Chapter 723

From the old priest's attitude, it could be seen that getting a cheaper price was difficult.

Su Xiao didn't know if he would have a chance to come here again. Even if he did, Holy Church merits were not easy to get.

"Priest, you want to get the Holy Grail, right?"

"Holy Grail?!"

The smile on the old priest's face gradually faded, and his gaze subconsciously looked at the back of Su Xiao's hand.

"Sure enough, you are related to the Holy Grail War. I didn't find a Command Spell when I first met you. Could it be that you are..."

Thinking of a certain possibility, the old priest was a bit terrified.

"You don't think I'm a Heroic Spirit, do you?"

Su Xiao leaned on the seat, crossing his legs, his demeanor relaxed.

"Heh."

The old priest laughed dumbly. He had seen many Heroic Spirits. The speech and behavior of those Heroic Spirits were obviously different from modern people, and the bodies of Heroic Spirits were constructed of energy. The old priest had a way to identify them.

"Not a Master, not a Heroic Spirit. Could it be that you intend to participate in the Holy Grail War?"

The old priest's gaze was a bit fiery. Su Xiao could blow Ryudoji Temple flat, which showed he had extraordinary points. If he joined the old priest's camp, he would definitely be a very strong help.

"Who knows, but you might need my help in the future."

Su Xiao looked at the old priest with a smile. When he communicated with plot characters who were not hostile, he usually had a smile on his face, which could hide other emotions.

"Let me consider..."

The old priest fell into a struggle internally. After a long while, he nodded.

"Just consider it a 5% discount for you. Wait for me for a while."

The old priest left the church, probably heading to the secret room in the church basement. After a while, the old priest returned, holding three items in his hand.

"This is the soul-condensed ore, holy water, and finally the Ghost Hunter."

The three items were placed in front of Su Xiao. He directly put away the Soul Crystal (Large) and holy water. As for the Ghost Hunter, it was a precise bow/crossbow, entirely metal-constructed, all black, with a somewhat retro look.

Just as Su Xiao wanted to pull the crossbow string, the old priest handed over a small winch.

"Use this thing, it's impossible to pull it by human power... what a joke!"

The old priest's eyes widened.

Creak~

Su Xiao pulled the crossbow string. The attack power of this crossbow was similar to the Spider Queen; one could imagine how heavy it was.

After stringing the Ghost Hunter by hand, Su Xiao's mana was slowly consumed, and an energy bolt gradually generated on the Ghost Hunter.

"What did you say just now?"

Su Xiao was focused on studying the Ghost Hunter just now and didn't hear the old priest's words clearly.

The old priest looked at the small winch in his hand and shook his head.

"Nothing, where were we just now?"

"Holy Grail."

Su Xiao leveled the Ghost Hunter. The precise range of this thing was within 150 meters. Any further, it couldn't hit the target. Don't underestimate this 150 meters. For a weapon like a crossbow, 150 meters was already supernatural.

"Right, Holy Grail. Are you interested in helping me win the Holy Grail? I can give you..."

The old priest was a bit expectant.

"No."

Su Xiao put away the Ghost Hunter. This thing was good, powerful, silent, and suitable for medium-range assassination.

"You refused so bluntly, have you considered the feelings of this old guy? I just gave you a 5% discount."

The old priest was a bit unhappy.

"It was precisely because I considered your feelings that I refused."

Su Xiao's words clearly choked the old priest, and the old priest's face began to look ugly.

"Priest, with your physical condition, living to 80 or 90 is no problem. Why are you in such a hurry to go die?"

"What do you mean?"

"It means... everyone who tries to take the Holy Grail will die!"

"You..."

The old priest's anger surged. After glancing at Su Xiao, he turned his head away.

"Priest, don't misunderstand. You helped me once before. Without that gun, I wouldn't have been able to get out of Ryudoji Temple."

Su Xiao took out an apple and took a big bite. The full juice flowed down the corner of his mouth.

