Cillian and Lloyd two returned to Quiet Winds Church.


    Standing before the entrance, Cillian looked up at the blood-colored star in the sky.


    “The Blood Star appears when cmity approaches. Could a great cmity be descending upon Quiet


    Winds Church?” he wondered.


    Despite his calctions, he could not discern anything. Cillian frowned as he contemted whether to


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    activate the protection array.


    Seeing the troubled look on his junior’s face, Lloyd smiled and asked, You look like you have


    something on your mind.”


    Hands behind his back, Cillian recounted what Eric had warned him. about earlier.


    Lloyd felt a sense of unease course through him as he said, “So, what are we waiting for? Let’s quickly


    activate the array!”


    Eric was, after all, a Golden Amulet Master. If he had personally ca to warn his junior, then Quiet Winds


    Church must be in danger.


    Cillian remained silent. His dignity would surely take a hit if he wer to ept the man’s warning now.


    When Lloyd noticed that Cillian was still unconvinced, he smiled again and said, “You’ve already


    advanced your strength by a level when you broke through to the Profound Reality Realm. If there’s


    danger, we can ovee it!”


    Cillian lowered his gaze and sighed. “Activate the protection array.”


    In the end, he chose to heed Eric’s advice. While he had no fear, Quiet Winds Church had over a


    thousand disciples.


    As the head priest of Quiet Winds Church, he had to consider the overall situation. He could not let the


    lives of the disciples be jeopardized because of his personal impulsive decisions.


    “Ah, my strong-willed junior!” Lloyd eximed with a cheerful smile as he made his way into the


    grounds with hands behind his back.


    Half an hourter, the Path takers who had been meditating and practicing within Quiet Winds Church


    were abruptly awakened by a loud and intense explosion.


    Dozens gathered at the main gate. The dozen or so more elderly Path takers who had cultivated their


    discerning eyes could see that a massive transparent barrier hade down on Quiet Winds Church.


    “The protection array?”


    “What is Cillian up to? The array isn’t meant to be activat an old man with a donkey-like face coldly


    snorted.


    The protection array of Quiet Winds Church could only be a three times. It was activated for the first


    time centuries agowhe


    Quiet Winds Church faced potential destruction. The head at the activated the array, saving the church.


    ly!”


    80 years ago, it was activated the second time to suppress the zombies beneath Quiet Winds Cliff.


    They broke free and wreaked havoc within the sanctuary after the head of that time, along with the


    elders, expelled them.


    They were left with its final activation, and now Cillian had squandered it.


    If Quiet Winds Church were to face disaster again without the protection array, the sanctuary could very


    well be wiped from the Path.munity.


    “Junior Cillian has his reasons for activating the protection array. Why get so worked up, Senior Trey?”


    Another old man with an air of celestial grace chuckled. Although Quiet Winds Church seemed


    outwardly united and harmonious, it had


    actually split into two factions internally.


    One faction supported Cillian, known as the Cillian Sect. The other


    faction, the Cain Sect, was led by the donkey-faced old man-Cain


    Twilight.


    The first generation of practitioners in Quiet Winds Church had retired


    from cultivation and returned to secr life. This left the second


    generation of practitioners bing the pirs of the sect.


    Being the son of the previous generation’s elder, Cain possessed exceptional talent from a young age.


    He excelled in his practic


    the Path. At the age of 30, he reached the qualifications to be


    assessed as a Golden Amulet Master.


    Logically, the position of the head of Quiet Winds Church should have


    been passed to him. However, the elders of the previous generation


    unanimously believed Cillian to be of better temperament and cast all


    their votes in his favor.


    Cain harbored resentment over this matter. Over the years, he had


    gathered many disciples from the second generation, hoping to


    regain control of Quiet Winds Church.


    Now that an opportunity had presented itself, he naturally wanted to challenge Cillian’s authority.