Looking at the happy scene before him, the face of the church's Half-Step God Realm strongman was filled with anger.

"I said you can't search him. I don't want to repeat it for the third time." Beatrice emphasized her attitude once again.

"Very good. It seems that the church's silence for so many years has made people forget who is the master of this world. Report the situation here to the church and ask them to send reinforcements." The Templar said with a gloomy face.

"The peak of the Half-Step God Realm may be an unstoppable existence for other world hegemons, but it is really nothing in the eyes of the church. We don't want to make a big deal out of this. As long as we can confirm that the first-generation president really does not have any ancient treasures, then this matter will be over."

“Otherwise, if we report it and the church takes real action, the consequences will be very serious. You must know that there is more than one person at the peak of the Half-Step God Realm in the church.” The female bishop advised kindly.

"Because it was the witches who provoked first, the church did not violate the treaty signed with the first president."

"If the church really wants to go to war with the Magic Unification Association, then the ones who will be most affected will be the lower-level witches. I think the president, as the founder of the Magic Unification Association, would not want to see this kind of situation, right?" The female bishop of the church advised again.

Because she is also a mage, but because of the cultivation system, she cannot be called a witch strictly speaking but a goddess, but she also does not want the church and witches to go to war. Moreover, as for her, Rhine still admires her very much.

"Boss, do you have that ancient treasure?" If it is really with Rhine, then the plan will have to change again.

"It's with me, but I threw it into the system backpack, so they can't find it."

"That's good. But can't only ownerless items be put into the system backpack? That thing clearly still has the mark of the church on it." Ivan asked puzzled.

"Although the item was indeed loaned to Reed by the church, Reed only has the right to use it but not the ownership. In theory, the owner of the item is still the church. But don't forget, I didn't steal or rob it. I got it after a fair and honest kill. Therefore, the system judged it as "trophies" that exploded after killing the enemy, and the ownership has changed. And my things can naturally be put into my backpack." Rhine explained.

"I see. So, what are you going to do next, Boss?"

"Let them search when the mood has brewed. We can't start a fight over this, right? And if they don't find anything, I can use this to bite them back." Rhine didn't care about face at all. He was just setting a trap for the other party from the beginning.

"Boss, I feel like you can be quite sinister sometimes. You steal other people's things and still want them to apologize to you..."

"What do you mean by hacking someone else's stuff? That's clearly my loot. The system says it's mine. Otherwise, how could it let me put it in the system backpack?"

"I won't talk to you for now. The emotions are brewing. If we delay any longer, we might really fight."

Just as Beatrice was about to continue to refute, Rhine put his hand on her shoulder: "She is right. We can't cause trouble to others because of the conflict we have here."

"Nowadays, witches have finally integrated into society. We cannot let them face the threat of the church again because of my relationship as the president. This goes against my idea of ​​establishing the Magic Unification Association and wanting witches to live a normal life."

"Searching my private parts won't hurt anything, so if they want to search, just let them. Besides, if I keep refusing, wouldn't that just mean I'm guilty?"

My goodness, when Rhine finished saying these words, even he himself felt that this was a bit too tactful and scheming?

But regardless of tea or not, the effect is really good.

After he finished speaking, almost everyone in the Magic Unification Association was moved to tears. It turned out that the first president had founded the Magic Unification Association with this idea in mind. Everyone in the association was shouting not to let the church search, and to start a war. He protected the witch in the past, and now it's the witch's turn to protect him.

Seeing the witches getting angry, the Half-Step God Realm experts in the church also had a headache. With the current integration of witches into the whole society, if a war was to start, the first to disagree would be the human leaders. They were just trying to scare them, not really wanting to start a war.

"You can search, but I have always been honest and upright. If I say I didn't take anything, then I didn't take it. If you don't find anything, how will you end it? Are you going to say that I have moved something away?"

"Don't worry, First President, we will testify for you. We can prove that you have never left our sight since you came out of the Kingdom of God, so there is no chance for you to be distracted. If the President really does not have what the church wants to find, then the church has made a mistake." Li Jianxian said.

"Yes, I can testify for you! You should demand compensation from them when the time comes. I tell you, the church is very rich, and they will be ripped off." Bal also spoke up in support.

"Yes, yes, there is no problem in testifying to this. As long as the president does not have any ancient treasures of the church, then it must be a misunderstanding of the church."

"Although I don't really want to speak for him, I think his words are trustworthy. Because while we were both unconscious, he could have taken the ancient treasures from us, but he didn't do that."

What surprised Rhine was that the Silver Moon Elf, who was at the Half-Step God Realm, was still willing to speak for him even though he had beaten her so badly. It seemed that the two bottles of "Liquid of Life" were quite effective.

