215: Modified Holy Light Meditation Method

"Good!"

"As expected of the Son of God, truly wonderful!"

A group of High Priests clapped in celebration, and even the Bishop was grinning from ear to ear.

With the Son of God here, Ku Mu Fort's performance would reach the god of light directly. Was there anything more exciting than this?

"Wait, did we forget something?" Ken reminded them.

The Bishop suppressed the urge to slap his own forehead and hurriedly cast a Spell. The image on the crystal ball flickered, and the assessment scenes of the other Acolyte Priests came into view.

An Acolyte Priest in a magnificent robe was repeatedly throwing scrolls at a candle in the center of the room.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh... Holy Light continuously drifted up, but the candle in the middle remained completely unscathed.

"Impossible! This is the Advanced Holy Light Demon Destruction Spell scroll I bought for 80 gold coins. Why is it ineffective? Why?"

Ken frowned. "I remember him; that's Francis. He's always been jealous of Priest Spu's talent."

The expressions of the High Priests immediately turned sour.

The Bishop said, "Poor little fellow. In the end, he failed to receive the guidance of the god of light. Expel him from the church!"

"Seconded!"

"Seconded!"

"..."

One hour later.

The assessment ended.

Almost everyone walked out of the examination rooms with their heads hanging low. They glanced at each other and breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that their acquaintances were all there.

Only Little Fatty was incredibly anxious. He didn't see Xu Le, which meant his brother might have already 'driven off in a Land Rover'—he was way ahead of them.

A nun walked over and said to the crowd, "Everyone, please come to the cathedral for the promotion ceremony."

"What kind of ceremony is there for a promotion? Why didn't I know about this?"

"We've just been crushed by the assessment, and now they want us to attend someone else's promotion ceremony? When did the Bishop become so cruel?"

"I'd like to see who exactly is worthy of a ceremony!"

The crowd grumbled as they walked toward the cathedral.

The Bishop presided over the ceremony personally.

"On this great and beautiful day, our Priest Spu has successfully achieved early promotion after only one month, setting a new record in the 600-year history of our Ku Mu Fort..."

The crowd: (︶︿︶) (︶︿︶)

Bishop: "...I have decided to grant Spu Donald the status of a full Priest and reward him with the 'Holy Light Meditation'."

Boom!

Whether they were Acolyte Priests, full Priests, or even the High Priests who had made the decision together, everyone felt a pang of jealousy at this moment.

Meditation is the Foundation of a Priest, determining their mana capacity, mana recovery speed, and even the power of their Holy Light Spells.

Being able to use the name 'Holy Light' meant that this was the highest-level meditation method of the Church of Light.

It wasn't expensive—only one gold coin.

But in the entire Ku Mu Fort, no one except the Bishop was qualified to learn it.

Was this just a top-tier meditation manual?

Meeting the gazes of countless eyes that seemed like they could burn through the cover, Xu Le tucked the meditation manual into his robes.

It seemed the Priests here held him in exceptionally high regard, but Xu Le accepted everything. Even if it was a 'sugar-coated bullet,' he would eat the sugar coating first. As for the bullet, he feared no one in the human world... At night.

Xu Le opened the Holy Light Meditation manual.

As he flipped to the title page, he faintly felt that the five large characters contained some kind of magic, but it vanished when he looked closer.

If he couldn't see it at first glance even with his Divine Soul, he likely wouldn't see anything by looking again, so he continued flipping through.

Next was the usual Church of Light nonsense—boasting plus various obviously fake stories.

Keep flipping!

Then came the divine statue of the god of light.

With just one glance, Xu Le felt as if he saw endless light.

That light was flowing and circulating, speaking of the mysteries of light.

The next step was to visualize the appearance of the god of light in one's mind. The more realistic the visualization, the higher the completion of the meditation method, and the faster the speed of accumulating light magic power.

"It's another damn brainwashing thing."

"If I really put something like this into my Sea of Consciousness, wouldn't it be like putting a bomb... a nuclear bomb in there?"

Xu Le cursed inwardly. Just as he was about to give up, he suddenly remembered he was currently 'playing a game.' The one holding the nuke was Spu; what did it have to do with him, Xu Le?

It's doable!

