Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 119: Crazy and Pious! (5k4)

Long before his promotion, Luo Xiu had already thought about and prepared to devote himself to the art of "creating his own skills".

Spreading the "blank scroll" flat on the ground, Luo Xiu meditated on the knowledge about "skills" in his mind and gathered his spirituality at his fingertips.

At this point, there were a total of eight "blank" scrolls left, as well as eight to be applied for later. Since he was not in a hurry to upgrade his character and skill levels, this number of scrolls was enough for Luo Xiu to create his own skills at ease.

After being promoted to the "Triple Destiny", Luo Xiu can also perform spiritual infusion stably. Therefore, even if the "self-created scroll" fails, he can delay the time of the "explosive scroll" and prevent the explosion from affecting the hotel rooms.

……

After everything was ready, Luo Xiu began to engrave the "skill".

——Glorious Inscription + Judge of Sin + Affinity with Holy Light!

【…】

[The destiny has been confirmed, and the destiny is "Glorious"]

[Self-created skills - success rate 30% (min) ~ 70% (max)]

[Please confirm the experience points you want to invest. The minimum investment is 1200 experience points...]

【…】

——Invest double experience points! Luo Xiuhao is now inhumane!
【…】

[Successfully created a skill]

[Obtain: Golden Meteor (Glorious, lv.1)]

[Golden Meteor (Glorious, lv.1): For those who have committed sins, a meteor is sent down to cleanse their sins.]

[Golden Meteor falls in the designated area, causing a total of 600% physical attack + 600% magic attack "holy light" attribute damage. During the duration of "Golden Meteor", the user cannot move and cannot chant other holy arts...]

【…】

——Glorious Inscription + Judge of Sin + Holy Domain!

【…】

[Obtain: Divine Light Rhythm (Glorious, lv.1)]

[Divine Light Rhythm (Glory, lv.1): That distant pure white light will eventually shine upon me.]

[With itself as the origin, it periodically emits "divine light rhythm". Each round of "divine light rhythm" will cause 200% of the magic attack's "holy light" attribute damage to surrounding enemies, and apply "push away" and "stun" effects...]

【…】

In the first four "blank scrolls", he experienced two failures. Luo Xiu obtained two legitimate [Glorious] output sacred arts, "Golden Meteor" and "Divine Light Rhythm".

This was the guaranteed self-created skill that Luo Xiu had thought of beforehand. After being promoted to the "Great Blessing of Judgment" of the triple destiny of [Glory], he really needed to learn some serious sacred output arts.

So, after acquiring these two legitimate skills, Luo Xiu prepared to try some unorthodox methods.

The first thing is to gild "Mist Hidden Raven"!
——Glorious Inscription + Summoning of Abyss Beast + Affinity of Holy Light!

【…】

[Obtain: Burning Feather Raven (Glorious, lv.1)]

[Burning Feather Raven (Glorious, lv.1): It is the bird that holds the light of dawn, it is the crow that attains nirvana in the fire. ]

[When using the skill "Burning Feather Raven", summoning "Mist Hidden Raven" is replaced with summoning "Burning Feather Raven", and the inherent skill "Hidden Mist Raven" is replaced with "Burning Feather". The "Dark Corrosion" damage caused by the self and the clone is replaced with "Holy Light" damage, and comes with a "burning" effect that cannot be purified or dispelled. ]

[Burning Feather (Inherent Skill): Gain the ability to create a "Fire Feather" clone. Each "Fire Feather" clone will gain 10% of the original's basic attribute value... (The upper limit of the number of "Fire Feather" clones depends on perception, the current number is 0/175)]

【…】

After two failures, Luo Xiu successfully created the skill of "Burning Feather Raven".

This means that in the subsequent battle of "Holy Judge", Luo Xiu can also let Wu Ye come out to keep watch!
At this time, Luo Xiu only had the last "blank scroll" in his hand.

After thinking for a moment, Luo Xiu decided on a new combination of skills.

——Glorious Inscription + Soul Manipulator + Holy Preaching!

【…】

【…】

Luo Xiu's panel seemed to have crashed for a while for no apparent reason.

After a long time, the panel popped up a "success" prompt.

