I'm bound to the World-Destroying Witch

Chapter 533. The First Life Stone

"The three holy shepherds are Anji, Moluo, and Miaoshi."

Chana Yuki casually explained, "Anji is Jiang Qiu'e's mentor, and Master Miao is my mentor."

As she was speaking, she suddenly paused, looked down at her right hand.

A crimson cross lit up on the back of his right hand, then disintegrated into spiritual light, which then coalesced into distorted characters that floated in the air.

Beware of Auberlene!

The font breaks down and then rebuilds.

[Return to headquarters immediately]

[Moro Holy Pastor]

It stopped abruptly, as if there was more to say, but the luminous characters trembled, exploded with a buzzing sound, and vanished into nothingness.

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The messenger must be Pastor Miao, but the message was really timely, only being issued after the crisis had already passed, Xia Feng thought to himself.

Chana Xue frowned, closed her eyes and sensed for about ten seconds before opening them, her purple pupils slightly narrowed: "I can't contact Pastor Miao."

She looked at the woman in the blue dress: "What's the situation with Anji Shengmu?"

After a while, Jiang Qiu'e also opened her eyes and shook her head: "Same, no sensation."

The two of them looked at Olivia.

“After the Holy Shepherd Moro sent me a message last night, there has been no further news.” The tall, red-skinned woman grinned, seemingly somewhat excited. “It seems there really is a problem at the headquarters!”

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Sure enough, I told you the Black Moon Saintess was mentally ill, and it was true! Xia Feng was convinced. No wonder Olivia was called the strongest Saintess; she seemed to thrive on chaos. She was the strongest, and her Saintess syndrome was probably the most severe.

Without saying anything more, Xia Feng arrived at the center of the palace and activated his Deconstruction Eye to look down.

It can be clearly seen that about 100 meters underground, there is a gem with seven colors mixed together, with a faint purple mist flowing within it.

Upon activating his Paladin Space and diving underground, Xia Feng was surprised to discover that the gem seemed to be a derivative of a magical artifact.

"copy."

[Core Concepts of the Thinking Process]

[Error - Copying failed -]

"Can't it be copied?" Xia Feng picked up the thing and placed it in the morning light, where only purple mist could be seen flowing inside.

Seeing that he couldn't figure out what it was, he shook his head and threw the gem into his storage space.

After dealing with the mysterious object, Xia Feng looked at Chana Yuki and asked, "Where is your spiritual material room?"

Chana Yuki paused, her expression stiffening slightly: "You wouldn't be thinking of..."

“That’s right, just as you think.” Xia Feng’s lips curled into a kind smile. “Three Holy Maidens, you are now the highest authority in this branch, right? So, to repay my life-saving grace, you’d like to give me all the spiritual materials from the 20th branch. Is that alright?”

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“Every expenditure of spiritual materials must be reported to the main court.” Cha Nai Xue felt she still had to persuade them.

"Fool, isn't there a traitor like Oberyn to take the blame?" Olivia sneered. "Besides, even the main branch might be in trouble now, who cares about the whereabouts of a branch's spiritual materials?"

As she spoke, she looked at Xia Feng, "I'll take you into the core spiritual material room, even the top-secret spiritual material room. But I want the level 6 fire-attribute spiritual material that Oberyn has been hoarding; the rest are yours, how about it?"

Hearing this, Xia Feng glanced at Cha Nai Xue and Jiang Qiu E, as if to say, "Look how sensible they are, and look at you guys, so stingy."

Olivia became a guide, leading Xia Feng to begin looting the Vatican.

The two saintesses watched their departing figures with some speechlessness.

About three minutes later, Xia Feng returned with a full load.

It must be said that even though it's just a branch, the spiritual materials here are exceptionally abundant. Level 1 to 6 spiritual materials are displayed in abundance, piled up into more than ten mountain peaks in Xia Feng's storage space, which greatly satisfies him.

When a Spirit Master attains Venerable status, the required materials for this attainment number as many as one hundred.

Before coming to the Holy See, Miss Mu had already collected half of the materials needed to become a Venerable. She was still missing 20 Level 4 materials, 5 Level 5 materials, and 4 Level 6 materials.

