I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 267: Resting the Spirit! Red Saint!

After Roland summoned the seven good spirits, everyone looked at him with wary and unfamiliar eyes.

After a moment of hesitation, Roland suddenly remembered something.

He had been using other identities throughout the journey, and since the good spirits had not recognized him, Roland even put them back into the book to avoid any trouble, rather than letting them move freely in the church.

Now that he was on the sea and on a slave ship, it didn't matter whether he kept his identity or not.

So what if someone predicts that I am at sea?
He actually hoped that someone would come and cause trouble, but that was impossible.

Roland used the magic mirror to call back Roland Alayeh's real name. Afterwards, the expressions of the many good spirits were puzzled for a moment, then they showed a look of sudden realization, and then became more vigilant.

Just as Roland was surprised, a nun turned her head away with a slightly red face and lifted her skirt.

Roland's expression suddenly turned very ugly.

Apparently, the other self had used the magic mirror and the 'Heraka's Bible of the Dead' out of boredom while staying in the church these days.

If Roland retrieves Straw Roland now, he will immediately enjoy the experience of teasing the maids in another timeline.

"Damn! I have to find a way to solve Roland's problem!"

Although Little Roland was his own self from another timeline, the things they often did always made Roland very unhappy and always caused him a lot of trouble.

However, when Roland needs to save his life, or when he needs a substitute to escape, like now, little Straw Roland can help him achieve a surprise victory.

Therefore, he had to find a perfect solution that would not only make others think that these clones were himself and not recognize him, but also allow them to be manipulated by him like normal puppets without having self-awareness.

Or you can give yourself the option of creating a completely obedient puppet, or a 'real incarnation' that has a certain degree of consciousness but is within a controllable range.

Roland now has quite a few treasures in his hands—the Shepherdess's Path of the Black Holy Blood, the Magic Mirror, the Twilight Wizard's Collection from Dry Blood and Fatty Duncan, and the Small Hammer and Chisel.

Roland had some ideas on how to deal with little Roland's problem, but now was not the time.

He now needs to deal with the Red Saint as soon as possible, and this requires the help of the good spirits.

Roland sorted out his thoughts and created several straw Rolands. He then sat aside and studied the handcuffs.

After the many little straw Rolands came out, they understood what he meant and got busy without communicating with Roland.

Some people were reading and studying various magic books, while others were looking for Roland's various items.

Some people studied the rhythm of musical instruments, while others took broken wine glasses to add wine to the potions planted in the church.

There was also a little straw Roland who found the magic carpet of "The Shepherdess and the Devil" and explained the path of "The Shepherdess of the Black Holy Blood" to the seven good spirit ladies.

Little Roland is as good as Roland himself when it comes to doing things!
Especially the young Roland who was giving the lecture. His understanding of the Black Sacred Blood Path was the same as Roland's. His explanation was very good.

But occasionally, a few words in class would make me angry: "Knowledge comes at a price. If anyone has questions, I can answer them, but again, you need to pay a price."
As for the price, you know.

No, no, no, not me. I'd be mad. So, you see me on the altar with the handcuffs? Show that to me.

Roland couldn't hold it in. He looked at the little straw Roland and said angrily, "Roland!"

Little Straw Roland smiled and bowed slightly to Roland, saying, "Dear me, how do you feel when you call me by my name?"

[You've gained a little understanding! Musical Comprehension +3]

Roland rubbed his forehead.

after seven days
Hundreds of people were busy coming and going in the church, and most of them were serving the seven nuns.

Some people are talking about the new magic carpet.

——"It's ready now. The new magic carpet is more complete than before. It can help people enter the first door of truth of the Black Holy Blood."

"Yes, although the above illustration of 'The Shepherdess and the Devil' is still in the 'first glimpse' category, the content above has shown a direction for advancement."

"However, if you follow this path, you can enter the first gate of truth, but you will remain at the early stage of the first level and cannot advance an inch. But this is enough."

"The potion team has also made a breakthrough. Although the herbs are not complete, they have created seven potions that are barely usable."

——"It doesn't matter. The Helaka sisters already have a huge advantage on this path, and they have been accumulating experience in the bottleneck for so long, so there shouldn't be any problems."

