Synthetic Wizard - Chapter 166 - 123: Eternal Life Association
Chapter 166: Chapter 123: Eternal Life Association
Starlight Calendar, Year 1254, Month of Scrolls (August).
Marquis Hulan was killed in the Marquis’s mansion.
The entire family was wiped out overnight.
The news spread, causing an uproar among the upper echelons of the Starry Principality.
The nobles aligned with the royal family were in a state of panic, fearing that Sunan would come for them in the middle of the night.
The Hulan Province, due to Marquis Hulan’s death and the annihilation of the heirs, fell into a leaderless state.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Baron Stali, stationed in Golden Barley City, led his army north, capturing four towns including Ya’an City in just half a month, advancing rapidly.
If not for most of Flashing Territory’s army being stationed in the other two provinces and Baron Stali’s forces being limited, his troops alone could have conquered the entire Hulan Province.
In the same year, the Harvest Month (September).
The Flashing army conquered Suoman City, the central city of Soman Province, capturing the newly appointed Marquis Soman.
Thus, the entire Soman Province fell into the hands of Flashing Territory.
After three days of rest, Marquis Flash led his army towards Purple Bamboo Province, joining forces with Baron Jordon stationed in Light City to besiege Purple Bamboo Province, capturing over two-thirds of its territory in less than a month.
It was evident to the keen-eyed that the fall of Purple Bamboo Province was inevitable.
In contrast, the royal army in Red Leaf Province continued its fierce struggle against the Marquis of the White Tower. Despite having the upper hand, there was no sign of capturing the White Tower Province in a short period.
As for Ranshuang Province, it was still undergoing reconstruction, with negligible military strength.
At this point, the war’s tides had completely turned.
Many who previously supported the royal family and mocked Flashing Territory’s foolishness were now silenced.
In their place were rampant rumors of Flashing Territory overthrowing the royal family.
…
In the tavern room.
Sunan gazed at the slowly swirling golden light in his palm, a joyous smile on his face.
[Divine Energy, 12 standard units, completely purified pure energy, convertible to any form of energy.]
“It worked!”
“Completely uncontaminated pure energy!”
After extracting all the Divine Grace from the Holy Artifacts, Sunan finally synthesized 12 standard units of pure divine energy.
Without hesitation, he twirled his fingers, wrapping the golden thread around his finger, and pressed it to his forehead.
Under the invisible traction of spiritual power, the golden thread slowly disappeared into his forehead.
A familiar sense of euphoria suddenly surged from deep within his mind!
This was the sensation brought by a significant increase in spiritual power in a short time.
Sunan closed his eyes tightly, patiently transforming the divine energy into spiritual power bit by bit.
After an unknown amount of time, the last trace of divine energy was finally exhausted, and Sunan opened his eyes, immediately checking the panel.
[Spirit 41.26]
“Not bad, an increase of 3.02!”
Sunan displayed a satisfied smile.
The divine energy indeed didn’t disappoint him.
If he didn’t construct a new Star Ring, it would take at least three to four years of meditation to increase his spiritual power this much through normal practice.
Additionally, the increase in spiritual power also speeds up the proficiency growth of the Star Ring Meditation Method.
“I need to test the specific growth rate in practice.”
“But there’s no rush; I need to deal with the Starfire Sect’s matters first.”
Sunan stood up and walked to the window, opening it to look down at the street.
After killing Ovijou and Marquis Hulan, he rushed to Junan City in Red Leaf Province.
This was also where the Starfire Sect’s headquarters was located.
After the Grand Duke of Starlight established the Starfire Sect as the national religion, Junan City had effectively become the domain of the Starfire Sect.
The entire city was actually under the sect’s control, and even the city guards had been replaced by the sect’s so-called Holy Order.
The armored warriors wearing Star Map Cloaks that Sunan saw that night at Marquis Hulan’s mansion were Holy Order members.
Sunan thought after Ovijou’s death, Junan City would have been put under lockdown with heightened security.
Yet, when he arrived in Junan City, he found the situation completely different from his expectations.
The city remained peaceful, with people bustling in the streets, showing no difference from a regular town.
Instead, the Holy Order soldiers stationed at the city gates appeared worried and distracted.
According to tavern guests’ discussions, there had been few sightings of Holy Order patrols in recent days.
The Starfire Sect’s thrice-weekly worship ceremonies had also been missed several times.
From various clues, it seemed the top ranks of the Starfire Sect had fallen into chaos, affecting those below them.
Sunan found this strange.
Even if Ovijou was dead, the Starfire Sect shouldn’t be so panicked.
The deceased was the High Priest, not the Pope.
Shaking his head, Sunan activated the invisibility cloak, leapt out the window, and headed towards the Starfire Sect headquarters.
Anyway, today he would settle the matters with the Starfire Sect.
And perhaps gather another batch of Holy Artifacts on the side.
The Starfire Sect headquarters was located at the heart of Junan City, originally the lord’s residence, now transformed into the sect’s headquarters.
When Sunan arrived there, he unexpectedly found no guards at the entrance.
The main gate stood wide open, with an eerie silence inside.
Sunan sensed something was amiss.
This didn’t seem like a trap.
Initially, he considered using a Golem Puppet to storm the Starfire Sect headquarters, force out all their forces and then act strategically, but now he changed his mind and decided to charge straight in.
He passed through the main gate and long corridor, arriving at a wide courtyard.
