Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

Chapter 26 Bronze Key

Luo Xiu delivered the letter before the courier picked up the letter for the last time.

When he returned to the church, Ivan had already returned to his room, turned off the lights and went to sleep.

Maybe he was drinking secretly alone... Luo Xiu couldn't help but think of this.

…

Two days later, the clatter of horse hooves sounded outside the church.

Luo Xiu ended his squeezing skills, put on his priest's robes, and walked out of the church door.

The first thing that caught Luo Xiu's sight was a brown stagecoach.

On the horseback is a man with a beige cloth bag cross-body. He is wearing a natural and gorgeous robe and a gray hood with a light gold and white feather intertwined on the brim.

——The messenger of the "Holy Court"! Luo Xiu recognized the identity symbolized by this costume.

"I am 'Messenger' Charrot. Here is your letter."

Seeing Luo Xiu walking out of the church, Charrot nodded slightly and asked, "Who is the 'priest' here? The letter needs to be handed over to the clergy in person."

"Hello, Master Charrot." Luo Xiu bowed slightly and said, "I am Luo Xiu, Luo Xiu Carlos, I am the trainee priest here... Just leave the letter to me."

After that, Luo Xiu showed his priest certificate.

Charlot looked at Luo Xiu twice. There was nothing wrong with his clothes, there was nothing wrong with his certificate, and his age... well, there was nothing wrong with him except that he looked a little younger.

So, Charrott nodded, put his hand into the cloth bag and fumbled for a while, took out a white and gray letter, and handed it to Luo Xiu.

Luo Xiu reached out to take it, and Charlot then flicked his whip and rode away on horseback.

…

Luo Xiu took the white-gray letter and returned to the church.

At this time, Yi Wen also came to the hall, looked at the letter in Luo Xiu's hand, and said with a kind expression:

"The 'messenger' has already arrived? This should be the reply from the 'Holy Court'."

"It should be," Luo Xiu nodded and said in a somewhat uneasy tone, "I don't know how the Holy Court will reply...Teacher, can I open it?"

"Of course, it's up to you." Ivan smiled.

Luo Xiu then picked up the paper knife on the table and cut a slight gap in the lacquer seal of the letter. Then he put his fingers into the letter and pulled out a page that was folded three times in half.

Opening the page, it was indeed the response from the ‘Holy Court’ regarding the application:

"——Application approved."

"The 'Bronze Key' has been sent with the letter and can be extracted using the [Glory] engraving method."

…

The application was approved... Luo Xiu breathed a sigh of relief.

If it were a normal application process, the diocesan branch of the "Holy Court" might even send someone to inspect it, but for him to be able to pass the application so smoothly, there should be someone who has fought side by side with the "Holy Judges" before and passed the application. Because of their assessment.

Ivan was also surprised. He murmured: "You were able to pass the application in one go... Well, this is a good thing... This shows that the 'Holy Court' really attaches great importance to..."

Luo Xiu briefly glanced at Tutor Yi Wen. His face was slightly pale, and his eyes were full of doubts, as if he had many puzzles but was too embarrassed to explain clearly.

——It’s like buying hundreds of lottery tickets in the previous life but never winning a prize, but then seeing another new person win the jackpot after buying it once...

It seems that Yiwen was rejected many times when he applied for the "Bronze Key"... Luo Xiu thought this while moving his eyes to the lower part of the letter.

In the lower half of the letterhead, there is a pattern of a square cylindrical key.

And above the lines of this pattern, dark blue metallic light patterns are quietly flowing. Between the brightness and disappearance of light and shadow, and the changing colors, something is about to emerge.

——The skill of "sealing", this is an advanced skill that can only be mastered by extraordinary people with high destiny.

The physical object is stored in the inscription in a certain way, and the "extraction password" set this time is a "brilliant inscription" technique that can also be used by Luo Xiu of the first level of destiny.

"The reply said... the 'Bronze Key' attached to the letter can be extracted using the engraving method..."

Luo Xiu thought about it while imagining the knowledge of "brilliant inscription" in his mind.

After a while, his fingers began to become translucent, and the fingertips emitted a faint golden light.

Luo Xiu then stretched out his fingers and gently pinched the edge of the "key".

——His, hiss!

Luo Xiu could feel that something was being dragged out of the paper.

As the "extraction" progressed, the corners of the letter suddenly began to burn. The dazzling firelight and scorching temperature made Luo Xiu's hands tremble slightly.

…

When Luo Xiu finally took out the complete "key", the letter was burned in the next second and turned into ashes scattered in all directions.

"Who took off his pants and farted to invent this..."

Luo Xiu cursed secretly, "Getting a key is as fast as life and death, fuck!..."

And when the key was completely taken out, the "Bronze Key" finally revealed its true form in front of Luo Xiu.

It was a rusty bronze key cast in a square cylindrical shape. Undecipherable words were engraved on the key, and a dim and deep light flowed around the edge of the words.

"This is the 'Bronze Key', the key that can be used to open the 'Bronze Door'..."

Ivan said from the side, "So, Luo Xiu, do you want to wait a little longer, or do you want to advance to the extraordinary level now?"

Hearing this, Luo Xiu took a deep breath and replied:

"Teacher, I want to advance now."

"..."

"I understand. Then go to the back hall to hold the promotion ceremony. Remember to close all the doors and windows."

...

In the dim back hall, no light can penetrate from the outside. Only a cluster of flickering firelight in Ivan's palm can provide the minimum lighting.

"Empty your mind." Ivan looked at Luo Xiu who was sitting cross-legged opposite, and said word by word, "Try to imagine the majestic image of 'Xu Yu' as much as possible, and outline the outline of the magnificent sun, so that you can enter the 'Spiritual Sea' again..."

"Okay, teacher." Luo Xiu nodded, then opened the task panel, and clicked the "Complete" button in [Promotion Task: Bronze Gate (Normal Difficulty)].

At the moment of pressing the completion button, the environment around Luo Xiu suddenly changed!

Ivan, the firelight and the familiar furniture and ornaments all disappeared from the field of vision, replaced by the deep darkness of nothingness and the quiet echo lingering in the ears.

Until the star-like scenery reappeared at the end of the vision, and the stone steps appeared out of thin air again, Luo Xiu followed the guidance of the unknown and stepped onto the long steps with an unknown end.

…

After an unknown amount of time, when Luo Xiu reached the end of the long steps and saw the familiar "bronze door" again.

He picked up the "key" and inserted it into the keyhole on the giant lock.

The next moment, a sound like a rolling boulder began to come from the two bronze doors.

Fragments of light overflowed from the cracks in the door, and the bronze door slowly opened.

Luo Xiu saw a brand new world.