Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

The Church of Sina City does not have the "Obsidian Key". Bishop Fabion has forwarded his application to the General Church - and the Archbishop of the General Church sent "Senior Deacon" Hubert to assess him and examine whether he is qualified to be granted the "Obsidian Key" and promoted to become a "Five-fold Fate" saint...

Luo Xiu summed up these in his heart, and he had some ideas.

Originally, to be granted the "Obsidian Key", he had to go to the Songyuan City Church in person to meet the Archbishop, but Leonard also explained in the letter that it is now a "special period" and the Church of Sina City has received new precepts and regulations. This should be the reason why Hubert is about to come to Hongfeng City to assess him.

In this way, there is no need to let the "Host Priest" who may be promoted leave his original position. As for why "Senior Deacon" Hubert came to assess, it was probably because he was also in charge of the assessment for himself to pass the "Host Priest"...

Luo Xiu thought about this, his eyes fell on the ink on the letter, and continued to read down.

Leonard continued to write in the letter:

"Regarding the other thing you applied for, you hope to obtain relevant knowledge about the 'defense barrier', which is no problem."

"Professor Fabian asked me to record the knowledge of the 'Guardian Knight Colossus' and the 'Great Sun Shining Golden Barrier' in a volume and send it to you."

"At the same time, Bishop Fabian also gave you the authority seal of the 'Lightless Cage', and he also asked me to tell you by the way - if you can successfully pass the assessment of the 'Senior Deacon' Hubert, you might as well master one more authority as a 'bishop'."

Guardian Knight Colossus, Great Sun Shining Golden Barrier, and the authority "Lightless Cage"... Seeing Leonard write these in the letter, Luo Xiu's eyes flashed with surprise.

As expected of a family member, he is so arrogant even when he gives special treatment... Luo Xiu thought.

Among the three "knowledge" that Leonard attached to the letter, Luo Xiu had seen two of them before and had a clear understanding of their practicality.

As for the authority "Lightless Cage", Luo Xiu had seen Bishop Fabian use it.

In the previous invasion of the original sect by the Sina City Church, Bishop Fabian used it to isolate the inside and outside of the Sina City Church, and sealed "Ancestor Bishop" Santos and a group of pagans of the "Original Sect" in the church.

If he could truly master this authority, then if the Red Maple City Church encountered the previous "Fang Head" invasion again, there would be no need to worry about the enemy escaping from the church... Luo Xiu thought so.

And being able to obtain an "authority" in this way is a bloody profit for him.

As for the "Guardian Knight Colossus", it was a good thing that had severely damaged "Ancestor Bishop" Santos. It was right in front of the original Sina City Church's "Holy Judgment Place". The two huge knight statues were the "treasures of the town meeting".

With a pleasant mood, Luo Xiu continued to read Leonard's letter.

There was not much content left after that. Luo Xiu saw three lines of handwriting with a faint golden light. Those were the words that sealed the skills and knowledge and had been "sacred".

Luo Xiu then raised his right hand, extended his index finger, and pressed the tip of his finger on the "sacred" words, while turning his spirituality.

His index finger immediately emitted a faint golden light, resonating with the glorious spirituality contained in the "sacred" words. A warm touch followed, and the words on the page burst into a slightly dazzling light.

A spiritual "spring" then poured into Luo Xiu's mind, and the knowledge of "Guardian Knight Colossus", "Great Sun Shining Golden Barrier" and "Lightless Cage" was recorded in Luo Xiu's memory in a spiritual way.

After completing these, Luo Xiu stopped instilling spirituality, and the pale golden light emitted by the handwriting on the page slowly dissipated.

He continued to read Leonard's letter, and at this time he had reached the end of the letter.

"These are all Bishop Fabien and I want to say to you, Luo Xiu."

"We often hear about your deeds in Sina City, Luo Xiu. Everything in the Red Maple City Church where you are the 'high priest' is in good order. Bishop Fabien and I are proud and gratified of you."

"We heard that you and the 'Bianting' and 'Fangbeiyuan' worked together to repel the vanguard of the Dark Principality. The diocese has regarded this as your outstanding achievement. Luo Xiu, we look forward to you sending back more good news. Remember to write to us often. Bishop Fabien will always miss you."

"——Leonard Bambers."

"..."

The content of the letter ends here. Luo Xiu read it again and felt that his mood had some subtle ups and downs.

After that, he folded the letter paper, stuffed it back into the envelope, and solemnly placed the envelope in the mailbox next to it.

