Sister Marlene smiled back at Russell and continued to walk towards the building in front of her.

Russell followed her with Betty, and no one in front of them would interfere with their progress, and Russell listened to Sister Marlene's introduction to the temple.

"This is a place where the goddess devotees chant prayers together, and at the beginning of each month is a day to sing praises to the goddess of grain's kindness, and we can bask in the light here and feel the goddess's love for the devotees. ”

Russell followed Sister Marlene's direction and saw a circular area under a glass dome, with only a stone floor, and he did not know how the believers prayed.

Sister Marlene didn't give Russell too much time to rest, and the nun was already heading off on her own.

Russell and Betty hurried to follow Sister Marlene, and soon they reached another iconic building inside the temple.

This is the statue of the goddess that was firmly attracted to Russell's eyes when he entered the door at the beginning.

It was already very surprising when viewed from a distance, and when Russell looked at the statue closely, he realized that it was not an ordinary work of art.

The entire statue is made of marble, the surface is creamy white, and the craftsmen who carved the statue are also ingenious, carving the body and posture of the goddess to be holy and solemn.

However, there is only one thing that makes Russell very puzzled, that is, for some reason, the face of the goddess has not been carved.

Russell informed Sister Marlene of her doubts, and the nun smiled and explained to Russell why she did not sculpt the face of the goddess.

"The goddess's face is mysterious and unpredictable, and the believers are loyal to the goddess's teachings, so we don't care about the appearance of the goddess, but it is said that there is the only statue depicting the goddess's true face in the temple in the capital of the kingdom. ”

Seeing Russell and Betty looking disappointed, Sister Marlene thought of a place where the contents of the room might raise their spirits.

"Come with me, two!"

Sister Marlene only said a word, and then did not pay attention to the reaction of Russell and the others, and immediately walked towards the temple.

Russell probably understands now that maybe Sister Marlene has always been this character.

Sister Marlene led Russell and Betty to a small room inside the temple, it was obvious that this was not a place for idlers and others to enter at will, and none of the believers outside rushed into this room.

There was nothing in this room except for an irregular pure white stone, and Russell was a little puzzled as to why Sister Marlene had brought them to this unknown room.

Sister Marlene slowly walked over to the pure white stone and explained their doubts to Russell and the others.

"Two, this stone is a pure gem given by the goddess, it can detect the degree of faith of the goddess's believers, and it is a strange gem that can distinguish whether people are qualified goddess believers or not. ”

Russell immediately remembered what Betty had said to herself in the square outside the temple, and heard Sister Marlene's explanation of the white stone.

Russell suddenly understood that this stone must be the tool that Betty said could test the qualifications of believers.

Sure enough, Sister Marlene immediately put her hand on the pure white stone, and the stone began to glow with a faint white light, and even illuminated the place somewhat.

"Back then, I was also an ignorant little girl in a civilian family, and my original life was also very boring, until that year when I tested the child's qualifications, my fate changed. ”

Russell saw that Sister Marlene suddenly began to recall the past, and had to listen patiently.

"When I put my hand on the surface of the pure gem that day, the white light emitted by the gem almost made the bishop's eyes open, so I naturally became a member of the church, and I also strengthened my faith in the goddess in my heart. ”

When Russell heard this, he realized that the church does not discriminate against believers, and the difference in qualifications alone can already determine a person's future development.

But seeing that an amiable person like Sister Marlene became a senior member of the church, Russell did not know whether the church's method of selecting believers was right or wrong.

Russell looked at Betty beside him, Betty's eyes looked at the pure white stone, and couldn't help but show a look of envy, as Russell expected, Betty still had a dream in her heart, or hoped to become a member of the church.

Russell's heart moved slightly when he saw Betty's appearance, and he immediately made a decision.

Russell took a step, walked up to Sister Marlene, saluted, and said, "Sister Marlene, may I make a request to you?"

Although Marlene is also a casual person, she can't help but straighten up when she sees Russell's solemn posture,

"I don't know what Your Excellency has done to me with such a big gift to ask me to promise you?"

Russell saw that Sister Marlene's attitude was very friendly, and immediately pulled Betty, who was stunned behind, over and led Betty to stand in front of Sister Marlene.

Russell said to Sister Marlene: "Sister Marlene, this girl's name is Betty, she is also a faithful believer who admires the goddess very much, she is the same as you, she was born into an ordinary family, but her luck is very bad and she has no chance to be tested by the church, so I sincerely ask for your mercy again, can you let this girl fulfill her wish?"

Sister Marlene took a deep look at Betty, who seemed to see a shadow of herself in her face, and then she looked into Betty's eyes, and found them clear and bright, as if her exhaustion had been swept away.

