The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 1: Apocrypha

February 1st is the holy day of the mysterious lady. Therefore, it is also the time when the ritual is most effective.

The followers of the Mysterious Lady are accustomed to holding various rituals on this day... Followers who are not ritualists will go out to buy books on this day.

From February 1st to 7th, it is called the Reading Festival. During these seven days, booksellers will sell as many books as possible. The price is often only 70%, half or even less of the usual price, and the requirement is that the other party must I actually read these books.

Because on February 8th, the mysterious lady will give a certain amount of Holy Light Marks as a holiday reward based on the knowledge dissemination effect within these seven days. No matter whether the other party is one's own priest.

You don’t have to be a bookseller. Whether you are a teacher, mentor or instructor, as long as you teach others the knowledge you have mastered that others do not know during this week, you can get some rewards. Some weighty mysterious knowledge can usually only be obtained through relatively simple methods during this week.

These Holy Light Marks can be used to purchase various mysterious knowledge and rituals, whether they are life extension, disease treatment or physical strengthening rituals.

Accumulate a certain amount of Holy Light Marks and even purchase various inscriptions.

"I never thought that Noah would also hold a book festival."

Annan said casually, holding the book he just bought in his hand.

After dealing with the Chengling Monk last week, Annan's injury has not fully recovered.

Due to the side effects of Salvatore's potion, his body was weaker than ever.

Although Annan had become interested in Yin Jue, he was not going to help Kafni blindly, and was planning to go away for a while... but after all, the king selection only started in May.

Annan currently plans to wait until his attributes are restored before leaving.

Unexpectedly, it happened to be a reading day, so he quickly called on the players to buy more books.

Books in this era are already relatively cheap - just look at the prices of newspapers.

The elves have relatively complex papermaking technology, and Suifu has optimized this technology. Today in this world, paper is not expensive. More than two hundred years ago, movable type printing technology had also been completely formed.

This greatly reduces the value of books, and even ordinary people can bite the bullet and buy some books. This also greatly promoted the development of art - whether it was poetry or art, it only began to be officially developed after printing technology took shape.

Just some relatively expensive books...for example, books that record "heavy knowledge" can still only be disseminated by handwriting. There are only two ways to accurately record weighty knowledge.

One is a person who fully knows the "whole picture" of this knowledge. Only when the understanding is completely correct can it be recorded smoothly; the other is a gold-level transcendent who has a dyed soul and can forcibly create it. Books that record extraordinary knowledge. However, the latter often leads to partial errors or deviations in the description due to their own understanding or personal malice.

——For example, the ritual of the Skeleton Lord.

Because mysterious knowledge itself is "blocked". It is the secret that is preserved in the light realm after the rationality is completely melted.

If you only know one of the fragments and don't have enough power to cut it off, naturally you can't copy the whole thing. In other words, "copy the shortcut to the USB drive".

In essence, it is also a kind of "keeping secrets".

It’s just that keeping the secret does not require a living person, it may also be a certain book.

When the secret keeper is still alive - that is, when the body corresponding to the shortcut still exists, even if he knows only a few words, he can call this part of the power from the light world through "automatic association".

But if you only know the fragments, you can't record them. If it's used up, it's used up.

However, in addition to these two methods, there is another method of forcibly writing down extraordinary knowledge.

That is to add a lot of one's own understanding, use some kind of metaphor to replace the original reference, and completely disrupt the order of the original sentence, and then write the "occult book" written by Shen Shen Nao.

This is the so-called "pseudo-canon".

The value of an apocrypha depends entirely on the trust in the author. There are indeed conscientious authors who create apocryphal texts and then create corresponding "keys".

But there are also powerful storytellers who talk nonsense every day and can translate two sentences into 200,000 words.

Most of the mysterious knowledge that can be purchased comes from apocryphal scriptures or "remnant scriptures".

The last time Annan was able to find the book that recorded Mr. Yao's real name, he suspected that Sir Yin might be involved... This time it was a reading day, Annan and Zhiji searched several times in major bookstores. I couldn't find an original book either.

I actually bought a lot of valuable apocryphal texts and fragmentary texts.

"This translation of "The Song of the Irises" translated by Ephiket is quite good."

Annan held this book and marveled: "There is actually a matching version of "The Key to Ephiket" for sale."

"Ephiket is a well-known occultist, and he has real abilities."

Zhi Ji casually commented: "The mysterious lady is very optimistic about him. He may be transformed into her monster by the mysterious lady after his death."

"Have you ever heard of his name?"

Annan looked at Zhi Ji with some surprise.

The name can be remembered by a god--not even a painter in the corresponding field, but a mystic. This is really rare.

"And part of the reason for this is that Iris is not a taboo thing in Noah."

Zhi Ji glanced at Annan and said, "He has also written a translation of "On Paleness". But no bookstore dares to sell it."

"...about the Pale Princess?"

"Yes. ~IndoMTL.com~ Gods that are too similar to Sir Silver, or that are too contrary to Sir Silver, are not sold locally. But if you are in the south, you can buy Sir Silver's books . This can be regarded as an unspoken rule."

Zhi Ji said, glancing at Annan's bag, her tone vaguely dissatisfied: "Didn't you buy that book..."

Annan coughed slightly and said nothing more.

"Dragon, Snow and Magic Painting"

This is an apocryphal book.

It tells the story before the birth of Paper Princess in the tone of a fairy tale. I'm afraid that when ordinary people see it, they will only think it is a fairy tale with a somewhat tragic ending. Only those who know something about Zhiji can know what is implied in it.

But the really meaningful book is an apocryphal book called "The Last Archduke of Funeral Songs".

It looks like a personal biography, but it contains many secrets.

There are many secrets about the "Last Duke of Funeral Song", that is... the Duke of Bones.

"Are you very concerned about Mr. Bones?"

"His position is so strange. I tend to investigate all those who may be hostile to me."

Annan nodded and made a rational voice: "To be on the safe side, I have to do some research on the Bone Man and the Rotten Man."

"Is this so..."

Hearing Annan's words, Zhi Ji nodded thoughtfully.

She said slowly: "There is something, I didn't know whether I should tell you originally. But if you are used to this...then I have to tell you."

"What's wrong?"

"Nicholas ran away."

Zhi Ji calmly replied: "Father Shi let him go on purpose."

Updated! Good night!

I’m still adjusting my schedule... I slept for thirteen hours yesterday, and I don’t even have time for a physical examination today. I will continue to adjust my schedule first...

(End of this chapter)