Jim had already guessed probably, and at this time, he listened to Dieda's words, just nodded, and then sat with the two friends, waiting for the final result. It was a matter of life and death, and Jim didn't believe Master Jiao Ming until this time.

And when Master Jiao Ming returned to the basement, everything seemed to be developing in the best direction. The two strong men were ordered to pack up their things and erase all traces, and Master Jiao Ming really talked to Jim about the 'contract'. Dieda, who was still serving as the translator, took the lead in asking, "You know what a divine guardian is, right?"

Jim nodded, not surprised, but there was a sense of fate. The so-called contract naturally needs to be binding, and becoming a puppet like a god's guardian is also one of the expected situations. It's just that I didn't expect to deal with the priests who came to the orphanage for Mass for so long, but I still couldn't escape from this pit.

"Don't be nervous, it's just easy to explain when it comes to the Divine Guardians, we have a more humane contract plan than that. Butterfly smiled sincerely, but Jim's eyes showed no lessenance of suspicion and defensiveness, and he just waited for the next sentence. "Our 'evil' magicians have developed a new technology on earth magic, compared with the old god guardian transformation, the binding nature of the soul subject is greatly reduced, but the magic ability of the soul slave body has not decreased but increased, and the disadvantage is that the method of using the ability is limited and narrowed. ”

"I'm sorry, I've seen the Guardian of God, but I don't know the specifics, so ......" Jim was embarrassed, his heart turned upside down, and his face was silent.

After all, the situation at this time is not optimistic, first of all, I really have limited knowledge of divine arts, and the orphanage is not a divine academy for cultivating priests, so I can't distinguish the truth from what Butterfly said. If he took the time to verify, judging from the status gap and personality, Master Jiao Ming would not have the possibility of waiting patiently. And if what he said is true, it must be an excellent opportunity to change his fate, and it will be confirmed in the future. On the other hand, if it is false, it will be completely reduced to a puppet, and it will also be a penitent.

Since you can't judge from magic technology, you can only make decisions based on the sincerity of the other party. Therefore, I made up my mind, as long as the other party patiently explained, and some details about the divine guardian were not bad with my limited knowledge, I agreed to all conditions.

Just like in real life, there are many times when urgent decisions need to be made with limited intelligence, or a salted fish rolls over or feet of mud are mired, but it has to be said that the latter is more often the case. For example, the shipping sales organization of the southern and northern factions was actually separated. At this point, Jim's decision-making conditions are even worse, amounting to signing a contract of sale without being able to read and write.

And Master Jiao Ming's reaction made Jim secretly excited, and he seemed to like this careful and rigorous attitude, not only explaining the many pros and cons of the God Guardian clearly, but also comparing the new technologies one by one on this basis. In the end, Dieda still unhurriedly concluded: "...... So as long as you follow one core commandment, you can ignore other commands and gain magical powers. However, in the case of the same amount of energy from the Holy Demon Sea, he can only cast one or two kinds of magic, which is equivalent to a divine guardian with independent consciousness but a limited number of magic skills. To be honest, if it weren't for special reasons, I would have wanted to sign such a contract, and I hope you don't miss the opportunity. ”

Jim finally nodded, but Master Jiao Ming laughed out loud in a strange way, and out of nowhere he found a stack of papers, which was unfolded and could be seen to be full of words.

"Is Master Jiao Ming okay?" Jim's already settled heart hesitated again.

"Don't care, in Lord Jiao Ming's hometown, there are a group of 'evil spirits' who like to do similar things, so this situation makes him miss it a little. Butterfly smiled bitterly and explained, then took the paper, pointed and continued: "For the time being, we only have the water system and the air system, the earth system and the fire system will provide contract services in the future, the water system is the physical strength and physical body healing, and the qi system is the Hearthstone Home Technique and the Space Crack Slash, and the specific precepts held still need to be discussed." ”

One by one, Jim quickly determined the goal, and reconfirmed: "Is it the physical healing ability like the God Guardian?" After all, there is life, there is everything, and ensuring that he will not die easily is the most important thing, as for the two offensive magic abilities, Jim, who does not have too much ambition and is confident in his intelligence, does not value it.

