During the subsequent search process, not to mention Eliton as a follower, not even the Sky Chaser team could follow him.
Finally, after Leian reported it to the church, their application was quickly approved by the church.
A priest from the Judgment Office was the leader, Lei An and another senior priest pretended to be followers, and Zhao Xu served as the secretary.
A group of four of them went through the list given by the church's senior leadership and searched for the pastors recorded on the list for interviews.
Basically this kind of "routine interview" will be held regularly every year. The senior clergy of each church will come to the Sacred Heart Cathedral to report on their work in fixed months every year.
Among the gods, only the priests of Mystra can rely on the portals of the Mage Association all over the place to come back regularly every year to report on their duties.
The church will also conduct intensive interviews with these high-level clergy of local churches who have returned from overseas assignments to report on their work in these limited days.
These clergymen who had returned from other places were also the first to be suspected this time, and were all targeted for priority investigation.
Because the leader priest and Zhao Xu were not high enough, Team Leian only arranged for them to investigate people who were less likely to be investigated.
After a circuitous journey, the team came to a quiet room according to the notes of today's itinerary of the people on the list.
On the stage was a three-ring female pastor with a pure appearance. She was sitting cross-legged at the front desk while mumbling some words of instruction.
Below are all trainee priests, following the instructions of the priest and instructor, keeping the same movements and breathing intermittently according to the other person's rhythm.
When Zhao Xu saw it, he felt a little embarrassed.
The female priest in charge of teaching was teaching the most basic "prayer" method. These actions are strictly stipulated in the church's "Morning Prayer" and "Evening Annunciation" rituals.
Priests generally also pray to the gods to obtain magical powers during these two fixed stages.
Zhao Xu rarely used the priest's first-level magic recently, so he kept the first-level magic in his body. Naturally, he did not perform a prayer ceremony to obtain the magic the next day.
Unlike other devout priests, praising the gods and confessing one's own sins during the prayer ceremony is the main purpose. As for obtaining divine magic, it is just an additional bonus.
Therefore, Zhao Xu had no need for magic, so he naturally left the ritual behind.
As for the "prayer" ritual, everyone can do whatever they want at first, and they can even kneel down and shout the name of the god.
It was only later that when the church formed an organization, the churches of the gods also began to clarify their respective prayer ritual needs.
It was even held at a specially arranged location in the church, with corresponding incense and a Celestial Language choir.
Zhao Xu naturally didn't go through this kind of education at the beginning. He closed his eyes and started silently chanting about hugging the goddess's thigh, so now he listened with relish.
The Chaplain of the Adjudication Office, "Matthew", who led the team, had a prim look on his face. From the moment he first came into contact with them, he was always smiling, like an ice sculpture.
In fact, four-circle pastors like Matthew are the mainstream of the church’s law enforcement agency, the Judgment Tribunal.
He had also just been urgently recalled from the outside by the church to participate in this operation. He was the only one of the four in the team who was truly engaged in this field. And at this moment, only a priest like Matthew, who is completely outside Mystra, can rule out suspicion.
The four of them all established a common spiritual connection. Matthew followed Leian's instructions and waited until the female priest asked the trainee priest in the audience to practice on their own before he waved the other person out.
When the innocent-looking female priest saw several other priests wearing black sacrificial robes, she immediately understood what was going on.
Even though she knew that there was nothing wrong with her moral integrity, she still couldn't help but feel a jump in her heart. Then she excused herself from the trainee pastor in the audience and walked out slowly.
A group of five people also directly found another empty quiet room in the corridor to sit down and talk in detail.
"Hazel, level 5 priest?" Matthew, as the team leader, asked the other party throughout the whole process. At critical moments, Leian guided them through the spiritual link.
Hazel took a deep breath, nodded slowly, and then answered Matthew's questions one by one.
Zhao Xu used a pen to jot down the conversation between the two parties, and the verbatim draft would be signed and confirmed by both parties.
The whole process, although everyone was wondering where the succubus priest was, still followed the normal process, just a brief interview with low-risk personnel.
Until they got along for more than ten minutes.
Lei Ancai asked in his mind: "Zhongxia, what should I say?"
Zhao Xu silently replied: "Nothing unusual."
According to the inferences of the church and association senior officials, if Zhao Xu, who has been exposed to the power of the abyss, does not react after being together for more than 10 minutes, then 90% of the possibility can be ruled out.
"That's okay with me," Matthew replied in his mind at the same time.
As a pastor who has been practicing for more than ten years, Matthew's own skills of observing words and emotions have also been sufficiently tempered. He was judging purely from the perspective of the person he was interviewing.
"No problem." Blanche, another female priest sitting in the back corner and serving as an entourage like Lai An, also said. Her hair color has become a bit pale with age, but her face can still barely recognize the exquisiteness she once had. feel.
"Then eliminate the suspicion and replace with the next one." Leian said.
