144 There’s Light at the End of the Tunnel

Panting, the young apprentice burst back into the room with the required holy water. He quickly handed it over to Baiyi as he gently pried her lips open and tipped a small amount into her mouth.

Being the ones the Church used for themselves, it was pure holy water, but yet it did not seem to bring forth any miracle. Attie’s body continued to resist against any intervention from other higher power.

Admittedly, none of the holy water the Church provided came directly from the hands of the Lord above. It was all normal water enchanted by Holy Power, channeled through His priests. The resulting water was then diluted before it was sent off to other believers while some of the pure ones were left behind in the Church.

The result was not completely out of Baiyi’s expectation. The water was just another form of theurgy, only that it was infused into a substance that could be directly absorbed by the body.