"...Master Pope, the expansion and development of our Truth Seminar has been almost the same since it was established for four full months? That's it. Violet City has been completely brought under control, and the five nearest cities have already had large... Half included in our radiation range... "
In the quiet manor, the only voice of Ibet, the chief executive (prop), reporting the situation seriously, sounded.
Holding a booklet in his hand, he stood upright in the yard, and read the details recorded in the booklet one by one to Yuan Buwei who was lying on the chair next to him.
Yuan Buwei was lying lazily while listening, holding a slender fishing rod in his hand, and the fishing line at the other end was submerged in the pool water in front of him.
There are faintly visible fish swimming in the pool water.
The holy pool that was once soaked in blood by the Mingyue Church and used as a sacrifice has long since disappeared, replaced by a simple small pond like this.
In the beginning, it was just to satisfy the Pope's new hobby of fishing, so Ibert put a lot of fish here. As a result, other pious believers who were lucky enough to come here also learned the same thing. When they came, they brought a fish they raised, which seemed to be a way of expressing piety.
And it is probably near Zhu Zhechi, who is raised by devout believers in the truth seminar all day long, listens to them recite prayers every day, and is infected by the power of the devout faith, not only? This side? Ordinary The ponds are filled with the power of faith, turning into another kind of "sacred pond", and even the fish here are not ordinary.
It's not that he opened his mind in a short period of time, but that the deliciousness of the meat has been raised to a higher level. There is a faint tendency to transform into superhuman flesh and blood.
This made Yuan Buwei, who had just caught fish twice on a whim, seem a bit out of control. Seeing that there is a tendency to develop it into a long-term hobby.
—Although the original level of fishing is not enough?.
——Only relying on the vicious aura in his soul that swallows whoever he sees, but any life with a certain perception will only want to hide away, not to get close.
— Fish: Scared. jpg
For example, at this moment, Yuan Buwei lowered his head in distress, looked at the small fish frantically fleeing towards the edge of the pond after evading his fishing lines, and let out a sigh of disappointment:
"Don't they all say that the World's Caretaker is blessed with amazing fortune? It's the rhythm of everyone's heart. How come? I? Something's wrong here? I'm afraid I'm not a fake World Caretaker?"
He shook his head disapprovingly.
Originally whispered to himself, but Ebert didn't hear clearly, but he didn't ask. He knew the attitude of not doing it. What should be told? I will definitely tell them. What I am too lazy to explain is? #toolpeople don’t need to know that much?#.
So he just does his job well, such as reporting the development of the Daoist at this moment.
Ibert continued to speak in a serious manner: "So far, the members of the practice department have grown to 519 people, including 400 people who are officially in charge, and 101 people who have not yet passed the inspection. Nineteen people…”
The codifiers he mentioned include captives recruited during the expansion of the Truth Seminar, as well as Transcendents who took the initiative to join the Truth Seminar. Ordinary people often have to accumulate a certain contribution through tasks and find out their identities are innocent. Have the opportunity to become an official practitioner.
blah blah blah...
The sound of rippling water seemed to accompany him.
A burst of water splashed from the pond. It turned out that it was not because the fish moved an inch to the edge of the pond at some point, and the fish in the water suddenly ran faster one by one.
A few drops of water splashed onto the boy's feet. His eyelashes were drooping, and his downcast eyes were quietly staring at the fleeing fish. It even gives people the illusion of being wronged and innocent.
So? Even the fish in the depths of the pool were scared away.
Wasn't it for:? ?
Looking at the "fish hates fish" scene in front of him, Ibert showed an awkward but polite smile, slightly turned his eyes away, and pretended that he didn't see anything.
But how could he fail to notice his thoughts
Yuan Buwei felt that his identity as the protagonist of his era had been strongly challenged. Even the fish are not convinced by him!
"It must be... I? The fishing posture is wrong..."
The boy adjusted his sitting posture and spoke confidently. At the same time, the fishing rod in his hand also turned around.
The invisible magic energy elements in the air gathered quickly, stretched forward along the fishing rod, and finally gathered at the hook. of mist.
——This high-level energy naturally attracts low-level beings, making them long for the transformation of life.
blah blah blah...
This time, the waves on the water surface were more than twice as violent.
The shoals of fish that had dived into the bottom of the water without a trace, surged out like sharks smelling blood, and all gathered towards the hook.
A series of chubby fish circled around together.
Shi Shiran picked out the three fattest fish out of nowhere for Shi Shiran, and a brisk smile appeared on his lips: "As expected? The fishing posture just now was not right. No, change the posture, today's lunch It was delivered to the door."
