Chapter 900: The Power of Faith
Dali City, the county guard.
A group of shamans are arranging cows, sheep, rice polishing and other favorite offerings of the legendary gods.
Cattle are purebred cattle in the prime of life, both in size and physique, they are selected one in a million.
The sheep is a black goat, and the length of the two horns, as well as the curvature, have specific requirements.
The wizards are not only very strict in the selection of ingredients, but also very careful in cooking.
In the process of cooking, there are also various rituals, or prostrations, or some kind of special dance.
It took a full hour, and these carefully prepared offerings were brought to the main hall of the county guard mansion by several old wizards and placed in front of the Nanzhao Heavenly God.
Nanzhao Heavenly God looked at the fragrant offerings, closed his eyes and sniffed vigorously, and his face showed a hint of satisfaction: The taste of the power of faith really intoxicated the gods.
After a while, Nanzhao Tianshen opened his eyes, looked at these offerings with disgust on his face, and said in an indifferent tone: "Come on, take these out and pour them out, and let the leaders of the villages come over to discuss the matter." ”
Several old wizards who were serving on the side hurriedly stepped forward, picked up the hot offerings, and quickly retreated.
After a while, the leaders of each village, led by six wizards, walked into the hall, knelt on the ground, made a set of complicated movements, and kowtowed their heads to the ground: "Meet the gods." ”
Nanzhao Tianshen looked at the people who were knocking their heads on the ground and motionless with a majestic face, and said indifferently: "Get up." ”
Then the chiefs of the villages got up and stood there respectfully, waiting for the gods to send an edict.
The six wizards naturally stood on both sides of the Nanzhao Heavenly Gods, facing the leaders of the villages, as if they were guarded by the Heavenly Gods.
To be precise, he is more like a servant, a Nanzhao wizard, who often considers himself a servant of the gods.
Nanzhao Heavenly God said indifferently: "Right now, this piece of heaven and earth is experiencing unprecedented changes, can you know that as the people of this heavenly god, you will have the worry of extinction?"
The gods actually said that Nanzhao was worried about extermination?
When the leaders of the villages heard this, their faces showed panic, and they even bowed down directly, and shouted: "Please give the gods a way to live." ”
"Please have mercy on the gods, and we will worship the gods with devotion for the rest of our lives. ”
Nanzhao Heavenly God said indifferently but without losing his majesty: "This Heavenly God has really come into the world, of course, he will not stand by and watch the people of this God, you only need to follow the orders of this God, and you will naturally be able to avoid this catastrophe." ”
The leaders of the villages bowed together and said, "Please send an edict from the gods." ”
Nanzhao Heavenly God burst out and said: "Faith, as long as you sincerely believe in this god, and then let more people believe in this god, this god will protect you, do you know?"
The leaders of the villages looked puzzled, looked left and right, and secretly pondered: "Aren't you not pious enough? What does it mean to let more people believe in the gods? Do you have more children?"
Nanzhao Tianshen, who knew the thoughts of the leaders of each village through a certain ability, jumped on his forehead, and almost couldn't help but cremate these people.
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't compete with the three sects, how could he let this group of brainless guys become believers?
Due to a certain purpose, Nanzhao Heavenly God just snorted coldly to vent his dissatisfaction, and said in a calm tone as much as possible: "What this god said to let more people believe in this god is to ask you to promote this god through various means and gain the faith of others. ”
The leaders of the villages are still a little puzzled, isn't it what they should do to believe in the gods?
Nanzhao Tianshen's face immediately became gloomy.
However, the six sorcerers quickly understood and said loudly, "O great god, your servant will surely be able to sprinkle your glory all over the heavens and the earth. ”
Nanzhao Tianshen's face suddenly eased a lot, but fortunately, these wizards still have some brains.
"How do you think we should proclaim God?"
Nanzhao Heavenly God couldn't help but ask.
An old sorcerer replied, "Influence the world with a sincere heart, let them know the greatness of the gods, and sincerely believe in the gods." ”
When Nanzhao Heavenly God heard this, his face showed disappointment, if it was in the past, this method could indeed gain some devout believers.
But now, what he wants is to acquire a large number of believers in a short period of time, absorb the power of faith, and use it to deal with the catastrophe, which of course cannot be done.
"It's not enough to be reformed, you also have to have tougher methods. Nanzhao Heavenly God said step by step.
The six wizards looked confused, didn't they all say that in the teachings?
Nanzhao Heavenly God sighed secretly, knowing that through this group of believers with limited intelligence, it was difficult to get a good way, so he could only say directly:
"There are 300,000 Qin people in this city, and they are more than any of you in the village, is it difficult to force them to believe in this god?"
As soon as Nanzhao Tianshen came out, there was a rare silence in the lobby.
For the Nanzhao people, who were told from birth to believe in the gods, it was a particularly strange and unreasonable thing to persecute others to believe in the gods.
Isn't believing in the gods as simple as drinking water and eating? How can you persecute such a thing?
Seeing this, the Nanzhao Heavenly God said angrily: "Do you want to disobey the decree of this oracle?"
The leaders of the villages and the sorcerers said with a look of trepidation: "The gods forgive our sins, I don't dare." ”
Nanzhao Tianshen said angrily: "Then why don't you go quickly?"
The leaders of the villages and the wizard hurriedly replied, "Let's go." ”
In the blink of an eye, all the Nanzhao people in the lobby disappeared, and only the Nanzhao Heavenly God was left.
After the leaders of the villages and the six sorcerers left the hall, they naturally gathered together to discuss how to force the Qin people to believe in the gods.
One of the strong chieftains proposed: "Why don't we take the warriors and take the sharp weapons and go from house to house to make them believe in the gods, and if anyone refuses, we will kill him with a sword?"
A sturdy leader objected: "Before the expedition, the goddess explained that we must not wantonly kill the Qin people, but keep them to grow food for us and provide for more clansmen and children." ”
The tall leader retorted: "Is the god great, or is the goddess great?"
The dwarf leader was stunned when he heard this: "Of course it's the great gods." ”
The tall leader said with confidence: "The gods are great, so they should listen to the gods, and the goddesses must listen to the gods." ”
The rest of the people chimed in: "Yes, you should listen to the gods." ”
Soon, the opinion of the tall and strong leader was widely recognized.
Even a few wizards chimed in: "You take the warriors to go door to door to persecute the Qin people to believe in the gods, and the wizards should follow them and influence them with their sincerity." ”
On behalf of the leaders of the villages, the leader of the tall Zhuang replied: "Then together." ”
The leaders and sorcerers of the villages who reached an agreement began to divide the Nanzhao warriors into teams, each responsible for forcing the Qin people in the region to believe in the gods.
An hour later, the Nanzhao people dispersed to the entire Dali city, opening the first scene of the miserable life of the Qin people in the city.
On this day, I don't know how many Qin people were forced to believe in the Nanzhao Heavenly God, and I don't know how many Qin people who did not want to agree died unexpectedly.