Chapter Seventy-Five: The Tree That Weeps
Located on the Balaton Continent in the south of the Divine Continent, the convoy of Wen Jiming's adventure team was slowly moving on the dirt road.
The distance between the planet Balaton and the sun is second only to the land of the gods and the five continents of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and belongs to the outer continents of these six planets.
It is located in the south of the sun, the environment of the whole continent, basically belongs to the tropical climate of the four seasons like spring, on the surface of this continent, most of the area is covered by vast tropical rainforests, and the continent also has quite rich marine resources.
Wen Jiming is now sitting in the carriage headed by the entire convoy, chatting with the supervising bishop of the Qiming Church while enjoying the scenery on the side of the road through the car window.
Most of the entire Balaton continent is basically under the control of the Enlightened Church, although all the races on the continent also worship other gods, but most of them still belong to the believers of the Enlightened Church.
On top of Wen Jiming's carriage, there is also the sitting bishop of the Qiming Church in the Balaton Continent, an old man who is very old, but in good spirits.
At this time, the old bishop kept introducing the local customs to the two people from the outer continent, and at the same time carefully looked at the two of them, especially the young priest in front of him, but he was already famous.
"We have such rainforests everywhere here, so our mainland is very famous for its furniture and building materials, and a large number of merchants come to us every year to buy wood."
The church's overseer, the bishop, asked with a smile.
"I heard that there are many native animals in your continent, which are very popular pets in the upper class at present, and it is rumored that the income from this alone is as high as millions of gold talunes every year."
The elderly bishop of the parish heard the question of the supervising bishop with a smile on his face and replied with some pride.
"Your message is very correct, due to the rich rainforest resources, there are many kinds of animals and plants on our continent, especially those cute small animals, which are very popular with nobles and rich people, and at the same time, our continent also produces a large number of high-quality furs every year, which is also a considerable export income."
After a while, the Overseer finally turned the conversation to the secret mission.
"Honorable Bishop, can you tell us in detail that the situation has reached that level of badness this time, so that we can be mentally prepared."
The old sitting bishop looked at the following Jiming with some caution and felt very embarrassed.
Seeing the concerns of the bishop sitting in the church, the superintendent reassured him.
"Do not hesitate to be here at the Priest of Letters, from the upper echelons of our Church and even from our God, who are now deeply grateful for the contribution that Priest Wen has made to the Church, for the chant invented by Priest Wen has been of great help to all churches at present, and has greatly strengthened the speed with which our churches have spread the gospel of the gods among non-believers."
After that, the supervising bishop bowed his head to Wen Jiming to express his gratitude.
Wen Jiming hurriedly returned the salute modestly.
"I really don't dare to be, it's just some talent in songs."
The Supervising Bishop was very appreciative of Wen Jiming's attitude.
"You don't have to be so modest, you probably don't know it yet, because you invented songs, and now in some continents, there are some professionals who call themselves singers, and they are frantically collecting all the materials and books about you, and your book that composed the music for songs is now sold on many continents, and even the church has a few copies."
"I heard that in the black market of Kansa City recently, your figurines and portraits are all very expensive, and they are in great demand, and since there are no ready-made products, someone has gone to your territory to collect them."
Wen Jiming, who heard the above news, his first reaction was that he had lost a lot, how could he let others earn this money!
However, the information revealed by the supervising bishop made Wen Jiming very happy.
Wen Jiming, who had serious habits as a merchant on the earth, hurriedly took out a gift, more than a dozen bottles of wine and a few filter cigarettes, and gave them to the two bishops.
"It's really not respectful, these things will be used as my meeting gift, please don't refuse the two bishops!"
Obviously, this set worked very well for the two bishops, and the two of them expressed their gratitude while putting away Wen Jiming's gift.
The elderly bishop of the parish had no worries at this time, and began to tell the details of the matter.
"Dear Overseer, I think you may also have the impression that this continent was not under the control of our Lord God 1,600 years ago."
The Supervising Bishop nodded in approval.
"Yes, I remember that the books in the church recorded that at that time it was still under the control of an being called the god of disease and pestilence, but didn't that being perish?"
The bishop of the parish sighed and explained why.
"It's destroyed, but because this is a rainforest area, diseases and plagues appear every few years, so naturally there are certain original believers who still retain their faith, and then after each plague, the number of believers who die will increase some."
"And this time the plague is much more serious than it has happened before, and our personnel have actually found some undead creatures in some areas!"
Hearing this, the expressions of the supervising bishop and Wen Jiming changed at the same time.
The elderly bishop of the party continued his own description.
