Chapter 155: The Kingdom of the God of Light
Kingdom of Light, inside St. Moro Cathedral.
In this magnificent building made of square marble, a magnificent voice sounded at this time.
From a distance, it seemed almost sluggish because of its simplicity, but it had a somewhat strong and strange voice, like the voice of a god born from the sky.
Especially for ordinary people who heard this voice for the first time, that kind of Dao Yun was almost like the voice of the Heavenly God.
But the hall was full of cardinal archbishops, and this voice must have been heard for decades, no less than a million times, and the calluses on the ears had to grind out, so naturally it would not arouse the surprise of ordinary people at first hearing it in their hearts.
But in many cases, getting too close can affect the level of respect that should be held.
But the cardinal archbishops, who were sitting on the white wooden elephant chairs, were obviously not affected in the slightest, their faces were still extremely reverent, and their voices were very respectful, and their eyelids were lowered to hide the heat that poured out of their pupils.
Beneath the blazing heat, lurks an absolute faith and fearlessness.
Faith in God and fearlessness in man.
Sitting at the top of the stairs of the hall was a middle-aged man with a white beard, although his face was very gentle, and even had some kindness in it, but it still couldn't hide the deepest part of his demeanor.
This is the common nature of the big man who holds the power of life and death.
Even the most beloved Lord of the Kingdom of God has no way to avoid this completely.
It seems to be a difficult thing to imagine that he has to turn white even though he is a middle-aged man, but the people present have long been accustomed to this strangeness.
No matter how strange things are, they have seen many things in their long lives of piety.
Besides, who can really know how old the lord of the kingdom has lived so far?
Just like the historical Bright God Kingdom, in the Eastern Regions, everyone knows that it has an extremely long past, but no one can tell its true origin.
Perhaps, even the old antique Luo Xiang Demon Vine Giant Tree, which has lived for more than 3,000 years, has no way to say very clearly about this issue.
Even the people of the Kingdom of God who believe in piety only vaguely remember the origin of their country as the land of the gods, which was directly blessed by the gods of the Nine Heavens.
When you hear it, you know it's a lie, and it's the kind of nonsense that is widely circulated that is accepted by everyone.
Where in the world is there any country that has fallen from the sky?
Neither politics nor religion is such a simple matter.
Culture is not such a simple thing that was born out of nowhere, but there seems to be no cultural thing in this country.
Some are just the most devout of faith.
For the people of God's kingdom, this is sufficient.
It's just that for those who are concerned about major events in the Eastern Regions, it is still necessary to return to the question at the beginning, when did the Kingdom of God suddenly appear?
No amount of the oldest old can answer this question.
Even, it is difficult for people to recall some of the old things of the kingdom of God.
Was it ever glorious?
It doesn't seem to be.
So, has it ever been in decline before?
It doesn't seem to be.
It seems that in people's memory, it has always been such a country, and it exists in the memory of everyone in the Eastern Regions, but it is difficult for anyone to accurately point out what major events it has experienced.
It's a great thing, especially for a country.
Being able to do this says a lot.
This is not simply standing outside the world and avoiding all conquests, but being in the midst of it, but avoiding all blessings and misfortunes.
It's hard for a large country with a population of 10 million to do that, isn't it?
There is a bit of mystery in this, but after all, it is the kingdom of God, and such a little mystery is also within the scope of the world's acceptance.
The only time this was broken was the Mangdang disaster seven years ago.
The huge demon beast frenzy that swept through thousands of countries in the Eastern Regions almost destroyed the Qi Kingdom and the Divine Kingdom that were closest to the Mangdang Mountain Range.
In that great war, the cumulative death toll of various countries was as high as tens of billions, and the endless sea of people and lives filled the deep pit that was bombarded by the Mangdang Giant Demon.
Under the huge cogs of war, no innocent person can stay out of it.
The kingdom of God is the same.
In the end, the battle, which lasted for nearly two years, was ended by a mysterious army formed by Wei Yongyi, the Grand Duke of Qi, outside Mangdang Mountain, and after that, the Eastern Regions were restored to its previous peace and development.
Although whether it was a high-level powerhouse of the Three Realms and Four Realms, or a low-level cultivator of the First Realm and Two Realms, the Eastern Regions had been left far behind by the other three Domains, but when it came to overall strength, the Eastern Regions, which possessed the Mangdang Mountain Range, was still undoubtedly the strongest among the Four Domains.
This is due to the terrain and the heavens.
The only one that can stabilize the Eastern Regions is the Central Domain, where Lu Guo is in charge!
In this magnificent battle that stirred up the common people, the Bright Divine Kingdom, which almost suffered the disaster of annihilation, still behaved so ordinarily.
