Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

Anthony had arrived in advance between the Holy Office and the bishop, ready to start his new day of overtime.

When Luo Xiu walked in, Anthony also raised his head and looked at his "bishop" -

The first thing Luo Xiu noticed was that Anthony had some dark spots on his eye sockets and a calm look like an ancient well.

It was a look that seemed to have seen through everything and understood the essence of life, as if Anthony had known the end of his mission -

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"You arrived early, Anthony."

Luo Xiu smiled and greeted the former captain:

"I remember that the time we agreed on before should be eight o'clock in the morning."

"... Greetings, Bishop."

Anthony also greeted Luo Xiu, and then said:

"That may be a little late - I was thinking that today's affairs may be more arduous than the previous day, and it turned out to be the case."

"Then I came and dealt with them in advance, and I think that should be my responsibility."

"..."

Just as Anthony said this, Luo Xiu suddenly felt that his heart was a little hot.

It was as if he was an unscrupulous boss, and then recruited a five-good employee possessed by the soul of a migrant worker -

Voluntarily arriving early, voluntarily working overtime, these are all part of enlightenment!

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Luo Xiu complained about this in his heart, and then he looked at the table and the thick stack of files, and said in a teasing tone:

"It looks like - this is another sacred tough battle, Anthony."

As he said this, he walked to the main seat, the seat of the "bishop" of the church, pulled out a chair and sat down.

He also pulled the files in front of him and divided them into two piles like the day before.

He pushed the thinner files to Anthony, which was the "workload" assigned to him.

Anthony took the stack of files that Luo Xiu pushed to him, took the one on the top without any ripples on his face, picked up the pen dipped in ink in the ink bottle beside him, and began to review it carefully.

And Luo Xiu officially started his work today, and began to review various applications submitted to the church.

...

Until noon.

The two stacks of files placed in the middle in front of Luo Xiu and Anthony had disappeared, and were replaced by the reviewed files placed on the low tables on both sides.

Anthony was almost familiar with the specific trial process, which made the overall work efficiency much faster. It only took about five hours to process all the files.

After that, Anthony stood up, stretched his stiff limbs, and said to his "bishop" and Luo Xiu:

"It's done."

"Yeah." Luo Xiu nodded with a smile.

"Okay, Anthony," he continued to say to Anthony, "Then-go and take a rest. Come to the "Holy Court" in the afternoon to assist me in presiding over the soul-sending ceremony."

"Then, come here at eight o'clock tomorrow morning."

"Okay." Anthony nodded in agreement.

Then he pushed the chair back under the table, turned and walked to the door between the bishops, left the room, and left the Holy Office.

Then, according to Luo Xiu's words, Anthony went back to his residence to rest. And he calmly responded to the two tasks that the "bishop" had just assigned to him, and there was still no ripple on his face.

Looking at Anthony now, Luo Xiu seemed to see himself in his previous life.

With emotion, he packed up and left the bishop's room and the Holy Office.

...

After that, Luo Xiu left the church and went to the [Authentic Dwarf Blacksmith Shop].

He had asked the "Guiding Priest" Colen to inform the "Priest" Howard of the Holy Inquisition to preside over the soul-sending ceremony in the afternoon. Before that, he would go to the forging manor to purify the ignorance seal for a "gravel" dwarf.

He soon arrived at the manor, and under the guidance of the old forger, he met the "master" Mir here, and went to a manor next door with Mir.

As more and more forgers joined the forging manor, many "descenders" also chose to join here and become forger apprentices. The gravel dwarves who had not yet removed the [ignorance seal] were temporarily placed in the manor next door.

For the sake of safety and keeping a low profile, Mir led Luo Xiu into the courtyard of the manor. Two dwarves of the Gravel Clan who had removed the [Ignorance Seal] were guarding here. When they saw Mir and the "bishop" of the church coming, they immediately opened the door for them.

Stepping into the corridor of the villa, Luo Xiu asked Mir:

"So, my friend - which of your people do you want to remove the [Ignorance Seal] from their bodies today?"

"..."

"Kottichi Gravel." Mir replied in a low voice:

"That's a gemsmith. Now... the manor is indeed lacking a real gemsmith."

"I see." Luo Xiu nodded.

Since he brought back Mir's "Gravel" people, Luo Xiu has removed the [Ignorance Seal] for 19 dwarves of the "Gravel" clan.

The only thing left to meet the mission goal of the hidden mission [Liberation of Ignorance (Hell Difficulty)] is to purify the seal for one dwarf.

Moreover, the mission is almost halfway to meeting the final requirement of this hidden mission - to purify the [Steel Seal of Obscurity] for the thirty-nine "Gravel" dwarves.

