The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing-Chapter 530 - 298: An Su’s Coronation (4800)

There were so many immortals they were like hemp trees in a field.

An Su looked at the seven divine beings on the third floor, his face expressionless.

He felt that everyone was rather chaotic: the Order Bishop Xius who used hair strands like the "Sword of Damocles", the Druid Demigod Forest Elder who summoned the "Spring Breeze Elf", the Chastity Church adept in membrane magic, the Healing Sisters, the seasoned two-dimensional Celestial Messenger, the Copper Smelting Bishop of the Copper Refining Church, and Merlin, who was a heavyweight among heavyweights.

An Su observed the seven Bishops, and they in turn were observing him, this sixteen-year-old youth.

After a saint passed the ordination exam and became a Deacon, they got one chance to choose their faith anew—the chance to specialize, to switch allegiances and join another Bishop's fold. Every time after a Deacon's promotion, that was when the Seven Great Churches competed to recruit followers anew to meet their annual recruitment targets.

Yet this year was especially unlucky, as apart from the cat Luo Xiaohei, there were only five saints who passed the ordination exam. An Su, as the top scorer, was naturally the target of competition among the Churches.

The seven Bishops graced such a ceremony with their presence, each harboring their own little schemes.

Without a doubt, this youth was a prodigy the likes of which a Church might see only once in a thousand years, with limitless potential.

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Order Bishop Xius's eyes sharpened as he saw An Su's fine, glossy silver hair and knew what brand he used. So elegant and carefree, it was said that not long ago he bravely exposed an account falsification by a certain Bishop, making him a good seedling for an Order Sword Cultivator, suitable to join their Order Church.

Let An Su apprentice under Bishop Xius to discuss the relationship between hairstyles and sword forms every day;

The Druid Demigod Forest Elder, from afar, listened to An Su's pulse, thinking how vigorous and lively the youth's Qi and blood were. The Spring Breeze Elf favored such youth, suited to inherit his mantle, apt for joining their Druid Court,

Let An Su apprentice under Forest Elder and work diligently on the mysteries of the Spring Breeze Elf;

The Healing Sisters, adept in membrane magic, looked at An Su with keen interest, their eyes briefly glancing over Count Carrot. Their lips curved with a slightly suggestive bad girl's smile, this youth would surely inherit the Chenxing Family, fit to join either the Chastity Church or the Healing Church.

Let An Su apprentice under the Healings and practice the way of membrane magic.

Alchemical Bishop Morgan watched An Su, the delicious-smelling child... apt for joining the Alchemical Church,

Let An Su apprentice under Bishop Morgan to grasp the mysteries of Alchemy.

The absolutely neutral Celestial Messenger, upon seeing the gazes of the three female Bishops next to him, pondered a moment as if he had understood something. His envy grew stronger; damn An Su, so enviable... so detestable, he should be thrown into the Celestial Space for a hundred years, fit for joining the Celestial Church.

Let the Celestial Messenger apprentice under An Su to study the great way of nematodes.

The last Bishop, Radiant Bishop Merlin Andre, watched An Su with a cold gaze. This boy had reported his account falsification to the Radiant Holy See, and his vacation had been rescheduled again! Subordinates reschedule vacations, not bosses! His ideological awareness was so low he surely didn't understand progress, deserved to be sliced a thousand times, to be kicked out of the Radiant Holy See!

Let Bishop Merlin make An Su a corpse so he might progress in the next life!

The other six Red Robe Bishops, seeing Merlin's intense and fiery gaze, knew that the God of Law took special interest in An Su, definitely would not let him go easily.

They saw Merlin's attitude, and since they were colleagues, it would not be good to insist too much.

Moreover, the nature of this ceremony... caused the Bishops to have their doubts, even put aside their intentions.

This ordination ceremony was personally conducted for An Su by the Third Princess of the Empire, the Imperial Saintess, the "Golden Kite Princess".

Indeed, every Saintess had the right to preside over ordination ceremonies.

But the Imperial Saintess was special... Ten years ago, Cersei Milton could become the Saintess of Farol only after the Royal Family and the Radiant Holy See worked together with multiple interests exchanged, which at that time had caused an uproar in the Church, seen as the Imperial Faction's first attempt to blur the lines with divine authority.

The result of multi-party mediation was that Cersei could only be the Saintess of the city of Farol, she could not go any further, nor could she become the Saintess of the Radiant Holy See.

Despite such limitations, Cersei managed to win the hearts of all the ordinary Followers and citizens with her nearly perfect performance and tactics over the years, overshadowing the rights of the other Saintesses... That girl from the border was simply no match for the Imperial Princess, far less prestigious.

And now, she as a Saintess, was personally baptizing An Su...

This also meant that An Su was very likely to be associated with the Imperial side, even part of the Princess's faction.

Even if he probably was not, even if his real relationship with the Princess was not good,

But with this ceremony, in the eyes of the other Followers, especially ordinary people, wouldn't it be so, even if they didn't want to think it?

Politics and faith are like this; what matters is not what you do, but what others think. An Su had already been forced to be tied with the Royal Family.

A youth who was guaranteed to be a "Bishop" in the future, joining the Princess's faction, by that time the Imperial Faction's prestige within the Church would surge, more and more ordinary saints would turn towards the Imperial side, constantly infiltrated, the hundred-year balance between Imperial power and divine authority might be broken.

Given this concern, the Bishops could not show interest in An Su, nor could they extend an olive branch to him actively.