Pivot of the Sky

Joseph replied: "It was a monk from Geranium, their chief named Vincent Bob, who claimed to have been born in Assyria, but later went to a distant geranium. The Geraniums believed in the reincarnation and, according to Vincent, he came under some kind of guidance and had a relationship with me in a previous life, which confused my parents. ”

Little Night was confused, but Vincent was supposed to be the disciple guided by the immeasurable light, not the Olympus gods. Finally, he was relieved and continued to ask curiously: "What gift did they give you? ”

Joseph laughed: "I was a baby at the time, and it was impossible to know, listening to my mother tell me that there was incense and precious gold in the temple, but the last gift was very special, and it was actually the scent of applying the body at the time of burial. My father was surprised, but my mother later understood the meaning and explained it. ”

Bright Moon Night: "Oh, how did she explain that? ”

Joseph replied slowly: "Life is like a chain of pearls strewn together by a string of experiences. The last bead is a tear sent by one's loved ones, and one always comes to the world to say goodbye. A gift from a distant Guest, that's what it should mean. ”

Bright moon night sighed: “What a wise word! So what else happened? ”

Joseph: "Vincent also told my parents to take me away from the Saram Plains and come back a year later. My parents did what he said and took me to Ecu. Shortly after we left, Herod, who was sealed by the Maroon books, ordered a civilian search of the newborn baby and handed it over to a magician from Maroon City for identification. It is said that the arrival of demons in the world, as we in Satan speak of, will bring plague and famine, and many children will die later. ”

It seems that Joseph was born in silent danger, and the Olympus gods didn't do anything but luckily escape a stroke.

Did Zeus and the infinite amount of light notice anything? This is a subtlety that tomorrow night is incomprehensible, and none of the angels of heaven can surpass Zeus, who may perhaps perceive clues unknown to the angels. And Vincent was probably sent by infinite light, so what's the point of doing it? Do you want to guide the spinning Amon to his Lingshan Buddhist country?

Xiao Night asked: "Do you want to go to Geranium this time to find Mr. Vincent Tubb? ”

Joseph replied, "Yes, I want to visit him. I think about a lot of questions in my heart, and I want to ask this wise man from the East. ”

Hearing this, the moon night of the alias night has made a decision and cannot be delayed any longer. Be sure to give him the Iron Branch Staff before Joseph sees Vincent. As soon as he crosses the Geranium River and leaves the Olympian realm, he completes the task immediately.

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After a few months of long journeys, the Salem merchants finally left the great empire of Maro to enter the geranium, and on that day they crossed the Geranium River to a place that the Macedonian army had not yet arrived, not far from their destination. After crossing the river, it was late, and the merchants set up camping tents at the foot of the wild hills, guarding the samurai on guard duty. Tomorrow you can go into town and unload your cargo, everyone sleeps very sweetly this evening.

Joseph in his sleep suddenly hears a summoning voice in his soul: "Joseph, I have been entrusted by the angels of the kingdom of Arojo to confirm your identity and to clarify your responsibilities. Please come out of the camp and meet me in the woods. I hope you are the one I have been waiting for...”

Joseph walked out of the tent in his clothes, quietly around him, nobody noticed him, and he walked into the dense forest at the foot of the mountain in the direction of the sound, as if there was always a hint of light guiding him. And Joseph went up the hillside through the millet, and stood in the middle of an open land beneath a stone wall, holding a branch-shaped staff.

Joseph whispered in surprise: "Night, how could it be you? ”

Xiao Night answered with a stick of iron branches in his hands: "My name is Tomorrow Night, and I have been instructed by Arrocchio and appointed by the angels of heaven to give you something. ”

In an unbelievable tone, Joseph said: "Thou art the messenger of heaven! ”

Turn around tomorrow night and wave your cane, knocking silently on the stone wall. The cane looked like a branch, but the mountain walls trembled slightly, and a slight gap appeared, and the stone seams flowed out of a fountain. He turned again with his staff and asked: "Joseph, you are Salem and you believe in Arocho. You must have heard the story of Moses. Do you know the legend of this wand? ”

Joseph's soul seemed to be lit by a ray of light, shouting, “Moses' staff! The staff of Aroch to Moses! Moses leads our ancestors out of their enslaved destinies and returns home to build their homes, symbols of salvation and hope! ”

Tomorrow night came and said in the tone of the request: "Now I ask you to pick up this staff. ”

Joseph had been stunned, and his subconscious hand had taken over the legendary staff of Hercules, cautiously like carrying a precious piece of porcelain. There was also an indescribable light in his eyes tomorrow night, and when Joseph picked up the staff, he had confirmed - this young carpenter was Amon in a world of rotation!

