A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 404 Ahead lies not only power, but also endless work.

Let's rewind to November 15th.

That day, Xu Lie, engrossed in the thrill of battle, remembered the weekly gathering. He could only keep an eye on the time, and when it was almost time, he would put Xia Mi to sleep. Xu Lie would then take the opportunity to enter the Source Castle. Upon seeing the main body, the Source Castle was incredibly excited: "Is this ever going to end?"

"Since we've been disconnected, I can only watch the spirit world and can't observe the outside world anymore."

Xu Lie already had a surefire way to deal with Bao Lie: "I'll give you a break after this is all over."

"Deal." Bao Lie immediately stopped babbling and returned to the head of the bronze table to sit down, starting to gather people for the party.

The crimson began to spread, and once again, the members gathered above the gray fog.

After a neat greeting to Mr. Fool, Bao Lie, following the will of the original body, manipulated the gray mist to condense a matchbox-sized emblem in front of each member.

At the same time, he said in a gentle voice, "You have done a good job. Not only have you reclaimed the extraordinary characteristics of the apostate Ince and the corresponding seal [Crawling Hunger], but you have also resolved the White King crisis and Odin."

"This is your reward for this group mission. You only need to infuse this extraordinary item with spiritual energy to summon the Spirit Realm Life Wind Sphere and form a contract with it."

"If you want to use it again in the future, you can infuse it with spirituality again. The wind ball can control the airflow to help you fly."

Apart from Makoto Aso, the other members all happily examined the Kazekyuu Team crest. As everyone knows, flying has been one of humanity's dreams since ancient times.

Even though the members are already extraordinary, the ability to fly freely is something that only Makoto Aso and Fingel, who is good at imitation, can do for the time being.

Chen Motong can fly, but he needs to transform into a dragon. While he can certainly roam the skies in the form of an incomplete mythical creature, the cost is too high, it is easy to lose control, and the time is limited.
Chu Zihang can throw flames, which then leap across the air. Erii's teleportation works similarly; both can be used to indirectly stay airborne, but this doesn't count as flying.

Susie and Nuwa are even less capable of hovering in the air. Fingel can imitate Aso Makoto's Dark Wings spell, but he is equally delighted because the emblem only allows other members to fly, while Fingel can research even more advanced techniques.

Fingel even raised his hand and asked if the emblem could be given to his lover so that Fingel and Eva could roam the sky together. Forge readily agreed, since it was a reward for the members anyway, how to handle it was up to the members themselves.

Seeing that everyone was satisfied with the rewards, Fortress issued a new mission, which, like the previous ones, involved going to various regions to collect the extraordinary traits of 'wild' extraordinary individuals.

Compared to the past, there is now an additional mission objective: the remnants of the Fierce Ghost Clan.

Yes, of course, near the Red Well, Xu Lie's various clones were operating behind the scenes, preventing the Zhou and Bai families from wiping out the Fierce Ghosts, and instead allowing the Fierce Ghosts to escape.

Having cultivated so many 'devout' believers in the Hanged Man Path, Xu Lie did not want to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, but rather wanted a steady, long-term approach.

The members had no objection to this; it was something they were supposed to do. Aso Makoto, in particular, felt a pang of guilt, as if he were taking advantage of the church.

The Tokyo Diocese has issued a full-scale order to search for and hunt down the last remaining members of the Demon Clan, and the church is even offering contribution points as a reward for this, which makes Aso Makoto quite embarrassed.

Looking around at the members' reactions, Bao Lie continued to delay with a smile, not letting everyone communicate so quickly: "There is another good news that I need to share with you all."

Good news? The members subconsciously looked at Chen Motong, and then all looked at Xu Lie.

Everyone has already learned from Chen Motong that the King of the Ocean and Water has been taken over by the Church, and the source of this information is Mr. Error.

Mr. Error is considered very reliable by the members, who all believe that he never lies and that this news must be true. Could the good news that Mr. Fool mentioned be the King of the Ocean and Water?
"We have captured the King of the Ocean and Water."

Sure enough, the members were quite excited and felt happy and proud of the church!
Little did they know, the real surprise was yet to come, as Forrell was about to reveal: "Given that this group of members has the highest potential and is making the fastest progress."

"I have decided that when you advance to Sequence 2 in the future, you can spend contribution points to exchange for the Dragon Blood of the King of the Ocean and Water as the main ingredient for your potions."

"Of course, if the required materials are similar, you will need to decide the order and queue them up yourselves. Even for the Dragon King, the growth of materials still takes a certain amount of time."

"!" The members were far more excited than before. They had thought that the King of the Ocean and the Water had nothing to do with them, but it turned out that they could actually use Dragon King-level materials?!

Who wouldn't be overjoyed? As the members gradually realized that the materials for high-sequence potions were hard to find, they immediately had hope when they heard that the main materials for Sequence 2 potions could be exchanged.

Fingel and Chen Motong, in particular, seemed the most excited.

At the same time, they were even more alarmed. The main material for Sequence 2 already involved the level of the Dragon King, so what about Sequence 1? They couldn't even imagine!

