Three days later, Yechen and Catherine arrived in the lower part of the South Bank district of Langdon City, where they were to start their missions and develop believers. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There is a buffer zone of several streets between the upper and lower parts of the South Bank, which are mostly low squares and belong to the gathering places of the common people, but in this prosperous and sinful city, these skilled craftsmen, the owners of small shops, are not at the bottom, and in the slums there are a large number of poor people who have exhausted their lives and health in order to have a full meal, and there is a scene completely different from the upper part of the South Bank District, there are no magnificent cathedrals, no elaborate and richly decorated villas, There are no wide and clean streets, just low shacks and intricate labyrinthine alleys. The bustling trade routes brought great wealth to the city, but instead of giving birth to a middle class, a large number of wealthy monks, aristocrats, and big merchants, as well as this endless slum with no end in sight.

Everywhere Catherine looked, there were all kinds of garbage piled up in the corners of the streets, in front of and behind the houses, and all kinds of garbage were piled up in the open spaces that could be seen, even though it was almost November, but it still emitted an offensive and disgusting stench, and what made people even more worried was that it was also covered with a thick layer of flies, which would all fly up when they were slightly disturbed, like a dark cloud. The gap between the environment here and the upper part is too big, like heaven and hell, it is really not something that ordinary people can adapt to, the Holy See of Light has organized several missions before, but some of them have poor psychological quality, and the priests who have lived a superior life since childhood are just approaching, and they have not yet penetrated into this slum and vomited into the dark.

Luckily, it had just rained last night, and the air was filtered, and the stench was somewhat lighter. But this also brings a problem, Catherine looked at the puddles on the road, large and small puddles almost filled the entire path, if only there was muddy water, but what were the swollen and white corpses of all kinds of small animals soaked in it? In addition to seeing mice, wild cats, and wild dogs, Catherine also had a small body in the roadside ditch, and although she only saw an arm, she was sure that it was a human arm, and it looked like a newborn baby.

There's really no clean place to stay on this trail, Catherine doesn't care, but what about Yechen? In order to be able to bring the brilliance of the holy light to these "people living in darkness" (Yechen's original words), she wore a pure white priest's robe, which was specially designed and made by Yechen, and the materials were extremely exquisite, according to the boss, this kind of cloth was favored by the holy light, although it was not very credible, but the cloth did have a faint halo, the halo was not strong, but it could give people a soft and gorgeous feeling.

Before she came, Yechen changed into this dress, she walked around in front of the dressing mirror, looked at her appearance, and asked, "How is it, not bad?" ”

Catherine nodded honestly and said, "It's pretty good." "This is the truth, the tailor chosen by Yechen is really good, this dress is extremely beautiful, and there is a sense of holiness, coupled with the temperament shown by Yechen, it is really like a saint in heaven, but they need to wear such ...... "noble" clothes when they go to the slums to preach?

Yechen adjusted his clothes, glanced at Catherine through the mirror, and asked; "You've also heard, the Holy See of Light has organized several missions to the lower part before."

Catherine said; "Yes, the Holy See of Light organized three missions before this, but all of them failed."

Yechen found a rose brooch from the jewelry box, crystal texture, the material is not very precious, its simple shape and clear form will not dominate, just a delicate embellishment, she looked in the mirror to adjust the position of the brooch, and said, "Why do you think you failed before?" ”

Catherine said; "I think there are two main points, one is that the lower part of the South Bank District, that is, the slums in that slum and the living environment of our people are too different, the people who grew up in the two environments have different views of the whole world, and there is no way to communicate with each other, before those pastors thought they had given a lot, but those poor people who couldn't eat enough felt that the love and friendliness that the guys said was pure nonsense, and there was also a bit of a complication there, maybe because they were too poor, and they had to stay together to survive. The people there are very xenophobic, and there are many large and small local snakes, which are entangled with each other like aquatic plants, and we don't have any foundation there, so if we rush in, we will naturally run into walls everywhere. ”

Yechen took out an emerald green bracelet from the box and asked, "Then do you have any ideas?" ”

Catherine lowered her eyebrows and said, "No." ”

Of course, Catherine didn't have no idea at all, and after collecting so much information, did she just think it was fun. Yechen also knew why Catherine said this, her thoughts were different from her own, but teamwork inevitably compromised and retreated, and she also knew that she was not good at breaking the layout of the game, plus with such a strong captain, she could only compromise herself.

Yechen put the bracelet on, turned around and sat back on the sofa, and said: "The poor people living in the lower part will not believe in love and kindness, because those things cannot be exchanged for bread and potatoes, without bread and potatoes can only starve to death, you are right, these priests of the Holy See of Light can ensure that they are well fed even if they are from the poorest families, they have no way to understand how a person living in a state of famine thinks, hunger can really destroy all the sanity of a person." ”

Speaking of this, Yechen's tone brought a hint of mockery: "If you want to experience this state, you only need to be hungry for two days, I don't dare to say anything else, but as far as the thousands of clergy of the Holy See in Langdeng City are concerned, they can be counted with two hands who can maintain the Holy Light faith in that state, and at that time, don't say what they love or not, they can eat human flesh when it is cooked." ”

Yechen breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "They don't believe in love and friendliness, but they understand that those people can't be offended, such as those powerful people in fancy clothes, in the eyes of those people, there is no difference between crushing them and crushing a bed bug, this is somewhat ridiculous, as early as the slave society, there were murders, even if it was a slave who was killed, there were provisions for bearing losses and compensation, but now, in this era full of hope and sin, human life is so low. Of course, it's not something we need to think about and change, we just need to take advantage of that, and I can get their gratitude with just a little bit of kindness in a high position, which is a good deal. ”

Yechen looked Catherine in the eye and said, "Kindness in the heart can bring pious faith, but believe me, fear can have the same effect. ”

Catherine bowed her head slightly, but did not speak.

