Chapter 5: Sprouts

After the sustenance of faith changed from an indescribable spring to a concrete name and human form, the cohesion of the fishing village was obviously stronger than before, and the village chief Levro divided the manpower, some of the experienced fishermen went out to sea to fish, and the rest of the men, women and children had to join in the construction of the sanctuary.

Sunil's warehouse was also in disrepair, so after the villagers emptied the warehouse, they removed all the rotten or redundant cabinet partitions, and the carpenter set up a ladder to remove the rotten planks and use the wood he had prepared to repair the warehouse.

It took two days to renovate the entire warehouse, although the appearance has not changed much, but at least it is clean and complete, Shepard who stood in front of the warehouse looked at the villagers who had been busy for two days, and the miracle of that day still left a deep impression on these simple fishermen, and when they saw Shepard, several people subconsciously trembled a few times.

However, reverence is an important foundation to ensure the devotional faith, Shepard is well aware of this, but blindly promoting reverence will only lead believers to fear, which in turn affects the camp and power of the gods, and embarks on the path of evil gods, which Shepard will not take.

How to mix reverence with piety and worship is one of the missionary priorities that the Good God Church needs to control for many years.

Shepard was holding a milky white pearl the size of a baby's fist, the luxury industry in the New World had not yet risen, and there were many precious jewels in the Old World among tribes large and small, which were only ornaments and the rich gold and silver of the New World, as well as other minerals, biological resources, magical materials, etc., constantly adding fuel to the flames of greed in the Old World.

Standing in front of the door of the sanctuary, Shepard, the first pope and the only member of the new Church of Light, held aloft the pearl, which he had designated as one of the sacred relics of the church.

He glanced at the many villagers with fear and pious eagerness on their faces, and turned and walked into the warehouse, followed by Roses and the village chief, Suniel's youngest son Othello, and the carpenter and blacksmith and several other villagers who had important positions in the village, and the rest of the people could only kneel outside the warehouse, there was no way, the warehouse could not accommodate so many people.

The people who walked in also fell to their knees, even Shepard, who was still holding the pearl alof, and the sunlight shone in through the light, setting off the humble statue and the pearl in an awe-inspiring atmosphere.

Shepard and the village chief were the first to speak, and the villagers, who had been teaching for two days, followed them as they recited hymns that belonged to the god of the Church of Light, Tonatiu, the god of fire and light.

"My lord Tonatiu! Master of Fire and Light! ”

"Thou hast given us light and warmth for protection and peace!"

"Take away evil and uncleanness, and purify all uncleanness!"

"Your kingdom is eternal in heaven, and your kind and warm heart contains devout believers!"

"My lord Tonatiu is a good god, a righteous god, an immortal lord of light!"

After chanting twice in a row, the fear on the faces of the believers gradually disappeared, and finally only solemnity and piety remained, and the primordial godhead in Shepard's spiritual sea pulsed slightly, sensing dozens of imperceptible lines of faith pinning on the icon in front of him, and connecting to the godhead.

Since this is only a worship and praise to the gods, and there is no content of prayer, so this time the believers provide the power of faith is pure giving, which is also the purpose of the large worship services that each church should organize in an orderly and regular manner, such a collective activity can provide the gods with a large number of high-quality and unrequited faith power, and it is a ritual that the new gods who rely on faith to exist attach great importance to.

After chanting five times, the power of faith provided gradually decreases, and the connection of faith lines is still imperceptible, after all, Shepard is equivalent to stealing beams and changing pillars, and the faith relationship needs to be re-operated and gradually stabilized until it is cultivated into a stable orthodox believer or a habitual pan-believer.

He was not greedy either, but laid the pearl on the offering table before the icon, and then he got up and declared the service to be over, and then they all got up and went their own way.

He told the village chief again what he had said to Sunil, and Levro naturally had no objection, so the matter was settled.

The newborn gods and churches are like sprouts that break through the ground, and they begin to face the sun, rain, wind, frost, rain and snow.

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Although he is called the Pope, he is actually the deity of the gods, but Shepard did not have the opportunity to experience the opportunity to hold the kingdom of heaven high and manipulate the world chess behind the scenes.

There are less than 100 inhabitants in the entire fishing village, and there is not a single believer, and he has not even been able to leave the main plane and establish his own divine kingdom in an outer plane similar to his own camp and divine power.

