Heroes' Prison

Chapter 1044 - 988: Johns’s Manuscript

"There’s even items from Johns?!" Huang Yi’s eyes lit up!

The old man smiled kindly, "That’s right! Those things are ancient heirlooms passed down through generations, usually stored in the cellar, and haven’t been taken out for a long time. After we finish lunch, I’ll take you to see them! However, I have a manuscript of Johns in my room, and it’s very precious. If you’re interested, I can lend it to you to read, but you can’t take it away."

"Of course I’m interested, please let me have a look!" Huang Yi immediately nodded, saying expectantly.

"Then wait here, I’ll go get it now." The old man got up and went into his house.

Huang Yi continued to sit on the vine chair under the tree, patiently waiting.

At this moment, the whole village was bustling, with every household wanting to host Huang Yi. They took out their own ingredients to prepare this lunch together. This was far more sumptuous than what the old man had mentioned earlier, turning into a village-wide feast for Huang Yi.

In an open patch of grass in the village center, an outdoor clay stove was quickly set up, with a large pot over it and firewood kindled below.

Jars of aged wine were brought out from the cellar, their seals broken, filling the village with a rich, mellow aroma.

In the distant fields, villagers carried loads of freshly picked vegetables, treading along the small paths.

A group of children, bare-chested, returned from the stream, their hair dripping wet, holding several large fish strung on green willow branches. The fish tails flung droplets of water, while the scales reflected the sunlight.

Men, in small groups, slaughtered chickens and cleaned fish, while women chatted and laughed as they washed and chopped vegetables. Children moved tables and chairs from each house, placing them on the open grass, occasionally playing and chasing each other mischievously.

The entirety of Peach Blossom Spring was bustling with excitement, laughter everywhere, immersed in a harmonious and happy atmosphere.

Huang Yi had never encountered such hospitable and simple villagers before and found himself genuinely smiling as he comfortably leaned back in the vine chair, watching this beautiful Peach Blossom Spring.

"Big brother, this is for you to eat!" At that moment, a little girl ran over to Huang Yi, extending her small white hand as if presenting a treasure, offering a crystal-clear peach. Her pair of adorable big eyes blinked as she gazed at Huang Yi.

"Big brother, this is for you too." Soon, a little boy spiritedly ran over, offering Huang Yi a fresh, green apple.

"And this one!"

"I picked some too!"

Soon, a group of children chattered as they ran over, surrounding Huang Yi, each presenting their own fruit, their innocent large eyes gazing at him with sincerity.

Their little hands still had traces of dirt, as if they had just climbed trees in the wild to pluck these fruits.

"Thank you all!" Huang Yi smiled slightly, accepting all the fruit.

These fruits were clearly not ordinary, each seemed to contain the essence of nature’s spiritual energy, and just the scent of the fruit alone was refreshing to the senses.

Huang Yi was indeed very hungry, so he immediately ate these spirit fruits.

The fruits were juicy, with both sour and sweet flavors, each tasting distinct yet universally delightful. The juice flowed between his teeth and down his throat, bringing the primal taste of wild nature, deeply touching his soul.

[System Prompt]: You consumed a [Spirit Water Peach], Water Penetration +3

[System Prompt]: You consumed an [Emerald Pear], Constitution +10 Heavenly Domain Points.

[System Prompt]: You consumed [Clear Dragon Eyes], Dark Vision +50 meters

[System Prompt]: You consumed [Purple Strawberry], Wood Resistance +4

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Indeed, these fruits were rare spirit fruits, each granting permanent attribute increases after consumption. In the outside world, such spirit fruits were scarce; once discovered by players, even the tree roots would be unearthed. Yet in this secluded Peach Blossom Spring, they appeared in abundance.

Having eaten these spirit fruits, Huang Yi felt refreshed, and his hunger was somewhat alleviated.

This marked the first reward of his encounter in Peach Blossom Spring! Moreover, these were just the pre-meal fruits; the main course awaited at lunch.

At this moment, the old man finally emerged from the house. He held a tightly wrapped cloth package, handling it gently as if it were a rare treasure.

The old man approached Huang Yi, gently blowing the dust off the cloth package, then handed it over, saying, "Inside is Johns’ manuscript, handle it gently, don’t damage it."

"I’ll be careful!" Huang Yi nodded, hastily straightening up, accepting the package and placing it on his knees, carefully unwrapping it.

The cloth was wrapped layer upon layer, and Huang Yi slowly unveiled it. At the moment it was completely opened, the air seemed to pause slightly.