Ibert said with a smile on the side, and once he opened his mouth, he smelled like an old rainbow fart: "The Pope is not right, isn't he? If you change your posture, as long as you don't change someone, this lunch Yes? There will be sooner or later. The Pope didn't take it seriously before, but now you really want to fish. The fish raised in our holy pond are all decent fish that have been influenced by pious beliefs. You must know that? Pope Bai? People’s thoughts, don’t you just scramble to send it up?”
[Ah, this...] At this moment, System 999 was shocked by his ability to open his eyes and tell lies.
System 999 is on the back.
It feels that its position as the number one licking dog is not guaranteed. Not even the demon map is the ?biggest? threat anymore.
"Cough, what you said makes sense." Yuan Buwei silently dispersed the magic energy elements gathered around him, as if he hadn't done any little tricks, nodded solemnly and responded, "Being devoutly believed Believers who have been nurtured, this kind of ideological awareness is "unusual."
He quickly changed the subject: "By the way, you continue to talk, what is it that you haven't finished just now? What's going on?"
Ibert also followed his topic and replied: "These two days are the inspection of a new batch of official practitioners. With the development of our seminar on truth getting better and better, the non-staff who take the initiative to seek refuge now The number of personnel is increasing, and their strength is becoming stronger and stronger. After screening by everyone, several talents with outstanding strengths have been found. I wonder if you are interested in personally investigating the Pope?"
… just let the Pope move his nest and go outside to relax, so he shouldn't always be a disaster to innocent fish.
I didn't think about it for a moment.
Since the establishment of the Truth Seminar, except when catching evil gods, he will take action. At other times, he is a shopkeeper. Everyone's ability squeezes everyone's potential... At this moment, his conscience is rarely on the line for a second.
He nodded: "Then go and have a look."
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Although it has only been established for four months, it has really started to rise? What’s more, it’s only been three months. Due to someone’s inhumane use and exploitation of tools, the structure of the Truth Seminar from top to bottom has already been established. That's it.
Only the most devout believers are qualified to know about the small town of Konya, which is the main base camp; most of the ordinary believers are hidden in various branches—that used to be the territory of other sects, the Truth Seminar Eliminated them, and took over everything from them by the way.
And Yuan Buwei's true appearance and identity are known only to the first group of believers he saved in the Church of the Moon, not even the townspeople of Konya town. As early as the night of the Jujin Chamber of Commerce, they were silently affected by the filthy Taoism, and it was absolutely impossible to reveal everything about what they did not do.
Therefore, even for many official practitioners, the real situation of the Truth Seminar is half-hidden, and it is not because of this pope that it is even more mysterious and abnormal.
A branch of the Truth Seminar somewhere in downtown Violet.
The two, who had already put on the black robes and crow masks that are standard for members of the Truth Seminar, walked all the way into the deepest part of the hall under the surprised eyes of many members.
Even though it is the same black robe, the patterns on the robe, the depth of the color, and even some special symbols are all different. This makes it easier for the Truth Seminar to distinguish between different members.
However, this does not mean that it is easy to pretend to be someone else by changing into someone else's robe, because everyone's mask is an extraordinary item bound by blood. Even if it's just the lowest grade and most useless Transcendent item.
—For other sects, this may seem like a rather extravagant move, but in the present state, ordinary items can be easily enchanted to extraordinary.
Because of the different signs, the arrival of Ibert immediately made everyone recognize the identity of the chief executive.
And the identity of the other person whom he can treat respectfully is already self-evident, and it can only be the extremely mysterious pope at the Truth Seminar.
Many eyes cast their gazes on the two of them. To be precise, what most people look at is doing nothing.
After all, Ibet, the number one tool man who was squeezed into a dog, is not surprising in everyone's eyes, and he can be seen almost as long as he is out of the task. But it is rare to see the Pope who lives in reclusive life and rarely shows himself in front of people.
For a while, everyone looked at each other differently.
But most people's eyes reveal excitement and excitement. Whether it's due to the ambition to climb up in an organization or the devotion of a true believer, there is no one who does not want to perform well in front of the Pope and get him to look at him differently.
Among the excited and enthusiastic gazes of so many people, it is not surprising that there are a few gazes from the corner who also look very excited. Logically speaking, none of them will attract half of the attention of Yuan Buwei.
But I didn't do it, but I just noticed it.