Luo Xiu was thinking about this as he and Mir came to a dark brown door.

"We're here."

Mir said in a low voice, then stretched out his hand and pushed the two doors inward——

Gah! The heavy wooden door made a sharp friction sound, and a rancid smell surged out from the moment the door was opened and got into Luo Xiu's nose.

And through the newly opened door, Luo Xiu had already seen the twenty figures of dwarfs sitting on wooden chairs with rickets.

Their eyes were still cloudy, their mouths were drooling, and their expressions were dull. When Mir and Luo Xiu walked in together, they showed no reaction to outside affairs.

Next to Luo Xiu, he saw that Mir seemed to frown slightly, but the expression on his face remained calm, as if he was used to such a scene.

He walked straight to a dwarf who looked a little skinny, turned his head at the same time, and said to Luo Xiu:

"This is it."

"He is Cortizzi Grit...don't look at him like this now. When he was still in the Broken Continent, the hometown of our Grit tribe, he was the best gem craftsman in the village."

With that said, Mir stepped forward, stretched out his hand to help the dwarf named "Kodiqi Gravel" out of the wooden chair, and helped him stagger to Luo Xiu.

And Luo Xiu had already started praying in Sanskrit sounds.

The back of his hand was already lit up with bright golden light patterns, and when the light reached its brightest, Luo Xiu stepped forward and came to the front of "Kodiqi Gravel", and at the same time raised his right hand.

And then his right hand lightly pressed on the head of Kotiqi, and then he used his Level II authority on the "Gravel" dwarf in front of him——

——[Sacred Seal of God’s Admonition]!

The outline of Luo Xiu's body was soon covered with a layer of faint golden light, and the patterned light of the [Sacred Seal of God's Admonition] also flashed quickly on the back of his hand, and an "angel"'s body had already condensed behind him. Body shape!

He held the white rattle in his hand, and looked at the "gravel" dwarf in front of him with pity in his scorching golden eyes, and then slowly flew to the top of the dwarf's head and flew into the air where he was -

He shook the holy bell at the same time, and uttered an ancient divine message that did not belong to humans:

"——You will be baptized!"

Afterwards, His figure slowly disappeared, and from the outline of the body of "Kodiqi Gravel", black silk mist began to slowly and wisps be released.

During Luo Xiu's panel detection of him, in the status column of "Kotiqi Gravel", the status entry of "Steel Seal of Obscurity (cannot be purified, cannot be removed)" has an edge that is like burning, a little... Burn and disappear bit by bit.

On the face of Cortizzi Grit, the eyes that had been turbid and chaotic gradually regained their color, and he began to murmur like a murmur:

"Sand...gravel..."

And at the moment when the entry of [Steel Seal of Obscurity (cannot be purified, cannot be lifted)] completely disappeared, the turbidity in his eyes was truly dispelled, and his face showed an expression as if he was awakening from a dream.

"I……"

Cortizzi murmured in confusion.

Luo Xiu stepped back in time, turned around and left the room, waiting in the courtyard of the manor.

Because he knew that Mir and the other dwarves who stayed here to guard must have many things they wanted to say to "Cottiqi Gravel". He could wait until Mir finished saying what he wanted to say.

After purifying the [Steel Seal of Obscurity] for "Kotiqi Gravel", this was the twentieth "Gravel" dwarf rescued by Luo Xiu.

His mission panel jumped just now, showing that the hidden mission [Relief from Obscurity (Hell Difficulty)] could be completed, but Luo Xiu did not choose to settle it, but was prepared to wait until the end, when he was nearly thirty. All the [Steel Seals of Obscurity] in the bodies of the nine "Gravel" dwarves were purified.

After a short wait, he saw Mir walking out of the villa.

He was the only one, and the other "Gravel" dwarves did not follow him. Mir immediately came to Luo Xiu and said to Luo Xiu in a low voice:

"Thank you... thank you."

"This is my twentieth clansman that you saved. Although half of the clansmen are still suffering from misfortune, I have seen hope."

"It's nothing, my friend."

A smile appeared on Luo Xiu's face, and he responded to Mir and said, "How is your tribesman, that 'Kodiqi Gravel' doing now?"

"I and other recovered tribesmen persuaded him to stay."

Mir said, "Kotiqi didn't agree to me immediately. He still needs to think carefully about his future direction now that several clan leaders have been killed."

"This takes time... you know, Luo Xiu. Just coming out of such a nightmare-like situation always requires some time to adapt and adjust."

"Yes, I can understand." Luo Xiu nodded slightly in response.

