Chapter 165 The Saint's Bath

“Looks like you've found out quite a lot these past few days." Catherine smiled, increasingly admiring the Tongtian Jiaozhu's precise grasp of the Hunter Guild's schemes.

Zhang Yuanqing pulled up a chair and sat down, scanning the spacious and luxurious suite, noticing the surveillance cameras installed in the four corners of the ceiling.

He withdrew his gaze, looked at Catherine's snowy and graceful back, and said lightly, "I originally thought the Hunter Guild was just doing things for money, but the tone of your voice when you called and your current emotions tell me that assassinating Julian and provoking internal strife within the Heavenly Punishment is your goal. Does the Hunter Guild belong to the evil faction?"

"Want to know?" Catherine turned her head, a smile playing on her lips. "Take off your clothes and come down!"

Zhang Yuanqing scanned the surveillance cameras in the four corners of the ceiling again and said coldly, "I don't have a habit of getting naked in front of others."

Catherine's eyes were charming as she followed his gaze to look at the surveillance cameras. She smiled and said, "The people behind the surveillance are the president of the Hunter Guild and two vice presidents. We have very strict reviews for new members. Tonight is the final test for you to join the Hunters. They are responsible for the review."

One president and three vice presidents... Zhang Yuanqing felt somewhat resistant, but Tongtian Jiaozhu was an eccentric and perverse illusionist, so how could he be intimidated by such a small scene? Thus, he expressionlessly took off his white short-sleeved shirt and black casual jacket, then pulled off his briefs and tossed them aside. Under Catherine's bright gaze, he walked to the edge of the bath, stark naked, and stepped into the water.

The moment his body was immersed in the warm water, Zhang Yuanqing felt a tremor in his heart. All sorts of emotions in his mind quickly dissipated, leaving behind upright and serious thoughts, as if he had become the selfless and impartial Bao Qingtian.

"This is..." Zhang Yuanqing looked down at the pool.

Catherine smiled. "This is called the Sacred Pool, one of the three holy relics of the Holy See, a prop for the Knight profession, originally controlled by the Holy See Knights. Its function is to wash away inner evil thoughts and baleful auras. Every time the Knights returned to the Holy See after purifying heretics, they had to soak in the Sacred Pool for an hour."

"What a great thing. If I have the opportunity, I'll snatch it and send it back to China. If those corrupt officials are soaked in it for an hour every day, the world would become a better place."

Zhang Yuanqing's first reaction was: the Demon Eye must really like this prop. At the same time, he understood the reason why Catherine had invited him to take a lovers' bath. This was the final test.

As thoughts flickered through his mind, he saw the item properties while immersed in the Sacred Pool:

[Name: Sacred Knight's Bathing Pool]

[Type: Bathtub]

[Function: Cleansing of Covenants]

[Introduction: One of the three holy relics of the Holy See. In the chaotic Middle Ages, witch curses and vampire contamination were the greatest threats to the Holy See clergy. In order to save fallen knights, and to prevent knights from being contaminated, the third-generation Saint Knights created this holy artifact.]

[Note: A true man should meet naked!]

Covenants and oaths were both common skills of the Knight profession, but "Cleansing" aroused Zhang Yuanqing's curiosity, guessing that it was a skill attached to the prop, and contained the characteristics of a knight.

The skills of high-level props did not completely replicate the spiritual realm profession, but evolved into new skills based on their own characteristics and integrated with professional abilities.

For example, the Rogue Plate's ability did not belong to any profession.

It was a pity that he could not store this prop in his item bar. Zhang Yuanqing could not figure out the specific effects of cleansing. If it only eliminated the "impurities" in emotions, he felt that the strength was too low to match the title of "Three Holy Relics."

Catherine gently stirred the water, her fair and delicate oval face dotted with droplets. Seeing that Tongtian Jiaozhu's eyes were deep and calm, she pouted and said resentfully, "Am I not beautiful?"

Zhang Yuanqing chuckled. "I think Donna is more beautiful than you."

