The whole weird world is waiting for me to go to heaven

Chapter 626: Pure Faith
As soon as he entered the side hall, dim light instantly enveloped Liu Sheng's vision.

Above the head, a huge shadow stretched across the roof of the hall, as if a human-shaped god was hanging horizontally. A heavy and oppressive atmosphere enveloped it, making people feel suffocated.

Liu Sheng's heart trembled, and he felt that this scene was very familiar.

But a closer look revealed that it was just a sculpture, the material as dark as ink, with graceful lines outlining the female body.

In the side hall, the priests were already sitting in their respective seats.

Seeing that Old Lady Su and Liu Sheng did not enter wearing their divine robes, everyone in the hall looked at them, some with surprise and even a bit of scrutiny.

A first-rank priest wearing a white robe with only a horizontal bar on his sleeve immediately stood up and stepped forward to stop the two of them, speaking in a cold and hard tone:
"This is the inner meeting hall of the temple. Believers are not allowed to enter. Please leave immediately."

Upon hearing this, Old Lady Su still maintained her courtesy, nodded slightly, and said, "We are here to attend the meeting at the invitation of the High Priest."

As she spoke, she took out the letter.

The priest took the letter with a look of doubt on his face, and was obviously half-believing and half-doubting, but this style was indeed the usual one used in the temple and it could not be faked.

He was about to take a closer look, but was interrupted by a deep voice:

"Lao Su, why didn't you tell us in advance that you were coming? So that we could arrange someone to pick you up at the door!"

The voice came from deep inside the hall, clear and majestic.

Liu Sheng looked in the direction of the voice and saw a sturdy middle-aged man walking out from the shadows. There was a friendly look on his face, and his robe was gleaming with gold, which showed that he was of noble status.

"Great Priest Li."

Old Mrs. Su recognized the man immediately, and bowed slightly with her cane, performing a great salute.

When Liu Sheng heard this, his heart moved slightly, and he also bowed his head in greeting.

Great Priest Li laughed loudly and said, "Old Su, you are our honored guest. Why are you so polite? This makes me feel bad."

As he spoke, he walked straight up to the two of them, his tone adding a bit of casual greeting: "Come on, come in and talk."

Upon seeing this, the first-level priest showed a trace of embarrassment on his face. He bowed and stepped aside without saying anything more.

Old Lady Su slowly stood up with the help of her crutches, looked up at High Priest Li, and smiled slightly: "Thank you, High Priest."

Liu Sheng secretly looked at the high priest.

His face was vaguely familiar, overlapping a little with the impression of someone in her other world.

[Is it the Minister of Rites? ]

[It seems so. I didn’t expect to be a high priest here. 】

[However, there are three great priests, and he is just one of them. ]

[This status is not ordinary...]

Liu Sheng looked at the current Great Priest Li. His belly was much wider than that in the other world, and his face was also horizontally developed. He knew that sitting in this position should be quite comfortable.

Liu Sheng lowered his eyes, hiding the thoughts in his eyes, supported Old Lady Su, and followed the Great Priest Li to the seat at the end of the long table.

"Come on, please take a seat." High Priest Li pointed to the edge near the temple door.

Old Lady Su took the opportunity to introduce: "This is my student, and this year's top scorer, Liu Sheng."

But the other party was obviously not interested. He just glanced at me casually, and then said "Oh" faintly as a response.

Then he turned around and walked back to the main seat at the top of the long table and sat down.

Liu Sheng looked from afar and saw two other high priests sitting there.

It was just because the table was too long and too far away, and as if to create an invisible pressure, the shadow above was deliberately cast, so they couldn't see each other's faces clearly. They could only see the snow-white robes and the gold edges on the lapels and sleeves.

Old Lady Su said to Liu Sheng helplessly: "Now is not a good time to introduce you..."

Liu Sheng nodded and said, "It's okay, Master Su, I understand."

Afterwards, Old Lady Su sat down at the table, next to the first-rank priest.

And of course Liu Sheng was standing, outside the shadow cast by the statue of the god.

The palace door closed heavily and the meeting officially began.

In an instant, the area in front of Liu Sheng was filled with trainee priests.

They were whispering to each other, and were quite puzzled about Liu Sheng standing here in his school uniform.

However, some people saw the scene where Master Li officially met with Master Su and her, so they whispered to each other and did not raise any objections to Liu Sheng.

