Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

High Deacon? When he heard the name of this priesthood, Luo Xiu realized something.

The assessment regarding his preparation to go to Red Maple City and serve as the "host of the grand festival" is coming soon.

"It is indeed a 'senior deacon'..." Luo Xiu thought to himself. Leonard's previous guess was correct. Songyuan Diocese indeed sent such a high-ranking deacon.

"Deacon" is a priesthood that can only be assigned to dioceses and above.

They are elite clergymen directly led by the dioceses of the "Holy Court". Their ranks can be divided into six levels - "junior deacon", "middle deacon", "higher deacon", "director deacon", " Red Deacon" and the highest ranking "Black Deacon".

Among them, starting from "Higher Deacon", only the glorious career branch of "Priest" can be held, and only priests who have reached the "Fivefold Destiny" and entered the level of "Saint" can become "Higher". Deacon" qualifications.

Now Luo Xiu doesn't know who the "senior deacon" sent by the diocese is. However, based on his experience in related assessments in his previous life, Luo Xiu had already made some preparations.

After entering the church and arriving at the inner courtyard, Luo Xiu did not go directly to the Holy Inquisition or the Bishop's Seat. Instead, he first found a secluded place and crushed five "Scarlet Magic Crystals."

After confirming that his spirituality in the [Abyss] of the second life path would not be detected, Luo Xiu strengthened the protective barrier of the "Prisoner of the Thinker" that is permanently located in the depths of his soul to avoid being attacked by the other party. Detection of spiritual dimensions.

After that, Luo Xiu waited for the spiritual surface when the "Scarlet Magic Crystal" took effect to dissipate, and then cast a "consecration prayer" on himself, allowing the glorious spirituality to cover himself lightly, completely eliminating the excess aura. .

After completing all this, Luo Xiu walked slowly towards the direction of the Holy Inquisition.

…

The inner courtyard of the church, the place where the Holy Inquisition takes place.

There was a special guest in Priest Leonard's room than usual.

It was a middle-aged man wearing a long blue-gray dress. There was a war hammer hanging in front of him, and his right hand was firmly pressed on the handle of the war hammer.

At this time, the man was sitting on a leather sofa in the room. He kept his eyes closed and said nothing, appearing restrained and calm.

Beside him, Priest Leonard looked a little embarrassed.

Although there were still a lot of unreviewed and unprocessed files on the desk, Leonard did not deal with the tasks at hand. Instead, he and this special guest in the room were quietly waiting for the arrival of the last person. .

After a while, the man on the sofa suddenly opened his eyes.

He raised his left hand and moved his fingers towards the round button with the "sun" pattern on his collar. His bright golden eyes then looked at Leonard and asked:

"That Luo Xiu Carlos, how long does it take for him to arrive?"

"..."

"It should be soon, Lord Hubert."

Leonard replied: "He is still the 'deacon' of the church. At this time every day, he comes to the church to report to me on a routine basis. He has never been late or absent."

"...Okay." "High Deacon" Hubert nodded, "I understand. I will wait patiently for a while, but I hope this time will not be too long."

"..."

——Squeak. While Hubert was speaking, the door to Leonard's room was slowly pushed open.

In fact, the door was not closed earlier, but opened a thin crack. This was a small detail that Leonard left specially for Luo Xiu so that he could make some preparations before entering.

When Luo Xiu came to the door of Leonard's room and saw an extra figure in it through the crack in the door, Luo Xiu knew that that person was the "senior deacon" sent from the diocese.

"High Deacon" Hubert, he is indeed a fifth-level destiny, and his occupation is "Deacon of the Purification of Sins".

That is the higher-level profession of the "Patriarch of Purification", the priest's profession in the fourth life path. In the priest's "punishment of sins" career branch, the priest's "purification of sins" career branch has many similarities with Luo Xiu's career path.

