Chapter 568: The Pope's Concept

"...Here I can give you some extended reading. The man mentioned here who 'completely degraded the advanced magic' actually created a new profession, that is, the 'Demon' who transcends the path... …”

The pure white saint continued to speak patiently to Aiwass.

But at this moment, Aiwass's pupils suddenly became empty for a moment.

She was stunned for a moment, and then she saw that Aiwass' original dark blue pupils suddenly ignited with a pure and shocking true red——

Just like at sunrise, the rising sun leaps out from the edge where the sky meets the sea. That deep red color was accompanied by a golden ring, making people feel as if light was shining on their face.

……How is this going?

Pure white suddenly opened her eyes wide.

In an instant, an unbelievable idea came to her.

Aiwass, it can’t be...

Seeing Aiwass' eyes focus again, the light in his eyes slowly extinguished, Chunbai suppressed the terrible thoughts in his heart for the time being.

"...From this point of view, Cardinal Hecate, who studies advanced divine arts, actually has a conjecture. She believes that one of the prerequisites for mastering advanced divine arts is the possibility of becoming a phantom demon egg."

She continued.

And Aiwass asked nonchalantly: "Can we think of it this way: being able to become a demon egg actually has some special qualifications?"

"That's right."

Pure White nodded.

She continued to explain patiently, and Aiwass also listened carefully.

——Because the abilities directly mastered through the system do not have relevant knowledge.

However, high-level magic is different from abilities such as "Xihuo". It is not a skill, but a complete system... similar to "divination" or "alchemy". Even if it can be used, it will be difficult to fully use it without the corresponding knowledge.

After Chunbai roughly finished the first book, Aiwass took out the second book.

This book is called "Higher Divine Art: Vessel of Souls".

Without waiting for Aiwass's request, Chunbai spoke directly: "To talk about this, it involves the connection between the material world and the dream world. Not only will people enter the dream world after death, but also the phantom demons in the dream world will enter after death. Material world; the gods of the dream world can directly influence and transform the material world, and various trends of thought and changes in the material world will also feed back and affect the dream world.

"In these two processes, the only thing that communicates between the two realms is actually the soul. The power that the extraordinary person gets from the dream world will eventually return to the dream world after death, whether he becomes a phantom or not, so the power of the dream world will eventually return to the dream world. Things are always from the dream world; and no matter how the material world changes, matter is ultimately conserved, so things in the material world are always from the material world... Only the soul can communicate back and forth between the two worlds.

"When a person dies, if they can be sublimated into an apostle or a heavenly minister, or be infiltrated by the power of the path and become a wild phantom, thereby escaping the fate of reincarnation, then they are equivalent to ascending their will into the dream world. ; In the same way, the heavenly priests and apostles in the dream world can also be reincarnated back to the material world, and the apostles can even walk in the material world.

"Illusions such as goblins, demons, and fairies can also enter the material world - if they die in the material world, even if their essence as phantoms can return to the dream world, part of their will will still be damaged in the material world. . So from this point of view, only the soul... or the will can travel back and forth between the two realms and does not belong to either realm. This is the basic theory of advanced magic.

"From this perspective, we believe that the body in the material world is actually a temporary container for the soul, and humans are equivalent to gods in their infancy. The essence of advanced divine arts is to make the soul become a container for another layer of will. That is, transforming the body into a container for another layer of will. Transformed into a 'container'. If the original body was just a bowl with water in it, that is our soul; then we must now turn the body into a cupboard, allowing the water-like soul to target different divine wills. And condensed into ice bowls..."

After hearing this, Aiwass finally saw the pop-up window:

[Gray Eternal is teaching you "Higher Divine Art (2/11)". Do you want to pay 112 public experience to master this mysterious skill? 】

Less experience this time!

Aiwass was delighted.

The total experience he has accumulated is only 5214 points. If the demand for experience becomes higher and higher, he may not be able to learn enough. In that case, he might have to find a way to get some more experience.

And Chunbai could clearly see that Aiwass's pupils became hollow again.

The underside of his pupils once again reflected the brilliance of the rising sun—compared to just now, the brilliance now was even brighter. Just like during sunrise, the sun moves upward for about ten minutes. Although it is not very obvious, the difference can be clearly seen with pure white memory.

--really.

Chunbai's heart trembled, and she was convinced of her previous suspicion.

A memory fragment suddenly appeared in her mind - what the Eternal Pope had said to her when he was still awake.