He and Mir then left the manor where the "Gravel" people were housed and returned to the forging manor.

On the way back, Mir suddenly said to Luo Xiu:

"If you are free - Luo Xiu. In the evening, I would like to invite you to come to the manor. I have something to give you."

"Is there something you want to give me?"

Luo Xiu asked subconsciously, his eyes falling on Mir's face at the same time.

Beside him, his old friend, Mir, looked very resolute, with a firm light flashing in his eyes, as if he had made some kind of determination.

Luo Xiu had thought of something.

But Mir did not say anything more. He and Luo Xiu parted when they arrived at the gate of the forging manor, and Luo Xiu went straight back to the church.

…

In the afternoon.

In the Holy Tribunal of Red Maple City Church.

The day before, after Howard, the "priest" of the Holy Tribunal, relayed to all the clergy of the church that "Bishop" Luo Xiu was about to preside over the soul-sending ceremony, it was around three o'clock in the afternoon, and the courtyard of the Holy Tribunal was full of clergy.

Almost all the clergy of the church were already present, and there were also many players who had also received the church's notice and came to the Holy Tribunal to participate in the ceremony.

The clergy of the church all looked sad, and the whispering sounds in the courtyard actually came from the players.

However, feeling the dangerous and vigilant gaze from the side, no player dared to make a loud noise or do anything else in such an occasion. They just waited anxiously for the moment when the "Soul Sending Ceremony" really began.

There were about a thousand people standing in the courtyard of the Holy Inquisition at this time.

The huge Sumo Altar in the middle and the surroundings were empty, and the bodies of the martyred clergy were quietly placed on the white stone beds next to it.

Sixty-three holy torches with golden flames had been lit in the courtyard, corresponding to the number of sixty-three martyrs.

At this time, the "Bishop" of the church, Luo Xiu Carlos, stood in the middle of the Sumo Altar, preparing for the upcoming blessing.

In his mind, he had also issued a commissioned task for the players who came - the name was [Soul Sending Ceremony], which was a commissioned task of ordinary difficulty.

The task requirement was to wait quietly until the end of the ceremony - when completed, you will get the preset 2000 experience points of the task reward.

Luo Xiu used this to restrain the players - so that they would not do something too big on such an important occasion.

At the same time, the players who were promoted to extraordinary and who were the "guardians" of the church were also "invited" by Luo Xiu in the form of a task, and they were also given a commission task of the same name, but the task requirement was to maintain order on the scene.

This should be able to reduce the influence of the chaotic neutral players to a certain extent, while allowing the players to have a sense of participation in important church affairs.

Luo Xiu thought about this.

And when the sound of the holy bell on the church's bell tower echoed in the church's sky for the first time.

Luo Xiu raised his arm and raised the [Holy Grip] as the "Bishop's" scepter, and he had already uttered a sacred, Sanskrit prayer:

"-I will worship the fire, I will burn, and I will dedicate myself to the glory."

"-That pure, pure, pure white source."

"-Let the holy torch fire ignite!"

"--..."

Buzz--!

At the moment when Luo Xiu's voice fell, from the golden scepter held tightly in his right hand, rings of golden light burst out and spread from the tip of the scepter.

The golden veil of light had been draped over the outline of Luo Xiu's body, and he had opened up the sacred domain - making the entire space full of the spiritual breath of [Glory].

The golden light strands that continued to diffuse and disperse in the air also began to flow regularly and rhythmically as Luo Xiu continued to pray.

They circled in the sky and gradually split into 63 golden light surges, rushing towards the 63 holy torches.

——Wow!

The burning holy fire suddenly burst out with brilliant and bright light.

The clergy standing around, with their hands lightly placed in an equilateral triangle on their chests, also began to pray at the same time.

They chanted the praises of [Glory], and the spirituality of [Glory] was released from their bodies, which made their "bishops", the sacred domain opened by Luo Xiu, and the spirituality of [Glory] that was already full of it even more full.

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And when all the golden rays of light poured into the holy torch.

Luo Xiu raised the scepter in his hand again, and his clear voice made the next sacred blessing:

"——I will remember, I will pass on, I will witness the ascension."

"——The unfinished, immortal, and eternal will."

"——Let the holy spirit return home!"

"——..."

Buzz——!!!

At the moment when Luo Xiu's last sentence fell.

The burning flames in all the holy torches trembled and swayed violently at the same time.

And a moment later——they went out, all at once.

The golden flames that had been burning before were like amber glass. They shattered in an instant, splashing and shattering around like gems.

But they did not fall like real jewels, but only rose and sank, rising and sinking continuously.

