"Thank you, Mr. Steven! After hearing your teachings and being accompanied by the Holy Emblem, I finally got a good night's sleep last night!"
In the morning, as soon as Wu Ming entered the living room, he could smell a strong fragrance.
Lianna, who looked radiant, was wearing an apron, and was busy cooking a sumptuous breakfast.
"Now, I can't wait to hear more about the God of Redemption..."
Hearing Lian Na's words, Wu Ming felt very helpless.
'I obviously didn't do anything, I just gave you a little language support, and you healed yourself...'
Through the space of the main god, he could already see the connection of a thread of faith in Lian Na, which almost reached the standard of a believer.
'Just rhetoric can confuse people's hearts, man...'
Wu Ming couldn't help but lament the strength and fragility of human beings. When they are strong, they can create all kinds of miracles in life, but when they are weak, they will be confused by all kinds of illusory things and do all kinds of things that they can hardly imagine.
'But... a cult without gods can thrive, if I create a few more miracles or something...'
Wu Ming muttered to himself: "It's just that the method needs to be discussed. After all, I don't know the attitude of the entire Golden Oak Kingdom towards religion..."
Some false sects, because they know that there is no true god, the higher-ups despise their existence, but if there are gods who really appear, and even intend to meddle in the world, the power holders' butts determine their choice!
Even though some people may be immersed in temptations such as spiritual comfort and longevity, but more out of the maintenance of their own rights, killing gods is not impossible.
Wu Ming felt that it might be a good idea to disguise himself as a sect without a true god and develop in a low-key manner at the beginning.
…
"Steven! What's going on here?"
After Wu Ming accepted Mrs. Lian Na as the first believer of the God of Salvation and baptized her, Carter immediately came to find her.
"Intolerable! This is simply intolerable!"
In the apartment, Wu Ming sat on the sofa, watching Carter turning around like an angry male dog, Lianna smiled apologetically.
"I just can't believe it!"
Carter roared: "We just rescued Lianna from the fire pit, and you are going to push her into another one!"
"Wait a minute!"
Wu Ming raised his hand at this moment: "Why is the Church of the God of Redemption a pit of fire?"
"I have heard of all the famous sects in the Kingdom, but there is no name of the God of Salvation at all!"
Carter's forehead burst with blood vessels: "This is not some illegal sect in a remote country, it's something you imagined!"
"Carter, watch your words!"
Wu Ming said in a godlike tone: "Although the God of Salvation is not well-known, he is a real god! And... I am already planning to make spreading the church my graduation project!"
"Hey... what?"
Carter froze there for a moment.
"To graduate from Binaforth University, don't you have to master a business, and have a turnover of more than one million gold dollars within a year, and realize a surplus at the settlement?"
Wu Ming asked back.
Universities in this world are difficult to enroll in, and even harder to graduate, just like Binaforth University, where the difficulty of graduation has reached an outrageous level.
As far as Wu Ming knows, even though Steven's cheap father, James, has been a salesman all his life, and now he is in business, he still has a little distance from this requirement.
The strictness of Binaforth University in this regard is hell-level, and there is even a special accounting team responsible for checking the accounts. Any falsification will not fool them at all, and will be punished by expulsion.
But graduating from there is an absolute elite! Even those who dropped out halfway, most of them did well.
The alumni association of the entire Binafort school is simply the business alliance of the Golden Oak Kingdom, with huge influence.
"etc… "
Carter was a little dizzy: "What do you want to say?"
"It's easy..."
Wu Ming spread his hands: "I have received the revelation of the God of Salvation, and I want to spread faith for Him here... Of course, who said that the church is not a business?"
The essence of business lies in the circulation and exchange of goods.
In Wu Ming's view, believers pay their faith or make other donations in order to obtain the protection of the gods, or a little lower, inner comfort, not to mention whether the two sides are equivalent, but a process of exchange and contract is established. Woke up.
This is not a transaction, what is a transaction
As for the church? That's even more so. According to Wu Ming's knowledge, in a certain island country in his previous life, religion was completely managed as an industry, and it was even a family business, which could be passed down from generation to generation.
He later studied the laws of the Golden Oak Kingdom and knew that there was no problem in doing so.
"Church... business?"
As far as Carter knows, some well-known religions are indeed very rich due to the donations of believers and the well-established management of Jakarta, but I always feel something wrong when I hear a student say this.
