Mu Yun finally understood what kind of divine kingdom it was, and covered his mouth and said: "Malduk can really imagine that he has created such a divine kingdom, the more gods attached to the divine kingdom, the more extensive his knowledge will be, and it is theoretically endless." ”

Amon nodded and said, "Yes, he sought to verify this vow in the human world, and broke through the end of this vow in the kingdom of God, and I also went through a similar verification, but the vow was different, so I created my kingdom of heaven." ”

Amon and Mu Yun discuss in the kingdom of heaven what kind of kingdom of God Marduk has opened, and the things on earth continue. Darius died and his son Xerxes ascended the throne, leaving the Potts Empire and the United Kingdom of Heaton at constant war. In the city-states of Heaton that had been conquered by Potts, revolts also fought, and the Potts Empire shifted from offensive to defensive.

Marduk had already verified the realm he was seeking, and what happened next had nothing to do with him, and even Xerxes, the son of Darius and the new Emperor of Poz, did not know that Mazda, the god of light worshipped by the Pozzians, was another identity of Marduk.

As the expansion of the Porz Empire came to an end, its national policy began to change, and its internal rule became more and more stringent, and finally one day, Xerxes ordered the burning of the Gate of the Gods in Barron City, the demolition of the Temple of Malduk, and only allowed the people to believe in Mazda, the great god of light, and worship the holy fire of light believed in by the Porz people.

Mu Yun watched this scene happen, stealing joy in the kingdom of heaven, leaning on the laughing flower branches in Amon's arms and trembling. Darius's son ordered the burning of the Temple of Malduk, which was indeed ridiculous to the gods. But smiling and smiling, Mu Yun's face suddenly changed to anger, and he stood up and said, "Ameng, your people actually demolished our temple!"

Amon also stood up and patted her on the shoulder, saying, "Why be angry? You laughed at Marduk, but we will also suffer what happened to him. ”

Mu Yun asked, "Will you be happy?"

Amon sighed: "It doesn't matter if I'm happy or not, I'm just a little emotional, Marduk's prophecy back then has been confirmed." Sure enough, it was my people who demolished my temple, and it wasn't for Malduk, or the Pozzi army. ”

Amun was the god of Aeg, and Rod Dick would not have ordered the demolition of his temple, which was demolished in the city of Salem, which was also the earliest temple of Amun. It was Amun who guided his disciples to establish the city of Salem, and the statue of the goddess Mu Yun in his arms has been standing on the altar to accept the sacrifices of the people, and has become a symbol of faith.

Mardok once said to Amun: "Even if my followers occupy the entire Tianshu Continent, they will not interfere with the faith of the city of Salem. But I want to remind you of one thing, people believe in gods, not because they were born to believe in them, but because they can get spiritual comfort from them, or realize their own ** in the name of gods. Things are changing, and so are people's hearts, and the descendants of Salem will make different choices, and then you will probably watch your idol fall. (See chapter 224 of this book, "Who is Satan?") When Marduk said this, he not only told Amun that he had another name called "Bosun", which meant that no matter in what capacity he sent down an oracle or gave guidance, it would not interfere with the faith of the city of Salem, and the words spoken by the gods would naturally keep their promises.

The Poz Empire successively destroyed the Elam, Hati, Assyria, Barron and other countries, and the Duk Plain was naturally included in the vast territory of Poz. The city-state of Salem occupied the northern part of the Duc Plain, while to the south was the city-states of Meso and Budamia, which were annexed by Hati and merged with Meso, Budamia, Syria, and several nearby city-states to form the province of Syria.

The city of Salem has always been very special, it has in fact always been a reader, but it has never been nominally declared a state of read, ostensibly subordinate to the kingdom of Hati and the city-state of Syria. When the Kingdom of Hati was annexed by Poz, it was subordinated to the newly established province of Syria.

The territory controlled by the city of Salem was completely surrounded by the Potz Empire, and trade had to be carried out with the Potz Empire, so there was no other choice. In addition to their own use, the materials produced in the city of Salem can only be sold to the provinces of the Poz Empire, and the goods needed by the city of Salem must also be exchanged with the surrounding provinces and pay the taxes set by the Poz Empire.

In addition to the fact that the Poz Empire did not appoint a governor to the city of Salem, the status of the city of Salem was equivalent to a relatively autonomous large city-state in the territory of Poz, and it could not exist without the Poz Empire. When Amon left the city of Salem after George and Link had retired from the Garden of Eden and Aesop and Joshua had also become old, the main rulers of the city were Tych Chow and Yusir. These two men had a clear view of the situation in the city of Salem, and their main policy was to keep the status quo unchanged.

Amon was only fourteen years old when he left the town of Durk and banished to the mountains, and when he was last seen in front of the people of Salem, he was only in his twenties. In terms of the years in the world, he should be fifty-eight years old now, many years have passed in the world, and earth-shaking changes have taken place on the Tianshu Continent.

