I Bound Myself to a Destructive Witch-Chapter 174 - 157. Eternal Day Goddess - Gong Changyi

"Ah? The Garden was established by He Jianzhu?" Xia Feng was surprised.

"Yes, this place used to be a small experimental base that He Jianzhu used for some secret research, and Green Bone Glass was one of her projects."

"You know what happened later. One of her ’clones’ ran into the orphanage, angered some nobles, and someone began to investigate all her information. That’s how this experimental base was discovered. As for where her original body ended up, we have no idea."

"Afterward, it seems the Archbishop took a fancy to the hallucinatory and recording functions of Green Bone Glass, so he transformed and significantly expanded the experimental base, incorporating the forest behind the sea of flowers into the ’Garden’ as well. Eventually, the Garden became a playground for the nobility..."

Listening to Mu Qingtong’s slow narration, Xia Feng felt pretty explosive. This Archbishop, too, was toxic. Such a fine experimental base, transformed into what, a brothel?

"Alright, I understand." Xia Feng nodded, "Then we’ll go to the place you mentioned later!"

Seeing Xia Feng agree so readily, the woman in the black dress shook her head, "If you have a better destination in mind, you really don’t need to worry about me. The materials for advancing to Third Rank can always be found another time."

"..." A slight twitch appeared at the corner of Xia Feng’s eye. Another time? There would be no other chance!

Today he was determined to help Mu Qingtong advance to Third Rank! Not for any other reason, but simply because he enjoyed helping others!

"Everything’s fine, Miss Mu, don’t be shy with me." Xia Feng’s lips curled into a smile, "Today I insist on helping you collect the materials for Third Rank!"

"Little Feng, there’s me too." Cha Naixue suddenly spoke up, blinking, "Miss Mu said that place also has a kind of Fourth Rank spiritual material suitable for me."

Xia Feng glanced at her thoughtfully, "I remember your spiritual affinity is like mine, water, right? Wouldn’t you need the same material as I do?"

"But Miss Mu said there might be two sets of the Fourth Rank material there."

"Oh, then they’re both mine," Xia Feng smiled slightly, "You don’t get any."

"You—" Cha Naixue’s fine eyebrows arched slightly, her annoyance almost burst out, but seeing Xia Feng’s kind smile, she quickly held back.

Fine, go ahead and bully me!

She closed her mouth and turned her head. Now, to talk back or disobey Xia Feng would mean a nearly 100% chance of being punished. Better to keep her tail tucked and behave for now.

First, lay low and level up. Eventually, she would see her chance, and then she’d have Xia Feng under her, struggling...

What she needed now was to endure, and what she was best at was enduring!

*

Deep in the forest, within a grand European-style Church Court building.

The gentle light from the sky squeezed through the latticework and shone into the dark hall.

In the center of the hall was a large black circular table, around which three high chairs were arranged in an equilateral triangle.

Sitting at the easternmost position was an old man dressed in a black and gold wide-sleeved robe, wearing a Priest’s cap. His pupils were light brown, and he was deeply engrossed in a thick tome.

This man was the Archbishop - Aus.

At the other two seats around the table, the seat on the right was empty, while on the left, a figure in a black robe and a bloody θ mask sat quietly.

He took off the mask and casually placed it on the table, revealing an ordinary face but with the vertical pupils of a snake—dark green, half-lidded eyes watched the Archbishop across from him.

Behind him stood two more figures in black robes and bloody θ masks. One of them spoke in a displeased tone, "Lord Viper, the Eternal Day Envoy is late. He clearly doesn’t hold us in high regard! Shall I go and hurry him along?"

"Heh, who do you think you are." Out of the darkness unfolded a golden ring of light, and a figure in a black robe stepped out, his face also covered by an eye mask, but it was golden θ.

He sneered dismissively, "Even if your Heavenly Gifted proxy were to come, they’d have to wait obediently for me."

The black-robed underling immediately grew angry, "Eternal Day Envoy, how dare you!"

"What, you want to fight me?"

"Let’s fight, I’m not scared of you!"

"Heh, got guts, a mere Third Rank still dares to act wildly in front of this envoy, come, come, come, let’s go to the outdoor training ground, I’ll make sure you’re beaten to shit!"

"You motherf—"

"That’s enough! Gentlemen."

Just as the conflict was about to erupt, Archbishop Aus, who had been quietly reading in the dark, looked up, speaking in a calm, aged voice, "You’re all from the same organization, no need to quibble over such trifles."

"Heh, who’s in the same organization as these lackeys?" the man with the Golden Eye Mask got up from his chair, legs crossed arrogantly, "Shameful."

"!" The black-robed underling cracked his knuckles, took a step as if intending to continue the fight, but the Viper next to him tapped on the table, her tone devoid of any emotion, icily, "Enough, Mole, back off."

The black-robed underling reluctantly backed down.

Seeing that these two factions were at each other’s throats, the Archbishop shook his head, knowing there was nothing more he could say. He was aware that although the Burning Heaven Temple was considered a Cult, there were internal power struggles and it was not united. It was divided into two major powers, known as the Burning Heaven Sect and the Goddess Hall.

Those wearing the bloodθ masks belonged to the Burning Heaven Sect, with the Evil God as their Heavenly Gifted Disaster behind them.

Those wearing the goldθ masks were from the Goddess Hall, with the Star God, the Eternal Day Goddess, behind them.

"Gentlemen, please put your grievances aside for now."

Archbishop Aus closed his book and said calmly, "The Burning Heaven Temple has sent you here to assist me in completing the plan; should there be any hitches, that would surely not be what you wish to see, right?"

"Alright, old man, spit it out if there’s something you need to say."

The Eternal Day Envoy with his legs crossed, remarked, "But the Garden is so secure, what could possibly go wrong?"

Archbishop Aus briefly explained about the emergence of the Seven-Eyed Level Calamity in the glasshouse, as well as the Peach Organization.

"According to the current intelligence, the recently emerging Peach Organization has been deliberately targeting the Garden. The reason is unknown, but it’s estimated that it won’t be long before this organization comes knocking, hindering our plans."

"So, to ensure the successful execution of the plan, I would like to request the projection of Gong Changyi to descend and protect us all."

"Old man, you dare speak the Goddess’s name directly, are you fucking seeking death?" the eyes of the Eternal Day Envoy darkened, his voice cold and sinister.

"..."

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The conversation was abruptly interrupted, and Archbishop Aus, somewhat helplessly, knew that Gong Changyi was the real name of the Eternal Day Goddess. Other than believers, outsiders typically addressed her directly or with the respectful title ’Changyi Palace Master’.

The old man couldn’t be bothered arguing with the Eternal Day Envoy anymore and fixed his gaze on the empty void in the darkness, his brown eyes narrowing slightly,

"As it stands, all the necessary materials for the Array for the descent of the Eternal Day Goddess have been prepared, but unfortunately, the last and crucial material ’Star Bone Glass’ has become a problem. I hadn’t expected that the Holy Daughter I sent to retrieve the Star Bone Glass would turn out to be a member of the Peach Organization."

"Apart from that, three hundred ’Lost Persons’ have been sucked into the Seven-Eyed Level Calamity, presumably also in the hands of the Holy Daughter."

"Fine, understood."

The Viper, who had been silent all along, lifted her ink-green vertical pupils, "Your Excellency wants us to help you capture the Holy Daughter, and retrieve the ’Star Bone Glass’ and the ’Lost Persons’."