Chapter 70

After the bishop finished speaking, he left. Everyone stood in the square, waiting for the next arrangements. At this moment, the priest whom Jiang Junming had seen waiting on the side rushed over. The young men, seeing the priest hurrying over, didn't know what he was going to do and began to speculate. Having just entered the Church Academy, the young men were filled with a strong desire for everything.

Judging by the emblem, the priest who ran over should be from the Church of the Guardian God. His eyes were fixed on the crowd that hadn't dispersed yet, as if a very hungry person had seen a steaming hot meal, eager and impatient.

Tirada felt smug. In the Church Academy, some exceptionally talented geniuses would be persuaded by priests from other churches to change their faith. Over the years, some geniuses from small churches had indeed changed their faith. However, such occurrences were not frequent. After all, geniuses were rare, and it was even rarer for a priest from a major church to publicly persuade a believer from another church in the alliance to change their faith. Tirada believed he was one of those geniuses and had been waiting for this moment all along.

Finally, it's here! As the priest from the Church of the Guardian God ran closer, Tirada glanced smugly at the surrounding young men and Jiang Junming, thinking to himself, It's just saving one person, how can it compare to me? Imagining the expressions of his classmates when the priest from the Church of the Guardian God would come to him and persuade him to change his faith, Tirada felt an uncontrollable excitement.

Let you all know who the real genius is, who the one everyone is watching is! As the priest got closer, Tirada's expression became increasingly calm, pretending not to care about anything.

The Church of the Guardian God? Just persuading me to change my faith, how should I refuse it? What should I say so that no one will forget it for years to come? What should I do so that years later, the young men will talk about me as if I were a legendary hero in a bard's tale?

Those envious and jealous looks, just thinking about it is intoxicating... Wait... As Tirada was thinking, why did the priest from the Church of the Guardian God run past him without stopping? I'm right here, you ran past me! Tirada instinctively wanted to call out to the priest, but as he raised his hand slightly, he immediately understood what was happening.

The priest wasn't there to persuade him to change his faith... When Tirada realized this, a fire seemed to burn in his heart, filled with jealousy, hatred, and a mix of complex emotions that he couldn't express. Staring fiercely at the priest's figure, Tirada wanted to see who dared to steal his spotlight. Who could have a greater talent than him, making the priest from the Church of the Guardian God publicly persuade him to change his faith?

"Junming, wait a moment." The priest from the Church of the Guardian God ran and waved to Jiang Junming, who was about to leave.

"Ah..." A chorus of stunned, meaningless sounds came from the crowd. A priest had been standing on the side for so long, waiting until the crowd dispersed before rushing over. What could have happened? What kind of person could it be?

Speaking of Jiang Junming, everyone had heard the rumors, half-believing and half-doubting, just spreading them for fun. But it couldn't be that a priest would wait so long just for fun, right? Could he really have something special about him?

For a moment, all the young men waiting for the next arrangements looked at Jiang Junming, their gazes filled with confusion and bewilderment.

Jiang Junming? Why him? Tirada stared dumbfounded at the priest's back, unable to understand what was so special about that young man. Could his talent be stronger than his? No way! But at this moment, the moment he had prepared and fantasized about so many times, the priest had ignored him...

Hearing the priest call his name, Jiang Junming stopped, wondering what was happening. He had seen the priest standing on the side, but he didn't expect the priest to come straight to him after the crowd dispersed.

"Hello, sir, what can I do for you?" Jiang Junming said politely.

"I am a priest from the Church of the Guardian God," the priest said straightforwardly. "Junming, your talent is outstanding. Have you considered worshipping the Guardian God?"

One sentence caused a huge stir. The surrounding young men looked at Jiang Junming and the priest from the Church of the Guardian God in shock. What were they talking about? Changing faith? Publicly persuading a believer from the Church Alliance to change their faith?

Sure enough... It really is like that! Tirada looked at Jiang Junming in anger. This should have been his moment, how could he be upstaged? Those surprised and disbelieving looks should have been for him, but now he was just one of the onlookers, watching that young man named Junming steal the spotlight.

Tirada's eyes seemed to be on fire, staring at Jiang Junming, feeling an indescribable discomfort.

"Sorry, sir, I am a believer of the Goddess of Compassion, and I do not plan to change my faith," Jiang Junming bowed slightly. Seeing that the priest didn't seem to hear him clearly, he smiled and said, "Do you have anything else?"

He... He... He just refused? A priest from the Church of the Guardian God had waited for him for so long, and after the crowd dispersed, he rushed over. At the very least, he should have been more polite. But he refused so directly, without any hesitation. Could the Church of the Goddess of Compassion really be that good? A church so small that there was no temple of the Goddess of Compassion in Dusk City, and in other smaller cities, it could only be found in the slums. Their priests' divine spells were sometimes ineffective, and they had few believers. How could such a church compare to the Church of the Guardian God?

The answer was obvious, but the young man named Junming seemed to think the Church of Compassion was infinitely better than the Church of the Guardian God, refusing the priest's invitation without any hesitation.

Oh my, what is going on?

The young men who had gone through the second round of exams with Jiang Junming had some mental preparation and didn't find it too strange. But the other young men felt their previous understanding shattered, staring at Jiang Junming in confusion, not knowing what to say.

The priest from the Church of the Guardian God frowned, looking at Jiang Junming in disbelief. Before this, he had thought many times that if he were to persuade a believer of the God of Justice or the God of Dawn to change their faith, they might refuse. But a believer of the Goddess of Compassion, would they refuse his invitation?

Such a weak church, such a weak deity, whose divine spells sometimes didn't work. What future could there be in such a church?

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