CHAPTER 188: CHAPTER 112: THE MOST "POISONOUS" IS A WOMAN’S HEART (PART 2)

"Poisonous? Master, why do you ask about this?" Ziyu was indeed somewhat displeased and retorted with a question.

"It’s nothing, it’s just that my Weapon, the Ghost Gun, has too little Attack Power. I think it’s necessary... to modify it a bit," 0 spoke rather euphemistically.

After leaving Babylon City, the enemies they would encounter or the difficulty of the tasks would definitely increase significantly, and they had to take along Ziyu who was not a fighter. Yijie, the easy target, was gone too. With two women hitting the road, it was still best to be careful and cautious.

After she was promoted to Junior Sergeant, 0 also tested Ziyu’s Attack Power. Although Ziyu now had the enhancement from Dayu’s Divine Talisman and her own strength had improved, the Attack Power of her needle shooting gun only increased to 30 points.

"I can teach the master some simple Medical Skills. If not, we can follow the exchange carts between the temples. I can wait for my master in the city you need to go to," Ziyu also heard the difficulty in 0’s words.

"If there are exchange carts, Ziyu, you can set off with the carts first and wait for me in the next city. As for me, it’s better to travel on foot," 0 agreed verbally, but she had not given up. With Ziyu accompanying her, it was not easy to modify the needle shooting gun. Anyway, she could now understand some simple pharmacology. Traveling on foot wouldn’t take too much time, and if possible, she might even find some useful "Poisonous Herbs."

Ancient times were not like the modern days. Apart from special places like temples, ordinary pharmacies were strictly forbidden to sell poisonous herbs. To obtain poisonous medicines that could be used against enemies, there weren’t many options, one could only rely on local resources.

Seeing that her master had made up her mind, Ziyu could only agree.

The next morning, accompanied by Ziyu, 0 watched the "Goddess" selection ritual.

To ensure the purity of the Goddess’s thoughts and heritage, every generation of Goddess had to be chosen from newborn babies.

The method of selection was somewhat similar to that of Esoteric Sect Lamas designating a "Spiritual Child" in Hua Country in earlier years.

Before dawn at the highest point of the Moon Temple, the current Goddess would wash her body with laurel water, then burn wormwood leaves to purify the air around.

After that, a four-spouted funnel indicating direction would be taken out. Mercury liquid would be poured into it.

The Goddess would chant for a while, and after the chanting, the cotton plugs blocking the mercury would be removed, and the mercury would drop. The direction where the mercury doesn’t scatter and instead forms into beads is the direction where the new Goddess is born.

The temple only had three days to find the newly born female infants and bring them back to the temple to raise. If there’s only one baby, then she would be the sole Goddess. But if several babies are found and all of them are female, they would all be brought back to the temple.

At the age of three, based on aptitude, the most suitable candidate for Goddess would be selected, and the rest would serve as Maids to accompany the Goddess as she grows.

In the year Ziyu and Apoli were born, the only mercury bead that didn’t scatter was in the east. Afterwards, they were both brought back to the temple.

The twin sisters, whether in literacy or agility, were nearly the same, which led the temple to establish a "Sun and Moon Goddess" rule, and Babylon Temple had "Double Goddesses" for the first time. However, these affairs were not announced to the public.

was fortunate to attend this ancient and mystical ceremony. Under the moonlight, Ziyu’s face, though ruined, remained beautiful. As she began to sing.

There was a "click" in 0’s mind. The song Ziyu was singing employed an ancient language, one that Military Road players could not understand. So 0 did not understand the meaning behind her words.

However, that melody, the more 0 listened, the more familiar it seemed. After pondering for a while, 0 remembered that the melody was very similar to the Holy Poem sung by the Holy Daughter named Xianxian during the weekend worship.

Only Ziyu’s voice was deeper, whereas Xianxian’s voice was more enchanting.

When the song ended, the funnel holding the mercury was opened. Four lines of mercury flowed together, landing on the smooth sacrificial altar.

Three beads of mercury splashed immediately, losing their shape. Only the mercury line in the south formed into a round bead upon landing.

The spectators all looked at that bead. This bead represented that the Goddess who could once again inject vitality into Babylon Temple would be born in the southern part of this city.

Once the direction was determined, the Maids tasked with the search began their actions.

Having completed the ceremony, Ziyu also let go of the heavy burden she carried.

"Ziyu? What god does the Babylon Temple worship?" 0 asked while looking at the altar that had no god statues.

"You’ve been in the temple for quite a while now, and no one has told you," Ziyu said with a light laugh. She called over a Maid and kindly asked, "Tell this honored guest, what god do we worship?"

"It’s God!" The Maid, chosen by the "Goddess," was also surprised and flattered.

"Of course, the temple worships God. What I mean is, specifically which god?" 0 did not like to play guessing games, and Ziyu could have just answered directly.

"God is simply God, the one who grants us herbs, food, and fine weather, who teaches us Medical Skills and to treat people with kindness. She is omnipresent. Since I was little, no one has ever told me the specific name of God. The people of Babylon City worship an omnipresent God," Ziyu and the Maid answered simultaneously.

found that asking was pointless and simply kept her mouth shut. However, she faintly felt that even though they were both from the temple, the god Ziyu spoke of and the god Apoli served might not be the same.

The selection of the Goddess went smoothly this time, and that evening, a female infant was brought back. After Ziyu checked and saw that the baby had a clear brow and bright eyes, a wide forehead, and a slightly meaty nose tip – a good sign of a kind and generous nature – she handed the baby over to the temple officials responsible for raising the Goddess with confidence.

At daybreak, Ziyu bid farewell to the temple folk and boarded a cart carrying medicinal materials to another city. 0 promised she would rush to the temple in the next stop to meet up with her. The two then parted at the city gate.

0, when heading to the military station to request a map, saw a carriage at the city gate with King Hammurabi inside, looking sorrowful.

"Sigh, matters of the heart, even the wisest can be muddled when involved," 0 thought of Ren Minghang. She decided not to go to work tonight and temporarily logged out of Military Road, leaving Mo Xixi with a message of "Feeling unwell." (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation.)