"Of course, it's even three points stronger than the physical healing ability of an equivalent Ring Number God Guardian. Butterfly assured.

"Then choose this. Jim nodded, suddenly twitched his head, and asked, "Can you choose more?"

Dieda smiled and said, "There is no conflict between the contracts, but Lord Jiao Ming's favor is only enough for the price of a contract, and the rest will be talked about later." ”

Jim nodded away from greed, "So ...... about this precept?"

Lord Jiao Ming immediately said something, obviously having already thought of the content of the precepts, and was waiting for the topic to proceed to this point. Dieda was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and translated: "What Lord Jiao Ming means is that from now on, every spring, summer, autumn and winter, you must have three seasons in a state of fasting, as for the specific distribution, you can arrange it at will." ”

The so-called fasting means that before the major ritual is performed, the participants must change their habits for eight days, abstain from female sex, abstain from meat, dress formally, double their religious homework, and other small details. In fact, compared to the life in the orphanage, almost every day is fasting, so Jim, who has forgotten the fickleness of people, nodded without much hesitation, "Then please." ”

The matter was decided, Master Jiao Ming and Jim signed the contract together, although this piece of paper has no magic fluctuations, there is no actual binding force, but Jim did not feel at ease, but a big stone in his heart fell to the ground, but another big stone was lifted. followed by a long-delayed lunch, and then said goodbye to the two friends for the time being, followed Master Jiao Ming, and began to teleport.

The first site is also a semi-underground stone chamber, still covered with vines, but from the small window, it seems to be a forest outside. The second place is in a small town, which is still a semi-basement. The third place is a stone castle, and there is a panicked cry in an unfamiliar language outside the window, and this seems to be the target, Jim is hovered by a sack and quickly completes a magical transformation in the dark.

"That's it? I don't feel anything. Afterwards, during a brief gap between waiting to get home, Jim asked Butterfly. However, Dieda was not sure about this, but drew a dagger and raised her eyebrows slightly. Jim closed his eyes, stretched out his arms, and quickly got a definite answer.

"Regarding the doctrine, I still want to talk to Master Jiao Ming, is that okay?"

"Happy to pass it on. Butterfly laughed. Immediately afterward, the surroundings changed, and the group returned to a second location in an unknown town. Lord Jiao Ming wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looking palpitating, but as for the two strong men, they were covered in blood, and one of them had already lost an arm. And when it was time to bandage and trim, Master Jiao Ming readily agreed to Jim's request.

"Excuse me, do you think the Ancient Tree Sutra is good or bad?" asked Jim the question he had been trying to solve last night.

Master Jiao Ming first laughed in a signature way, and then he gushed, and Dieda translated: "The concept of good and bad requires a subject, only whether it is good or bad for something, there is no simple good and bad." Like the leather saddle bridle on the back of the god's pet beast, do you think it's good or bad?"

Jim scratched his scalp and didn't grasp the point, but he also understood the meaning of 'subject' and asked, "What about me?"

"What are you, and take the saddle bridle as an example, whether you are a god's pet beast, or a rider, or just a bystander. Dieda paused with Master Jiao Ming, and then continued: "As a bystander, the Ancient Tree Sutra is a masterpiece, a set of shackles that are many times more clever than a leather saddle bridle, delicate and powerful. I laughed at you for being stupid, not doctrinal. The Ifusen Theocracy is a multi-ethnic country, and it has no common core ideas, and it has long been divided and played out of the dog's brain, and now it can beat the kingdom together to cry and cry for the mother, and this ancient tree has contributed a lot. As for good and bad, it is bad for you in the original and good for you now. ”

Jim was noncommittal, but asked another question: "If the believers believe in the existence of the afterlife, and then change their daily life rules and behaviors, such as when I was placed at the door of the orphanage instead of drowning in a ditch, it is probably because my mother does not want to go to hell." Isn't this the afterlife world influencing me through some means, so the afterlife exists for me and for the believers. ”

Master Jiao Ming was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Jim to think like this, and he pondered for a long time before speaking again.

