After Dorothy learned about the requirements for her Crimson Tier promotion, she immediately began collecting various necessary items. So far, she has obtained two of the six Divine Blessings needed for the promotion, and three more can be acquired at any time.
The deep blue heart of the "Cup" and the minyin zunzhan of the "Silence" are currently in Dorothy's magic box. The Holy Scroll of the "Light" is being kept by Vanya. The phantom scale incense cage of the "Shadow" has been taken by Little Fox and has been successfully rematerialized by the Butterfly Faction. Little Fox said it can be sent over via the Craftsmen's Guild at any time. For the "Stone" Divine Blessing, Dorothy entrusted Mazhar and Beverly's blessing to gather the deposit and rent, and it can be rented at any time.
It can be said that five of the six Divine Blessings Dorothy needs are now ready. However, among these five Divine Blessings, except for the deep blue heart which she had from the beginning, none were what Dorothy initially tried to obtain. What Dorothy initially wanted to get was the 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) Divine Blessing belonging to her Spirituality.
When Dorothy was promoted to Chalk, the 'Qi' Holy Emblem she needed was created by herself through the system. So, at first, Dorothy also thought of following the same method, creating the 'Qi' Divine Blessing in the same way she created the Holy Emblem. She casually found an item and placed it in front of her, then prayed to herself, wanting to give this item a blessing. However, the final result was that the item gained the characteristics of a Holy Emblem but did not become a Divine Blessing.
After one failed attempt, Dorothy did not give up. Instead, she began to try with different items, different prayers, and in different forms, attempting to bestow blessings. However, the final effects were not good. None of the items became Divine Blessings; at most, they only turned into Holy Emblems.
At this point, Dorothy realized that the creation of Divine Blessings was not as simple as Holy Emblems. Divine Blessings, as the support for various major ceremonies, could cause the Church to specifically build a Church to preserve them and the White Stone Craftsmen's Guild to require a deposit of nearly one hundred thousand pound to rent them. It did not look like something that could be created as simply as making a Holy Emblem. It must require some specific ceremony. Now, Dorothy needed to ask Beverly about the specific issues.
"Creating Divine Blessings... that's really not a simple matter. It does require a ceremony, a ceremony that can communicate with the gods. The priest needs to pray for the gods' blessing during the ceremony. After the gods accept and bestow the blessing, a Divine Blessing can be created. And the scale of this ceremony is not small. Do you have the venue conditions to hold such a ceremony?"
On the "wen hai hang zhi" in front of Dorothy, Beverly's extremely neat handwriting appeared on the paper as if printed. Between the lines, there seemed to be a hint of interest.
"You don't need to worry about other things for now. Just tell me if you know how to hold this ceremony. If you know, I want to buy it."
Dorothy responded to Beverly on the book page like this, and the other party immediately replied.
"Of course, I know~ Actually, you've found the right person by asking me this question. If you buy the creation ceremony for Divine Blessings elsewhere, they will most likely only sell you one for a single type of Spirituality. But I can tell you, many ceremonies of the same type for different Spiritualities, although they look very different on the outside, the principles and core are the same. Everything boils down to its origin, and this includes the Divine Blessing ceremony."
"For this ceremony, you only need to grasp the fundamental prototype and modify it according to the characteristics of different Spiritualities and target gods, and you can arrange a Divine Blessing ceremony for different Spirituality Divine Blessings. And I happen to have the prototype and basic modification guide here. If you need it, just give me one thousand two hundred pound~"
Beverly's words finished appearing on the pages of the "wen hai hang zhi". Dorothy couldn't help but swallow at the sight of the passing figure that appeared.
'One thousand two hundred pound... For me... I've never bought knowledge secret transmission this expensive...'
"One thousand two hundred pound... That's a bit too expensive, isn't it? Can you lower the price? I'm an old customer." Dorothy wrote, bargaining on the book page like this. As for Beverly's reply, it was even quicker.
"This is a large-scale religious ceremony, okay? It's not expensive. I've already given you so much discount on the previous Divine Blessing prices. You should be understanding." Beverly wrote like this. Looking at the other party's words, Dorothy found it difficult to bargain further for a while, so she continued to respond.
"Okay, one thousand two hundred it is. How should I pay here?"
"Just pay directly to the local Craftsmen's Guild. After I confirm it's correct, I'll send the item to you. It will be sent via a special channel shipment and delivered to you within two days. Just stay in Adria and don't leave. Go to the Craftsmen's Guild to pick it up the day after tomorrow."
Beverly wrote back to Dorothy like this. After reading Beverly's words, Dorothy thought for a moment. Anyway, he would be staying in Adria for a while waiting for Edward's secret transmission, so waiting for some other things was fine.
"Okay, I'll go pay now."
