Chapter 240 The second big test begins!
The next day.
It rained yesterday, so the air in Farol is exceptionally clear today.
The azure sky was rippling with pale white clouds. As the sky brightened, the streets of Farol became bustling. Dark green bicycles and horse-drawn carriages with alchemical circuits engraved on them mixed together on the streets. The gentle breeze blew gently, making the wind chimes in front of the shops jingle.
Today is a special day. It is the last day of the long summer and the first day of the official examination of the Holy See.
The saints who passed the preliminary test must go to the Temple of the Seven Gods to register today. The dedicated deacons will announce the official rules of tomorrow's test to them, and then they will go home to prepare. This is how the day ends.
An Su used his hands to block the sunlight coming through the broken glass window, squinted his eyes, and asked lazily, "What time is it now?"
"Registration will close in half an hour." A cold female voice came from the bedside, "Master."
"Then I can still sleep for twenty-nine minutes." An Su turned over lazily again.
"Can you run half a block in less than a minute and check in at the end?" Enya tilted her head.
"Heh," An Su snorted disdainfully and said lazily, "The more life-threatening the moment is, the more it can stimulate the potential of the human body. I once ran across an entire campus in half a minute when I was extremely panicked and successfully arrived."
"If you don't get up, I will take some offensive action that may offend your dignity."
The maid said expressionlessly, with no fluctuations in her tone, "For the special situation where the master refuses to get out of bed, the 'Chaotic Forbidden Books and Publications. No Reading for Those Under 18' provides specific measures."
She leaned down, got close to An Su's cheek, and tucked the long hair on her forehead behind her ears, revealing her delicate profile. In the early morning light, the warm breath she exhaled evaporated in the golden sunlight.
How come there are references? Ansu slowly opened his eyes, sighed softly, climbed up from the bed, took the white spinning shirt and standard saint robe from the maid, put them on, and sat on the edge of the bed again, letting Enya play with his hair and comb his messy gray hair neatly.
On the windowsill of the room, there was a little black cat lying. Luo Xiaohei was propping up his head and reading a holy light book with great interest. When he saw An Su got up from the bed, he straightened up, glanced at An Su with disdain, and revealed a smug look.
Stupid Ansu, even cats are more diligent than you.
You are still sleeping at this time. The future of the Glorious Church has been ruined by Ansu's generation.
She has studied Ansu and Holy Light thoroughly.
As the saying goes, only when you know both yourself and your enemy can you win every battle.
After finishing reading the rest of the book, she will leave this aggrieved place, return to the secret sect, and become the Saint of Chaos again. Then, dealing with this little Ansu will be a piece of cake.
Will win.
She began to happily imagine the future, holding her head high and wagging her tail.
An Su was already dressed neatly. He glanced at Elf with a squint and sighed softly, feeling sorry for her misfortune and angry at her for not fighting back. She was still reading that b book of yours, Luo Xiaohei!
Cersei has already made your suit. If you hadn't fought back hard and argued your case, the Maiden of Chaos would have replaced her!
When the time comes, I won’t be able to go home and will really have to become a stray cat.
Ansu glanced at Luo Xiaohei who was playing badly, without saying anything. In the competition proposed by Princess Cersei to him last night, Ansu's strength on paper was far inferior to that of Princess Cersei who had already become a saint, both in terms of magic rank and knowledge reserves. No wonder his odds of winning in the black market were as high as fifty to one.
But the strength on paper is not the same.
Just as he said to Merlin, although he couldn't beat Cersei, he could cheat! And Ansu's cheating method was the little black lying on his shoulder.
The Maiden of Chaos is a genius who is as famous as the Princess of the Imperial Capital. Her understanding of magic is no less than that of Cersei, and even better.
In addition, Luo Xiaohei's chaotic transformation is almost impossible for any examiner to see through, and the only one who can see through her disguise, the God of Law Merlin, has been blacklisted by the Examination Institute. These two are old enemies who have not dealt with each other for a long time. With just a little provocation, they will be in trouble. "Alas."
In front of Luo Xiaohei, An Su sighed softly and said to Enya next to him,
"I heard that Princess Cersei is the most gifted genius of our time. No one can beat her in the field of magic. I think she has failed this exam."
"I think I'll just stay in bed and do nothing."
What does it mean to have the highest talent? When Elf heard this, she became unhappy and threw the book down angrily.
The person she hated most in the world was the princess of the imperial capital, and she also hated people saying good things about her. Now she felt unhappy when she heard Anzu admit that Cersei was the most talented genius of the time, and that "no one could beat her in the field of magic."
