Chapter 1333: Confrontation at the Church Entrance

The Dawn Church didn't have a specific day of worship, so it wasn't necessary to come for worship only on weekends.

The Dawn Church in Randell Valley occupied a larger area than the one in Tobeisk, but the interior decoration was relatively old. Although Xia De and Luweiya weren't familiar faces in this parish, it wasn't rare for believers from other places to come to large city churches for worship, so no one went to investigate their identities.

Xia De didn't catch the worship ritual that morning, so he sat alone on the long bench in the auditorium to pray by himself. The entire process was relatively simple. After all, in a world where true gods existed, the church didn't need to rely on cumbersome and meaningless rituals to prove the majesty of God.

It was just that the last part of the worship required confessing one's recent mistakes. Xia De thought for a long time but didn't know what mistake of his to confess, so he admitted that he seemed to have been too harsh on Miya recently, making this cat, which was very afraid of environments outside its home, go out much more frequently than last year.

After finishing the worship, there was still a period of time until nine o'clock. Luweiya originally wanted to visit the local church with Xia De, but Xia De thought of another thing:

"After the exam ended at the beginning of this year, you and Duo Luo Xi left immediately. At that time, Priest Ao Gu Si told us something: he came to Randell Valley when he was young and lost a bet of 10 pennies to Father Mo Fei Si of the local church, which he never paid back (Chapter 1162). Since we are here today, we might as well go see that Father Mo Fei Si and help the priest pay back the debt. That way, when we return to Tobeisk, we can give Father Ao Gu Si a surprise."

Xia De suggested, and Luweiya nodded, also quite interested:

"But Priest Ao Gu Si would also bet with people?"

But suddenly she realized something was wrong, looking at Xia De with her beautiful brows furrowed:

"Wait a minute, how could you talk about Randell Valley after the exam ended? I only got the news that I was going to be on a business trip to this city half a month after the exam week ended. Did you start discussing Randell Valley so long ago?"

That was because Xia De wanted to find the black time key, so he had discussed his travel plans with the priest and the doctor.

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"This is the guidance of fate, indicating that signs of you coming to Randell Valley appeared a long time ago."

Xia De said quite certainly, pressing down Miya, who had poked its head out from his bosom, quite impolitely:

"Let's go find Father Mo Fei Si quickly, don't miss the time of Shi Dong Aosenfute's arrival."

Xia De didn't know the specific age of Father Mo Fei Si, only that he was a bit older than Priest Ao Gu Si. He had originally worried that this ordinary priest might have already left, or couldn't undertake the church's work due to health reasons, but didn't expect the old priest to still be serving in the church.

It was just that, compared to La Te Ao Gu Si, who had always been the most ordinary priest, that Father Mo Fei Si was actually already serving as the bishop of this parish at this time. When Xia De and Luweiya found out about this, they were quite surprised:

"Then do we still want to see him?"

Luweiya asked.

"Of course, but use your identity. You met Priest Ao Gu Si in Tobeisk, and before leaving, he specifically instructed you to visit Father Mo Fei Si."

Xia De instructed. As for himself, he was a friend Luweiya knew locally, and just happened to bump into her at the church.

Being a parish bishop was a very busy job. Xia De understood this from Bishop Ka Na Si Ou Wen in Tobeisk. It was very difficult for ordinary believers to see a regional bishop casually. The difficulty of seeing the bishop today wasn't that they hadn't made an appointment, but that Father Mo Fei Si wasn't in the church at all today.

Because of the petrification plague, the bishop had taken people to the hospital to visit believers early in the morning, and it was said that he wouldn't return until the afternoon. So even though Xia De arrived at the Dawn Church today, he still had to wait for the next time if he wanted to know about Priest Ao Gu Si's past.

Luweiya had expectations for this.

The time approached nine o'clock. Xia De temporarily handed Miya to Luweiya to take care of, and let Luweiya stay in the main hall of the church, looking outside from the window position. He himself came to the entrance of the church.

At 8:59, as another four-wheeled carriage stopped at the entrance of the church, Shi Dong Aosenfute jumped out of the carriage. It looked like this was his private carriage, because Xia De noticed he didn't pay.

Although Aosenfute was wearing a black hat and a silver brooch on his chest as Xia De requested, he wasn't holding a red rose, but a rare black rose.

Xia De walked toward him. The two met under the magnificent steps in front of the church, where the flow of people intersected, and Luweiya in the church happened to be able to see them.

Xia De asked with a smile:

"Why, your rose isn't fresh, so it turned from red to black?"

