Aztec Civilization: Destiny to Conquer America!

Chapter 2113 - 1544: Secrets of the Heavens, Authority on Earth_2

"Loshanda, don’t be anxious. I’m doing this for your own good! Right now, you need to take the initiative to seek out High Priest Miki. The more valuable the gift, the more respectful your demeanor, the better he’ll remember you... And if you don’t go to him, he’ll actually come to you, will take the initiative to speak to you, and might even offer you some gifts... But if you make him open his mouth, you’ll find yourself ’getting further and further away from the altar of the Chief Divine’...""Ah? Teacher... Does High Priest Miki want something from me?..."

Chimere smiled and shook his head without explaining or saying more. Mentioning it in advance would not benefit either side. He looked again at the indigo silk clothes and handed them back to Loshanda, continuing to smile as he spoke.

"I see this West Sea Silk Robe has excellent material, but when it comes to the dye used, it’s not as good as this painting... Come, take a look! I’m currently painting this piece to celebrate your return yesterday, having brought back the handiwork of the West Sea craftsmen, the ’Returning Sea Night Banquet Painting’!"

"Ah... This painting... this painting really is... colorful and dazzling!"

Loshanda stepped forward for a closer look and was immediately dazzled by the wide-format painting on the round log board. On the log board, there were hundreds of abstract "little figures" in green, blue, red, black, and yellow.

The green dancing "little figures" represent the Kingdom’s Warriors, with pigment made from peacock stone powder transported from Lower California, Rejin Town, where copper mines are produced. The blue praying "little figures" represent the local tribes, the color is Maya Blue, blended with indigo and kaolin, commonly seen in Nava paintings, and is easily accessible. The red singing "little figures" represent Japan craftsmen. This red in the Kingdom of the Lake is generally blended from cochineal or mineral, using here red iron ore powder from West Coast California, where Lake Bay Port has already begun iron smelting.

A few black flashing "little figures," with four legs or wings—oh no, these aren’t "little figures," these should be the "cattle and poultry" shipped from the West Sea. The kingdom’s usual black pigment is charcoal powder and bone charcoal powder. But clearly, to highlight "divinity," they used gilded glittering, divinely expensive obsidian powder here.

Finally, the rarest of all, the four realistically portrayed golden gilded little figures, are the two High Priests, his High Priest, and the Korea "Witch Doctor". The actual golden light, the dazzling focus of the painting, isn’t on these little figures; instead, it’s on the outer boundary of the painting—a matchless golden circle occupying one-third of the canvas!

"Ah, this dazzling divine gold!"

The unmatched golden circle clings to the edge of the log board, covering all the figures in the painting. It is undoubtedly the Sun’s trajectory, arc marks chiseled with a knife, then coated with thick gold paint, shining golden light from inside out. Loshanda fixed his eyes on it, confirming that the paint wasn’t the highland common "yellow ocher powder," nor the fan wood yellow ground from the waxy envelope of achiote seeds used by Maya Tribes...

This pigment is true "gold powder"! Probably just this large circle of gold powder, spread across such a large board, used at least one jin of gold!

"Teacher Chimere, is this... the Sun’s trajectory?"

"Exactly! This is the Sun’s trajectory, and also the divine trajectory! Through observation and inquiry, I found that the further north you go, the more complete the arc of the Sun in summer in the sky. And according to the Sugepian Tribe across the sea, at their ’Heavenly God Ancestor Peak’, the Sun will never set in the summer!"

"That’s the continuous ’Extreme Day Light’ of the summer, where the Sun no longer rises in the East and sets in the West, instead becoming a reciprocating cycle ’Ring of Tomorrow’ on the horizon and the sky! The Sun will trace a complete circle in the sky, one loop after another, until the extreme day passes!"

Chimere smirked, pointing at the glittering golden ring, looking at Loshanda, who was deep in thought, and softly queried.

"Loshanda, do you know what this change in the Sun, this rising and setting trajectory, proves?"

"Ah?... Well... the trajectory proves..."

"Think about it, why does the extreme day and extreme night become more evident the further north you go? Until Sugepian’s Heavenly God Ancestor Peak..."

"Uh... Ah! I got it! This means that the Heavenly God Ancestor Peak is the edge of the world, the summer resting place of the Solar Deity! In summer, it comes from the south, completely defeating the night and snow here, and in winter returns to the south, bringing back the night and snow... So! The Heavenly God Ancestor Peak is one of the Chief Divine’s Divine Mountains, a divine place where we must build a Chief Divine Temple to worship and offer sacrifices!"

"Uh... this... hmm!..."

Hearing Loshanda’s excited response, Chimere’s expression turned subtle—stopping briefly, not knowing what to say.

Elder Xiulote had widely disseminated many incredible "Divine Realm Mysteries" among his close confidants, such as "Earth is a spherical object," "The Sun is a big fiery sphere," "The Earth itself rotates day and night, and the Sun and Earth are continually rotating relative to each other," "The Sun approaches Earth’s north in summer and its south in winter, forming different Earth-Sun angles, bringing about seasonal changes"... For Chimere, the current change in the Sun’s trajectory during extreme daylight perfectly aligned with Elder Xiulote’s prophecy, clearly proving that all of it confirmed the "Divine Realm and World’s Spherical Structure"!

Yet, these "Divine Mysteries" were too profound and obscure for most people in the Alliance at the time, even hard to broadly disseminate among priests graduating from Divine Power University...

"Ha, the Chief Divine be praised! Loshanda, you are right, the Solar Deity indeed comes in summer and returns in winter, always protecting this far north land!"

Chimere pondered for a few moments, the smile reappearing on his face, nodding gently in agreement. Then, tapping Loshanda on the shoulder, he pointed towards the wooden house where High Priest Miki was resting, urging him on.

"Go ahead! Loshanda, take the best gift, with the utmost respect, to meet High Priest Miki! He is only one step away from the Elder Priest position of the Capital City..."

"And two of his confidant priests, were recently sent to the Divine Kingdom due to a sea accident... Right now, he most needs people! Your further advancement opportunity, to become a Fourth Level Grand Priest, isn’t with me, but with him... Go now! This is your long-awaited, best opportunity..."

"Ah! Yes... Teacher Chimere, thank you... thank you for your guidance!..."

Hearing this advice, Loshanda trembled with emotion, unable to express the excitement in his heart. Clenching his teeth, he knelt down, bowing three times to Chimere. Then, showing a sign of apology, he took the only "Silk Clothes" and quickly headed towards High Priest Miki’s wooden house.

Watching Loshanda’s departing figure, Chimere smiled, and once again picked up his brush. After pondering for a long time, he drew two corresponding spheres, one large and one small, in the corner of the painting, sketching out several lines of rotating arcs.

"Chief Divine! What is the exact tilt angle of this small ball of Earth, determining the key to day, night, and season? I always feel it should relate to the angle difference between the highest and lowest points of the Sun’s trajectory during extreme daylight... yet I don’t know how best to calculate it?..."