Chapter 38 1.38 Jerome's Ambition

The First Emperor unified the six kingdoms and the country was extremely powerful.

In order to seek immortality, he sent millions of monks to the ends of the earth to kill the gods of the world and refine the immortal elixir.

The words on the first page are no different from "Volume 15" compiled by Mo Yiquan. Then there is a rather lengthy description. Loki quickly skipped it and only remembered two points.

1. This book records an island, which was named "Kuaishi Island" by the pre-Qin Qigong practitioners.

There is only one name, and everything else is recorded as 0.

2. The compiler of this book is not Mo Yiquan, but another Tang Dynasty explorer "Xiao Lu".

Judging from the handwriting written by the brush on the papyrus, this Xiao Lu is a person with a gay personality. His handwriting is neat and beautiful. The text is very clean and tidy, just like printing, and the distance and size between each word are exactly the same.

It took Loki about 5 minutes to finish reading the first page by the candlelight. When he turned to the second page, he instantly realized why the "gatekeeper" wanted to exchange books with Old Walder.

Each page of this book only has a small half picture!

Except for the "General Chapter" on the first page, the whole book is like a printing error, and each page only shows 14 on the left half of the page. The rest is like a clear dividing line, neatly cutting off all the information.

The 14 sheets of paper with pictures are very familiar with the vivid maps drawn with gold, silver and cinnabar, just like the "Sunken City" volume drawn by Mo Yiquan.

And the right half of the page is all clean papyrus without a single ink spot!

Loki blinked hesitantly. If a modern printer prints a book like this, it is not uncommon, because the printer can control each ink spot within 0.01 mm.

But the ancients used brushes to draw ancient books! The finest wolf hair brush is also about 1 mm thick.

If you want to hide the left half of the page as accurately as laser cutting, the only feasible way is to put another piece of paper on the left page, and remove the other piece of paper as a dividing line after the picture is completed.

It can be said that way, but if you really want to use this method, pencils may be okay, but brushes are extremely difficult.

The most important question is: why?

If a book is divided into two parts, it may still be readable. After all, the words line by line are parallel. Only the first half of the book can at least read the previous story, and then associate the missing part in the middle through the other half of the next page.

And this way of breaking the pages left and right makes each sentence only a small half. In this case, the difficulty will increase exponentially.

The text of the Tang Dynasty is very literary. After reading half a sentence for a while, Loki shook his head and helplessly stuffed the book into his arms. Looking back, he saw Jerome standing quietly behind him without knowing when.

It was obvious that he had been standing there for a long time.

"My guess was right. You can really read and speak Tangwen fluently!"

Staring at Loki with a sharp gaze, Jerome walked into the cabin and moved a chair to sit opposite him. He had seen that Loki was not a murderer, and he could be more unbridled in front of him.

"Mr. Jerome, thank you for your help these days. I will let you go after I drive the boat back to Lindisfar Monastery!"

"From now on, you go your way and I go my way. I promise you will never see me again in this life."

"We have had a hard day. Now I really want to take the time to have a good sleep, because we have to set sail overnight, so if you don't mind..."

The order to expel guests was clearly issued, but Jerome on the opposite side did not have any intention of leaving. Not only that, he took advantage of Loki's fatigue and grabbed the ancient book in his arms. Spread it on the table.

"Mr. Jerome, I respect you as a respectable Saint, but that doesn't mean you can..."

Jerome raised his hands high just after he finished speaking.

The rich holy light bestowed on him by the "Way of Justice" by the Saint gathered between his hands. As he softly recited the prayer, the holy light flowing like a watermark poured onto the ancient scroll. Loki was surprised to find that a picture composed of light appeared on the other half of the blank papyrus!

In this way, the complete appearance of this book was completed!

Loki was dumbfounded, but Jerome, who was sitting opposite him, took away the holy light in time and the room returned to darkness in an instant.

"You you" trembled and pointed at Jerome, and Loki lost all his sleepiness.

"Mr. Kidnapper, every inch has its own strengths and weaknesses!"

"My profession is a gospel transcriber of the Lindisfa Church, but I was taught by the 'Saint' Euseubi when I was young. I have seen ancient books compiled by various saints in Rome."

"This book is held by pagans, and they cannot discover the secrets hidden in it. Because this is an ancient book compiled by a 'demigod' high-sequence person of the Holy Bishop!"

"Only high-sequence strongmen under the two paths of 'Justice' and 'Holy Light' can reveal the secrets hidden in the second half of the book!"

Explosion is the only feeling in Loki's chaotic brain.

At this time, he finally understood why a shrewd "gatekeeper" would want to change the book in his hand. With his status and position, he must have tried all the methods he could to try to make the other half of the blank page appear.

But he would never have imagined that Xiao Lu, who was responsible for compiling the "Overall Map of the World, the Eroded Countries", was actually a follower of the Holy Lord who had reached the level of demigod!

(Haha, don't even mention you. Even if I lived two lives, I couldn't imagine that a Tang person would actually go to the "barbarian" country at that time and join the barbarian religion)

This kind of thing is as terrible as a university professor from the Red Country going to a Belt and Road country in Africa and joining a hunting tribe.

What's more terrible is that he became an important official in this hunting tribe.

If Jerome hadn't "happened" to come to his cabin, he might not be able to solve this puzzle in his lifetime.

"Ahem"

"Mr. Jerome, what do you want?"

Loki knew that for devout believers like them, money, women, and even life were not important to them, so he simply omitted the coercion and inducement.

"Take me to Scandinavia."

"Use the money you robbed to build a church for me."

I????

Many of Jerome's words can greatly expand Loki's cognition. Use the money I robbed from this church to build a new church for this big brother in Hanshui Village

This is Nima

Does this mean that I rob myself?

Loki stared at Jerome's face expressionlessly for a full minute, and finally confirmed that this devout missionary was not talking nonsense.

"Viking is a bitter and cold land. There is no need for me to describe how bad the living environment there is. Just look at us and you will know."

"If the land can produce full fruits, if the prey produced in the fertile mountains can meet everyone's daily needs, why do we need to put our heads on our belts and go out to rob every day?"

Jerome's expression was neither sad nor happy, and he was not moved at all.

"In our village, everyone has to work. Because if you don't work, you won't have food to eat! You don't have to think about being like Northumbria, where a large number of people spontaneously send their property to the church. That's impossible!"

"In a disaster year, the whole village will go out to sea on a longboat to rob. Just you, can you swing your axe with us, kill innocent passers-by, and plunder their property?"

Without thinking, Jerome said two words softly.

"I can."