Skeleton King

Chapter 276 Trading, Star Wars Chess

The priest of Xueyan Village took Ace to the resting hall in the village, which is also his usual residence.

Looking at the simple stone house in front of him, Ace was stunned for a moment. Jude did show off that the Dormition Hall in Hongyan Village has a long history and a grand scale. In the past, until he saw the Dormition Hall in Xueyan Village—not to mention as tall and majestic as the Dormition Hall in Hongyan Village, Ace even worried that when this stone house would fall down!

"This Dormition Hall was built by ourselves." Jude naturally noticed Ace's strangeness, and he said: "When we arrived here more than 100 years ago, this place was still the most desolate place in this wasteland..."

Complex emotions such as nostalgia and pride appeared in the eyes of the priests in Xueyan Village.

It's a pity that Ace didn't feel anything after hearing what he said.Although Ace claimed the identity of the priest and learned more about the priest from Jude, he still lacks a lot of common sense.

For example, the Dormition Halls scattered across the small planes are almost all built by the high priests who have traveled around for hundreds of years.Only a few large villages such as Grimace Village and Golden Village have mastered the technique of resting hall runes, allowing ordinary priests to build new resting halls under specific circumstances.

If Xueyan Village had not been split from the Golden Village and had inherited a lot of information about the Dormition Hall from the Golden Village, and Shelley's understanding of runes was far superior to that of ordinary priests, it would have been impossible for them to build the Dormition Hall.But just like that, when they built this small stone house, it was a waste of effort.

The essence of the Dormition Hall does not lie in its materials, but in the priest's understanding of astrology.

The essence of the Dormition Hall is just a place to gather star power.

"I originally thought you came here for Little John. A child who awakens his fighting spirit not long after waking up, such a talent is rare in Ghostface Village." Priest Shelley moved his eyes from the rough relief on the wall of the Dormition Hall Kai, staring at Ace quietly, said lightly: "But he should not be worthy of a high priest, or the high priest of Ghost Face Village. The star vision that appeared a few days ago is because of your lord?"

On the high platform, the priest Shelley noticed the unusualness of Little John.

Little John's strength was originally slightly weaker than that of Xueyan Village's warrior leader, but he possessed fighting spirit, so he might be able to win this battle.Shelley did not continue to watch the battle.

Ace frowned slightly, "It was just an accident that I came here, and the astrology was just an accident."

"Does your lord want to go back to Grimace Village?" Priest Shelley led Ace and Nuoou into the resting hall of Xueyan Village, while several soldiers behind him guarded outside the resting hall.

This resting hall has only one main hall and one side hall.The side hall is the usual resting place for offering sacrifices to Shelley. The main hall is not big, and only some flat stones are placed for the villagers to rest. There is a small pool on the left side of the main hall. There are several star stones in the small pool. A round table with a chess board engraved on it, and some chess pieces scattered on it.

Priest Shelley sat down at the round table, and Ace and Nou sat opposite him.

Ace said: "Although I'm not sure if I'm from Ghostface Village, but I do want to go there and have a look."

Gold Village and Ghost Face Village are deadly rivals. Even if the villagers of Xueyan Village leave Gold Village, they will not have a good opinion of the people in Ghost Face Village, but the only one who can attract the stars can only be the High Priest.

In the small plane, the existence of the high priest is above all else.

A long time ago, there was a saying in the small plane that only the high priest could guide them in the right direction and lead them on their way home.

Therefore, the priest Shelley's attitude towards Ace is quite friendly.

"I'm afraid my lord will be disappointed." Priest Shelley shook his head and said, "We have lost contact with the Golden Village for almost 100 years. This is not the place we chose to settle in the first place, we have to choose to stay here."

Shelley's words revealed a lot of information.

Ace asked: "Didn't you split with the Golden Village?"

"It's just that some ideas are different, so we can't live together." The priest Shelley looked at them with a long look, which is different from the guesses of people in Hongyan Village, Buffon Village, and Huba Village—even many people think that Xueyan Village People defected from the Golden Village, were hunted outside, and then hid in this rare place. In fact, their leaving the Golden Village was a deliberate decision, a last resort choice after two diametrically opposed ideas failed to work together for a long time.

Shelley said: "Maybe you don't remember. The outside environment is much worse than here. We walked here from the center of the plane. Along the way, there were soldiers who were seriously injured in order to protect the villagers. They had to fall into a deep sleep. The other two priests of the village are also lying under the Rest Hall now."

I don't know if there will be a chance to wake up again.

Ace was a little curious, "What kind of differences make you prefer to leave your hometown and let so many villagers fall asleep, rather than stay in the Golden Village?"

Priest Shelley did not answer.

Ace didn't force it either, he decided to change the question, "Why do you say you have no way to leave here?"

"This is actually a jeopardy in the small plane. There are only two ways to get here. One, just like adults, you can get here through space cracks, but if you want to pass through the space cracks safely, unless you are very lucky, you need a digital saint. Second, it is the road we came from, the canyon behind Buffon's village." A trace of grief flashed in the eyes of the priest Shelley, and he said: "We had three priests at that time, among them my teacher , the strength is already close to that of the high priest, and there are more than a dozen powerful fighters with fighting spirit. But when we passed through the canyon, we encountered a large number of stone beasts..."