The moon night sensation is very clear, this artifact becomes perfect, its various wonderful uses reach the most natural state, it is no longer in the hands of Joseph, a magical steel staff that merges four divine stones, but returns to the true, a branch cane, even the gods can not find any abnormality.

In a turbulent mood, the moon mourns with a salute and kisses the dirt in front of Joseph's feet.

But Joseph made a puzzling voice: "Arocho's messenger, it is a branch in my hand!... how can you salute me like this, please get up! ”

Joseph was stunned with a branch and suddenly saw the motion of the moon and night. He hurriedly bent over to help him, but when his hand touched the body of the moon and moon night, it seemed to pass through the air. Tomorrow night's figure disappeared without a trace in front of Joseph's eyes. The night was quiet in the mountains, as if nothing had happened, but Joseph truly held a stick cut from a branch.

The voice of the moon and moon was heard in his soul: “I am the messenger of Arrocchio and your messenger, and this magical staff is in your hand, and whoever looks like it is a branch, but whatever skill you understand, it is of any use. ”

And Joseph looked up at the sky and asked, "Why did God give it to me? ”

The voice of tomorrow night answers: "You are the one the angels have been waiting for and looking for, Messiah in the prophecy of Elijah! Don't ask me why, the answer is in your own place. Remember that old storyteller? What he said to you in the desert, next to the ruins of the temple - Isn't it true that God's domain migrates with the temple in the heart, allowing the faith left by Arrocchio to guide people deeper into the heart, creating the kingdom of their dreams? Opening the temple door is the path to heaven. If anyone does that, he is the legendary Messiah. ”

The sound of the moon and night gradually disappeared. Joseph stood silently in the woods for a long time with a stick like a branch. An indescribable, long-lasting familiarity appeared in the soul, as if he had mastered the stick for centuries. Although this was the first time in his life, it was his. After some time, Joseph suddenly took two steps forward, waving his staff and hitting a mountain stone.

The seemingly ordinary branches hit the hard rock, but with a strange tremor, the surface of the stone appeared silently cracked, which stretched like a spider web, and a moment later the stone broke into pieces. This is the mining craftsmanship of Duke Town, this wand is in Joseph's hand, even more convenient than a Magel steel hammer at that moment, it can never be an ordinary branch!

Joseph had completely believed that it was the staff that Moses had used, and in the quiet night he looked up to the stars and said to himself, “Am I the Messiah of prophecy? The Messiah is not a title, but an achievement that can only be achieved with such a vow and mission! If God gives me this mission, I will bear it!... but what should I do? ”

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The next day, when Joseph was seen, he had a staff that had been cut into branches. Canes are not reserved for the elderly, as respected priests and magicians usually hold canes, so canes are also a symbol of identity and gradually become a fashionable ornament on the heavenly pivot.

And canes like this, which preserve the original appearance of the branches, are popular among the Salem because of their unique history. Legend has it that Moses, the ancestor of the Salem, led the people back to their homeland with a branch-shaped staff, so many Salem chose tough wood to make canes, which were processed in various ways, expensive canes were even treated by divinity, but deliberately made it reveal the original appearance of the branches in order to show a historical tradition.

As for ordinary civilians with limited economic capacity, they tend to directly find a branch to cut into a suitable cane, but eye-catching Salem traders naturally see which are truly noble canes and which are simply processed branches. People in the merchant team saw that Jesus the carpenter had also made himself a cane, not surprisingly, just a little funny, because Joseph's cane was at first glance an ordinary branch, not even the simplest to process.

But there was another thing that surprised people. The samurai who escorted the merchant team thousands of miles away said goodbye and didn't even get his last reward! If he didn't take it, he didn't take it. Anyway, Xiao Night promised to escort the merchant team to the east bank of the Geranium River, and now he is in the place, so instead he saved money for the merchant.

Has anyone else suspected that Xiao Night was an accomplice to the local bandits, that he left all night to report to the bandits? Anyway, get into town while the sun's up.

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