Biochemical Martial Arts: Supreme Heavenly Venerate

Just as the white-robed woman was eyeing Lin Rui with a serious expression, Lin Rui also looked at the woman suspiciously.

From her attire, she appeared to be a fourth-order High Priest from the Light Church.

The question was, why was she looking at him like that?

Even though the white-robed woman wore a conical hat draped with light gauze, which concealed her face, Lin Rui still felt her gaze sharp and resolute, as if it could pierce through all pretense and disguise, pushing directly to the deepest secrets of the heart.

Could it be because of the anomalous event with the sacred thunder fire on the altar just now? But that had nothing to do with him; he had been perusing data in a biological chip at the time, doing nothing else.

Just as Lin Rui was beginning to feel uneasy and Wang Sen was likewise perplexed, the white-robed woman's gaze softened, and she clasped her hands in salute towards Lin Rui.

"It's unexpected to encounter a Fateful of our church here."

"A Fateful?" Lin Rui couldn't help frowning, thinking to himself, what on earth is that?

"Just now, the sacred thunder fire of our church burned for you, indicating that you are fated with our church."

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The white-robed woman smiled, took out an object from her bosom, and held it out in front of Lin Rui: "Please, Fateful, accept this."

It was a fist-sized red jade stone, its surface carved with sacred thunder and divine fire.

Lin Rui frowned deeply at this.

He did not want any connections with the Light Church.

Although the Light Church was still one of the top powers within the interior of Heavenly Pole Star, with numerous strong members including the 'Three Columns, Five Envoys, Seven Kings,' and hundreds of millions of followers, its influence had significantly waned.

Now all four great dynasties and major sect families within Heavenly Pole Star were tirelessly hunting it down, and while the lower ranks of the Light Church were still stable, its leaders were in a state of being hunted by everyone.

Lin Rui certainly did not want to become a target of public criticism.

Wang Sen's expression changed and he leaned in to whisper to Lin Rui, "This is the Light Church's Fourth Realm Sacred Emblem!"

This was indeed a minor Magic Artifact that could slightly enhance the power of the Thunder and Fire Martial Paths. Its real value lay in its emblematic identity.

In the future, as long as Lin Rui held this emblem, he could receive high treatment at any branch of the Light Church, and if he wished to join the Light Church, he could even directly become a Third Realm Priest.

Wang Sen was inwardly amazed; this white-robed woman placed such great importance on Lin Rui, was it because of the explosive burst of the sacred thunder fire earlier?

Lin Rui became even more reluctant to touch this thing after hearing this.

Now it was in front of a large crowd. If he accepted this object in full view, he would later be unable to disassociate himself from the demon cult.

Should the government inquire into it later, losing his official position would be the least of his concerns.

At that point, he would only have two choices: either join the demon cult or flee from justice.

Lin Rui solemnly saluted with his hands, "I apologize, but the High Priest must be mistaken. I have no interest in your church, and I am not connected to your church in any way!"

The white-robed woman's eyebrows immediately furrowed, and her look became somewhat helpless.

Just then, the sacred thunder fire on the elevated altar burst forth again, this time more fiercely, adequately shrouding the streets within ten strides and causing the surrounding crowd and members of the Light Church to scream and scramble.

The red emblem in the white-robed woman's hand also exploded into powder at that moment.

When the flames subsided, the woman's eyes narrowed with shock before she let out a light laugh filled with joy, "It seems that you are indeed the Fateful of our church. The Great Bright Saint King is watching over you."

She again clasped her hands in a salute towards Lin Rui, "Today is the ritual of our church; it's not convenient to talk at length. After I have handled the affairs here, I will meet with you again."

After offering her respects, she did not wait for Lin Rui's response and turned away, standing once again behind the elevated altar to lead the entire procession of the Light Church forward.

Wang Sen watched them until the grand procession, which extended nearly a mile, disappeared around the corner of the street. He then turned back and warned Lin Rui thoughtfully, "Arrest officer, you'd better stay away from these demon cult members, the consequences are unimaginable."

Despite the impressive presence of these demon cult followers parading through the streets today, and the officials turning a blind eye, it was only because the current County Magistrate and County Commissioner of Yinyue County were internally feuding, with a great number of demons causing trouble, that the government temporarily could not control them.

Furthermore, with Wang City also having been flattened, it made these demon cult followers even more unrestrained.

But once the government catches its breath, it will definitely prioritize cleaning up the demon cult.

"I am well aware."

