The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing
Chapter 43 Ai Xueli Completely Doesn't Understand An Su's Design

The Alchemy Church's Sixth Cathedral, third floor.

Apart from the Priest and sub-bishop of the Alchemical Church, there were also several examiners from the Order Church and two Priests from the Radiant Holy See, with even a sub-bishop from the Radiant Eighth Cathedral in attendance.

They surrounded a mahogany round table, engulfed in complete silence.

The Priest Paxi of the Order Church gazed constipatedly at the naked man scurrying around on stage---at this moment, Arthur was searching everywhere for the clothes he had torn off,

After much thought, Priest Paxi finally heaved a sigh of relief as if a huge burden was lifted from him.

The heart that had been hanging by a thread was now dead.

He had already alerted his junior sister, saying that all three individuals from the borderlands were troublemakers and to be on guard, but he hadn't expected to still be bested by this rascal's tricks.

"This isn't someone from our Church," said a Priest from the Radiant Holy See, breaking the silence. "Our Church does not have this pre-saint."

Denial was pointless, it was definitely one of their own.

Otherwise, could he be one of ours?

The officials from the other two Churches remained silent.

"This child, although he was somewhat rash," Priest Paxi kindly attempted to smooth things over, "still has his strengths, like his good physical condition."

The Church officials stayed silent.

Indeed, Arthur Sunny's physical condition was excellent.

This isn't to say anything about the amount of muscle he had, but rather about the talent within his body.

Priestess Ai Xueli had never learned martial arts, nor did she have any talent in the way of the Holy Knights, but just by getting a skin experience card of Arthur Sunny, with only a few exchanges, she was able to imitate convincingly—a sure sign of genius-level talent in Arthur's physique.

He was undoubtedly talented.

"After he becomes a Radiant Saint," the sub-bishop of the eighth Cathedral said slowly, "throw him over to the Paladin Academy of the Radiant Holy See."

After exchanging glances, the two Priests nodded in agreement.

The Radiant Holy See did actually have Holy Knights; for instance, the witch-hunting team captain Agni who was a Holy Knight, and had established a dedicated Paladin Academy.

However, Holy Knights and saints are part of two distinct systems.

Specifically set Paladin examinations are in the first half of next year.

You, a sports student, why are you here for a liberal arts test?

Are all the talents from the border city like this?

This was the question in the minds of all the officials.

"Cough." Priest Paxi coughed to ease the awkwardness, "The next border candidate is about to appear, shouldn't we change something...?"

"This is also a request just brought up by Priestess Ai Xueli," Priest Paxi added.

"Hmm." The Priest of the Alchemical Church picked up on Paxi's implication, "This is necessary."

"Let's amend the 'examination rules' then."

"Agreed."

"This is a new request proposed by Priestess Ai Xueli," displayed Priest Paxi.

This was undoubtedly a rare occurrence,

The rules for the Church's saint examinations had never been changed on the fly for any candidate.

The ancestral laws are immutable, and that is precisely the principle.

But today, a change was necessary.

If that Lister turned out to be another muscle-brained lunatic and did a streaking session like Arthur, engaging in a bare-knuckle brawl au naturel, that would truly be too much to bear.

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[Please prepare the next candidate, examination number 60, Lister Muen]

Lister calmly took a breath.

He was dressed in a light purple tailcoat, gold-rimmed glasses, a top hat, white shirt with a bow tie, and wearing white gloves, emanating the elegance and nobility of a gentleman about to attend an evening banquet.

Upon hearing his name, he slowly rose from his seat.

He first bowed gracefully to the surrounding candidates, every move showing the dignity of nobility.

Living up to the Seaside Morning News #ranked second on the list of saints most wanted as an acquaintance#, Lister had an elegant and distinguished demeanor, the very image of a cool and handsome nobleman.

Seeing Lister's graceful comportment, the surrounding candidates also relaxed a little, thinking surely this one wouldn't strip in public, right?

But recalling they were all from the borderlands, and that before the examination started, Arthur too had seemed like a normal human being.

Their confidence wasn't very great.

He always feels like he's going to pull the same trick again!

Just then, all the candidates experienced a moment of vertigo as the calm voice of the Scales of Order echoed in everyone's ears:

[Please all candidates take note]

[Change to 'Examination Instructions']

[Original Examination Instructions: Under the limitations of the Alchemic Magic Circle, you may and can only have four memory slots. You may freely choose from the following spellbooks for temporary use and allocate ten magic points for use]

[Now changed to:]

[You must choose to equip four spellbooks and allocate ten magic points to use]

The candidates nodded one after another, everything was normal so far.

[Exposing the body in the examination hall is prohibited, candidates must ensure they are dressed neatly and presentably, must carry a magic wand, and the material of the magic wand used must be wood]

No streaking allowed in the examination hall, no hitting people with magic wands either.

So far, is this also considered normal and reasonable...?

[Violence is prohibited, especially attacking the private parts of examiners]

"...."

[You must ensure that your body is in a normal state during the exam, may not carry any 'cursed buffs' into the arena, may not ingest any magic products pre-emptively that could cause abnormal physical reactions]

By the time An Su heard this, his brows slightly raised.

He hadn't expected Ai Xueli to have learned to anticipate.

If one came to the arena with a load of instant death buffs or a plethora of weakness curses, or if they ingested poison, neither party would be able to move and would just wait to perish together—as long as they defeated the examiner, they could be declared the victor.

That's progress.

An Su slightly narrowed his eyes, watching Priestess Ai Xueli in the center of the hall.

This is truly a contest of wisdom, Priestess Ai Xueli.

To oppose the system, to grapple with official patches, to fight against real-time updates and replace loopholes in the perfect rules, that's the true upbringing of a heretical player.

"Can you hold on?"

He said to Lister.

"Brother Su, have no worries."

Lister pushed up his glasses with a calm and elegant air, his tone solemn and sacred, "Calmness and restraint are the foremost virtues of nobility."

"I shall show her what it means to maintain an unwavering noble spirit."

"I'll go first."

He stepped off the platform with confidence and elegance, slowly walking towards the examination hall.

Putting on airs... Ai Xueli had gradually begun to recover from the phantom pain.

Ai Xueli was very confident.

The authorization she personally modified this time was sure to be flawless, ruling out any avenue of cheating for this uncivilized country bumpkin.

Moreover, she wouldn't be as careless as she was the last time when signing the authorization.

Ai Xueli would check Lister's four spells in advance and design a plan ahead of time.

Hmm,

Is he a Holy Light magician with a minor in water magic?

All of his spells are water-based.

It didn't matter to Ai Xueli, for she was confident, being a magician of all attributes.

[Initial Stage Magic, Water Surge]

[Magic Power Consumption: 1]

[Auxiliary Blessing Type]

[Can double the flow of water]

It's an auxiliary spell, usually used in conjunction with [Water Spear] for a thicker and larger water spear... but there's no Water Spear among the remaining spell slots, is there?

There's also [Water Elemental Gathering], [Ripple on Water]...

The combination of spells designed by An Su, Ai Xueli couldn't make heads or tails of it!