Chapter 1240: Chapter 1226: Li Yuan Island
The Scarred Church’s structure, to have such an intimidating presence, was something Baiyu had never considered before.
"Thank you, thank you, Priest."
At this moment.
The young girl bowed deeply to Baiyu with gratitude.
What could Baiyu say?
He could only nod with a smile and utter some formal words a priest should say.
Afterwards.
The girl hurriedly left, presumably to continue her escape. Although she gained some safe time inside the church, it was not a long-term solution.
Inside the church.
Silence returned.
Baiyu closed the church’s front door, retreated into the living quarters, and resumed his reading and studying.
Logically speaking.
He should pay a visit to the Island Lord of this place.
The Blood Blade Church is situated on Li Yuan Island, which has about one million residents, roughly thirty to forty thousand cultivators.
The Island Lord of Li Yuan Island is named Wulu.
A businessman in the clothing trade who expanded his business significantly before buying this island.
The Imperial sells land governance rights externally.
Of course.
The ownership still belongs to the Imperial, but the governance rights of the land belong to the buyer.
And the resources produced on the land also belong to the buyer.
Of course.
To purchase an island like this isn’t cheap; in essence, it’s like buying a title with money.
After all, every noble in the Imperial.
Has their own fief.
But the Imperial doesn’t sell titles, and with every generational succession, titles are downgraded.
To maintain one’s noble title, one must make a corresponding contribution or go to the battlefield, fighting exotic races and exotic beasts.
Baiyu decided to visit the Island Lord tomorrow.
Since he’s already on Li Yuan Island, it seemed appropriate to acknowledge the locals; currently, he has no idea about the state of the Sea of Myriad Islands.
After a night’s sleep.
At the break of dawn, with the Sun rising, Baiyu donned his priest’s robe, shut the church door, and set out.
He remembered.
When he traveled here on the Scarred Church’s transport ship.
Even though the church is in the center of the island and surrounded by nothing, further out, there are city-states.
Which means.
In reality, the Blood Blade Church is now within a city.
Otherwise, there wouldn’t be followers coming here; a church must surely be built where there are people.
After walking for a while.
Baiyu followed the winding paths through the woods and emerged onto a busy street.
The passing crowds were abundant.
Because this area of the Sea of Myriad Islands is humid and hot, everyone was dressed very lightly.
Baiyu wandered up and down the street for quite some time.
At last.
He finally found the Island Lord Wulu’s residence.
It was a modest villa, three stories tall, with simple décor on each floor and black exterior wall bricks, surrounded by a garden.
Baiyu knocked on the front door.
Soon enough.
Two men dressed in combat attire with guns slung across their bodies approached.
"Who are you?"
Seeing Baiyu’s priest’s robe, they didn’t act immediately but asked with curiosity.
Baiyu said, "Priest of the Blood Blade Church, Geman."
Clearly.
The Blood Blade Church doesn’t yet warrant personnel like a bishop, so Baiyu downgraded himself to a priest.
The two guards, seeing Baiyu wasn’t joking, vaguely recalled the Island Lord mentioning a church would settle on Li Yuan Island.
Thus.
One of them promptly went inside the villa to report.
The other engaged in small talk with Baiyu outside.
"Are you a priest of the Scarred Church?"
Seeing the Scarred Church’s robe on Baiyu, the guard’s eyes hinted at a touch of reverence.
The Scarred Church.
Among the Seven Great Churches, is nearly the strongest.
The Scarred Church may not excel in academic research compared to the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom or the Mechanical Church.
However.
The Scarred Church’s fists are definitely the hardest!
In this world, those with the hardest fists have the say.
Thus the Scarred Church has always been the enforcer of the Cultivation Realm, and their Judgement Court tries not only heretics and ordinary people but members of other churches as well!
Anyone.
If they cross the line, they might face the Judgement Court’s trial.
This is the strength of the Scarred Church.
If it weren’t vastly superior in hard power to the other churches, why would the others concede and grant it such power?
Fundamentally speaking.
Each church handles their own members’ misdeeds internally.
After chatting briefly with the guard.
The other guard came running from the villa to open the iron gate: "Priest Geman, the Island Lord is inside, please come in."
Baiyu nodded and stepped into the villa.
After knocking on the door.
Creak.
A robust man opened the door, scrutinizing Baiyu, and said in a hearty voice, "Priest Geman, this way please."
The man led Baiyu through the villa’s living room into a deeper reception room.
In the reception room.
Sitting on a specially ordered oversized chair was a giant over three meters tall, weighing at least over four hundred pounds.
This was not the figure of an ordinary human, causing Baiyu to be momentarily stunned.
He quickly gathered himself and sat opposite: "Good morning, Island Lord Wulu."
No wonder the house’s ceiling was so tall, and the doorways so large; Wulu’s size was... extraordinary.
"Please, call me Wulu, forget the ’Island Lord,’ it’s laughable to others.
Priest Geman.
Would you like something to drink, tea or a beverage?"
"Just a glass of water, please."
Baiyu smiled.
Wulu, as if performing a magic trick, produced a teapot and poured Baiyu a full cup of hot water: "I didn’t expect you to arrive so early, I thought it’d take two to three weeks, maybe even a month."
Baiyu queried, "You knew when I would arrive?"
"Well, Lord Alfred mentioned it before and also told me you’d encountered some issues on your way.
But I didn’t expect.
You to come so swiftly."
Wulu chuckled, revealing a gaping maw like a creature’s: "Mr. Alfred is my benefactor.
I am also a follower of Scars.
However.
This island is quite unstable, I’ve only recently become the Island Lord and am constantly at war with several factions.
So.
Often, I might not be able to consider the church’s affairs."
Baiyu asked with curiosity, "Is this island dangerous?"
"Haha, it’s not exactly dangerous, beneath the Sea of Myriad Islands, there is an entrance to the Spirit Realm. I suppose you understand my meaning, Priest.
Often.
We face not only people but also monsters and exotic races.
This area.
Is no peaceful land."