"Thank you for your patronage~"
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Afterward, Dorothy controlled the Corpse Puppet to return, retrieve the money, go to the Craftsmen's Guild, and transfer it to the account provided by Beverly. Then, she spent another two days resting and enjoying herself in Adria. When the appointed time arrived, Dorothy once again sent her Corpse Puppet to the local Craftsmen's Guild to receive the goods. As expected, she received the package sent by Beverly.
After taking the package back to the hotel she was staying in, Dorothy immediately proceeded to open it. Inside, she found a not-so-thick small booklet. Upon opening it, the Prit text was extremely neat, clearly machine-typed.
'Could this be something that clockwork person wrote themselves on the spot after receiving the money?'
Looking at the brand new small booklet in front of her, Dorothy couldn't help but think this in her heart. In the past, the secret transmission she received were old books, each more worn than the last, all handwritten. The authors' calligraphy was better and better, looking very old and mysterious, giving a sense of "forbidden knowledge". This kind of new booklet, which looked like it was printed just yesterday, made Dorothy feel like it was an instruction manual for something or a business brochure that people distributing flyers on the street would shove into your hand before you throw it in the trash. Dorothy really couldn't imagine that this "cheap" looking secret transmission would be the most expensive one she had ever bought.
"If I were to sell this thing outside, I doubt anyone would believe it's a secret transmission worth over a thousand pound..."
Dorothy said with a smile and a sigh. Then she sat down in her seat, opened the brochure-like small booklet, and read the content. Because the font was very neat, completely unlike some secret transmission authors whose notes were too wild and free, requiring special effort to decipher, Dorothy read the content very quickly.
The secret transmission in Dorothy's hand was likely transcribed by Beverly after reading it somewhere. It recorded the principles and elements of the Divine Blessing ceremony, explained the basic prototype of a Divine Blessing ceremony, and introduced the characteristics of Divine Blessing ceremonies for different Spiritualities, as well as guidance on how to modify the prototype for other Spiritualities. This even included 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment). It even listed detailed refinement references for some different gods, using Light King and Fertility Goddess as examples, indicating that this secret transmission was likely written at the end of the Second Era or the early Third Era.
After quickly going through the content of the secret transmission, Dorothy had mostly grasped the method of the ceremony. She found that the Divine Blessing ceremony had four key points. First and most important was the approval of the gods, meaning the god being prayed to must agree to bestow the blessing and grant the Divine Blessing. The secret transmission stated that the gods' approval was the foundation of the entire ceremony, and everything else needed to be built upon it.
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Second is a devout priest who is also recognized by a god. He will be key to presiding over the ritual. Third is to prepare a receptor object to receive the blessing. This receptor must itself be an extraordinary item and needs to have the same Spirituality as the god being prayed to.
Finally, and this is the fourth point, the secret transmission says that the God's Blessing Ritual is a large-scale ritual of "Temple" level, so it must be held in a venue that meets the specifications. This venue must be a ritual site of a certain Temple level.
After reading the entire secret transmission, Dorothy Dorothy's brows furrowed slightly, and she fell silent for a moment. While reading, she had already begun to compare her own situation against the standards in the secret transmission to see if she could hold the God's Blessing Ritual.
'First and foremost... the recognition of a god. This is not a problem. The so-called God of 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment) should be the system, or equivalent to the system. In any case, this mysterious system possesses some abilities of a god. I, who can use it, am equivalent to Aka, the God of 'Qi' (Awakening/Enlightenment). So recognition is not a problem. Why wouldn't I recognize myself?
'Next is the priest... This is also not a problem. As long as I recognize who is a priest and she believes in me, that's fine. Neff, Vanya... even I myself can do this. Of course, the best effect would naturally be Vanya, who is already a cleric. In this ritual, the main priest is key, there are no requirements for other assisting priests. I can completely use Corpse Puppets to act as them.
'Furthermore, the receptor for the blessing. The requirement is an extraordinary item with the same Spirituality as the god bestowing the blessing. For me, this means an extraordinary item of 'enlightenment'. I also have this on me, so there's no problem.
'But this last condition... is problematic. It requires a religious ritual site of Temple level... I can't find that...'
Frowning, Dorothy thought to herself that she had already met three of the four conditions for the God's Blessing Ritual. But this last one was exceptionally difficult for her.
Dorothy, no longer a novice in the occult, understood what a religious ritual site level meant. This was a method of classifying ritual requirements. In the mysticism of this world, religious ritual requirements are divided into four levels, and different levels of religious rituals need to be held in ritual sites of different levels.
These four levels, from low to high, are Shrine, Temple Corridor, Temple, and Holy Land.
