Western Mysteries of the Dao, Old Friends

Page after page, the brush tip raced across the paper.

According to Kong Shangzhao, he had learned the writing of the Red Haired Foreigners from a returning seafarer. Thanks to his photographic memory, he had mastered it quickly, but because he had not used it for so long, it had grown somewhat unfamiliar.

Now that he had picked up those memories again, his translation speed grew faster and faster.

One manuscript after another was written out and handed to the others.

Li Yan lowered his head to examine them, his brows drawing tighter and tighter.

They contained Mendes's diary and sailing records.

He claimed that his ancestors came from the ancient land of Canaan and belonged to a family of sorcerers. His grandfather had been the Frankish court's imperial astrologer. After the family was forced to convert to Catholicism because of the "Lisbon Massacre," they secretly preserved and studied the remaining fragments of The Key of Solomon.

The Key of Solomon recorded the method of summoning the Seventy-Two Demon Gods of Solomon. Because it involved killing and sacrificial rites, it was not tolerated by the local church. Mendes therefore joined a secret church called the "Canaan Blood Covenant," then went to sea with a fleet to explore and cultivate.

He had once reached Goa in Shendu (India), where he participated in the destruction of the local "Ancient Tree Divine Temple"...

Over the years, they had invaded Malacca in the Nanyang Countries, seized control of the local leaders, and impersonated the "Pu Duli Family," a Nanyang kingdom, to enter the capital and offer tribute. They had not only cooperated with several southern merchant guilds to smuggle goods, but had also joined forces with experts from Dongying, using Fushou Paste to corrupt the powerful and gangs of Jinmen...

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