Chapter 3969

Xia De explained the situation in the Arcadia area recently, and the priest nodded to show understanding:

"But those ancient creations are really too far from now. I really can't think of a way to distinguish them. You can only test whether it can accommodate them with your own Source of Fire after encountering them, or bring them to me to distinguish."

But the priest was also not unable to provide any help for this:

"Life and death are opposite, but they are unified in some aspects. Simple death cannot shake twisted sparks, but it can carry out effective suppression. The sealing art - Nether Earth Coffin you have already mastered is a very effective power to accommodate abnormal life infected by sparks.

I can use the knowledge in that 【Eternal Sleep Scripture】 you obtained from the past to help you manufacture a batch of special amulets. Objects with amulets will not be easily affected by abnormal sparks. Whether it is life, corpses, or machinery, they can all be protected with divine art amulets."

Xia De breathed a sigh of relief:

"That's good. I was originally worried that friends in the Arcadia area would also be affected by sparks one day. Then, can this kind of amulet be mass-produced?"

The priest immediately shook his head:

"This is an amulet that can directly resist calamity. Even if I have so many angel remains now and have obtained so much power from the Death-Announcer, the number I can manufacture every week is very limited. Week, bring the extra ones to the Arcadia area."

"No problem."

Xia De then asked the priest again:

"The affairs of the Church of Creation, there will probably be results in these two days. Priest, what do you think of this matter?"

"Seeking the wisdom of the elderly, right?"

The priest showed a smile:

"Although I am a member of the Orthodox Church, I also know very well that wherever there are many people, there will definitely be light and shadow - 【Light shines on shadows, shadows follow the dawn】. It is normal for the church to have problems. Only after the pain can it develop more healthily.

Don't have any pressure because of this matter, young man. Don't think that you should carry the whole world on your shoulders. The Academy and other churches will handle it. Speaking of which, I want to give you a suggestion."

"Priest, please speak."

"This opportunity is quite rare. It is not easy to find an opportunity to let the church make such a big mistake. No matter how the 【Church of Creation】 is handled in the end, they will definitely give up part of their own interests as an exchange.

This is an opportunity for you. You may not care about those things, but don't you already have the 【Witch Council】 behind you? With the identity of the God-Awakener, use this opportunity to seek some benefits for your organization. People will not look down on you because of such actions, but will instead fear you more, knowing that your power is extending in other forms."

Xia De really wanted to say that he was not yet the controller of the 【Witch Council】, but the priest's suggestion was very correct, and this opportunity was indeed rare to see:

"Let's see how things develop. If there is an opportunity, I will show up..."

"Priest, can you get 【Styx water】?"

The priest shook his head:

"At least now, I don't have this power. Go and ask that Sister Devlin. She is the only person in the current era who might be able to get this material."

Thus, Xia De went to the sacrificial ground on the top of the mountain this Thursday morning, and although he received an affirmative answer from the nun, Sister Devlin also could not obtain too much "Styx water" at one time:

"That is part of death. Bringing it to the material world is equivalent to materializing the concept of death."

The nun's voice was as cold as usual.

So Xia De's best way to deal with "life sparks" at present was still to accommodate them in his "Source of Fire." However, Xia De also learned more uses of "Styx water" from Sister Devlin because of this—

Directly drinking this liquid will cause "soul bleaching," which is the completely irreversible loss of memory; and after configuring "Styx water" into a potion through special means, it can specifically erase spirit runes on the life ring, or let the Ring Mage forget a certain specific strange art spell.

This is one of the few means to completely erase the power engraved in the soul without any side effects.

When Xia De came to Arcadia City this Thursday, it was already 10:30 in the morning. Before boarding the carriage, he bought a newspaper first. After flipping through the reports on the war in the first few pages, he really saw the report on the "auction robbery" case yesterday afternoon in the local news column.

Although the report did not mention Baron Ramsay's "means," and did not explain the reason for the auction clearly, it only carefully explained that the thieves had been shot dead in the abandoned farm outside the city. But since this matter had already appeared in the newspaper, it meant that the truth behind the scenes had already spread.

And when Xia De came to the Fragrant Mansion, Weige, who had just returned from outside, told Xia De a piece of good news:

"Look, what is this?"

