Once, I wanted to be a good person

One of the figures said, "Yes, Venerable. After leaving the camp, Garo went straight back to Taihe City to meet with Peacock."

"Then, he returned to his residence and lay down to read religious texts."

"Throughout the day, there were no law fluctuations from using abilities or treasures around His Grace, nor did he send out any messages."

"To prevent him from transmitting messages late at night, a team is currently monitoring him after we returned."

After listening to these reports from the black shadows, Yuan Gu replied with another "Hmm" and then said in a voice full of age, "Alright. I understand."

"Let's see tomorrow what the situation is with those two cities."

....

Late at night, the sleeping Fang Ze arrived at the Late-Night Investigation Room.

After arriving at the Late-Night Investigation Room, Fang Ze didn't immediately continue investigating the two imprisoned demigod prisoners but planned first to accomplish the most important task tonight: helping Bai Zhi enhance her strength.

So he slightly adjusted the setup of the Late-Night Investigation Room and directly used the "13 Gold Tokens" on Bai Zhi, summoning her to his side.

Having been reminded in the afternoon that she would strengthen her power tonight, Bai Zhi appeared in front of Fang Ze shortly after receiving the summon.

Perhaps for the sake of convenience in the ascension, Bai Zhi wore a light purple split bodysuit tonight. But due to the material, Fang Ze felt the outfit resembled yoga pants from a past life.

This body-fitting attire places extreme demands on a woman's figure, as any blemishes would detract from its beauty.

However, this outfit was perfect on Bai Zhi: long legs comprising two-thirds of her body, a waist slim enough for a hand to grasp, rich softness, just like heaven's most perfect artwork.

Fang Ze's appreciating gaze lingered on Bai Zhi for a moment, then he sincerely praised, "You look very beautiful tonight."

Upon hearing Fang Ze's words, Bai Zhi's expression seemed unchanged, but her mouth subtly curved...

Actually... Bai Zhi specifically chose this outfit for tonight. Yep... she spent an afternoon and an evening selecting it.

After all, a woman's focus on a date is beyond a man's imagination.

The reason she chose this outfit was also part of her subtle scheme.

She felt that Fang Ze asking her to take off her practice clothes in the morning, although seeming proper, was actually... due to Fang Ze's dislike of thick attire that doesn't flatter the figure.

Thus, if she wanted Fang Ze to feel irresistibly drawn to her, she should wear something that flatters the figure and is a bit seductive.

Yet, wearing sleepwear or something slightly risqué seemed too deliberate.

So she and Bai Ling tried on many outfits and ultimately chose this one that could be considered practice clothes but was as eye-catching as sleepwear.

Looking at it now, it surely has had an effect.

After all, from the moment she arrived before Fang Ze, his eyes haven't left her.

Thinking of this, though she felt a little smug about her subtle scheme, Bai Zhi still casually asked, "You summoned me tonight, not just to compliment me, right?"

Fang Ze chuckled at her words, nodded, and said, "Of course not."

He began to explain, "I mentioned this afternoon. To achieve physical ascension, two conditions must be met."

"First, the body must be flawless, reaching the pinnacle of martial arts."

"Second, there's a need for an immense amount of power of faith as fuel to replace the body's wear during ascent."

At this point, Fang Ze paused, then asked, "So, I gave you an afternoon; did you guess where my power of faith comes from?"

Upon these words, Bai Zhi first shook her head, then nodded, saying, "I only guessed where your ascending power of faith comes from."

Fang Ze asked encouragingly, "Where?"

Bai Zhi responded, "The Flower God!"

Fang Ze smiled with satisfaction, "Yes. It is the Flower God."

"Such an immense amount of power of faith is possessed only by demigods continuously attempting to descend into the real world and collecting faith."

"And the power of faith I used to ascend came from 50 years of Flower God's accumulation during the Flower Morning Festival."

"This time, the power of faith helping your ascension comes from another demigod!"

"Another demigod?" Bai Zhi appeared slightly hesitant.

Bai Zhi guessed Fang Ze's power of faith came from the Flower God because she previously experienced Fang Ze's dealings at the Flower Morning Festival, knowing the Flower God was manipulated by Fang Ze and that during that time, Fang Ze discovered a path to faith ascension.

But... over the past half year, Bai Zhi hadn't heard of Fang Ze manipulating any other demigods?

While Bai Zhi pondered this, Fang Ze reached out and transformed his entire being into Dahei Jialuo's form.

At that moment, Bai Zhi, seeing Fang Ze's transformation, stared at him in amazement before exclaiming, "Dahei Jialuo?!"

Fang Ze nodded, "Yes. It's Dahei Jialuo."

In fact, Fang Ze discovered Dahei Jialuo had an immense amount of power of faith through sheer chance.

While frequently transforming into Dahei Jialuo over the past few days, Fang Ze always noticed streams of faith gathering upon him, subsequently flowing elsewhere.

Fang Ze initially wondered where the destination was. After testing Dahei Jialuo a few times, he finally uncovered: it's Dahei Jialuo's demigod secret realm.

As a successfully descended demigod, Dahei Jialuo, unlike the wandering spirit Flower God, linked his demigod secret realm, true form, and incarnation vessel together.

Additionally, having constantly schemed rebellion across Tuoya Province over the years, with Galan Houde's support, Tuoya Province harvested a large batch of believers.

This vast collection of faith from believers over the years, coupled with unspent power from prior worlds, formed an ocean of faith energy.

However, it's essential to know that when Fang Ze transformed, he became "his soul," so naturally, Fang Ze gained access to mobilize this power of faith.

Since this power of faith belongs to Dahei Jialuo, Fang Ze couldn't use it in the Late-Night Investigation Room or for himself but could lend it like Little Grass lent him faith power for others' ascension.

This is why Fang Ze dares to guide Bai Zhi's path and even plan Miaomiao and Bai Ling's ascension routes ahead of time!

After narrating the shareable bits of this to Bai Zhi, Fang Ze instructed her to focus and begin directing the power of faith into Bai Zhi's body.

Initially, Bai Zhi didn't have a clear understanding of Fang Ze's mentioned "immense" power of faith, but once Fang Ze grasped her hand, flooding her with infinite faith energy, she became utterly shocked.

Is this the immense power of faith?

Why does it feel profoundly overwhelming? How many years has Dahei Jialuo accumulated this spiritual power?

With this thought, knowing the value of faith power, Bai Zhi couldn't help but open her eyes to look at Fang Ze.

Yet her action received only a gentle command from Fang Ze, "Don't get distracted!"

"Burn the faith power I've injected into you, connect with the World's Origin!"

Upon hearing Fang Ze's words, Bai Zhi recognized now wasn't the time for astonishment, quickly closing her eyes, and started connecting with the World's Origin as instructed by Fang Ze....

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The next chapter, which is Chapter 254, will be updated on January 15th around 2 AM in the "Qi Dian" app. Look forward to your reading~