In the beginning, Lin Shui had little confidence in the missionary work. The reason why he embarked on this path was only because of the orders of Liang Tian, the true god, that he could not disobey.

So at that time, he never imagined that he would one day be addicted to this job and couldn't extricate himself.

Yes, today's Lin Shui is already happy to do it. The cause he created was already intoxicating to him.

Every time he spread out the map of the Elven Empire, watching the cities of the Elven Empire marked on the map one after another being included in the belief network he had constructed, he felt full of motivation all over his body.

At some point, he couldn't help but mutter, "Now, I have surpassed the deeds of my grandfather more than a hundred years ago." ”

When he said this, an idea that he had never dared to think of came to him.

"In that year, His Excellency the Archbishop went to Xihe alone to preach, and conquered Xihe for the true God without a single soldier. The archbishop has gained everything he has today, so why can't I become the second archbishop!?"

Lin Shui thought secretly. Now, he doesn't have the confidence to say it directly. But when such a thought comes to mind, it can no longer be dispelled. He secretly regarded this as his goal and the greatest wish in this life.

He wanted to be the first man in the history of the church, and he wanted to conquer an empire for the true God he believed in.

He had such an ambition, and the true God, who secretly controlled everything, also perceived it. But in this regard, the true god whose body is far away on another continent is happy.

"Ambition makes a person motivated. If Lin Shui can have such ambition, he will naturally be spurred by this ambition and continue to move forward. And if one day they can really conquer the elves and their empire by faith alone, then these people, led by Lin Shui and the others, can be used to balance the current church and my human believers. ”

When he becomes a "true god" who secretly influences and manipulates everything, mastering the art of balance naturally becomes an instinct of Him. In short, "never put all your eggs in the same cage".

So instead of letting the Church dominate and control everything, he created a completely different form of government outside the Church, Ordonga, and the Holy Federation of Dero in the Shamo Forest.

And in the church, the tribe and Xihe obviously have the same writing and language as they do now. But instead of uniting the believers in these two places, they still let them govern separately.

In this way, it will indeed cause some unnecessary internal friction. But it strikes a balance, and it makes He, the true God, who can only hide in the shadows, more powerful in all believers.

For as long as not all believers are united against Him, He can use this balancing act to silence those who continue to speak out against or question Him.

Humans are a race that is eager to explore the unknown, and they have an innate curiosity about the unknown. As a result, some of these individuals often question authority in search of truth or to distinguish themselves.

This is an excellent quality, and it is by virtue of this quality that human civilization will not rest on its laurels. However, for Liang Tian, who secretly dominates everything, this quality will inevitably bring him trouble.

He has the power of faith that is almost omnipotent, but everything about the kingdom of God is a lie. He didn't know if that lie would ever come true. But he knew that if this lie was exposed one day, he was afraid that it would immediately cause a change.

So He is very careful in this regard, and never intends to expose His followers to things and studies that involve souls.

"Maybe one day, lies will be exposed, and people will know the truth about reality. But the later this day comes, the better, and the later the better. He said so, and then he acted as an observer of the world.

The world slowly changed under His observation, and the mysterious time passed quietly without realizing it.

And so a decade passed quickly. Now, the time has officially come to the one hundred and seventy-fifth year of the Divine Age. And after so much time, the current Shengdong Island has undergone almost earth-shaking changes.

Ten years ago, ordinary people living on the island of San Dong were either miners or businessmen in the miners' business. As a result, the combined population of the island is less than 100,000. But today, the population of St. East Island has reached 300,000.

The population of St. East Island grew exponentially as a result of these immigrants, and St. East Island relied on these immigrants to build two prosperous port cities.

One is the city of Ruble, which evolved from the port of ruble, and the other is the city of yellow branches.

Yellow branch, in this world, this name represents a precious medicinal material. Its value is similar to that of Blue Star's ginseng. But whether it is efficacy or rarity, something like yellow branch is far superior to ginseng.

Taking this medicine for a long time can really prolong people's life and strengthen people's physique. The results are remarkable.

So whether it's a rich merchant or a powerful person, they want it. After all, who would think they would live long.

In addition to a good natural harbor, there are also a large number of yellow branches growing in the Yellow Branch City of Shengdong Island. That's why the city was called Huangzhi City.

Huangzhi City is also the second port city on Shengdong Island. The city has a permanent population of 70,000 or 80,000 people, and it is also very prosperous.

However, Dongmen Tiger and Ye Qing, these two people still settled their homes in Luble City in the end. Because they landed on the island of St. Dong from the city of Luble.

But unlike when they first came, the life of the two of them is really one heaven and one underground compared to the beginning.

Not to mention anything else, their hard work as miners for several years earned them more than 500 acres of high-quality land each.

Who called today's Shengdong Island is sparsely populated, and the land in today's Shengdong Island is really the price of cabbage. Therefore, the two of them bought more than 500 acres of land at once, making them become a manor owner from the former miners.

Because of this, they also took their relatives to St. Dong Island. In doing so, it will not only allow their loved ones to live a better life, but also allow them to take care of their vast land.

But in the off-season, Dongmen Hu and Ye Qing will still miss the days when they were militiamen. Being a militia was publicly praised by the blessed people of the Church, and it was a rare highlight moment in the lives of both of them. That's why I often read it.

But if you want to ask the two of them today if they are willing to go back to the past and return to the time when they were young, both of them will shake their heads.

