Super Righteous Player
Chapter 653 - 194: Ritual: Purifying Dragon Fire_1

Chapter 653: Chapter 194: Ritual: Purifying Dragon Fire_1

The mood of the Four Dark Corners at this moment was also rather delicate.

Whether it was coincidence or an illusion, he felt a strong shock to his values every time he saw this honey-haired saint—

Do all you people from the Otherworld know how to have fun like this?

It seems even more open than Earth somehow...

But it seems that this is also quite normal.

After all, in this world, the means to change one’s own appearance, or even one’s gender or race, exist. And they are not considered overly difficult.

Even though the various technologies of this world are roughly still on par with Earth’s fifteenth to nineteenth centuries, the technology to freely switch bodies has far surpassed the technology of Earth.

— Even without getting married, one can use the Goddess of Cup’s ritual to create offspring and continue the family bloodline.

The marriage and transcendent love views influenced by the many convenient rituals and transcendent powers are, to some extent... perhaps even more advanced and open than the players on Earth.

"...However," Four Dark Corners suddenly realized something, "that Eternal Maiden, she just tried to use the ’Moth’s Knot’ curse to hurt me.

"Does that mean she is very proficient in moth domain rituals..."

"You actually want to ask if she was transformed from a male before, right?"

Seeing through the true thoughts of Four Dark Corners, the saint couldn’t help but laugh: "Right?"

"...Well, it’s a reasonable speculation."

Four Dark Corners said softly.

The saint laughed out loud, vigorously messed up Four Dark Corners’ hair, turning it into a tangled mess: "I told you guys about it. Wouldn’t I know?

"It’s not strange for Ingrid to use the Mother Moth’s ritual. Common requirements in the rituals of the Mother Moth and the Silent Lady are that ’the ritualist must be female’."

"And some of the more stringent rituals even demand ’the ritualist must be a virgin’ or ’the ritualist must be a mother of three children,’ or even ’the ritualist must have had or never had an abortion."

"Just like Mr. Radiance’s rituals, half of them require a male to conduct them—Mr. Radiance’s rituals are either held by boys or by strong, healthy men. Thus, almost all the clergy in Mr. Radiance’s temple are male... while over eighty percent of the Mother Moth’s clergy are women of various ages."

So that was it.

Four Dark Corners nodded in understanding.

That’s why the sun and moth domains have rituals for gender transformation... because their high-level rituals inherently have gender requirements.

And this means that some of the conditions for the rituals are inevitably conflicting.

The temple clergy can easily find the appropriate ritualist to help each other out when using their own rituals—to meet the requirements of the other party’s ritual.

Whereas the wild ritualists have difficulty meeting such conditions. That’s why they span multiple domains, mastering different types of rituals.

"And I don’t really care whether Ingrid was originally male or female..."

The honey-haired saint squinted his eyes, looking at the faintly glowing dome above and whispered softly, "After all, it’s all in the past. It has nothing to do with me."

Your words... they carry quite a few stories.

Four Dark Corners’ eyes moved slightly.

He was actually quite curious about the specifics of this gossip. But he knew how to read the room—he noticed that Henry Walden didn’t seem to be in a good mood.

If he kept prying at this time, it might indeed advance the plot, but it could also cause a dip in favorability.

Unlike Jiu’er, Four Dark Corners was the conservative type of player. Compared to satisfying his own curiosity, maintaining a good relationship with the saint was more important.

"Alright, after I leave, she probably won’t continue to attack you."

The young saint spoke reassuringly, "If you’re still worried... I’ll teach you a ritual from the Purifying Dragon Fire domain. With this ritual, she definitely won’t be able to curse you."

After saying this, he couldn’t help but smile, winked at Four Dark Corners, "You should still be... chaste now, right?"

"...Yes."

Four Dark Corners took a deep breath and nodded with a muffled voice.

Generally speaking... when asked by someone of the same sex, he shouldn’t feel any discomfort.

However, upon learning that the saint named "Henry Walden" was once a chaste female Holy Grail Knight, Si Anke suddenly began to have an illusion of a "big sister."

Adding to that was the saint’s hair color, which seemed strikingly familiar...