She handed the 【Ancient Alchemy · Soul Solvent】 of Moon 6 that appeared in the auction yesterday to Xia De in the study. Xia De was very curious:

"Weige, how did this card end up in your hands?"

The black-haired Witch was very proud:

"This is the stolen goods of yesterday's case. After the church checked and confirmed there was no problem, cough, cough, it should have been placed in the police station as evidence, but Baron Ramsay used some means to ask for it back in advance, and sent his butler to send it here this morning, saying it was to apologize to me for the auction."

Xia De participated in the auction using Weige's identity. Such a thing happening was equivalent to the Baron playing everyone. If Baron Ramsay didn't want to completely stay away from the local social circle, he would definitely have to bleed heavily to apologize and compensate.

Xia De took the card into his hand, and while observing it carefully, he showed a smile:

"Didn't expect there would be such a good thing. I originally thought I would have to spend money to get it. Weige, thank you. Speaking of which, did the Baron also take back the manuscript?"

"I sent someone to inquire, and the manuscript is already in the Baron's own hands. I wrote to him this morning, asking him to sell that to me. Although I haven't received a reply yet, there won't be any more problems."

Weige said confidently.

"That's good, this matter is finally coming to an end."

Although Miss Pawo claimed that the 【Truth Society】 also wanted the manuscript, she had already told Xia De this news yesterday. Later, in order to prevent Xia De from tracking the whereabouts of the 【Truth Society】 locally, Miss Pawo would likely not take action on the manuscript again.

Of course, Xia De would not forget to remind Weige that the 【Truth Society】 might still be spying, and the Witch confidently thought it didn't matter:

"Arcadia City is my base camp. If I get scared once because an outside organization comes, then what kind of Eleven-Tier Great Witch am I? I am also very powerful locally."

After a night of rest, Weige's spirit looked much better. Her mother's mysterious past no longer brought her more trouble. After all, everything was still a mystery, and she needed more clues.

Regarding the face corresponding to that piece of skin, she had already let Miss Luo Lin take the photo drawn by thought to ask the elders in the family today. It's just a pity that the relatives of the Astley family had never seen that face, which made Weige both regretful and happy.

"Maybe mother really just treated it as a collection and research object, and didn't use it at all~"

She still had such an optimistic idea.

Later, she would ask more people, and Xia De also planned to go to Mr. Finch in the afternoon, on one hand to ask about the face, and on the other hand to find out if Mr. Bernhardt's "sewer cleanup" had already had gains.

Xia De and Weige chatted for a few more words, and it was lunch time. Miss MacDonald didn't come back at noon today, so there were only Xia De and the Witch when eating. Xia De then mentioned that he had found a necromancy expert who could make "skin items" speak, and he might have to leave the local area with that piece of skin on Friday night. Weige nodded:

"It doesn't matter, you can deal with that thing as you like, even if it is completely lost, I don't care."

Later, Xia De talked about the topic of "fire spark containers" and guessed whether the monocle taken away by the 【Magic Eye Club】 yesterday was a container.

"If your speculation is correct, then they are helping the 【Church of Creation】 find containers?"

Weige said softly, and Xia De also agreed with this point of view:

"It's a pity that unless the giant Source of Fire of the church riots again, even I cannot sense the location of the Source of Fire from a distance. But now it seems that the 【Church of Creation】 is probably really inheriting from the ancient god sect, it's just that I don't know how stable the technology they use is."

Weige was not as worried as Xia De. Although the Source of Fire might be transferred to the urban area by some people in the church and hidden, causing more problems, in her view, this would also make Xia De active locally for a longer time, so this was not completely a bad thing.

And Xia De immediately mentioned the suggestion given to him by the priest:

"There will soon be results about the Church of Creation. This opportunity is rare. Should the 【Witch Council】 try to obtain some benefits?"

Weige was a local Great Witch, so this matter could definitely not bypass her.

The black-haired Witch blinked, and then coughed a few times, putting down the spoon scooping the mushroom clam soup:

"What does this have to do with us?"

"【Church of Creation】 will give up interests because of this matter. If the Witches appear to help at the last moment of the investigation, the three major academies and other four churches will not mind letting the Witch Council supported by the 'God-Awakener' share a piece of the pie. In recent years, your power has also been expanding constantly, and you need more resources and channels. This opportunity is rare, and it can be considered your contribution to the council."

Weige coughed a few more times: