Chapter 20: The Holy Religion

Holy Religion, the only recognized religion in Willis City, Qi Lin didn't have a deep understanding of this religion, after all, he couldn't even guarantee food and clothing before, where was there leisure and elegance to pay attention to religious matters.

Still, having lived in Willis for so long, he had come to understand some of the superficial teachings of the Holy Church.

Compared with the three major religions on earth, the holy religion is more like a synthesis of Christianity and Buddhism, they advocate monotheism, but under the supreme god - the Holy Spirit, there are also many sages or saints who can be called sages or saints, they are like the bodhisattvas and arhats under the Buddha, all of them are gods from people, and then perform some authority of the gods.

With the current conditions, Qi Lin naturally had no way of knowing how the Holy Sect could form such a strange belief system, but this did not prevent him from having a good impression of the Holy Sect, after all, it was not easy for a religion with a monopoly position to maintain a low-key and pro-people style.

One only has to look at what Christianity did in the West in the Middle Ages to see how many evil deeds a religion could do when it had an absolute monopoly on faith.

However, although it did not rely on the monopoly of faith to encompass wealth, the mere self-reliance of believers such as Bilodo made the church one of the most magnificent buildings in the whole city, and other buildings that could have been slightly visible suddenly looked dwarf and dilapidated by its comparison.

The Holy Church is completely open, and since it is still in the New Year's period, people have more free time to devote their energy to faith, so the gate of the church is full of people, and some people even set up a stall next to the church to make some money.

Seeing this scene, Qi Lin's favorability towards the Holy Sect increased by another point, and it could be seen from those stall owners who were unbridled that the Holy Sect was only a spiritual sustenance for them, not a spiritual ruler.

The whole church is the tallest building in the upper city, and the church is completely made of huge boulders dozens of meters high, and the first thing you enter when you enter the church is a magnificent hall.

In the center of the main hall is a huge sculpture of the bright moon made of white jade, and next to the sculpture there are many humanoid statues also carved from jade.

The bright moon sculpture should be the symbol of the Holy Spirit of the Holy Religion, and those humanoid statues are the sculptures of the saints and sages who are humanized under the Holy Shrine, although Qi Lin still doesn't know why the symbol of the Holy Spirit uses the shape of the bright moon, and why is it called the Holy Spirit instead of the Moon God.

However, Qi Lin still suppressed his curiosity for the time being, and the most important thing to do now is to find Matteo Ricci.

However, when I looked around the main hall, although many people were praying in front of the Holy Spirit, they were all believers who had come to the church to pray, and none of the insiders of the Holy Church had seen them.

As a last resort, Qi Lin had to leave the main hall and continue to walk inside, although the Holy Church claimed to be the largest religion in Willis City, but the priests in it were only in double figures, and these priests were also divided into three different churches, so it was difficult to find those formal pastors unless it was a fixed prayer day or a special appointment.

"I don't actively proselytize at all, and as a pastor, I'm going to give them bad reviews!"

Qi Lin secretly scolded himself as he walked into the confessional room at the back of the main hall, which was specially used for confession, and usually there would be an assistant priest even if there was no priest stationed here.

Sure enough, entering the darkroom, which was so dimly lit that it was almost impossible to see people's faces, Qi Lin found a figure in what looked like a robed figure sitting there in contemplation or a daze.

"Hello!"

Accompanied by Qi Lin's voice, the vague voice trembled obviously, obviously Qi Lin frightened the owner of this figure a lot.

"Do you want to pray, repent, or something else?" calmed down for a while, and a gentle but slightly trembling voice came from the figure, and it should have been a young girl.

Seeing this effect, Qi Lin smiled apologetically at first, and then found that the other side should not be able to see his expression clearly, so he simply said directly: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it just now! Well, my name is Qi Lin, and I want to find Pastor Matteo Ricci, I made an appointment with him, hoping that he will help me preside over a funeral." ”

Seeing that Qi Lin was not here to repent, the little girl exhaled softly, and then saw her snap her fingers gently, and the confessional room that was still dim just now became brighter directly.

A girl wearing a priest's robe embroidered with a bright moon pattern appeared in front of Qi Lin, and she was looking at Qi Lin with a little pity at the moment.

"May the Holy Spirit bless you, and mourn your days!" said the little girl, gently following the figure on her priest's robe.

Although the little girl had been trying to keep calm, it was obvious that the aftermath of the fright just now was not so easy to pass, so she trembled slightly until this moment.

Qi Lin looked at this little girl with a little apology, he didn't expect this girl to be so timid, and since she was so easily frightened, she didn't want to stay in the dim confessional room.

After thinking about it for a while, Qi Lin pretended to touch his pocket, but actually bought a small bag of white free milk candy from the supermarket and handed it to the priest girl.

"I just scared you, this is our homemade candy, and you have a crushing shock. ”

The little girl subconsciously took the toffee, and then was attracted by the little rabbit printed on the toffee wrapper, although the big white rabbit is not a white rabbit, but it still put a certain amount of effort into the packaging, so the whole wrapping paper looks exquisite and beautiful.

"Let's eat one, it's very sweet, my sister likes it the most. Seeing the little girl patronizing the wrapping paper of the toffee, Qi Lin reminded with a gentle smile, he also knew that the packaging of these candies was still very attractive to the girls, and when Huaxia was not so rich, there were even girls who specially collected these candy wrappers as collectibles.

The priest's sister peeled off a toffee and put it in her mouth, and the unique milky flavor of the toffee mixed with sweetness instantly made her feel that her whole body melted into a sea of milky fragrance.

"Uh-huh, it's delicious!" the priest girl covered her mouth with a starry eye, apparently completely conquered by the taste of toffee.

"This is just the white free toffee, if the white rabbit toffee is you, you won't be so happy that you cry!" Qi Lin thought to himself.

After a while, the priest's sister came back to her senses from the delicious toffee, and looked at the pouch in her hand with several grains of toffee, and couldn't help but envy the sister that Qi Lin said just now.

After putting away the toffee, she nodded at Qi Lin gratefully and said, "I'm smiling at you, Pastor Matteo Ricci is reading, please come with me!"