9. The true meaning of thorns in the heart
"Master, what is being built outside the castle?"
Sebadian entered the castle hall, and was relieved to see Richie sitting upright, and asked about what he had seen. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Sebadian, you're here just ......."
Richie yawned and beckoned, "This is Tarens, the priestess of the Crimson Lady, and the temple of the Crimson Lady is being built outside." ”
The old man standing next to Li Qi saluted the butler, and at first glance he was a member of the church, with a solemn and elegant posture, and the butler was quickly bowed back with a deep bow.
Lady Crimson?Temple?
Only then did the housekeeper come to his senses, what happened in the territory?
"Yes, Sebadian, I have been favored by the Goddess and have become her patron. There was also a way to resolve that debt. ”
The situation has changed dramatically, and although Li Qi has not slept all night, he is still in good spirits.
Last night Tarence offered him three strategies, which, in Rich's opinion, were simply Longzhong's right, worthy of the former high priest who had a deep understanding of the church and the nobility.
The first is to delay the king...... No, slow down the Pope.
Fini's holy form is enough to prove that Lady Crimson is a good god, and the church is naturally Orthodox, but it does not mean that there is no trouble.
In order to build momentum and deter the small, no church will rashly expose its center until it has sufficient strength. It would be better for Richie to hide his identity as "first patron", that is, the Pope, and only act as a "patron". Naturally, the temple that was erected was not a cardinal basilica, but an ordinary branch temple.
The second is to accumulate food, that is, to absorb believers, develop the clergy, and strengthen the church.
This is what it should be, and it is what the goddess wants. The Richie would declare that he had embraced the Crimson Lady and had given his family and land to the church.
The Viscounty of Prell is under the rule of the kingdom, and it is impossible to transfer it to the church like this, and the king is not a fool and will allow Li Qi to use this method to escape his debts. Richie was just a gesture and a bargaining chip with his creditors.
In contrast to the secular status of the aristocracy, the church was a resource that Litchie could rely on.
In the world of Fein, the Church, like the Mage Tower, is an incubator of supernatural power.
A clergyman with extraordinary powers can bring great benefits, and the mere healing service can offset a lot of debt.
According to Tarrens, holy water containing divine powers is also a commodity, and like potions, it is a necessity for mercenaries, adventurers, nobles, and wealthy people. Of course, the value depends on whether the divine power characteristics are popular, and the holy water of the goddess of pain cannot be marketed, and no one likes the taste of stomach bleeding.
The third is to build a high wall, but this wall is not a real wall, but a faith.
Collect the goddess's artifacts as soon as possible and refine the teachings, so that the faith can be more high, and the priests can have a higher level.
This is just a direction, and now Li Qi can only lay the foundation first, and then find a way when he has spare strength.
Li Qi told the butler the story that he had polished, and Sebadian's mind had been twisted a lot last night, and now he really couldn't twist it: "Goddess, saint, isn't she a witch?"
"Finney!"
Li Qi greeted the little girl who had just finished nibbling on a chicken leg and was drinking milk at the table.
"Okay...... Hiccup......"
The little girl covered her mouth embarrassedly, and came to Sebadian's side, her little face wrinkled, and she began to brew emotions.
Seeing her sad expression, the housekeeper was furious in his heart, and subconsciously took a step back.
Li Qi stroked his forehead: "Silly girl, just use healing." ”
"yes, you won't be able to cry even if you're well-fed. ”
Finney stuck out her tongue and held out her palm to the butler.
A stream of soft white light erupted and poured into the housekeeper's body.
The butler screamed and rolled on the ground.
Richie, Tarrens, and Finney were all stunned, what was going on?
"yes, I'm sorry! I messed up again!"
Finney's tears welled up, she wanted to prove herself so much, she had just pushed too hard.
"It's okay! I'm fine! I really ......"
The butler raised his hand and shouted, and then his mouth could not be closed.
The soft white wings of light stretched, and the crown of thorns flowed, completely descending from the goddess.
"It felt like I had been pierced by a bunch of thorns just now, it hurt, but I felt comfortable immediately. ”
Calming down, the housekeeper said of his experience: "I feel a lot better in spirit, my mind is very clear, and I even ......"
He looked at Li Qi, and just now he even felt his deep pity for Li Qi.
Is this the attitude that a steward should have towards his master?
"It's indeed a saint, not a witch, but sir, my mind is very messy, please let me be quiet for now. ”
The housekeeper felt that his heart had never been so clear as it was now, but too many thoughts were spewing out of his head, and his mind was full of smoke.
"Okay, Sebadian, go get some rest. ”
Li Qi was also a little weak-hearted, and when the housekeeper left, he carefully inquired about Finney's situation just now, and then asked Tarence, "What's going on?"
Tarence is a pragmatist: "Finney, use healing on me like she did just now, it's okay, use all your strength. ”
The light flashed, and the old man rolled on the ground.
"Oops, that's comfortable!"
After a long while, Tarence got up and rubbed his chest and sighed.
"Finney doesn't know how to use divine magic, she didn't use healing techniques just now, but output pure divine power. ”
Tharence said with a twinkle in his eyes: "Thorns in the soul are the unique divine power characteristics of the goddess, and that kind of pain can make people more awake, is this the true meaning of pain?"
