Madmen don't keep diaries

Chapter 306 305 Findlay Week Arrival
time flies.

Since Feng Xiuhu received the promise from Mr. Hui that he could borrow power, he felt much more confident.

So in the days that followed, his greatest hope was the letter of appointment as an agent from the Taijing Misty Temple.

In Feng Xiuhu's eyes, this was no job offer; it was clearly a get-out-of-jail-free card that would allow him to do whatever he wanted in Fancheng!

He has indeed become a bit arrogant lately.

The reason for his arrogance, besides the psychological factors brought about by his impending joining the Proxy, was mainly because he had successfully broken through and officially entered the Divine Travel Realm.

Feng Xiuhu spent several days figuring out the differences between the Divine Travel Realm and the Spirit Communication Realm.

Previously, to make it easier for Feng Xiuhu to understand, Shi explained it simply: the Spirit Realm is when a spirit gains the ability to enter the spirit world, and the Divine Travel Realm is when a spirit gains the ability to act in the mortal world.

But if we were to go into details, it wouldn't be that simple.

Normally, an ordinary person's spirit cannot touch a physical body in the real world, but cultivators in the Divine Travel Realm already possess this ability, which also means that they can cause damage to physical bodies.

In certain special circumstances, spirits may wander in the mortal world, such as ghosts with deep-seated obsessions. Ordinary people cannot see them, but cultivators in the Divine Travel Realm can.

For example, Chen Xiniang in the "Beauty Records" was invisible to Feng Xiuhu until he recited her real name, at which point he could see her appearance clearly through the effect of the magic artifact.

Feng Xiuhu also asked Shi this question—why could Chen Xiniang, as a spirit, harm him? Could it be that Chen Xiniang is also in the Divine Travel Realm?
Shi denied his guess, because Chen Xiniang's ability to harm physical entities did not come from herself, but from the magical artifact, the Beauty Manual.

If the only uses are "being able to touch physical objects" and "seeing spirits with the naked eye," the ability of "spirit leaving the body" in the Divine Travel Realm seems somewhat useless. The greatest enhancement that entering the Divine Travel Realm brings to cultivators is actually another skill.

Cultivators in the Divine Travel Realm gained the ability to protect themselves in the Spirit Realm.

Shi told Feng Xiuhu that although cultivators in the Spirit Realm could enter the Spirit World with their own spirit bodies, their spirit bodies were not more powerful than those spirit bodies in the Spirit World that had died and had no consciousness. In essence, they were all the same, "ordinary".

The Divine Realm is different, because the spirit body establishes a connection with cultivation, which not only strengthens the spirit body but also grants the ability to cast spells in spirit form.

This is the foundation that cultivators have when venturing into the spirit realm.

At the same time, Shi also emphasized to Feng Xiuhu that although spirits can also cast spells outside their physical bodies in the mortal world, it is far less "free" than in the spirit world.

In the mortal world, there are various restrictions on spirits. For example, they cannot be separated from their bodies for too long, otherwise it will damage the spirit; they also cannot be too far from their physical bodies, otherwise the connection will weaken and their cultivation will be greatly reduced.

This restriction will weaken as one's cultivation level increases.

Ultimately, it comes down to his lack of experience; Master Feng still needs to work harder.

Besides this, there is another unique characteristic that belongs only to Feng Xiuhu, which he only recently discovered—

Corrosion can also emerge from the physical body.

Feng Xiuhu still remembers that when he first started cultivating, Shi could only speak in his mind and could not even see the outside world. He could only sense things when Feng Xiuhu came into contact with the spell.

After entering the Spiritual Realm, Feng Xiuhu's left eye underwent a change, and Shi was able to see the outside world through his eye.

This time, having broken through to the Divine Travel Realm, Shi gained further "liberation," allowing him to detach from his physical body in spirit form and move about in the mortal world. Moreover, when Feng Xiuhu leaves his body, Shi can also control that physical body.

Feng Xiuhu was very wary of this, and he repeatedly warned Shi: "You are not allowed to secretly catch mice at home when I am not around, otherwise if Xiyao and the others see it, where will I put my face as the master?"

