Chapter 823
Praise Your Holy Name
Meijia Civilization.
Azure Sacred Island.
Filled with anticipation, Yang Fan suddenly summoned the Thunderwood, which the people of Meijia revered as a savior artifact.
next moment.
A deep hum emanated from the palm of his hand.
"Boom!"
With a deafening roar that shook the heavens and the earth, a crimson light carrying the oppressive power of thunder shot into the sky from the palm.
Its speed was astonishing, and it soared to a height of thousands of meters in an instant.
The light expanded rapidly in the sky, transforming in the blink of an eye into a giant thunder tree with gnarled branches and flame-like leaves.
Its trunk is as thick as a continuous mountain range, and its branches crisscross, almost blocking out the sky and casting its shadow over the entire Azure Sacred Island.
"thunderbolt!"
"Crack!"
Countless crimson lightning bolts, as thick as bowls, darted and snaked wildly among the branches, the sounds of lightning exploding one after another, and the dazzling lightning illuminated the world, turning it blood red.
The immense pressure of the laws swept across all directions, creating a scene so grand it resembled the end of the world, causing everyone to tremble.
However, the tens of thousands of Meijia nobles in the sea below showed no fear whatsoever of the impending apocalypse.
All the nobles looked up at the giant thunder tree in the sky, their respect instantly turning into extreme fervor and piety.
They all bowed their heads and then raised their hands above their heads, palms facing the Thunder Tree in the sky, and chanted in unison in an exceptionally solemn tone.
The song was powerful and resonant, with layers of harmonies, piercing through the thunder and reaching Yang Fan's ears clearly.
"The light of salvation descends! Thunder is the staff, the divine tree is the crown!"
"When shadows rage, you come wielding your weapon, sweeping away the dust with the might of thunder, and bestowing new life with the mercy of your holy heart!"
"We bow down in praise, we praise your holy name, we sing aloud, we sing of the Savior!"
This resounding hymn was not hastily composed by the nobles, but rather a carefully crafted "hymn" by the Temple of Mega.
Within just a few days, this sacred song spread to every sea and every settlement within the territory of the Mega civilization.
Every member of the Meijia community who can speak, from centenarians to toddlers, has learned this song.
Princess Jia Na and noblewoman Lan Ye Jia also stood to the side with their eyes lowered, quietly singing along to the hymn.
As the bedmates of Mika, the savior, the two women were filled with a great sense of pride.
As Yang Fan listened to the sacred hymns woven together by tens of thousands of voices below, a strange light suddenly flashed in his eyes.
This was because he clearly sensed that the thunder laws contained within the treasure were undergoing some subtle and indescribable change.
It was neither an increase in power nor a change in form, but rather like the tentacles of the power of laws gently touching some inexplicable and peculiar area.
This was a feeling that was beyond his current understanding.
It cannot be captured precisely, let alone described concretely; it can only be vaguely perceived. This change is by no means a bad thing.
Yang Fan looked up at the thunderwood overhead that blotted out the sky and secretly decided to take some time to study the strange changes in this treasure.
Besides, he suddenly had a premonition that the Holy High Priest's special arrangement for so many nobles from the Meijia Kingdom to come to the Holy Island for worship might not just be a performance, but contained some deeper meaning that he did not know.
According to the schedule arranged by the temple, there will be as many as thirteen similar pilgrimage events on the holy island in the coming period.
After all, the territory of the Mega civilization was too vast, and it would take a certain amount of time for nobles from different sea areas to travel to the Holy Island.
Three breaths passed in the blink of an eye.
Yang Fan's mind raced again.
The giant thunder tree in the sky suddenly turned into a phantom image, then dissipated into a sky full of lightning, quickly vanishing into the world.
In the blink of an eye, the sky returned to its clear blue sky and white clouds.
As the revered Savior Mika, it was enough for her to demonstrate the power of her treasure to the lesser nobles who came to pay their respects in just a few breaths.
Then.
The nobles in the sea below all made their moves simultaneously.
At the center of each white circular platform, a luminous blue sphere slowly rises.
A faint aura of water-based energy lingered around the outer layer of the sphere, and many objects could be vaguely seen floating and sinking in the center of the sphere, drifting towards the Azure Sacred Island.
This signifies the official commencement of the gift-giving segment.
Just now.
An invisible force quietly emerged, gently pulling at Yang Fan's gaze, causing him to look at the ball of light floating from the outermost circular platform.
The audience position of the nobles in the Meijia were directly linked to their social status.
The higher one's status, the closer one's platform is to the core of the sacred island; conversely, one can only reside in the outer sea area.
However, these minor nobles were not qualified to set foot on the sacred island; only the highest-ranking Purple Coral nobles were allowed to set foot on the Azure Sacred Island.
This is the rule that is ingrained in the very bones of Meijia civilization.
To be honest, these nobles went to great lengths to prepare lavish gifts and eagerly delivered them to him, yet they didn't even have the chance to set foot on the Holy Island. They felt it was a great honor to merely admire it from afar on the sea. This made Yang Fan feel a little "uncomfortable" again.
