Attached to the town of Ahagul, grass carp village.

The village is not far from the long river south of Orton's territory, and there are not only many ponds and lakes nearby, but also a small river that extends from the long river, connecting many ponds and lakes like silver threads through jade beads, bypassing the village to the northeast.

The location here is good, and it is the focus of the next development near the town of Yahagul, especially not far to the south is the Changhe River, and the construction of the wharf in the future will also be chosen here.

The sanctuary in the city is different from the humble sanctuary converted from a warehouse in the fishing village, or the altar of the original Tree of Wisdom in the town of Yanan, which was built with stone platforms, and this sanctuary of the Lord of Light is small but complete.

At the top of the sanctuary are the emblems in the shape of the sun and the moon, which are white and visible to the naked eye, even in the daylight.

In the sanctuary, the entrance is a hall with one on the left and one on the left, six rows of twelve benches in the front and back, and the whole village is only a dozen households, which is more than enough to accommodate, and now the Church of Light only has one official festival of [Guangming Day], and [Christmas Eve] is a ritual done at night, like this village, most of the believers do it at home, and they don't have to run to the sanctuary.

Presiding over the sanctuary was the Probationary Pastor Bandorf, who was standing in front of a flat and wide plank, which was not standing in the center of the hall, but on one side of the wall, on which were written in charcoal pen, which was the new "common character" of the church, and the font was simple and powerful, so that it was easy to write and read.

In the center of the hall was an icon of the sun and the moon on the altar table, and the village could not afford to offer the idols, unless the very wealthy village could afford to hire a stonemason or carpenter to do the carving, and then it had to be sent to the church temple to ask the bishop to pray, so that it could be placed in the sanctuary or temple.

The icon is simple, as long as there is an official priest to pray, since there is only the icon, the statue of Taichong is naturally gone, and the icon is covered with white light, and the holy emblem on the top of the sanctuary is the same, in fact, it is the role of divine power, but in this way, the consumption of holy light representing miracles is very low, as long as there is no less than one righteous believer who prays normally every day, it can be maintained, and one of the qualifications for the probationary priests is that they must be orthodox.

Not only these sanctuaries, but also the emblems and statues of the temple and the main shrine are also lit with holy light, otherwise it is not enough to show miracles, and the main shrine is full of light, as long as you enter the hall, you will feel that your soul has been baptized, and you will feel that the atmosphere is solemn and sacred, which is heartbreaking.

In fact, it is because Shepard's body is still weak in the divine power, neither can he reach the accumulation of power to open up the kingdom of God in the outer plane, nor has he reached the medium divine power that is forcibly rejected by the main plane, but after all, the body of the true god is abnormal, and he has been a house god in the main temple for more than a year, so that the entire temple has almost been purified into a temporary sacred place by the power and breath of the gods that he naturally emitted, and the clergy and knights are even more pious and fanatical.

Fortunately, he is in the New World, if it is in the Old World, the new god in front of people has long been remembered, only the New World Shinto has not flourished, and even the will of the world is biased towards him, the first god like the only seedling, but for the sake of safety, he can only let the clone go out to walk, and the poor and weak divine power can only create a clone, so that the clone is exhausted.

In the sanctuary of this grass carp village, on the wooden board next to Bandorf, there are prayer poems commonly used by the church, and these students often follow their parents to do prayers and rituals in the sanctuary, and most of them are familiar with it, and it is easy to learn with half the effort.

Bandorf was hammering a wooden pole in his hand, but in front of him sat a few half-grown children on prayer benches, who were actually the new generation of the village.

He cleared his throat and said in a teacher's demeanor: "Okay, I'm reviewing these today, I've prepared the pen and paper, you each took your own share, remember to practice when you go home!" ”

The children replied in a milky voice: "Yes, Mr. Bandorf!" ”

Bandorf waved his hand, and the children ran out giggling, looking at these children, Bandorf sighed with emotion: "If it weren't for the blessing of my lord, the Pope's benevolence, and the cost of paper and pencil to be borne by the church, how could they be allowed to practice with paper and pen for free." ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, he said that although the accent was strange, but he was quite fluent, Ou Don Ling [lingua franca], which was Shepard's purpose, and the group of people who learned the language the fastest in the church were all listed by him as the focus of the next promotion, after all, faith is difficult to distinguish between wisdom and foolishness, but ability can be seen high.

And send this group of people down to the grassroots level to change the new generation of lords of the Orton Territory, and after ten or twenty years, these Ordonians who speak fluent lingua franca will begin to forget the original language.

In addition, the Church has also fixed its name, and all those who have a noble title are called Your Excellency, Pope Shepard is called His Majesty, and the bishop and above, the same as the nobles, and the priests call them by their names at will, or more respectfully like the students of Bandorf, Sir is also the title of the Pope's crown.

"The wisdom of the Pope's crown is truly admirable." But it was Bandorf who thought of the news that circulated on the day the church decree was issued, and couldn't help but sigh.

After packing up the things for class, the door to the sanctuary was closed, and Bandorf was about to go to his own room next to him to rest, but he heard a knock on the door.

He frowned, remembering that most of the villagers were pious and treated him with great respect and friendliness, so he was about to go over and open the door, saying as he went, "Here it is, here it is!" ”

The door creaked open, only to see a panicked young man standing outside, not wearing the linen clothes of ordinary peasants, but a close-fitting linen shirt that resembled the standard clothing of the sanctuary guards, that is, the church guards.

Seeing the young man, Bandorf smiled instead: "Freeman, you don't sleep at night, do you come to the sanctuary to repent of your usual idleness?" ”

Freeman was in no mood to joke with him, and said nervously: "Mr. Bandorf, my aunt is sick, you can go and help take a look!" ”

Hearing this, Bandorf was stunned: "Your aunt? Dononi? Hasn't her body been strong all the time?! "Dononi is a strong peasant woman with strength comparable to that of a man, and although she has a gentle personality, she has a very intimidating appearance.

Freeman's anxious lips turned white: "Mr. Bandorf, you go and have a look first!" I don't know what's going on, I didn't see her today, and when I came back in the evening, my mother went to see her, only to find her lying on the ground foaming at the mouth! ”

"So serious? I'll be with you right away! Bandorf prayed silently, closed the door, and headed for Freeman's house.