Don't disturb the sorcerer's scientific research

Chapter 177 Jia Xiu's Fighting Poison with Poison

Jash, who had transformed into Priestess Samantha, naturally chose Mia, Ram, and the Jash illusions controlled by Bubu as his "guided" followers.

There were dozens of adventurers and a dozen priests, each responsible for guiding three or four people.

Moreover, Jia Xiu chose both men and women, which was in accordance with the rules.

Even some of the other priests admired Jash, and immediately chose Ram and "Jash," two of whom didn't seem very bright.

While it is best if the believers of this sect have limited intelligence and knowledge to facilitate brainwashing, their level of understanding should not be too limited.

Those who are utterly idiotic are already immune to brainwashing.

Ram and "Jash" stood out in the crowd.

That Ram's blank and silly expression didn't seem like he was smart enough. If it weren't for his outstanding physique, probably no one would have taken him out on an adventure.

As for "Jash" next to Ram, oh my god, he has a crooked mouth and slanted eyes, looks like a fool, and occasionally has those involuntary, uncontrollable random twitches, as if he had some serious illness and was lucky enough to survive and was rescued.

I feel sorry for him just looking at him, and I want to raise some money to treat his illness.

But then I wonder if even if it's cured, I'll still drool.

I can't understand why they can become adventurers. Is it because this team is kind-hearted?

Why does the "Jiaxiu" illusion look like this? Bubu, the creator and controller, is fully responsible.

Because of Bubu's current spiritual state, its facial structure is quite different from that of a human, causing it to be extremely clumsy and delayed in controlling the expressions of its illusions.

In addition, due to the influence of the vampire mark, the accuracy of spellcasting is limited, and twitching will occur if the concentration is not high enough.

This makes "Jash" appear to be the only designated idiot among all the adventurers; even Ram is considered clever and quick-witted compared to him.

The good news is that such a "patient" is not very noticeable in this life-or-death situation where everyone is competing for the approval of the Mother Goddess.

It's obviously the kind that lacks competitiveness.

This also reduced the potential targeting of the believers' group led by the legitimate priest Jasmine Samantha.

A young girl, plus two idiots—it's clear they're giving up on the competition and don't want a promotion.

Even the high priest was somewhat surprised by the choice of Priest "Samantha".

“Priest Samantha, don’t you want to get closer to the embrace of the Mother Goddess?”

Jia Xiu gave a fairly positive response to this.

“I choose to guide believers who are slightly less gifted. If they can also comprehend the teachings of the Mother Goddess, it will further prove that my understanding of the Mother Goddess's teachings is profound and worthy of the Mother Goddess's approval.”

His high-sounding words made it seem as if he were truly challenging himself.

So much so that the high priest couldn't say much.

"I wish you success, Priest Samantha. I hope you can put the teachings of the Mother Goddess into practice in your own way."

After assigning the students to their assigned rooms, Jia Xiu led the three students to the dormitory.

Despite its poverty, the Church of the Mother of the Moon has quite a few dormitories. Each priest has a single room with a living room. Believers guided by them will temporarily stay in the living room. If they can eventually gain the approval of the Mother Goddess, they will also be assigned their own room.

There's not much else in Çachdis town, but there are more rooms than people.

Upon entering the dormitory, Jia Xiu immediately closed the door and said, "This room has been checked. There's no eavesdropping or surveillance, so it's one of the safest places around here."

"Wow, boss, it feels really strange to hear you talk like this."

Mia looked at Jashy, who resembled Samantha, and sighed.

"I find it even stranger to look at myself like that. Luckily, none of these adventurers recognize me, otherwise the legend of Jaxiu turning into an idiot would probably be born."

"Boss, I've been trying my best to control the illusion."

The illusion of "Jia Xiu" didn't open its mouth, but made a rustling sound from its waist.

In order to act together, Bubu did not choose to remotely control the illusion, but instead used the illusion to directly wrap itself up. Since it was small, it could be completely wrapped up without the shrinking spell.

"It's alright, it's not bad. It looks a bit ugly, but as long as the effect is achieved, that's fine. But don't call me 'boss' for the next few days. You have to call me 'Priest,' Priest Samantha."

“Yes, Priest, sir,” Ram replied immediately.

"Um... never mind, our policy is that you should stay silent and pretend to be mute during this period, try not to go out, and just smile at people who come over."