But in fact, it wasn't that Lai Yin didn't want to take it, nor was there any special reason, he was simply too busy to take it. After all, he had been busy with this and that since yesterday, otherwise he would definitely have taken it for them.

"Yes, yes, yes. President Wiseman has selflessly donated the Fountain of Life. If it were me, I would definitely not be willing to share it with everyone. So I believe in his character and I am willing to testify for him."

"…………"

That's right! Why does Rhine have the Fountain of Life? He was so generous to call the others over, couldn't it be because he had obtained the Fountain of Life? If not, where did the Fountain of Life come from?

At this point, no one cared where the church's ancient treasure had gone.

At this point, the pressure came to the church.

If we search and find nothing, the impact on the church will probably be very great.

If we don't search, what if the ancient treasure is really on Rhine? Even the Pope can't afford such a loss.

So after discussing it, the three decided to ask the Pope for permission. If the Pope said to search, then we searched; if the Pope said not to search, then we didn't search.

(PS: Well, I saw some people talking about the collapse of combat power. What I want to say is that it is the power of the nuclear bomb itself. Even if you replace it with an ordinary person and throw it at it, it will still be this powerful. Rhine did not do any work on the nuclear bomb. He just used magic to make a shell for the nuclear charge. If antimatter is created by magic in the future and then made into an antimatter bomb, wouldn’t the effect be even more exaggerated? After all, one gram of antimatter is equivalent to 4.26 tons of TNT.)

(Rhine's own realm is only the first level, and his attributes are only the most ordinary legend after full buffs, and it's only less than 10 minutes. His advantage is that the magic he casts is not directly linked to his own realm. If he is prepared, he can hold back a nuclear bomb with an equivalent of tens of millions of tons or hundreds of millions of tons. Does that mean he is in the realm of God? And I have always emphasized that Rhine cannot beat a half-step god in a head-on manner. The first time he attacked the Silver Moon Elf was a sneak attack, and the second time he attacked Reed was because he had the advantage of terrain. Without nuclear bombs, he can only play with legends now. In addition, it's June, please recommend votes, monthly tickets, blades, and rewards, and start offering rewards!)

Chapter 247 The Truth Revealed

After a brief discussion, the three Half-Step Gods of the Church decided to send one person to ask the headquarters for instructions and report to the Pope everything that happened in the secret realm. The remaining two people were responsible for keeping an eye on Rhine to prevent him from "taking the opportunity" to transfer the ancient treasure.

Others also breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the situation temporarily eased, because the world's hegemonic forces are basically the leaders in a certain field, similar to the permanent members of the United Nations.

No matter if you are one of the top three permanent members or the bottom two permanent members, as long as a war breaks out, the impact will be global. The same is true for world hegemons. No matter if you are a top world hegemon or a bottom world hegemon, as long as a war breaks out, the entire continent will be involved, and it may even trigger a full-scale civil war among humans.

Especially after thousands of years of development, witches have been completely integrated into human society.

In the public sphere, witches exist in both super empires like the Xuanhuang Empire and small countries like Roberta; in the private sphere, as long as the family is a little powerful, there will be witches to worship, and magic has become a compulsory course for the nobles.

It can be said that people of this era have become completely dependent on magic and witches.

Not to mention the church. Whether it is a big city, a small county town or a small village, there is a church. Even in the most remote places, there are churches.

Some churches are not only responsible for the basic education of children in nearby areas, but also run orphanages, taking in homeless children. This is why Bal said that all the people in the church came from orphanages.

The beliefs of the supercontinent of Penicia are also highly unified, with almost only one religion, the Barudos. I say almost because there are still a few other races on the continent, such as orcs, elves, murlocs, goblins, etc. Their beliefs can be said to be varied, and each race has only one god. But it is not a big problem, after all, the current era is the human era, and humans are the masters of this world in the final analysis.

In addition, the church also undertakes a series of roles such as disaster relief, disaster relief, maintaining public order, upholding justice, full-moon baptism, adult baptism, death blessing... It can be said that a person's life from birth to growth to death is closely related to the church.

The church, which holds the three major cards of people's livelihood, faith, and education, is almost the spokesperson of the human world. If the world does not have the church, then human society will inevitably cause unimaginable turmoil, and the consequences are unimaginable.

The witch represents the interests of the upper class of humanity, while the church represents the interests of the grassroots of humanity. It can be said that both sides represent the interests of humanity. Therefore, no matter who wins in the end, it is actually humanity that loses.

Therefore, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the tense situation was eased. After all, the church was not someone who would bow down easily, and the first president of the Magic Unification Association was even less likely to bow down. They were really afraid that the two sides would start fighting on impulse.

After the situation stabilized, what followed was unstoppable curiosity.

