blueteamnovel Chapter 77 Charm Still Remains
Chapter 77 Charm Still Remains
Just as the white-robed woman was eyeing Lin Rui with a serious expression, Lin Rui also looked at the woman suspiciously.
From her attire, she appeared to be a fourth-order High Priest from the Light Church.
The question was, why was she looking at him like that?
Even though the white-robed woman wore a conical hat draped with light gauze, which concealed her face, Lin Rui still felt her gaze sharp and resolute, as if it could pierce through all pretense and disguise, pushing directly to the deepest secrets of the heart.
Could it be because of the anomalous event with the sacred thunder fire on the altar just now? But that had nothing to do with him; he had been perusing data in a biological chip at the time, doing nothing else.
Just as Lin Rui was beginning to feel uneasy and Wang Sen was likewise perplexed, the white-robed woman's gaze softened, and she clasped her hands in salute towards Lin Rui.
"It's unexpected to encounter a Fateful of our church here."
"A Fateful?" Lin Rui couldn't help frowning, thinking to himself, what on earth is that?
"Just now, the sacred thunder fire of our church burned for you, indicating that you are fated with our church."
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The white-robed woman smiled, took out an object from her bosom, and held it out in front of Lin Rui: "Please, Fateful, accept this."
It was a fist-sized red jade stone, its surface carved with sacred thunder and divine fire.
Lin Rui frowned deeply at this.
He did not want any connections with the Light Church.
Although the Light Church was still one of the top powers within the interior of Heavenly Pole Star, with numerous strong members including the 'Three Columns, Five Envoys, Seven Kings,' and hundreds of millions of followers, its influence had significantly waned.
Now all four great dynasties and major sect families within Heavenly Pole Star were tirelessly hunting it down, and while the lower ranks of the Light Church were still stable, its leaders were in a state of being hunted by everyone.
Lin Rui certainly did not want to become a target of public criticism.
Wang Sen's expression changed and he leaned in to whisper to Lin Rui, "This is the Light Church's Fourth Realm Sacred Emblem!"
This was indeed a minor Magic Artifact that could slightly enhance the power of the Thunder and Fire Martial Paths. Its real value lay in its emblematic identity.
In the future, as long as Lin Rui held this emblem, he could receive high treatment at any branch of the Light Church, and if he wished to join the Light Church, he could even directly become a Third Realm Priest.
Wang Sen was inwardly amazed; this white-robed woman placed such great importance on Lin Rui, was it because of the explosive burst of the sacred thunder fire earlier?
Lin Rui became even more reluctant to touch this thing after hearing this.
Now it was in front of a large crowd. If he accepted this object in full view, he would later be unable to disassociate himself from the demon cult.
Should the government inquire into it later, losing his official position would be the least of his concerns.
He didn't want to accept that forced good fortune, so it was foist upon him, was it?
At that moment, Wang Sen came up with a bunch of meat buns he had casually bought along the way, looking perplexed at Lin Rui, "Brother Twelve, what's with the hurry?"
Lin Rui was taken aback, his chest still open; the mark was so obvious, yet Wang Sen couldn't see it?
He concentrated again for a moment and then felt slightly better.
This mark of the sacred lightning fire was indeed mysterious, invisible to ordinary people.
"I've been plotted against, and I'm furious!" Lin Rui took the pile of buns from Wang Sen and gobbled one after another, grinding them fiercely in his mouth.
He even walked over to the window, staring aggressively toward the white parade procession in the west part of the town, hand on his knife, "That damned witch from the Light Church, she better not come looking for me."
Wang Sen, confused, wondered to himself what exactly had that High Priest of the Light Church done to offend Brother Rui?
Lin Rui fumed in silence for a good while before managing to calm his mood.
Next, he started running up and down, scrutinizing the structure of Zuihua House, using electromagnetic induction to figure out the geopathic stresses of the building, before returning to the top floor and beginning to prepare talismans using cinnabar a brush, with materials Wang Sen had purchased.
Wang Sen, bored, watched with disbelief.
Lin Rui had only checked out books on basic magic techniques, Formation, and Magic Control Divine Technique from the government office's library the day before yesterday. Could he have mastered them by today?
In Wang Sen's view, this was just a waste of money.
As expected, the talismans Lin Rui produced were all crooked and twisted like a child's scribblings, completely unsightly.
When Lin Rui reached the seventh talisman, his eyes lit up, "Yes! Finally, one has succeeded!"
Wang Sen couldn't help but retort, "What 'yes'? What success? Look at this mess—just like a ghost drew it. If this thing works, I'll eat this table!"
Lin Rui chuckled, "I'll remember your words. Messy handwriting doesn't necessarily mean ineffectiveness. You know, in creating talismans, it's not about the quality of writing, but the spirit within."
Lin Rui actually felt quite helpless inside. Although he now possessed advanced knowledge in magic techniques, Formation, and talismanic arts,
the problem was that the Caucasian middle-aged man simply didn't know how to draw talismans. Whether it was drawing talismans or setting up formations, he always relied on various three-dimensional talisman-printing machines.
These days, which mage in the federation would bother writing talismans by hand when they could use a 3D printer that was faster and more convenient?
Just as Wang Sen was scoffing, the air in that floor suddenly turned cold.
Lin Rui's spirit tensed, and he suddenly looked up, only to find the Blood Blade girl standing in front of him at an alarmingly close distance.
The girl in red drew out a six-foot-long slender battle saber and pointed it coldly at him, "Make your choice now. Become my demon minion or get lost! Leave Silvermoon County now, the further away, the better; otherwise, I will kill you!"
Lin Rui looked at her, surprised to see that the young girl's hair had grayed halfway, her eyes were blood-red, her body flared with demonic fire, and blue veins bulged against her pale skin.
The Blood Blade girl used to be beautiful, but now she possessed a strange, demonic allure—like that ethereal beauty lingering beyond the mortal realm.