Chapter 170: Duties of a Professor
William sat up straight immediately.
Thirty-year vintage Holy Oil could already be called a sacred relic.
This bottle of fifty-year vintage, even in the Vatican, would be considered a very rare item.
Selling it even by the "drop" would fetch an astronomical figure.
William leaned close to the bottle opening; the liquid inside was golden yellow and had a unique fragrance.
Just smelling it could invigorate one's spirit significantly.
And the efficacy of this kind of holy artifact was no longer simple flesh reinforcement.
In Joran's accompanying letter, it was mentioned that when the Holy Oil exceeded fifty years, applying it would have a probability of touching the "Sanctuary."
This was a high-level application of Holy Power.
When the Sanctuary is activated, demons and evil spirits within the range will be directly expelled, and curses and evil aura will also be completely purified.
"Where the Holy Light shines, evil cannot exist."
But the practice of Sanctuary required applying a large amount of high-quality Holy Oil.
Even in the Vatican, it was difficult; after all, there were many clergy members in the Church, and resources could not be given to only one person.
As for Holy Oil exceeding a hundred years, Joran also mentioned a sentence.
Only saying that at this level, one would see the "Divine Power," and the human body might become an existence like a god.
Unwatchable, untouchable.
The description in the letter was vague; William didn't know if Joran deliberately hid it or if he didn't know either.
But overall, this was probably the "Big Pie" (empty promise/incentive) left by that guy.
Indicating that as long as William worked hard, there would be a day to reach that level.
However, this "reward" was still precious; it should be Joran's compensation for hiding William's credit.
In addition, there was a rent reduction for the "House of Rest" for the next ten years, and a cash reward.
Regarding hiding credit, William was quite happy; he didn't plan to be a Church "Star" anyway.
But since the other party was willing to give, he certainly wouldn't refuse.
And William didn't plan to use this bottle of Holy Oil immediately.
He planned to try refining it to see if he could improve the quality to 100 years.
Once successful, this would be a powerful trump card for William.
After putting the things away, he began to check the progress of his abilities.
During this period, William had not delayed his daily coursework practice.
At the same time, after several recent commissions, his progress had indeed increased a lot.
And the specific situation was as follows—
[Atonement Persuasion]
[Current Progress: Tier 2 (832/1000)]
[Holy Water Cleansing Eyes]
[Current Progress: Tier 2 (357/1000)]
[Devout Baptism]
[Current Progress: Tier 2 (995/1000)]
[Holy Meaning Study]
[Current Progress: Tier 2 (475/1000)]
[Saint Aquinas Body Scripture]
[Current Progress: Tier 2 (153/1000)]
Because many souls were redeemed at the venue, [Atonement Persuasion] had explosive growth and would advance soon.
In addition, since William mainly used Holy Water as a weapon.
Therefore, the progress of [Devout Baptism] was about to be achieved.
In the next few days, he planned to find a few small evil spirits randomly to advance this item completely.
In this way, he should be able to make higher-quality Holy Water.
William recalled his recent experiences.
During this period, he obviously felt that 20-year vintage holy artifacts were not quite enough.
In this American horror world, accepting a commission randomly could lead to encountering named demons.
Some alien species were not even afraid of holy artifacts.
And the activities of cultists were becoming more and more frequent.
Sacrificial rituals almost became standard for "Uprisings," and mental pollution was like distributing flyers in the community.
And the human side wasn't peaceful either.
Besides internal Church disputes, other exorcism forces in the human world were developing in the dark.
Facing such a situation, William not only had to remain cautious but also had to improve his abilities.
Otherwise, if he had bad luck one day and encountered a demon descending into the world, he would really have to be reincarnated again.
Taking advantage of the relative peace in the human world now, he had to seize the time to improve his strength.
Regarding abilities, [Bible Study] and [Holy Water Cleansing Eyes] only needed step-by-step progress.
For [Body Scripture], besides consuming money, the best way was to obtain higher-quality Holy Oil.
In this way, relying on Holy Oil refining, William's progress in this item could yield twice the result with half the effort.
And such items, except for some stored in the Vatican, depended on luck for the rest.
Maybe somewhere in the world, holy artifacts lost due to wars thousands of years ago were buried.
These had to rely on William to find them himself.
Finally, [Atonement Persuasion] and [Devout Baptism].
This required William to constantly purify evil and redeem believers.
"It seems I have to accept more exorcism commissions," he thought to himself.
The identity of a Guest Professor happened to provide convenience.
According to the letter description, William only needed to go to the seminary to teach every once in a while; no office hours were required for the rest of the time.
At the same time, he could also freely choose Church exorcism commissions.
These commission information came from all over North America, published and uploaded by local clergy members.
Some were shelved because they were too dangerous.
Some were because there were no clues, so no one accepted them.
But for William, these were all opportunities to improve his strength.
Of course, during the commission, the Church would only provide basic help, such as accommodation and local guides.
If encountering identity restrictions or being in the wild mountains and forests, the acceptor had to solve it themselves.