Sometimes things are so ingenious that Sister Marlene liked Betty so much that she turned her head to look at the pure gem behind her, and after a long contemplation, she made her own decision.

Sister Marlene slowly walked up to Betty's side, crouched down and stroked her hair, agreeing to Russell's request.

Sister Marlene smiled and said: "I agreed to your request, praise the kindness of the goddess, I feel a warm temperament in this child, this is a temperament that ordinary goddess believers rarely have, probably my selfishness has prevailed this time, so I decided to let this child make an exception to participate in the selection of the church!"

Betty looked at the smiling Sister Marlene in disbelief, then looked back at Brother Russell behind her, and suddenly burst into tears from the corners of her eyes.

Russell couldn't help but panic a little when he saw Betty crying without warning, "Eh, Betty, what's wrong with you? Why did you cry all of a sudden?"

Betty sobbed, wiped away her tears and said: "I never thought that I would have a chance to realize my dream, this is something I never dreamed of, I didn't expect Brother Russell to ask Sister Marlene like this for me, I didn't expect Sister Marlene to be so approachable, she also agreed to Brother Russell's request." ”

Sister Marlene handed over a handkerchief, and Betty gradually stopped crying under Russell's comfort, and wiped away her tears with Sister Marlene's handkerchief.

Sister Marlene took Betty's hand and walked to the front of the Pure Gem and said, "Now it's time for you to prove your sincere faith in the Goddess, but before that, I'm going to pour cold water on you, it's very likely that the gem won't react after you touch the Pure Gem, this is also a normal thing, so if this happens, please don't be too discouraged!"

Betty nodded, she swallowed nervously, and her right hand trembled in front of her, resting gently on top of the Pure Gem.

A few seconds passed, and the pure gem still didn't react a little, the room was still quiet, and Sister Marlene sighed when she saw this, it seems that miracles don't exist at any time!

Marlene was ready to speak out and ask Betty to give up the test, but such an outcome was a very common result.

At this moment, the originally quiet pure gem suddenly began to shake violently, smashing on the ground with a screeching sound, which made everyone present startled.

Sister Marlene hurriedly spoke up to stop her: "Betty, take your hand away, the Pure Gem doesn't know what is abnormal, you quickly leave the Gem and come to us!"

Unexpectedly, Betty said with a hint of fear: "I want to go back, but my hand is firmly sucked by this gem, and I can't leave this place!"

Sister Marlene was taken aback, but she and Russell hurried forward to remove Betty's right hand from the gem, but no matter how hard they tried, they could not pull Betty's hand back.

In desperation, Sister Marlene immediately formed a ball of white light on her hand and placed her hand on top of the pure gem.

Russell watched in amazement as Sister Marlene unleashed the ball of light, and sure enough, as he expected, there was still a magical power in this world.

However, the nun's actions backfired, and when the ball of light in the nun's hand first touched the pure gem, a huge force bounced from the inside of the gem, and the two except Betty were bounced far away, and Russell fell heavily to the ground, and was shattered.

Then, the ground began to shake slightly, causing the believers in the square to think that there was an earthquake in the town, and they scattered in panic.

Suddenly, this pure gem burst out with a white light, and the light shone the entire temple into a white patch, and then a sky-high light passed through the glass temple dome, forming a pillar of light that ran through the sky above the temple.

Sister Marlene stood aside, and suddenly she remembered something, she was no longer as calm as before, she looked at the spectacle with wide eyes, and murmured, "Divine Favorant!"

The light had only diffused for a few seconds, but Sister Marlene had froze in place, motionless, and it was clear that she had seen something unbelievable that had made her look like this.

At this time, Betty was also surprised to find that her hand had been removed from the surface of the gem, and she looked at her unharmed hand in confusion, not understanding how she had left the gem.

The door opened, and several high-ranking clergy rushed in from outside, who looked at Sister Marlene in panic and asked, "What is going on, why is there so much light coming from here?"

Sister Marlene finally came to her senses, she hugged Betty beside her, her surprised eyes startled Betty, and she looked back at Russell, not knowing what had happened.

Sister Marlene said to Betty, "Didn't you say that you want to join the Church of the Goddess, and I will make a request to you right now, will you be a true believer of the Goddess and a member of the Church of the Goddess of Grains?"

Betty was dizzy by this sudden surprise, didn't she just accept the test of the church? How could it suddenly become Sister Marlene asking for her to join the church, and her attitude was so sincere?

It was only at this point that Betty realized that her dream was close at hand, but she was not mentally prepared to make a choice immediately, so Betty turned her head and looked at Russell with a distress look.