Generally speaking, failure is the normal state of this kind of investigation. The list in Lei An's hands alone contains no less than fifty people.
It's basically impossible to hit it off at once.
Then Matthew and the other party were polite, thanked the other party for accepting the interview, and after asking "Hazel" to sign the verbatim letter, Leian's team went straight to find the next target candidate.
In the following process, Leian's team followed the principle of proximity and first screened those clergy members who would serve as trainee priests.
Because most of the training for trainee pastors is also concentrated in the same building, it basically prevents them from running around and wasting time on the road.
It's just that trainee priests who are basically able to hold teaching positions have to go through numerous reviews, which is unrealistic considering the fact that they have been pretending for many years.
And if they were to be replaced rashly today, they themselves had never been in contact with them, so it would be difficult to judge at the moment.
So in most cases, you have to rely on Zhao Xu's "Abyss Divine Power" induction.
The answer is also no all the way.
Until I walked to a certain classroom, sitting in front of the stage was an old priest, but his old body was still very strong. At this moment, he was reciting the greatness of the goddess's teachings.
Especially the key points, he explained them over and over again, making more than ten earth players in the audience feel sleepy.
"Well, do you know anyone?"
Team Leian has already adhered to basic etiquette and waited at the door for the other party's explanation to come to an end.
However, he noticed that Zhao Xu's eyes were surrounding a certain student at the bottom of the classroom, which made him ask curiously.
"Well, an acquaintance." Zhao Xu said simply.
The temple itself is filled with the will of the goddess's divine power. Zhao Xu lost track of Zheng Xinyun the moment he entered the temple.
Now that he was close to a certain distance, he regained the opponent's position.
He is like a radio. Once the direction is aligned, the other party's signal can be heard again on the channel.
At this time, Zheng Xinyun was sitting under the stage, but unlike other sleepy students, he tilted his head and curiously thought about the explanation of the old priest on the stage.
"You have quite a personality as a friend." Leian joked.
Zhao Xu didn't respond after hearing this.
It is true that in the world of Arthur, the vast majority of priests choose to believe in gods.
The number of camp priests is extremely rare, because getting a response from the camp is far more difficult than getting a response from the gods.
As for Arthur's training of camp priests, the church of gods of similar camps is generally responsible for it. After these priests complete basic level 1 training, they will find camp organizations or fend for themselves.
At the same time, many players are unable to determine their faith in the early stage, but if they choose a priest, they will be set as a camp priest and be trained according to the treatment of a camp priest.
Most of the priests will become priests of the god during this training process, and the elderly priests on the stage serve as this guide.
The class in front of Zhao Xu were all trainee camp priests, which was why Lei An was joking.
"Who are those people outside the door?" At this time, the extremely player sitting below couldn't help but mutter.
As the priest players who are still here for the initial training in the third month, half are "pure newcomers" like Zheng Xinyun who have just entered the game, and the other half are "experienced players" who have deleted their accounts and come back.
Especially in the current player team, the priest profession itself can get a huge premium.
Even the most powerful level 3 team is not stingy about teaming up with level 1 or 2 priests.
Some rich people even spend money outside the game to let priest players use healing spells on them in the game.
This also makes most studios eager for money invest heavily in the priest profession, but only a few succeed. Some players even quit the studio directly after becoming priests.
Faced with the rising tide of the priest profession and the mage profession, gossip related to them has become a daily routine on the forum. Therefore, many people are talking about some situations encountered in the church.
"I must be a group of senior priests. Didn't you see that the old priest who preached the secrets of the goddess suddenly became more sonorous and powerful in his tone?"
"Hey, those are a group of walking RMB." One of the players in the studio looked at the four people at the door with envy. "It would be so cool if I could level up to their level."
"Don't think nonsense. I'll give you two years and you won't be qualified to stand at the door. Those wearing black robes are from the Judgment Tribunal. They are probably here for annual talks. The average priest who can enter that department is level 7 or above. The kind that can cast the four-ring magic." Another unlucky player, the priest, who had used up five resurrection stones, said that basically everything he encountered today was clear to him.
"Hey, don't say it, I think this account can be passed on to my grandson." The short priest who was just complained about was also dejected. It is basically the consensus of Arthur players that it is difficult for spellcasters to upgrade.
In fact, for a game that doesn't necessarily allow you to upgrade when you fight monsters, upgrading itself becomes a very metaphysical thing.
Finally, after the elderly pastor came to an end, he took a sip of water and walked out to be interviewed by Zhao Xu and others.
"You three, make an appointment with him. I'll stand here for a while." Zhao Xu said.
At this time, he planned to sense the relationship between the distance between him and Zheng Xinyun and the fluctuation of divine power.
However, Lei An thought that Zhao Xu had made a new discovery, and he suddenly became energetic and hurriedly communicated internally: "I'm waiting for your good news."
"this… "
(End of chapter)