The baptism ceremony that day was very grand and solemn, and almost everyone in the temple came to watch.
Only then can one be baptized successfully by being cleansed with holy water in a specific pool and listening to the oracle, and persisting in this process.
If anyone is disloyal, dishonest, or lacks faith in God, they will be burned by the holy water, and their life or death will be uncertain, and the ceremony will be considered a failure.
This is the priest's instruction before the ceremony begins.
Fang Ke remained silent. She was wearing a snow-white holy robe and walked up the stairs step by step. She was followed by everyone's gazes and walked into the holy pool.
Fang Ke stood in the designated position. There were lotus-like stone steps in the pond, and finally she stood on a lotus leaf.
The heavy holy robe could not be taken off, and she even had a layer of white gauze covering her face.
The bishop finally came out surrounded by the crowd, shining in golden light. He had also changed into a very formal holy robe. When he stood on the extended platform, it was as if he was being crowned. Everyone in the audience seemed to see a god and knelt down one after another.
Even the second prince, who was dressed in princely attire, bowed in greeting.
After the bishop gave a long opening speech, he felt the dragon's mouth above him move, and silver-gold holy water poured down.
The scene was extremely beautiful. Everyone only saw the silver water pouring down like moonlight, circling around Fang Ke. The moment it touched the water surface, pale mist began to rise.
Only then could one pray cautiously and reverently, and if he felt uneasy, he would look up at the bishop.
The bishop's deep blue eyes could always penetrate the mist and meet her gaze. At that moment, Fang Ke felt relieved and continued to pray.
The bishop noticed her little action, but did not scold her or end the ceremony. Instead, he smiled inexplicably and did not recite the oracle until the dragon's mouth above his head closed again. Then he waved his hand to disperse the mist.
Everyone looked at the holy pool with curious eyes, wanting to know whether Philomena could be baptized successfully.
Philomena remained in the baptismal posture, her eyes closed, her fingers clasped together. I couldn't tell if she was still immersed in prayer... or if she was already dead...
Miraculously, her hair and clothes were not wet, and her exposed skin was intact.
"This... is the baptism successful?"
"This seems to be the first saint to be successfully baptized in the past ten years."
"Look! What is the bishop doing?"
The bishop threw his scepter heavily in the air, and the water in the pool flew up into the air and condensed into an ice bridge. The bishop stepped on it and walked all the way to Fang Ke.
"This is amazing! The Bishop is indeed the most powerful magician in the world."
"Next is the divine bestowal, right? I'm so looking forward to it."
"Make way, make way, I want to watch with my full attention!"
Everyone saw the bishop raise his right hand again, and the upper right palm, which was covered with a white velvet glove, once again emitted a strong and pure golden light, facing Fang Ke's forehead.
Fang Ke frowned and opened his eyes in confusion. The bishop had already started chanting.
Everyone was attracted by the golden light and chanting of the bishop, and unconsciously, they looked at the stained windows and angel sculptures around the temple.
For a moment, it seemed as if the carved stained glass windows and angel sculptures had come alive. A halo of light spread out in circles from the center of the temple, radiating to every corner of the temple, and even spreading to the distance through the stained glass windows.
Then everyone present heard a whisper like this:
【The old gods are dead, and new gods shall be established.】
Even though they were shocked and confused at first, under the constant blessing of the special strong halo and sound waves, everyone's eyes became confused, and then they accepted this message deep in their hearts.
【The old gods are dead, and new gods shall be established.】
Who is the New God?
When the divine bestowal ended, the halo disappeared, and everything in the hall returned to normal, everyone saw the otherworldly bishop bathed in holy light.
They were frightened, they surrendered, they bowed their heads willingly.
Everyone said in unison, "We are waiting to listen to the Bishop's instructions."
But Fang Ke was different from what everyone heard.
To be honest, today's baptism ceremony was not particularly uncomfortable compared to being burned by the divine blood last night.
But Fang Ke still felt that when the pure light element touched him, his body, muscles and bones changed.
She maintained the prayer posture because it was a relatively strenuous posture that greatly alleviated her pain.
During the divine bestowal just now, she was the first to be hit by the bishop's golden light.
She was almost dizzy, with thousands of afterimages projected in front of her, and Fang Ke could only hear two sentences.
One sentence is the bishop's voice, [Philomena, become the sword of the Holy See.]
The other sentence seemed to come from Xiu, from the divine breath he left on him.
In a trance, he seemed to gently stroke her forehead with his palm.
He said, "Philomena, be your own god."
Fang Ke suddenly opened her eyes and saw only thick bed curtains. She was no longer in the sacrificial hall.
She couldn't help but sit up, the silk quilt slipped off her body, and she was changed into a snow-white pajamas.
Fang Ke called the system immediately. It was rare for Fang Ke to have such moments when his soul was out of his control.
She held her head with her hands, still feeling a little dizzy.
She didn't know whether Xiao Qi was seriously injured when the divine bestowal took place.
Why is this so...
Even though the difficulty of the eighth world has skyrocketed, this world is just the Bishop, a mortal. How can he possess such tremendous power?
If the bishop's fighting power is so terrifying, then Xie Xiu, as a god, would be defying the will of heaven.
Fang Ke couldn't help but recall that when she was about to faint from the divine bestowal, Xie Xiu whispered in her ear, "Become your own god."
She believed that this was the normal content of divine instruction.
The bishop's ceremony was only to cleanse her soul and make her a member of the Holy See.
Fang Ke fell into deep thought. Xiao Qi had indeed been disconnected again. She didn't know what the bishop had done, but his power was completely unlike that of an ordinary NPC.
The door to the bedroom was opened. Fang Ke thought it was still the nuns, but she didn't expect that the person coming in was the bishop.
"..."
"woke up."
Fang Ke looked at the man without any contempt, and his eyes became deep.
At this moment, the bishop took off his robe and put down his crown, and only then did people realize that he also had long hair, which was tied loosely behind his head.
Fang Ke looked over expressionlessly, "...Bishop, isn't it inappropriate for you to be here?"
The bishop sneered, "This is my bedroom."
Fang Ke: “…”
Fang Ke got out of bed silently and landed barefoot on the carpet.
The bishop didn't seem very happy when he saw it, and said, "Put your shoes on."
Fang Ke ignored him and said, "Thank you, Bishop, for taking me in. I will take my leave now."
The bishop looked at her coldly. Fang Ke tried to walk past him but was stopped.
"stop."
"…What else do you want to teach me, sir?"
"who are you?"
Fang Ke was stunned and turned his head sideways. The bishop's face looked particularly mysterious under the cutting of light and shadow.
"Don't you know, my Lord?"
"Know what? Know that you are Philomena, or know that you come from another world?" The bishop smiled gently. "Things we already know are boring. Why don't we talk about things we don't know?"
He suddenly spread out his palm, which was surrounded by a ball of light and contained a deep purple energy. Fang Ke looked at the ball of energy and for some reason had a bad feeling.
The bishop said to her, "This is another spirit that I extracted from you. Can you tell me what it is?"
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