Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 121 New Moon Ceremony
Time flies, and it is now Sunday.

The pre-arranged attack at Lloyd's should be next week, and the Noble Red Society suddenly became silent. The news of the old Professor Moriarty's death has not yet been heard, and the Minister of Trade remains motionless. Still haven't found it.

It's been an unusually quiet, very peaceful week.

It was even so quiet that Lily was a little restless.

But everyone is enjoying themselves, probably the only one who feels uncomfortable is Sherlock.

His character is always restless.He usually relies on finding something to do for himself, so that he can sway his unstoppable brain.Now he has forced himself to take a vacation, and he can't make any noise—according to Haina, he has been free to study spells at the bishop's house by the end of the weekend.

He also asked Hana to bring back a long letter to Aiwass.The above densely lists various problems that Aiwass may encounter in Lloyd's and how to deal with them; and puts forward seven conjectures that can only be verified with Lloyd's identity, so that Aiwass can verify them when he has time.

From the number of words in this letter, we can see how much he cares about Aiwass and how uncomfortable he is.

And Aiwass, of course, has no time.

It was rare for him to have nothing to do, and he went to class quietly for a week.Step by step, you have to learn the knowledge of occultism through the school library.He didn't even use much experience, and he rose to the ninth level naturally.

Aiwass is like a sponge, constantly absorbing knowledge.After reviewing his studies and reading the two books he planned to borrow before, he began to learn Elvish by himself in his spare time—because his prayer lecturer, Ms. Maya, planned to lend him a tantric book on the way of devotion, And this book was translated into Elvish.

In order to understand this tantric book, Aiwass has already started to prepare in advance.

The only thing that surprised Aiwass was... Lily actually reached the peak of the first energy level in just a week.

Strictly speaking, not even a week.On Thursday, she had already touched the wall of the second energy level.Three days earlier than Aiwass' best-case scenario.

This also means that this New Moon Ceremony can indeed be promoted together with Lily—after all, they are all in Avalon, and it is very rare whether they adapt to the path or surpass the path, which also means that they will be promoted tonight. Almost certainly lined up together.

And considering the house at No. 14 Ronning Street, Isabel has the key...

Although it is unlikely, but considering the possibility of her coming to play with Aiwass on Sunday night, Aiwass still asked the mentor a Monday vacation in advance, and took Lily home to prepare for the promotion ceremony and seal the flames. Butterfly.

When they got home, Aiwass discovered... The "Golden Dawn" that Master Yanis had promised earlier had been delivered and installed.

When Aiwass got home on Sunday morning, he found the living room was so bright.

As if it was not a wall, but a huge window spanning time and space——

The pure golden radiance mixed with the crimson rising sun rises from the middle of the sacred building made of gold.The Nephthys guards of the Horus Empire are worshiping the sun right below. The human figures are very small and blurry, but they give people a very real feeling.The radiance penetrated many surrounding buildings made of crystal and gold, repeatedly refracting and shining a misty halo.Even though it was just a silent painting, it seemed as if one could vaguely hear solemn praises.

This window gives people a wonderful optical illusion - it looks like looking out from the inside of the window, but at the same time it gives people "like looking from a level angle" and "like looking down from the sky". "Two feelings.

And when Aiwass came in from the door and walked forward, as the angle and distance he looked at the painting changed, the angle of the light in the painting and the perspective relationship of the surrounding buildings reflected on them The angle of light changes accordingly.

The surrounding buildings are real and detailed, even a brick protruding from the wall and a small piece of peeling gold paint are very clear.But if you see the whole painting directly, you can faintly see a golden eagle flying in the blue sky from the light repeatedly refracted by these sacred buildings and the layering formed by these buildings themselves.

This is the first time Aiwass has seen "Golden Dawn" in reality.It was so divinely brilliant that Aiwass felt his mind become clear and peaceful just looking at it.

Even people who are completely ignorant of art can understand the handed down beauty contained in this painting when they see it.This is indeed the pinnacle of the magic paintings drawn by Yanis in terms of pure skill.

"Master Edward was astonished when the picture came."

The old butler, Oswald, with his hands behind his back, followed Aiwass like a ghost and whispered: "He repeatedly confirmed that this was a gift from Master Yanis to Master Aiwass, and kept saying 'incredible ’, ‘How could this be the case’, etc. It took a long phone call in the middle of the night to find out what happened.”

His dry and wrinkled face was full of wrinkled smiles, and his wolf-like dark green pupils narrowed happily.

"Does Master Aiwass like it?"

"Of course I like it."

Aiwass said with a smile: "Not only this painting..."

As he spoke, he looked at the portrait hanging on the other wall.

It was the picture Isabel had drawn for him.

In that painting, Isabel did not draw the wheelchair behind Aiwass, so naturally there was no Lily standing behind him.The background is not a classroom... but a sky full of morning glow.

I don't know if it was a deliberate creation or a coincidence, but the background of that painting is like a watered down version of "Golden Dawn".It's as if the two paintings are in the same time and space, but Aiwass is a little farther away from them, overlooking them from a high place.

Putting these two paintings together, it shows that Isabel's technique is obviously immature.

Aiwass in that painting will shake and breathe slightly, blink slowly, and the hair on the sideburns will also sway with the wind, which looks like the L2D drawn by the character in the mobile game.It's beautiful, but it's only good looking.Even the movements are not very natural... The outstretched hand is not so much a greeting or a lecture, but a hand to someone.