Yechen was not reluctant, got up and said, "Okay, it's not early, it's time for us to go." ”

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Yechen hopes to use the fear of the poor to achieve his own goals, so gorgeous clothes and fine jewelry have become necessary, but what now? There are so many puddles, and when you step on it and splash it all over your body, what is there to be noble and holy?

Yechen ignored the question and the hint of ridicule in Catherine's eyes, stepped over, stepped on it, and was about to fall into the puddle, a layer of water rippled out of thin air on the soles of his feet, and a pure white rose appeared, supporting Yechen's feet.

This is...... Step by step? Catherine was a little dumbfounded, she didn't expect Yechen to come like this.

This is indeed very similar to the step-by-step lotus, the step-by-step lotus is a magical power of Buddhism, the practicality is not easy to say, it depends on the individual's cultivation, but it looks really shocking, and it is definitely a good means to manifest the saint in front of people. Of course, Yechen doesn't know how to be a Buddhist, but she doesn't need much practicality and combat power, it's not difficult to pretend to be, as long as she studies for a few days, she can study it, and no matter what, she is also a trialist who touches the law. Yechen is to spread the teachings of light, not to promote Buddhism, so naturally you can't step on the white lotus, but the church of light does not have any particularly representative flowers, generally speaking, lilies, impatiens, roses are more common in religious poems and paintings. The lily is slender, not like it can be stepped on, and the impatiens are a little thin, and there is a feeling of not being able to hold it when you step on it, and it is more suitable for roses in comparison.

Catherine was a little stunned, and the poor people who came over were even more shocked, and Yechen smiled secretly in her heart, the professional field of appearing in front of people is still better than Buddhism.

Yechen stepped on the roses and walked through the muddy path step by step, and after she walked, the muddy water dissipated, the depression rose, the road surface was smooth and clean, and the dead bodies soaked in the water lit a raging fire. It was a pure and holy flame that could take away sin and pain, and the flame loved the world, and even if it was close, it would not feel the same burning as an ordinary flame, but only a burst of warmth, and after a moment it would turn into a handful of dust and dissipate between heaven and earth.

Yechen walked up to the baby who had fallen in the ditch, his face showed compassion, his hands raised slightly, and a phantom figure floated out of the baby's body. As soon as she came to this world, she was abandoned in the cold ditch, the heavy drops of rain fell on her body, and no one paid attention to her terrible cries, and she died of cold and starvation, and her heart was naturally full of resentment. The baby's soul had just floated up with a hideous face, its mouth open, its teeth as sharp as knives, and it was about to bite at Yechen's fingers. At this moment, the holy light on Ye Chen's body was magnificent, and a pair of white wings stretched out from behind, and they were delicate. There was some confusion in the baby's eyes, and then it turned into peace and tranquility, and was held in Yechen's arms, as if she had returned to her mother's arms...... After sending the baby's soul to heaven, Yechen burned her body in the holy fire, completing the redemption of a poor child.

Of course, this may seem to the poor people on the sidelines, but in Catherine's eyes it is completely different. First of all, the dead baby has no soul in it, the soul is extremely fragile for ordinary living people, and it can easily dissipate without the protection of the body, and the soul can only be retained after death in rare circumstances, but this does not include the baby, whose soul has dissipated after death. Since there is no soul, then the phantom cannot be real, in fact, it is just an illusion constructed by Yechen. Even if a trialist of the same rank would be immersed in the illusion constructed by Yechen if he was not careful, it would not be a problem to fool those poor people.

Looking at the awe in the eyes of the onlookers in the pauper, this is also a good start, Yechen thought with some smugness in his heart, and took Catherine to continue into this slum.

The poor people living in this hungry and cold environment, not having enough to eat, or to be precise, not being able to eat is the biggest problem, but there is no way to solve this problem, the food consumed by so many people every day is definitely an astronomical amount, even the kind of black bread mixed with sawdust she can't get.

In addition to eating, another of the biggest threats to life is getting sick. Sickness is not a new thing for the poor in the slums, who do not eat a meal with meat a year, live in damp and stuffy shacks in the summer, and have to be wrapped in a single coat in the cold and snowy winter. If you are sick, you can only live next to each other, but when you think about it, you also know that those poor people who are hungry and cold are often malnourished, how can such a body resist the erosion of disease, and you will not live for a few days if you get sick here.

Old John is such a man who does not live for a few days, he is already in his forties and almost fifty, which is definitely a long-lived man in the slums, but now, he is also coming to the end of his life. Old John accidentally stepped on a nail that was erected when he was helping someone unload the goods, and the rusty iron nail pierced a hole directly in the sole of his foot, and he didn't care at the time, so he hurriedly bandaged it and continued to work, if he couldn't play at the specified time, he would probably get a few whips. Within a few days of his return, he felt wrong, with general fatigue, headache, dizziness, muscle tightness, and then muscle stiffness all over his body, unable to open his mouth, and his torso twisted into an arch.

Old John worked as a clerk in the upper part of the South Bank District in his early years, and he was a well-informed person, knowing that he was infected with tetanus, which was very urgent and difficult to treat, and ordinary doctors had no choice but to go to the Holy See of Light to invite a particularly powerful priest to have hope of a cure (in fact, it was a priest or a bishop, but Old John could not distinguish between these. When he realized he had tetanus, he was already planning to die.

Today is undoubtedly the lucky day of old John, he can't die. (To be continued.) )