He is worthy of being a former high priest......
Finney pointed at her finger on the side, "Then how can you use magic skills?"
"I have some doubts about whether Fei Ni is a goddess in the world, even if you are a saint, you can only use fixed divine arts, and you can't throw away divine magic and use divine power directly. ”
Tarence looked at Finney with a strange gaze, "Or is that what the Holy Maiden was like a few eras ago......?" Lord Viscount, you must not be able to. ”
Richie is learning from Finney and wants to export "pure divine powers" to Tarrens, but it turns out to be a pure healing technique.
At that moment, Li Qi was faintly a little disappointed, he, the legitimate pope of the goddess of revolution, could not use pure divine power like Fini.
Thinking about it again, Fini was originally a goddess who was stranded in the world, and his boss also registered his divine status in the world of Fein through the painful priesthood on Fini's body, how could he be compared to Fini, a true goddess.
Although he figured it out, Tarrens's smile of implicit contempt made Li Qi very unhappy, and he threw a "thorn in the heart" on him. According to the amount of divine power consumed, it should be no problem for him to lose twenty or thirty a day.
The old man rolled on the ground.
Li Qi asked Finney to use Tarence as a test subject, and the old man jumped on the ground like a street dance.
"Sure enough, thinking about healing injuries and curing diseases is healing, and thinking about making people sober is thorns in the soul. ”
The principle is so simple, all Finney has to do is continue to exercise control.
"Yet, still ......"
"Grandpa, I'm drooling!"
The old headache became addicted and became excessive. He felt that by experiencing the divine power of the goddess, he could gain faith and officially join the goddess's disciples.
was making a commotion, and Sardar timidly slammed the door into the hall: "Young master, those untouchables outside are making trouble!"
Li Qi had heard it a long time ago, but he didn't pay much attention to it, thinking it was the noise of the townspeople.
Yesterday after the revelation of the Virgin by Fini, Richie struck while the iron was hot and announced that he would build a temple on the ridge near the castle. Townsfolk who donate building materials and stamina can enjoy a free treatment, and subsequent healings and blessings will also be discounted.
In a place as remote and dilapidated as the Viscounty, it was a great blessing for the townspeople to have a temple and be cared for by the clergy. Early this morning, the accumulation of materials and the excavation of the foundations began.
"A lot of farmers from the neighborhood came, and they wanted to see the saint. Despicable mud legs!Is the Holy Maiden the one they can see if they want!?"
Sardar said angrily: "I just told the young master, and there will be a lot of movement when people are rushed." ”
I have to find time to reconstruct this stinky stone soaked in the dung pit of aristocratic thoughts......
"The light of the goddess shines everywhere, regardless of whether they are high or low, regardless of origin. ”
Li Qi waved his hand and said, "It's okay, they should be allowed to meet." ”
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At the gate of the castle, hundreds of people pushed and shouted, shouting and shouting. The guards formed a wall at the door, and drove them away with shields and unsheathed swords, but the crowd lingered like flies around the flesh.
"Lord Viscount is out!"
"Holy Maiden!
"Holy Maiden, be merciful, give me a dried fish and a wheat cracker!"
Litch led Finny and Tarence to the door, and saw a group of humans whose faces and clothes were not much better than zombies, most of them farmers or serfs in the neighborhood.
They were generally hungry, thin, and short, with dull expressions, and a faint glow of heat in their cloudy eyes.
That kind of hot mangrich is very familiar, he has seen it many times in his previous life, including himself, sometimes he will be dominated by that thing, and involuntarily gather into the crowd, forming a kind of sociological zombie horde.
He was 100% sure that after he was run over into a potsticker by a truck in his previous life, no matter how tragic the scene was, there would be a group of people around him, looking at his corpse with such heat, pointing and cooing.
Numb, indifferent, stay out of the matter, see the opportunity to coax, and watch the excitement is not a big deal. Anyway, it has nothing to do with me, it would be better to be able to pick up a few apples...... Onlookers party.
Li Qi raised his voice and said: "The saint will not turn into dried fish and wheat cakes, but will only heal the sick and save people." ”
"I'm not sick, sir!"
"It's just hungry, sir, and the holy maiden, pity the poor villain. ”
"Cold, sir, let the saint give her a warm hug!"
The townsfolk stretched out their hands and shouted, vaguely like a scene in a movie where zombies pull the protagonist.
"No, you're sick! You're sick!"
Li Qixin said that it was a great opportunity, can he attract fans on a large scale...... Well, absorbing believers, it's up to us to see if we can take this step.
"That green-haired boy, let him in!"
He ordered the guards to let in a man and asked, "What's your name?"
The other party was about the same age as Richie, and looked at Fini blankly, as if he was wondering how this little girl like a doll could be a saint.
The guard knocked him on the head with the hilt of his sword: "The master asked you!"
"Oxtongue grass, cow tongue grass - Stan, lord. ”
Only then did the green-haired realize that there was a viscount in front of him, and his knees bent down very skillfully, and he knelt on the ground and said.
It's not a weird name, there are people who call, untouchables.
Li Qi said to Finney: "Use the thorns in the heart of this Stan and be ruthless......