Hearing that, Rayne nearly lost focus, thinking his spell had malfunctioned and connected to someone else.
Even with the spell active, he still turned around and looked about, confirming that there were only the two of them nearby.
Rayne hurriedly continued through Mind Link, "You're going a little too far here."
Even Zhao Xu, whose heart had been calm as still water, could sense how unusual Rayne's reaction was. He explained, "Luck."
"What luck? This is called Divine Favor. Let me see if I should file a report and have you keep advancing as a Cleric. Why bother being a scroll scholar? It sounds impressive, saying Divine Spells are invincible, but you still have to copy scrolls honestly. How could that compare to being cozy with the Goddess like you are? You get everything handed to you."
"Do you know how difficult it was to borrow the things I brought to help you awaken your domains faster? Take this magical notebook personally written by the Goddess back then—it only circulates privately among the big shots. If the Goddess, as the Third Generation, hadn't been unlike the first two generations and never descended to the mortal world, I'd have thought you were the Goddess's—"
The moment Rayne finished speaking, every hair on his body stood on end.
He hurriedly put on a groveling posture and apologized, "Goddess above, I spoke out of turn. I'll donate penance money later to atone for my sin. Sorry, sorry."
He could not help being afraid. Zhao Xu had just received Divine Favor and directly gained a domain. Who knew whether the Goddess's gaze still rested upon him?
With his Mind Link, he was no different from holding a loudspeaker before the Goddess of Magic's divine power.
During the era of the Second Generation Goddess of