Chapter 21: The Murals
Obviously, the priest was very satisfied with the gift given by Qi Lin, so when she led Qi Lin, she also took on the role of a tour guide, although it was not very professional, but it also gave Qi Lin a basic understanding of the Holy Sect.
In particular, the frescoes located in the depths of the church tell the history of the Holy Religion in a fairly vivid way.
In the legend of the Holy Religion, human beings once lived in the vast primordial world, where civilization flourished, and human beings even touched the authority of the gods.
The subsequent mural is even more exaggerated, with huge metal golems like Gundam, huge spaceships galloping in similar space scenes, humans slowly taking shape in culture vessels, and DNA-like images, at this time humans seem to be able to manipulate space and tear through time, like gods.
Although most of these murals are abstract, the horror of the techniques displayed in the murals can still be detected from the perspective of the Qilin earthlings.
If only one or two pictures could be said to be the imagination of the Holy Religion, the continuous murals tell the complete story of how a civilization became more and more powerful.
The first murals were brightly colored, but then a mural with a dull color that seemed to exude despair appeared.
Some unspeakable monsters suddenly appeared in the midst of civilization, powerful space warships were destroyed one by one and fell to the dust, and countless humans with great power were torn to pieces.
This is an unprecedented catastrophe that swept the entire world in an instant, and human civilization and strength are vulnerable in the face of the catastrophe.
Just when humanity was about to perish, powerful gods appeared, and they protected waves of humans from the original world one after another, they opened up small worlds in the darkness and chaos and extraterritorial nothingness, and placed humans to recuperate.
The Holy Spirit was one of these gods, and she harnessed the bright moon to transport humans to the world where humans are currently living, and built cities for them to multiply.
As humanity re-established its stable order, the Holy Spirit left this small world, leaving only his own car, the crooked moon, in this world to let it shine and protect all mankind.
"What is the origin of the human beings in this world, and what is the Holy Spirit?" Qi Lin muttered to himself, and the priest had led him into a study located in the depths of the church.
This is supposed to be a common reading area for church pastors, dozens of rows of bookshelves are neatly arranged in the wide hall, and several long tables for reading are scattered on which several pastors are sitting and reading intently.
Matteo Ricci, the priest with whom he had spoken with Zilin, sat among the priests, holding his hands as far as he could keep them out of his eyes, his head still tilting back.
In the daylight hall lit by a huge candle, he also lit a small candle between himself and the book for lighting.
From his blinking and tearful eyes, it was clear that he was not an easy reader.
"Sure enough, I guessed correctly, such a typical symptom of presbyopia, I didn't expect him to be so old and the symptoms were so serious. ”
In fact, Qi Lin discovered his inappropriateness when he first met Ricci, and when he read the forged inheritance will, Ricci behaved as a highly presbyopia.
In fact, this disease is not uncommon, it is caused by the natural aging of the human body, especially in this world, the lighting facilities are not strong, and the pastor needs to read non-stop, which is more likely to lead to the occurrence of presbyopia.
Of course, this is not much of a problem, if a simple and cheap pair of reading glasses on the earth can solve all the problems, but here it is different, although Willis City also has glass, but the permeability is much worse, it is more than enough for window glass, but the material used for glasses is much worse.
In addition, optics has not yet developed, and people do not have the concept of concave lenses and convex lenses, so once eye diseases such as myopia or presbyopia occur, they can only get used to it slowly.
It was precisely because of this discovery that Qi Lin was sure that he would be able to make the Holy Sect pay more attention to himself, after all, the priests who had just looked around for a week were reading, and basically the older ones had a little presbyopia.
With the greeting of the priest's sister, Matteo Ricci put down the book, rubbed his slightly sour eyes and looked up at Qi Lin.
Obviously, although a few days have passed, Matteo Ricci did not forget Qi Lin, the first time he saw Qi Lin, Matteo Ricci showed a gentle smile, and then he carefully put away the book he was reading, and waved his hand to signal Qi Lin to follow him.
"Qi Lin, I haven't seen you for a few days, it seems that your mood is recovering well, sit down!" After leading Qi Lin to the meeting room, Matteo Ricci asked gently.
He still has a very good impression of Qi Lin, and his feelings for Bilodo alone can show that he is a person who values feelings, and a person who values feelings is popular everywhere.
"Hello, Pastor Matteo Ricci, it's an honor to see you again, this time mainly for the funeral. ”
"Is it Bilodo's? I see, have you set a time and place?"
Qi Lin said with a little embarrassed expression on his face: "Not only Boss Bilodo's, but also another person's, during the Chinese New Year, I adopted an orphan who lost her father due to heavy snow crushing the house, and now her father's body is also with me, I hope you can preside over the funeral of that poor man at the same time." ”
Then he didn't wait for Matteo Ricci to speak, and continued: "Of course, I will bear all the expenses of presiding over the funeral!"
Although Angel didn't say it explicitly, Qi Lin still hoped to help Angel's father arrange a decent funeral, which would also end the cause and effect of Angel and him.
Hearing Qi Lin's words, Matteo Ricci was a little curious in his heart, he had also learned about Qi Lin and Bilodo before, and he didn't think that relying on Bilodo's legacy would make Qi Lin afford to have a priest officiate at the funeral twice in a row.
"Of course, Pastor Matteo Ricci, you know that I don't have that much cash on hand, but I can trade it off, and I happen to have an item on hand that might help you. ”
"You must know that as an official priest of the Holy Church, the funeral I preside over will automatically get the location of the cemetery in the upper city, and the deceased will be more blessed by the Holy Spirit, so you need to pay a lot of money, and I am really curious if you have anything to compensate for this amount of money. ”
With Matteo Ricci's scrutinizing gaze, Qi Lin lightly pointed to his eyes and said, "For example, how about something that allows you to read normally?"