Wrapped inside is an extremely ancient book, composed of soft pieces of parchment, stitched together with coarse twine, extremely primitive.

The parchment seems to have been turned countless times, with even the corners curling up, ancient and worn, showing the traces of time.

On the cover of the ancient book, there was a line of large characters—

The Manuscript of the Bible of Faith

"The Bible of Faith!" When Huang Yi saw these words, he immediately exclaimed in surprise!

The Bible of Faith, this is exactly the Divine Artifact of Johns! Among the Ten Great Artifacts in The Second World, it ranks seventh. It’s rumored that every word inside is personally written by the God of Faith, Johns, and imbued with his own mana. Every single word possesses the power to kill, incomparably powerful. However, how exactly this is achieved is unclear.

Currently, this Divine Artifact has fallen into the hands of the Egyptian player leader, the Pharaoh, adding much strength to him and firmly establishing his status as a super-first master.

And what Huang Yi holds now is the original manuscript of this Divine Book!

From it, one can glimpse the process of Johns’ thoughts forming, the steps of the book’s composition, and even a detailed description of the artifact’s functions!

Huang Yi took a deep breath, impatiently opening this book.

The first page was the prologue, also Johns’ understanding of darkness—

"All beings consider darkness to be negative, evil, and representative of death. But I believe that light and darkness have no absolute distinction of good or bad; it entirely depends on those who use them. Darkness is not negative; it can also represent life. Night is dark, allowing people to rest, enabling life to rid itself of fatigue and be reenergized; a fetus in a mother’s womb faces endless darkness, yet that darkness nurtures the initial life. The vast universe is mainly composed of darkness, with light only being a small part of it..."

This prologue was extensively written over several pages, with each word painstakingly penned by Johns himself using a goose feather brush.

The parchment had already yellowed, and much of the writing was indistinct, yet the contents within remained straightforward and easy to understand, comprehensible to ordinary people.

After the prologue, there came some tangible content. It documented many Holy Spells and Dark Attribute Spells. There were detailed explanations regarding their principles and effects, along with hand-drawn illustrations and Johns’ personal usage insights.

This manuscript is akin to a notes-type book. Once players read it, the content is automatically recorded into their own knowledge base, forever accompanying them and automatically appearing when needed.

This functions much like the various racial languages; in The Second World, there are many racial languages, and players are not required to actually learn their grammatical structure, nor memorize their vocabulary. Instead, they are recorded into their system’s knowledge base, and when encountering such languages, the system automatically translates them into languages understandable in the player’s reality, such as English, Chinese, and others.

Huang Yi now perused this book, gaining insight into the knowledge of these spells. In the future, even without this book, he would be able to query and learn the principles and effects of these spells from his knowledge base.

"[System Prompt]: You have perused the manuscript of the Bible of Faith, gaining an understanding of certain Divine Spells and Demonic Spells and it has been recorded in your knowledge base. When encountering these spells, there is a 10% chance of immunity."

Indeed, the benefits of perusing such precious literature are revealed!

In the future, Huang Yi will face more and stronger enemies. If they use the spells recorded in this book, there will be a certain chance of immunity.

This counts as the second reward of this extraordinary event!

Huang Yi sat on a vine chair under the shade of a tree, flipping through this ancient document, as if crossing through historical space-time, receiving guidance from Johns.

Finally, Huang Yi turned to the last page of this manuscript.

This page recorded the specific abilities of the Divine Artifact, the Bible of Faith. Unlike tangible weapons like the Pillar of Sea God, it uses words as weapons! This manuscript describes this ability realization process in detail—

In the Bible of Faith, every word is pure invaluable wisdom, with each line full of Zen, and infused with John’s own power during the writing process, granting it the effect of Word Spirit!

The so-called Word Spirit means that the words spoken become law, saying something makes it so, saying something makes it manifest!

Players possessing this Divine Artifact can chant every scripture inside to confront enemies.

For example, the very first line of the Bible of Faith states—

"God said, let there be light, and there was light!"

This is a Word Spirit statement, saying something will make it happen.

In darkness, for instance, without Dark Vision, just chanting this scripture would naturally bring illuminating light.

For example, if an enemy is invisible and the player cannot see him, just by chanting this scripture, a Revealing Light would appear, revealing the invisible enemy.

However, the degree to which this Word Spirit power can be realized depends on the strength of the artifact’s owner. If one’s strength is too weak, then the Word Spirit effect will also be very weak.