Chapter 1405: Midsummer Festival, The Descent of a Divine Miracle

It is unknown how much time had passed when Bishop Anbulier sent someone to notify that the Prayer Ceremony was about to begin; only then did Xia Duo notice that it was already noon, and the sun had appeared directly overhead.

The sun in the Northland generally leans a bit to the south, but on the day of the Midsummer Festival, the sun can reach exactly the point directly overhead, and after the Midsummer Festival, the sun moves south again.

There is a reason for choosing this day as the holy day of the Lord of Radiance, though Xia Duo is more inclined to believe that this special day existed first, rather than it being bestowed by the Lord of Radiance.

Of course, on such a festive day, Xia Duo would not say anything too dampening.

When he and Niya arrived in front of the Temple, the Prayer Ceremony was fully prepared, just waiting for the two of them to arrive to announce the start.

"Great Lord of Radiance, thank you for bestowing upon us the sunlight!"

Following Niya's symbolic opening remarks, Bishop Anbulier quickly directed the Temple Priests to begin the ritual process.

Praises, prayers, and blessings—after going through the entire set of procedures, Xia Duo felt his face had become somewhat stiff, while in the Daxia Territory to the south, a similar Prayer Ceremony was also being conducted simultaneously.

Xia Duo and Niya only appeared in the form of a Magic Image to make an appearance; the host of the ceremony was Laidun, the current Administrator of Daxia Territory.

Except for the Territory Guard still on duty, all the residents of Daxia Territory had come to the Code Plaza to conduct the Prayer Ceremony under the Code Sculpture; Laidun even utilized the Code Sculpture, adding it to the elements of the ceremony.

Before long, the ceremony gradually reached its end.

Here at the Savile Town Central Square, amidst cheers, Bishop Anbulier arranged for the Priests to exit in turn, and Niya also timely announced the start of the carnival.

Xia Duo waved casually at the crowd and was about to leave with Niya when he suddenly froze; things were normal on the Savile Territory side, but an accident had occurred in Daxia Territory—

A dazzling beam of light shot down from the extreme high altitude, enveloping the Code Sculpture, and it did not dissipate!

"Niya, do you see the beam of light in the south?"

"No? What beam of light?"

Since the Magic Image of Niya in Daxia Territory was created and controlled by Xia Duo, Niya did not actually know what was happening at the Daxia Territory Code Plaza at this moment, but such an obvious beam of light should have been visible from the north as well.

Yet Xia Duo's true body could not see it, and when he asked Niya, Niya also said she could not see it; was the midday sun too bright, masking the beam of light in the south? Or was there some other reason?

"Niya, follow me!"

It was just the moment for the lords to exit, so Xia Duo at most walked a bit hurriedly, which was not a big deal.

After entering the Temple, he did not even have time to walk to the Temple Garden before he directly cast a Teleportation Spell in the corridor on the side of the main hall.

……

Daxia Territory, Code Plaza.

Xia Duo directly brought Niya into the Magic Image; with his true body arrived, the perception and spell Perception were different from before. The beam of light shrouding the Code Sculpture was by no means an ordinary beam of light—it was clearly a channel of Holy Power!

An almost endless amount of Holy Power was generated, dissipated, regenerated, and dissipated again within the beam of light, evolving into many states unimaginable to ordinary people.

And in the center of the beam of light, the Code Sculpture was becoming lustrous at a speed visible to the naked eye; although it looked no different from before, Xia Duo just had that feeling.

"This, could this be a Divine Miracle?"

Only then did Niya blankly squeeze out a sentence; she looked at the Code Sculpture just over ten steps away with disbelief in her eyes, her expression changing again and again.

"A Divine Miracle?"

Xia Duo's heart stirred, as if he had thought of something; could it be that this fellow Laidun had offered the Daxia Code to the Lord of Radiance?

This was truly possible, but was the Lord of Radiance that idle? Was it worth descending a Divine Miracle for such a small matter?

"Niya, are you sure this is a Divine Miracle? Isn't it said that the Lord of Radiance has never shown a Divine Miracle?" Xia Duo asked curiously.

There were rumors before that the Lord of Radiance had descended a Divine Miracle in Leisen Territory, but after Xia Duo came into contact with the Lord of Leisen, he learned that it was not a Divine Miracle, but that Kelifu was saving the life of Telemen Leisen, the Lord of Leisen.

Perhaps the commotion was a bit large, so it was passed off as a Divine Miracle, but in reality, there was none.

But Niya's answer was also quite interesting: "Look at the beam of light, it extends all the way up to the sun; if it isn't the Lord of Radiance, who could do such a thing?!"

"So this is a Divine Miracle?" Xia Duo asked back.

"What else could it be?" Niya asked back as well.

Xia Duo was amused upon hearing this; the Divine Miracle he imagined and the Divine Miracle Niya imagined were still different. Perhaps in Niya's view, Holy Power itself was a kind of Divine Miracle, but Xia Duo was more inclined to the explanation of "a miracle accomplished by a god."

Right now, the Code Plaza side could at most be considered a strong Holy Power reaction, not yet reaching the name of a miracle. However, Xia Duo discovered from Niya's words that she seemed to have not yet discovered the essence of the beam of light's Holy Power.

If she had discovered it, perhaps she would be even more certain that this was a Divine Miracle!

……

About a quarter of an hour later, the sun overhead was clearly leaning to the west, and the beam of light shrouding the Code Sculpture gradually extinguished from top to bottom.

Until the Holy Light completely disappeared, Xia Duo immediately walked toward Laidun, who was kneeling on one knee in front of the sculpture; when he approached, Laidun also stood up.

Seeing that the Lord had suddenly "come to life," Laidun immediately realized that it must have been caused by the Divine Miracle that had just occurred, so he hurriedly explained:

"My Lord, during the Prayer Ceremony just now, my Lord seemed to have taken an interest in the Daxia Code, bestowed upon me Omniscient Memory, ordered me to recite the full text, and then that scene occurred."

"How do you know the Lord of Radiance took an interest in the Daxia Code?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Xia Duo knew he had asked a foolish question. Priests perceive Holy Power, and to a large extent, they are perceiving the will of their god. As long as the god is willing to take the initiative to reveal what they think, the priest can naturally understand the divine will easily.

So he changed to another question: "What exactly is the effect of this Divine Miracle?"

At this time, Niya also came to the side of the two. Seeing this, Laidun bowed before answering Xia Duo's question: "My Lord has no intention of interfering in the Mortal Plane; he only added a Universal Knowledge effect to the Code Sculpture."

"Universal Knowledge? What is Universal Knowledge?"

"It means that everyone who comes near the Code Sculpture, as long as they have the desire to understand the Code, can automatically obtain the corresponding content of the Code."

"……"

This was actually Xia Duo's requirement for the sculpture when he first had the idea of making the Code Sculpture, but it was difficult to complete this function using only known Magic technology.

Previously, he had indirectly completed it by connecting to the Tower Spirit and having the Tower Spirit answer the questions of the inquirers.

But the degree of completion was actually not high; the Tower Spirit could only mechanically answer the questions of the inquirer and could not directly obtain the thoughts of the inquirer, nor could it directly instill Knowledge.

Although from the results, the two were similar, the efficiency of the Tower Spirit was far too low.