Not only did he notice it, he also quietly cast his gaze over there, and saw the three men in black robes standing together. Like every pious and fanatical believer, they looked at Yuan Buwei with excitement in their eyes.
—No way, these few people are really too strong in the induction of Yuan Wuwei. It was like three beams of bright lights in the dark night, which he couldn't ignore even if he wanted to.
"Déjà Vu..."
Inexplicable, not because of memories? Not long ago, he was born on a sudden whim. It seems that there is an existence of the same level indirectly connected with him.
So, it was these few people who caused his reaction at that time, because they came to his own territory and obviously missed him
"—A person sent by the True God Religion? Or, a tool man who devours the snake of the world???"
Tomorrow? Tomorrow? Doesn't completely match this world, and carries the breath of laws of other worlds other than void, but is not rejected by this world... Outsiders who can make such an arrangement, except for the world will of this world? Consciousness itself, there is only the world-swallowing snake who has controlled most of the authority of this world.
What didn't surprise Yuan most was that these three people had auras that he was very familiar with. That is clearly the same breath as the seed of the devil.
But the devil's seed contains a dao mark, which is a positioning mark thrown by a certain master of the dao.
Is it impossible for another Lord of the Great Dao to forcibly mark the tool man who devoured the world snake? !
The only explanation is that the Devil Seed originally came from the World-Devouring Snake, and it is a special item used by the World-Devouring Snake to mark and transport the Toolman. Just like the system 999 is to the mechanical master
If Yuan did not guess wrong, as long as he awakened the demon seed, it would be equivalent to? So? Putting himself under the command of the snake that devours the world, while the whole person is marked by him, he can also freely enter and exit this world.
The relic handed down by the Red King is actually a prop used by the Snake Who Swallows the World to mark the tool man? ?
This means that Yuan Buwei's previous guess turned out to be true. Back then, the heroic deeds of the thirteen sin kings were actually directed and acted by the snake that devoured the world.
However, since the Scarlet King did not choose to use the devil's seed, and wanted to destroy it several times in the past, he finally chose to leave it as a relic to his descendants, and told him to use it only when the world was facing destruction. Means, he is not an out-and-out traitor.
His position is likely to be? Stepping on the line between black and white, he learned the truth of the world for some reason, and got the gift of this demon seed—he himself is the protagonist of the era, and he is indeed good enough to receive the? The solicitation of the snake that devours the world is not surprising.
It's just that the Scarlet King didn't choose to betray the world, but he also had no hope for the future of the world. In the struggle between hope and despair, loyalty and betrayal, he chose to escape and leave this choice to his descendants... Maybe this is the nature of human beings
The deceit that is still in the mind before death, the claim that the truth is only hopeless, the seed of the devil that has not been destroyed after several degrees of hesitation, the dao mark of the snake that devours the world...
When all the clues are in front of us, the truth will come out—
When the evil god came, the world was severely damaged, and the protagonist of the era entrusted the favor of the world became the hero who repelled the evil god. In the end, he found that everything was just a scam, and that the truth of the world was hopeless despair.
The evil god extended an olive branch to him, and he was silent.
He is neither willing to tell the truth to destroy the hope of the world, nor to betray the world that raised him. In the struggle between reason and emotion, selfishness of man has the upper hand. He died as a hero fighting for this world, but he will The olive branch left by the evil god to his descendants gave them another way out in the future.
—When the world is completely in despair, they will be able to choose to board the evil god's ark and enter the land of hope.
"According to the rumors, the Red King seems to love his little grandson very much... It really is a lot of hard work."
It was not because he could only utter such an exclamation.
There was no obvious emotion in his tone.
But the eyes he stared at the three people were obviously full of deep interest, and even Ebert noticed it.
Yuan Buwei just stood where he was, his gaze never blinking.
Ibert couldn't help looking sideways at him, and followed his line of sight very consciously and said, "That's...the three non-staff members who joined five days ago, a wandering knight, an alchemist, and a... A sorcerer... but the power they possess seems to be a little different from what is common to the general public, and it seems to be some special inheritance."
During this period of time, Ibert, whose level of cultural knowledge has been rising, knows very well that there are many closed families in the Naisser era. In this way, they have their own inheritance system and never teach others knowledge and power.
Only since the death of God, the harsh mainland environment has forced everyone to communicate with each other, so many systems have become popular. But? It cannot be ruled out that until now there are still closed families who refuse to communicate. At the same time, there will be some lucky ones who accidentally get the inheritance of the Nesser era.
These three people are? The latter.