At this time, some scarecrows came to the altar and brought 14 bottles of magic potion.

Roland picked up a bottle and looked at it, then nodded slightly.

While Roland wasn't a master in potions, he was a rare, high-level potion alchemist. He had a deep understanding of the properties of various potions, and with the various 'Holy Blood Heracles' formulas from the Dry Blood family, developing or adapting a new potion wasn't a problem.

There is strength in numbers. In order to increase efficiency, everyone divided into several groups to conduct potion experiments.

Today, they finally developed various advanced potions according to the Black Sacred Blood Path, and finally concocted a fairly good potion.

During the research, everyone was surprised to find that using 'Holy Blood of Heraclea' wine as the main ingredient had miraculous effects.

This potion doesn't have a big effect on leveling up, only about 10%. It's mainly used to increase the 'Black Holy Blood Characteristics' of the nuns after they level up.

The other seven bottles of potions were mixed according to the collection of the Dry Blood Wizard family, and were a kind of upgrading potion specially for the undead.

There are many undead masters among this group of vampires who are very knowledgeable about the undead and have many good recipes.

With the help of the Alayeh Magic Book, Roland could intuitively understand the promotion rate of each formula, as well as the related properties and characteristics.

As long as you use the 'Forbidden Holy Grail of Alayeh' to ripen the herbs, and then use the lucky crucible 'Crucible of Bitter Sleep' to refine them, you can easily get seven bottles of top-grade promotion potions for high-level apprentices.

Normally, this kind of potion would only take a day to make.

After all, this kind of potion is mainly used for advancement, so just pick the best one.

But everyone also did a new research and development - at the beginning, Roland did randomly pick a 'Shadow' type undead promotion formula.

As a result, the little Rolands carefully checked the seven good spirits, only to find that they were all divine/shadow parents!
If you just want to help good spirits advance, then any potion will do, even if you don't need shadow or holy potions, advancement potions can also help break through bottlenecks.

But if you want the good spirits to advance perfectly, or even evolve into another kind of undead creatures during the advancement process, you have to use a perfect potion.

The Kuxue family simply does not have any potion formula with 'holy properties'.

No one had the ability to develop a potion from scratch, so Roland and his team worried for a long time - they even doubted whether there was a potion formula with 'divine properties' for the undead.

But there was a little straw boy named Roland who accidentally found a formula with "holy" properties that could be used for the undead in a bag.

The bag came from a certain Hracari wizard, Fat Duncan.

It was an 'original formula'. It came from the south. Fat Duncan had used it as a basis for developing many potions.

It seems that there really are undead spirits with "divine attributes" in this world.

And it is very common in the South.

Roland didn't know what kind of ghosts the good spirits would evolve into, but they used various formulas from the Dry Blood Family and the fat man Duncan's formula to develop a magic potion with dual attributes of 'holy/shadow'.

Roland and his team put a lot of thought into these seven bottles of potion. They made many bottles of potion and kept the seven best ones.

The best of the seven potions is the premium potion, which can increase the promotion rate by 43%.

Even the worst bottle can increase the promotion rate by 38%.

At the same time, these potions can also help servants engrave shadow emblems or holy emblems. Even if they are not born during the promotion, they can be engraved slowly through long-term use in the future.

Roland flipped through Alaye's notes and estimated the good spirits' current chances of advancement.

[Name: %$? (Name forgotten)]

[Type: Good Spirit]

[Identity: Shepherdess of the Styx/Sister of the Styx/Reverend Heracha]

【Master: (Various Magic)】

[Path of Firewood (Path of Faith)/Path of Truth Promotion Rate: 60%/20%]

[Explanation: Apparently, Miss %$?'s head pastor is completely unprofessional. He never taught her any prayers or hymns, but instead taught her a lot of black magic. This is simply blasphemy.

Fortunately, their god was also a magician, otherwise a certain senior pastor might have incurred divine punishment.

Roland rubbed his eyes and said, "Don't worry. Once I recruit the saints of Lady Helaka, I will form a choir and teach them to sing Zhizhigaga."

As he spoke, Roland looked at the promotion rate.

These nuns are obviously not the same kind of people as Roland!