And it's a pity that there is only one civilian in the official profession, which can be called the weakest demigod in history, although after the big plot of [Clash of Kings] in the game begins, there are no weaker demigods, but those are all super RMB players who are heavy krypton, and now he doesn't have so many players who sacrifice their lives and forget their lives to help him hunt.

So considering that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, the newborn god of fire and light still has to rely on his own hands, the fishing village is located at the northern end of the new world, and the old continent is in the north of the new world, the old continent has become more and more prosperous in recent years, even if the NPC who provoked the expedition in the original background board is replaced by himself, but sooner or later new people will discover this virgin land of fertile faith.

When the time comes, even the irascible Amberie will shelter the expeditionary fleet to the New World because of her desire for strength and longing, and the fear of the gods will bring the fishing village to ruin or succumb as it has been in history, and there will be no other way out.

The gods of the Old World, who monopolized the soil of faith, would never accept the new gods of the other continent, and his opportunity could only be in the New World under his feet, and when everything was arranged in the fishing village, he would leave the fishing village alone and go south to seek a better opportunity.

Life in the fishing village is different from before, people who get up early every day will scrub their faces with clean water, then kneel or stand in front of the window and whisper prayers to the sky, and then start the day.

Before eating, family members will hold hands with each other and thank the God of Fire and Light for giving light and clean food, and the faith of the church will take root in the basic life of the villagers.

Every seven days of worship, the villagers would gather outside the sanctuary to pray and praise to the gods under the leadership of the village chief, and the villagers of this fishing village were all followers of Shepard, after all, this is the place where he performed his miracles, and he can still echo them one by one with a population of only a few dozen people.

When the church grows in size and the number of believers increases, he will have to rely on the power of the church to take care of the believers, focusing on the core strength of the church and those who have the potential to pay attention.

The good thing is that he is one thing different from all the gods in this world, and that is that he has a system.

[Divine Power Level: Weak Divine Power (Demigod)]

【Priesthood: Light, Fire, Purification】

[Title: Tonatiu, God of Fire and Light,]

[Orthodox: 6, Pan-Christian: 79]

[Pastor: 1]

【Highest level of divine art: None】

Because he is a primordial godhead, although he already has a priesthood and title, but his strength is too weak, he can't even give divine magic, and can only give believers a calming effect spiritually, but the sanctuary, as a transit station for him to accept the power of faith, will produce two divine effects of divine aura and sacred land after the accumulation of time, sheltering the people in this land of faith.

Time flies, another month has passed, and the villagers in the fishing village have gradually become accustomed to the [Church of Light] as a part of their lives, and on the day of the big worship, the villagers have gathered in front of the door of the sanctuary, waiting for the service to begin.

Thanks to the efforts of the devout carpenter's family, the original warehouse was renovated and expanded, and finally it was able to barely accommodate all the villagers, so that everyone did not have to worship in the open field.

Shepard, after learning carpentry skills from a carpenter, re-carved the icon with him, which could now be called a god.

The new idol is a young man wearing a cloak and holding a dagger on his back, resembling Shepard, with the sun and the moon on the left and right sides of his head.

The sun and moon are inlaid with milky white pearls to represent light, and the eyes of the idol are set with two precious golden pearls, making the idol even more majestic and noble.

The day of the prostration was changed to the day when Shepard announced the miracle, and the official name was changed to "Bright Day", and this time when the day of light came, as soon as the sky was light, the villagers began to enter the sanctuary in an orderly and quiet manner, because the village chief had taught that the god of fire and light was a god of mercy, and a strict and orderly god, and did not like noise and chaos.

As the rising morning sun poured the first rays of sunlight through the window on the idol, Shepard took a small hammer and struck it on the small bronze bell cast by the blacksmith, and the crisp sound of the bell echoed through the sanctuary, announcing the official beginning of the Bright Day ceremony.

A few selected children chanted hymns in a clear children's voice, and Shepard deliberately made it easier for the villagers to remember the content in a way that was musically styled and did not affect the villagers' piety.

High or low chants echoed in the solemn sanctuary, pious expressions appeared on the faces of every believer participating in the ceremony, in Shepard's spiritual sea, the thread of faith connected by the primordial godhead was also completely stable, the data of the god panel on the attribute panel jumped, and the number of the last few pan-believers also became true believers, but no fanatical believers were born yet.

Shepard sang hymns along with the faithful, and a smile of relief appeared on his face, the first village to receive the light of his faith was stable and could leave with peace of mind.