Chapter 21

Little Price saw his father arrive at the testing site, called out, and took a step forward. However, seeing that his father seemed to ignore him and walked straight to Junming, he felt a hollow pain in his heart and awkwardly retreated back into the crowd. The pride on his face vanished, leaving only confusion and grievance.

Seeing Bishop Price personally come to the testing site, the anger and resentment of the fat Chados and the thin Aired turned to nothing, leaving only confusion and bewilderment.

Price was tall and did not wear the solemn bishop's attire he usually wore during ceremonies. Even in ordinary clothes, he still exuded an aura of authority. Looking down at Jiang Junming, he slowly said, "You're Junming, right?"

Jiang Junming had seen the bishop of the Dawnlight Church from a distance during the New Year's celebration but had never been so close. Hearing Bishop Price speak to him, Jiang Junming nodded and replied, "I am Junming."

"If you are willing to convert to the God of Light and succeed in your conversion, after you graduate from the Church Academy and join the Church, you will preside over a temple," Price said slowly, looking at Jiang Junming seriously.

These words were like a sudden gust of wind on a calm sea, stirring up waves that surged toward the sky. Everyone was shocked by Price's words, even feeling a bit dazed, unaware of where they were.

Just by converting successfully, graduating from the Church Academy, and joining the Church of the God of Light, one could preside over a temple? Preside over a temple! What kind of importance was this? The priests of the Dawnlight Church who followed Price seemed not to have heard the bishop clearly and involuntarily exclaimed, "Ah!"

What Bishop Price said was different from what the two priests of the Justice Church and the Guardian Church had said. Although they were all trying to persuade Jiang Junming to convert, Bishop Price did not make an empty request but first mentioned the condition of a successful conversion. Although this added a bit of worry about failure, his words were undoubtedly more credible. Moreover, his promise... it was like a thunderclap that exploded in front of the temple of the Justice Church, making everyone's ears ring.

After speaking to Jiang Junming, Price heard the priest's exclamation and turned his head to give the priest a cold, stern look. Although he did not say a word, it made the priest of the Dawnlight Church tremble all over. Price then turned back, looking at Jiang Junming with authority, waiting for his decision.

Just one glance made the priest of the Dawnlight Church feel as if his whole body was trembling. Bishop Price was angry because of his loss of composure... but why did he make a sound and interrupt the bishop's words just now?

The priest of the Dawnlight Church thought in a daze, a temple, just by converting successfully, and after a few years of graduating from the Church Academy and joining the Church, one could preside over a temple! But he, who had been a priest in the Church of Light for decades, had not even presided over a temple. How could that boy preside over a temple after graduating from the Church Academy? As for the difficulty of converting, the priest of the Dawnlight Church did not even think about it. A goddess with weak divine power, what difficulty was there in converting? Not to mention that this child named Junming had no faith at all.

Presiding over a temple was a symbol of a priest's status and position in the Church. How could that boy named Junming preside over a temple so easily? Countless thoughts flooded his mind, not just the fear of angering the bishop, but more envy and jealousy toward that boy named Junming.

The priests of the Guardian Church and the Justice Church were also stunned, unable to say a word, let alone argue.

The two priests did not have the authority to preside over a temple in their respective churches. Just persuading Jiang Junming to join their churches in the name of the Church was nothing compared to the grandeur of Bishop Price of the Dawnlight Church, who promised that Jiang Junming could preside over a temple after graduating from the Church Academy.

It's over... Junming will definitely be recruited by the Dawnlight Church... Both priests had the same thought. Such a promise, such a temptation, not just a poor boy, but even if it were themselves, if Bishop Price stood in front of them and said that if they converted to the God of Light and succeeded, they could preside over a temple after joining the Church, would they refuse? Of course not, only a fool would refuse, wouldn't they?

Little Price had just awkwardly returned to the crowd and had not even stood steady when he heard his father's words. He stumbled, his shoulder bumping into the thin Aired, who was already in a daze and fell to the ground. Little Price did not care if Aired was hurt, instinctively steadied himself, and turned to look at his father in a daze. A temple? Preside over a temple? Even as his own son, his father could not possibly let him preside over a temple right after graduating from the Church Academy, how would he pacify the others in the Church? But his father had rushed here and said those words to that boy named Junming without hesitation, what did it mean?

A temple! That was a temple, presiding over a temple! Little Price felt as if the sky had fallen. For so many years, as the most talented and outstanding youth in Moonlight City, with his father being the bishop of the Dawnlight Church, he had a clear plan for his future.

Entering the Church Academy to study, becoming a priest, and presiding over a temple in the Dawnlight Church before the age of thirty. As for the future, it was too far away, and Price had not thought much about it. Presiding over a temple was already his greatest ideal and goal. But... just now, his father said to that boy named Junming that if he converted successfully, he could preside over a temple after graduating from the Church Academy and joining the Dawnlight Church! Was this... was this real? One sentence negated all of Price's pride, coldness, and deep-seated arrogance, shattering everything into pieces.

After the silence in the crowd, a wave of commotion rose like a tidal wave. No one had expected such a scene to occur during today's Church Academy test, with a future temple presider appearing right before their eyes, something no one had thought possible. All the onlookers forgot how they had mocked Jiang Junming just moments ago and began to discuss, comment, and envy his future.

"A temple, Bishop Price actually said he would let him preside over a temple, did I hear wrong?"

"Genius! To witness such a great figure who can preside over a temple at such a young age, even dying would be worth it." "But he still needs to convert successfully, graduate from the Church Academy, and join the Church."

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