"What does 'smiling like an idiot' mean?" Ram scratched his head sheepishly.

“That’s the expression.”

Mia then said, "So here's the question, Priest Samantha, how do we gain the Mother Goddess's approval, and what's the deal with that doctrine?"

Jassi replied, “I think the high priest’s original intention was to brainwash the priests, that is, to guide the believers and turn their minds into the shape of this scripture.”

As he spoke, he handed the extremely thick Bible of the Moon Mother Goddess to Mia.

Mia even stumbled slightly when she took it.

"So much content?"

"Well, you'll understand why there's so much content once you open it up."

Upon hearing this, Mia casually turned to a page.

"The Anselmo method for separating fire crystals, invented by Sir Anselmo, was actually completed by his female student, Nikki. He, as the teacher, plagiarized his student's idea..."

Mia stared in astonishment.

She had heard of Sir Anselmo; he was a renowned scholar whose works were written into textbooks.

However, I've never heard of him plagiarizing students' work; instead, I've heard jokes about how Jazz doesn't know how to teach.

Unlike those who excel in a subject for several days, his students not only achieved little while under his tutelage, but also produced little of noteworthy achievement upon graduation.

Instead, many have left the academic research community to go directly into business and make money.

So much so that later on, the Jazz simply stopped taking on students and quietly conducted his own research.

It's not that there are no teachers who plagiarize students' work, but it's unlikely to happen to Sir Anselmo.

It's more likely that he'll try to get some results for his students to help them graduate.

She casually turned to another page. "In the famous paper 'Thirteen Universal Configurations of Magic Runes of the Transmutation School' by the mage Marshall, the rune derivation and calculation, which is the most difficult part, was actually completed by his wife, Ms. Theresa. However, his wife's name was not listed in the final authorship, but was only mentioned in the acknowledgments."

Mia's eyes widened.

She had also read this paper.

The things written in the scriptures just happened to hit Mia's guns, not only because Mia had indeed read a lot of papers, but also because the research results they chose were all too well-known.

If it's not well-known, given the knowledge base of this sect, it's unlikely you'll be able to get in touch with it.

"No, was the calculation of the thirteen general configurations done by Marshall's wife? I've never heard of his wife being a famous mage. Besides, the rune derivation and calculation in that paper weren't the most difficult parts at all; they were all basic configurations. Even an ordinary mage apprentice could do that part. The difficult part was summarizing and organizing the ideas."

This is why the Moon Mother Goddess Cult cannot have believers with excessively high levels of knowledge.

You can't fool them, you simply can't fool them.

You can find twenty mistakes in just one page of scripture.

Mia's big eyes were filled with great doubt as she turned the page in disbelief.

"The legendary elven sorceress Hylia was not only an artist but also a great sorcerer. She made significant contributions to the field of teleportation arrays, and her invention of elemental migration technology is considered the cornerstone of teleportation arrays. The world should remember her great contributions. Hylia, the mother of teleportation magic."

"This, this, this..."

Mia was so shocked that the language module wouldn't load.

Helia knew her; to be precise, her great-grandmother Gillianice knew her—they were drinking buddies.

They would secretly get together for a big drinking session every three or four months on average. This was considered a very frequent gathering for the elves.

When Jia Xiu and his group went to participate in the competition, it had only been a few days since the last gathering of those two drunken elves, so they didn't run into each other.

Mia met Hylia a few times when she was little, and she did study magic when she had nothing to do.

As for skill level, I'm just a complete amateur.

According to Gillianis, "After nearly eight hundred years of research, she is still not as good as she was when she was eight years old."

He has indeed published several papers.

Well, it's more like a roadside stall.

There's no such thing as a high-end academic paper; there are top journals full of significant research findings, and there are also mediocre journals that are practically irrelevant.

The journal that Hylia published in was the lowest of the low, the kind of journal that non-educational research fields would publish academic papers for professional titles.

Specifically, regarding elemental migration technology, the fixed-point teleportation array was indeed used.

However, this technology itself is not difficult, and many mages have implemented it in different ways. It is not a very important part of the fixed-point teleportation array, let alone the "Mother of Teleportation" that it directly ascends to.

It took Mia a while to reload the language module.

"Isn't this just a fabrication?"

"Congratulations, you've figured it out."

Jia Xiu gave Mia a thumbs up, "You've figured out the core of this scripture so quickly, you're truly amazing."