His Majesty the Pope told her that Bishop Mathers had written to mention that... Aiwass mastered the "fire sacrificial method" even faster than His Majesty the Pope. Before he even got through all the gist, Aiwass had a complete grasp—even more so than many people who had studied for three or four years.

"That feeling is closer to 'remembering' than 'learning'."

At that time, His Holiness the Pope sighed: "If Aiwass was not just a human... I would have thought about whether to try to let him succeed the Pope. Maybe he could even "remember" the higher divine arts so easily."

Before meeting Aiwass, Pure White sneered at this remark.

In fact, she respected and admired His Holiness the Pope very much.

As the Eternal Saint, she shared the inheritance known as "eternity" with the Eternal Pope. In a sense, the relationship between the two of them is like that of mother and daughter...although the Pope's body now looks much younger than hers.

But that is also because of the price that must be paid for carrying the [Supreme Crown].

As the top artifact in the world, the [Supreme Crown] that can allow critical strongmen to forcibly break through to the next energy level, of course, requires a price. And its price is the [years] of the user.

In the eyes of ordinary people, it seems to be an artifact with the effect of rejuvenation.

But in fact, this kind of rejuvenation cannot prolong life, but will double the burning of life - when wearing it, it will burn years "forward" and "backward" at the same time. The apparent effect is that the body becomes younger and younger.

Generally, a saint will succeed the pope at the golden age of about 300 to 400 years old, and step down to become a saint after the 300-year term is over - the so-called saint is a "non-church devotee" who "has the power of the fifth level but has not become a cardinal."

If a 400-year-old elf is the pope for 300 years, she will look only 100 years old, like a 12- or 13-year-old human child, but in fact she is already 1,000 years old, which is also very old by the standards of the elves.

Then her body will grow at a speed visible to the naked eye and quickly return to its original state. The speed of aging is even faster than the growth of humans. It may take only 20 years to age from a 12- or 13-year-old girl to an old lady in her 80s or 90s. The remaining time is the "retirement vacation" for these saints to travel around the world.

The candidate saint cannot leave the 21st ring, and after becoming the pope, she cannot leave the 22nd ring at will. On the contrary, during the Saint stage, one can run around the Church... but he or she cannot leave the Church either.

Only after leaving office can one leave the Church and travel outside.

The remaining life is the few free time for these retired popes.

From this perspective, becoming a pope is not a "good thing". It is actually a sacrifice and a dedication. Because of this, only the most dedicated people are willing to sacrifice their lives in this ceremony.

After more than two hundred years of hard training, a genius who can communicate with the Nine Pillars in his youth... must pay more than three hundred years of loneliness and sacrifice another three hundred years of life to get the last twenty years of freedom.

——Even if Aiwas could barely learn advanced divine arts, he would never become a pope.

Pure White believed so firmly back then.

Because this is an unbearable pain for short-lived species.

Not to mention, just learning advanced divine arts is almost burning out their lifespans. And tampering with one's soul may also affect the evaluation after death... Those who originally had the potential to become apostles may become less pure because of this. Not letting them continue to study is also for their own good.

But, Aiwass...

She had only one thought in her mind.

It turns out that everything Bishop Mathers said was true, and it turns out that the Pope's retelling was so accurate.

There are people who can "learn" as if they "remember"...

This is already a miracle.

Since there is the first miracle, why can't there be the second?

... Could it be that Aiwass really has a chance to become the Pope?

Even if it is just a short ten years, or even shorter "Acting Pope", it can change the problems of the Church - any cardinal will be too extreme for the Church today.

Because they are not like the Eternal Saint, who received the most peaceful and balanced moderate education from the beginning, but have their own ideas. If they get the power of the Pope, they may change the permanent neutral position of the Nine Pillars Church in various countries... No, not maybe, but definitely.

But if Aiwass, an Avalonian who is not even at the fifth level, becomes the "Acting Pope", it may be much better!

If he could delay for ten years, or even shorter... maybe just one or two years, the medicine to cure his amber could be developed!

By then, he could take over...

... No, it still can't be done.

Chunbai shook her head and suppressed her heartbeat.

That would be like burning Aiwas's life... She couldn't do such a thing, it would be like hurting Aiwas.

For the short-lived species whose lifespan is already short, every year is precious.

Chunbai sighed secretly, gathered her mind and continued to explain the skills of high-level divine arts to Aiwas.

At the same time, she was still looking forward to——

——Anyway, let me see a miracle first, Aiwas.

Chunbai thought to herself.