Ahead, stands a magnificent and majestic pure white church castle in the ancient Western style.

The castle is the headquarters of the church, and it is said to be the largest and tallest church on the continent.

A statue of the goddess of light towers into the sky, and the face of this sculpture is not visible when you look up, and the upper body is shrouded in mist, which is reflected by the golden glow of the sun, adding a sense of solemnity and sacredness.

The guiding priest bowed to the statue of the god reverently, bowed to the god, and after three consecutive kowtows, he got up, dusted off the floating dust on his body, and continued to lead the way.

"Most of the people who live in the City of Light are the families of the clergy, or the city lords, lords, etc. from all over the continent, you see that old man, he is the lord of the five independent republican federations, and after leaving office, the portable family is settled here. The priest pointed to the old man who was fishing by a lake, and explained to Li Jun.

Li Jun was secretly shocked that the influence of the church was really amazing, and the lord of an independent republican federation had dragged his family and arrived here to settle down.

Historically, there have been many wealthy merchants or lords who donated their family property to the church after their deaths, hoping to make a little contribution to the cause of the goddess, and the church has accumulated tons of gold coins over the years by relying solely on taxes from various countries on the mainland and such a large donation.

The wealth of the Church was staggering, far higher than the gold deposits of the richest Venetian Commonwealth Empire, but the latter's wealth was not to be underestimated, and the wealth of this empire had been accumulated to sensational proportions through the joint support of countless large chambers of commerce.

It can be said that even the combined wealth of the three empires of the Tulip Empire, the Abberon Empire, and the Lorance Empire is far less than that of the Venice Federal Empire.

After Li Jun worshiped the statue of the god decently, the priest who had led the way had already left, and he was replaced by a cardinal archbishop.

"Meet the Honorable Archbishop. Li Jun looked respectful and bowed to the cardinal archbishop.

"Young Mr. Duke, please come with me. The cardinal nodded calmly, then turned around and stepped into the side door.

After passing through several gardens and a mountain waterfall, Li Jun came to a quaint and generous manor with a heart full of shock.

Around the manor, surrounded by a meadow paved with soft grass, a stream trickled here, and not far away was a herd of unicorns, leisurely with their heads bowed, eating the tender grass.

This place is like a manor outside the world, not of the world.

"Your Majesty, Duke Li Jun brought it. The cardinal archbishop pushed open the fence door and tapped lightly on the thick white lacquered door with a few stripes of pure gold.

"Oh, let him in. In the thick door, a gentle voice came out, and with a bang, the door opened directly, and a plush red carpet first came into Li Jun's eyes, and then the magnificent decoration inside hit Li Jun's heart.

The ground is paved with gold bricks, the chandeliers are made of fine power stones, a picture that resembles a nebula, hanging high on the top, hanging a faint starlight, in the center, there is a ten-meter-high ten-winged angel statue of light.

"Is the goddess really the leader of the Angel Clan?" Li Jun was surprised in his heart.

An old man dressed in white with gilded trim was kneeling in front of the ten-meter-tall statue of an angel god, praying earnestly.

Staring at this legendary pope, Li Jun's heart was not only a little afraid, but also curious.

Since his succession to the throne, the pope has made great efforts to govern and carry out reforms, spread the light farther, domesticated countless believers, divided various kingdoms, made them hate each other, weakened the rule of the royal family over the empire, and reduced the prestige and status of the empire in the eyes of the people.

After decades of reform, the church has been rewarded by leaps and bounds, more than 90 percent of the people in the continent are believers in the light, more than half of them are devout believers, as long as the church gives an order, they will pick up kitchen knives, hoes, shovels, etc., and join the ranks of the crusade against heresy without fear of death.

"Desert Duke Li Jun, pay homage to His Majesty the Great Pope, may the goddess be eternal, and wish the light faith immortal!" Li Jun knelt down on one knee, lowered his head, and said in a calm voice.