"Yes, so we suspect that this plague is very likely to be caused by man, and the speed of its spread, as well as the large number of deaths caused by the plague, are very rare, and what is even more serious is that this plague has caused serious pollution to the geographical environment of the plague area."
"Since the high-level professionals of the church are now assisting in the battle in several forward war zones such as the Elemental Continent, the current manpower of the church is completely insufficient to fight this disaster, so I asked for the church's assistance."
"I also ask the priest not to spread this matter, after all, it involves the reputation of the church and the stability of the local people."
Wen Jiming stretched out his hand to his mouth and made a gesture to zip it up, while reassuring.
"Please rest assured, Bishop, that I have always been a very strict-mouthed person, and I will not spread it."
The Overseer asked with a frown on his brow and very serious.
"How many people have been infected by the plague now, and what is the death toll?"
"The number of infected people has reached nearly 1.65 million, and 210,000 patients have died."
Wen Jiming asked the doubts in his heart at this time.
"Listening to the meaning of your words, it has something to do with this perishing being, will the dead gods be resurrected?"
The two bishops' expressions became more serious, and at the same time, they seriously thought about Wen Jiming's statement, and after a few minutes, the supervising bishop shook his head and analyzed.
"Theoretically, there should be no such possibility, after all, it has not happened before, the resurrection of the dead gods, I think it is not excluded that there are some existence or legends who have taken a fancy to the expertise of this god and want to take it for themselves."
Wen Jiming blurted out.
"Are you talking about the priesthood and the Godhead?"
The two bishops were stunned at the same time, and asked in unison.
"What is the priesthood and the Godhead?"
Wen Jiming, who was polluted by the magic novels on the earth, suddenly realized that he wanted to smoke himself with a big mouth.
Since people don't have this in the other world, they rush to give an explanation, isn't this sick?
Think the gods in this other world aren't strong enough?
Forget it, who do you love, why do you want to do so much, and you don't want to be a god.
So he popularized the phrase in the popular fantasy novels on the earth to the two bishops.
As a result, the two bishops were completely excited, and it was obvious that there were too many ways for the church to operate on this.
This is a great credit, the two bishops glanced at each other at the same time, and then looked at Wen Jiming together.
Wen Jiming was a little restless by the warm gaze of the two bishops, and hurriedly said.
"The two of you can report it on your own, don't mention me!"
The supervising bishop had a kind smile on his face and explained to Wen Jiming very kindly.
"It's definitely not okay not to mention you, the gods must not be deceived, but when someone asks, please be able to say that the conversation between the two of us is a great inspiration for your thinking!"
The elderly bishop of the parish nodded his head at this time, expressing his full approval of the statement of the supervising bishop.
Wen Jiming is more social, and hurriedly affirmed.
"Of course, it was only after I heard the explanations of the two bishops that I had this idea, otherwise, how could I have known this before, who had never been in contact with religion!"
For a while, everyone was happy!
The atmosphere after the carriage began to become relaxed again.
The matter of the plague has become not very important, and the problem has been well countered because of Wen Jiming's proposal.
Since some people have taken a fancy to the expertise of the former gods, if the church makes a fuss about the priesthood and the godhead, things can be completely controlled, and there can even be ways to counteract, after all, there is already a way of thinking.
Wen Jiming has brought practical benefits to the gods, but now he can't make a noise.
The elderly bishop of the party once again became a tour guide and began to introduce the local customs to Wen Jiming and the others.
By this time, the convoy had stepped out of the rainforest and into a flat area.
The scenery outside the window has changed, and the wild trees and vines in the rainforest have long been gone, replaced by tall trees on the side of the dirt road, lined up in neat rows, and some milky white marks will appear on the trees from time to time.
Seeing the tree, the learned bishop of the parish began to explain to the two men.
"It's a very interesting tree, according to local legends, when the god who was destroyed died, the blood that flowed when it died became this kind of tree, and if the weather was dry or when someone cut the outer bark of the tree, there would be a milky white liquid coming out, and there were a lot of them, so the locals called this kind of tree a weeping tree."
"Of course, this is pure rumor, after all, this tree has been recorded since the time when the god was still there."
Wen Jiming's heart suddenly moved, and he couldn't help shouting.
"Parking! I'll go down and see! ”
The two bishops were puzzled, but nevertheless ordered the carriage to stop.
Wen Jiming jumped out of the car and ran to a big tree.
I saw him pull out his Notai knife, and then after the flash of the knife, a viscous milky white liquid flowed out from the wound in the broken bark.
Wen Jiming is overjoyed!