The last four level-six spiritual materials (True Martial Undead, Log, Initial Life Stone, and Sky-Mending Stone Embryo) are especially difficult to find. Collecting them all within a few months is simply impossible for an individual, unless they belong to a top-tier organization.

This raid not only resulted in the complete collection of level 4 and 5 spiritual materials, but also yielded two level 6 spiritual materials: True Martial Undead and Log, pushing the collection progress directly to 99%.

Only the last two level 6 spiritual materials are missing – the Initial Life Stone and the Sky-Mending Stone Embryo.

As for Xia Feng, he also lacked the Initial Life Stone, but all other spiritual materials were available at this branch of the Holy See, so he gathered them all at once.

Each spiritual master has a different spiritual attribute, and the spiritual materials required to become a Venerable are naturally different. However, the Initial Life Stone, the Heaven-Mending Stone Embryo, and the Taiji Fruit are the three essential spiritual materials for becoming a Venerable. They are not differentiated by spiritual attribute, but they are extremely difficult to find.

When Xia Feng previously seized the A-grade spiritual artifact, the Yin-Yang Mirror, there were already four Tai Chi Fruits stored in the mirror, so there was no need to collect them.

As for the Heaven-Mending Stone Embryo, Xia Feng actually had one in his possession as well. He had snatched it along the way when he was robbing the Yin-Yang Mirror, and had kept it without using it, just in order to become a Venerable.

So strictly speaking, if we want Miss Mu to become a Venerable One—

All that's missing is the first life stone!
Of course, it would be foolish for a spiritual master to think that becoming a Venerable only requires gathering spiritual materials.

Spiritual materials are only the first step to becoming a Venerable. Even with the supply of spiritual materials, most True Martial Spiritual Masters still cannot condense their fruit position and become Venerable. They may experience three or four failures to become Venerable in their hundreds of years of life, until they die of old age with regret.

However, the difficulty of becoming a supreme being is not an issue for Xia Feng.

He's cheating!

All you need to do is find a way to gather the spiritual materials.

Therefore, Xia Feng was quite satisfied with this raid on the Vatican.

The only regret is that there is no Grade A spirit paper.

Olivia said that rare treasures like Grade A Spirit Paper are kept in the Holy Pavilion of the main court, and it's impossible for a branch to have them.

With no other option, Xia Feng had to give up.

When they returned to the main hall, the Holy Son of Justice, who had been unconscious, had just awakened.

As for the other nine people, Jiang Qiu'e's examination revealed that their souls had suffered varying degrees of damage. In particular, Yan Si and Jin Jili had lost all their memories of that day due to the forced extraction of their consciousness and memories from the core of the thought cage.

"Miss."

The Holy Son of Justice looked at the elegant, tall woman in the blood-red dress, realizing that there were actually two of them. He paused, then solemnly said, "And this gentleman, I, Gavin, will remember your life-saving grace today. If you ever need my help in the future—"

"Om-!!"

Before he could finish speaking, the entire space suddenly shook violently, causing the ground to tremble.

Everyone's expressions tightened slightly as they all turned to look at the outside world.

The once cloudless sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, with purple lightning and silver snakes flashing in the clouds, and lightning raging wildly.

Xia Feng manipulated Miss Mu's body, leaving only an afterimage in place, and in an instant, he arrived in the high sky outside.

The others followed closely behind.

In the distance, the sky appeared as if it were shattered glass, with cracks spreading outwards. Xia Feng realized that this was the location of the spatial gate connecting to the Abyss of Sorrow.

"Crack——!"

The crack exploded completely, forming a dark, swirling vortex from which a handsome man with flowing blond hair slowly stepped out.

Ye Likong?
Xia Feng was somewhat surprised, "Didn't they say that returning to the real world requires going through a teleportation point?"

Everyone was puzzled. Could this guy have broken through the spatial barrier and forcibly escaped from Beiqiu Abyss?

The Holy Son of Justice said thoughtfully, "Ye Likong was born with an A-grade spiritual weapon. Although he rarely uses it and there are few records of its abilities, it is said to be related to spatial attributes and is very useful in actual combat."

(End of this chapter)