Chapter 896: Taoism Nature, Extending Doctrinal Differences
It's just that on the surface, Xia Duo is looking forward to success, but deep down, subconsciously, Xia Duo hopes to fail.
Because once the natural druid appeared, it meant that the nature of the world was not what he thought before, but almost turned upside down.
Of course, at this stage, no matter what the nature of the world is, it will have no effect on him, but as a quasi-immortal, Xia Duo must have to think long-term.
For a moment, he didn't know how to respond to Atwood, and said happy, he should indeed be happy, which means that he has a good chance of getting a group of experts in agriculture, of course, covering all things, but also in other fields.
At the same time, the emergence of natural druids will also make the elves' infiltration of Nessreel's faith lose their fulcrum, and those human druids who have obtained holy power from the main god of the elves will eventually come to an end.
But behind the joy, the fear of faintly breaking the inherent cognition and the world sliding into the unknown enveloped him deeply, making him feel like a thorn in his back.
"Archon Leiden, inform the others that the meeting has been postponed! Elder Atwood, come with me to the study! ”
"Yes, my lord!"
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Study room on the second floor.
When Xia Duo was in the territory, the study was the place where he spent the most, and it was usually organized by Leiden, and the rest of the villa was maintained by the logistics department of the territory.
Of course, there are not many books in this study, most of them are just some documents and archives related to the territory, except for some of them kept in Leiden, he also keeps a number of copies here.
Returning to this study after a month, Xia Duo did not feel the slightest strangeness, and his excellent memory could even restore every feeling he had when he was here last time.
After seating Atwood, Chateau pondered for a moment before asking:
"Elder Atwood, can you tell us about your process of perceiving nature?"
"My lord, there is nothing to say about this, the new natural concept comes from the hands of adults, and I only relied on some of the convenience of the previous druids to get a natural response so quickly. However, the process of perceiving nature is very complex, so what do you want to start with? ”
"Let's talk about the natural response!"
In fact, what Xia Duo wants to know most is this, the so-called perception process is nothing more than artificially creating a certain atmosphere to actively perceive a certain existence.
This may seem a bit mysterious and complicated, but in fact, as long as you follow certain rituals and stick to them for a long time, you can easily reach the state.
This is similar to the mage's concentration training, except that the concentration training requires concentration, while the priest's perceptual training requires relaxation.
Not to mention that the two are completely contradictory, at least after forming a habit, it is difficult to get into the state when doing another kind of training.
This is also an important reason why there are so few priests who work part-time to become mages.
What Atwood said about some of the previous conveniences as druids was the result of similar perceptual training, and if Xia Duo wanted to perceive nature, he would have to go through such an experience.
Of course, people are different, and some people are extremely sensitive and good at perceiving, so naturally they have to work too hard to reach the state of perception, and if there is a perceiving subject who fits the concept, it is almost effortless to become a priest.
In the same way, mages have super talents, for example, some people are naturally able to perform tricks such as [Light Magic] or [Magic Tricks] when they are just adults.
They are naturally able to come into contact with the magic web, and with a little training, they can become mages, and they don't need to go through a relatively long period of focused training like ordinary mages before they can really get in touch with the magic net and become mages.
Bloodline Warlocks are similar, except that there are more complex and powerful bloodline spells, and perhaps those who can cast spells at an adult level may be some more hidden and weak special bloodlines.
Xia Duo is not only a special bloodline, but also an arcane master, so he is naturally unwilling to spend any more time perceiving the holy power, and this kind of thankless task is only a fool willing to do.
Of course, if it doesn't take much effort to get the holy power, and the source of the holy power is not the gods, then the fool will refuse.
He still understands the truth that Yiduo is not pressing.
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Soon, Atwood spoke about his own perception of nature and how it responded, of course, the former was more brief under Chardo's instructions, and the focus was on natural responses.
"My lord, I thought in my heart that nature exists in all things and manifests itself in all things, so I wandered my spirit in the process of evolution of all things.
"Because of my past experience, I am most familiar with the forest, and during this time in the Great Xia Territory, I saw the whole process of trees growing and dying alone and human beings participating in the growth and death, which made me have a deeper understanding of nature.
"Just some time ago, I felt the will of nature in a dream, and when I woke up, I re-perceived nature, and in a state of wakefulness, I received a response from nature again.
"It's hard to put into words, it's like an incomparable, supreme being showing me the mysteries of nature, that everything from the birth of the plane, to the sun, moon and stars, heaven and earth, is a natural evolution!
"It wasn't until that moment that I really realized the ignorance and shallowness of my past self, the deep thinking of my lord, the grandeur of nature, and how the narrow forest nature of the elves could represent the real nature!"
As he spoke, Atwood showed an extremely fanatical look, which made Xia Duo frown, but then quickly relaxed.
The new concept of nature is destined not to have too fanatical believers, because this so-called new concept of nature was originally transformed from the "Tao" of his hometown.
This is mostly theoretical, and the actual teachings that guide the behavior of believers are almost non-existent, and may exist in the future, but they are not now.
Theory, on the other hand, is naturally reduced to the root of everything and all its manifestations, in other words, there are not many conditions at all that can guide the behavior of believers.
Because, what you do can be considered natural.
From the theory, completely different derivation doctrines can be made, such as the birth of all things in nature, which can be extended to respect for life, or can be extended to the equality of all things, and it is forbidden to kill.
Doctrine and theory are two different things entirely.
For example, the doctrine of the Lord of Radiance is an existence formulated by the priests according to the will of the Lord of Radiance as perceived, and is used to guide the faith.
Different priests understood differently, and their doctrines naturally differed, and thus different schools were distinguished.
The main beliefs of the Lord of Light of Nesserel are the Legalists, the Orderists, and the Holy Light Sects, and there are also many non-mainstream schools, such as the Extreme Benevolence Sect, which is actually a good doctrine derived from the Sun and the Radiance.
It's just that the teachings of this school are too extreme, and there are not many people in Netheril, and only a very small number of low-level paladins belong to this school, and they are very unpopular.
In fact, the Lord of Light does not have a human concept of good or evil, and his will is full of order and mechanism.
This alone is doomed to the fact that the school of extreme benevolence cannot be supported by the source of faith, and in layman's terms, it is the priests and holy warriors of this school that the upper limit of holy power is locked and cannot be upgraded at all.
There is no talk of development and growth.