At this time.
Miss Jia Na seemed to notice where his gaze was directed and glanced at the outer sea area in the direction of his eyes.
When the royal princess saw the slowly drifting blue orb of light, she asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, is the thing inside that orb the item that the Holy High Priest previously prophesied?"
Yang Fan's gaze remained fixed on the ball of light, and he nodded slightly, saying, "It should be."
As a quasi-high-level Venerable, his eyesight far surpasses that of ordinary people. Even across distant seas and hazy mists, he can clearly see an item encased in a sphere of light.
It was a light gray stone sphere about the size of a fist, its surface covered with mottled patterns of varying depths, as if it had been eroded by time for millions of years, exuding an ancient and weathered aura.
At this moment, the residual tide of laws after the Thunderwood dissipated had not completely receded. Stimulated by the power of laws, some faint gray mist, seemingly real yet illusory, slowly dissipated from inside the stone sphere.
Just by looking at the gray mist, Yang Fan could clearly sense a hidden, powerful law.
In the blink of an eye, Yang Fan had already sketched out the cause and effect in his mind.
Clearly, the Blue Leaf Coral family, who presented this stone sphere, most likely obtained it by chance and vaguely sensed that it was no ordinary object, containing an extremely high level of power.
Limited by the family's strength and resources, they were unable to explore the secrets of the stone sphere, so they carefully treasured it as a family heirloom.
Now that the Temple of Megaya is calling upon all its nobles to come to Azure Sacred Island to worship the Savior, this noble family has decided to donate this stone sphere. Miss Jia Na then asked softly, "Your Majesty, is this thing of any use to you?"
Yang Fan nodded again, not hiding the truth: "It's extremely useful!"
In the brief moment his gaze met the stone sphere, he keenly sensed that the subtle aura of law emanating from it seemed to have a connection with the soul key he had previously extracted from the soul of the Arbitrator of the Shadow Palace.
A bold guess instantly formed in his mind—the demigod who created the Soul Key was very likely closely related to the source of this stone sphere's birth.
Or to be more precise, the powerful laws mastered by that demigod were highly compatible with the power of the laws contained in the source of the stone sphere, and even originated from the same lineage.
He instantly became excited at this guess.
He never imagined that he would find the key to unlocking the soul key in this distant Mega civilization during a chance noble pilgrimage.
Yang Fan had privately estimated that it might take several years to fully understand the key, but he did not expect to make such a significant breakthrough so quickly.
This is truly a case of "searching high and low without finding it, only to have it come to you effortlessly"!
Miss Jia Na smiled sweetly: "It seems that this is the core purpose of the Holy High Priest's arrangement for this pilgrimage to the Holy Island."
She paused, then added, "After this pilgrimage concludes, I will immediately inform His Majesty to upgrade the Blue Leaf Coral family that donated the stone sphere to the Golden Leaf Coral level."
Upon hearing this, Lan Yejia slowly nodded in agreement: "That makes perfect sense."
For the people of Meijia, helping the Meijia Savior increase his strength is to indirectly protect the entire Meijia civilization and resist potential crises.
This is by no means a small achievement, but a great accomplishment that benefits the entire clan.
Since this noble family has made such a great contribution to the entire civilization, it is only reasonable to reward them by raising their level from low-grade blue coral to mid-grade gold coral.
Miss Jia Na suddenly changed the subject, saying with a smile, "By the way, Your Majesty, you may not know this, but most of the nobles who came to pay their respects this time brought their most beautiful unmarried women with them."
The implication of these words was obvious—these minor nobles all harbored shrewd schemes, each hoping that their daughters or eligible women from their clans would be chosen by His Holiness the Savior.
Once a family can establish this connection, they can rise to the top and enter the upper echelons of the Meijia civilization.
Yang Fan listened thoughtfully.
He knew perfectly well that this absurd thing was no accident, and that it was most likely orchestrated by the royal family or the higher-ups of the temple.
With his current exalted status as the Savior of Meijia, let alone creating a harem of three thousand on the Azure Sacred Island, even taking in thirty thousand concubines would be a matter of a single word.
This is certainly a result that both the royal family and the temple would like to see.
But there must have been a significant incentive that prompted some people to give a hint to the lower and middle nobility, leading to this underhanded trick.
Yang Fan snapped out of his thoughts, turned to look directly at the graceful Lan Yejia beside him, and asked directly, "You recently confirmed that you are pregnant. Did the High Priest say something to you?"
Lan Yejia has been by his side recently, and the two have been having "tail-sleeping" quite a few times, so she quickly became pregnant with twins.
Lan Yejia hesitated slightly before responding frankly: "The Holy High Priest personally performed a divination for me, saying that the daughter of the twins in my womb has an over 80% chance of becoming a Venerable in the future."