That's why the diocese sent this "high deacon" Hubert to assess himself... Luo Xiu guessed this, and at the same time, with a moderate expression of surprise on his face, he turned in the direction of Leonard said:

"Master Priest, I'm here to give my daily report. Sorry, I didn't expect there to be new guests."

Then, he turned to the direction of "High Deacon" Hubert again, and greeted with a humble attitude and tone: "Hello, guest of the priest. I am Luo Xiu, the 'deacon' of the church, and I send you my greetings. ”

"..."

When Luo Xiu observed Hubert, he saw that Hubert's originally reserved attitude seemed to have changed somewhat.

Hubert's eyes then moved away from Leonard and fell on Luo Xiu.

"Are you Luo Xiu, the 'Luo Xiu Carlos' who applied to go to Red Maple City to 'host the grand ceremony'?" Hubert asked.

"Yes, it's me." Luo Xiu nodded and asked in a tone of verification, "Who are you?"

"I am the Holy Deacon of Songyuan Diocese, 'High Deacon' Hubert."

When he learned that the person who came was the subject of the upcoming assessment, the current acolyte of the Sina City Church, "Rossiu Carlos", Hubert quickly got into work mode.

He then formally introduced his identity to Luo Xiu, and then continued to say to Luo Xiu:

"Luo Xiu Carlos, the diocese has received your application to go to Red Maple City and serve as the 'master of ceremonies' for the wartime church in Red Maple City. Now I will evaluate you to confirm whether you have enough Abilities and Qualifications.”

"..."

When Hubert finished saying this, a serious expression appeared on Luo Xiu's face, and he solemnly said to Hubert:

"I understand, Lord Hubert. Please tell me the content of the assessment, and I will do my best to cooperate."

"..."

"very good."

Hubert nodded, and his hand that was lightly holding the sun-patterned round button stretched out to the side, pointed to the sofa opposite, and said: "You can sit down first, Luo Xiu. At least now, we can communicate on an equal footing." something."

"Okay." Luo Xiu responded to Hubert softly, walked into the room, closed the door of the room, and came to sit in front of the sofa pointed by Hubert.

During this process, Luo Xiu always maintained a humble, gentle, and neither humble nor arrogant attitude when talking to Hubert. This made Hubert feel comfortable and also gave him an initial good impression of Luo Xiu.

When Luo Xiu sat down in front of the sofa, Hubert said:

"Before, my student, another 'middle deacon', came to the Sina City Church once, and he was responsible for assessing the three Holy Judges. I also learned something about you from his report to me. "

"Luo Xiu...in less than three months, he was promoted from the second level of destiny to the fourth level of destiny. Such a record has never been seen in the history of the Holy Court, and it will even be rare in the future. You are walking in [Glory] 】The talent of destiny is obvious to all. ”

"With such a talent, even the 'Holy Lady' of the Holy Court today may not be as good as you back then."

"Therefore, after several bishops in the diocese learned about your deeds, they had no objections to your promotion to the 'priest' of the Sina City Church. They even wanted to take you under their tutelage and do their best to train you. …”

"What a pity, haha. You are no longer on the third level of destiny. For those priests who are already on the 'fourth level of destiny', the bishops do not have the power to forcefully transfer you."

When he said this, Hubert's voice paused, changed the subject, and said:

"But, Luo Xiu, I think you may not yet understand what the person who will be the 'master of ceremonies' of the 'Wartime Church' represents, and what he will bear."

"You should understand that the hostility of the Dark Principality towards us has been quite obvious. And the 'wartime church' established based on the premise of war, the priests who will be appointed here must be the elite among the elites of each church. , Only then can we have the acumen and ability to deal with various hostile actions of the enemy.”

“The ‘Wartime Church’’s ‘Presiding Ceremony’ originally had another name at the meeting of saints that discussed, formulated and promulgated this resolution.”

"——'Acting Bishop'."

"..."

When he said this, Hubert's golden eyes suddenly flashed with a deep light. His eyes when he looked at Luo Xiu were blessed with something that could penetrate "spirituality" and discern "true heart". Holy magic.