"Young Duke, get up. The Pope said to Li Jun in a gentle voice, and then he opened his eyes, kowtowed three times towards the ten-meter-tall angel statue, then stood up, turned around and said: "At your age, it is really rare to reach the realm of the Great Magister, except for my church, according to the estimation of the national strength of the empire, it can only cultivate a person like you every twenty-five years." ”

"Your Majesty is falsely praised. Li Jun said.

The Pope smiled slightly, took out a heavy treasure book, and he turned more than two hundred pages before stopping, condensed a golden pen out of thin air, and flew in front of Li Jun.

"Come, child of light, sign your share of glory in this agreement. The Pope said in a gentle voice.

Infected by the sound, Li Jun subconsciously clenched the golden pen.

On the ground, the 'Natal Sacrifice Rune', which had been calm for a long time, emitted a ray of red light, and a faint cool breath made him sober up in an instant.

Li Jun's expression remained unchanged, and he glanced at the treasure book slightly, and on the book cover made of unknown materials, there were several big characters: "Holy Alliance Guardian Agreement"

On page 206, in dense font, there is a detailed explanation of the Holy Alliance Guardian Agreement, and at the end, there is a signatory, and below that signatory, there is also a certifier.

Li Jun read it carefully, the so-called "Holy Alliance Guardian Agreement" probably refers to: the person who signed this agreement must not engage in unprovoked infighting, must not interfere in secular battles without authorization, and when facing the invaders of the different planes, they must stand with the church to jointly resist the invasion of the enemy.

Although there are no restrictions on the body when signing this agreement, but, unless necessary, the person who has reached this state will not easily break his oath and make disgraceful things, and besides, all the strong people who sign this agreement will be supervised and constrained by the church, and once the violator is discovered, he will be punished accordingly by the religious ruling, after all, the certifier below the signatory is the most powerful person in the world - the pope!

In order to protect the safety of the royal family and the empire, the strong people of the corresponding realm can choose to help and must be targeted, if it is not necessary, they cannot do terrible things, such as the great mage releasing a forbidden spell on ordinary soldiers, destroying a city, and so on.

Li Jun was silent for a while, and then signed his name on the signatory's line: Li Jun.

The Pope calmly held the golden pen and signed his name on the certifier's line.

Wow!

A cluster of golden rays flickered, and the treasure book and the golden pen disappeared at the same time, and from this time the certification came into effect, and the church would exercise the power to supervise and restrain Li Jun.

Li Jun felt his body carefully, there was nothing wrong, and his heart calmed down a little.

Looking at the Pope's wise blue eyes, Li Jun avoided his gaze without a trace, and left without staying long.

"He's weird!" Seeing Li Jun's departing back, the Pope whispered abruptly.

“...... But I can't tell what's to blame......" The Pope frowned slightly, and after a moment of careful thought, he shook his head, no longer thinking about the young man.

"After all, he is still a mortal person, and under the light of 'God', everyone will have nowhere to hide. ”

......

After walking around Guangming City, Li Jun pulled the reluctant Jiu'er, forcibly got her into the carriage, and left here.

Jiu'er pouted, opened her round eyes, as if she was angry, tilted her little head, and looked at Li Jun.

Looking at the more and more humanized Jiu'er, Li Jun couldn't help but smile, pinched Jiu'er's face, and whispered: "It's not that I don't want you to play there for a while, it's really ...... I've always had a feeling of discomfort, maybe it's because it's too close to God, right?"

Jiu'er blinked a few times as if she didn't understand, and after Li Jun fed it a few pieces of candy, she obediently let Li Jun stroke its smooth hair, squinted her eyes, and lay on Li Jun's lap.

"Let's go, go to the Venice Confederation. Li Jun kicked the butt of the big bull, it roared majestically at the rest of the iron-horned rhinoceros, and the twelve iron-horned rhinoceros suddenly turned on their full horsepower, and with the assistance of the wind magic array on the branded carriage, a gust of wind and a piece of smoke rolled up, and galloped straight on the road to the south. (To be continued.) )