Synthesis Wizard.

Chapter 121 Completely Unpolluted Pure Energy
Lakeland City, Spark Church.

Even in the provincial central city where every inch of land is valuable, the Spark Church occupies a large piece of land in the center of the city.

The church building was built magnificently, and even the outer walls were made of priceless marble, exuding luxury everywhere.

At this moment, a distinguished guest came to the church's reception room.

Black and Yoris came in a hurry. As soon as they entered the hall, they saw Marquis Hulan sitting on the sofa with a sullen face, without even touching the tea in front of him.

The two looked at each other, and their eyes flickered.

"Long time no see, Lord Marquis. It's rare to see a distinguished guest like you. It really brings honor to our church."

Joris forced a smile on his face and spoke in a flattering tone.

However, Marquis Hulan did not buy it at all and said coldly: "I'm afraid if I don't come again, I will never have the chance to come again."

Black laughed and said, "Your Excellency the Marquis is joking."

Marquis Hulan interrupted him rudely: "I'm not kidding you!"

He threw a battle report on the coffee table.

"In just two months, one earl, three viscounts, and thirteen barons were killed under my command. And they were all killed by Sunan who broke into the lord's mansion and walked away!"

"Now all the nobles in my territory are in a panic, fearing that one day the killer Sunan will come to find them. Even a marquis like me doesn't feel safe at all!"

"Before this, what did you, the Spark Cult, promise me?"

"They said that Su Nan was handed over to you to deal with, but what happened?"

"You all have been troubled by Sunan!"

Both Black and Yoris looked unhappy, but they couldn't say a word in rebuttal.

In fact, the losses suffered by the Xinghuo Sect during this period were also very heavy.

In every town where the lord was attacked, the local Spark Cult branch would also be destroyed, and almost all the believers would be killed.

The successive bad news made both of the main priests feel terrified.

The strength displayed by Sunan far exceeded the intelligence they had previously collected.

Even Yansen, who was carrying the holy relic with him, died at the hands of Sunan.

These days they have been worrying about how to deal with Sunan and how to explain to High Priest Oviju.

"My Lord Marquis, we were indeed careless this time and underestimated Sunan's strength. But please rest assured, High Priest Ovijiu will be out of retreat soon. When he takes action, he will definitely kill Sunan!"

Blake promised solemnly.

".I hope you can do what you say, instead of just talking big."

Marquis Hulan still had a sullen look on his face, but his tone had softened a little.

"There is one more thing. You said before that the manufacturing cost of stone golems is very high. Sunan certainly cannot make them in large quantities. But what is going on now?"

"According to the news from Soman Province, there are at least three golem armies in the Flash Territory that appeared on the front battlefield at the same time. Each army has two to three hundred stone golems. The total number is probably eight or nine hundred. It is completely different from what you said. How do you explain this?"

Black and Yoris looked at each other, both of them were a little surprised.

They were not very clear about this. After all, the influence of the Spark Cult had not yet spread to the army, and the speed of obtaining battle reports was definitely not as fast as that of Marquis Hu Lan.

There are only eight or nine hundred stone golems, this number is a bit shocking.

When Mingming was fighting with Marquis Jinyan, there were only less than two hundred stone golems in the Shining Territory.

Where did Sunan get the resources to refine so many golem puppets?

Yoris's expression suddenly changed, and he blurted out: "The cabin in the jungle!"

Black quickly reacted, nodded in agreement, and said:
"Yes, it must be the Jungle Lodge that is supporting Sunan behind the scenes."

"Otherwise, it would be impossible for Sunan to refine so many golems with just the income from the Flash Territory."

"The Jungle Lodge?" Marquis Hulan looked somewhat doubtful. "I have heard about some things about this wizard organization, but hasn't the Jungle Lodge always been low-key and not easily interfered in the affairs of various countries?"

Yoris sneered and said, "That may have been the case in the past, but now Sunan is very likely to have joined the Jungle Lodge. I don't know what he did to convince the other wizards. He destroyed many branches of our church before."

"So they were the ones who did it." A hint of realization flashed across Marquis Hu Lan's face.

He had heard before that the Spark Church’s churches in many cities had been attacked, and he was wondering which force was responsible. He didn’t expect it to be the Jungle Lodge.

But soon, Marquis Hu Lan's expression turned ugly again.