Catherine's pretty face darkened and she put away her charm, coldly saying, "Tongtian Jiaozhu, on behalf of the Hunter Guild, I will conduct the final round of investigation on you. Now, please swear to answer my questions honestly."

After saying that, she raised her snow-white arms and swept across the water surface. Pure and bright golden light lit up from the bottom of the pool, turning the pool into a golden broth.

Catherine's immaculate body became even more beautiful and alluring, like a celestial fairy bathing in the Jade Pool.

Is she angry? She has a very strong jealousy towards Donna. This is a clue.

Zhang Yuanqing's expression remained unchanged as he made a vow and said, "No need for ten seconds, ask away."

"26 years old, born in Songhai, China, spiritual realm ID Tongtian Jiaozhu, profession illusionist!" Zhang Yuanqing responded frankly.

In the New Covenant County Bank headquarters building, in the bedroom, the Yin corpse with the exact same appearance as the real "Tongtian Jiaozhu" suddenly had a sword mark splitting open between its eyebrows. The sword mark expanded and quickly traveled along the body... *poof*, the entire body was torn in half.

The skin on the surface of the corpse melted, and the venom-like substance gathered into a paper-thin human skin. Zhang Yuanqing's doppelganger held the Eight-Span Mirror in one hand and picked up the human skin with the other. Mission complete!

"I hope the main body passes the test smoothly."

From the computer's speakers came the sounds of men and women indulging in excessive pleasure, unconsciously uttering dirty words: "Oh! Oh!"

Catherine scrutinized him. Seeing that Tongtian Jiaozhu was safe and sound, a smile appeared on her lips. She continued to ask, "We've investigated you. You're very low-key in the Second District. The Five Elements Alliance has no more than three criminal records about you. The people you killed were all officials."

"I've killed many people: the powerful, the greedy, the lecherous, the rich second generation who abuse their ancestors' power. Too many," Zhang Yuanqing said lightly. "How could those idiots in the government find out that an illusionist is killing people?"

Catherine nodded slightly. "You seem to have a strong hatred for these groups!"

"My home was forcibly demolished, and my parents died because of it."

"Why did you come to the Free Federation?"

"I want to participate in the year-end Slaughter Instance. Coming to the Free Federation will increase my chances of obtaining the Dao Fruits from the First District and advancing to the Dominator realm."

"What's your evaluation of the Five Elements Alliance?"

"Trash."

"What about the Heavenly Punishment?"

"Trash among trash."

"What about the Hunter Guild?"

"Still trash."

Catherine had seen all kinds of men, but had never encountered one so arrogant and conceited.

She put aside her distracting thoughts and continued, "If you find that someone in the Hunter Guild has violated your taboos, what would you do?"

"I have no companions. No one in this world is unsalvageable, including myself."

Catherine smiled. This was the norm for an evil profession with deep obsessions, wishing to destroy the world, including themselves. In the eyes of evil professions, there were no companions. The so-called companions were just fellow travelers who temporarily aligned due to shared interests, and betrayal and abandonment could happen at any time, even within evil organizations.

At this moment, her phone beside the pool "dinged."

"Of course, this is temporary. There is no skill in the world that can eliminate evil professions. The souls of evil professions are sources of evil pollution. Cleansing can only remove thoughts and the dissipated filth. As time passes, evil thoughts will gradually grow and return to their original state."

Zhang Yuanqing did not respond.

Zhang Yuanqing frowned.

"Skills can be disguised with props. As long as you prepare enough, you can disguise yourself as any profession, but evil professions all have one thing in common: the higher the level, the stronger the evil."

"Of course, even if a soul is full of evil thoughts, we will gladly accept it if they are an orderly profession."

While she was speaking, Zhang Yuanqing was racking his brains. He understood the role of "cleansing." This was how the Hunter Guild confirmed evil professions. The Free Covenant was indeed very careful, even for recruiting a Saint-level member who was not even in the core management.