Next, Xu Le seriously observed the divine statue of the god of light, completely memorizing the other party's appearance.

Even with the assistance of a portion of his Divine Soul, it took Xu Le a full ten minutes to replicate the image of the god of light in his Sea of Consciousness.

The world seemed completely different.

Previously, he could only accumulate magic power by reciting prayers, but now, as long as he meditated, he could see infinite light filling the air, desperately boring into his body.

There was too much light element!

Spu had an ordinary mortal body and couldn't absorb it all at once. The light elements could only cling to the surface of his body, quickly turning him into a man of light, illuminating the entire room.

The Bishop in the distance felt something. After casting a flight Spell, he soon saw the phenomenon in Xu Le's room and couldn't help but want to cry.

"As expected of the Son of God, who sees the god of light every day. In less than half an hour, he has reached Perfection in his Cultivation of the Holy Light Meditation."

"To think I have wasted my life and am still only at the Minor Achievement Realm. Sigh!"

When the god of light was completely replicated in the Sea of Consciousness, Xu Le suddenly felt as if the other party had come to life.

His Divine Soul immediately tried to slip out of Spu's Sea of Consciousness to hide back in the Contract Space, only to see black mana appear out of thin air, wrapping him into an egg so he couldn't leave at all.

The mana of the God of Death!

Xu Le groaned inwardly. This mana was supposed to save him, but now it had become a cage trapping him. Such was fate.

Just as Xu Le was thinking of taking a gamble, the divine statue returned to its original state.

Just as Xu Le breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to continue controlling Spu's body, he found that this time the God of Death's mana moved, surging into the divine statue visualized by the God of Death's meditation, starting to cause trouble.

Xu Le: "..."

After a while, the divine statue began to change. White mana and black mana fought and struggled against each other.

Xu Le watched silently, gaining a deeper understanding of the divine statue.

Half an hour later, the struggle came to a halt. The entire divine statue looked sixty percent like the god of light, thirty percent like the God of Death, and the final ten percent looked like Spu himself.

The magic power Spu gathered also changed.

Two parts white light magic power, one part black Death magic power.

Magic power surged continuously into Spu's Sea of Consciousness, quickly reaching the limit. With a "boom," the Sea of Consciousness doubled in size.

"Hmm?"

Looking at the 2:1 magic power ratio in the Sea of Consciousness and thinking about the process of the two fighting for the divine statue earlier, Xu Le had an idea. He sent out a wisp of Divine Soul power, controlling Spu to merge Xu Le's own image into the divine statue.

Xu Le's Divine Soul didn't dare move against the two big bosses, the god of light and the God of Death. Taking advantage of Spu's lack of consciousness, he directly changed the final ten percent of the divine statue to his own likeness.

The magic power pool in the Sea of Consciousness changed again, becoming sixty percent god of light magic power, thirty percent God of Death magic power, and the final ten percent belonging to the Contract God's magic power.

Success!

With a thought, combining the "Holy Light Meditation" and the experience of successfully modifying the divine statue, Xu Le meditated on the Contract God in his own Sea of Consciousness.

Before long, a lifelike Contract God with Xu Le as the template was born. Xu Le's divine body shook, and his magic power pool began to grow slowly.

"So magic power can also grow naturally!"

"Does that mean Divine Soul and physique can also be increased through Cultivation?"

Xu Le suddenly felt reluctant to leave the Church. How much 'wool' would he miss out on harvesting?

...Cathedral.

The Bishop once again initiated a general assembly.

"Everyone, I stayed up all night last night. After looking through all the ancient records, I have made an earth-shattering discovery."

"The first time the Son of God descended, it took a full 13 years to Seal Satan. The Bishop where he was located received no benefits;"

"Starting from the second descent of the Son of God, there were local Bishops who did their utmost to help the Son of God grow, and it only took one year to Seal Satan."

"And then, also starting from then, the entire high-level leadership of that cathedral collectively disappeared a year later."

"Hiss!" The High Priests were shocked. "Doesn't this mean that God's glory will shine upon everyone who helps him?"

...Soon, at the Bishop's suggestion, all the members attending the meeting from Ku Mu Fort unanimously decided to do everything in their power to help Spu begin his legendary path.