Sunan alone is already a troublesome problem, if there is also the jungle hut, can they still deal with it?

For a moment, Marquis Hu Lan suddenly felt a little regretful.

Shouldn't I have made my stance clear too early and stood on the side of the royal family?

Maybe I should delay it and make a decision after I have a clear understanding of the situation!

Seeing the change in Marquis Hulan's expression, Yoris and Black could not help but guess what the other was worried about.

Black was about to say a few words of comfort when he suddenly heard a somewhat old voice.

"The Jungle Lodge was not involved in this incident."

Yoris and Black suddenly turned their heads and looked, with surprise on their faces.

"The chief priest!"

"You're out!"

An old man with white hair suddenly appeared in the living room.

Although he has a head full of silver hair, his facial skin is firm and his complexion is rosy. Just looking at his face, you would never imagine that he is a centenarian. Only his light blue eyes reveal the vicissitudes of life accumulated over the years.

The blue robe with a star pattern, which was exquisitely crafted but not extravagant, made him look calm and vigorous.

Marquis Hulan guessed the identity of the visitor at the first sight. It was the High Priest Ovijiu, who had the highest status and power in the Starfire Church except for the Pope who had been missing for many years.

It is said that the wizard worshipped by the royal family died at the hands of this high priest!

This is a powerful person who is more powerful than a wizard!
Marquis Hulan stood up.

Faced with such a strong man, even he did not dare to rely on his status as a marquis and treat him disrespectfully.

"Nice to meet you, Marquis Hulan."

"I'm sorry that I was in seclusion before and couldn't come out to greet you in person."

Ovijiu's expression and tone were unexpectedly gentle, and he didn't show any sign of being a strong man.

Marquis Hulan forced a smile and said, "The High Priest is too polite."

After a pause, he couldn't help but ask, "What did the high priest mean by what he said just now?"

Ovijiu smiled slightly and said, "I have fought with a wizard from the Jungle Lodge before. He was only after some holy objects of our church and did not intentionally oppose us. The other wizards from the Jungle Lodge will not intervene in this war."

"I see." Marquis Hulan breathed a sigh of relief. "Then Sunan..."

"Marquis Hulan, please rest assured that I will personally deal with Sunan."

"Su Nan is the backbone of the Shining Territory. As long as he dies, the Shining Territory will have nothing to fear."

Hearing Ovijiu's personal assurance, Marquis Hulan's expression relaxed, and the smile on his face finally became more sincere. "Then I'll leave it to High Priest Ovijiu!"

"I'm waiting for your good news!"

In the quiet room.

Su Nan looked intently at the book in his hand.

This was the holy object he had originally obtained from Jensen. Later he learned from other Starfire believers that this book was called the Book of Stars.

The other golden beetle is called the Golden Beetle, and is also a sacred object of the Spark Cult.

While continuously attacking and killing the nobles of Hulan Province and destroying the branches of the Spark Church these days, Sunan was also taking time to study these two holy objects.

The results paid off, as he made some very interesting discoveries.

Generally speaking, holy objects contain divine grace.

The Book of Stars and the Golden Scarab are no exception.

Sunan then drew out two strands of divine grace from it.

He spread out his palms, and above his palms were suspended two strands of golden light as thin as hair, intertwining and lingering with each other as if dancing, with tiny spots of light scattered around, which was extremely beautiful.

One of the strands was obviously thicker and was drawn from the Book of Stars.

[Divine Grace, 1 (2) standard unit, contains pure energy with the imprint of faith, has the property of mental pollution. Once absorbed, it will cause changes in thinking and cognition, and gradually develop a strong and fanatical belief in the source of divine energy.]

Divine grace is essentially a divine energy, pure energy that has been refined by the gods.

Its purity is comparable to soul energy.

Of course, this divine energy also has similar shortcomings as soul energy, which is that it contains the mark of faith in the gods.

Once the suicidal spirit is absorbed into the body, the soul will inevitably be eroded by faith. Over time, the person will become a believer in the gods, or even a fanatic.

And this kind of pollution is more serious than the pollution caused by absorbing souls.

Absorbing different souls will only lead to conflicts between consciousness, thinking, memory, emotion, etc., resulting in confusion, loss of reason and other sequelae, but in essence it is still based on one's own will and retains most of the self-will.

