had the ability to help someone open a spiritual aperture showed that his cultivation in sacred magic was, indeed, not bad.

　　There were many people watching the ceremony. In addition to Nihong and Mao Yan’an, even many of the Feathers were present to watch this rare sacred ceremony in the southern barbarian zone, and moreover, to take a few more glances at the beautiful man who performed the ceremony.

　　I did not go. Everyone thought that I was jealous, and indeed I was, but my main calculation was that I did not wish to be shown my face when something happened. Mao Yan’an, Fang Qingshu, this pair of masters and disciples, are both extremely shrewd and sharp-eyed, so if they were to guess anything, it would be very unfavourable to me.

　　Everything worked well together, and as I finished the pot of tea at the head of the room, several terrified-looking female Feather warriors hurried in and told me that something had happened to Asuka.

　　“What? Take me now!”

　　Placing the teacup heavily on the table, I followed and rushed out of the door, my panic overflowing. But only I know, in the moment I put the cup of tea on the table, my hands were shaking, because I was really worried that the one who came in was not them, but Tianhe Xueqiong who came to take my head.

　　In the medical room, Asuka, who had been treated with a restorative spell, was still unconscious, but was no longer in any serious condition. According to Neo’s narration, Asuka was sitting on her knees listening to the scriptures, letting the holy light transformed from daylight wash her body and mind, when she suddenly rolled over in pain at the moment when her spiritual aperture was about to open.

　　Although she forced herself not to cry out, but the people who urgently ran up to visit her felt her extreme pain, not only was her lip bitten to the point that blood flowed out, and her delicate skin even began to appear dry and cracked, but A-Xue still didn’t give up, wanting to pass through this hurdle with perseverance, and finally fainted from the pain.

　　While Fang Qingshu was the first to use a reply spell to heal, the crowd looked at each other in disbelief. Opening Spiritual Orifices wasn’t a dangerous spell and didn’t cause any pain, a strong rejection reaction like Asuka’s was simply unheard of.

　　The only possible reason, which has only been recorded in the canonical books, is that in their previous life or ancestry, they were great traitors and unforgivable people who did countless heavenly and human things, and even after their death, they were cursed by the gods, so such people will never be forgiven, and will be excluded from the world of bliss, and will not be able to practise sacred magic, as no god will be willing to conclude a contract with them.

　　The kind and gentle Asuka, who treated people with sincerity and affection, would be such a sinner? All of them felt unable to believe it, but the fact was right in front of their eyes, and such a strong repulsive reaction when opening the spiritual aperture was more convincing than anything else.

　　“Please go out, I want to be alone with Asuka.”

　　As Asuka’s master, I was the most qualified to say this, and after making sure that Asuka was all right, I had a somewhat mixed feeling of being glad to have set things right this time.

　　The fact that the opening of spiritual orifices would open up like this certainly had nothing to do with any past lives or ancestors, or else how could Tianhe Xueqiong have such strong light magic? The reason for the repulsive reaction was simply because the night before the opening of the Spiritual Orifice, when Asuka once again came to me to communicate with me in the hope of obtaining my promise and blessing, I dragged out my reply even though I did not agree.

　　Talking too much will always be thirsty, no need for me to intentionally hand over the tea, Asuka poured herself a drink, drank up the pot of tea on the table, as well as the herb that was mixed in it. What exactly is that herb, in fact, I do not know, seems to be some kind of composite magic potion, when the medicinal power in the body, will lead to the body of Asuka originally belongs to the Tianhe Xueqiong’s powerful force, the formation of a seal, exclude all the body into the light magic power, become like she is now like this.

　　And that was my first wish: that Asuka would never be able to betray me! No way to run away from me!

　　I signed a contract with Phineas, in exchange for selling my soul, asking her to grant me five wishes, and the first one I used up was the result of today.

　　By and large, there are some minor flaws, but it is quite satisfactory, and Phineas said that in order to ensure that the first wish can be properly implemented, she can additionally provide some more services, but before that, she has to provide the originally agreed upon preferential services first, so that I can practice the basics of Jedi martial arts …….

　　Always leaving half of what they say, just like the unethical merchants who promise a full refund for bad goods but always push back when it comes to returning them. However, across the board, it’s a deal with the devil, so I don’t expect much from their honesty, and it’s good enough that they didn’t forget on purpose.

　　“Don’t say it’s a joke, we also want our clients to be peaceful and live a long life, ah, if you die all of a sudden, won’t we be unable to obtain your complete soul? So letting you become stronger, it’s easier to save your life, and it’s also beneficial to us ah.”

　　A three-year-old child wouldn’t believe it. If I really live a long life, the one who wants me to die the most, besides Tianhe Xueqiong, must be you, the female demon. If I don’t die, how will you take my soul?”

　　“If you want to practise, you should practise the best, the martial arts of the five strongest people in the earthly realm, your family heirlooms I believe you have no interest in; I am a demon, it’s impossible for me to teach you the Zen Sect’s Divine Skills of the Heart Seal Divine Nuns; the martial arts of the Black Dragon Guild and the Dragon Divine Clan, if you learn them, it would not be good for you to explain them to your dragoness sister in the future instead. Considering your current situation, the Beast King Fist of the Ten Thousand Beast Venerable One is the best choice for you.”

　　She was the one saying everything, speaking as if she had my best interests at heart, and I couldn’t believe a word of it, but there was no need to say it is all.

　　“I don’t want to practice martial arts.”

　　“Don’t look down on people yo, is there any need to practice something like martial arts? If there’s no way to make our clients get rich without any effort, wouldn’t there be no value for us demons to exist? Get some rest and wait for my good news, bye!”

　　With a frivolous farewell, I woke up from my dream. It’s like this every time I meet with Fenix, as soon as she disappears, I immediately wake up as if everything that just happened was all make-believe, but the magical potion that was placed on the table, along with a brand new tome, proves that I wasn’t dreaming.

　　The effect of using it was very successful, and I knew that despite not opposing it on the surface, Asuka had never given up in her heart. Unwilling to kill or injure life, she had always wished to practice sacred magic that could heal creatures and bring happiness to those around her, but after this incident, she had to give up no matter how much she insisted.

　　Everything was just as originally estimated, and after waking up, Asuka, against all odds, threw herself into my arms and cried bitterly.

　　Despite being rendered unconscious by the excruciating pain, she had heard all the whispers of the crowd, and had heard them speculate on why she was experiencing rejection.

　　These words gave Asuka a serious blow, especially, she is a person who has no memory of the past, on the surface no longer indifferent, but in the heart is still often secretly sad, and now being suspected of their own past, past life, may have done countless bad things that the gods and people can not be imagined, the sadness in her heart.

　　“Master …… Master, am I …… am I ……” Asuka sobbed uncontrollably, tears stained my shirt. Like a helpless child, let the sadness and helplessness flow with the tears.

　　“Don t cry, don t cry, Asuka, no matter what you become, Master is here, Master will love you, you are my …… stupid little Asuka ah.”

　　Patting her pink back, I softly comforted her, giving her what she needed most at the moment. If I’m right, the occurrence of this incident will isolate Asuka’s situation as much as mine, and my willingness to open my arms to her will win her admiration once again.

　　Everything happened just as I estimated it would, not because I am a magician, but because people follow the so-called routine and common sense too much.

　　As an angel descendant of the feather tribe, has always regarded themselves as very high, although it is a half-orc body, but from disdain and evil dealings, but also because of this, with the southern barbarians of the beasts to make the relationship so stiff. Earlier and a snow intimacy, because she is good, as if the saint like good character, but after this incident, a snow, such as if there is a great stain, is classified as a treacherous and evil generation of her, around all of a sudden become cold and quiet, usually love to surrounded by her side of the feather tribe of women warriors, are now on her to reject far away.

　　Fei Ni and Fei Hong are the same. Coming from the Cihang Jing Palace, working as inspectors who fought against the treacherous and sycophantic, their sense of justice was ten times that of normal people, so how could they not have the gateway view, the distinction between good and evil? They were the ones who had strongly recommended Ah Xue to Fang Qingshu in the first place, and now that they had stirred up such a problem, the degree of unhappiness could be imagined.

　　For several consecutive times, Asuka wanted to go and talk to them about the confusion in her heart, but it was Yu Ni who opened her mouth and politely and coldly refused like when we first met. This point in my eyes, really want to snicker, because if you pick in their two sisters good hard to wait around no one, want to sneak a good time to talk, then I’m afraid that even Fang Qingshu will be blown out the door.

　　“Master, why are they ignoring me? Aren’t we supposed to be good friends?”

　　Asuka’s eyes were red, and she looked like she had cried quite a few times, but it had only been two or three days, and she was much more emaciated, and her whole body had lost weight, so it was clear that these changes had hit her hard.

　　I stroked her hair and spoke warmly, trying to coax her to break into tears, but not telling her what was in my heart.

　　Often, people are so boring and superficial. Because of the difference in each other’s positions, they are blinded by false appearances and don’t pay attention to the reality behind the appearances. Even if Asuka really had an evil past life, even if she really was a sinful child cursed by the gods, so what? Her goodness, her innocence, aren’t these the truest things?