Shrine level is the lowest requirement for a religious ritual site, generally referring to small religious places like roadside statues, totem poles in forests, rune stones on high mountains, and household shrines. Various small religious rituals such as requesting sacred emblems, making holy water, and seeking minor blessings need to be held in these places.
Temple Corridor level corresponds to temples of average scale, such as the Shining Light Church's small city and town Churches, Shamanism's large tribal totems, and the sacrificial sites of various cults in ordinary urban strongholds. Religious rituals held here are of a higher level.
Temple level refers to large temples of gods. For the Shining Light Church system, this corresponds to the core large Cathedrals in major archdioceses, usually located in the capitals of the major countries on the Main Continent, presided over by Scarlet Archbishops. Examples include Prit's Chanting Cathedral and Iweig's Purifying Heart Cathedral. In Shamanism, it is usually the venue for the "Wild Sacrifice". One of the Ebergrass Church's Temples is on White Tears Island. By the way, Adis's Judge of Heaven Temple belongs to the Great Temple category, which also corresponds to the Temple level.
Finally, the Holy Land level refers to important locations where gods have left traces in the present world, and are also the holy sites of the major religions. For the Shining Light Church, this includes the four great holy sites, including Holy Mountain and Saving Large Cathedral, corresponding to Save the World and Three Saints respectively. The headquarters of other cults in the present world are also usually located within their respective holy sites. The location where Shamanism holds the "Great Wild Sacrifice" is also suspected to be a holy site.
The God's Blessing Ritual is a typical religious ritual that needs to be held within these specific religious ritual sites. The key is that it is also a religious ritual of Temple level, and the requirements for the ritual site are not low. It must be at least the level of a Shining Light Church diocesan Cathedral, which suddenly made Dorothy very troubled.
'A Temple level ritual site, where the hell am I supposed to find that? I've been adventuring in the occult world for over a year and don't even have a fixed stronghold, let alone a Temple?'
Thinking about the requirements for the God's Blessing Ritual, Dorothy thought with a troubled frown that her so-called Rose Cross was fundamentally just a shell organization, and Akasha was an empty shell god. Where would she get a Temple to hold the ritual? Not only was there no ready-made one, but it was also almost impossible for Dorothy to build one.
The construction of a Temple for a god with extraordinary significance not only requires a lot of professional extraordinary knowledge, but also a large amount of manpower, material resources, and financial resources. The entire construction process is a large-scale ritual, not something that can be built just by saying so.
Leaving aside whether Dorothy currently has hundreds of thousands of pounds to specially build a Temple, even if she did, the construction time would take several years. Moreover, this kind of heretical Temple cannot be built within the Shining Light Church's sphere of influence, otherwise if discovered, having the Temple demolished would be a minor issue, but losing people would be major. If she were to build it in an area far from the Shining Light sphere of influence, that would also mean building it far from civilized and developed areas, where the productivity level would definitely not allow completion in a few years; it would take at least ten years.
In short, for Dorothy now, building a Temple herself was definitely not a good option. She had no money and no time to build some ghost Temple. She had to find a solution for the fourth condition of the God's Blessing Ritual.
While thinking this, Dorothy took out her ""wen hai hang zhi"" and, after turning to Beverly's communication page, continued to write.
"Hello? Are you there? Speaking of which, the secret transmission you sold me said that holding the God's Blessing Ritual requires a Temple-level ritual site? Is this condition mandatory? If there's no dedicated Temple, is there any way?"
Dorothy finished writing, then stopped her pen and began to wait. After a while, Beverly's note appeared before her.
"You don't have a dedicated Temple... Actually, it's not impossible. There's a way to solve your difficulty."
"What way?"
"You can borrow someone else's Temple to hold the God's Blessing Ritual for your god."
"What? You can borrow someone else's Temple?" Looking at Beverly's response, Dorothy was surprised and quickly wrote back, and Beverly also immediately responded.
"Yes~ The God's Blessing Ritual is not a ritual that is particularly strict about identifying the ritual site. You just need to make some minor modifications to another god's Temple, change some symbols and meanings on it, and temporarily replace the main god of the Temple with another ritual, and then you can hold the God's Blessing Ritual.
"This temporary replacement ritual is not particularly difficult, and I have it here too. If you want it, I can sell it to you. It's just that setting up this ritual is very conspicuous and definitely cannot be done secretly. So, if you want to borrow someone's Temple, it's best to greet that family first... or just snatch it directly.
"Oh, right, the Temple you use for replacement must be original, not one that has been replaced before. Many secret cultists outside the Shining Light Church now like to find ancient god Temples that have fallen and been abandoned in remote areas and modify them for their own gods because they can't build Temples themselves. This kind of Temple is equivalent to having undergone a replacement ritual once already and cannot be done again, so you need to choose carefully when picking one."