The meditation room was a little narrow, and the surroundings were covered in cobwebs and dust. There were only two cross windows hanging on the wall, and the warm sunlight penetrated through the glass, bringing some light to the room.
A huge coffin occupied about one-fifth of the entire meditation room.
"It's all garlic. It's for exorcism." The dean took the initiative to explain to Su Mo as he curiously looked around.
In the end, she had never entered this meditation room before.
"This is?" Su Mo looked forward and saw a skeleton wearing a priest's robe kneeling in front of the cross. Its hands seemed to be in a praying position.
"Ouch."
After all, she was just a woman, and when she saw the skeleton, the dean cried out in shock and quickly hid behind Su Mo.
"Don't be afraid, it's just a skeleton.”Su Mo helplessly comforted her.
He looked at the photo frame hanging on the wall beside him and took it down."The clothes on this skeleton are the same as the one in the photo.”
"What? Father Qi?" After the director compared them carefully, his eyes widened."He was the previous missionary."
After confirming his identity, the fear on the dean's face actually dissipated by half. He even dared to walk directly behind the skeleton and kneel down, then began to make a praying gesture.
Perhaps this was the power of faith.
"So you didn't give up your priesthood. The Church thought you left your post without permission, but you've been fighting against the demons here. I'll help you explain to the Church.”
The Headmaster's prayer sounded a little dull in the narrow space, and Su Mo looked around before his gaze finally landed on the second photo frame.""And this is?"
The dean turned his head to take a look and replied,"" He is Father Faur."
"More than ten years ago, two priests came to run the church, and Father Qi was attacked by the demons. I think Father Faur couldn't escape the demon tribulation either!”
"It's very difficult to escape if you don't have enough magic power.”Su Mo faintly sighed, and many memories suddenly flashed through his mind.
Mao Mountain was a branch of the Shang Qing Dynasty, one of the leaders of the righteous path. Whether it was the Heavenly Court or the Nether World, they had connections.
However, many disciples of Mao Mountain did not enjoy this benefit.
Because in this world, not only did cultivators slay demons and devils, but there were also demons and devils that wreaked havoc and devoured humans.
Many Mao Mountain disciples had died at the hands of the demons, and not even their souls remained.
For example, zombies. As long as one died in the hands of a zombie, they would either become a new zombie and cause chaos in the world, or they would be destroyed by other cultivators and their souls would dissipate!
This was supposed to be a war between two races. One would die and the other would die. There would be no mercy!
"There must have been a very cruel struggle here back then.”
The director had already stood up and pointed at the messy surroundings."Look, the Bible is burnt black, the holy water is overturned, and there are garlic sticks everywhere. It seems that they have lost the battle and their lives have been taken by the devil!”
"That's impossible." Su Mo squatted down and looked at the skeleton covered in spider webs.""If it was a demon who killed him, how could the villagers of Quanchang Village come and go safely for more than ten years? I think he won!"
"However, after he won, he committed suicide.”
"Suicide?" The dean frowned. That's impossible."
"Look."
Su Mo pointed at the cross that had pierced his heart.""This is the evidence. He held the cross with both hands and stabbed it into his heart, which led to his death.”
The dean looked at the cross, but Su Mo's gaze was focused on the neck of the skeleton.
Finally, not long after, he found two teeth marks on a bone in his neck.
"As expected! This is the reason why he committed suicide."
"What's the reason?" The dean raised his head and asked.
Su Mo gently placed his fingers on the two teeth marks and felt the faint Yin Qi that had not completely dissipated after more than ten years.""If you fight with an evil dragon for too long, you will turn into a new evil dragon. If bitten by a devil, one would turn into a new devil!”
Hearing this, the dean fell silent. He seemed to have thought of something, but in the end, he could not say it.
Su Mo did not continue and looked at the black notebook in front of the skeleton.""This is?"
He opened the notebook and found that it was filled with dense English words. The top of each page was clearly recorded with the time.
"It seems to be his diary."
"Diary?" The hospital director also looked at the notebook, but the English in the notebook made her dizzy.
Although she was promoting the Western Church, she had never been to the West and knew nothing about the Western language.
"Director, can you lend me this diary? I'll return it after I'm done.”Su Mo suddenly said.
"Mr. Su, you can read foreign languages?" The dean was a little surprised.
"I learned it before, so I can roughly understand it.”
The dean hesitated for a moment before finally nodding."Then, alright. Mr. Smith, you must keep it carefully. After all, this is something left behind by the previous priest. I have the obligation to ensure its integrity.”
"I understand. Thank you.”Su Mo patted the dust off the notebook, wrapped it in a piece of white paper, and stuffed it into his pocket.
When the two of them walked out of the church, they happened to bump into Ninth Uncle and a group of people rushing over.
"How is it? Did you find anything?" Ninth Uncle glanced at the church.
"No, I haven't." Su Mo secretly glanced at the bat hiding on the roof and said,""This place is very clean.”
"Strange!"
Hearing this, Ninth Uncle frowned slightly.""I've searched the surroundings and didn't find any bat nests. Then where did those bats come from?”
"Ninth Uncle, what should we do?" The village chief asked from behind.
Uncle Nine thought for a while and replied," Forget it. Let's not talk about the bats for now. Let's hurry up and find a new water source. We don't have to dig a well at the last minute."”
The group left, but Su Mo remained in the church. He sat on a wooden bench under the sunlight and flipped open the notebook in his hand.
Due to being sealed for a long time, the title page of the notebook had turned yellow. A rotten smell came from it, and the handwriting on it had become very faint. Fortunately, he could still barely recognize it.
" 6th July: The church is completed today. This is the hard work of Faur and me. We spent half a year hoping to bring the light of the Lord to the people of this village!”
" July 7th: I'm preaching in the village with Faur, but the people in this village seem to believe in the local gods. We haven't found a single believer for the entire day. Let's wait and see in a few days.”
The next few pages were all about unimportant matters, and Su Mo had no choice but to skip through them.
" August 9th: Faur is a little strange today. He was praying alone in the house, but when I went in, he quickly hid the prayer thing as if he was scared by me.”
" September 15th: Faur's behavior has been getting weirder and weirder over the past month. He often locks himself in his room to pray. I don't even know who he's praying to. The way Faur looks at me has also become very strange, as if he's looking at food!”
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