Chapter 232
Lin Sheng demurred for a moment .
“Let’s head up . These people are probably just taking advantage of the sanctum’s effect and have taken this place as public property .
“However, further up are private grounds where my men are stationed . They won’t be able to get up . So what we need to do now is to try to pick the people we need from the rabble here .
“Even if it is just staying up late, someone who can endure week-long graveyard hours would have rather considerable willpower . These are the people we need . ”
“Understood . ” Adolf nodded . His sacred power had now grown to the point it fills his stomach . Once he catches up with the physical and combat training, he would be able to be considered a Level 3 paladin in shape and form .
According to the traditional standards, Level 1 and Level 2 warriors were commoners without any transcendent powers, with only powerful martial and physical abilities .
Only a warrior who had mastered a supernatural ability would ascend to Level 3 .
Adolf, however, had gone the totally opposite path from the traditional Blackfeather City method .
“Come . ” Lin Sheng took the lead as he stepped forward along the step upward as Adolf and his two bodyguards followed quickly behind .
The four-men team quickly attracted attention, but Lin Sheng did not mind as he walked faster, and soon, he arrived at the end of the third level of steps . There was a wire barricade segregating the area . Any further up would be entering into Lin Sheng’s personal territory .
Lin Sheng stopped before the entrance into the restricted area as he pondered for a bit before telling Adolf something and heading straight into the place .
A moment later, one of Adolf’s men carefully took out a newly printed notice and pasted it on the right side of the entrance .
“A notice? What’s it about?”
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“It was made by that few people who went in earlier . There’s a sign saying that this place is private land . ”
“Let’s have a look . ”
The crowd at the bottom of the hill started moving as a few made their way up the stairs to look at the notice .
“This land belongs to the Holy Sanctum . Pray with all your heart, and God will respond to the determination in your heart . No honest labor will go unpaid . ”
At the bottom was an application form, and in it was a series of very strict requirements toward physical and mental strength .
If someone met the criteria well enough, the fees would be waived off as well as long as they sincerely prayed to the god within the Holy Sanctum .
Below it was an explanatory note .
On the top of said note was the history of the Holy Sanctum, what sort of organization they are, alongside the fees . The presentation was professional .
The group of people took a while to properly read it, and most of them were skeptical, but owing to the special effect of the hill, there were a few who believed the content of the note .
“It looks like a gang, an illegal organization…” A few Xylondian government officers tasked with monitoring the situation shook his head as he saw the scene .
“They are not illegal . They’re officially registered,” one of his colleagues quipped .
“That’s why that’s the worst . ” The man shaking his head was even more resigned .
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Within the Holy Sanctum at the half-way point of the hill .
Lin Sheng stood before the prayer dais as he closed his eyes to monitor the changes in the place .
Within his darkened vision, he unexpectedly saw dots of translucent white light particles floating around the inner sanctum hall .
The amount was not great and Lin Sheng consciously approached them as they were sucked in like a magnet . Lin Sheng then meditated the Ashen Seal and converted these particles into pure sacred power .
“There’s probably five units of it… To think that so many soul particles can be collected even without a proper worshipping method…”
Lin Sheng had tasted blood .
“While this sacred power is not my own, and cannot be stored inside me, but I can still call upon them when I need it . As long as I am within the Sanctum, my with my absolute authority here, I can use this force to suppress any living being in the area . ”
Lin Sheng carefully sensed the difference between the two sacred powers as he opened his eyes and broke into a relieved smile .
“Not bad, not bad at all . ”
“Not bad, huh?”
Khadula had been folding little stars out of boredom by his side, and there was already a whole bottle worth of paper stars with all sorts of colors by his side now, not unlike a grade schooler’s work .
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“At least I don’t need to maintain the operations of this place myself and just need to come here on a schedule,” Lin Sheng explained through the soul link .
“But I’m bored…” Khadula carried the star-filled bottle before Lin Sheng and gave it to him . ”
“A present for you . ”
“…Thank you . ” Lin Sheng speechlessly accepted a large bottle of stars . “If you’re bored then go read some books or study . ”
“I’m badly injured this time around, and I need a little over a month at least to heal . Are you telling me that I need to read books for that entire time?” Khadula pouted as she forked her arms over her waist .
“If you are really that bored, then help me with the physical and combat training of our people . ” Lin Sheng smiled . “There’ll soon be a batch of disciples coming in . ”
“Okay!” Khadula nodded excitedly .
“Also, we’re stretched rather thin now . We need to find some strong ones to replenish our ranks,” Lin Sheng rumbled .
“Today onwards, I’ll leave this place to you . If there’s anything, just use the soul link to contact me, it’s not that far anyway . ”
“Understood . ” Khadula nodded again .
“Then, I’ll leave it in your care,” Lin Sheng said solemnly . Ever since he managed to chase off a Heaven’s Spire Six-winger by playing boss, he had a sense of dread that wound him up .
Compared with the extremely powerful Heaven’s Spire, not even counting the Palatinates, if those few Six-wingers alone teamed up, they could level the Holy Sanctum today in the blink of an eye .
So, in order to stand firm, Lin Sheng needed to summon more six-winged elites, but only he had the strength of a Three-winger, and to accomplish that would be exceedingly difficult .
Lin Sheng had a feeling that since Fort Whitehawk was sabotaged by the Palatinates, the warzone would expand, ever bigger and wider .
By then, it would be chaos all over, not to mention the appearance of the mysterious Black Cluster, Blackwater, Blacktide, and Mist .
It was just like what happened in the dream .
Perhaps only by strengthening the Holy Sanctum could he truly protect a side and protect his friends as well as family .
Lin Sheng still recalled how the tiny sanctum within Blackfeather City had so determinedly pursued its duty for god knew how long even after it lost its master .
Upon giving Khadula some orders, Lin Sheng got Adolf to stay behind and to receive combat training from Khadula .
Khadula, who was once a royal prince would naturally have her own insight on combat . Especially when she was a powerful monster who had lived long enough . Replicating the training regimen of those vault guards was a piece of cake .
So Lin Sheng left the hill from the other side silently and went back to his rented house .
This time around, regardless of the Holy Sanctum’s requirements or his own personal advancement, he would need to find a six-winged monster to kill; or else he had no idea how long he would take to achieve Level 6 sacred power .
After all, his physical attributes were still mediocre, and if he wanted to break through to Level 6 via normal means, it would take at the very least ten odd years . And this stage, even for the Darksiders, going from a three-winged to a four-winged Oppressor was a leap by itself, and was extremely difficult . So, he had all the more reason to quicken his pace!
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