Thinking about writing a reply letter to Bishop Fabion and Priest Leonard in a while, and also writing a letter to Teacher Ivan who was far away in Dawn Town, Luo Xiu then stood up from the soft chair, left the holy room, and left the high priest's residence.

...

Luo Xiu went straight to the missionary of the church and entered the room where the "chief officer" of the missionary, Ma Yiyev, was.

During the two-day "holy holiday" after the decisive battle, Ma Yiyev was one of the few clergy who "worked overtime". At this time, he was handling the tedious affairs of the missionary in his room, until he heard the footsteps of someone coming in, he looked up.

When he saw that the person coming was Luo Xiu, the church's "master of ceremonies", Mayev put down his work, stood up and nodded to Luo Xiu.

"You can continue, Maiyev."

Luo Xiu waved his hand and said, "I know that the mission house has been very busy recently, so I won't take up too long of your time."

"I'm sorry for your concern, Mr. Luo Xiu." Maiyev responded, "Is there anything important you have to do when you come to the mission this time?"

Luo Xiu nodded, walked to Maiyev's desk, pulled out a chair and sat down, and motioned for Maiyev to sit down as well.

It wasn't until Mayev sat down that Luo Xiu said to him:

"I told you before, about strengthening the church's defenses."

"Colen just brought me a letter. It was a letter from the Siena City Church, Priest Leonard."

"He clearly recorded the knowledge of the 'Guardian Knight Colossus' and the 'Great Sun Golden Barrier' for me in the letter. I need the missionary to prepare a medium for me to inherit."

"..."

"Have you received a reply to the application letter you wrote to the Sina City Church before?" Mayev said with some surprise, "Time flies so fast... I still clearly remember when you sent the letter Scenario.”

"I'm too busy these days, as you know, Lord Luo Xiu. Originally, I should have handled the matter of receiving important letters personally, but..."

A guilty look appeared on Mayev's face. Seeing his appearance, Luo Xiu felt a little teased in his heart.

He then said in a relaxed tone: "That's not your problem, Mayev. You know, Column is my auxiliary priest, and the letter is also the highest level of confidentiality. It was issued by the Sina City Church. A courier was specially sent to my residence..."

After hearing Luo Xiu enlighten him in this way, the guilty expression on Mayev's face dissipated a little. He returned to his usual serious state and said to Luo Xiu:

"I understand, Lord Luo Xiu."

"Then, as for the spiritual media that you have delivered, preparing Chengyi's 'Guardian Knight Colossus' and 'Great Sun Golden Barrier' for you, I will make arrangements as soon as possible."

"Well, that's good." Luo Xiu nodded, and then asked Mayiev: "Do you have any blank scrolls or drawings here? I will record the knowledge I received, and you can dismantle them. Divide it into different parts and give them to the priests and craftsmen who are responsible for the work.”

"Okay, please wait a moment." Mayev responded, then turned around and bent down, rummaging in the low cabinet on the wall.

About thirty seconds passed before Maiyev pulled out three wide and thick yellowed architectural drawings from the cabinet and spread them out on the table.

After Mayev finished doing this, Luo Xiu took out the ink-dipped pen from the ink bottle on the desk and began to draw on the drawing.

…

Two hours later.

Relying on his newly acquired memory about the knowledge of "Guardian Knight Colossus" and "Great Sun Golden Barrier", Luo Xiu completed a scaled-down disassembly drawing on the drawing.

At the same time, Luo Xiu also recorded all the relevant details on the drawings regarding what kind of materials needed to be used in each place, and where detailed "brilliance inscription" needed to be done in advance.

After checking himself again and confirming that everything was correct, Luo Xiu handed the final draft to Mayyev and said:

"Just like this, prepare the spiritual 'medium', Mayev. I estimate that we will need three bottles of 'Guardian Knight Colossus' and two 'Golden Barrier Altars'."

"...Okay." Mayev was stunned for a moment and nodded.

He briefly calculated the approximate costs in his mind. To temporarily customize these, it would require materials worth about 40,000 gold coins, which would just wipe out the church's existing savings.

It will be a long time since then that we will no longer be able to carry out "large-scale construction projects" like this... This great priest may not have any idea about the church's finances. We can only hope that he will not get too excited and come up with any new ideas that require large expenditures... ...Maiyev thought this in his heart, and he watched Luo Xiu, the "presiding priest", leave his room and the preaching place at the same time.

…

After completing the delivery of the reinforced defense project to Maiyev, Luo Xiu went to the Holy Office and began to deal with many affairs of the church.

The time passed quickly while sitting at his desk. It was not until it was getting late that Luo Xiu finished his work and returned to his residence to rest.

