Yang Hanyue's face flushed, panting as she leaned against Tom's furry chest.

"Tom, can you really send me abroad?"

"Of course, tonight, I'll take you to Father Peter, he'll initiate you, and you'll be the daughter of God..

”

" But," Yang Hanyue said worriedly," Didn't you say that Father Peter is very strict? Before a newcomer joins, he has to pass his strict assessment? Can I pass?"

"Yes, I can..

Tom said,"You have passed the test of God and made a great contribution to the rising of the sun.".

When it gets dark, we'll take that lilac girl to church. The priest will be happy to see her..

”

Yang Hanyue smiled happily, as if bathed in the sun's brilliance..

Tom, on the other hand, examined the amulet he had taken from the clove's neck.

He was certain that this stone pendant was a magic tool used by Eastern Magi..

Because it extinguished the divine light on the sun cross.

Every believer will have a sun cross.

From the first day of initiation, the priest told him that the sun god was supreme and that God was invincible..

If you are religious enough, you can summon God's power through the cross..

Tom picked up his cross again..

This sacred object, once glorious, is now dimmed..

Even though it made the eastern sorcerers 'stones lose their effects, how could the eternal light of the sun, which was said to be able to dispel all evil spirits in the world, be extinguished?

Tom could only blame himself for not being devout enough to receive God's complete care, and the sun's rays were mixed with impurities..

He rose from bed, put on his clothes, went to the window, and hung the amulet on the lattice.

The amulet swayed in the air against the sunlight outside the window.

Tom stared at it blankly.

" Tom, what are you doing?" Yang Hanyue also dressed and walked over..

"Nothing, I just thought of something interesting..

”

"What funny things, Tom, you said you'd share with me.

”

"Of course not..

Tom looked back at Yang Hanyue and said,"Yang, do you think that from the perspective of your Oriental people, the girl who was just taken away by the priest is very beautiful?"

"Yes, it is..

Yang Hanyue was slightly jealous, but she had to admit that cloves were really beautiful..

"That's right, our gifts to God must be the best.".

Tom said, touching her face gently."Yang, you're beautiful, too..

”

Yang Hanyue always thought Tom's words were strange." Tom, what's wrong with you today?"

Tom suddenly asked,"Yang, do you know what initiation is like?"

Yang Hanyue shook her head." I don't know. Is he holding a cross in his hand and swearing to the Sun God?"

"Pledge?" Tom chuckled."True faith doesn't require an oath. When the sun shines, the light is all around us, and there's nowhere to hide the darkness.

We need to be open to God, without reservation..

”

" So, what kind of ceremony is it?" Yang Hanyue was curious..

Tom smiled mysteriously and said,"First, you need to be baptized by fire.

Your feet will be covered with charcoal fire and candles on both sides.

Then you need to be tested by darkness..

Cover your eyes with black cloth, feel the light under your feet with your heart only, walk the path of charcoal fire.

”

Yang Hanyue wrinkled her nose and started to feel a little scared." Won't that burn you? What's next?"

"Next, you will be tested by betrayal and death..

You'll be tied to a cross, someone will put a knife to your throat, they'll ask you where it is, they'll ask you three times, you'll say three times you don't know..

And then they cut you open with a sharp knife, and they take out your organs..

”

" Ah!" Yang Hanyue screamed." Isn't he dead?"

：.

: No, it won't.

Tom said,"As long as you have a firm faith, you will not die, nor suffer any pain.".

But if you hesitate, if you betray, then pain and death will follow..

”

"Your insides will be examined by God, and the priest will clean your heart and intestines, put them back inside you, and sew your belly shut.".

Finally, throw you out into the night where the beast haunts.

The next day at sunrise, someone will remove the black cloth from your eyes and you will be reborn in the first light of dawn.

When you open your eyes, you will see a completely different world from the past!"

Yang Hanyue was a little scared when she heard this. She trembled and said,"Tom, can I not participate in the ceremony?"

" How can I join the church if I don't attend the ceremony?"

"I don't want to join your church, I just want to go abroad..

”

Tom nodded."Got it..

”

He didn't say anything, but lowered his head and looked at the cross in his hand..

He raised the cross high, looked out at the sun, and began to sing reverently:

" Your light rises from the darkness, colorful clouds fill the sky, welcome your fire, the world rejoices…You make the stars retreat, you make the earth light, you are the king of gods, welcome your fire, we walk towards eternal life…"

The cross shines again, the light shines faintly.

Tom suddenly turned around and aimed the cross at Yang Hanyue..

Yang Hanyue exclaimed,"Tom!"

A beam of light shot out from the cross towards Yang Hanyue's forehead..

Yang Hanyue felt dizzy, and her body tilted and she fainted..

Tom put his arm around Yang Hanyue's waist and gently put her on the ground..

"I'm sorry, Yang. After this girl disappeared today, they will definitely find you here..

I can't believe you kept your mouth shut. Your heart is not pious enough. Without divine blessing, you will definitely give me up..

”

Tom squatted on the ground and looked at Yang Hanyue lovingly..

"Then you, like them, must be sacrificed to the devil in the predawn darkness..

Rest assured, when the sun rises, you will receive God's salvation..

”

Just then, Tom suddenly felt something was wrong..

Suddenly turning around, he discovered that the stone hanging on the window lattice was shining with golden light..

" The spells of the Eastern Magi are indeed magical!"

Tom muttered, picked up the cross, and aimed it at the stone.

The cross emitted white light, met the golden light on the stone, and exploded in the air..

The room was dazzling.

Tom was very puzzled. The power of the witch hidden in the stone should have been exhausted in the holy light of the first cross..

He could awaken the Holy Cross with his inner piety, but how could a wizard's stone manifest its magic again without anyone controlling it?

In the blinding light, he saw a hand grasping the stone.

Then a figure floated in through the window and landed gently on the ground.

"Who are you?" Tom asked.

Li Muchen frowned as he looked at the cross in Tom's hand. There was still a faint light shining on it..

But in that faint light, he felt a powerful force from a deep, distant place..

"Holy Church of the Sun!"

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