Every time the saint spoke to him, he could envision a girl with similarly honey-colored hair but with stars in her eyes and a remote control in her hand.

If Henry were still a woman, perhaps she would look something like that...

"There’s nothing to be ashamed of, boy,"

Seeing Si Anke’s embarrassment, the saint couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

With his left hand in his pocket and his right hand vigorously ruffling Si Anke’s hair, he said, "Chastity is not a mistake. Living a chaotic private life to prove one’s popularity is not something to be praised either.

"The Goddess of Cup once said, ’Chastity is a virtue.’"

The young saint spoke in a gentle voice, "’Love and desire are not the same path—you must love and be chaste,’ ’Desire is a beast that devours the heart, only the brave can tame it.’

"Although many think that followers of the Goddess of Cup are mostly hedonists, she actually teaches us to be chaste... Only strong and powerful souls should let their desires run free.

"There are just some people who miscalculate their capacity. They believe they are large enough... but they are incapable of controlling their own desires, and instead, are controlled by them.

"For these people, the will of my lord is— if they cannot control their unbridled desires, then they should die because of them; but if they grow from this experience, gradually taking back themselves and restoring the calm of their hearts, then they will become ’brave ones’."

Cause and effect, the cycle, let nature take its course.

Si Anke pondered thoughtfully.

He hadn’t expected the Goddess of Cup to be such a Zen-like True God...

That’s why the Goddess of Cup doesn’t care about the desperate cries of her followers who die because of greed—the disaster brought on by uncontrollable desire is a foregone conclusion.

"The Goddess of Cup is truly a paradoxical deity..."

Si Anke murmured.

The saint wasn’t offended, "Yes. The contradiction of love and desire, the contradiction of chastity and indulgence, is precisely where the charm of my lord’s way lies. We Holy Grail Knights believe, ’Only the self is the answer to oneself.’"

"Self-temptation, self-degradation, self-interrogation, self-redemption—overcoming immature self, and holding desires firmly within one’s grasp, that is the path of the Cup."

He gently patted Si Anke’s shoulder, "Romantic feelings between men and women need not be avoided, but they are also not worth boasting about. Do not choose a love destined to be fleeting and unhappy for the sake of vain ’face.’

"That is a fall of the self and harm to others. If you can understand this principle, then teaching you this ritual would also count as a form of inheritance."

The saint reminisced, "Because when I was given this ritual back in the day, I was also educated by an elder in this way."

"...What ritual?"

"It is a high-level ritual of Suifather... Only chaste and healthy youths can use it, its name is [Purifying Dragon Fire]. Suifather favors chaste, healthy, and strong men."

The saint took a deep breath and said slowly, "You need to extinguish all artificial light sources in your visible surroundings. Green fire, black fire, even coal and wood fires are not allowed to exist.

"Then, in the open night air, pour your own blood onto an iron slab, place it on an iron blanket and strike it while reciting—

"’[This is not a gold kindling nor a wood kindling, this is a dragon kindling. Dragon kindles blood and bone, kindles iron and stone, kindles fire and life—]’

"After that, the Purifying Fire will ignite on the iron slab... This flame cannot be kindled with wood or greenery but can be transferred to a pool of alcohol. The more surrounding light sources are extinguished, and the stronger and more chaste the youth is, the longer the Purifying Fire will last. Anyone cursed or sick, whether person or beast, as long as they strip off their clothes and walk over the Purifying Fire, it can burn away the curses on them.

"This is an absolute ritual that can dispel nearly all curses. But only healthy and strong men can withstand this power... anyone else getting curses dispelled by this ritual will suffer scalding burns and need to avoid light completely for several days to recover.

"What’s especially important is not to use this ritual on the elderly, as there is a very high chance it will lead to sudden death... and it absolutely must not be used to burn other people’s bodies. As long as you use the Purifying Fire on a corpse, you will permanently lose the right to use the Purifying Fire ritual and might also offend the followers of Suifather."

The young man said seriously with a straight face, "Do you understand, boy? The Purifying Fire is something very serious..."

"I have fully understood,"

Si Anke nodded slowly.

——Such is the sacred ritual of the Cool Brother...

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