After that, Hubert continued:

"'Acting Bishop' means that the person who 'presides over the high ceremony' will bear the same responsibility as a real church bishop. He will be given the primary glorious 'authority', but if his faith is not pious enough, , If you are not experienced enough and your ability is not strong enough, you will not be able to truly hold this priesthood.”

"At this point, 'talent' is the last thing. Therefore, our initial candidate is Leonard, followed by Markakis..."

"To be honest, you are too young, Luo Xiu."

Hubert maintained the same tone as before, but with an expression of regret on his face, he said, "I don't think you meet any of the three conditions I listed before."

"How will you respond to this, and how will you prove your will to me?"

When he said this, Hubert's words stopped abruptly. His golden eyes looked at Luo Xiu calmly, waiting for his response.

Regarding the three questions raised by Hubert, Luo Xiu thought for a while and considered his words before answering Hubert:

"Lord Hubert, I think my piety should be obvious to all."

"Ever since I entered the church and became a 'Holy Judge', I have always been fulfilling my duties of 'judging' and 'preaching'. Up to now, I have judged more than three heretics, including three, four There are also many heretics who have changed their destiny."

"I don't understand what the 'piety' you specifically mean actually means. To me, that is not more important than adhering to light, kindness and justice, and adhering to the sacred cause."

"..."

When he heard Luo Xiu say this, Hubert's expression was stunned for a moment, and then showed an expression of surprise and joy.

He heard a different answer, an answer different from those who claimed to be loyal to the glory and dedicated to the great sun.

There are clergymen or "priests" who would say that "piety" is not as important as hard work... This is really beyond Hubert's expectation.

And this was exactly the answer Hubert really wanted to hear.

Because asking whether one is "pious" or not is actually a false proposition.

The truly pious need not prove themselves, and this is the crux of Hubert's question.

He finally understood why the priest of the Church of Sina, the ‘Templar’ Leonard Bambers, said that ‘Ross Carlos’ was a special priest while he was waiting.

It was really special... Hubert thought, and he had received the assessment requirements from the archbishop in advance. Although “piety” was the key, it was indeed the last thing and not as important as ability.

In fact, when Ross said this, Hubert had already carefully “examined” him from the inside out. The rich [Glorious] spirituality in Ross shocked Hubert secretly, and he did not feel that there was any spiritual breath in Ross.

Only walking on the path of [Glorious], this is enough to show the piety of the young priest opposite, and there is no need to embellish it with more words... Hubert thought.

And when Ross expressed this to Hubert, Hubert had already agreed with him.

"Very good, Luo Xiu." Hubert nodded and said, "I recognize your piety."

"Thank you for your recognition." Luo Xiu also nodded, with a humble smile on his face, and continued to say to Hubert:

"And the second point you raised, you are worried that I lack the corresponding experience and am not enough to deal with the enemy's possible hostile actions..."

"At least you can rest assured about this point."

As Luo Xiu said, he stretched out his left hand, gently rubbed the bracelet on his wrist for a while, and took out dozens of "tokens" from it, which were all from the "Black Fang" who had been judged.

In the three days of waiting before, Luo Xiu collected more Black Fang tokens from his "Holy Abyss Apostle", which increased the number of tokens held again.

"Before I was promoted to the fourth level of destiny, I had executed at least thirty of these minions of the executioner of the Dark Principality in the "Judgment of Heretics" missions I had carried out."

"Don't worry, among the many heretic camps, my understanding of those Black Fangs is second only to the "Blood of Thorns." Luo Xiu said with a smile.

"..."

When seeing Luo Xiu showing these tokens, Hubert's expression froze again.

There were more than thirty Black Fang tokens. Although they were of different shapes, Hubert could easily tell from the remaining spirituality on them that they were all real.