Most of the people of Duk Town died in the early flood, and of the more than 60 people who survived, the youngest was David Solomon, followed by Amun, and then Moses. Moses was two years older than Amun, while David-Solomon was eight years younger than Amun. When David was six years old, he was taken out of the town of Duc by his father for the first time to see the city-state of Syria, and he happened to escape the great flood and became the youngest survivor.

After Amun left the city of Salem, Tichi Chou and Yusir grew old, and David Solomon became the new ruler of the city. Medanzo had guided David Solomon's Origin Power, this kid was very intelligent, he had a sixth-level achievement before he was twenty years old, but it took many years to continue to advance, and he only broke through the seventh-level achievement when he became a city lord at the age of forty.

David Solomon has also inherited the essence of the bloodline of the people of Dukzhen for thousands of years, and has obtained the original power of Medanzo's guidance, and he is very powerful and very intelligent. But there are some things that cannot be explained, and people with better qualifications or smarter are more likely to comprehend all kinds of mysteries in cultivation, but they can't just rely on these to achieve high-level attainments, otherwise high-level achievers in the world will not be so rare.

When David was a teenager, he performed better than the young Amon in many aspects, but among all living beings in the world, there are almost countless people who are better than Amon in many aspects. In comparison, David's ability to break through the high-level achievements of the Origin Power and become the leader of the city of Salem is already quite remarkable.

Later in the reign of Tichi-Zhou and Yusir, the city of Salem actually entered the era of the rule of the judges, and the people of Duk gradually became the rulers of the city, wielding power and wealth over the city-state. Of the twelve judges under Moses' direction, three were killed, three later entered the Garden of Eden, and the rest grew old in the city of Salem.

These judges, who were old and authoritative, directed their people in the sacrifice to Aroha and played an increasingly important role in the management of the city-state until David grew up. A new generation of people in Duk Town also branched out, and the descendants were reluctant to speak of Duk Town, which represented the sinners, and only called themselves Salem people, Saleem people who had made a covenant with Aroha and were redeemed and blessed by the gods.

With the support of the older generation of judges, David Solomon himself was extremely talented, and not only established absolute authority among the people of Salem, but also controlled the entire city-state of Salem, and the Aroha that the people believed in gradually replaced the former god Amun.

This result is somewhat surprising, but it is also inevitable from another point of view. Back then, there were only a few dozen survivors of the Duk Town, and when they came to Salem, there were thousands of inhabitants in the city, which seemed inconspicuous. But they enjoyed the most fertile land, inherited the mines of their clansmen, and performed great feats in the wars to defend the city-state.

The surviving generation of the people is the essence, and when they are finally freed from the suffering and fate they have endured for generations, they no longer need to work as hard miners themselves, and what they have exploded with is a different kind of wisdom. Whether they run a grange or engage in commercial exchange and lending business, they are very good, not only because of their capital and prestige, but also because of their knowledge and resources.

Strength and wisdom were also the wealth left by their ancestors, making them the richest men in the city of Salem, and the girls were willing to marry the people of Salem. They have superior conditions, can give their descendants the best education and living environment, and can even master several languages and scripts on the mainland, and gradually prosper, after two generations, the number of this tribe has exceeded 1,000.

The composition of the rest of the population in the city of Salem was mainly in several aspects: troglodytes or plateau giants who had migrated from the mountains, wandering explorers and lumpenproletarians from the surrounding countries, bankrupt craftsmen, and landless peasants. These men were incomparable in every way with the people of Salem, and the vast majority of them were illiterate.

The people of Salem, who possessed wealth and knowledge, also held the power to offer sacrifices to the gods in the city-state, representing the will of the gods. People's beliefs do not come out of thin air, they are inevitably influenced by the environment, whether intentional or unintentional, and the people of Salem control the economic and political resources, and naturally control the social resources for the spread of faith.

The generation of people in Salem who had been on the battlefield in the early years of calling for the advent of the god Amun gradually passed away, and the new generation gradually grew up, they did not have the experience of their parents, they were in a new environment, and more and more people followed the people of Salem to believe in Aroha. Just as the Poz Empire continued to expand and ignite the flame of light all over the continent, the worship of Aroha also penetrated into the hearts of the people of Salem City silently, and gradually became the mainstream of the city-state's faith.

But the main temple of the city-state was the Temple of Amun, which stood in the center of the city-state square, and it seemed so tall and magnificent. But the statue of Amon holding Mu Yun on the altar now seems a little frivolous and dissolute, not solemn and sacred. There is also a temple of Aroha in the city of Salem, which was built in the place where the people of Duk Town first lived, and the scale is very small and inconspicuous, but the sacrifices received are becoming more and more solemn.

The new rulers of the city-state gradually had an idea in their minds to replace the original temple of Amun with the temple of the Lord of Aroh. This thought was only in the minds of the older generation when they were still alive, and when the new generation of Salemes, represented by David Solomon, came to power, this desire became stronger and stronger, because the status of Aroha also symbolized their status.