But even so, Aiwass still prefers it.

"Because the temple of Horus does not belong to me, and the bright sun does not belong to me. But it belongs to me completely."

Aiwass looked at the painting and said seriously.

After fully drawing the picture, Isabel also felt that she was not good enough.She told Aiwass at the time that after she advanced again, she planned to draw another painting for Aiwass.

But according to Aiwass' knowledge, she will never stop there.After her technique improves again, she will draw another better picture.

Eventually Aiwass was able to arrange the paintings together.That would be his photo album, his memory.

Lily, who was behind him, silently pursed her lips and said nothing.

Although she didn't think that she should be painted in this painting...but she felt that Her Royal Highness even lost Master Aiwass' wheelchair, isn't that unreal?
But at this moment, Lily felt an indescribable joy in her heart.

Although the relationship between Princess Isabel and Aiwass is getting closer day by day, but after all, only she knows about Aiwass' hidden identity as a demon scholar.Now only she can join Aiwass in this most dangerous new moon ceremony.

Even Aiwass got off the wheelchair directly, and arranged the ceremony with her in Aiwass' room——

The rituals of the New Moon Ceremony are completely different from the Full Moon Ceremony.

Because there is no such thing as teammates, naturally there is no need to give up.

Compared to full moon rites, new moon rites are darker and require more brutal and dangerous rituals.

Under Aiwass' command, Lily fed the poison to a pair of roosters and hens.When they were still alive, they were stabbed to death with a knife, and the blood was sprinkled on the ground. First, the two ritual formations carved with a knife were soaked with chicken blood.

After the blood dries up, use a scraper to scrape off the excess outside the ritual circle, leaving only a complete, dark red circle.And the ritual array that was originally engraved will turn black because of more blood.

Immediately afterwards, Aiwass smeared the silver ritual knife with essential oil, baked it repeatedly on the candle until the blade was slightly black, and then put it aside for later use.

He also baked small silver hammers with black sage vanilla sticks.And after blackening its exterior, the remaining sage was incinerated and applied to the rope.

He smeared the thick iron nails with the poisonous blood of the rooster.They were thicker and longer than a human finger, and he made six of them.Two sets of other ceremonial supplies were also made.He didn't entrust Lily to do this kind of delicate work, this is to ensure accuracy.

He pasted the window with red paper that sees through the light.Just in case, a copy was pasted on the lampshade, and a wooden board was used to temporarily seal the window from Aiwass' bedroom to the house.

Aiwass also prepared two copies of the ceremony materials.

Each ritual material includes a live petrel, the heart of a deer that died today, a miniature wax figure of a philosopher, a snake, a handful of black salt, a horse's penis, a fed A mouse, an oyster, and a mirror.

Among them, there is only Haiyan, and Aiwass will not be able to find the second one for a while.So a passing pigeon was found.

The materials for the New Moon Ritual are harder to find than the Full Moon Ritual, but luckily it only requires symbolism.So many materials can go to find similar things.

The only problem is, these materials cannot be purchased from the same place.And a lot of it is time-sensitive...

Aiwass placed them on the nine corners of the ritual array in order - it was a nine-pointed star drawn with one stroke, but it was not nine equal corners.On the contrary, the nine corners are all of completely different sizes.

In order from small to large angles, Aiwass placed seabirds, mirrors, deer hearts, wax figures, black salt, mice, whips, snakes, and oysters in the nine corners of the ritual circle.

The two of them waited quietly until night, and Aiwass and Lily agreed on a code to confirm their identities when they met.Then the two changed into clothes—Aiwass found a red and white robe at home and dyed it completely red with leftover chicken blood; Lily wore a robe that was loose enough to cover her face and Fit gray hoodie.

After the sun had completely set and the new moon had risen, seeing the red light outside seeping into the house, Aiwass turned on the gas lamp with the red shade.

Seeing the red light fill the entire room, the promotion ceremony officially began.

"—all nine."

Aiwass whispered, "I'm in it."

Lily learned Aiwass' chant and followed his movements.

He took a rope and strangled the bird; he took a hammer and smashed the mirror; he took a nail and hammered it into the deer's heart.

He touched the wax figure with a candle to melt it a little; cut open his fingers, soaked black salt with blood; stabbed mice to death with a black ritual knife; pierced a horse's penis from the tip with a nail; Open it and drip your own blood into it.

Aiwass left the snake alone, and Lily left the mouse untouched—she nailed the stunned snake to the ground and skinned it with a ritual knife.

But Aiwass's snake didn't move, just curled up in place quietly; while Lily's mouse also raised its head, and its eyes were shining like a human-like living light.

"Except for me, all eight will die."

The two said in unison.

In the next moment, eight groups of black and red flames ignited blazingly.The ritual array was lit up, shining red light.

——The ceremony was successful.

　Accidentally got up late... This is [-] words, today is considered a half-day off to rest, and I won't ask for leave after the dungeon is over!
　　It's amazing to write a cat that is close to [-] characters even if you ask for leave (kimbo)
　　By the way, let's sort out the outline of tomorrow!

　　Although the cat knows that you like to be fattened, don't feed the cat to death!Remember to open a custom order for fattening (miserably miserable)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)