They didn't eat anything to advance, but they were no worse than that loser Roland who ate all kinds of potions!
Roland couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "Comparison is the thief of frustration."

Roland is one of those 'condemned by God', a person with an affinity for the seven elements who goes against the will of Heaven. It's difficult for him to advance, but it's different for others.

The good spirits are all believers of Helaka, serious believers, and they have divine grace.

If they weren't undead, not human, breaking through the bottleneck would be even easier than with the 'Wizard Seed'!

For a nun like this who is extremely pious and recognized by the goddess Heraka, if she were not an undead, her promotion rate would be over 100%!

Because they are undead, it is a little harder to advance. But it is still 60%!

Logically speaking, this probability is already good.

But Roland and his team were working hard to develop potions.

Because, when a certain little Roland was reading the Book of Alayeh, he noticed the words "The Road of Firewood (The Road of Faith)"!

Obviously, the good spirits are not walking on the 'path of truth' but on the 'path of firewood (path of faith)'!
This is why everyone is working so hard to research potions, hoping that the advancement rate of the Path of Truth can reach over 60%, surpassing the Path of Firewood.

If you don't give the good spirits anything to eat, there's a 50% chance that they'll touch the 'Gate of Faith'.

The probability of touching the 'Gate of Truth of the Black Blood Shepherdess' is 20%!

Of course, even if he was an undead, his chances of advancing to a full-fledged wizard were higher than Roland's! If he hadn't experienced the butterfly tribulation, his chances of advancing to the first level would have been negative!

Now, after drinking the two potions, the probability of touching the Door of Truth has increased from 0% to over 60% - already higher than the probability of touching the Door of Truth. Indeed, 60% is greater than 60%.

Roland looked at the description of "The Shepherdess and the Devil" in the book:
[Path of Truth: Black Blood Shepherdess I]

[Current: Beginning Path (Highest Level 1 Initial Stage)]

[Attribute: Holy/Shadow]

【characteristic:
1. Purification +2, All Magic Resistance +2, Requiem +2
2. Deterioration +2, Magic Effect +2, Mutation +2
3. Blasphemy +1

【Effect:
1. The probability of advancing to the second-level wizard is +2.5%, and the probability of advancing to the first-level wizard is +5%;

2. The probability of advancing to the second-level wizard is +7.5%; the probability of advancing to the first-level wizard is +15%;

3. The probability of advancing to the second-level wizard +2%; the probability of advancing to the first-level wizard +4%;

Roland nodded and said, "A Gate of Truth promotion rate of over 84% is still a bit low.

When the seven good spirits break through the bottleneck for the first time, at least five of them will be able to advance smoothly. The remaining two unlucky souls may be able to try to break through again after a while, but they will have two less people to help with the Red Saint Girl's matter.

After studying it for a while, the many little Rolands spread a magic carpet on the ground and asked seven maids to sit on it, just like serving seven aunts. Serving them began to advance.

These days, Master Roland has been like a butler, fulfilling almost every request of the seven young ladies.

The seven young ladies who were often bullied suddenly found that the master seemed to need something from them. This finally gave them the opportunity to give Master Roland a beating!

Serving tea and rubbing shoulders were routine operations, and Roland was also asked to massage feet - if they didn't want little Roland to do the massage, they would let Roland do it.

Hai Zhen is indeed Roland's disciple, and he has the same moral character as him! He starts threatening his mentor when he gets the chance!
In order to let them study well, Roland could only hold back his anger and serve the seven little girls - you bastards, wait until you are promoted!
Now, it is finally time for the 'college entrance examination'.

No one asked them to take the potion immediately because they haven't gotten into the mood yet. If it takes them half a day to get into the mood, or even the whole day, the potion will be wasted.

Watching the seven young ladies gradually entering meditation, Roland nervously paced in the distance - with an 84% promotion rate for truth and a 60% promotion rate for faith, what would happen if she failed to pass both "schools"?
Roland waved his hand from the altar, telling everyone to stay put.

He put away the Book of Alayeh in a distracted state, and then, as usual, lit three incense sticks before the goddess Helaka, intending to increase his luck.

He muttered, "My Lady, your servants are about to be promoted. Please allow them to become proper wizards."