"Interestingly, I'm getting more and more interested in you, and the contract will count you at half price next time. However, these actions you have mentioned do not prove the existence of the afterlife, but only prove how useful a lie can be, because these effects do not come from the afterlife, but from the heresy of your religion, the honor death penalty, and other law enforcement agencies. Think about it, if there were no mortal punishments, would those believers really obediently obey the doctrine for the sake of an eternal burning in hell?"

Jim thought for a moment, and made assumptions about the example of people he knew well in the slums, and found that without all kinds of punishments that could be seen and touched, the believers might not strictly adhere to the doctrines.

"Since the world does not exist after death, does God exist?"

"The man who came up with these teachings was a genius, and in wisdom, it would be right to praise him as a god compared to mere mortals. ”

The meaning of this statement is very clear, that is, there is no such thing as an all-knowing and all-powerful God in the ancient scriptures.

"Isn't there anything true and credible in the Book of Ancient Trees?" said Jim, whose faith was on the verge of collapse, making a final stubborn resistance.

"It's not important whether it's true or credible, it's the first goal for a community to survive, and for that purpose, it's natural and right to take any action based on the surrounding environment. In this regard, the ancient tree scripture is better than the United Kingdom, and it is no worse than another theocratic state. You have to start to adapt to the change of perspective that comes with the change of identity, from being shackled to being shackled, and always remembering that when you give up your rational thinking and trust others, you deserve to be deceived. ”

Either out of self-abandonment after the collapse of his faith, or out of the rebellious mentality peculiar to his age, Jim asked, "I can't trust you either." ”

In fact, as soon as the words came out, Jim regretted it, the contrast of strength was so obvious, it was like a mouse teasing a cat to kill himself, but he didn't expect Lord Jiao Ming to laugh again and replied: "That's right! But as far as I can see, the two parts of creation and the end of the world may really have some reference value." ”

Jim was stunned, and the two chapters that he thought were the most nonsense became the most credible in the mouth of Jiao Ming? Although the description in the Ancient Tree Sutra is fantastic, it is also very simple to summarize. At the beginning of the world, there was a monster of the most sinful and evil spirits, and God put it in hell with supreme power. And the so-called end times, that is, monsters break through the prison and destroy the world, and only those who enter heaven can rely on the power of God to escape.

The effect of this conversation seemed to be greater than imagined, Lord Jiao Ming gave something to Dieda, and then teleported him away with a strong man, and soon after, the two returned with a lot of things, and these were the so-called 'starting packages' that Lord Jiao Ming gave out in a happy mood. On the way back to the basement of Divine Grace City, Butterfly introduced them one by one.

First of all, there is a large stack of books, some of which are textbooks for learning lingua franca based on Ifusen, and the other part is textbooks for learning a language called 'Chinese' based on lingua franca, as well as a small dictionary to accompany it.

The second is a hand-cranked telegraph, as well as a companion translation of the lingua franca and installation diagram, the function of which is to contact Lord Jiao Ming as long as it is placed in the vine circle. This kind of function beyond the description of divine magic in the Ancient Tree Sutra surprised Jim, and if it had been placed a few days ago, it was difficult to guarantee that he would not have smashed it to maintain the correct status of the Ancient Tree Sutra.

Finally, there are a few dagger short blades and other portable weapons, judging from the delicate shapes and delicate patterns, they are no longer inferior to the equipment of the guardians of the gods in the main city.

And when Jim reappeared in front of the two friends with a lot of things, it was still full of unreality, as if everything was still stuck on the night he had been kicked out of the orphanage a few days ago, and the three and a half children huddled in the basement and struggled to sleep in the cold. However, the thick winter coat on his body, the rope on his friend's body and the cotton cloth in his mouth, and these novelties around him all remind Jim that everything is really transferred.

First, the two friends were untied, and then a confidentiality agreement was reached with a few simple flickers, and then the three of them installed the hand-cranked telegraph together. At this time, the noise gradually came from the small window, and the people who had returned to the slums after eating and drinking finally found the corpse of the 'God's Pet Beast' and began to discuss a solution.

Without time to pay attention to the outside, Jim immediately adjusted the telegraph, and sent the first greeting message to the opposite side according to the translation table and the lingua franca dictionary, and received a reply quickly. After a bit of reverse tossing, I understood the content: 'Hello, this is the information center, the little maid water heater is at your service. ’