[Obtain: Crazy Piety (Glorious, Limited, lv.1)]!
[Madness and Piety (Glorious, Limited, lv.1): Madness is the only end of piety. 】

[You can only use "Mad Devotion" on enemies with a lower fate weight than you, or enemies with the same fate weight who are "seriously injured" or "near death." ]

[After using the "Crazy Pious" skill, you will compare the "divinity" attribute with the target. If your "divinity" attribute is greater than the sum of the target's "divinity" attribute and "resistance" attribute, the target will be brainwashed and become your crazy believer. (This state cannot be purified or dispelled. Cooldown time: 6h)]

【…】

"Fuck..."

Luo Xiu's pupils shrank, and the corners of his mouth began to rise uncontrollably.

"What did I make..."

……

The next day, morning.

Luo Xiu stayed awake all night, his mind full of thoughts about the four skills he had worked out the night before.

Especially the last skill, which made Luo Xiu's mind suddenly emerge with many underworld ways of playing!

First of all, through "crazy piety", you can gradually turn all the enemies into your own people...

Even when you encounter an enemy that is "a pity to kill" and has special or rare abilities, you can use "Madness and Piety" to force the enemy to "reform"!
Luo Xiu has realized that this might be the key opportunity for him to form a force independent of the "Holy Court".

At the same time, there are other uses for "crazy piety".

After reaching the triple destiny of [Glory], the skill "Holy Preaching" is obtained. This is originally to encourage and spread the teachings of [Glory] more, so as to obtain the divine skill of "Casting the Sun in a Moment".

The momentary divine gift that can be obtained by diligent preaching faith, in addition to the improvement of the "divine" attribute value shown on the panel, also includes many hidden gifts.

For example, limited expertise, skills and abilities, status buffs, and in some cases, "divine assistance."

As for how to judge the effectiveness of "holy preaching" in gaining preaching faith, it is based on the "value" of the "preachers" themselves.

The value of the "preacher" to the "Glory" is measured by the "spiritual" potential contained in him.

If preaching attracts many ordinary people to become followers of "Shu Yu", the thin spirituality contained in them will hardly attract the attention of "Shu Yu" unless it gathers into an ocean.

Unless someone among these ordinary "believers" can be promoted to the extraordinary level of [Glory], the effect will be minimal.

Therefore, the most direct and effective method is to directly "preach" to the extraordinary people with other destinies!
This had been verified in Luo Xiu's previous life, and it was called the "invitation code" for players with the [Glorious] destiny.

By winning over players with other destinies, they can transfer their careers to the [Glorious] destiny. The original [Glorious] destiny players can earn "divine" attribute points and the "Moment" gift. This is a bug that allows them to win twice by using the Moment.

However, once the players who have been transferred to the [Glorious] destiny, the "divine" attributes obtained by this method are transferred to another destiny, then these gifts will be taken back by "Casting Sun in a Moment".

It literally means that the "return invitation" reward has been rolled back.

However, for Luo Xiu now, this is not so complicated.

——"Crazy and pious"!
This brainwashing of "forced belief" that cannot be dispelled or purified is many times more stable than invitations between players!
"..."

Luo Xiu seemed to be able to see his bright future.

Suddenly.

Dong Dong, Dong——

There was a soft knock from the window of the room, and Luo Xiu looked out the window.

Index, in cat form, stretched out her claws and tapped the window lightly.

"...Come in." Luo Xiu nodded.

After getting the approval of the "Lord", Index opened the window lock and jumped in gently.

"...My Lord." Intis changed back to human form. He knelt on one knee and reported to Luo Xiu:

"Well, I haven't given you a detailed report on the stolen money of the 'warrior' Naif that you asked me to find..."

"...Oh." Luo Xiu nodded slightly.

It seems that this is the case.

Before, when Intis just came back, Luo Xiu's mind was full of how to favor "The Universalist" Rocklan and "The Shadow of Killing" Setis. He really only paid attention to "Side's Notes" and ignored the matter about Naif's stolen money.

Because Luo Xiu had not been in any urgent need of money recently, he had enough money on hand, so he selectively ignored the deposit of "Nayef".

Generally speaking, for a Kutu warrior like Naif, whose muscles grow into his brain, a few hundred gold coins in stolen money is already considered good.

Because the commissions they received would always be quickly spent on alcohol, gambling tables and women. Although they made a lot of money, they would often be so poor that they were left with only a pair of pants.

