The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing

Holy water must be applied directly onto the blade, simply splashing it has no effect.

Unless it’s a more potent type of holy water.

Low-tier holy water must enter a monster’s body through a wound.

Simply dipping an ordinary blade in holy water is also excluded, because a large amount of holy water must enter at once.

First using a sharp weapon to attack a vampire to create a wound, and then splashing holy water on it won’t work either—because only holy weapons can harm the vampire’s body and create a wound.

An Su frowned slightly, lost in thought, and dismissed two cheating schemes.

So the proper method now is to infuse ten pints of holy water into the blade.

The crucial point is, holy water is a divine, blessed sacred liquid, affectionate to living beings, naturally repelling all non-living things, hence no container can hold it; therefore, the core is to carve an alchemic circuit on the mithril that can carry holy water, creating the Redemption Holy Blade.

Non-living metal cannot hold holy water, so the alchemy rune’s effect should be to alter mithril’s properties, enabling it to carry holy water.

This is the difficulty examined in this test, but constructing an alchemy inscription that can hold holy water is considerably difficult.

Not only An Su had thought of this, but other saints who had entered this room had as well, their heads dripping with sweat as they spread out their designs, focusing intently on designing the inscription for the ’Redemption Holy Blade’.

[Remaining time: twenty minutes]

"The difficulty of this test is to design an inscription that can hold holy water."

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At the highest level of the Alchemical Cathedral, in the examination monitoring room, Bishop Morgan proudly boasted of the difficulty to Merlin,

"But since holy water is the most peculiar and remote liquid, non-living beings cannot contain it, thus it is nearly impossible for non-alchemists to design an alchemic circuit that can hold holy water in a short time."

"Designing such a difficult question, aren’t you afraid the other bishops will hold you accountable?" Merlin said expressionlessly, "None of the magicians outside the Alchemical Church can pass this test."

The old woman seemed to think the more difficult the question, the better.

"Because I have you to take the blame," Morgan replied with a chuckle, "After all, they have already been eliminated by His Excellency Merlin."

"...You, son of a bitch," Merlin’s mouth twitched slightly, "I already said it wasn’t my doing...."

This examination was broadcast live, projected through a magic screen, not only to them but also to citizens and ordinary saints in the square who had bought tickets, who watched the contestants’ performances attentively, holding their breath, vicariously sweating for them.

In the very center of the square, a huge magic screen was also erected, displaying the number of rooms each saint had passed through, as well as everyone’s ranking, with nearly all saints having zero rooms passed.

And Cersei Milton’s name hovered above everyone else’s head, the Third Princess had already passed the second room even though the test had just begun, Little Saintess Luojia closely following her by passing the first room of the Radiant Holy See.

Apart from Cersei Milton and her companions, the ones who drew attention were An Su and his companions.

Incidentally, their first challenge was in the highest difficulty alchemy room.

"To pass this room, the priority is to perfect the missing alchemic circuit, filling in the missing materials,"

Ai Xueli explained to a nearby saint, "We need to fully replenish the missing materials... then use flame magic to melt the metal for forging."

This is the proper method to pass the test.

"Priest Your Majesty, but it looks like An Su is deleting circuits!" a saint exclaimed in surprise, looking at An Su’s room sixteen.

"What the...," she turned back, her face full of suspicion as she looked towards An Su.

Yet, there he was, his face calm with a gentle smile, picking up the pen from the table, and crossing out the dense alchemic circuits, deleting line after line of materials while secretly pocketing the test materials into his own pockets, the cyan in his pupils twinkling with an innocent light.

These alchemical materials were all incredibly rare and scarce, circulated only within the Alchemical Church, not available for purchase even if one had the money. @@novelbin@@

He stuffed them all into his waist bag.

Sapphire, crossed off, put in the pocket.

Alchemical mithril, crossed off, put in the pocket...

Holy iron, crossed off, did not fit in the pocket, turned Luo Xiaohei into a cat-skin bag, put in the pocket.

Luo Xiaohei swayed dizzily, holding a pile of metal far exceeding her weight, looking at An Su in disbelief as if saying what the hell are you doing.

The monsters are about to break through! And you’re still embezzling!

Is it tense in front and tightening behind?

The strange commotion stirred by An Su attracted the attention of all spectators outside; they all stood up, expressing strong incomprehension towards An Su’s actions, and several priests of the Alchemical Church talked amongst themselves.

"Doesn’t he need iron for forging weapons?"

"He’s discarding all materials!"

"An Su, that young man must be throwing in the towel, thinking he can’t pass anyway...,"

They couldn’t fathom his purpose, as the vampire monster was about to break the seal any moment; was this young man not caring for his life?

"My alchemy doesn’t need all these complicated and luxurious things," An Su spoke calmly, his cyan eyes glittering with the wisdom of a master, "The greater the skill, the less the effort; simplicity leads to the Tao; the more profound the alchemy, the less the need for material assistance."

"As for the most unadorned and pure alchemy, that is the true essence of alchemy," An Su declared loudly, "The more we save on materials, the more money we save, the more money we have, the more gold we produce, which is the highest form of alchemy practiced by our Chenxing family."