The bearded man had just escaped from the internal meeting of the high-level monks. He was still dressed in the unremarkable rag robe + rough cloth shoes. He looked like an ordinary old man who had just come out of the refugee pile. He couldn't see it at all. It turns out that this is a senior ascetic monk who can sit on an equal footing with a high-ranking bishop. In fact, Hao Ren had no concept of the rank of these ascetics in the church at first, but later he realized that these ascetics have a high status in the church, not only directly responsible to the Pope, but also qualified to participate in the church when necessary Among the major decisions made by the upper echelon—because their loyalty to the goddess is unquestionable, and they have the best adaptability to divine metaphors, they can have the strongest spiritual resonance with the goddess. Pious ascetics are regarded as the goddess's direct guards, so the bearded man was also eligible to participate in the bishop-level meeting just now.
However, Becky didn't have much idea about this aspect. In her impression, the bearded man was an approachable and nice man, and he was her roommate for a while, so at this moment, she stood up and said hello: "Ah, uncle, just now The meeting is over? Come to eat something?"
The bearded man smiled and nodded to Becky, thanked her for her kindness, then looked at Hao Ren and Ophra: "It seems that you have already talked about it?"
"You mean the tattooing ceremony?" Hao Ren frowned, "How does your church think about it?"
"Of course there are some religious thoughts," the bearded man nodded frankly, "whether it is the order left by the Pope or your actions in several incidents, it is hard not to let people associate you with the will of the goddess The high-ranking bishops believe that it must be meaningful for foreigners to come to this world. Although you are not believers, the guidance of the goddess brought you here... So the bishops hope that some of you can accept the tattoo ceremony."
Hao Ren looked into the eyes of the bearded man: "What do you think?"
"You can try it. If you want to investigate the affairs of the goddess, it is undoubtedly a way to establish a connection yourself. But to be honest, I don't know how effective it is... Our connection with the goddess is not just a bloodline, it also requires a pious Faith and firm belief, only those who truly respect the goddess in their hearts can hear her teachings, and you..." The bearded man looked at Hao Ren with some embarrassment, "I always feel that you don't even believe in your own god. "
Hao Renxin said that if he believed in Raven 12345, he would be a ghost. When had that unreliable female psychopath been believable, but she still didn't have the nerve to show it on her face. He just smiled dryly and waved his hands: "I understand, I understand. To be honest, I am also very interested in your tattooing ceremony. In fact, I wanted to try it when I came last time, but I thought it was a formal priesthood. A ceremony that can only be accepted by personnel, probably won’t let me, an outsider, use it for testing casually, so I don’t have the nerve to say it.”
Ofra was a little surprised: "Does this mean you agreed?"
"Wait, I have to confirm with the higher-ups." Hao Ren waved his hand, "After all, I'm still organized..."
At this critical moment, he can still remember that he is the Pope in terms of professional title, but he obviously doesn't realize how serious the thing he wants to participate in is in the eyes of ordinary religious believers: a spokesman for the gods is going to try Establishing a connection with another god, and doing it through religious ceremonies, is enough to scare normal believers, but he dared to discuss it with his own god...
Ophra was limited by the common sense of her own world. In fact, she didn't expect Hao Ren to agree to it from the very beginning, so at this time, he looked at each other as if he were looking at a rare creature. This kind of thing... can you really discuss it with your own god?"
The bearded man didn't know how to explain. She could only poke her neck and try to be serious: "...the god over there can do it."
At this time, Hao Ren had connected the data terminal to the channel of Raven 12345, and the other party's lazy voice sounded in his mind: "Hao Ren? What the hell?"
"... You haven't woken up yet?"
"Nonsense! Did you go out of town again? Do you know the time difference?" Raven 12345's voice was still so friendly, "Well, let's talk about it."
Hao Ren quickly straightened his face: "That's right. I'm planning to experience the initiation ceremony of another god..."
"puff-"
Hao Ren heard a messy voice coming from his mind, and then Raven 12345's energetic bluff echoed in his head: "Damn it?! My old lady treats you well, why don't you just change jobs?! You and your daughter Grab some food?"