——Luo Xiu indeed thought so. This was his general understanding of the [Ku Tu] warriors.

A few hundred gold coins. This amount was indeed attractive to Luo Xiu, but it was not huge.

"So." Luo Xiu picked up the coffee that was ground and delivered to him by the hotel front desk that morning, took a sip and asked, "How much is Nayef's stolen money converted into Nolan gold coins?"

"——Eleven thousand three hundred and seventy-three gold coins, my lord." Index replied with clear eyes.

"...Puff." Luo Xiu almost spit out the bitter coffee that he had in his mouth.

"……How many?"

"——Eleven thousand three hundred and seventy-three gold coins, my lord." Intis repeated clearly.

Luo Xiu: “…”

Luo Xiu was shocked.

This was the second time he was shocked in one day.

It's not because of Nayef, but because of the "traveling merchant" Alardin.

He is the one who “will be forced to go back and inherit billions of dollars if he fails in business” - the heir of the Manston family in the “Golden Country”, Alardine Manston!

This guy...

What on earth is he selling?

Direct money sales?
How much was he robbed?

……

All kinds of doubts arose, but this huge amount of money should also include the stolen money of other bandits.

Luo Xiu knew that since Intis was able to obtain the "Side's Notes" from the "Saint" lair, there was no reason not to search their lair for the second time.

However, these were only the turmoil in Luo Xiu's heart. He did not show much emotional fluctuation on the surface and remained calm.

Intis saw it all and felt a little bewildered that this "lord" could remain calm when he heard the amount of Nayef's stolen money.

Intis had thought that her young lord would be more excited and agitated when he heard about the astronomical amount of stolen money.

Index didn't know what Luo Xiu was thinking at this moment.

——Luo Xiu has already started planning how to spend this huge windfall.

The weekly salary of the "Holy Judge" is only 20 gold coins, and a "blue rare" weapon is only 60 gold coins after a severe bargaining... Now with this wealth of more than gold coins, Luo Xiu can do a lot of things.

For example, you can go to Old Barin to customize a set, no, you can even customize two sets of "epic+" quality weapons and equipment; you can buy a whole manor on the most prosperous main street of Triumph Square in "Sina City"...

But these are not long-term solutions.

It's easy to "spend" money, but it takes a lot of planning to use it as raw capital.

Just as Luo Xiu was thinking.

Intis suddenly said, "My Lord. Actually, not all of Naif's stolen money can be circulated in the Nolan Empire."

"Because a considerable portion of them are 'Gold Bonds'..."

This is Index's supplement to her own report.

But Luo Xiu grasped the key words.

——“Golden National Commercial Bonds”!
Luo Xiu's eyes lit up.

Index's words reminded Luo Xiu of something else.

Although the commercial bonds issued by the "Golden Country" cannot be circulated in the market of the Nolan Empire, they can be invested in the banks opened by the "Golden Country" in the Nolan Empire to obtain extremely generous dividends.

This can also avoid invalid losses caused by going through several money laundering procedures.

"…Intis."

Luo Xiu nodded slightly and said, "You did a good job. Now, I have a new task for you."

As he spoke, Luo Xiu took out the "Manston Family Crest" that Alardin had given him earlier from his arms and handed it to Index.

"Intis, go and distinguish the 'gold coins' from the 'commercial notes'."

"Then, you will take those 'commercial bonds' and this emblem to the Golden Country Bank in Songyuan's main city. A new account will be opened in your name, and the commercial bonds will be deposited into it..."

"There, you should meet someone from the Manston family. After you show him this emblem, he will help you handle everything..."

"..."

Luo Xiu gave Intis specific instructions on how to deal with Naif's stolen money.

At the same time, Luo Xiu also gave Index the power to "independently handle" a small part of the property in order to truly keep this huge sum of money safely.

After giving Index detailed instructions, Index took the order and left through the window.

Before leaving, she left thirteen "platinum coins" for Luo Xiu, which is equivalent to one thousand three hundred gold coins.

The remaining stolen money that can circulate within the Nolan Empire are all gold coins, silver coins or copper coins.

Because the amount was too huge, Index could not take it away alone. She could only transfer the stolen money over a short distance and hide it, and then "present" the most valuable platinum coins to her lord Luo Xiu.