But faith erosion is different. The mark of faith contained in divine grace will forcibly distort the will and cognition of the absorber.

Even if your memories are still the same and you still look like a normal person, your consciousness, thinking and emotions have actually undergone tremendous changes, turning you into a puppet that has lost its self-will and regards gods as supreme.

For a wizard (apprentice) who is pursuing himself and the truth, this is absolutely unbearable.

Between becoming a madman and becoming a puppet, the wizard (apprentice) would rather choose the former.

However, what surprised Sunan was that the two strands of divine grace he extracted from the Book of Stars and the golden beetle, although they also contained the mark of faith, gave him a very dull feeling.

It feels like there is no controller and everything is just following the established program.

It is somewhat similar to the golems in the wizard's legacy.

"If the god behind this grace has fallen, then the grace and the mark of faith within it should have completely dissipated."

"Since the divine grace and mark of faith still exist, it means that the gods behind them still exist, or in other words, they have not completely fallen."

"Seal? Sleep?"

Sunan shook his head.

As far as he knew, the Spark Cult had only been around for less than fifty years.

Before this, the so-called Star God had little fame.

The faith is so weak to the extreme, even close to nothing. Except for a very small number of extremely powerful gods, most gods cannot support it for thousands of years.

Even the sealed and dormant states are not acceptable.

Su Nan was puzzled for a moment.

What exactly is the so-called Star God behind the Starfire Cult?
After thinking for a moment, Su Nan shook his head and stopped worrying about this issue, and turned to think about another thing.

Although divine grace has many shortcomings, they are ultimately caused by the mark of faith.

In other words, as long as the mark of faith within it is removed, divine grace will become truly unpolluted pure energy.

It is completely possible to absorb and increase mental strength.

This is different from soul pollution. The soul's consciousness, memory, thinking, and emotions are an integral part of the soul and cannot be removed unless the entire soul is destroyed.

But the mark of faith can be removed.

It is precisely because of this characteristic of divine grace that so many wizards are scrambling to capture gods in order to extract the divine energy of the gods, purify it, and use it to increase their spiritual power.

Ordinary wizard apprentices naturally cannot clear the mark of faith, including Sunan himself.

But he has a Rubik's Cube!

While the Rubik's Cube synthesizes and strengthens similar items, it also weakens and eventually eliminates their side effects.

This was the case with the sub-dragon blood and divine blood amber.

From this point of view, the Rubik's Cube should also be able to eliminate the side effects of divine grace?

"If the erosion of faith caused by the divine blood amber can be eradicated, there is no reason why divine grace cannot be eradicated."

Sunan opened the Rubik's Cube and put two strands of divine grace into it.

In an instant, new items and information appeared on the synthesis interface.

[Divine energy, 3 standard units, pure energy with a faint mark of faith, slightly mentally polluting. After absorption, it will cause changes in thinking and cognition, and gradually develop a strong and fanatical belief in the source of divine energy.]

"Sure enough!"

Sunan's eyes lit up.

Compared with the divine grace before synthesis, the description text of the divine energy after synthesis has a faint prefix before the mark of faith and a slight prefix before the mental pollution.

This shows that the side effects of divine grace can indeed be weakened through synthesis!

In this way, as long as you obtain more holy objects and draw more divine grace from them, you can synthesize completely unpolluted divine energy, which can be absorbed and used to increase your mental strength!

Su Nan showed a happy smile on his face.

Now there is one more way to increase your mental strength!
It seems like they are really going to have a fight with the Spark Cult!
Instead of choosing to synthesize, Sunan turned off the Rubik's Cube, put the Divine Grace back into the space ring, and then took out the Divine Blood Amber.

During this period, he destroyed many branches of the Spark Church and obtained more than ten pieces of Divine Blood Amber, which he immediately synthesized into the high-level Divine Blood Amber, further improving his meditation efficiency.

Just two days ago, he had successfully constructed the thirteenth star ring.

Mental strength also increased to 38.13.

"Five star rings are still missing!"

The proficiency required to upgrade the 14th-level Star Ring Meditation method has soared to an astonishing million points.

"My current daily meditation proficiency is increasing by about 4300 points. It will take about twelve months to build the fourteenth star ring."

"But if we can use divine energy to increase our mental strength, we should be able to shorten the time a lot."

(End of this chapter)