Shi was very cooperative. He promised Feng Xiuhu, "I promise, if you treat me like a cat again, I will take your body and run naked in front of Fengyu's house."

The two got along better and better.

……

Unexpectedly, what Feng Xiuhu received first was not an appointment letter to join the acting group.

It was Findlay.

In a sense, Findlay and the appointment letter do have something in common—for example, they both came from the Temple of the Misty Heaven. Before they knew it, the day for the cardinals to take over their duties had arrived.

This is a big event, not only for the church, but for the entire city of Sail.

As a priest and a student of Vadracho, Feng Xiuhu was obliged to participate in the welcoming ceremony.

……

The harbor was still shrouded in a thin, crab-shell-green mist in the early morning. Dozens of deacons were already kneeling on either side of the carpet that had been laid out in advance, beginning to chant. Each of them had a ritual vessel in front of them and a candlestick covered with a glass dome in their hands.

The good news is that Mike was successfully ordained a priest just a few days ago, so he received the "honor" of standing today.

Although both were priests, Feng Xiuhu was qualified to stand next to Vadracho, with Toferson Zhao on the other side, and behind them were Yukhu and Quivorvan.

The priest's robe was still not warm enough, and with the sea breeze blowing incessantly in the early morning, Feng Xiuhu felt a chill, so he couldn't help but wrap the priest's robe even tighter.

"This is quite a grand affair."

Feng Xiuhu gazed at the fleet approaching on the distant sea and muttered to himself, "And wasn't it said that the sea had stopped? How come they were able to come by boat?"

Topherson Zhao glanced at him silently and reminded him, "Maintain respect."

Vadracho didn't seem to care much about Feng Xiuhu's attitude. He smiled amiably and said, "Because Fender Chow is a Cardinal Elder, whose status is second only to the head of the church. In the absence of a head of the church in Sail City, the Cardinal Elder represents the highest authority of the church."

He pointed in another direction at sea and joked, "And look, isn't the Water Control Bureau also 'lining up to welcome' them?"

Feng Xiuhu had already seen it: the warships of the Zhenshui Division were lined up at sea, leaving only the road to the port—it wasn't a welcoming procession, but a warning.

This means that the church's fleet is allowed to enter the port, but the church is advised not to harbor any improper intentions.

"Three short and two long lights on the port side!"

Port workers on the watchtower wave signal flags.

On the west side of the boardwalk, the pure silver incense burners held by twenty-four priests simultaneously emitted wisps of smoke. The trails of frankincense were not dispersed by the sea breeze, but rather, under the control of magic, intertwined in the air to form the shape of a sacred emblem of mist.

This is the proper protocol; the smoke outline needs to be maintained for 35 minutes, just enough to cover the time when the Cardinal's ship docks.

On the other side, Wang Jingming, head of the Port Management Section of the Maritime Department, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and signaled the Maritime Department personnel on the breakwater to fire a salute together.

The welcoming party included not only church members.

Behind the church was the procession of the temple.

As the true host, from the perspective of etiquette, the temple should certainly make sure to perform the proper rituals.

But deciding who to send is also a very important matter.

Wan Laiqiu is a respected elder in the temple, so it is inappropriate for him to be sent to greet her. Bu Xugui is a protector elder, on the same level as Fendre Zhou, so sending him to greet her would be tantamount to tacitly acknowledging that they are on equal footing, which is also inappropriate. Therefore, this matter fell to the great master Ma Binghe.

He didn't bring many people with him, only a high priest named Ren Pingsheng and twelve masters of ceremonies.

Knowing when to stop is enough.

The crowd watched in silence as the smoke billowed in the air above. A young master of ceremonies muttered a complaint: "Those foreign devils from the church are up to their smoke tricks again."

"Silence."

Ren Pingsheng glanced at him coldly: "Don't break the rules, or you'll disgrace the temple."

PS: Vadragio has already set up the game, and Findlay is here to make a move that will kill the pieces.

(End of this chapter)