"...What your lord sees now is that less than one in ten of us passed through the canyon by chance." The priest Shelley said: "In recent years, we have invited the village chief of Buffon Village to go to the outskirts of the canyon to investigate. There are even more stone beasts there. We even suspect that there is an extremely powerful stone beast hidden in the canyon that has just opened up its spiritual wisdom, and the ones wandering outside are all his subordinates."

Ace thought for a while, and said, "Does that mean that leaving the canyon behind Buffon's village is not easier than leaving through the space crack?"

"The most frightening thing about space rifts is the unknown. We don't know if we will encounter a space storm in the space rift, and even if we escape by chance, will we be transported to other Jedi on the plane. And to leave the canyon, we have to encounter countless The stone beast." The priest Shelley said: "But it is not impossible. There is a big village on the other side of the canyon, and the priests in their village can calculate the sleeping time of the stone beast according to the astrology. As long as there are not many people, Be careful, and you can pass through the canyon when the stone beast is sleeping. Before, Jude's teacher found Hongyan Village in this way and took Jude out for a tour."

"Then when will the stone beasts in the canyon sleep next time?" Ace asked.

Priest Shelley replied: "Stone beasts sleep, usually when they evolve, each time the interval will be longer than the last time. None of us can predict, we can only speculate that last time they fell asleep at an interval of 24 years, this time at least It will take 30 years. Jude has been back for 16 years, and it will be about 15 years before they evolve next time."

Ace: ...

Ace said, "I can't wait that long."

"But there may be other ways." The priest Shelley's eyes faintly revealed hope, and said: "If your lord can help awaken the warriors of His Highness Anxi in Xueyan Village. If we work together, we may not be able to fight the stone beasts in the canyon again."

Ace asked about the injuries of the sleeping warriors who worshiped Shelley Xueyan Village, and immediately rejected the plan.

Ace estimated that he was [-]-[-]% sure about treating these people's injuries, but their injuries were too serious, and most of them needed to activate the astrology--abnormal astrology often appeared in a remote place in the small plane, and before he could go out, he would It will attract the attention of Tsval, the lord of the small plane. Even if Tsval does not act personally, Grimace Village and Gold Village will send people here to investigate.

It's fine for other people to suspect that he is the High Priest of Ghost Face Village. Could it be that the people of Ghost Face Village don't know if their village has lost a High Priest?

In this way, it will be a matter of time before his identity is exposed.

Seeing that Ace refused, Shelley was also very disappointed.

"You should know why I'm here. I want to exchange the plane map, but I don't know what conditions are required." Ace said.

Shelley didn't expect that Ace hadn't given up on leaving after he had made his words so clear. Could it be that Ace still had some unknown means?After all, he is the High Priest of Grimace Village, so he may have the means to suppress the bottom of the box.

Shelley said: "My lord, Xueyan Village does have a very detailed plane map, but as long as we can't leave here, this map is worthless."

Ace was noncommittal, "I just want to see if it can bring back the memories of the past. I also carry a lot of silver frost shells with me, and there are many rare little things. If someone is missing runes, the situation is not serious. I Can help too."

Shelley felt that what Ace said was probably not true, but he had no other choice.

He pondered for a moment, and said: "If there are enough silver frost shells... But I can't spend them here. I want my lord to do me two favors."

Ace said, "Tell me."

Shelley said: "The first thing, if you have a way to leave here in recent years, I want you to help me take a letter to the Golden Village. Originally, I wanted to ask the village on the other side of the canyon to help, but the sooner I take this letter out The better. When the time comes, the people in the Golden Village will definitely give you enough rewards when they receive the letter. If you want to walk through the canyon, I can ask the warriors who entered the village with us to accompany you to walk again."

After making sure that he only needs to hand over the letter to any priest in the Golden Village or a warrior who has awakened his fighting spirit, Ace agreed to the request.

Shelley continued: "The second thing, I observed that Jude has a much deeper understanding of runes this time, and I hope that the adults can leave a copy of what he taught Jude to Xueyan Village. I can swear , will never leak these contents to the Golden Village.”

"No need." To Shelley's surprise, Ace easily agreed to this request that he felt was too much, "You know, Little John wants to leave with me." The hidden power of Xueyan Village is stronger than what they showed They are too powerful. When the priests and soldiers of His Highness Rest in Peace wake up, the power of their village alone can sweep the other villages here several times.

Ace said: "As long as you can guarantee that you will not invade Hongyan Village within 200 years, I can pass on my understanding of runes to you."

Even Shelley, who has always been calm, received Ace's promise, and his face overflowed with joy, "Thank you, sir. I can make this promise on behalf of Xueyan Village."

Now that the deal is concluded, regardless of whether Ace can leave here, Xueyan Village will not suffer, and Shelley feels much more relaxed.He rearranged the pieces on the chessboard and asked, "My lord, do you want to play a game of Star Wars chess?"

The appearance of the chessboard and chess pieces in front of Ace is the same as the ones he learned in the Pansy Empire, but these chess pieces are all made of star stones. Ace suspects that these things were also brought by Shelley and the others from the Golden Village, so that they can be so extravagant.

He had never played Star Wars Chess yet.

Could it be related to the power of the stars?

Ace was also a little curious, "Okay."