At this moment, a little Roland suddenly held Roland's hand and said, "Are you doing the opposite this time? Shouldn't we stop burning incense? After all, they are supposed to follow the path of faith to become gods. What if the Queen pays attention to this and finds out that we secretly let them follow the path of wizards..."

Before he could finish his words, everyone suddenly felt a certain gaze. Roland suddenly raised his head and found that a dim light was shining through the church dome and the surrounding glazed windows.

Suddenly, dim Tyndall beams of light appeared in the church, and many strange, faceless angels with wings full of skeletons jumped out in the light and shadow, chanting a hymn.

They sang: "Shashashashasha"

They don't have mouths, that's the friction sound of their wings when they fly!
But it has a wonderful and strange rhythm!

This is a hymn!

The Rolands listened with a puzzled look on their faces, not knowing what the song was about! And it didn't make anyone go crazy or anything like that. It seemed like this kind of song had no effect on living beings, nor on the Rolands who were neither living nor dead. It wouldn't make anyone go crazy or lose their sanity.

Therefore, Roland had nothing to do with the many little Rolands.

But when he looked back, the Seventh Sister seemed to have had an epiphany! She looked like she was about to have a breakthrough!

Many straw Rolands gave Roland a vicious look - what the hell have you done again! Check out the explanation in the magic book!
Roland hurriedly flipped through the Book of Alayeh, and suddenly his eyes darkened. "The promotion rate of the Path of Faith has been raised to 100%! Queen Heraka is going to promote my brothers! Don't wait any longer, give them the magic potion!"

The little Rolands rushed forward and poured the potion directly on the Seven Good Spirits.

A closer look revealed that this potion was different from the normal potions wizards took. It was a mercury-like substance. After coming into contact with the spirits of the Seven Good Spirits, it slowly merged into them.

After the magic potion absorbed into their bodies, the seven good spirits seemed to sober up a little. They stopped chanting hymns and quickly closed their eyes to meditate.

Roland breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they meditated instead of chanting hymns and praying, they wouldn't be able to communicate with the gods.

Logically speaking, in this situation, they should take the path of truth to break through the bottleneck, rather than communicate with gods and take the path of faith.

Thinking of this, Roland flipped through Alaye's notes, only to find that the breakthrough rate of the good spirits' path of faith was still 100%.

Roland couldn't help but curse inwardly.

"Your Majesty is forcing them to be promoted!"

"You have to push someone towards me!"

Looking at the seven good spirits who were trying hard to break through after taking the potion, Roland was extremely anxious.

This group of people have been busy for a week, but if the good spirits embark on the path of firewood faith, all their efforts will be in vain.

Honestly, the Firewood Faith Path isn't bad either. It's more suitable for performing various divine arts, and it'll be easier to become a god in the future. And these seven gods were once my subordinates, whom I nurtured bit by bit—it's quite exciting to think about that!
If the good spirits could walk faster and farther than me in the future, then I would be "protected by gods above me"! And it wouldn't just be one god, but several!
So, this is actually pretty good.

But Roland felt a little uncomfortable.

After all, they were Roland's personal maids. They even knew the color of his underwear! If even his personal servants were diehard fans of a certain god and constantly reported him through prayers or something, it would be like planting a bunch of spies around him!
This is absolutely unacceptable. Roland cannot accept it. Even the goddess Heraka would make him feel uncomfortable!
Therefore, as long as the seven good spirits can walk the path of truth, Roland hopes that they can do so.

Roland thought to himself, "Think about it, if all my servants become die-hard fans of Madam Helaka, and if I ever fall out with her, whose side will they side with?"
Look, look at this guy!
To put it bluntly, Roland is a traitor!

He was disloyal and disrespectful to the Queen Helaka! He was always thinking about how he would contradict her in the future!
That is why he spent so much effort to let his servants walk the path of truth.

The same path of cultivation that I learned from Goddess Helaka is different from the path of faith and truth.

Those who walk the path of faith are priests.

Those who follow the path of truth are wizards.

For the priests, whatever the gods say is what they are, and all their strength comes from the gods.

But a wizard is different. All his magic comes from himself.

Moreover, as a wizard, questioning and curiosity are natural, and he has a rebellious spirit, which is almost naturally opposed to the gods.