He patted Anzu's cheek with his cat tail in dissatisfaction.
"Master, what you said is not true." Enya understood what Ansu meant and played a double act with him. "It is said that the Stair Saint who is as famous as her has a higher magical talent than the Princess."
When Elf heard someone praising her, she puffed out her chest proudly and wagged her tail.
"Oh, what Stair Saint?" An Su sneered, "I have also seen that Elf. I hypnotized her easily. She is just a boring woman. She is not alive at all. She is not even as interesting as the Princess of the Imperial Capital."
"Even if she was present, she would definitely not be able to test Cersei."
Elf breathed angrily at Ansu. It would have been fine if she said that her talent was not as good as that of the Holy Light cousin, but she even dared to say that she was useless and not as interesting as the princess of the imperial capital - the word "boring" was the biggest insult to a Chaos Cultist.
That cousin was very sinister and never wanted to fight with Elf.
I'm so angry.
Unfortunately, Elf could not understand Ansu's good intentions. She only treated Ansu as a vehicle. She jumped onto Ansu's shoulder and patted Ansu's cheek with her furry tail, indicating that she was ready and could leave.
It’s just a Vatican exam. As long as she takes action, everything will be easy.
Perhaps this exam is an opportunity to humiliate Cersei.
Doraemon was already in hand, and Ansu showed a calm smile. After breakfast, he put on his robe, opened the door, and walked towards the Vatican in the dazzling sunlight. After walking half a block, he arrived at the Temple of the Seven Gods.
The first exam was held at the Magic Guild, and the second was held at the Hall of the Seven Gods.
The golden sunlight fell from the glazed dome, and the thousand-year-old palace was bathed in the morning light. The emblems of the seven gods, Glory, Alchemy, Healing, Order, Druid, Stars, and Chastity, were engraved on the walls of their respective areas.
An Su arrived quite late and the hall was already packed with people.
Not only the candidates from the Glorious Church, but also the prospective deacons from the entire seven major churches, all the young and talented people have to take the exam together.
As young talents, especially the saints of the Glorious Church, their eyes are confident and energetic, and there are elegant smiles on their lips.
After yesterday's exam, the Glorious Saints were convinced that they were definitely the chosen ones favored by the goddess. Unlike the supporting characters around them, they were destined to walk the path of the protagonist, the son of destiny.
After all, I filled in all the answers at random in yesterday's written test, but I still passed it and am qualified to take the formal exam. This is undoubtedly proof that I am the chosen one!
What they don’t know is that their examination qualifications had been revoked long ago and they were not eligible to take the formal examination.
It’s just that the Vatican did not notify them that they were eliminated.
After that, you will not even be eligible to have your scores recorded in exams.
However, despite this, the report still needs to be submitted, and the Vatican will still charge a fee for the formal examination, just to accumulate experience for the re-examination next year. In addition to paying the examination fee to make up for the deficit caused by Merlin, the saints can also play a role in shaping.
There aren’t enough people, so the next exam can’t be held.
Looking at the confident and complacent smiles of his colleagues, An Su gave up the idea of telling them the truth. After all, sometimes knowing too much is not a good thing, and they have already paid the money.
Now that you are here, why not experience it for yourself?
Ansu felt that he was quite considerate, and he walked straight to the window of the Glorious Church to pay and report. The registration fee for the formal exam was indeed not low, with one person having to pay one hundred gold coins, which was almost as much as Ansu's daily pocket money. No wonder the priests were reluctant to let the saints go.
One candidate earns one hundred gold coins, and hundreds of candidates earn tens of thousands of gold coins, which is a huge profit.
"Meow." Elf tugged at Ansu's sleeve with her tail, indicating that she should also pay the registration fee.
During the written test, I also handed in my paper.
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"Can my animal friend sign up?" Ansu asked the old priest who was collecting the fees, and the latter gave him a look that said 'you're kidding me'. Although they were happy to take the money, there was no precedent for pets being able to sign up.
Although this registration is just a mess, except for the few brilliant candidates who passed the written test yesterday, other candidates are not eligible to continue to register - but they are eligible to continue to pay the fees.
"This," the priest said with an embarrassed look, "there is no precedent for this."
"two hundred."
"You can think about it."
"three hundred."
"make a deal."
The priest nodded solemnly, and then carefully looked at Elf, confirming that it was just an ordinary spirit creature, looking dull and without any intelligence, nor anything special about it. "But it can only enter the exam as a contracted spirit beast."
Unlike the written test, the latter two tests are actual combat, and many druids have signed contracts with summoned beasts. The summoned creatures are also part of their strength, so they are allowed to carry the summoned creatures to the test.