Although Luo Xiu cannot fully use this huge sum of money for the time being.

But the thirteen newly acquired "platinum coins" are undoubtedly a huge fortune.

As for the remaining money, except for the commercial notes deposited in the "Golden Country Bank" to earn interest regularly, Luo Xiu planned to store them secretly first.

Because Luo Xiu was also thinking about another thing at the same time.

——If Luo Xiu wanted to rely on "crazy piety" to form his own secret organization in a short period of time, even if the loyalty of those "crazy believers" was impeccable, it would still require a considerable amount of operating funds to maintain the operation of such a secret organization.

Whether it is to enhance the overall strength of the secret organization or to conduct various external turnovers, having "sufficient liquidity" is very important at all times.

"..."

Luo Xiu pondered, and gradually he sorted out what preparations he should make in the next period of time.

……

Two days later.

Through the surveillance of "Mist Shadow" in the foggy night, it was found that "The Confessor" Rocklan and "The Shadow of Killing" Setis did not take any obvious actions during the past two days.

Except for the "Shadow of Killing" Setis, he contacted the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" as soon as possible and told the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" about the two-faced puppet in the Alchemy Institute, and nothing happened afterwards.

The "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" was quite surprised by this information. He repeatedly emphasized to the "Shadow of Slaughter" that it was a priest rather than a sorcerer who usurped the two-faced doll, but the "Shadow of Slaughter" was quite sure of his judgment.

Under the insistence of "Shadow of Slaughter" Setis, the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" was finally forced to agree with his judgment. However, the "Lord of Blood Sacrifice" also reminded him to pay attention to the "consecrated priests" who might be active in the Alchemy Academy in the near future.

"But I am no longer a consecrated priest..." Luo Xiu laughed secretly.

You never thought it would be this hot!

Luo Xiu could already foresee how anxious "Shadow of Killing" Setis would be when he could not sense the breath of the "Two-Faced Doll" for quite some time.

With the level of "Shadow of Slaughter", he dared to play some small tricks with the Alchemy Academy, but he would never dare to confront it head-on.

This is the iron will of "Shadow of Killing"!

However, since there is no movement from both "The Universalist" Rocklan and "The Shadow of Killing" Setis, Luo Xiu can ignore them for now.

……

Luo Xiu then dressed up and went to the Church of Sina City - the Cathedral of Glory, and came to the "Place of Holy Judgment".

He knocked on the door of Priest Leonard's room.

"——Come in." Leonard's voice was brief but powerful.

This old priest always seemed to be in his room no matter what time it was, and he almost never went out.

Luo Xiu then pushed open the door and saw two figures.

Priest Leonard was still working at his desk, while his daughter, the intellectual little Marilyn, was massaging Priest Leonard's shoulders.

"…Ah! It's you."

Little Marilyn was surprised. He bowed slightly to Luo Xiu and said, "Good morning! You want to talk to the priest about something important, right? I won't disturb you."

Marilyn spoke very quickly, and after she finished speaking, she flew to the door of the room like a bird.

When little Marilyn left the room, she closed the door behind her.

"Luo Xiu, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you." Priest Leonard smiled and said, "My daughter, little Marilyn. I don't think I have ever told you about her."

"Connor, Pamier and others have already introduced her to me." Luo Xiu replied with a smile and sat down at the instruction of Priest Leonard.

"So, Luo Xiu." Leonard put away his casual tone and asked Luo Xiu slightly more formally, "What is the reason for you to come to see me this time?"

Priest Leonard had vaguely sensed that some changes seemed to have taken place in Luo Xiu, but he couldn't tell exactly where.

"Um, Mr. Priest..."

Luo Xiu smiled and said, "I have officially been promoted to a transcendent with the triple destiny of [Glorious]."

As he spoke, Luo Xiu simultaneously released the spiritual fluctuations that he had restrained.

An extremely strong spiritual shock began to spread outward with Luo Xiu as the center!
Feeling the unprecedented, strong spiritual fluctuations from Luo Xiu, Leonard's pupils suddenly shrank and his mouth opened slightly uncontrollably.

——Crack.

With a slight sound, the pen in Leonard's hand suddenly fell onto the table.

(End of this chapter)