Although the Earth Goddess Church has a large number of believers and belongs to one of the largest churches in the True God Sect on the Yala continent, it is very poor, which is related to the profession of its followers.

More than 70 percent of the believers in the Earth Goddess Church are ordinary farmers, 25 percent are travelers who are active all year round, and less than 5 percent of the believers belong to the middle and upper classes. This distribution of believers means that churches that do not have their own property and rely entirely on fundraising funds to survive simply do not have the ability to obtain a large number of believers to worship, and can only live in poverty. Of course, this does not mean that all the clergy have to go hungry, although the believers are relatively poor, but after all, the base is huge, although the donations for each person are small, but all the donations together, it is still enough for the daily expenses of the temple, like the capital of knowledge, sometimes it is necessary to rely on the clergy themselves to subsidize the daily expenses of the temple after all, the exception is after all, a minority, although most of the temples cannot be repaired as the magnificence of many churches, although they cannot provide a luxurious life for the inaugurated clergy, but at least they can maintain daily expenses normally。

The Shrine of the Lady in the city of Dirshalen is one of them. The temple is large and the buildings are tall and sturdy, but a closer look at the buildings reveals some interesting questions. The front of the temple is a long marble walkway, and small cracks and dents can be seen everywhere on the blue stone face, which is full of traces of time. On both sides of the road are ten large stone pillars, which are symmetrically arranged on the left and right, and look magnificent. However, if there are experts who are proficient in identification, they will find that the construction age of these stone pillars is completely different, and the longest distance between them has even reached a span of 100 years, that is, it took a hundred years for the Temple of the Earth Goddess in Dirsalen to save enough funds to build this stone pillar passage.

Follow the corridor inward and step up a staircase with a width of 33 steps of 10 meters. The steps of the staircase are also made of stone, and according to the custom of the Yala continent, the stone steps in front of the temple should often be made of two complete stones five meters long, but the stone steps in front of the female shrine are different. It is not uncommon to see a stone staircase consisting of four or five stones, and if you look closely at the entire staircase, you can even find two stone steps of different textures mixed in the middle.

Ascending the stairs is the main entrance of the temple. The eight-meter-wide wooden gate is thick and heavy, and it looks like new. Above the wooden door is the arched door beam, the whole door beam is also stone, too long to make the original blue and white stone slightly black, exuding an old atmosphere.

"I finally saw a building that could be said to be reasonable. Pannis said with a sigh. It's not exactly what it says is architecture. Because Pannis was referring to the statue of the goddess standing in the center of the main hall of the temple. Wearing a crown of ears of wheat on her head, holding a scepter representing the handle of the god in her left hand, holding a handful of clay in her right hand, and gazing lovingly and compassionately at the worshippers below, this is the image of the loving earth goddess in the world. Along the way, only this icon is impeccable and fits the identity of a large denomination.

"That's because of the power of the goddess, the divine power of the goddess envelops each of her icons, making all the icons as new no matter how much time passes. Lina bowed her head and knelt down in front of the idol. He prayed in a low voice with a devout face, but the content of the prayer was different from that of ordinary people, like a child showing off to his mother, telling everything that had happened during this time. When she prayed, Lina's expression was sometimes joyful and excited, and then low and lost, completely changing with the content of the speech, and she was invested in real emotions. As she prayed, an invisible ray of light poured down from the top of the idol's scepter, silently washing away the tiredness of Lina's journey.

"I've been waiting. "The prayer is over. Lina smiled apologetically at Pannis, "Let's go to the back, the district bishop should be in the back room." ”

"Don't you need to say hello?" said Pennis, looking around. It was late afternoon, and there were not many believers left in the wide main hall, except for seven or eight low-ranking priests and monks walking back and forth. Tidy up the rooms that have been messed up by the devotees who come and go during the day.

"No, just go in. Lina shook her head: "It's not a secret place in the back, everyone can enter casually, let's go." ”

At the end of the main hall is the door to the back. Lina and Pannis walked side by side to the door, just raising their hands to push the door. The door was pulled open from the inside. Obviously, the people behind the door didn't expect to encounter this situation, and Lina couldn't help but be stunned when she saw Lina in front of the door.

Behind the door stood a female clergyman, who looked to be in her thirties, dressed in unusual black attire, with her hair combed back in a bunch, a pair of black-rimmed glasses on her face, and a prayer book on her chest. The female clergyman was stunned for a few seconds, and then suddenly asked tentatively, "Lina?"