Even for a powerful civilization like the Meijia Civilization, a probability of over 80% for advancing to the Venerable level is already alarmingly high, a talent that can be described as heaven-defying.
Jia Na already knew about this, but when she heard Lan Ye Jia mention it again, she couldn't help but show obvious envy in her eyes.
Over the years, as Yang Fan's wife, she has already given birth to six children for him, and now she is pregnant with the seventh, eighth, and ninth little lives.
According to the High Priest's multiple deductions and observations, even the child with the highest potential among her children has only a 30% chance of becoming a Venerable in the future.
Although a 30% chance is enough to make the Meijia royal family ecstatic and regard it as a treasure, it is worlds apart from the 80% probability of Lan Yejia's daughter.
Yang Fan simply gave a faint "Oh," his face showing no other expression.
He already understood perfectly that some high-ranking members of the Meijia Civilization had gone to great lengths to orchestrate this whole affair, and had tacitly allowed the nobles to send their daughters to marry into the family. Clearly, they wanted him to reproduce more bloodlines and become a "Dumas-like" figure with "many offspring".
However, due to his exalted status as the Savior of the World, these people only dared to play some small tricks in secret. No one dared to actually force him in the slightest, let alone do anything to blaspheme the Savior.
Not long after that.
These blue orbs, carrying gifts from nobles, drifted to the skies above Azure Sacred Island.
The next second, beams of bright white light burst forth from the supernatural defense devices hidden throughout the Holy Island.
Like precise arrows, each floating blue orb of light was struck. The orbs dispersed upon contact with the light, and the gifts inside were instantly collected by the device.
This is the Holy Island Guard collecting gifts from the nobles according to procedure.
The subsequent inventory, cataloging, classification and storage, and other tedious tasks were all handled by specialists appointed by the temple and the royal family. The division of labor was clear and orderly, and Yang Fan, the "island lord" and savior, did not need to spend any effort at all.
Just as more than half of the gifts had been collected.
A piece of news swept across the entire sea like a hurricane, instantly reaching the ears of all the nobles who came to pay their respects—the Esca family was about to be promoted from Blue Leaf Coral to Gold Leaf Coral!
This was exactly the message that Jia Na had secretly instructed the guards to deliberately spread.
As soon as the news spread, it caused quite a stir on the sea. Countless nobles stared at the round platform where the Esca family was located, their envy almost tangible.
Under the hierarchical system of the Miga civilization, it was by no means easy for a noble family to advance from Blue Leaf Coral to Gold Leaf Coral.
Under normal circumstances, it often requires the relay of at least three generations, with each generation fighting in the north and south and making outstanding contributions to the Meijia civilization.
During this process, it may even require the sacrifice of a dozen or even dozens of elite family members, and it may take more than a hundred years of accumulation before one can possibly reach the threshold for promotion.
But the Esca family was different. They simply presented a mysterious gift to the Holy Island and easily completed the advancement path that other families would take generations and hundreds of years to complete.
More importantly, with this gift, they not only successfully made a deep impression on the royal family and the temple, but also made the Savior Mika personally remember the name "Aiska".
This honor and opportunity are far more precious than the promotion itself; it's simply incredible luck!
How could such a stark contrast in circumstances not make other nobles envious?
at the same time.
Yang Fan had already obtained the light gray stone ball.
He ran his fingertips along the mottled patterns on the stone sphere, calmly sensing the subtle fluctuations of power within.
Lan Yejia then took on the role of "narrator" and began to tell the story of the stone sphere's origin: "One hundred and thirty-six years ago, the Aisga family accepted a mission from the temple to organize an exploration of the 'Dark Stone Forest.' During the journey, they unexpectedly encountered a primitive evil race in the stone forest."
"At that time, the head of the Esca family, Finica, personally led the team to participate in the battle. She was a mid-level knight and quickly annihilated the evil race team, seizing a large number of evil race relics. This stone ball was the personal item of the evil race leader."
"After obtaining the stone sphere, Patriarch Finica examined it repeatedly and quickly confirmed that it contained power far exceeding the level of a knight. She then speculated that it should be a treasure containing the power of laws."
Upon hearing this, Yang Fan nodded slightly, his fingertips still tracing the patterns on the surface of the stone sphere, and replied with certainty, "It is indeed an object governed by laws."
Upon closer contact, he sensed the powerful laws contained within the stone sphere with increasing clarity.
What concerned him even more was that this power of law was not outwardly displayed, but rather in an extremely strange state of introversion, like a sleeping giant beast, firmly bound inside the stone sphere.
If it weren't for the stimulation of the residual law tide from the Thunderwood, there probably wouldn't have been a trace of its aura leaked out.
In contrast, the powerful laws contained in various fragments of divine remains will constantly interfere with the real world, causing all sorts of strange phenomena, and eventually giving rise to extremely dangerous places or secret realms.
This was the first time Yang Fan had encountered such a situation after acquiring so many divine artifacts.
His intuition told him that the stone sphere had immense research value. (End of Chapter)