"Didn't we work so hard when we were young to live the life we have now? Now that we have lived such a life, we don't want to go back to the old days and experience the hard days of the past. ”

Dongmen Tiger said. Time has made him vicissitudes. Now, although he is not a white-haired old man, he is already an out-and-out middle-aged uncle.

So some of the ideas have changed over time. This is perfectly normal.

And it is not only the low-level people like Dongmen Tiger who have changed over time, but also the so-called "nobles" who are in power. Among these people, Lin Shui, who was dressed as an elf by Liang Tian with the power of faith, was one of them.

In the past, in order to preach, Lin Shui, as a human being, had to bear the price of having his appearance distorted. However, even if his appearance was distorted, at the beginning, Lin Shui still did not regard himself as an elf.

But later, as time passed, Lin Shui gradually forgot what he looked like as a human. Now, ten years have passed, and Lin Shui has completely forgotten what he once was.

Now, he really couldn't remember what he was like when he was a human. He even sometimes forgets that he is still a human in his bones under the skin of the elves.

The elf life for more than ten years has gradually confused his cognition subtly. So much so that when he was thinking, he gradually began to see the world from the perspective of elves, rather than from the perspective of human beings.

It has to be said that this change of perspective has also helped Lin Shui to a certain extent.

After all, the place where he is now is an elven empire, and all the intelligent creatures that he can come into contact with around him are also elves. In this case, he can see the world he is in now from the perspective of an elf, which will naturally help him better integrate into it.

Therefore, over the years, the True God Cult founded by him has developed rapidly in the Elven Empire.

Ten years ago, he single-handedly built a crude web of faith. In this web of beliefs woven by his own hands, they use the cities of the Elven Empire as nodes, and then use the slums in these nodes as the foundation of their lives.

They thus spread their power throughout the Elven Empire. But at that time, the influence of the True God Cult was almost confined to the bottom. The oppressed low-level elves are close to them, worship them, and believe in them, but the nobles who are high, those who are in the ruling class of the empire, are still dismissive of them.

Therefore, at that time, the True God Cult would still inevitably be attacked by the upper echelons of the Elven Empire. But under the disparity in strength, in the face of this kind of blow from the upper echelons of the Elven Empire, the original True God Sect did not dare to retaliate.

At that time, the True God Cult, whose power was only limited to the bottom of the Elven Empire, had no strength and capital to retaliate against the ruling class of the Elven Empire. So in the face of this blow from the upper echelons of the Elven Empire, all the original True God Cult could do was to swallow its anger and bribe with money. even wailed and sold miserably, in exchange for the compassion of those high-class nobles.

But after ten years of forbearance and development, the current power of the True God Cult in the Elven Empire has long been incomparable.

But faith is something that does have the power of money. When I first came into contact with it, I probably didn't think there was anything. But if you stay in a specific environment for a long time, you will be imperceptibly affected.

Therefore, in this decade, more than one elven nobleman became a believer in the True God Cult. Although most of them are just small nobles, this has opened an upward path for the True God Cult.

By secretly supporting these down-and-out little nobles, he used money and manpower to help them open up the upward path. A lot of effort has been wasted, and some of these investments have yielded a lot of results.

There were a few down-and-out little nobles who believed in the True God Cult and successfully became the city lord and the governor's assistant with the help of the True God Cult. And the one who went the furthest among these people unexpectedly became a member of the Imperial Diet.

A member of the Imperial Diet, this is an extremely noble status in today's Elven Empire. Because even His Majesty the Emperor of the Elven Empire could not veto the decisions made by the Imperial Council.

But the Imperial Diet, on its own, could directly veto the emperor's orders.

However, the emperors of the Elven Empire are not without real power, because the armies of the Elven Empire are directly loyal to their emperor. If the emperor is annoyed, he can remove the speaker of the parliament.

The two sides are more or less a checks and balances, and the rules of the political system are so complex that they can't be explained in a word. In short, a member of the Imperial Diet is a very distinguished position.

Because the members of the Imperial Diet have the right to question all the policies of the Empire, it is like the imperial history of the Song and Ming dynasties in the ancient Chinese era of Lanxing. has a power similar to that of listening to the wind.

Therefore, despite the fact that there are as many as three hundred members of the council, in the Elven Empire, the energy they possess is even greater than that of the local city lords. So after having such a shadow, Lin Shui, who was in charge of the True God Sect of the Elven Empire, suddenly became more confident.

So he began to let the True God Cult try to reach out to those elven mages.

In the past, Lin Shui had regarded elven mages as believers in demons. I thought that these elven mages had obtained their extraordinary powers from demons. But now that I've been in the Elven Empire for a long time, I've gradually understood where the power of these elven mages came from.

But the elves of the Elven Empire are born into two kinds, one has the ability to cast spells, and the other has no ability to cast spells. There is no difference between the two types of elves on the outside, but those who have the ability to cast spells are born with the power of "mana" from the void space.

This is the name given to this power by the elven mage. Although Lin Shui still didn't know what this so-called "magic energy" was, he knew that the elves with spell casting abilities could absorb these abilities with their own bodies.

They then store this energy in their bodies and then use some special techniques to release it. As a result, these elves with the ability to cast spells are called mages.

"So since there are no demons from beginning to end, can these high-ranking elven mages become believers in the great true God? If these elven mages can also become believers, then I will be able to easily conquer this empire for my lord. Lin Shui said, and the window of his soul revealed an undisguised wild light.