indianbanksassociation 169. Chapter 169 Damn Charm!
169. Chapter 169 Damn Charm!
Chapter 169: Damn Charm!
In the underground space below a certain ancient cathedral in the Holy City.
This is where the headquarters of the Shepherd, a relatively new organization with abundant funds and countless people wanting to join for various reasons, is located.
Bishop Jon sat in his office, flipping through the ancient books provided by the Crown, hoping to find the true legacy left behind by the Holy City.
Unfortunately, he had gained nothing during this period.
If it weren't for the stigmata on his palm clearly telling him that none of it was a dream, he might have thought he had lost touch with reality and mistaken the angels in his dreams for real.
Knock, knock!
"Come in."
Bishop Jon heard the knocking on the door, but without looking up, he simply responded.
Immediately, the wooden door adorned with numerous runes slowly opened, and a priest wearing a black robe with red line patterns walked in with a determined gaze.
After bowing to Bishop Jon, he placed a thick stack of documents on his desk.
In order to maintain tradition, prevent leaks, and accommodate some personnel who were not adept at using technology, the Shepherd Department mostly used paper documents.
"Bishop, these are the investigation reports on the 1,250 abnormal incidents reported in various churches this week."
"Among them, 1,249 were determined to be caused by the patients themselves."
"Hmm?"
After nodding slightly, Bishop Jon suddenly exclaimed, "What about the other one?"
"It was a case where a local priest was bribed to fabricate evidence in the church."
A hint of anger flashed in the eyes of the priest in the black robe.
"We have already taken him to the dungeon."
"Strip him of his blessings and hand him over to the relevant department for handling."
As Bishop Jon said this, he could sense the dissatisfaction and unwillingness of the priest in the black robe.
However... the Saint Lord Church, which was now the largest branch of the Western Church, was no longer the same as it was a thousand years ago, when it had the final say.
Moreover, they still hadn't found their own Transcendent legacy, so they often had to continue as before.
Waving his hand, he let the loyal black-robed priest of the Saint Lord leave.
Bishop Jon sighed and looked at the stack of documents.
After the establishment of the Shepherd, they didn't just do nothing while waiting for the angels to descend and take their blood.
Naturally, they had other tasks to carry out.
At the very least, Bishop Jon's expertise in investigating abnormal incidents still had to continue.
And with the appearance of Transcendent incidents in various places, causing a sensation on the internet.
Jon Bishop discovered that the Europa region claimed to be possessed by the Devil, and the number of incidents where people dreamt of the Devil being threatened had increased dramatically.
Naturally, Jon Bishop, who had extensive experience in exorcism, understood this.
In the era when Transcendents were not visible, there were patients who had mental breakdowns and believed they were possessed by the Devil after watching related movies or reading books.
Not to mention now that the existence of Transcendents has been confirmed.
However, so far,
Jon Bishop has not encountered a true invasion by the Devil in the true sense.
"The recent incidents are abnormal, and many of them are likely the work of major intelligence agencies."
"There should also be no shortage of priests and nuns who have been bribed or threatened during this time."
"Damn it!"
Feeling powerless, Jon Bishop couldn't help but scratch his already graying hair a few times.
Then, he didn't have the mood to look at the stack of information. Instead, he stood up and entered the hidden underground passage through the secret door in the wall.
In this passage, he could observe the training of the shepherd trainees in various underground spaces through one-way glass.
After realizing that Transcendent powers truly exist in the world,
As the guardian of the holy city with a wealth of mysterious knowledge, he naturally couldn't do nothing.
Even if he knew that there were intelligence personnel from other forces infiltrating here.
In these underground rooms,
Priests and nuns were training according to different methods of practice.
Some, after performing elaborate rituals, visualized angels in the Lotus Position.
Some stared at candles or inscriptions or statues representing angels and chanted spells after a long period of fasting.
Some even restarted the practice of the Holy Spirit sect that had been banned several hundred years ago.
Compared to the Holy Spirit sect, other sects were child's play.
Because this sect looked like evil sorcerers and practiced like evil sorcerers.
It was a sect that dealt with undead and demons in The Underworld.
Information revealed in the ancient records of the holy city showed that
The great holy city relied on the power of several saints from this sect to preserve its vitality during several major upheavals and gain opportunities for compromise with the other side.
However... several hundred years ago, the last saint of the Holy Spirit sect accidentally summoned an ancient being and left a dying message, which led to the proclamation of a ban on the practice by the crown at that time.
Since then, this practice has been put on hold until now.
There was no choice but to look at the Transcendent information left behind in the holy city for now.
This practice was the most mysterious and relatively recent, so it was recorded in the most detail.
Not only did it include spells and methods for communicating with the undead and summoning ancient beings,
It also included the practice experiences and reflections of several saints.
If this was also false... wouldn't the hundreds or even thousands of priests and bishops who practiced this method several hundred years ago... be lying?
If it were in the past, Jon Bishop would definitely have been inclined to believe that they were lying, just like the crown. They did things like this.
Because this was the result of the combined influence of interests and human nature at that time, it was not incomprehensible.
But now, even if it is the power of taboo, Bishop Jon hopes that someone can truly master it!
Thinking like this.