Hao Ren realized that there was something wrong with his statement. After explaining quickly, Raven 12345 breathed a sigh of relief: "Phew... what a big deal I have to do, you are a fart pagan, aren't you just doing a radio communication test, go go go go .”
Afterwards, the goddess sister was still reading brokenly on the opposite side: "Scared my mother, I said to myself that looking at the history of the three major gods for hundreds of millions of years, today I met a pope who wants to resign, so I called God to say it." ...I almost thought I was going to let those grandsons make headlines again... What the hell? Didn't hang up?"
Then the spiritual connection was hung up in a hurry.
Lily watched Hao Ren's complexion with curiosity, and asked cautiously, "Landlord, landlord. Sister Goddess wants to give you a blessing?"
Hao Ren turned his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Let me tell you. I may not be able to believe in her in my life..."
Lily: "?"
After a short period of preparation, Hao Ren and Beard arrived at the small monastery in the floating city. This aerial fortress was completely designed according to the structure of a military town, so there were not only military barracks and schools, but also church facilities such as monasteries. Although the scale was small, it was sufficient for most daily affairs.
Hao Ren didn't feel anything about the tattooing ceremony - perhaps in the eyes of the locals in Holleta, this was a sacred and glorious process of blessing, a manifestation of the goddess' grace descending on mortals, but in Hao Ren's eyes, It seemed that this was just an ordinary experiment, no different from the projects he carried out in the spaceship laboratory. In fact, even without the help of the bearded man, he planned to try to "inoculate" the source blood on the spaceship himself to see what sounds he could hear.
Anyway, he had blood samples, professional books from the Hui Yao Sect, and complete medical equipment—even if there was a small rejection reaction, there was no need to worry about it.
Of course, it is better now, with the help of professional religious people, the success rate should be much higher.
"Why do I feel that you are not nervous at all?" Ophra also came over to watch, she was very puzzled by Hao Ren's reaction from beginning to end, "And there is no hesitation or resistance... You are not following another god What? I heard about your world from the master."
Hao Ren watched the bearded man prepare the incense and source blood container not far away, and replied casually, "It's not a big deal. In our world, which child doesn't poke the vaccine a dozen times after birth?"
Ophra was shocked: "Your world is so fanatical about religion?!"
This is cultural difference.
Hao Ren turned his head and looked around, and found that apart from his friends, the only Hui Yao believers present were the bearded man and the Archbishop of Auburn. He was very surprised: "By the way, this ceremony requires a lot of people? You also need to recite the scriptures for a long time... How come I have a shortened version?"
"Could it be that you really intend to join the religion?" The bearded man smiled gently, "On the one hand, rituals such as chanting are to subconsciously enhance the spiritual connection of believers with the goddess, and on the other hand, they are the admonitions for joining the religion, but You're only here to test the blood connection, so leave out those parts. And to be honest... I don't think reading you a few prayers will make you believe in our goddess."
Elizabeth muttered: "This is not what a fanatic should say."
"We are devout believers, but the goddess forbids us to become fanatics," Archbishop Auburn said with a straight face. He, the interim pope, did not need to personally participate in this ceremony, but it is a glorious thing for a pagan to accept the tattoo. For the first time since the establishment of the Yao sect, he came to personally supervise out of various considerations and as the person responsible for personally approving the matter, "The goddess taught us to be vigilant against all uncontrolled extreme thoughts, uncontrollable The extreme and the extreme should be discarded. God’s love should be gently conveyed to the world, not scorching them like the scorching sun.”
"Well, I like that statement." Elizabeth crossed her arms and nodded her head like a little adult. "Human beings in our world believe in a lot of messy gods of light, gods of creation, and so on. Each one is more fanatical than the other, as if afraid It's as if others don't know how powerful their gods are... It's a guilty conscience."
The bearded man lit the incense that can enhance spiritual power, and came to Hao Ren with the strange container containing the original blood: "Are you ready to listen to the voice of the goddess?"
"Come on—if only she'd have something to say to me."
(I don’t know if I can order more monthly tickets in the last few hours. If you still have tickets on hand, just vote! It’s going to expire anyway.) (To be continued~^~)