In the evening, the setting sun was already leaning against the horizon on the west side, and the huge sun disc coated the western forest with a layer of golden-red bright edges. The glow that spread along the clouds was like a curtain across the entire sky, and Dye the whole city with the same golden red as the forest.
Gao Wen was walking with Amber on the way to the Church of the Holy Light. The bells representing the end of the day's work came from several main bell towers in the city, echoing in the streets and marketplaces.
"Hey, I'm off work!" Amber's ears pricked up, listening to the bell in the air, her face showed a happy look, "Then I won't accompany you..."
Gawain grabbed the half-elf lady by the collar and pulled the girl back to his side: "Don't make trouble, you don't work according to this timetable. Is it so difficult for you to go to church? Didn't you say that the church run by Wright doesn't have the atmosphere that makes you uncomfortable?"
Amber was held by the collar by Gao Wen, and she twisted and twisted vigorously while muttering: "But Wright is very annoying, he always tells me something to be honest, steady, not stealthy, not lazy, no, no, no, no, no, no. Well... I'm not a believer of the Holy Light, why should I listen to him..."
Gawain glanced at the girl: "If you say that... I am determined to tie you up in the Holy Light Church to receive a good education."
Amber: "...Hey, I have a bad temper, look at my mouth shape, look at my mouth shape, don't hit me after watching my mouth shape..."
Gao Wen suddenly wondered if it was a wrong decision to take Amber with him when he went out. He regretted bringing this annoying guy with him.
But when he went out, there was no Amber by his side to cheer... He felt very boring again.
It's such a head-scratching contradiction.
The door of the church was ajar, and there was a faint voice coming from inside. It seemed that a sermon was being delivered. Gawain looked down at Amber, and signaled the girl not to make trouble after entering with his eyes, and then gently pushed open the door of the church.
A calm and peaceful atmosphere lingered in the church. Gawain saw Pastor Wright wearing a very simple short robe standing on the podium, telling the story about the birth of the Holy Light, and a dozen of the leaders who came to listen Sitting on the benches on both sides of the aisle, a small translucent figure with a shimmering light all over his body also sat on the chair with everyone, and raised his head in the same way as if he was listening carefully. It's just that every time I listen to a few sentences, I start to twist and look around, obviously I didn't pay attention to it at all.
Gawain took Amber and sat down in the back row in silence. Wright had already seen them and paused for a while. Gawain nodded slightly to indicate that he should not care and let him continue to preach.
Wright's calm and gentle voice echoed in the church: "... When that 'eternal night' lasted to the seventh day, the first holy light was born in the darkest moment, a horse breeder with a longing for light Pray, pray for the light to come, and the Holy Light responded to him, and the light descended in the black mist... "
This is a story about the birth of the Holy Light, and everyone who believes in the Holy Light knows it, but when Wright told this story, he omitted all the empty, unreasonable praise for the God of the Holy Light, and used the most simple and straightforward The words deduce the most simple story. The first person who prayed for the Holy Light changed from a chosen "God of the Holy Light" to an ordinary horse breeder. Heresy" has become "hope to go outside the dark mist of eternal night to find herbs to heal your family".
This kind of change may be a huge provocation in the eyes of professional Holy Light priests, but for those civilian believers who don't know much about history, and have never even read any Holy Light books, they don't think so much , they just find this new story more interesting, so they listen attentively.
But a special little audience was not so serious. On the seat in the front row, a small figure with a glimmer of light all over her body suddenly floated up. She looked around curiously, and then floated with a bright smile. Walking up to Gao Wen, he waved back and forth in mid-air to greet him.
"Hello, Emily." Gao Wen said in a low voice.
"Hee hee..." Emily let out a melodious chuckle, and then floated down on the seat beside Gao Wen.
Gao Wen noticed that part of the little girl's body was "fused" with the seat.
Obviously, Emily, as a spirit body, does not sit in a certain place safely like a real body, she just pretends to be sitting and floats in the position of the chair, squatting in mid-air …
But she seems to be enjoying it.
On the pulpit, Wright's preaching is still going on: "... People's yearning for light is in line with the way of the Holy Light, so those who pursue the light will be favored by the Holy Light. Before the Holy Light, the horse breeder and the pope are equal. Yes, because the morality of the Holy Light is higher than the high and low measured by money and status, just like the flowers, plants, trees, birds and animals on the plain can't tell the heights in front of the mountains... If you pursue the higher morality, your identity will be the same. It doesn't matter how expensive it is."
"What the big man said is interesting." Although Amber chanted all the way before, she listened carefully to two sentences of Wright's sermon at this time, and shook her head to comment, "Although I don't like the kind of stern-faced and prudish looks, but what he said is much better than the magic sticks in other places."
Gawain nodded slightly: "There are still some limitations...but overall it's not bad."
Emily raised her head, lost her mind for a while, and suddenly a word came out: "...boring."
Amber was stunned for a moment, staring dumbfounded at Emily who was floating on the chair and pretending to be sitting: "You can talk?!"