And a moment later - a moment after the golden flames were extinguished.

Sixty-three beams of light shot up from the holy torch!

And the light of the flames that shattered and splashed like gems also rushed straight to the sky with the light surge, and then gently fell down like a curtain of light, and finally covered the bodies of the sixty-three martyred clergy completely.

The golden holy flame then reignited, burning the remains of the clergy bit by bit from the mundane world, allowing their souls to break free from the shackles of their bodies and ascend to the eternal kingdom of heaven.

This is the "Soul Sending Ceremony" - an ancient and sacred ceremony that has been passed down to this day by the "Holy Court".

When the "ceremony" was truly completed, Luo Xiu's eyes were fixed on the stone bed where the remains of the clergy had been quietly placed.

There was nothing left on it, only the pure white stone surface, reflecting the bright golden light that was still hovering in the air.

The martyrs have truly "returned home".

There is no trace of their former bodies left, and the souls blessed by the divine will be truly guided.

They will rise, rise forever, until they reach the "eternal kingdom" where they are in a moment.

- Perhaps some people will become "angels" and continue on the path of devotion to [Glory] in another form.

...

After completing the soul-sending ceremony.

Luo Xiu then walked down the altar.

Accompanied by the "high priest" Anthony and three priests of the sanctuary, Luo Xiu left the place of the Holy Judgement and returned to his "bishop's throne".

At least today, until the evening, he had no other urgent things to do, so he returned to the bedroom and lay on the bed, preparing to take advantage of the three or four hours of temporary idleness to make up for the insufficient sleep.

Opening the [Player Forum] and [Chat Channel], he saw that most of the players who had participated in the soul-sending ceremony had settled the commissioned task [Soul-sending Ceremony] and obtained the 2,000 experience points that Luo Xiu had preset for them.

These social panels were suddenly filled with a happy atmosphere.

And this was the result that Luo Xiu wanted to see.

After watching for a while, he closed the panel, then covered himself with the quilt and fell asleep lightly.

...

Until the evening.

Around nine o'clock in the evening, Luo Xiu woke up from a short sleep.

He got up from the bed, looked at the exquisitely carved full-length mirror in the room, and slightly tidied his messy hair. Then he walked to the clothes rack beside him and took off a casual outfit for going out.

It was a thick white velvet robe with gold decorations on the cuffs and front. When Luo Xiu put it on and made up his appearance in front of the mirror, he felt like a young businessman from the Golden Kingdom.

He suddenly thought of Alaerdin - if the great philanthropist could be thinner and have jet-black hair like himself, then he could indeed imitate most of the temperament of the first heir of the Manston family.

Luo Xiu thought about these things in a divergent way. He had come to the door of the room and had his hand on the door handle.

Turning the handle and pushing the door open, Luo Xiu left the bishop's seat and the church and walked towards his first destination of the night.

——【Authentic Dwarf Blacksmith Shop】!

He still clearly remembered what Mir had said to him at noon - asking Luo Xiu to come to the Forge Manor to meet him in the evening when he was free.

Mir had said at the time that he would give Luo Xiu something.

And judging from Mir's reaction at the time, it should be something very important to him.

Thinking about this, Luo Xiu had already quickened his pace and soon arrived at the door of the Forge Manor.

Through the big iron gate, he saw the forging masters who had filled the courtyard, still swinging their forging hammers next to the forging furnaces.

A series of fine sparks with broken golden light burst out every time they swung the hammer, and the escaping sparks would burn themselves out before they really fell to the ground.

Luo Xiu looked at the scene in front of him.

Normally - it should be time for the "Forge Manor" to get off work. But the forgers were still working overtime, which could only be because the orders entrusted by the manor had accumulated to a considerable degree that could not be ignored.

As far as Luo Xiu knows, there are at least a hundred orders sent from the church to the Forging Manor.

And Hongfeng City also has the heavyweight "Bianting" as a major order sender, and "Fangbeiyuan" will come to the manor from time to time to customize a batch of precision components or instruments... The most conservative estimate is that the forging masters of the Forging Manor should not have the luxury of "holiday" for at least a month.

Luo Xiu thought to himself, and he had already stepped into the courtyard of the manor.

In the courtyard with the forgers who were working overtime to rush the orders, there were also many players who chose the [Intellectual] destiny and just joined the manor as "forger apprentices".

As soon as Luo Xiu, the "bishop" of the church, stepped into the courtyard, the players raised their heads and cast their curious and excited eyes on Luo Xiu at the same time.

As the only two "saints" in the three major destiny settlements of Hongfeng City, Luo Xiu Carlos, the "bishop" of the Hongfeng City Church, is definitely a first-class celebrity in the eyes of the players.