At that moment, Lin Rui furrowed his brow deeply, placing his hand over his chest.

When the sacred lightning fire had reignited a second time just now, he felt a scorching heat and a strong sense of numbness around his heart.

Lin Rui felt like something extra was in front of his heart, and he really wanted to lift his clothes to take a close look.

However, remembering he was on the main street, he restrained himself and quickened his steps toward the east side of the town, "Let's go! We're heading to Zuihua House."

"Eh?" Wang Sen, carrying a large bundle behind him, hurried to catch up. "We're just leaving? We haven't had our noodles yet."

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He hurried to Zuihua House and gave it a quick glance at the entrance.

This former landmark brothel of Silvermoon County, after a fire, had become somewhat dilapidated. Its walls were marked with scorch marks, and many windows had been burned away.

However, the main beams and columns of Zuihua House were still intact, especially the fourth floor where the County Magistrate had been staying these past few days, which looked just as it had before, unchanged.

Lin Rui strode to the fourth floor. There, he concentrated his senses and detected no one around, then he finally lifted the front of his clothes.

When Lin Rui saw a mark of the sacred lightning fire suddenly appearing on the skin over his heart and realized it was identical to the emblem on the Four Realms sacred badge, he couldn't help but curse loudly, "Damn!"

He instinctively believed it was the endeavour of that fourth order High Priest.

He didn't want to accept that forced good fortune, so it was foist upon him, was it?

At that moment, Wang Sen came up with a bunch of meat buns he had casually bought along the way, looking perplexed at Lin Rui, "Brother Twelve, what's with the hurry?"

Lin Rui was taken aback, his chest still open; the mark was so obvious, yet Wang Sen couldn't see it?

He concentrated again for a moment and then felt slightly better.

This mark of the sacred lightning fire was indeed mysterious, invisible to ordinary people.

"I've been plotted against, and I'm furious!" Lin Rui took the pile of buns from Wang Sen and gobbled one after another, grinding them fiercely in his mouth.

He even walked over to the window, staring aggressively toward the white parade procession in the west part of the town, hand on his knife, "That damned witch from the Light Church, she better not come looking for me."

Wang Sen, confused, wondered to himself what exactly had that High Priest of the Light Church done to offend Brother Rui?

Lin Rui fumed in silence for a good while before managing to calm his mood.

Next, he started running up and down, scrutinizing the structure of Zuihua House, using electromagnetic induction to figure out the geopathic stresses of the building, before returning to the top floor and beginning to prepare talismans using cinnabar a brush, with materials Wang Sen had purchased.

Wang Sen, bored, watched with disbelief.

Lin Rui had only checked out books on basic magic techniques, Formation, and Magic Control Divine Technique from the government office's library the day before yesterday. Could he have mastered them by today?

In Wang Sen's view, this was just a waste of money.

As expected, the talismans Lin Rui produced were all crooked and twisted like a child's scribblings, completely unsightly.

When Lin Rui reached the seventh talisman, his eyes lit up, "Yes! Finally, one has succeeded!"

Wang Sen couldn't help but retort, "What 'yes'? What success? Look at this mess—just like a ghost drew it. If this thing works, I'll eat this table!"

Lin Rui chuckled, "I'll remember your words. Messy handwriting doesn't necessarily mean ineffectiveness. You know, in creating talismans, it's not about the quality of writing, but the spirit within."

Lin Rui actually felt quite helpless inside. Although he now possessed advanced knowledge in magic techniques, Formation, and talismanic arts,

the problem was that the Caucasian middle-aged man simply didn't know how to draw talismans. Whether it was drawing talismans or setting up formations, he always relied on various three-dimensional talisman-printing machines.

These days, which mage in the federation would bother writing talismans by hand when they could use a 3D printer that was faster and more convenient?

Just as Wang Sen was scoffing, the air in that floor suddenly turned cold.

Lin Rui's spirit tensed, and he suddenly looked up, only to find the Blood Blade girl standing in front of him at an alarmingly close distance.

The girl in red drew out a six-foot-long slender battle saber and pointed it coldly at him, "Make your choice now. Become my demon minion or get lost! Leave Silvermoon County now, the further away, the better; otherwise, I will kill you!"

Lin Rui looked at her, surprised to see that the young girl's hair had grayed halfway, her eyes were blood-red, her body flared with demonic fire, and blue veins bulged against her pale skin.

The Blood Blade girl used to be beautiful, but now she possessed a strange, demonic allure—like that ethereal beauty lingering beyond the mortal realm.

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