The information he investigated showed that there was no problem with their origins. In the past, it was an adventurous mercenary group that accidentally obtained the inheritance of the Nesser era, but offended another person who also discovered the inheritance. That person knew a certain A member of the True God Sect with a moderate status caused them to be chased and killed by the True God Sect. They fled in a hurry and came to Violet City. After hearing the news of the Truth Seminar in the dark world, they chose to join the Truth Seminar to obtain asylum.
And the strength and potential they have shown is indeed impressive, which impressed Ibert very deeply.
Of course, the most important thing is -
"The attitude of these three people is very correct. Since joining the Truth Seminar, they have completed their tasks conscientiously. Do they really want to be a member of the Truth Seminar, instead of temporarily letting us hide from risks..." Yi Bate boasted endlessly, and was very satisfied with the diligent work attitude shown by those few people.
Probably this is the mutual appreciation between society and animals
"However," Ibert frowned slightly, and said hesitantly, "They seem to be very worried about the pursuit of their enemies, and they can't wait to improve their status in the Truth Seminar, so they also want to join this investigation and become the official executive Taoists. Considering that the time for them to join was too short, we rejected them. But they never gave up and applied several more times... It just so happened that the Pope came today, how about you to decide?"
"Okay, just promise them."
Yuan didn't want to but answered very simply.
"The joining time is short, the tasks completed are few, and the accumulated contribution points are not enough... none of this is a problem. I believe that as long as the determination is strong enough, you can complete more tasks in a short time and accumulate enough contribution points. Then let them participate in the inspection and have the qualifications to become official practitioners, why not?"
"—What do you think?"
Yuan Buwei's eyes passed over Ibert, looked behind him, and asked suddenly.
Ibert was shocked.
Turning around to look, I found that the three protagonists who were still discussing just now had walked over at some time, and were looking at the Pope next to him with fiery eyes, completely ignoring him, the big man. living.
That look is almost like a poor ghost seeing a gold mine, almost drooling.
Ibert subconsciously turned his body sideways, and blocked the Pope behind him calmly.
The three of them seemed to be completely unaware of his small movements, and when they heard the words that he didn't ask, they nodded like chickens pecking rice: "Okay, okay." "We? We can!" "We will definitely be able to become official priests during this period of time!" "Your Pope, please entrust us with any tasks! We will promise to complete them!"
Yuan Buwei seemed not surprised by their reaction, and even praised with a chuckle: "We, the members of the Truth Seminar, should be so motivated."
He looked at Ibert and said lightly: "Okay, since the newcomers are so motivated, we can't dampen their enthusiasm. Who said that you can't become an official leader after joining for a short time? As long as you work hard, there is still hope? Yes Yes. Come, come, give them a copy of the task list of our truth seminar, put the most troublesome ones with the greatest contribution value on the top, it is best not to choose a place too far away, and be sure to save their time …”
... This subtext is to squeeze these tool people in the shortest possible time, and use their desire for promotion to squeeze them out!
… Anyway, when the goal is achieved, how many? How many tasks to get the inspection, isn’t it? He has the final say!
Yuan Buwei's attitude seemed very approachable. There is no arrogance and aloofness as the pope.
He even gave them rare encouragement.
But the three of them felt uneasy for no reason.
Ibert looked at several people sympathetically.
He has fully understood the meaning of not doing it. But? I don't know why, but when I think that I can distribute so many tasks, I feel a little happy.
Although that doesn't seem likely to lighten the burden on him. But? See? Others are about to be squeezed, why? I can't help but want to laugh.
… Oops, moral standards have slipped.
Aware of his gloating thoughts, Ibert couldn't help but glance at Yuan, and silently sighed in his heart: QAQ I'm dirty.
He tried to salvage his shaky conscience: "It's too difficult for them..."
Those three people almost couldn't wait to answer:
"It's not difficult, it's not difficult, we can do it!" "Don't worry, chief, we have to complete the task even if we don't eat or drink!" "That's right, just trust us!"
Saying this, they looked at Ibert with suspicion in their eyes. Wouldn't this chief executive be? Because they showed too much potential? Feel? Threatened? Deliberately? Block their promotion
Ibert, who saw this suspicion: "..."
... Forget it, we heretics have no conscience.
He silently took out a thick task list.
First, I looked at the three people who were about to face a tragic fate but didn't know it but were inexplicably excited, and then looked at Yuan Buwei who was standing by Shi Shiran. In the cheerful atmosphere, Ibert showed a smile ? A gregarious smile.
... Alas, after all, I still carried everything by myself.