And his influence among the players is much higher than that of another [Supreme] ‘Thunder General’ Albert.

Just as Luo Xiu felt the curious and excited gazes, he saw that many “Forger Apprentice” players had stood up from their small benches and were ready to move towards Luo Xiu.

——It was like the passionate gazes of fanatical fans who suddenly met a popular star in a public place.

He did not doubt what some players would do later - they would gather in groups, take photos with the "bishop" Luo Xiu Carlos who they met by chance, and then send the photos to the [Player Forum] or [Chat Channel] to chat - Luo Xiu had truly experienced such "enthusiasm".

This made him speed up his pace, and before the players really turned their eagerness into action, he had entered the largest villa and stepped onto the stairs to the third floor.

He went straight to the third floor, stopped in front of the forging room that belonged to the "Master" Mir, and knocked on the door lightly.

Then, the door opened - Mir poked his head out from the crack of the door, and he was covered with dust.

"You are here, Luo Xiu."

After looking at Luo Xiu, Mir put his head back, and the door was completely opened.

Luo Xiu walked in, looking at the various "epic" and "legendary" materials placed on the table in the room, and greeted with a smile on his face:

"Bianting, have you been commissioned to forge something again?"

"..."

"Albert came in person."

Mil shook his head and said helplessly, "Do you still remember one of the three executioners who invaded Red Maple City before - 'Silver Blood Dragonborn' Quilton? After he was killed, Albert recovered some materials from him."

As he said, Mil pointed to the table, where three dragon scales with bright silver luster were fixed with a special vise.

Even without light, the three dragon scales were still emitting a faint silver light, flowing in the deep layer of the scales like mercury, and constantly making small "pop, pop" bursting sounds.

"That Quilton is a mixed-blood dragonborn, and the 'reverse scale' that fell from it is indeed a bit special."

Mil knocked on the surface of the scales, making a crisp sound like knocking on gold.

He continued, "And that is also a 'legendary' quality material - Albert asked me to forge a lightweight weapon, and has paid me a deposit of 40,000 gold coins for it."

"40,000 gold coins?"

Luo Xiu was a little surprised, "That 'Thunder General'... he is really generous."

Before, when Luo Xiu commissioned Mil to forge the legendary sickle [Saint Beheading], the deposit he paid him was only 100 platinum coins.

Mier's worth has risen with his fame - Luo Xiu is pleased to see his current achievements, because the church can also benefit greatly from it.

"So, my friend," Luo Xiu asked Mil:

"What did you tell me at noon that you wanted to give me?"

"..."

When Mil heard Luo Xiu ask this, he stopped the carving in his hands.

He looked over with amber eyes, staring at Luo Xiu quietly. After a while, he said:

"I have been thinking, Luo Xiu... You have been saving my people all the time, and what should I do to repay you?"

"Is it the weapons and equipment of the 'legend'? As long as you want, you will not lack these."

"Is it the knowledge unique to being a dwarf and a [Intellectual] Rune Forger? But you are not a [Intellectual] walker, you don't need these."

Mir stared at Luo Xiu for a long time, his pupils trembling with emotional fluctuations.

"I am actually quite distressed about this, and I don't know what to use to repay you."

"And you never told me this, never said what you wanted from me, as if it was just a good deed done by you [Glorious] priests."

"Maybe it's like this for you... Luo Xiu."

"But for us... that's not, absolutely not!"

Mil's emotions became excited, which made his voice tremble slightly, and then he said loudly:

"You are the benefactor who saved my tribe-Luo Xiu!"

"It was at noon today, when you used the power of the 'Holy Seal' to rescue Ketizi Sand Gravel, I finally made up my mind."

After saying that, Mir threw down the carving knife in his hand and ran to the room inside.

And Luo Xiu still stood there, looking at the door on the side.

Soon, Mir came out again, and he was holding two huge things wrapped in white cloth in his hands.

He placed the two white objects on the table, his eyes bursting with heat, and he tore open one of the white cloths with a "swish"!

The bright red surface of the wrapped object was revealed, still flowing with light!

"This is what I finally decided to give you as a 'repayment'."

Mir stared into Luo Xiu's eyes, as if with some kind of huge momentum, and said clearly word by word:

"- The secret treasure of the ancient dragon, [Dragon Flame Demon Sword] and [Dragon Breath Scepter]!"

"The chieftain gave them to me at that time, and now... I am willing to give them to you."

"As long as you can save, save all my people."

...

(Too fierce, brothers are too fierce, six hundred monthly tickets a day filled me up! (bushi

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