That tall man cursed a not-so-dirty swear word:

"What exactly do you want me to do by coming here?"

"Don't like the church?"

Xia De shook his head, looking at the clearly withered flower in his hand:

"A withered rose is still so beautiful."

Xia De didn't know what pain point of Aosenfute this sentence touched, but the impatient and annoyed emotions on his face became even more obvious:

"What exactly do you want to do? Was that blue sapphire earring found?"

"Not found, but I think it will be found soon."

Xia De wasn't bragging. Old John said a while ago that he had a way to get special coins, which should be obtained recently. By then, let Luweiya use special divination to locate it:

"You are quite punctual, but do you remember? I asked you to stay here for three minutes."

"You want to test the church's power, its resistance to 'it'?"

Aosenfute's expression became more serious:

"It's useless. If it were useful, I would have hidden in the church long ago."

In other words, although the petrification mirror demon-Gede still feared the power of the true gods, hiding in the church still couldn't avoid its contract power.

"Think whatever you want. I want to ask, have you ever seen a gem about this big? A hexagonal gem."

Xia De opened his notebook and displayed the pencil sketch drawn by Luweiya.

He originally just wanted to stall for time, letting Luweiya have time to observe carefully, but didn't expect that when Aosenfute saw the appearance of that gem, the expression on his face changed immediately:

"Where did you see this?"

"I haven't seen it, that's why I'm looking for it."

Xia De looked at him inquiringly:

"Some souls asked me to find it, you understand what I mean... Have you really seen it?"

Shi Dong Aosenfute hesitated for a moment, and the impatience on his face disappeared:

"Three years ago, 'it' once let me look for this kind of gem in the local area. Four in total: emerald green, crimson, golden yellow, and white."

The four colors should represent the colors of the four seasons. The crimson one Xia De got under the memoirs represented summer.

"It is also looking for them... How many have you found?"

He asked inquiringly, while Stone Osenfort crossed his arms over his chest and looked at Xia De:

"Why should I tell you?"

"It seems you have obtained at least one. Now, is that gem in your hand, or in 'its' hand?"

Aosenfute narrowed his eyes:

"When you met it outside the Wosente Manor, what exactly did it ask you to do?"

It seemed he wanted to exchange questions for questions.

Mr. Laiman's tomb was of great importance. The glowing key represented that the secret was highly likely related to the truth of the guardians, and even related to the Heart of the Earth.

"It asked me to teach you a lesson."

Xia De considered it and opened his mouth to say:

"It pointed me to get a decent weapon. The raw material is something the Wosente family intended to use against it. However, the weapon still needs a week or two of preparation; the raw material is very special."

Shi Dong Aosenfute crossed his arms and nodded:

"The white gem is in my hand. In the winter of 1852, I discovered it from an antique merchant who came to the local area from out of town to do business. I knew this gem might be very important to 'it,' so I didn't tell 'it' that the gem had been found, and didn't even bring the gem back to the manor."

"The merchant's location and information."

Xia De said, and Aosenfute's face darkened:

"Tell me, what power does the weapon you prepared have?"

Xia De shook his head:

"If I tell you, how am I supposed to complete my mission? Besides, I don't think that telling you would mean you could have any preparation."

"Even if you don't say it, I can guess. A weapon to deal with my immortality, right?"

This sentence of Shi Dong Aosenfute was a declarative sentence, and his face became even darker in the morning fog:

"Help me do one thing. After it's completed, that white gem will belong to you."

"No."

Xia De shook his head:

"I've had enough of your endless commissions and tasks. Does everyone in Randell Valley have some kind of psychological illness? Finding gifts for weddings, finding gems, finding weapons—I've had enough."

He turned around, pretending to want to step onto the steps to enter the church, and Aosenfute indeed stopped him:

"Wait. Negotiations require patience. If you are dissatisfied with my bargaining chip, then besides that white gem, I can also tell you the content of the contract I signed with 'it'."

"Oh?"

Xia De stopped and turned around with interest:

"Are you sure?"

"I don't know if you were prepared for this, but if you weren't meeting me at the church entrance, I wouldn't even be able to open my mouth to propose this condition."

Shi Dong Aosenfute approached Xia De a few steps, and the two were almost stuck together. People passing by looked at them curiously, but immediately moved away because they looked like they were about to fight at this time:

"It gives me the strongest immortality, gives me the luck to always win, and it asks me to help it do a few things, and it wants my soul. But the soul isn't given to it directly. We agreed that if someone can break the immortality it gives me, then my soul can belong to it completely." ===== CHAPTER 1334 =====