Bishop Jon suddenly paused in his movements.
But he heard the sacred music that he had heard that night in his ears.
Realizing something, Bishop Jon hurriedly ran back to his own room.
Trembling, he took out the blood sample inventory from the low-temperature safe.
And finally remembered that there was still the blood sample of this bishop that Su Ping had not collected.
After rushing to the underwater city on the back of Dahei, Su Ping summoned the spirit mouse and cast the invisibility spell on them to explore the holy city.
Seeing that Bishop Jon was so obedient and heard his hint, they immediately took the samples.
Su Ping smiled slightly and activated the Grotto-Heaven in the pot, inviting Bishop Jon.
In the blink of an eye.
Bishop Jon, who accepted the invitation, appeared in the black mist under the formation.
In the black mist, he couldn't see or hear anything.
But he wasn't panicked, he just took two steps back after placing the sample and closed his eyes, reciting the passage in the scripture that one must not look directly at, listen to, or blaspheme the divine beings...
Bishop Jon felt that the darkness in front of him was the protection of the angels!
After all, he was still just a mortal. Directly facing the divine existence could cause him incurable injuries.
In the black mist, Su Ping took out the Bloodline stone tablet.
With a movement of Divine Sense, in the samples left by Bishop Jon, small test tubes were opened one by one, and drops of blood gathered into a small stream that flowed into the Bloodline stone tablet.
Then, this time... the Bloodline stone tablet finally emitted a light.
Su Ping looked at the light this time and felt a movement in his heart.
Because the spiritual body that appeared in the Bloodline stone tablet was shown as a natural affinity spiritual body.
In the cultivation world, this kind of spiritual body was slightly less rare.
There were cultivators with this kind of spiritual body in the Red Kite Immortal Sect.
According to rumors, the Elder who solved the problem of mass breeding of empty mice had an advanced version of this spiritual body.
Su Ping didn't expect to find someone of that Elder level to help him work.
Having a low-level natural affinity spiritual body that could speed up the cultivation time of the spiritual field and improve planting efficiency would be enough.
Coincidentally, with the expansion of the Grotto-Heaven in the pot, the two additional peaks had a lot of empty space apart from the main building.
Bringing back some spiritual soil and spiritual water from the cultivation world, along with the more abundant Spiritual Qi in the Grotto-Heaven in the pot.
Opening dozens of acres of spiritual fields would ensure that his spiritual rice could grow freely and he would have a chance!
He could even be bolder and grow some spiritual plants, producing vegetables without any evil contamination.
They would surely be popular in those large markets, right?
Those lofty Inner Sect cultivators, who wouldn't want to taste something other than high-grade spiritual pills, spiritual rice, and spiritual wine?
"You've done well, you haven't forgotten your responsibility."
Su Ping slowly spoke, with the help of magic, his voice directly resounding in Bishop Jon's mind.
At the same time, Supernatural Power made a small movement.
Bishop Jon's forehead revealed a cross-shaped holy mark.
With the appearance of this holy mark.
Su Ping used Divine Sense to help Bishop Jon clear the blockages in his body and introduced Spiritual Qi from the surroundings into his body through the location of the holy mark on his forehead.
And guided the Jade Slip that recorded a kind of unorthodox method, following it into Bishop Jon's mind.
Causing him to instinctively start breathing according to the Breathing Exercises in the Jade Slip, and undergo a rapid transformation of his body and a rapid growth of his soul after being stimulated for the first time by Spiritual Qi.
At this point, Su Ping nodded slightly to confirm that his efforts were not in vain.
Although Bishop Jon was a bit old, he still had at least inferior Spiritual Roots.
With his assistance, he could barely be considered to have entered the Qi Refining stage.
He now had the qualifications to learn and use that unorthodox spell.
However, it would be a problem for him to return without Spiritual Qi.
After thinking for a moment, Su Ping took out a circular pendant-like Magical Item.
With a movement of Divine Sense, the Spirit Gathering Formation in this low-grade Magical Item turned into a formation that stored and slowly released Spiritual Qi.
Although it lost its original small functions.
But it gained the ability to slowly release fully charged Spiritual Qi.
The power was not high, but it was just right for satisfying the needs of a Rogue Cultivator in a spiritless environment like the Water Blue Star.
Su Ping directly inserted this low-grade Magical Item filled with Spiritual Qi into Bishop Jon's chest.
Suddenly, a circular holy mark appeared in the center of Bishop Jon's chest.
After completing all of this, Su Ping informed him that he had found the number of a person with a spiritual body through multiple tests.
Only then did he watch Bishop Jon, who closed his eyes and was grateful, disappear into the black mist.
In the underground space, in the bishop's room.
Bishop Jon felt that he had returned.
Only then did he dare to open his eyes and see the familiar room layout.
Instead of immediately getting up and calling someone, he stood up and rubbed his head, which was throbbing from the forcibly infused knowledge.
Slowly, he looked at the mirror.
Immediately.
This nearly sixty-year-old bishop was stunned.
In the mirror.
His complexion was rosy, his skin was fair and glossy.
His eyes were bright, and the whole person... had returned to his appearance at the age of forty.
He was even more energetic and full of damn charm than he was back then.
(End of this chapter)