Mia was still a little confused. "Why would this scripture contain these things?"

"To prove women's power."

"what?"

Mia, a paper-writing prodigy who has proven countless propositions, has her understanding of logic crumble at this moment.

"What does this have to do with proving female power? Is the legendary mage Larvin a man, and you a man too? Would you be proud of that?"

Mia was too normal, which made her stand out from the descriptions in the scripture.

“Of course not,” Jia Xiu replied.

"How am I supposed to learn this damn doctrine? I can't even act out the belief in it properly."

Mia's values clashed sharply with this scripture.

Moreover, no matter how outstanding the performance, it can't compare to sincerity. Most of the members in this sect are probably true believers, and they might even be able to inspire a few adventurers to believe as well.

What are the consequences of failing this trial?

"Those who pass the test become converts, and those who fail become sacrifices. Even priests are not absolutely safe; there is a risk of demotion."

"Is it that serious? What should we do?"

Mia was very nervous as the prophecies became increasingly worse.

"Therefore, we must practice the doctrine through trials, but not by reading or debating the scriptures. We must rely on practice. Mia, you are the key player this time."

"I can't even stand watching myself being the main force? If I were the main force, our chances of success would be less than 1%!"

"Is this another one of your prophecies?"

“No, it’s just my gut feeling,” Mia thought for a moment and then added, “and self-awareness.”

"It's alright, our method is very easy to do. I'll demonstrate it for you tomorrow, and you'll definitely be able to do it after watching it for a moment. We'll start with this, then move on to that..."

Jassi described what he planned to do tomorrow.

Mia grew increasingly shocked as she listened, her eyes widening in disbelief. The impact of the reading far exceeded that of the fictional scripture.

"Isn't doing this a bit too unethical?" Mia asked.

"We are now infiltrating a cult. It's immoral, but it's actually a compliment here."

"Luckily you're not from this sect. I have a feeling that if you stayed here longer, you'd be the high priest..."

……

The next day, it was dawn.

Jia Xiu did not venture into the castle's basement last night to search for any possible artifacts.

I'm really tired and need to rest. Besides, it's a bit risky to start this kind of small-scale activity right at the beginning of the trial.

Today's morning service was a little different from before, as not only were priests and believers present, but also the children who had just "found their way" last night.

They have already donned the sect's uniform black robes.

It was only after reading the Bible that Jia Xiu understood why the uniform was a loose black robe.

According to the scriptures, all adornment is caused by the gaze, is a sacrifice for the opposite sex, and is a shackle. Therefore, in the free kingdom of heaven, there should be no more such shackles, and everyone should wear large robes that do not reveal their figures.

Because of the arrival of the new member, the morning service was no longer a self-study session, but rather the high priest explaining the scriptures of the religion.

Inside the room where the morning class was held, some detection eyes floated.

While both are detection eyes, their activity levels, flexibility, clarity, and ease of control were all compromised by Saint-Dero's overwhelming use of them.

This made Jia Xiu completely certain that the sect lacked real strength and was only causing trouble because of that divine artifact.

The purpose of these surveillance cameras is to monitor each other and the learning progress of each group.

Jia Xiu believes that the focus is not on surveillance, but on mutual interaction.

Because the control of the Eye of Detection is held by a priest and the believers he guides each half-day.

"Duty system".

Purely encouraging mutual reporting.

That's too aggressive.

Each priest, when monitoring others, would relentlessly cause trouble to eliminate their competitors, and when it was their turn to be targeted, they would retaliate fiercely.

The Gu-raising Cult.

Does this mean that mutual attacks are also a part of our religion's doctrine that is not explicitly stated?

It's still an important part.

If that's the case, Jaxiu is even more convinced that his method is exactly what the High Priest wants to see.

So, seizing the opportunity, he suddenly stood up and exclaimed, "High Priest, someone is spying on me with their Detective Eye!"

The room fell silent immediately after he said that.

Everyone looked at the person that Jia Xiu had pointed to.

The other party was clearly a newly converted adventurer, a male priest who looked very young.

After a brief educational session last night, the pastor clearly understood the doctrines of the Moon Mother Cult.

In this sect, voyeurism is considered a heinous crime.

So he quickly denied it: "No, I didn't!"

"Do you think you can just say you don't have it and then it doesn't?"