Before Joshua's death, he gave David Solomon a Bible that recorded the experiences and sufferings of the people of Duktown, the return from distant Eju under the guidance of Aroh, and the oracles, miracles, hymns, and legends of Aroh. It is a history that bears the faith of the people of Salem, and records the covenant between the gods and the people, which the people of Salem are proud of and proud of.

David Solomon is also a witness to this history, and he can naturally see the traces of many of the legends and exaggerated elements, and he can more or less guess the relationship between the god Amun and Aroh, but the gods did not say it explicitly, and David Solomon did not say it explicitly.

On the other hand, the belief in Aroha is not a personal matter for David, but the wishes and beliefs of all the people, which are not only related to spiritual sustenance, but also really determine the interests and status of the world.

Any successful change requires the right timing, following some seemingly unstoppable trend, and the first opportunity finally appeared, and that was a coup d'état in Eju. Tutankhamun succeeded to the throne and worshipped Amun as the chief god of the kingdom of Eju. The people of Salem hated the Eju, because in their Bible, their ancestors had been enslaved by the Ejuites, and they were guided by Aroha to return home, and it was Aroha who performed miracles that enabled them to defeat the evil gods of Eju.

Now that Amon is the main god of Eju, they naturally do not want to see the city-state under their control still offering sacrifices to the gods of Eju, as if they are constantly awakening some kind of shameful memory. David Solomon took the opportunity to decree that the sacrifice to Arroha became the official ceremony of the city-state, replacing the original sacrifice to the god Amun.

This order was opposed by a small number of people, but it was adopted with the support and acquiescence of the majority, because David did not tear down the temple of Amun, nor did he prohibit the people from offering sacrifices to the god Amun, but only changed the official object of the main sacrifice.

Although the people of Salem are now prosperous, they are still a minority in the total population of the city, but they are able to control the entire city-state. They practice a kind of meritocracy, which seems to be fair and reasonable and conforms to the will of the people, but through the control of economic and political resources, they have the right to speak in public opinion and coerce the will of the vast majority of the people.

People often think that they have made their own choices, but in fact, the results they can choose are only the results that others have prepared for them. This is the core of this meritocracy, which may manifest itself in various superficial forms and have a wide influence in later generations, but at this time it is only the beginning.

The second opportunity that the Salem people were waiting for was when the expansion of the Potz Empire suffered a setback, the country was at a turning point of prosperity and decline, the Greco-Persian War was becoming more and more passive, Eju took the opportunity to break away, and the control within the empire was declining, Xerxes ordered the demolition of the Gate of the Gods and the Temple of Maldok in the city of Barron.

David took the opportunity to order the demolition of the Temple of Amun and the construction of an even more magnificent Temple of Aroha on the site of the Temple Square, ten years after the last official sacrificial reform. With the foreshadowing of this decade, the resistance encountered when actually doing it has been very small.

There are two main reasons for David Solomon's demolition of the temple of Amun: one is that the official god of the city-state is Aroha, and the temple of Aroha should become the main temple; second, the temples of the original Anunnaqi gods have been demolished in various parts of the Poz Empire, and Assyria, Barun, Hati and other countries that believe in the gods of Anunaqi are long gone.

But David Solomon still had a hand, he only replaced the original Amun as the main god of the city-state with Aroha and demolished the original temple, but he did not prohibit people's belief in Amun. Those who believed in Amun could have built a temple for Amun at their own expense elsewhere, but this had nothing to do with the official city of Salem, and there would be no city-state sacrifice.

In fact, it doesn't matter, the people of Salem have mastered the best land in the city of Salem, control the economic, political, and cultural resources, and the belief in the god Amun is already a non-mainstream nostalgia, and the Aroha who made a covenant with the people of Salem is the only god that this city-state believes in. In the minds of the people of Salem, Amun gradually became a legendary hero, a mythologized figure of the aliens.

Aroha is another identity of Amun, and it makes no difference to the gods in doing so. Just as Xerxes ordered the demolition of the temple of Marduk and the worship of Mazda, the god of light, Malduk doesn't matter. In recent decades, the Tianshu Continent has undergone frequent drastic changes, and the gods believed in many kingdoms have also changed frequently, which is guided by the gods, but more importantly, it is determined by the human situation.

When the temple of Amun in the city of Salem was demolished, Marduk's prophecy was finally fulfilled. Amon could only sigh, but persuaded Mu Yun to look at the temple of Marduk, and it was the same experience.

Mu Yun was only angry for a moment, and then said angrily and funny: "I used to be the guardian saint of Duke Town, but Duke Town was destroyed by the flood, I hope you can guide the people to restore my divine domain, and you have fulfilled your promise." But now it is your people who have demolished your temple and mine. As a god, you should have become very calm in the long history. ”

Amun added, "The Aroha they believe in is still mine, and the covenant I made with my people is still inscribed in the temple. People need their gods to prove their brilliance, and my people are all beings, and whoever is guided by the faith I have left behind and whose soul is transcended can also come to my heavenly kingdom. ”

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(To be continued)