　　It’s very funny that what a three year old understands is a dead end that these famous kids from the Palace of Light can’t get through. I’m not surprised, and, one might even say that I have them to thank for it; if it weren’t for the fact that there are too many such fools in the world, I would have been eliminated by nature a long time ago.

　　Everything seemed to be back to square one, and it became a day when I, Xue, and Violet loved each other again, but there was one more person, Mao Yan’an, who didn’t care about the accident on that day, and came over all day long to visit us.

　　The Feathers took him as one of our fellow travellers and thought nothing of it; on the contrary, Fang Qingshu, who still maintained a friendly attitude towards Asuka, often tried to come over to talk to her and open up a bit, but was just too wrapped up in too many people to get too close to those of us on the fringes.

　　As for Ah Xue, she was ashamed of herself because of the attitude of Nei Hong and the other feathered clansmen, and as soon as she saw Fang Qingshu approaching over, she was like a scared little rabbit, avoiding from afar, greatly reducing the chances of the two of them having a conversation.

　　The one who was snickering at this situation was of course me. However, although this situation is satisfying, my mood sinks straight down when I think of the price I have to pay for this, the contract I signed with Phineas.

　　Perhaps I can console myself by saying that it doesn’t matter if I wish for only one wish, or even all four, as long as I don’t allow the last wish, the contract will be ineffective. But I won’t be that naive, because with Phineas’ cunning, how could she not think of this? It is conceivable that in the days to come, she will definitely try her best to force me to make a wish.

　　It’s hard to tell if it’s going to be good or bad, so we’ll just have to take one step at a time.

　　Distant worries aside, we did get a very important piece of information from Mao Yanan.

　　In the centre hall of the city of Skiva Golou, that great sun mirror table without a mirror, I knew at that moment that it was a very high-class antique, and certainly an extraordinary magical artifact, but because I had little knowledge in this area, I could not recognise the calendar, and had only shrugged my shoulders.

　　As it turned out, thanks to Uncle Mao’s blessing, we learned the origin of that thing during one of his casual conversations with us.

　　“Hey, don’t underestimate that big antique, it has history ah. I didn’t expect it to fall in the hands of the Feather Clan, if the news spreads out, the various beast clans of the Southern Barbarians will surely send their troops to grab it …… No, it might be because of the need to grab the treasure that the Fire Worshippers sent out their troops.”

　　Because of my atrocity that day, which nearly pinched his neck as thin as chopsticks, Mao Yan’an still wears a heavy neck brace, which looks very funny.

　　“What on earth is it from? So remarkable?”

　　Knowing that this old boy is indeed knowledgeable, though secretly amused in my heart, I humbly asked him for advice.

　　“If it’s an antique from a long time ago, then although it’s precious, it’s nothing great, this Great Sun Heavenly Mirror, it’s said that there’s no one, no technology, that can identify when and in what generation it was completed.” Mao Yanan laughed, “People who learnt magic more or less know it, the seven holy objects left behind by the legendary Creator, this is one of them ooh.”

　　I was flabbergasted, indeed I could not have imagined that the bulky mirror table had such an origin.

　　Anyone who has had contact with the knowledge of magic guides must have heard of the term “Seven Sacred Weapons of Creation”. It is said that the God of Chaos, who created the world, did not take back the seven sacred weapons he used after the creation of the world, and they were left on earth.

　　Each with strange functions and tainted with the aura of the God of Chaos, the Seven Sacred Weapons are simply impossible to judge in the world’s treasure appraisal grade, and are the treasures of treasures. In many epics and myths, the names of the Seven Sacred Weapons appeared, representing the supreme glory and power, with the brave and the wise, the supreme sacrament to sweep away evil.

　　Because of its unique existence, treasure merchants in the world are all eager to get their hands on the Seven Sacred Artifacts to prove that they are the world’s number one treasure collector, and some knowledgeable scholars have even made it their life’s goal to find out about the Seven Sacred Artifacts, and they have spent countless hours and hours to do so, but they have still come up empty-handed. In fact, not to mention the whereabouts of the Seven Sacred Artifacts, even the seven pieces of the Seven Sacred Artifacts are divided into different opinions, and there is no way to get a more appropriate answer.

　　Cihang Jing Temple several years ago, there was also a time when two schools of scholars attacked each other, believing that there were no Seven Sacred Weapons in the world at all, and that the legends were just fabricated lies, and the two sides got into a heated argument because of this.

