Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1204 Amber Egg
The scale of Paradise City is almost one of the largest among the ancient Parthian Empire.

Apart from the largest Holy Spring City, the second largest city now is Paradise City... although the second to fifth cities combined may not be as big as Holy Spring City.

With such tremendous power, he could still possess the fifth level of dedication. He must be practicing asceticism. After all, the asceticism in this world is also idealistic. As long as he thinks he is practicing asceticism, then he is practicing asceticism.

Fish sauce is a daily food for Aiwass. It is just like soy sauce to him. It is just because Anxi is too far away from the sea that this seaside specialty has become a luxury that is more expensive than gold.

...If nothing unexpected happens, this bottle of blood sauce might even be produced in the Lloyd's District.

This made Aihua look embarrassed.

——It’s a complicated experience, just like eating at Haidilao which is much more expensive when traveling abroad.

Although after arriving at Adil's bedroom, Aiwas had a different impression of this kind master - he was not just a hypocritical person who pretended to be kind, nor was he an ambitious person who manipulated people's hearts.

He wanted to do something good from the bottom of his heart.

But Aiwass also understood more and more clearly that he was indeed not the same kind of people as these people.

Even if Adil was truly sincere in his asceticism and good deeds, and had morals and kindness that were worlds apart from other good people, he was still so barbaric and cruel to Aiwass... hopeless.

Because he cannot transcend his origin, culture and beliefs.

Every polite and gentle word he spoke revealed to Aiwass the upper limit of the group of "good masters".

For some reason, Aiwass also sensed a faint aura of death from him. It wasn't that he was in poor health, or had some disease or curse. It was just like someone who knew he had a terminal illness.

Unlike ordinary people who have the feeling that "the future time is infinite", he clearly knows the time of his own end. Because of this, all his plans and arrangements have a deadline that cannot be crossed. It is a special feeling of indifference of "as if nothing matters", but mixed with the persistence and anxiety of "at least finish something".

Therefore, Aiwass did not bother with him for the time being, but directly asked him the question that concerned him the most: "What is the amber egg you mentioned?"

Hearing this, Adil did not give any instructions or commands.

He just lowered his eyes, and the slaves in the palace walked up silently and handed him the amber egg in the sealed container.

As Adil said, they understood each other's minds. No words or communication were needed, so there were no mistakes or rebukes.

Is this also what pastoral care does?

Aiwass thought about it and looked carefully.

——It was something placed in a black container.

The outer container is a giant egg made of "Thirst Stone". Apparently the same material as the Thirst Stone Bell that the Good Lord used to summon the inhabitants... It looks like cloudy black crystal.

Just by staring at it, Aiwass could vaguely hear the looming sound of waves.

It's like white noise that helps you sleep.

But if Aiwass looked away, the sound disappeared.

The light transmittance is a bit like the anti-peep glass of a car. If you look through it, you can hardly see anything.

It was as if he had guessed what Aiwass was thinking, or as if the good master had observed his gaze.

Then another slave brought over and placed a candle, and lit it. That was also a specialty that Aiwas was quite familiar with - it was the holy candle used by the bishops of the Theocracy. The flame of this candle had a weak calming and healing effect, and could dispel many weaker diseases.

Through the light of the candle, I can vaguely see some outlines inside.

There seemed to be something floating in it...but no matter how Aiwass looked at it, it was not a smooth egg, but more like some strange tentacle.

"...That doesn't seem to be an egg?" Aiwass murmured.

I don't know why, but just looking at it, I felt an inexplicable sadness.

But Aiwass just couldn't remember anything.

That confusing sense of contradiction makes people uneasy and even a little upset.

It was as if he had forgotten someone important - and she was still in front of him, staring at him silently with tears in her eyes.

"Yes and no."

Adil looked at Aiwas with a sad look in his eyes: "My brother... do you think this is the offspring left by the Pillar God Amber?"

"Yes."

Aiwass nodded slightly, unable to take his eyes away from the "egg".

Because he already knew that Huan Tiansi had been in love with Amber and was killed by Amber. Yuan Tiansi was Huan Tiansi's former corpse that fell into the sea and became a spirit... This is an amber egg and can be sealed by sea water, which inevitably makes Aiwas think of the secret knowledge in the sea burial secrets.

"It seems that you know a lot of secrets."

Seeing Aiwas's reaction, Adil smiled with expectation and recognition: "You even know the deep feelings between my Lord and the Amber Pillar."

He guessed what Aiwas was thinking, and knew that Aiwas must have thought that this was Huan Tiansi and Amber's child. This vague statement was precisely what he deliberately misled.