No wonder the major orderly organizations had not been able to find the enemies lurking in their internal affairs for a century.

Evil thoughts... I shouldn't lack this. Although Zhang Yuanqing was unwilling to admit it, after experiencing Master Wuhen's sermon, he deeply understood the problem within his spirit ghost.

Hidden within this body was a soul that even evil professions would pity and be surprised by.

Zhang Yuanqing glanced at the surveillance cameras above his head and said, "How do you cleanse it?"

"The water in the pool will dilute the evil thoughts in your soul. Imagine yourself as a ball of ink. The deeper the evil thoughts, the darker the pool will become."

Catherine smiled. "At the Saint level, I've seen an evil profession with the deepest evil thoughts turn the water into a latte color."

She put away her smile and stared deeply at Tongtian Jiaozhu.

The next second, a dazzling golden light erupted from the bottom of the pool. The golden light then converged, condensing into a stream of light that entered Zhang Yuanqing's body along his ankle, drilling into his calf, thigh, lower back, abdomen, chest, and finally gathering at his brow.

Zhang Yuanqing raised his head, revealing a twisted expression intertwined with pain and pleasure.

Then, a scene that made Catherine pale appeared. A layer of pitch-black quickly dyed the area around Tongtian Jiaozhu, spreading rapidly. In the blink of an eye, nearly half of the pool was polluted.

Catherine's expression changed drastically, and she quickly jumped out of the pool, as if it were something terrible.

"This..." She stood naked by the pool, her beautiful eyes filled with astonishment. A peak Saint-level illusionist actually had such terrible and deep evil thoughts.

According to the law that the higher the level, the deeper the evil thoughts, Tongtian Jiaozhu's level could not possibly be Saint, but at least Dominator.

She had been nonchalant before, boasting that she was a Dominator and not afraid of mere pollution, but Tongtian Jiaozhu's evil thoughts were no less than those of an evil profession Dominator. If she were contaminated by these filth, as an orderly profession, she might go insane.

*Ding ding!*

The phone beside the bathtub rang. The caller was the president of the Hunter Guild. Catherine calmed herself, answered the phone, and after listening for a few seconds, she put down the phone and looked at Zhang Yuanqing with a complicated expression.

"You passed the assessment. The president asked me to warn you to come here every ten months to cleanse your evil thoughts. We need rational companions who can communicate effectively."

Even evil professions are afraid that I'll go insane, Zhang Yuanqing's mouth twitched.

Ten minutes later, Zhang Yuanqing was wearing a bathrobe, sitting cross-legged by the coffee table, with a cup of coffee in front of him. Across from him was Catherine, also wearing a bathrobe, revealing her snowy cleavage.

"Congratulations on joining the Hunter Guild. From today onwards, you are our internal member. Let me first tell you about the benefits."

Catherine took a sip of coffee and said, "A monthly salary of 500,000 Federal Coins, one free bounty opportunity per month. From now on, all the rewards from the missions you do belong to you, and the guild will no longer take a cut. The guild will arrange missions for you regularly, which you cannot refuse. After completing the missions, there will be bonuses, material dungeon strategies, props, and other rewards, depending on the difficulty of the mission."

Zhang Yuanqing listened silently and said, "No problem."

He also took a sip of coffee and then asked, "I want to know the real background of the Hunter Guild and information about the Holy See and the Pope's relics."

Zhang Yuanqing shook his head.

"The oldest spiritual realm practitioner organization in the world is the Holy See and the Free Covenant. The Free Covenant belongs to the free camp of free professions and a group of orderly professions who yearn for freedom. The destruction of the Holy See was the credit of the organization's ancestors."

"I see. In the words of the orderly camp, you are a fallen one among the orderly professions."

"A fallen one?" Catherine giggled. "I am not a fallen one. I have only seen through the ultimate order of the essence of the universe. Without order, the ultimate of chaos is destruction, and destruction is the only unchanging order. This is God's revelation!"

"God's revelation!" Zhang Yuanqing raised an eyebrow.

"You said God?"