　　I’ve heard all these rumours before, it’s just that it’s not a matter of concern and I don’t need to think much about it. However, listening to what Mao Yan’an said, could it be that the legend of the Seven Sacred Weapons is not only true, but that the thick and bulky mirror platform is one of the Seven Sacred Weapons?

　　“Hello? Are you serious? That thing doesn’t look like it’s that powerful, does it? A big, bulky, heavy mirror platform, would it be a Genesis Seven Sacred Weapon?”

　　“It’s definitely not a lie, I didn’t quite dare to believe it at first, but after looking at it several times in a row, the features of that mirror platform are 100% the same as one of the Seven Sacred Artifacts, the Great Sun Heavenly Mirror, as recorded in the books, so that’s why I was sure of it down the line. Didn’t Qing Shu also recognise it? It’s because both of them were certain that it was confirmed.”

　　Mao Yan’an said, “It’s a pity that this Great Sun Heavenly Mirror in the hands of the Feather Clan isn’t complete, missing the most important mirror, there’s no way to use it at all, or else even if the situation between the enemy and us is overwhelming, with the aid of this mythological level holy weapon, it can definitely help.”

　　That’s a bit of an exaggeration, but basically I agree. As the name suggests, something like the Great Sun Heavenly Mirror must be a holy weapon of the light attribute, and when operated, it can exert sun-like vast light energy, and for all kinds of dark attribute magic, it has the effect of purifying and removing it, which is simply the ultimate magical artefact of dreams, and if it can be used, for some of Zoroastrianism’s incantation spells, there is no need to be afraid of it at all.

　　Asuka hugged Violet beside her and said, “But that mirror table is so big ooh, really use it, I wonder how it works?”

　　Indeed, that Great Sun Heavenly Mirror was quite large in size and made of metal, bulky and difficult to move, really want to use, afraid not to move on ten or so people can push, alone with one or two people, when the enemy can not be operated at all.

　　“The Great Sun Heavenly Mirror does not have a mirror, the specific power is something that can only be imagined and cannot be actually deduced, but there is another secret that I don’t think you know about, old brother John.”

　　After getting more and more familiar, this old guy didn’t even use the word Governor and directly called me brother.

　　“What secret? That you and your protégé used to be concubines who got laid together?”

　　Probably because the blow I countered with was just too poisonous, Mao Yan’an’s expression seemed as if he had just inhaled poisonous gas, but this cunning to the point of becoming a savage was also unusual, saying, “Errr, so you’re not interested in the news of the Saint’s Staff? Well then, it’s almost time, let’s go eat together.”

　　“Wait a minute.”

　　Taken aback, I pulled him back in a panic and probed cautiously.

　　Although I’ve already sent a Divine Lantern back, but after all, the strictures I received in the first place were to find the Saint’s Staff, and if His Majesty the King insists, then there’s no way for me to return to the country until I obtain the Saint’s Staff.

　　At the beginning of receiving the order, I thought that the Saint’s Staff was just a walking stick once used by a certain celebrity, however, after wandering around for a long time, and having an understanding of the market of all kinds of treasures, I realised that things were not that simple. The saint’s staff seems to be some kind of legendary holy relic, which has appeared in many half-true and half-false historical poems, but there is no answer to the question about its exact appearance and origin, and no one even knows if it really exists.

　　“You brought up the Seven Sacred Artifacts of Creation, did ……”

　　“Right guess. There are actually many versions of which seven of the Seven Sacred Weapons of Creation are, as many royal families would boast their heirloom artefacts as one of the Seven Sacred Weapons of Creation in order to elevate their own value, but most of the versions would include the existence of the Saint’s Staff. I have also traced the traces of the Seven Holy Weapons and made a lot of research, and the last place about the Saint’s Staff’s appearance is in ……”

　　Not giving him a chance to sell his story, I said, “Don’t be long-winded, quickly tell us the truth.”

　　“Well, the last time and place the Saint’s Staff appeared was two hundred years ago, during one of the wars in the Southern Barbarians.”

　　Mao Yan’an said, “After that, the whereabouts of the Saint’s Staff is unknown, but think about it, if the Great Sun Heavenly Mirror would appear in the hands of the Feathered Clan, would the Saint’s Staff also ……”

　　It is indeed a very reasonable suspicion, but it is not easy to detect, should I go directly to Katrina and ask if you have the Saint’s Staff? Can you give it to me?

　　With the current relationship between us and the Feathered Clan, even if I ask, she may not say anything;even if she does, I’m afraid I won’t believe her. This kind of thing, I’m afraid it’s fruitless if I don’t secretly check it out.