Judged more than thirty Black Fangs... Luo Xiu Carlos, he had judged so many Black Fangs when he was only in the third level of destiny? ! Hubert thought about this, and a strong sense of astonishment and shock was intensifying in his mind.

You know, those "Black Fangs" are all elites specially trained by the executioners of the principality. Any of them has the strength of a "Holy Inquisitor".

And when Luo Xiu was only at the third level, he killed more than 30 Black Fangs... This is enough to show that he is outstanding at this level, and it is enough to prove that he is experienced in dealing with that group of enemies.

However, Hubert suddenly noticed that Luo Xiu seemed to have mentioned another word before.

"Blood of Thorns", Luo Xiu mentioned "Blood of Thorns"... Hubert thought of the large-scale "Blood of Thorns" cleanup operation carried out by the General Church in the diocese before, so he looked at Leonard who was "watching the show" on the side, as if he wanted to get some confirmation from him.

"...Yes, Master Hubert."

Priest Leonard, when he noticed Hubert's gaze turning to him, nodded and said:

"I can prove that everything Luo Xiu said is true. The distribution map of the "Blood of Thorns" strongholds submitted by Bishop Fabion to the diocese was the spoils that Luo Xiu found from one of their large strongholds during the execution of the judgment of the pagans."

"..."

"So that's how it is. I understand." Hubert nodded, no longer doubting the matter.

From Luo Xiu showing the merits of judging "Black Fang" to Leonard confirming it for him, during this process, the "perception network" emitted by Hubert did not capture their spiritual existence disorder, which shows that what Luo Xiu said is indeed true.

"Very good, Luo Xiu." Hubert nodded and said, "I recognize your experience."

In front of Luo Xiu's achievements, let alone the three priests of the Sina City Church, even if all the priests of the church in the entire diocese are added together, there are not many people whose achievements can be compared with Luo Xiu.

After passing this second test, Hubert asked Luo Xiu the last and most important question:

"So, Luo Xiu." Hubert asked:

"How can you prove that you have enough ability to serve as the 'host of the high priest'?"

"..."

When Hubert asked this question, Luo Xiu's face showed a faint smile.

Without thinking too much, Luo Xiu said to Hubert:

"This is very simple, Lord Hubert."

"..."

When Luo Xiu said this, he raised his arm lightly and opened his palm upwards.

The next moment, Hubert suddenly felt a violent and surging spiritual surge coming from Luo Xiu's body!

Right beside Luo Xiu, the originally calm air suddenly began to swell, whistling and swirling in the room, with a low, fluttering sound.

At the same time, the surging spirituality from Luo Xiu quickly enveloped Hubert's body and continued to squeeze his body inward.

"You... this is... your spirituality..."

Hubert murmured, and the shock in his heart was completely aroused at this moment.

He finally understood what Luo Xiu said before, that he could complete those "judgment" tasks.

Hubert, he really felt the spiritual surge emitted by Luo Xiu, which was extremely rich, extremely surging, and like a huge wave.

Even Hubert, who was already a "fifth-level destiny" and reached the realm of "entering the saint", intuitively felt a strong oppression and a dangerous breath that was deadly from the spiritual surge emitted by Luo Xiu.

That spiritual foundation has surpassed most of the extraordinary people of the "fourth-level destiny", and even the original candidate for the "host of the high priest", the "priest" Leonard of Sina City, is still inferior to it.

"..."

Hubert was silent, no longer saying anything extra, and his expression gradually became solemn.

When he saw the "senior deacon" Hubert, he had such a reaction, Luo Xiu restrained his spirituality and calmed down the originally strong surge.

"..."

"I understand... Luo Xiu."

Finally, when Luo Xiu restrained his spirituality and looked at him calmly with a sufficiently restrained and humble expression, Hubert nodded solemnly and said:

"...I recognize your ability."

"You, the clergyman of the Sina City Church, Luo Xiu Carlos, you have passed the test."

"You are qualified to go to Red Maple City and serve as the 'host of the high sacrifice'."

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