At the same time, during the completion of the commission, if the acceptor died accidentally, all consequences would be borne by the former.
William could understand this.
Resources were limited now, and the Church had to quickly cultivate a batch of powerful clergy members, so they could only use this survival of the fittest method.
But if William had an Exorcist License, it would be much more convenient.
This certificate was valid all over the world.
Besides basic benefits like free public transportation and hotel accommodation, license holders even had the authority to directly read local secret information.
It could be said that to resist evil spirits and demons, the upper levels everywhere attached great importance to this.
"The function of this license is somewhat familiar."
William decided to take the exam when he had time.
A few more days passed.
William replenished the previously consumed holy artifacts.
At the same time, he also accepted several family blessing commissions and successfully advanced [Devout Baptism].
At this time, his production ability increased to thirty years.
That is to say, William could already produce holy artifacts at the "Sacred Relic" level.
Estimating that apart from the Vatican, this inconspicuous small shop would be the most "Affluent" place in the Church.
Since the rest was completed, William didn't intend to stay idle anymore.
So one morning, after finishing his coursework practice, William went to Dei Church wearing professor robes.
Clergy members on the road constantly cast curious glances.
Seeing William's young appearance but wearing professor clothes, they all secretly guessed his identity.
Some even suspected that this was some big shot from the Vatican coming to Dei Church to "Gild" himself.
However, the cliché of "someone intentionally picking a fight due to brain damage" did not appear.
Seminary, Commission Room.
Compared to last time, there were no changes here.
And an acquaintance sat at the front desk.
"Sister Flora."
Flora raised her head, and then joy revealed in her eyes.
"Father William!"
She hurriedly walked out from behind the desk.
"I heard you became a Guest Professor at the seminary. I was thinking these past few days that you might come..."
The two briefly caught up.
After Memorial Day ended, Flora learned the truth about her husband Wynn's death.
At the same time, she also heard the news of Hans's death.
And the clergy members related to Hans also received Church punishment.
Presided over by Joran, Dei Seminary held a solemn funeral for Father Wynn.
After this period of rest, Flora had gradually walked out of grief and returned to the seminary classroom again.
"All this is thanks to you." She bowed deeply to William.
If not for this priest in front of her, Flora might never have been able to avenge her husband in her life.
She might even have become Hans's victim herself.
William crossed himself on his chest: "The Lord teaches us to uphold justice and purify evil; these are all what I should do."
Flora wiped the corners of her eyes.
"By the way, you are here to select commissions, right! Please follow me."
She took William to a device.
"This is connected to the Church's shared information database; all commission files can be seen here."
"If you have a commission you want to accept, you can enter the name directly here."
Flora demonstrated.
"After that, I will give you the paper files and tokens."
William nodded.
"By the way, I remember professors need to lead seminary students to complete exorcism tasks."
He looked around as he spoke.
"Where do I find them?"
Flora smiled slightly.
"A seminary teacher's first task needs to be completed independently, and the difficulty cannot be lower than 'Dangerous' rating."
"Only after this can you lead a team to complete teaching."
She thought for a moment: "But if it's you, you should be able to apply for a special exception..."
"No need!" William hurriedly stopped her.
He was eager to act alone; taking care of "Kids" was a very tiring thing.
Of course, the main reason was—No Money!
If they were like Silas, he would certainly be happy to accompany them.
Fortunately, this kind of practical teaching was like exorcism class, only needing to be conducted once in a while.
"There are many exorcism commissions in the seminary; if I promote the holy artifact shop's commission business in class..."
An idea suddenly formed in William's mind.
Flora soon said goodbye and left.
William browsed the commission database.
Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Montana...
The task locations indeed covered all of North America. William even saw a few commissions in Southeast Asia.
"That place... seems to have many ladyboys."
Among all commissions, the number of "Erosion" ratings was the least.
Tasks of this level were moderately difficult, so they would be snapped up by seminary students as soon as they were released.
And "Mutation" ratings, because they were relatively basic, were generally solved by local churches themselves.
Only a few that were more difficult but did not reach the "Erosion" level would be published on it.
And "Dangerous" and "Disaster" ratings had the largest number.
These commissions often involved cult riots and demons descending into the world.
Almost every one of them could send you to see the "Lord" early.
However, there were still people confident in their strength; they generally traveled in groups.
The commission database provided a message function, allowing interested parties to contact each other privately.
Even so, there were still some commissions that no one would accept at all.
But leaving them hanging obviously wouldn't work either.
At this time, the Church would step forward and send clergy members to handle it.
This was also one of the reasons why the Church always lacked high-level combat power.
If it could be solved, that was fine. If the Church envoy determined the danger level was too high.
Then the people affected by this commission could only fend for themselves...
William soon found a target.
This was a "Dangerous" rated commission. The goal was to go to the forests of West Virginia to find a girl.
There were not many records about the commission content, only saying that Cannibals were suspected to appear in that place.
Detailed information needed to be discussed with the commission publisher face to face.
Cannibals, Forest...
These elements instantly reminded William of an American horror work—Wrong Turn.
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