Chapter 124 The Saint of Macau
The transaction went very smoothly, with basically no hitches. The Qi Avatar was just like an honest porter, wanting to exchange some money with two children, claiming that he could no longer afford to raise them. After entering, he kept telling the two children that they would have a good life at the academy and that their future would be brighter than following an old useless person like him.

The president of the Tzu Chi Chamber of Commerce was all smiles. He stared at the two children, his eyes almost popping out. At first, he looked at the older girl, but soon he couldn't take his eyes off the little boy.

The matter of favoring men was something that existed in both the East and the West. Starting from the Northern and Southern Dynasties, these particularly beautiful young boys who could be played with as girls by high-ranking officials were called luantong. And beautiful girls of the same age were called jinü.

The president of the Chamber of Commerce was truly beaming, and the priest became even more excited. After the "porter" left, he immediately grabbed the president, saying that he would pay a high price to buy the two children.

"You're only offering so little money for these children who are like celestial beings descended to earth? You're not sincere."

The president of the Chamber of Commerce raised the price on the spot. He wanted to keep the two children for himself, but the priest of St. Paul's was also here and had seen him, so the idea of keeping them for his own pleasure was ruined. But then he thought, as long as he had money, was he afraid of not being able to play with luantong and jinü?

These two children would definitely fetch a high price.

When the "porter" left, he took the receipt to the money shop, which could be exchanged for two hundred and twenty taels of silver. The girl's life was cheap, earning only eighty taels, while the boy was very good-looking and young, just like tender tofu, earning one hundred and forty taels.

In this Guangzhou, an oil seller's annual income was only sixteen taels of silver, and a pig butcher could double that. Two hundred taels of silver was enough for a porter to live for ten years, but for a rich man like St. Paul's College, the president of the Chamber of Commerce asked for more than double the price for the girl, at least one hundred and eighty taels.

As for the boy, he would need five hundred taels.

After a little hesitation, the priest agreed. Donghua Fairy and Ji Xiang looked at each other, both seeing a playful look in the other's eyes.

The priest tested the children's aptitude. Ji Xiang slightly revealed a bit of Christian power, which immediately caused the crucifix in the priest's hand to emit a strong halo, making the priest ecstatic.

.......

Macau, St. Paul's College.

Compared to the church in Shuntian, the architecture here was closer to the original style of Western architecture, with long stone steps and magnificent buildings inside. Founded in the forty-fourth year of Jiajing, it had stood on this land for more than thirty years.

Therefore, Matteo Ricci and others spent several years before successfully going to Shuntian, and this college appeared on this land even earlier than this group of missionaries.

Among them, a large part of its college funding came from the Frankish maritime trade association. It was a Christian anchor in the Far East, a difficult-to-remove iron nail, and a major base for Christianity on this land.

Bells, songs, praises to the Lord. Children in white clothes and priests and nuns were everywhere in the college. They all looked kind and amiable on the outside, but in Ji Xiang's eyes, they were completely different.

Including the situation here.

There was powerful magic outside, isolating the power of faith here.

"The light of faith here is so strong... Among the priests and nuns, there are also pure people, but those older ones are filled with an ominous aura."

There were no vengeful spirits seeking lives, of course. The power of the Lord was extremely powerful, so how could any dead ghosts dare to show their heads here? They would have already been purified into ashes. However, wishes would not easily disappear. Even Christ the Lord, whose control over wishes reached a level beyond people's imagination, could not completely figure out how to use them.

Even if they were erased or swallowed, something still remained.

Ji Xiang looked at those people and felt that it was the right decision not to attack easily. There were probably no less than ten people here who could use miracles.

Although the missionaries themselves were not very powerful, Christ the Lord seemed to be able to bless them across worlds, and also allow angels to possess the missionaries and display divine power to fight remotely.

The first thing to do was to tamper with the teachings here and make their miracles ineffective.

"After they become ineffective, what... if the miracles are useless, what's the next step?" Donghua Fairy thought that Ji Xiang must have a great plan.

"The next step is to directly reveal my true form and tear this place down."

Ji Xiang replied calmly and firmly.

The two children were changed into white robes, just in time for the meal.

As soon as the bell rang, someone drove the children to the dining place in a hurry, and at the same time, they heard a priest shouting piously:

"The angels beside the Lord are about to descend to bring good news, everyone eat quietly."

The sky darkened, and in the dining hall, everyone praised Christ before eating. Wisps of wishes surged towards a certain place in the void, and a nun was assigned to Ji Xiang and Donghua Fairy, who were now required to praise the Lord together.

Ji Xiang's eyes narrowed, and he quietly circulated the True Wu Er Shang Book. An invisible demonic thought covered the dining hall, and all the wishes were absorbed by that demonic thought, silently permeating the space.

The so-called dining hall was also a grand hall.

High up in the grand hall, a piece of light suddenly appeared.

The transparent figure descended from the sky, with wings growing out of its back. The priests and nuns all looked pious, and so did the children, though they lowered their heads, their expressions were fanatical.

The angel brought good news and was about to bless them.

Ji Xiang narrowed his eyes.

How interesting, this thing... is it a xingshen (形神, form and spirit)? It looks like it's extremely similar to the form-shaping technique in the Jade Book of the Central Department!

And in the next moment, that angel's xingshen suddenly stared at Ji Xiang.

"Praise the most high Lord."

"You possess pure aptitude and can be a holy apostle. I bless you."

The angel made a grand voice, and then a powerful wish poured into Ji Xiang's mind! In this instant, this fierce wish seemed to control and cleanse Ji Xiang's mind, and at the same time reverse some "cognitions" about the world.

"To become an apostle, you must abandon human hearts, give up distracting thoughts, dedicate your body and mind, and unite with the will of the Lord."

The angel's voice sounded in Ji Xiang's mind. Ji Xiang was not ambiguous, raised his head, and looked at the angel.

At this instant!

The power of the True Wu Er Shang Book was activated, and all the incoming cognition was transformed into demonic thoughts. At the same time, the souls of hundreds of immortals and more than one hundred thousand heavenly demons in the Sea of Bitterness erupted with wishes. The angel could not bear such a powerful counterattack and lost the ability to think in an instant.

He was stunned. The "angelic will" residing in this xingshen was instantly destroyed and occupied by Ji Xiang's demonic thoughts.

Soul snatching?

Ji Xiang smiled slightly. In the eyes of the people outside, it was this beautiful little boy who received the angel's blessing. Their eyes were full of envy, and the priest who brought Ji Xiang in was even more radiant.

But they didn't know that at this time, the angel had become a puppet that Ji Xiang could manipulate at will.

"What did you do?"

Donghua Fairy had just noticed something was wrong and almost took action, but it seemed that the occupation had reversed in an instant. She vaguely sensed the result, but was just confirming it at this time.

So Ji Xiang transmitted a voice to Donghua Fairy, full of ridicule:

"Since ancient times, I have only heard of heavenly demons snatching the souls of others."

"I have never heard of anyone daring to snatch the soul of a heavenly demon."

Truly showing off one's skill before an expert.

A laughingstock!