He stood up, walked to Coral Douluo, looked at her condescendingly, his eyes as sharp as knives. "I understand your pain and your guilt. But the pain and guilt should not be your excuse to escape, but should turn into a more blazing flame in your heart, a flame that burns brighter towards the deep sea, towards Kraken, and towards those enemies who threaten everything I Sea God Island!"
"Resigning? Imprisoning yourself? That is the behavior of a coward! You are doubling the pain and humiliation that Kraken has inflicted on us and returning it to yourself, as well as to all your colleagues and the people of the Holy Land who trust you and need you!"
High Priest's voice suddenly rose, with unquestionable majesty and a deep motivation. "Stand up, Coral Douluo! Raise your head! Look at me!"
Coral Douluo's body shook violently. Under the impact of High Priest's pressure and words, he involuntarily raised his head and met those eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything.
"I will not allow you to resign!" High Priest said firmly, "Keep your guilt and pain! Let it be engraved in your bones and branded on your soul! Then, take it with you to make me stronger!
Use your wisdom, your strength, your Phantom Color Coral, to avenge Dolphin Douluo! To protect more colleagues and people who should not be lost! To make that evil beast in the deep sea pay a thousand times the price! This is the only thing you, as Coral Douluo Sacred Pillar Guardian, should do and the only thing you can do at this moment - atonement!"
"If you feel that you are not worthy of this position of Sacred Pillar, then use your actions, your future achievements and the blood of the enemy to prove that you are worthy! Use the loyalty and fighting for the rest of your life to comfort Dolphin Douluo's spirit in heaven! In addition, any retreat, evasion, or self-punishment is a betrayal of the dead and a betrayal of the living!"
High Priest's words, like a bell from a bell, echoed in the quiet room and struck everyone's heart hard.
Coral Douluo knelt there blankly, tears finally bursting out and rolling down her pale cheeks. High Priest's words were not only a spur and encouragement to her identity as "Coral Douluo", but were they also a warning and binding to the "undercover" deep in her heart?
She cannot retreat. Retreating will arouse suspicion and lose value. She must continue to walk, with this real pain and false loyalty, on this road that becomes narrower and darker...
"Subordinate... I understand." After a long time, Coral Douluo used all her strength to utter these five words hoarsely. She slowly stood up and wiped the tears from her face. Although her eyes were still full of bloodshot eyes and exhaustion, the despair of self-exile seemed to be forced. Pressed down, it was replaced by a complex expression that was mixed with pain, determination and a certain fatalistic coldness. "This subordinate... will continue to serve as Coral Sacred Pillar until... the last drop of blood is shed, or High Priest orders his dismissal."
"Very good." High Priest nodded slightly and glanced at everyone, "We will never forget this humiliation and Dolphin Douluo's sorrow! But after the grief, we need to turn our grief and anger into strength. Crayfish Douluo needs to recover as soon as possible, Ye Yang, Conch Douluo, you two need to worry too much. Sea Swallow, Sea Turtle Douluo, be more vigilant, especially pay attention to changes in the direction of the deep sea. Coral Douluo... You stay on the island temporarily to help handle follow-up matters and stabilize your mind."
"I will obey the decree of High Priest!" Everyone bowed and promised.
"In addition," High Priest's eyes flashed coldly, "Shrek Academy Xuan Ye's death at the hands of Heishan Town, I'm afraid it will be difficult to conceal it for a long time. With his temperament, Shrek They may not give up. We need to make preparations in advance. If necessary... we can appropriately disclose some information related to 'Soul Beast Guardian' and Evil Soul Master, but we need to be cautious and not completely lead the conflict to me, Sea God Island."
"Yes."
The crowd retreated, and only High Priest was left in the quiet room. He slowly walked back to his seat, closed his eyes tiredly, and rubbed his eyebrows vigorously with his fingers.
Recalling that he was kneeling alone at the core of Cold Jade Array Map, holding the Sea God Scepter with both hands and pressing it against his forehead. His eyes were closed tightly, and the Soul Power all over his body slowly fluctuated with an extremely mysterious frequency, communicating with the formation under his feet, with the entire Sea God Hall, and even with the supreme existence in the dark.
He is praying, asking for instructions, and seeking guidance - at the moment when he has experienced the tragic defeat of Sea of Shipwrecks, the painful loss of Sacred Pillar, his people's hearts are floating, and powerful enemies are around him, he urgently needs clear instructions from the Divine Realm.
Time passed little by little, and the only sound in the silent secret room was High Priest's long and suppressed breathing. Sweat soaked his gray temples, showing the huge consumption of this kind of deep communication on the mind.
I don't know how long it took, but it seemed like a moment, and it seemed like Ten-Thousand-Year.
The light of the luminous pearl on the dome suddenly swayed slightly, and the air seemed to be stagnant for a moment. Then, a vast, majestic will that encompasses all things and is superior to all things, seemed to have crossed endless time and space, and quietly descended here. There was no sound, no image, only an extremely clear idea that was directly imprinted in the depths of the soul, with unquestionable sanctity.
"Accept...Shrek... believers... grant...God Trial... stabilize... the mainland...Faith Anchor..."
The thoughts were intermittent, but every word Qian Jun, like a great bell, resounded in High Priest's soul! It was the Sea God oracle! Although it was not as clear and coherent as before, with a kind of difficulty and ambiguity that crossed boundaries, the core message, High Priest understood it instantly!
There are three oracles:
First, the person who responded to the Shrek Academy! Who exactly it is, when and where, the oracle is not clear, but the order to "receive" is clear.
Second, grant them Sea God Trial! This is the highest level of grace and recognition, which means sharing part of the inheritance and authority of Sea God with the people of Shrek to help them improve, and also to connect them more deeply with the beliefs of Sea God Island and Sea God.
Third, the fundamental purpose - to stabilize the mainland Faith Anchor! Obviously, the violent turmoil and loss of the mainland's faith, the rise of Angel Martial Soul, the disruption of the deep sea forces, and the recent continuous setbacks of Sea God Island have caused cracks in the foundation of faith.
He needs to use Shrek, the "Old Holy Land" that still has residual prestige among humans Soul Master, to re-stabilize and expand his faith and fight against the erosion from "Holy Sword" and enemies in the dark.
The oracle dissipated, and the vast will receded like a tide. The secret room returned to silence, leaving only High Priest kneeling in the array, soaked in cold sweat, with an extremely complex expression.
He slowly opened his eyes, and the hand holding the scepter trembled slightly, not because of weakness, but because of an indescribable complex emotion that was mixed with excitement, heaviness, and deep powerlessness.
"Accept Shrek... give God Trial..." High Priest repeated in a low voice, with light shining in his eyes.