The members all turned their attention to Xu Lie, very curious about what materials he used to enable Mr. Error to advance to Sequence 1. Using the gray fog as cover, Bao Lie glanced at the main body, then at the members, and thought to himself, "The main body is truly a capitalist. So eager to cultivate Sequence 1 talent to reconcile the conflict between the source matter and the universe. These people are even grateful to the church. The main body is ruthless."

Thinking about it this way, Bao Lie even felt some sympathy for the members. What awaits you ahead is not only strength, but also endless work!

"You can talk freely now." Out of compassion, this time, Bao Lie did not delay any longer.

Having received permission, Susie raised her hand first and looked at Xu Lie: "Mr. Error, does the person you arranged, the fellow believer disguised as Pompeii, have any other mission for Lu Mingfei?"

The other members also looked over. They had observed Pompeii's actions at the Peninsula Hotel before, and it seemed that Pompeii was targeting Lu Mingfei.

Considering the relationship between the members and Lu Mingfei, Xu Lie did not hide anything: "Yes, actually, I have been secretly observing Lu Mingfei since the Battle of the Capital. You also said that there is a mysterious figure, Lu Mingze, behind Lu Mingfei."

"According to my divination after my promotion, Lu Mingze seems to be in the Arctic. We plan to try to see if we can send Lu Mingfei north to find Lu Mingze."

The members immediately understood why the church member disguised as Pompeii would seek out Lu Mingfei.

Susie thanked Xu Lie for his answer. Seeing that no one was talking for a while, Fingel finally raised his hand: "Respected Mr. Fool, I would like to ask if there is any way for extraordinary people to travel safely to the spirit world in a short period of time?"

"The more I explore the spirit world lately, the more I discover the dangers deep within it."

This is true. The more complete the spirit world becomes, the more dangerous it becomes, especially its depths.

But Fingel had no choice but to ask, as the spirit world involved the ritual for Fingel's advancement to Sequence 3, the Enlightened One. The ritual required him to explore information about the various laws of the spirit world. The more world rules he understood, the more profound mysteries he mastered, and the better the ritual's effect.

The problem is that much information and profound mysteries of the spirit world are often accompanied by terrifying dangers. This knowledge can easily cause extraordinary individuals to lose control, and it can also give rise to all sorts of incomprehensible spirit beings or attract all kinds of high-ranking evil spirits.

On one hand, one must be able to understand the laws that could easily cause one to lose control, and on the other hand, one must be on guard against enemies. It is troublesome no matter how you look at it, and if one is not careful, one may perish in the spirit world.

Forge didn't even need to ask the original body to answer Fingel: "Hurry up, within a month, the aura on the Wind Orb Emblem will protect you."

The emblem was crafted by the owner and carries the aura of the Lord of the Spirit Realm. This faint aura will dissipate over time, but for at least a month, no spirit life or evil spirit will dare to cause trouble for the emblem holder.

Fingel hadn't expected that the promotion ceremony that had been troubling him could be resolved with the reward from this mission, but he quickly regained his composure and sincerely thanked him: "Praise be to your kindness, Mr. Fool."

Chen Motong was also happy for her senior's promotion: "Congratulations!"

Fingel wasn't arrogant: "You're not bad either. Didn't you say that you'd spend more time to advance to Sequence 3? Finding 100,000 people in Italy is quite convenient."

"Hehe." Chen Motong chuckled without saying a word. Thanks to the hunt for Odin, she had successfully absorbed the manipulator after the Battle of Tokyo and was preparing for the advancement ceremony.

The ritual for a manipulator to advance to Sequence 3, Dream Weaver, is much simpler than that of Finger. It only requires making at least 100,000 people have the same dream on the same night. For Chen Motong, it is nothing more than making the virtual personality work day and night, going out more often to give ordinary people psychological suggestions, and making 100,000 people think about it during the day and dream about it at night.

As Fingel said, Chen Motong did not perform the ceremony in Tokyo, but went directly to Gattuso's house with fellow believers disguised as Pompeii in order to investigate the Holy Palace Medical Society.

Caesar was unaware of this matter; otherwise, he would have surely rebelled and murdered his father.

"I'm almost catching up now." Nuwa was unwilling to lag behind others and had always wanted to catch up with the first group. Now she had finished digesting the guardians.

Xu Lie felt very satisfied with the progress of the members, and at the same time, he also started to pay attention to Nuwa, which is quite interesting.

Because there are no beings like devils or demons in the Dragon Universe, the original Sequence 4 Demon Hunter of the Warrior path had its potion name changed to Dragon Hunter after the conflict between the source material and the underlying code of the universe.

The advancement ceremony has been changed to hunting a third-generation species alone. For Nuwa, who has killed a second-generation species before, she can advance simply by drinking a magic potion, and even digest most of it after swallowing it. Her future progress is expected to be quite impressive.

Seeing this, Makoto Aso and Erii also decided to work harder to advance as soon as possible. Mr. Fool had said that the materials for the King of the Ocean and Water might require waiting in line. Who knows how long it would take for the King of the Ocean and Water to recover?

Nobody wants to stand in line if they can.

This scene made Xu Lie feel even better. Keep up the good work, members, a wonderful job awaits you.

(End of this chapter)