When he woke up the next day, he went to the Holy Office again and was forced to work overtime in a happy mood.

Applications for the aftermath of the decisive battle were put on the table among his bishops one after another. There were also many diplomatic matters in the external 'side court' and 'Fangbei Courtyard' that needed to be dealt with urgently. While working, Luo Xiu was actually in a trance. I have the illusion that my workload seems to be getting heavier every day.

Luo Xiu didn't finish his work until the afternoon, and Column, the guiding cleric, also introduced new guests to him.

A familiar face walked into the "Bishop Room" of the Holy Office, that was Lord Nelson.

He first bowed humbly to Luo Xiu, and then said:

"'Master Luo Xiu, I'm sorry to disturb your work."

"Lord Baines has asked me to prepare the car and wait for you outside the church door. If it is convenient for you, please go to the side courtyard to participate in the celebration feast with the church's 'deacons'."

"I understand." Luo Xiu nodded, "You go and wait outside the church first, Nelson. I'll come back later."

Hearing this, Nelson bowed respectfully to Luo Xiu again and responded, "Okay, Lord Luo Xiu. I will wait for you respectfully."

Nelson then withdrew from the bishops' room and left the church under the guidance of Pastor Colen, waiting respectfully in front of the carriage outside the door.

Luo Xiu returned to his high priest's residence, changed into a high priest's robe suitable for the banquet, and then went to the Holy Court, the Preaching House and the Secret Office to inform the "deacons" of each house to accompany him, and then walked out of the church gate and came to Lord Nelson.

As Lord Nelson said before, two rows of luxuriously decorated carriages had stopped at the door of the church, a total of eight, just enough to accommodate Luo Xiu and the seven "deacons" who accompanied him to the banquet.

"You are here, Lord Luo Xiu." Seeing Luo Xiu coming, Lord Nelson greeted him and greeted him, "Please get in the car, Lord Baines has been waiting for you at the side court for a long time."

Luo Xiu nodded and walked to the first carriage in the row.

Nelson lifted the curtain for Luo Xiu, and Luo Xiu stepped into the carriage.

Anthony and Pamier from the "Holy Court", Mayev and Cecia from the "Preaching House", Olga and two other "deacons" from the "Secret Office" also boarded the carriages in the back row.

After all the church guests boarded the carriages, the servants who drove the carriages waved their whips, and the eight carriages rushed to the side court, and soon disappeared at the end of the road.

...

In the evening.

The carriage carrying Luo Xiu and the "deacons" of the church had arrived at the door of the "side court".

Lord Nelson, who was riding a horse beside him, turned over and dismounted beside Luo Xiu's carriage, and lifted the curtain of the carriage for Luo Xiu.

Luo Xiu then walked out of the carriage. He first breathed a breath of fresh air, and then nodded lightly, indicating his approval of Lord Nelson's attitude.

Lord Nelson smiled modestly, and then he went to the carriage carrying the "deacons" of other churches and opened the curtains for them one by one.

Anthony, Pamier, Mayyev and other deacons got off the carriage one by one, came to Luo Xiu, and waited for his instructions.

"We are here, the side court of the Supreme." Luo Xiu said with a smile, "Not only will all the Supreme people of the "side court" with triple destiny and above be present, but also the two generalists from the Fangbei Court and their senior warlocks will come."

"This is a meeting of the "pillars" of Red Maple City. All the outstanding people of the church, I hope you can understand what I mean."

After saying that, Luo Xiu turned around and walked towards the entrance of the side court.

The guards who originally crossed their long spears and blocked outsiders this time put their long spears vertically on the ground. When the "high priest" of the church arrived, the knights all bowed slightly to show their respect for the church's honorable person.

This should be the instruction of "Grand Inquisitor" Baines... Luo Xiu thought.

He recalled that in his previous life, as a player with the fate of [Glorious], he was always stopped and questioned when he wanted to enter the side court, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Lord Nelson led the way in front, and Luo Xiu and other "deputies" of the church followed behind him, slowly going deeper into the side court.

The gorgeous and solemn judgment hall soon came into Luo Xiu's sight.

But that was not their destination this time. Lord Nelson led Luo Xiu and others to turn a corner in the side court and went to a gorgeous building located on the periphery of the side court.

——"Grand Assembly Hall" is a gorgeous palace with a Byzantine style. Its exterior walls are painted in ochre red, supplemented by regular black and white lines. At the same time, the window panes are decorated with glazed windows with exquisite carvings. Two statues of lion knights stand at the main entrance, which looks majestic and solemn.

This is the main building of the "side court" used to entertain important guests.

It is also the venue for this "celebration banquet".

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