The sedan chair carried by the servants took Shen Xi and Panakaya to the Taihe Temple. The main hall is a traditional Chinese architectural pattern, with a flat floor covered with a huge dragon-patterned carpet, and underneath the carpet is a jet-black glowing "gold brick".

Panakaya and Shen Xi slowly walked down the white marble stairs into the hall. She looked around and exclaimed, "It's so exotic." This design has never been seen in other temples. ”

Shen Xi smiled and didn't give any specific explanation. After all, he had only seen the Jinluan Hall a few times on TV, and he didn't know anything about the traditional philosophical ideas or traditional architectural ingenuity contained in the hall itself. Just knowing the general appearance of the main hall can form such a beautiful and specific building, which really shocked Shen Xi for a long time.

"So, let's familiarize ourselves with the basic process. Panakaya sat down gently on the phoenix chair next to the dragon chair. Begin to explain the basic workflow to Shen Xi. "First of all, do you remember our three goals and three commandments?"

"Preach, vigilance, fighting. Shen Xi repeated in Abitos's tone, "Well, there is also the fact that you can't communicate directly with mortals other than the Pope. It cannot directly interfere with the functioning of human society or people's thoughts. Once you lose the last believer, you lose your Godhead. ”

"Good. Panakaya seems to be very comfortable with the change of status from tourist to lecturer, and she is very comfortable with her educational work. So, first of all, let's talk about how to preach. Panakaya floated a pale green ball of light in her palm. "My preferred method is to perform miracles. For example, if there is a large-scale plague or disaster, my believers will automatically organize themselves and go to the local area to help the injured. And once there is an epidemic beyond their means, believers will pray to me. After receiving the prayer, if possible, I will perform miracles. It mainly treats patients directly on a large scale, but occasionally chooses herbs that give birth to special effects in the vicinity depending on the situation, or simply asks the oracles to send medicines. The exact means will change depending on the situation. But the most important thing is always fundamental – miracles are in the service of missions. We don't need particularly devout believers. Faith is not everything for the true God, but the number of believers is. ”

Shen Xi asked, "Faith is not important, right?"

According to the three commandments, as long as there is more than one believer, your Godhead is solid. Panakaya patiently replied, "And on that basis, the first goal is always our goal and the way forward. Let all intelligent beings have faith. ”

"I probably understand......" Shen Xi frowned, pondering Panakaya's speech. In fact, the amount of information in this passage is quite large, and it seems that whether it is Panakaya or Abitos, they do not attach much importance to the "quality" of believers, which is completely different from the content in previous fantasy literature. Even if you think about it, it's all a fantasy of mortals on Earth, after all. The attachment to the number of believers is somewhat surprising. So, what matters is not the faith offered by believers, but the change in the number of believers...... Change?"

"Yes. The change in the number of believers is important to us. Panakaya heard Shen Xi's whisper and replied with a happy look, "You're very sharp, that's very good. This answer is also the reason for uniting the more than 30,000 main gods in the entire temple of gods, and even tens of millions of intern gods. We need and must have faith for all intelligent beings in the whole world. ”

"Huh?" was stunned. "Why?"

"Faith is a very important condition. Only when all intelligent beings begin to believe will the heart of the world be transformed into a readable state. Panakaya ignored the silence in front of her, who had been a mortal a few hours ago, and began to spray him with all sorts of strange terms. "The Heart of the World has a message of the Void Will. It is only through the information on these messages that the Temple of the Gods can further deepen its understanding of the Void. And finally achieve the goal of understanding and mastering the void. ”

"I don't know what you just said, but it seems important. Shen Xi didn't intend to hide that he didn't understand anything at all—wasn't the lecturer just here to explain. "Let's start with the Void. ”

"Well, the Void is an empty space between worlds. Panakaya still seems to know a lot about these topics, and the answers are extraordinarily detailed. "These blank spaces are completely indescribable and indescribable. In these areas, there is no specific concept. Everything exists and everything does not exist. It is because of this property that the Temple of the Gods named these spaces the Void. It is also because of this property that the Void is considered infinite. When a certain part of the void has a tendency to order, and some characteristics that can be described, the void will begin to collapse with the heart of the world as the core, and form a new world. This process is called creation. ”

"Then why control the Void?" Shen Xi asked, "According to you, the Void is just a blank area that cannot be described, what good can it be?"