Resist like an ordinary country, fall like an ordinary country, and then, die like an ordinary country.
Everything is ordinary.
But the only thing that was not ordinary was that the Mangdang Demon Beast Frenzy stopped its surging advance a full five hundred miles away from the St. Moro Temple, diverted its route to the south, bypassed the only city in the Kingdom of God, St. Moro City, and attacked the Yan Kingdom in the southwest direction of the Kingdom of God.
Then, this demon beast army completed its work in one battle, annihilating the three million dragoon regiments of the Yan Kingdom, and drove straight into the most core abdominal area of the Eastern Regions.
There, they spent half a year of comfortable sweeping life, and then, one day in the late autumn of the first year of Longxing of the Qi State, the Mangdang expeditionary force chose to stagnate the pace of advance for the second time.
At that time, standing in front of them was the army of the Pingyuan Mansion of the Great Zhou State.
The iron army and white horses are still there, and the torrent is competing for the spring breeze?!
In hindsight, in this huge war that lasted for two years and affected thousands of countries, the indomitable Mangdang army chose to temporarily halt its march only twice.
For the rest, whether it was facing the Chu State, which was the most powerful at that time, or the Qi State, which had once waved the 'Dayue Belt' and then looked at the 'End Land', the Mangdang Demon Tide did not pause in the slightest.
Not even a single millisecond pause.
When you see it, you will go to war, and if you go to war, you will conquer.
It is not difficult to see some special features of the kingdom of God.
First of all, there is no city in the Bright God Kingdom, although in terms of geographical location, it is already extremely close to the Mangdang Mountain Range, and the distance of more than 10,000 miles in between, in front of the power of the Three Realms, can be easily reached in less than two days of running at full speed.
The Qi State, which was in a similar situation, paid more and more attention to the garrison of Chang'an City, their eastern gateway, after the Mangdang Demon Tide.
It seems that only such a magnificent and lofty giant city standing in front of it can slightly alleviate the fear of the essence of the Mangdang Mountains in the hearts of the people of Qi Kingdom.
But the Kingdom of Light has never had a city.
Stretching for thousands of miles, there is only the city of St. Moro, a square city made of square marble, which is respectfully called the 'holy city' by the people of the kingdom of God.
In the rest of the land, whether it is in the east near the Mangdang Mountains or in the west near a foreign land, the people of the kingdom of God sleep in the open air, with a bed on the ground and a bed of grass, and wherever they go, they can eat and lodge, and all they need is a church built every fifty miles, and a holy array built every three hundred miles—a one-way pilgrimage array that can be directly teleported to the holy city.
In every respect, this is a very magical country, with simple people, no quarrel with the world, bright hearts, and pious ......
At this time, in this legendary holy city of God, countless cardinal archbishops gathered in St. Moro Cathedral to discuss some very important matters with His Majesty the Lord.
The only thing that matters to the kingdom of light.
Nature is to extinguish the darkness.
Archbishop Montanili, the most prestigious in the world, sat at the front of a row of white wooden elephant chairs facing west, with his hands hanging peacefully in front of him, and after the Lord had finished announcing his divine will, he was the first to speak:
"The people of the world are ignorant, and there are people who accidentally fall into the dark abyss, and they are sunk in the middle of it, and they cannot be understood by heaven and earth, only I teach the great light and the brightness, and can save those who are unfortunate, so that some things are not done at this time, and when will they wait?"
The cardinal, who sat in the first place due east, was a rather dignified old man, and after hearing Montanili's words, he shook his head imperceptibly, and said calmly: "The darkness in the world is naturally some filthy things, and it should be eradicated from all the roots and leaves, but above the three thousand seven hundred popes I teach, can there be anyone who explains that mortals such as us can do the things of the gods on our behalf?"
"Isn't the great Celestial Father's silence in the Nine Heavens inspiring our actions?"
"What do you mean by that?" the old man in red clapped the case and said in a deep voice, "Do you want to take the power of the priest for your own use?
"I'm just telling a kind of understanding of the Sacred Heart, so what is the meaning of seizing power?"
Montanielli still looked indifferent, looked at the angry cardinal, and said in a calm tone: "Moreover, the holy oracle that His Majesty has just descended, have you forgotten it at this moment?"
"Your Majesty's intentions, how can you speculate on ......!"
"Brother Long, don't talk to the bishop anymore, saving the darkness is an unshirkable matter of my doctrine, there is no room for discussion, and at the moment, the people of the Eastern Domain are panicking, gang rape, and thieves are doing things, it is the best time for me and other bishops to raise their arms and shout, accept the congregation, and expand the doctrine, you have repeatedly blocked me, but is there any selfish desire to do anything in it?!"