The great priest Li at the top cleared his throat and said loudly: "Today's meeting is about the distribution of the Supreme God's grace."

His voice echoed in the temple, his tone was steady and majestic: "In the past month, some believers have reported that the amount of spiritual energy bestowed by the Supreme God has decreased significantly."

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Another high priest said in a deep and weathered voice: "Whether these feedbacks are true or exaggerated by believers, we still need to carefully identify them."

Liu Sheng frowned slightly when he heard this familiar voice. It seemed to be Mei Yuanzheng's voice.

Moreover, it was Mei Yuxing, who was Mei Yuanzheng from another world.

Her eyes swept across the venue and she found that many priests were slightly shaken by these words. Apparently, the issue of "blessing distribution" touched the sensitive nerves of the priests.

Whispers gradually rose in the hall, the priests discussed in low voices, and the atmosphere gradually became restless.

"This is simply nonsense from the believers. It is totally groundless." A fifth-rank priest spoke first, his tone cold, "We have punished the believers who made such irresponsible remarks. We must not let them disrupt the order."

"Perhaps there is only a problem with the believers in your area. Everything is normal in our area." Another priest said lazily, with a hint of arrogance in his tone.

"Perhaps you concealed the truth and dealt with him secretly?" another priest sneered.

"Ridiculous!" the priest immediately retorted loudly, his tone becoming more intense. "What nonsense!"

"Are you talking nonsense or are you angry?" Another priest sneered, "You know, you have a precedent."

"What precedent! The temple has already investigated and found out that this is all a false accusation by blasphemers. Hasn't it been dealt with?"

"You know best whether it is a false accusation..."

Suddenly, the hall was in chaos. Liu Sheng frowned slightly, as he did not expect that the meeting in the temple would start in such a disorganized manner.

Moreover, the treatment of believers is as casual as disposing of waste, which is chilling.

"Quiet!"

Suddenly, the third high priest spoke coldly, the female voice was cold and carried an unquestionable pressure.

To Liu Sheng, it also sounded somewhat familiar.

"What's the point of making so much noise?"

The woman's voice continued, her tone impatient.

"These meaningless disputes are meaningless. The current issue is how to prevent the believers' faith from being shaken."

After saying one more word, Liu Sheng felt more and more familiar.

If judging by the face, Liu Sheng might not be able to match it.

But now he could only hear the sound, and the scene was dim, blocking out the influence of other factors, so Liu Sheng could actually recognize some differences.

[This... seems to be the voice of the boss of Cangshuijian. ]

[That is, the owner of Xiaoxiang Tower? ]

[No, isn't she a weird creature? Can she enter the temple and become a high priest? ]

[It is indeed a bit unbelievable. ]

“Now, what we have to do is to arrest those who are about to shake our faith. We must not allow the faith of the Supreme God to have any flaws.” The high priest who was suspected to be the owner of the post said coldly.

"That's right." Great Priest Li echoed, "Everyone, remember, after today, if someone asks you this question, do you know how to answer it?"

"Just say that this is their hallucination and it is never true." Someone whispered.

"No, you should reflect on yourselves and ask yourself whether you have been disrespectful to the Supreme God. You should donate money to the temple to make up for your mistakes." Another priest added in a cold tone.

This was said as a matter of course, but many priests around nodded and moved their bodies.

The high priest above remained motionless, with only three dark shadows sitting high up.

"You are all wrong."

A cold voice sounded. It was the fifth-rank priest who had spoken before, second only to several high priests.

So when he spoke, everyone fell silent.

"The only way for those who dare to question the Supreme God is divine execution."

Just a few words, with a murderous aura of decisiveness, were so cold that it seemed to freeze the air.

All the discussions suddenly disappeared.

Liu Sheng held his breath.

What is Holy Execution?

Liu Sheng had never heard such a word outside, but now it sounded like an internal term.

Moreover, given that the atmosphere around them suddenly dropped to freezing point, it was not difficult to guess what this meant.

"That's right." High Priest Li responded coldly, "Priest Lin is absolutely right."

Then he announced loudly:
"From today on, every shrine and temple in every jurisdiction must cooperate to ensure that the faith is pure and spotless."

Liu Sheng stood quietly outside the shadow, his fingers slightly curled up, and the chill rose from the soles of his feet.

Every word I heard was like a sharp knife piercing my heart.