"Because the void itself is disordered, it corrupts the world. Once the world is corrupted by the Void, Order is re-overlaid with Disorder. This is devastating for those creatures who live in an orderly world. Mastering the Void will allow us to put an end to this. ”

"So you're saving the world from chaos?" Shen Xi was a little headed, which sounded like a very difficult task.

"It's not just that. Panakaya explained, "The Void itself is nothing but a natural phenomenon, and the true enemy of the Temple of the Gods is only one - the Shadow Void. Once the Void has descriptive properties, it collapses into a new world. But if one part of the void is not descriptive, but is separated from the others, there will be another change, which is the shadow void. If we use illness as a metaphor, the end of the world caused by the void is simply birth, old age, sickness and death. But shadows are completely different, they are the most virulent diseases. ”

"It's all the same in terms of results, right? It's the end of the world anyway. ”

"It's completely different. From the void to the world of order, and from the world of order to the void. Neither the Void itself nor the Order World itself were affected—the transformation of the two was relatively balanced from the perspective of the overall situation. The Void will not completely replace the world of order, and vice versa. But this is not the case with the Shadow Void, where the world of order will be infected by the Shadow Void and collapse into a chaotic Shadow Void world where intelligent life cannot survive, and at the same time cannot be assimilated by the Void. They affect the transformation of the Void – the world of order. If left unchecked, it could end up all over the Void. All sapient beings will die—no new worlds will be born, and no new voids will be born. Let everything eventually become cold, unchanging chaos. ”

"Therefore, we must constantly obtain knowledge about the void from the heart of the world, and by controlling the void, we will fundamentally eliminate chaos. Shen Xi concluded, "Not only for the sake of intelligent beings and believers, but also for the safety of the gods. The second and third goals are self-evident, to prevent the world of order from being infected by shadows. If you show symptoms of infection, you will have to fight to destroy the Shadow Void or slow down the spread of the Shadow Void. ”

"I think I can see why the mentor chose you. Panakaya looked at Shen Xi in surprise, "Your insight is excellent. ”

"The other gods are also chosen by the mentor, right?" Shen Xi decided to be modest, "Every god is chosen by the mentor because of their unique abilities and strengths, and in this respect, I am no different from other predecessors. ”

"Have confidence in yourself!" Unexpectedly, Panakaya didn't hear the meaning of modesty at all, but felt that it might be that Shen Xi had just completed the transformation and had no confidence in herself, so she patted Shen Xi on the back and encouraged her. Then he continued, "Your servant said just now that you have four documents to deal with. The vast majority of these documents are prayers for believers who are more important. It may be the prayer of the Pope, or it may be the prayer of many believers under a relatively large Mass. A positive response helps to proselytize and also helps to strengthen their faith. The rest of the small parts are more varied. From advertisements for training in the temples of the gods to lists of recent offerings offered by believers. However, if there is a document with a black background, it must be reported to the tutor in a timely manner. The document with a black background is a document for believers or divine servants to report the suspected shadow infection. Be sure to give it the highest priority. ”

"Then the most important question. Shen Xi asked with a bitter face, "If I want to perform miracles in response to the prayers of believers, then what should I do...... I don't know how to conjure a ball of light from my hand." I don't have a clue what to do after I conjure up the ball of light. ”

"Well...... Panakaya was also a little embarrassed, "different gods have different miracles that can be performed. I don't know exactly what your abilities are. You can go to the stone slab in front of the public shrine to inquire. As for how to release the miracle, there will be specific methods of operation on the slate, and I have heard Sophia describe her release method, which is completely different from mine. However, as with the foundation of designing a temple, the first thing to do is to relax your mind and imagine what the miracle will look like in your mind. ”

"Then I should go to the public temple first?" Shen Xi touched his chin and thought for a moment and asked, "Wouldn't it be terrible if I needed to answer prayers and I didn't have the means to perform miracles?"

"Oh, you don't have to worry about that for now. Panakaya replied, "You can't unleash any miracles now." ”

"Huh?" Shen Xi looked at Panakaya in front of him with a confused expression and asked, "You just told me so much, what do you mean by telling me now that I can't release miracles?"

"The release of miracles requires the consumption of divine power. Panakaya explained, "The main source of divine power, apart from the natural generation of God, comes from the number of new believers and the prayers of previous believers. You haven't fully completed the conversion right now and can't generate naturally. And the believers......" Speaking of this, Panakaya paused a little awkwardly and continued, "How many believers do you have now...... It's not optimistic. ”