But that was the Druid Church, and the Radiant Church had no precedent of bringing summons into the field.
But as long as the money is enough, the road will be made by people.
This priest used to hang out with Merlin and had a very open mind, so he took out his book to re-register. After asking for the name of Ansu's contracted beast, he wrote down the three words 'Luo Xiaohei'.
Elf looked at Ansu filling in the word "pet" in the spiritual beast category with a frown on her face. Her claws were about to dig into the table. She secretly told herself to stay calm and not get confused. For the sake of big things, she had to learn to be patient.
A pet is a pet. After I complete my Holy Light training and return to my original body to resume my identity as a saint, I will capture this kid Ansu and keep him as a pet!
After paying the fee, I waited for the examiners to announce the rules for tomorrow's exam.
There was about half an hour left, and An Su, who had nothing to do, took his pet Luo Xiaohei for a wander around. However, the saints around him had complicated looks at An Su, and they all avoided him when they saw him. After all, this kid's affairs had caused a lot of uproar in the entire city.
Many saints also participated in black market gambling.
Lister and Arthur also came to sign up. The two were still in the punishment stage of the Holy Light Judgment and had not yet recovered their male bodies. They just barely disguised themselves with the transformation technique and spoke in a deliberately thick voice before they barely passed the real-name registration.
There were also many saints who, looking at the two men's handsome backs, felt an inexplicable impulse in their hearts. They couldn't help but be shocked and wondered if there was something wrong with their sexual preferences that they found two grown men so attractive.
Surrounding Lister and Arthur were the witches of the Star Order and the Ocean Order. Since there was no news from the bishop, they temporarily obeyed the orders of these two men.
Even though they had already caused cholera among the examinees of the Glorious Church yesterday, and had spread a lot of esoteric viruses in just one night, they had not yet taken action on the examinees of the other six sects, and they immediately revealed an eager expression.
An Su also saw the little saint Luo Jia.
She frowned slightly, standing in front of the registration window in confusion, seemingly worried about the relatively high examination fee. As the Glorious Saint, Luo Jia could of course use her privileges, and no one would dare to say anything if she didn't pay the fee.
But she did not do so. The little saint took out a bag of gold coins from her pocket and counted them one by one.
It’s not that she can’t afford the money, but the charges are unreasonable and very expensive. I guess she has taken a lot of kickbacks from everyone in her organization.
I won’t be able to eat delicious cakes for the next month.
"Let me give it to you," Ansu suddenly said. Ansu placed a stack of gold coins in front of the priest. "By the way, where is Bishop Merlin's share?"
The glorious priest took the money and was stunned for a while, then suddenly raised his head and stared at Ansu. He knew that Ansu had a close relationship with Bishop Merlin, but what did this kid mean by saying this? Where did Bishop Merlin have another copy? His Majesty Merlin was no longer the examiner, so why did he want to have another copy? The priest was shocked and frightened. He didn't expect Bishop Merlin's big hand to be so terrifying, but after all, he was Merlin. This was something he could do. He immediately showed a perfect smile, "You are joking."
It's better to be safe than sorry.
If you really offend His Majesty Merlin and he picks you out to take the blame one day, it would be a loss!
The priest quickly returned the several hundred gold coins that Ansu had paid before, and then took out his own share, a thick stack of gold coins, and handed it directly to Ansu.
Luo Jia was a little confused as she watched An Su's smooth operation. After being stunned for a while, she sighed softly, "Thank you, I will pay you back."
"I didn't pay." An Su said to Luo Jia with a smile.
"Let's put things in perspective." Luo Jia shook his head stiffly, his snow-white eyes reflecting An Su's face. "Without your help, I would have paid the hundred gold coins. Now I don't have to pay, so I should owe you a hundred."
"I'm afraid you'll never be able to pay back the money you owe in your lifetime." Ansu looked at Lorgar and sighed in his heart that it would be easy to fool Cersei if she was so honest.
". I will pay it back for a lifetime."
Luo Jia didn't look at An Su, but turned her face away. The sunlight projected from the glazed dome shone warmly on her snow-white face.
In the center of the Temple of the Seven Gods, as the bells of the temple rang, all the saints stopped their noise and looked towards the platform. Ansu also gathered his thoughts and breathed a sigh of relief. The ringing of the bells meant that the time had come.
These two exams are major turning points in the original story. Countless pairs of eyes hidden in the back are about to surface, and An Su has already smelled the scent of impending storm.
The Vatican exam has officially begun.
"Luojia." An Su showed a calm smile and said softly, "Then you must live to pay me back."
(End of this chapter)