"...I find you to be a philosopher, Adil." Aiwass raised his head and looked at the Good Lord: "You like puns very much."

Just like the saying "Amber is never a fetus in an egg" actually has two completely different meanings.

One of the explanations is based on the fact that Amber is the "god who is about to be born" - according to current theological research, Amber is a baby who has not yet been born. She is an eye, a door, an egg, light, and amber... She was born in the future and grew up in the past, so she is a "paradox" that cannot exist and an "error" that cannot be solved.

Therefore, if one were to deny the "god who is about to be born" and mention "never a fetus in an egg", it would give people an illusion... He seemed to be saying that Amber is not an "embryo in an egg" that has not yet been born, but an existence that has already been born.

And Aiwass happened to know this secret.

Amber is the person that Huan Tianshi, or the Tianshi of the Wheel of Reincarnation, loves. Before the destruction of the world, Ai Shiping gave his power of reincarnation to the person he trusted the most, so that Amber was sealed forever and became the final mechanism to restart the world. So she is certainly not a "fetus in an egg", but an adult who is sealed in the "egg" and curled up and sleeping like a baby!
But at the same time... Adil, this sentence should actually have another meaning.

Aiwass has now come to his senses - this really can't be the child of Amber and Huan Tiansi.

Because judging from Adil's level of piety towards Huan Tiansi, if this person is really Huan Tiansi's first-generation descendant, wouldn't he be worshipped like a god?

How could it be stolen? And how could it be sealed by him without any care?

Rather than considering it as some kind of belief...he viewed it as some kind of difficult to deal with trouble.

It can even be said that Adil still has some kind of hostility towards Amber...

...As expected, the toxic fans only break down when it comes to real sisters-in-law. You can't be a fan of Ai Shiping's girlfriend, right?

Once he thought of this possibility, Aiwas felt a little creepy.

"How much do you know about...'reincarnation'?"

Adil asked seriously and earnestly.

Aiwass thought for a moment and replied: "While the world changes and revolves, the world remains unchanged.

“The righteous will remain righteous, and the filthy will remain filthy. The king will always be the king, and the slave will always be the slave.

"No one ascends, no one descends, and everything never changes. The universe has solidified, like an amber egg; the world reincarnates forever, just like a ring with a tail."

Those were the words spoken by Huan Tiansi when he appeared in the divine form.

Hearing this, Adil suddenly became excited.

"well!"

His eyes lit up immediately, and he didn't even bother to maintain his philosopher's posture. He nodded repeatedly and enthusiastically, his voice more than twice as loud as before: "My brother, you are indeed someone who has seen miracles! We are on the same side, and we are both responsible people!"

He almost wanted to hug Aiwass and finally calmed down.

……What's the meaning?
Aiwass raised his eyebrows, realizing something.

He had seen the descending Huan Tiansi? But...how was that possible?

Mistakenly thinking that Aiwass was one of his own, Adil told him the biggest secret he had kept without reservation:
"I built the city of Paradise for this palace. I built this palace because it is my duty. And my duty is to guard its seal until it is broken at some point in the future. I will eventually die because of this. This is my destiny.

"It must be broken, it must be broken. For it is the son of paradox, the god that does not exist.

“It’s not the son of Huan Tiansi and Amber, but Amber itself.

"The world is in an eternal cycle... Today's amber was born in the future. The 'egg' that existed in the past and was about to hatch into amber has become a twisted monster because of this."

Hearing this, Aiwass was in a trance for a moment.

Inspired by some mysterious power, he could not help but recite the knowledge in the Sea Burial Tantra in an ancient language he could not speak, as if the knowledge was alive:
[A flying snake flew into a bird's nest and swallowed the bird's eggs, but a baby bird hatched from its body]

[The bird burst out of the snake's belly, saw the snake that swallowed it at first sight, and fell in love with it]

The next moment, Aiwas suddenly woke up.

He looked at the egg and widened his eyes slightly.

There was no doubt that this was the egg.

Because amber has become the god among gods who transcends the future and the past, the pinnacle of god, the perfect and eternal god...so the amber egg will never be born!

——It is the amber that was supposed to be hatched in this time and space, in this reincarnation!

In the true sense, it is the stillbirth of the Pillar God!

Update completed meow!

Yesterday was supposed to be my lunar birthday, but I ended up typing until I passed out, and after waking up from a nap I was still working on the deadline until the early hours of the next morning. No one else can do that…

Is it better to celebrate my birthday according to the Gregorian calendar this year?

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