"No, no! No! ”

Wanyan covered her ears and screamed, the collapse of her faith made her almost crazy at the moment.

She stumbled to her feet, her eyes bloodshot and her hair loose, she shook her body and pointed at Zhongli and roared, her voice sharp and piercing:

"That's not the case, the Demon God of Salt was killed by Morax, how could it be her people who killed her! Lie to me! You're all lying to me! You want to shake my faith in the Demon God of Salt! You're all in this together! ”

"She's so pathetic." Paimon couldn't stand it anymore.

"This truth is too cruel." Sora also sighed.

"Poor fart!"

Jiang Bai poured a pot of water directly from Wan Yan's head, "The emperor was scolded by her all the way, and the emperor is pitiful!" ”

Wanyan was doused with cold water, and finally woke up from her long dream, and sat down on the ground in a daze.

There was no focus in her eyes, it was gray, and what she had insisted on for so many years was like a joke, which made her lose her spirit, and she no longer had any excitement when she accused the Rock King.

"Xiaobai." Zhongli stopped his continued stimulation and shook his head at him.

"The Emperor of the Rock doesn't care what people think of him. Whether it's the Demon God of Salt or the Emperor of the Rocks, they're all gone, and believing in a departed god isn't a good thing. ”

Jiang Bai, who still wanted to continue scolding, muttered unwillingly, "The emperor doesn't care, he doesn't care, but I care."

"And I don't think what you said, Master, I don't think it's a bad thing to believe in a god who has passed away."

Jiang Bai corrected his mistakes very seriously:

"For me, faith is, in the final analysis, a wish for a better life.

"The Emperor is gone, and the people of Liyue will not hope that the Emperor will show up to help them calm down the calamity, they will still pray to the Emperor and ask for the Emperor's blessing, but only for peace of mind, not really thinking that the Emperor will appear to help them.

"As the people of Liyue get used to the passing of the Emperor, the Emperor of the Rock will become a symbol of faith, like the Aeola of Mondstadt, instead of the gods who guide their development every year."

Jiang Bai couldn't help but think of Mondstadt.

The god of wind may seem to be absent, but he is everywhere in Mondstadt.

Wendy says that she is weak because she has given up her rule over Mondstadt, but if faith is the source of strength, then Wendy is undoubtedly strong.

After all, the people of the Land of the Wind have a very pure belief in the wind god that has not appeared for thousands of years, and they practice the freedom of the wind and turn the wind god into a symbol of faith.

This faith is not mixed with many benefits, but is more simple prayers and blessings.

And pure things, the power that comes with them is often stronger.

Zhongli looked at this matter from the perspective of God, but from Jiang Bai's point of view, this was a completely different view.

Seeing that Zhongli listened seriously, Jiang Bai continued: "It's not that when the gods die, faith will disappear, on the contrary, when the gods die, faith will be purer. ”

Jiang Bai's hometown has no gods, so he directly substituted himself into the environment in which he originally lived.

Although there are no real gods there, there are many man-made gods who have been endowed with all sorts of abilities, such as creating the world, destroying the world, making people rich, or bringing about marriage

But at the end of the day, these are just artificially shaped symbols of faith.

Until the destruction of that world, none of these created gods ever appeared.

But does this affect the faith?

No!

Who will see the God of Wealth and refrain from worshipping?

But the Rock King Emperor is different, and all the gods that the Rock King Emperor and Jiang Bai know are different.

The people of Liyue revere him and believe in him because of what he has done, not because of his own power.

Even if He is dead, people's memories will not disappear, His merits will not be erased, and faith will not disappear.

And how can faith be such a symbol of belief as a bad thing?

Once upon a time, the people of Liyue had the idea of having the all-powerful Lord Rock fulfill their wishes, but after the Emperor's death, faith was only faith, and no longer really wanted from the Emperor.

Zhongli thought seriously after listening to Jiang Bai's opinion, "In terms of general rationality, your words are very reasonable. ”

It is true that depending on the angle, there is also a big difference in what you see.

Zhongli is a god, and although he lives as a human being, his essence is still that of a god.

God's perspective is certainly different from that of man.

From his point of view, he thinks about hundreds, millennia, and even beyond.

There will be a second rock god in Liyue, and when the second rock god appears, what will happen to those who believe in the deceased rock kings?

For Jiang Bai, Zhongli was limited by his inherent thinking.

Who decrees that there can only be one God?

"That sounds like a point." Paimon looked at him in amazement as if he had reacquainted himself with Jiang Bai again.

Jiang Bai corrected her statement, "It's not reasonable, it's very reasonable!" ”

"What do you think?" Jiang Bai looked into the sky.

As an outsider, the empty view is still quite constructive.

Empty nodded in agreement, "It does make sense." ”

Zhongli looked at Jiang Bai's expression full of relief, "It was really a correct decision to bring you here. ”

Yes, who is required to believe in only one God?

Being praised by Zhongli, Jiang Bai felt that he was about to float.

Quickly cough lightly and stabilize yourself.

He looked at Wanyan, who was soaked and pale, as if he had lost his faith, and he was in no mood to bother with her.

"The fault of your ancestors is the fault of your ancestors, not your fault, and although their actions are shameful, without them, there would be no you now. As a junior, we must accept and recognize the mistakes of our predecessors.

And the pain that is mixed between the ancestors and the faith is the punishment that the Demon God of Salt will punish you after the death of the demon god for thousands of years. ”

Wanyan's eyes moved.

"Is it a punishment?"

Seeing her reaction, Jiang Bai pointed to these salt sculptures and continued: "If you want to feel better, you can not treat these people as ancestors, but this is just self-deception." ”

Wanyan turned her head to look at the statue that still maintained the sword-wielding movement, and her eyes regained some agility.

"No, they are my ancestors, and if it weren't for them, there would be no current people."

"I didn't understand why the elders didn't tell me how the Salt Demon God died, and every time I mentioned this, I was silent and looked pained.

"I thought it was because we lived in the enemy's territory, and we knew that the Emperor of the Rock had assassinated the Demon God of Salt, but we had to accept his false mercy and suffer."

"It turns out that we ourselves are the murderers of the Demon God of Salt"

"It turns out that each of our generations does not dare to forget their past and is atoning for their sins."

(End of chapter)