"Then why won't you help me?"

The old priest's anger subsided a bit. He heard that Su Xiao had something in his words.

"Some things cannot be made clear. As far as I know, Priest, you participated in a Holy Grail War once?"

"Yes, I supervised the Third Holy Grail War."

"Did you see the Holy Grail?"

"I saw it."

The old priest rubbed his hands on his trouser legs, his gaze a bit dull.

"Since you've seen it, you still pursue that thing. You should be clear about the principle of that thing. The first two Great Holy Grails were indeed priceless treasures. As for the third, I don't need to say it, you guessed it. Now it's already the fourth Great Holy Grail. You guess how much evil intent is gathered in that thing. Do you... want to die that much?"

Su Xiao stared at the old priest, the apple in his hand only had a core left.

"Who would be willing not to pursue it? Not only do I know, but the Matou family, the Tohsaka family, and the Einzbern family all know. That is a universal wish-granting machine. So what if it's tainted? Just give up like this?"

The old priest exhaled and reached out to Su Xiao.

"Give me a cigarette."

Su Xiao handed over a cigarette.

"Although I still don't know your name until now, compared to some collaborators, I trust you more. At least you have no hostility toward me."

The old priest exhaled a puff of blue smoke. Driven by Su Xiao, the old priest's smoking addiction relapsed, or perhaps it was because there were too many troublesome things recently.

Under the interference of the Reincarnation Paradise, Su Xiao's relationship with the old priest would not be hostile, so the old priest trusted Su Xiao. After Su Xiao successfully blew Ryudoji Temple flat, this trust clearly increased.

"Not willing to give up without seeing it with your own eyes? Also true, the temptation of the Great Holy Grail is indeed irresistible."

Su Xiao stopped speaking. The reason he stayed in the church was because he had other purposes.

"Listening to you, you are completely uninterested in the Holy Grail?"

"No, I'm interested. I'm very curious about the texture of that thing."

"Cough, cough, cough..."

The old priest had a fit of dry coughing. Following the dry coughing, blue smoke sprayed out of his mouth in puffs.

"Curious about the texture? Your peculiar idea..."

The old priest was a bit dismissive. In his view, Su Xiao was not completely uninterested in the Holy Grail.

"By the way, Priest."

"What."

After some conversation, the two were clearly much more familiar.

"Can you contact the Einzbern family?"

"This... is confidential."

The old priest kept him in suspense. He vaguely felt something was wrong.

"If you can contact them, I am prepared to make contact with the Einzbern family. Rest assured, I won't join forces with them to deal with you. If I successfully make contact, I will appropriately stop them from finding trouble with you."

"I will consider..."

"There is no time to consider this matter. I am in a hurry recently."

Su Xiao had to speed up his actions. Brother No-Umbrella could kick the bucket at any time.

"Can I understand it as, you can help me contain the Einzbern family?"

"Yes, but some things need to be used as bargaining chips to negotiate with them."

The old priest began to struggle. The result he envisioned was Su Xiao joining his camp, thereby helping him grab the Great Holy Grail.

"Okay, but there is a prerequisite. You cannot join forces with them to deal with my camp. Although I don't know how you know about my situation, my plot to seize the Holy Grail cannot be spread."

The old priest took out a piece of white parchment, wrote and drew on it, and then handed the parchment to Su Xiao. This was a "Self-Forced Certificate," a thing similar to an oath.

The old priest could be said to be old and cunning, having prepared this thing beforehand.

Scanning the content of the "Self-Forced Certificate," Su Xiao signed this contract. There was one point the old priest didn't know, which was that this "Self-Forced Certificate" had limitations; it only targeted creatures with mana in their bodies, or in other words, it was only effective for indigenous residents of the Holy Grail world.

Su Xiao was not an indigenous resident of the Holy Grail world, and he didn't have a trace of mana in his body. Signing this thing was essentially no different from signing on toilet paper.