Chapter 188: Approaching the Divine (10)
The moment the words fell, the “Binding” attribute panel was slapped onto her face.
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【Name: Binding】
【Type: Active Skill】
【Quality: Excellent】
【Effect: Can bind multiple items into one through “Binding,” but the target's size must be smaller than the caster's, otherwise there is a high chance of failure.】
【Consumption: If the target is a non-living entity, no consumption. If it is a living entity, a certain amount of faith value is consumed based on the target's size.】
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A Divine Skill!
Liu Sheng was just sighing, not expecting to master the Dawn Priest's “Binding” Divine Skill so quickly, when she heard the “Test Assistant's” congratulatory voice.
“Congratulations! thirty-ninth xuan candidate, you are the first candidate to acquire a skill, and you have received an item reward: “holy water.””
With a clang, another panel popped up.
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【Name: holy water】
【Type: Consumable】
【Quality: Rare】
【Effect: Water blessed by the Supreme God, capable of healing and purification.】
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A small jade bottle appeared in Liu Sheng's hand.
This must be the incredibly effective holy water.
Liu Sheng held it to her ear and shook it; there seemed to be only a few drops inside.
“How stingy.” Liu Sheng secretly grumbled.
“Be content. They wouldn't give you a whole jar of holy water. If that were the case, wouldn't we sweep this realm clean?”
“It wouldn't be that easy, right?” This Liu Sheng was more rational.
“Exaggeration! Exaggeration! Don't you understand?!”
“By the way, is there no reward for the first candidate to acquire two items?”
“Keep going, keep going, keep going!”
Unfortunately, there was no continuation; the rewards simply stopped.
And the plot, which had paused at the moment the Dawn Priest handed the divine book to Liu Sheng, resumed.
“Take this to spread the teachings; it will be useful,” the Dawn Priest said.
Liu Sheng already knew this and gratefully accepted the bound divine book.
“Excuse me, Dawn Priest, where do you usually go to spread the teachings?” Liu Sheng thought for a moment and decided to ask for advice.
She silently decided that she would avoid wherever Dawn went, as it clearly wasn't an easy place to spread teachings, otherwise there wouldn't have been such slow progress for so long.
The Dawn Priest was stunned by her question and thought for a long time before saying, “I… don't remember. It seems I just walked around randomly and promoted the doctrine.”
Liu Sheng frowned, about to ask further.
But the Dawn Priest was already impatient: “Alright, hurry up and get to work! Didn't the Grand Divine Official tell you to spread the teachings? Stop babbling, I have work to do too!”
This 360-degree change left Liu Sheng dumbfounded.
After that, whenever Liu Sheng tried to ask her a question, she wouldn't answer, even starting to silently face the wall.
“Didn't she say she had work to do… but she doesn't seem to be doing any work?”
Liu Sheng could only leave the Dawn Priest's room, muttering to herself.
“Because the dialogue set for her in this part of the plot is only this much. It's useless for you to ask further,” the world told Liu Sheng.
“You mean, this is like a game in the ‘Yi Yu’ world?”
Unfortunately, Liu Sheng's memory at this point no longer contained Yi Yu's personal experience of games, only some information about “games” recorded in her notes.
She recalled some content and asked, “Is the Dawn Priest similar to an NPC in a game, programmed to act only according to its settings?”
“Yes.”
“So when I asked her about her past, she didn't remember because it was beyond her program's setting, and it even triggered her conversation-ending mode.”
Liu Sheng finally understood why the Dawn Priest suddenly became sullen, and why her character was so fragmented, getting angry with her one moment and then being so friendly to her the next.
“Then can I understand it this way? This illusion is constructed according to game logic, which is why there are so-called ‘tasks,’ ‘items,’ ‘skills,’ and ‘rewards.’”
“Yes, I'm also learning the logic of this part of the code; it's quite interesting.”
The world said “interesting,” but its tone was completely flat.
At this moment, Liu Sheng had already followed the route in her memory, walked out of the temple, and stood on the street, watching the passersby.
“Are all the people here similar programs?”
“You can understand it that way,” the world replied.
There weren't many people on the street; they were all in a hurry. At a glance, their behavior patterns were no different from normal people.
“Only when you talk to them in depth can you find anomalies.”
“Why isn't this illusion more refined?” Liu Sheng didn't understand.
“It's still the same problem: it can't handle such a large amount of computation, unless… the tian yan stone is used as the core, but… it's clearly unwilling to use such a high dimension product for your small Examination.”
Due to rules, the world could not speak the specific name of the hidden existence, nor could it even refer to it.
As long as Liu Sheng could understand, it was fine.
…
While she was pondering, the “Test Assistant's” voice suddenly sounded in Liu Sheng's ear.
“Listening to the Grand Divine Official's words, with an excited yet anxious heart, you officially step out of the temple, ready to begin your career as a probationary divine official in Xuan Thirty-Nine City…”
“Please complete the novice task: Develop your first believer (0/1).”
Liu Sheng had some idea about this novice task, but not much.
Liu Sheng looked back; their temple was just an inconspicuous, gloomy, old house on this deserted street.
Furthermore, there were no signs at the entrance, and the doorway was dark. Passersby probably wouldn't even glance at it, let alone be attracted to enter and receive divine radiance.
So, she could only go out and spread the teachings one by one…
“You know how to spread the teachings,” the world reminded her.
Liu Sheng, prompted by the world, asked uncertainly, “You mean? During the Seven Profound Academy period?”
“Yes, Earth Mother,” the world said with a cold teasing tone.
“According to my research, spreading faith generally follows this sequence: establishing connections, transmitting ideas, deeply influencing hearts, collective activities, and consolidating faith.”
“Thinking about it this way, it seems I've experienced it all…”
Establishing connections was about distributing small flyers everywhere in the Seven Profound Academy.
Then, didn't she use the Little Tentacle to “transmit ideas” and “deeply influence hearts” with both soft and hard tactics?
Finally, attacking the Chongdao Shrine together and fighting the Seven Profound Master, wasn't that a “collective activity” to “consolidate faith”?
Thinking this, she weighed the “Divine Artifact for spreading teachings,” the divine book, in her hand and smiled complacently.
But it would be best to complete the task right under those people's noses and show off her abilities.
This was also a small scheme of hers.
Taking advantage of the current obscured mirage, it would be better for her to do something time-consuming but definitely helpful for the main storyline in the future.
For example, exploring the map of this “Xuan Thirty-Nine City” first.
Especially the city name, which seemed to imply something…
But what exactly it was, she would only know after walking through it.
So, Liu Sheng observed for a while and grabbed a hurried passerby dressed as a scholar.
“Young Master, may I ask if you know where the bookstore is?”
The scholar was startled when Liu Sheng suddenly called out to him, his eyes darting quickly in their sockets like a frightened rat.
He looked up and down at Liu Sheng's dusty attire, somewhat strangely: “You, do you read? Can you read?”
“Why wouldn't I read? Why wouldn't I recognize characters?” Liu Sheng was even more surprised by this question.
“Please don't be offended, young lady. It's just that it's quite rare for women to read,” the scholar, seeing Liu Sheng's offended expression, shrank his head and explained.
Liu Sheng frowned, suddenly realizing something, and quickly asked, “Is this place part of Tang Country?”