No matter how good a god is to them, they may not always be able to pee in the same pot.

In fact, half of what the good spirits have today is given by Roland, and the other half is given by the goddess Heraka.

If we ask them to turn against their goddess one day in the future, they would be a bit ungrateful.

But Roland didn't ask them to fall out with the goddess in the future. He just hoped that if he had different opinions or even conflicts with Goddess Heraka in the future, his people would not listen to the goddess in everything.

He didn't want to go, but the servants insisted on standing on his side. He just hoped they wouldn't be so blindly loyal to the goddess, and wouldn't let him raise a bunch of ungrateful people.

But if the Seven Good Spirits really embarked on the path of faith, Roland would really be helpless against them.

First of all, he needs seven assistants.

Secondly, as they were Heracles' people, he couldn't hit or scold them. So if they really became Heracles' priestesses, he would have to worship them like aunts!

At this time, Roland saw many little Rolands slapping themselves in the hall.

Roland also slapped himself twice - why the hell are you burning incense for no reason!
At this time, a little Roland came over with a few keys and said, "Don't blame yourself. Even if you don't burn incense, Goddess Helaka will sense it when they break through. Just like our butterfly tribulation, the seven good spirits will definitely encounter this this time."

It turns out that the person who is best at enlightening yourself is always yourself!
After hearing what "himself" said, Roland felt much more relieved. He said something in Chinese: "Alas, when the enemy comes, we will stop him with our troops; when the water comes, we will block it with earth."

Little Roland shook the keys in his hand and spoke in Chinese: "Let's do other things first. They will need some time. Let's remove the shackles first and do the final experiment."

The shackles on Roland's hands have not been removed yet.

In fact, he could have removed the shackles at any time, but he discovered an interesting phenomenon during his research, so he didn't remove them immediately.

Therefore, he has been carrying it with him these days to make it easier for everyone to do experiments.

As for the key in little Roland's hand, Roland's alchemy skills weren't up to par, not as good as the wizard who forged the shackles. He didn't have the specialized materials, so he couldn't create a perfect key.

So this key can only temporarily unlock the shackles.

But that's enough.

In fact, this shackle was simpler and more complicated than Roland had imagined - it was bound to the soul.

According to research, once the shackles are locked, theoretically, no matter what method is used to remove them, they will eventually be locked back in some strange way.

This is a southern technique, a kind of 'prophecy'. It creates a 'necessary cause and effect' between the shackles and the prisoners.

Unless one is stronger than the one who casts the divination spell, there is no other way to break the shackles.

However, the ones who cast the prophecy were not the three-headed snake wizards who forged these shackles, but the gods they believed in.

From these shackles, Roland discovered one thing: the magic in the hands of the southern wizards did not come from themselves, but from God.

They do have their own magic power, but this magic power is clearly cultivated by them bit by bit, and it does not belong to them, but to the gods.

Strictly speaking, the magic they wield is of a higher rank because it is divine magic.

But the wizards were ultimately one step ahead—unlocking the shackles was actually quite simple. At least for Roland, a true Black Abyss wizard, it could be easily done with the help of a few tools.

Not only did he intend to unlock the shackles, he also intended to have them automatically locked on the Red Saint's body!
Roland asked, "Have you all painted the 'Magic Annihilation' spell on your body?"

Little Straw Roland pointed to his chest and said, "Draw it. As long as the magic power is sucked away by the shackles, the person will take about 2 units of damage. Straw Rolands are very fragile, so 2 units of damage is definitely enough."

Roland nodded, stood up and said, "Let's go check on the Red Saint."

The two of them arrived at the side hall, which was filled with spider webs. In the center stood a huge, thick cocoon.

A large circle of little Rolands surrounded the cocoon. Some were studying it with crystal balls and compasses, others were discussing plans to 'contain the Red Saint', and others were wrapping spider silk around the cocoon.

This cocoon is exactly the same as the one of the Red Saint.

Compared to before, the cocoon is a bit thicker and bigger.

It was shaking, as if the thing inside had been awake for some time and had been trying to break free from the cocoon. To prevent it from escaping, the little Rolands had reinforced it several times with spider silk in the past few days.

Near the cocoon, there is also a magic mirror.

(End of this chapter)