"Yes," Emily blinked, and then suddenly stared at the back of Amber's head for two seconds before saying, "Sister, there is a black light on your head..."
"Hi, it's okay, I'm the God of the Night, that's a blessing from the goddess," Amber waved her hands indifferently, and then looked at Emily curiously, "The last time we met, you just floated around and Smiling, I thought you couldn't speak..."
Emily raised her head again, with a look of wandering in the sky. After a long time, she suddenly laughed and flew to the roof lightly.
Wright's sermon also came to an end: "... each of us has the right to pursue the Holy Light, just as everyone can yearn for the light, the Holy Light will shine on everyone, not just on the heads of priests and priests. Church donations are for righteousness, and should not be used to 'buy' holy light from the church, because the holy light is inherently in everyone's heart...
"As long as you follow virtue and act with justice, love, tolerance, and integrity, everyone is blessed..."
The small figure jumped down from the roof and "smashed" on Wright's shoulder like a fallen leaf. With a happy face, Emily raised her translucent arms and waved them, following the crowd in the church. The person said hello: "Huh, today's talk is over!"
Wright's face was a little embarrassed, and while trying to get Emily off his shoulders, he nodded to the people in the church: "That's all for today."
The people who listened to the sermon couldn't help laughing. They responded to Emily's greeting with a smile, and stood up to leave. Some of them didn't notice that the lord was sitting on the chair in the back row until then, so they hurried Salute to Gawain.
Gawain responded to them one by one. After the last believer left the church, he came to the pulpit and nodded slightly to Wright: "It seems that everyone has gotten used to Emily?"
"At first she scared the believers who came to the church, she always hid on the roof, and then suddenly jumped down," Wright said dumbfoundedly, "It took me a lot of effort to explain Emily's origin to people, and now People are not afraid of her anymore."
Emily poked her head out from behind Wright's shoulder, looking around.
Gao Wen stretched out his hand and tried to touch Emily's head. It had a wonderful hand feeling. His hand could pass directly through Emily's body, but there was still slight resistance. When he touched the little girl's hair , he could feel an obvious heat coming from it, which was the temperature brought by the gentle holy light.
Wright took the initiative to say: "Her condition seems to have stabilized, both physically and mentally."
Gawain nodded: "Did Kamel say anything?"
"Master Kamel said that she is in good condition, just pay attention and observe. Besides, I mainly avoid her from being outside in the sun for too long..."
Gao Wen was a little surprised: "Can't bask in the sun? Isn't she a holy light spirit body? Why is she afraid of the sun like the undead?"
As soon as Wright heard it, he knew that Gawain had misunderstood, and quickly explained: "Oh, it's not because she's afraid of the sun, but if she gets too much sun, she will become very bright, and it can't get dark at night, so I can't sleep at all..."
Amber next to her suddenly exclaimed: "Are you sleeping with Emily?!"
Wright couldn't add any more embarrassment at once, explaining dumbfoundedly: "The room is divided, but after she falls asleep, she will involuntarily float around the whole church..."
Gawain thought for a while, and patted Wright on the shoulder seriously: "It's not easy for you."
"Fortunately, she is much better now floating around, and I can use a cloth to cover her eyes."
"I came to you today because I wanted to talk to you about the teachings of Protestantism and the spread of new teachings," Gawain pulled back to the topic in time before the topic became more and more distorted. He took Wright and Amber to a nearby Sitting down on the bench, he said casually, "I heard your sermon just now, and you seem to be trying to tell believers the doctrine we discussed last time."
"Yes, I sorted out what you talked to me last time," Wright nodded, "Give back the 'classic interpretation power' to the believers, emphasize that religious leaders do not equal absolute authority; downplay the image of the God of Holy Light, and at the same time use A more universal and easier-to-accept moral concept will gradually replace the original strict canon; emphasizing tolerance, keeping pace with the times and self-restraint, removing all extreme, stubborn and xenophobic content in the original teachings, Expand the potential believers that the new teachings can cover as much as possible. The current new teachings are all based on these three points.”
"Do believers accept it?"
"A lot of people were confused at first, but they still accepted it. There were only a few staunch believers who showed resistance, but I believe their resistance can be softened," Wright said, with a look of mixed emotions on his face. "The vast majority Ordinary believers are common people. Before they came to Cecil, they were poor people who didn’t even know the words and hadn’t read a single scripture. The local priests believe in whatever they say, and the local priests don’t care how pious these people are. As long as the magic is in the hands of the church, those ordinary believers can obediently pay for the magic, and those priests will be satisfied... In this case, it becomes very easy for us to promote new teachings."
"The real obstacle is not the people, but the vested interests. The priests of Luan City are the ones who will resist the new doctrine the most," Gao Wen said. "So our plan is going to the next step."
"You just order."
Gawain paused for a moment, and looked seriously into Wright's eyes: "You know the new printing factory in the city, right?"
"Of course, I also went to visit it, which is indeed an incredible scene."
"Guess what the priests would do if one hundred thousand leaflets and pamphlets with new teachings were thrown on the city of Luan?"