Chapter 114: Refining Holy Oil
Seeing the demon hunter team walk out of the dense forest, the waiting crowd erupted in cheers.
"Great! None of these guys died."
"Oh! My God! This is incredible!"
"The Sun God must have protected them."
People from various families rushed towards the demon hunters, their faces beaming with joy.
"Miss Sadie, it seems your waiting has been answered." The High Priest looked surprised.
He had just counted the people who returned, and not a single one was missing.
Given the astonishing anomaly in the Plague Zone, this was simply a miracle!
"With sincerity in heart, the gods will naturally look after you." Sadie smiled slightly.
The High Priest nodded upon hearing this: "May the Sun God protect you."
He bowed, then bid farewell to the female demon hunter.
"Actually, I was thinking of 'The Lord' just now." Looking at the High Priest's retreating figure, Sadie stuck out her tongue secretly, thinking to herself.
Then she turned around and also ran towards the demon hunter team.
"William!"
Sadie was all smiles, opening her arms before she even got close.
"Hey! Hey! Wait!"
But William reached out to stop her.
"And you guys too, don't rush!"
He called a halt to the rushing crowd.
Everyone looked at each other, all puzzled.
"Coming out of a place full of poison fog, you should clean yourself up immediately to avoid spreading the poison fog!"
William said with a serious tone.
"Father William is right!"
"You guys stay away first!"
The group of demon hunters nodded in agreement.
Seeing this, Sadie showed a look of surprise.
When competing for the [Trait], this group of guys was full of hostility towards each other, but now they listened to the priest so well.
On the other side, William also began the final purification work.
He asked the accompanying demon hunters to drink holy water and recited the Exorcism Bible several times.
After a period of time, confirming that there were no omissions, William nodded.
"Welcome back!"
Sadie couldn't wait any longer; she pounced on him and hugged William tightly.
"I take back my previous remark; you don't need to lose weight at all."
Feeling the softness in his arms, William's tone was sincere.
"You guy!"
Sadie understood instantly, her face couldn't help but flush slightly, and then she punched William gently on the chest.
"I'm back too!"
Raph stood aside with a look of resentment.
"Of course! Welcome back."
Sadie also gave Raph a hug; the latter felt that all the dangers of this trip were worth it!
"Why did you come back so late?" She pulled the two and asked.
With the holy artifacts, they should have been able to come out of the Plague Zone long ago.
Hearing this, Raph scratched his beard and looked at William with a strange expression.
Time goes back to shortly before.
Outside the old castle.
The seal had been reinforced, and the "entrance" under the castle was temporarily banned by the ritual.
It was just that a lot of poison fog still scattered from it; it seemed that the Plague Zone would continue to exist for a while.
William also tried to close the "entrance" completely, but there seemed to be a force maintaining it on the other side.
Unless he stayed here all the time, once he left, the poison fog would still surge out.
Seeing this, William could only give up this idea.
And next, as long as they left the Plague Zone, this commission would be considered successfully completed.
William was packing up his things when a group of demon hunters gathered around.
"I can take you out, but you have to help me catch monsters, and they must be live ones." William rubbed his chin and spoke.
The demon hunters looked at each other, somewhat embarrassed.
"Th... monsters are dangerous themselves; capturing them alive is even more difficult."
"Moreover, we don't know the specific location of the monsters."
"Don't worry, I will give you guidance, and you can evacuate directly if there is danger."
William smiled.
"This is the only condition."
Facing the pressure from the priest, the group of demon hunters could only compromise.
Thus, everyone began hunting monsters.
Originally, they thought this would be a dangerous task.
But gradually, everyone discovered an anomaly.
"These monsters... why are they running?"
"Are they affected by the Plague Zone?"
"Why do I feel that they are very afraid of that priest?"
The demon hunters were a little puzzled at first.
But after capturing the first Hive Queen, they finally understood!
For the first time in their lives, the demon hunters saw "helplessness" on the face of a Hive Queen.
Facing the priest's forced "persuasion," the "Queen" tried to escape many times but couldn't do it at all.
"Is... is this the strength of the Church? Too terrifying."
"Although it's inappropriate, I feel a little sympathy for that monster."
Just like that, everyone searched all the way.
But the monsters also kept dodging, and sometimes they had to detour a lot to meet one.
The demon hunters asked William to stay further away many times before the situation eased.
Taking this opportunity, they also harvested a lot of monster materials.
The demon hunters originally planned to share them with the priest, but the latter said he would only take a part of the money after selling them.
A few days later.
The impact brought by the castle mutation gradually weakened, and the entrance to the Plague Zone stabilized again.
Many demon hunters also assembled teams to explore inside again.
The Dead Dog Saloon had been very lively these days.
In addition to posting commissions, demon hunter adventure teams were a must-talk topic among drinking buddies.
Among them, the Allard family was frequently mentioned.
The former obtained the [Trait] in this competition and became the biggest winner.
It is said that Allard intends to support a local tribe, and many forces have taken the initiative to visit in the past few days.
While the Cooper clan was somewhat miserable.
Because all the hounds were lost in the Plague Zone, Zod Cooper was severely punished by the family and might even lose his status as heir.
Other demon hunter families participating in the competition had more or less gained something.
But apart from these, a priest was a topic discussed almost every day.
People praised his mercy for stopping the evil spirits from harming people in the warehouse incident.
Some also sang of his courage for stopping the demon invasion alone in the old castle.
But there were still some who dared to slander the priest, accusing him of being the mastermind behind the tavern poisoning and the traps in the Plague Zone.
Regarding this statement, everyone naturally shouted it down sternly!
And our priest William was currently in a luxurious suite at the Allard Manor.
In the past few days, with Sadie's help, he successfully refined Holy Oil.
After testing, this improved version could indeed increase the vintage of the Holy Oil.
For example, the bottle of Holy Oil William obtained from completing the commission was 20 years old.
After refining, the quality of the Holy Oil was actually improved to 40 years.
A full doubling!
When the history of a holy artifact exceeds fifty years, it will become a—Sacred Relic.
Holy artifacts of this rank are extremely rare even in the Vatican.
And such items are kept extremely strictly, only taken out during some large rituals or important festivals.
William also tried refining low-vintage ones.
A bottle of freshly made Holy Oil could increase its quality by two to three years after refining.
And the higher the original vintage of the Holy Oil, the more quality it would increase.
But these were limited to herbs and animal Holy Oils.
Industrial oil could not get any improvement.
Even so, William was still very excited.
One must know that the quality of Holy Oil sold on the market today is mostly between a few days to a few months.
At the same time, because the consumption of Holy Oil is huge.
Therefore, newly made Holy Oil will be used soon and rarely stored for a long time.
This also leads to a scarcity of high-vintage Holy Oil.
As long as the quality exceeds one year, its selling price will multiply several times.
And as long as William makes a bottle of Holy Oil, he can increase its quality to at least two years within a day.
It is simply a windfall!
This also gave him the idea of opening a Holy Artifact shop.
As long as he controls the sales volume, William can soon achieve "Holy Oil Freedom"!
As for the materials for refining Holy Oil, they can be obtained directly from the Plague Zone.
The Allard family had already proposed that they wanted to reach a cooperation with William.
The former is responsible for collecting materials, and he provides protection with the holy artifacts he makes.
William was still thinking about the feasibility of the Holy Artifact shop.
But right now, there was another important matter.
William took out the yellowed paper obtained from the castle pit.
Not long ago, he had figured out that the text on it was written in Latin.
And its content surprised William a little.
He saw the beginning written—Sacred Chapter... The Advent of Angels.
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