"Ah, ah, ah... I know the laws of the kingdom!"
Wu Ming smiled and said: "If a new religion is to be recognized, first of all, its teachings must be positive and in line with the laws of the kingdom, and then it must have more than 1,000 believers, and a religious place with an area of more than 1,000 square meters...isn't that wrong?"
"Theoretically so, but the approvals...wait..."
As expected of a college student, Carter, a shrewd businessman, immediately thought of something after his temper recovered: "You shouldn't take advantage of the legal loopholes in those municipalities and register directly, right?"
"It's almost..."
Wu Ming smiled slightly.
Although the Golden Oak Kingdom implements a constitutional monarchy and theoretically has the same master, there are still subtle differences between the cities, especially the cities closest to the Bauhinia Federation, which are deeply influenced by that side, and can even be used in different places. Making laws on the premise of violating the principles of the Magna Carta.
Many shrewd businessmen moved their registered offices there to enjoy preferential tax treatment. Of course, the same is true for religion.
If it was in a conservative area, perhaps those officials would strictly control it, or even make things difficult on purpose, but if it was in those municipalities, Carter no longer dared to think about it anymore...
"So it seems...it's really feasible! Wait..."
Carter nodded, then shook his head violently: "How you want to do your graduation project is not what we are discussing today, what we want to talk about is Madam Lianna!"
"Carter, why do you object to Lianna joining the Church of Redemption?"
Wu Ming stared at Carter with great interest.
"Because... because..."
Carter froze. He knew nothing about the Church of Redemption until now. It would be strange if he could say anything.
"Actually, the teachings of the Redemption Church are very upright, and we don't need donations from believers..."
Wu Ming said with a compassionate expression: "My lord is the bright hope, and all I ask is faith!"
"Hey... It's as if the God of Salvation really exists!"
Carter sneered.
At this moment, he noticed that Mrs. Lianna's complexion turned cold. This was the anger that came from discovering that his faith had been insulted.
Wu Ming didn't take it seriously, after all, just as Carter guessed, he is a magic stick, how could he be devout
"Then what? You will accept the existence of our Lord? Is that so?"
He snapped his fingers.
Snapped!
The surrounding curtains suddenly closed by themselves, as if a pair of invisible hands were manipulating it.
"This... this is..."
Carter opened his mouth wide, thinking of Steven's mystery and his amazing performance in the church.
Unlike him, Lianna's eyes were filled with eager light, and she almost knelt down to pray.
"No... it's just a mechanism, you think I'll believe it? Haha... haha..."
Carter laughed a few times, but his voice sounded weird.
Wu Ming also understands this very well. Once the worldview that has been built for more than ten years collapses, everyone will behave like this.
"Is there a mechanism, can't you see it with your own eyes?"
A ball of light emerged from Wu Ming's hand, emitting warm light, illuminating the entire room, and then floated in front of Carter.
"This is the lowest level of light art. As the priest of my lord, it has given me such an ability!"
After possessing the good fortune of the main god's space, Wu Ming's ability to intervene in the real world has been greatly enhanced.
And it is completely possible to return the energy according to the proportion of faith, and even concentrate the power of faith on one person to form a priest who is a spellcaster like a warlock.
Of course, he still intends to keep a low profile.
It was only at the beginning that it was necessary to bind a group of core believers with these miracles and real 'divine arts'.
Now, he has taken a fancy to Carter's ability.
College students these days are quite elite people, and basically they are doing very well. No one is willing to come to a small unknown religion to do chores. Carter is undoubtedly very suitable. First of all, he is capable and knows how to make money. The most important thing is Yes, Mrs. Lianna has joined the church!
Carter looked at the light in his hand, and his expression became suspicious.
"If you are devout, you can also become the priest of our lord and obtain such abilities!"
Wu Ming added.
While speaking, a faint light suddenly burst out from his body, carrying a sense of majesty and benevolence.
This is the 'sacred temperament', an essential quality of a magic stick, which has been determined by Wu Ming as the magical ability that all priests must master in the future.
"Can you tell me something about this God of Redemption?"
After a while of hesitation, Carter finally said.
He can feel the authenticity of the light in his hand, and he also knows the future of the Church of Redemption after having a 'True God'.
A strong throbbing sprouted in his heart, making him know that everything in the future might be different.