"President Wiseman, things have developed to this point. Isn't it time for you to be honest with everyone? What is your purpose in bringing everyone together?"

Li Jianxian's remarks were still very sophisticated. He did not directly say that Rhine was fishing, and he also put himself on the side of the masses, representing the interests of the masses.

"Do you know the ancient dragon that wreaked havoc in the central and southern continents more than 400 years ago and destroyed several countries?" Rhine asked.

"I know. I remember it was Natasha who was in charge of suppressing it at that time," Bal replied.

As for the others, some nodded to show that they knew, while others looked confused. But fortunately, this was not a top-secret incident, and those who did not know soon understood the whole process of the incident after being informed by others.

"Not only do I know, I even participated in the suppression of that ancient dragon. I still remember how powerful it was."

“Although I was just a legend at that time, I never thought that I would be defeated after just a few rounds of fighting. I am worthy of being the only remaining pure-blooded dragon on the continent. After I broke through the Half-Step God Realm and wanted to avenge my previous defeat, I was told that the ancient dragon had been dealt with by someone. I guess this is one of the biggest regrets in my life.” A Half-Step God Realm expert sighed.

"But didn't that happen more than 400 years ago? And the incident has been resolved long ago. What does this have to do with President Wiseman summoning us here?" someone asked curiously.

"I think there should be a connection. Think about when this secret realm first appeared. Wasn't it the year when the ancient dragon incident was resolved?"

"Could it be a coincidence? I can't think of any connection between the ancient dragon incident and the opening of the secret realm."

Everyone's logic hit a dead end, because no matter how you think about it, these two things have nothing to do with each other.

"It's not a coincidence. Natasha discovered the secret realm that year. She didn't kill the ancient dragon at the time. Instead, she felt sorry for it and sealed it in the secret realm. She wanted to use the fountain of life in the secret realm to cure the ancient dragon's red eye disease."

"As for why she waited more than four hundred years before releasing it, there is no particular reason. According to her, she simply forgot.

"It was only recently after I finished the academic exchange meeting in the Kingdom of Solcie that I remembered it by chance when I was planning to pass by here on my way back to the Demon Pass."

"After we arrived at the secret realm, Natasha discovered that the formation that sealed the ancient dragon had changed and was connected to the formation that sealed the Fountain of Life. If we want to lift the seal on the ancient dragon, we must also lift the seal on the Fountain of Life."

"I think you must be curious about why we haven't unlocked the seal of the Fountain of Life? This is why I summoned you here this time."

Rhine paused here, looked around, and found that everyone was looking at him intently, afraid of missing any details.

"Old man, please tell me quickly. Don't keep me in suspense. I'm getting so anxious." Bal urged.

"After our investigation, we found that there is a giant beast that is suspected to be at the divine level guarding the Fountain of Life. If we remove the seal rashly, we will definitely encounter this giant beast at the divine level."

When Rhine explained the reason, everyone at the scene showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

"If it were my old self, I would have been able to fight in the God Realm. But now, after my reincarnation, my strength has not yet recovered to its peak, so I need your help."

"Do you think I would be so selfless to tell you otherwise? If I could solve it myself, I would have done it alone a long time ago."

After listening to Rhine's words, everyone understood that they were planning to use them as cannon fodder. This was not a good man or a bad person, this was a really evil person.

If Rhine didn't tell them the truth and suddenly lifted the seal, most of the people present would have to stay here. When they thought of this, everyone felt a chill down their spine.

Even the church's Half-Step God Realm strongmen were frightened and were glad that they did not fight with Rhine, otherwise if they angered Rhine and released the God Realm beast, they would most likely die here.

The people from the Magical Unification Association were speechless. After all this time, it turned out that their president was fishing. No wonder she was already in the secret realm when they contacted her. How could they trick their own people?

Although everyone already knew that Rhine was cheating, no one said it publicly. Instead, they all secretly criticized in their hearts that none of the "old monsters" were fools.

They had previously laughed at Rhine's crude fishing skills. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he was just fishing. Now it seems that he is a true fishing master.

"I know you must be cursing me in your hearts for letting you be cannon fodder, but I haven't let you go yet, have I? Things that haven't happened don't count. Just let it go."

"The most important thing now is how to deal with the giant beast from the divine realm that is guarding the Fountain of Life. If this problem is not resolved, none of us can hope to obtain the Fountain of Life." Rhine said.

"I have a question. Since the Fountain of Life is still sealed, where did the Fountain of Life you gave us come from?" someone questioned.

"What is sealed is the eye of the Fountain of Life, not the water of the Fountain of Life. Because no one has been drawing water for tens of thousands of years, the pool of the Fountain of Life has overflowed a little after it was full and flowed into a small pool outside the seal. The Fountain of Life I gave you is in that small pool."