"Cynthia?" Lina smiled at the corner of her mouth, but her smile was a little reluctant: "It's Sister Cynthia." ”

"It's really Lina. The female clergyman, known as Cynthia, suddenly hugged Lina and shouted excitedly, "If it weren't for seeing such special silver hair of yours, I wouldn't have recognized it." Xiao Lina, you miss me to death, more than ten years have passed, and you don't come to me. ”

"Quick, let go, I'm going to run out of breath. Lina broke free from Cynthia's arms in distress, and gasped for a few breaths before she resumed normal breathing: "Sister Cynthia, why are you here?"

"Of course I'm here, I've been here since seven years ago. Cynthia reached out and pinched Lina's face, and said intoxicatedly: "Ha, Xiao Lina's face still feels so good when pinched." ”

Lina shook her head violently and shook off Cynthia's mischievous hand, and suddenly saw the clothes on her body, and said in great surprise: "Hey, Sister Cynthia, your clothes...... Could it be that you're the district bishop here?"

"Of course, hahaha, I can't imagine it, it's me. Cynthia proudly sorted out the clothes on her body: "Two years ago, the old bishop resigned due to health reasons, and the appointment issued from the main hall was actually for me to take over, I didn't expect it." ”

"Congratulations, Sister Cynthia. Lina said formulaically with a polite smile on her face.

"It's been more than a decade. Cynthia seemed to be stung by Lina's politeness, the sunny smile on her face gradually faded, and she said with some loss: "Are you still blaming me?"

"Huh?" Lina asked, a little confused, "Why should I blame you?"

"More than a decade ago, after your affair with Betty, you locked yourself up in the library, and shortly after, Betty banished herself into the penance. It's no wonder that you're blaming me, a friend you regard as a sister, never did my duty as a sister to find you out. Cynthia lowered her head slightly and said sadly: "I'm sorry, I should have been a little braver, if I could have broken in to find you, maybe everything would have been different." ”

"Sister Cynthia, how can you say hello. Lina looked at Cynthia's lost eyes with a smile: "You have a character that puts the blame on yourself for everything, and you haven't changed since you became the district bishop." I never blamed you, it was my punishment for myself, and I wouldn't leave even if you broke in. ”

"Then I should have set fire to the library in advance. Cynthia made a rather irresponsible declaration: "If I had known that a fire could force you out, I would have set it on fire." ”

"Then you're an arsonist, and most likely I'll be burned to death. Lina covered her forehead and said distressedly: "It's all said, everything is my own choice, why don't you understand?"

"Of course I don't understand. Cynthia glared and said angrily: "Because I don't believe you will do that at all, there are too many doubts about that matter, I don't believe you will ......"

"I said, that's what I did. Lina suddenly said very sternly: "I'll say it again, I did everything, no one wronged me at all, I just thought that, I did that, and I don't want to hear you mention this in the future!"

"No matter what you say, I still don't believe it. Cynthia stepped forward, grabbed the corners of Lina's mouth with both hands, squeezed Lina's delicate face into a funny smile, and shouted-for-tat: "You say it a thousand times and ten thousand times in the end, and I still don't believe it." There's no way my little Rina would do that, because she doesn't have the guts, she's just a cowardly fool, you know? I've watched you grow up like that, and I know you better than you do, and I want me to believe that unless you let me see it with my own eyes, no, even if I see it with my own eyes, I won't believe it. ”

"You're really ......" Lina was still menacing when she spoke, but in the middle of speaking, her eyes suddenly turned red, and she choked up and said, "Let's not talk about this anymore, okay?" Sister Cynthia, I'm not mentally ready, whether it's facing you or facing the past, I'm not ready, give me a little more time, okay?"

"Not good. Cynthia continued to pull Lina's face arrogantly: "Who made you dare to be so cold to me just now, is that the attitude towards the elders? This is a cold lesson for you." ”

"You've got enough. Lina got rid of Cynthia's magic hand, clenched her fists and said angrily, "You're just an older sister, so you can't be considered an elder." ”

"I said that the elders are the elders, and you still dare to clench your fists, and you want to fight again, don't you? Cynthia rushed up and continued to pinch Lina: "I'll tell you, I'm now the district bishop, your superior, and if you dare to hit me, you're disobeying orders." ”

"Phew, I'm a sage. Lina also launched a counterattack: "The sage is not under your control, it is you who is the bishop of the district." ”

"Ha, the child has grown up and dared to resist. Cynthia laughed arrogantly: "Then I'll let you remember my sister's horror many years ago." ”

"Ahem. Pannis couldn't stand it anymore, and coughed lightly twice: "Although it is very eye-catching, I have to remind that the surrounding audience has been stunned." ”

"Ahh Pannis's helpless touch of his nose, which was almost flattened, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. (To be continued.) )

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