Seeing that everyone's eyes were about to light up, Rhine immediately added another sentence.

"By the way, I've already filled up the small pond with spring water. Do you guys have any objections?"

"But you don't have to be too disappointed. Isn't there a real fountain of life in the seal? It's a full pool, definitely more than enough."

"And if you don't want to go through the trouble, you can buy it from me privately. Anyone can do it. But I have to explain in advance that because the pool outside is not protected by a formation, it is normal for the spring water that overflows from the seal to be mixed with some impurities over tens of thousands of years. So don't be surprised even if you drink something strange."

Rhine started selling his bath water. Previously, he gave everyone a bottle of oral liquid-sized liquid of life to pave the way for this moment.

"Although its effects have dissipated a lot compared to the sealed Fountain of Life, it is still a natural treasure. Whether it is taken directly, used to make pills, or used as an auxiliary medicine, it is the best choice."

"So even if you can't deal with the guardian beast of the divine realm, you can come to me and buy it. One bottle can cure all diseases, two bottles can keep you young forever, and three bottles can make you immortal. I believe that after drinking one bottle, you should know the value of the fountain of life, right?"

"It doesn't matter if you haven't tried it. When I do business, I never look at people, I only look at business. It doesn't matter if you are a half-step god or a world-leading power. Even if you are just an individual without any background, as long as you can afford the price or bring out something that interests me, I can sell you the liquid of life."

Seeing Rhine promoting his liquid of life, everyone fell silent. They had reason to suspect that Rhine was just trying to sell something.

However, this is good news for those at the empire level, kingdom level, and individual forces, because according to normal procedures, treasures like the Fountain of Life would definitely have nothing to do with them. Rhine's sale instead gives them the possibility of obtaining it.

"Ahem, let's discuss how to deal with the guardian beast. I wonder if President Wiseman has any advice?" Li Jianxian asked.

For those world-leading powers, they still give priority to the sealed Fountain of Life. After all, who would be willing to spend money if it's free? And they are all inferior products. The Fountain of Life provided by Rhine can only be said to be the last alternative.

"Since you are still willing to recognize me as your leader, I will provide you with some small information as an apology for deceiving you before."

"No, no, you are too polite, President. With President Wiseman's reputation, who else here can take on the position of leader except you? And who else can convince the crowd? Therefore, the president deserves to be the leader, don't you agree?" Li Jianxian flattered him.

It must be said that Li Jianxian and Bal are two of the oddballs in the Half-Step God Realm. One is a hot-tempered old man, and the other is a social veteran. Unlike other Half-Step God Realm masters who don't talk and pretend to be masters, each of them has the airs of a strong man.

Of course, no one would refute his words. After all, only Rhine could provide important information now.

"First, although the behemoth guarding the Fountain of Life is a behemoth at the peak of the Divine Realm, but..."

However, before Rhine could finish his words, the crowd exploded, and even those Half-Step God Realm warriors who were pretending to be masters could no longer hold back.

The half-step god realm of the church was also in a state of panic. If it was just the initial stage of the god realm, they could have easily defeated him on the spot with their own strength. Because their mission this time was to target Rhine, and they treated him as a god realm, so they specially prepared means to deal with the god realm, and now they just happened to use them.

If we can obtain the Fountain of Life, we can make up for the loss of the Seraphic Wings.

But when they heard that the behemoth guarding the Fountain of Life was at the peak of the Divine Realm, they instantly put away all their thoughts. If it was at the late stage of the Divine Realm, the church could still fight, and note that it was a desperate fight.

As long as all the half-step gods of the church arrive, gather the power of the gods of the half-step gods to give birth to a "god realm", and then let him hold the three inherited artifacts of the church, and the others also hold ancient treasures to assist, then they can fight with the late gods. But it is unknown how many people can survive after the end.

"What! The peak of the divine realm!"

"What the hell is this? Just go home and sleep."

"Yes, if it's just the initial stage of the Divine Realm, we can still give it a try with so many of us, but let's forget about the peak stage of the Divine Realm."

“President Wiseman, you must not remove the seal. Otherwise, if it’s like the ancient dragon incident, no one in this world will be able to stop the peak of the divine realm.”

"Alliance leader, how many bottles of life fluid do you have? We'll take them all!"

"Ignore him, we'll double the price! We'll take as much as you can!"

"I say, can't you let the leader finish his words? He has used the word although, so there must be a but!" The sharp-minded Li Jianxian interrupted the noise.

(ps: This is a make-up for yesterday's. I played Genshin Impact all day yesterday and started writing it at night, so it's a bit late. Today's update is counted separately. Please give me a reward! Otherwise, I will have no reason to update more.)

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