The statue of faith is a very special tool for the church in the Yarra world, and it often appears in the stage of the initial construction or expansion of the church. When the power of a church is just beginning to develop in a certain area, the supporting facilities often cannot keep up, especially the statue of the gods representing the gods for worship, providing faith for the gods, and providing both sides with a smooth channel for faith communication. It takes a long time to carve it, but in the initial period, it was the best time to spread the faith and compete for believers. Missing this stage will be very unfavorable to the development of the church in this area. Therefore, the clergy of the church thought of a solution more than 5,000 years ago.

The solution is to build a special pillar, and then use the church's unique way to use its own faith heart as a medium to temporarily connect the pillar with the spirit of the gods, so that the pillar will temporarily replace the responsibility of the statue until the statue is made, and after the will of the gods descends through the statue and makes it take effect, the pillar will be replaced with the statue. This pillar, which is used as a temporary substitute, is a statue of faith. However, such alternative objects have been rarely seen in this era when the division of faith forces is relatively stable. Even many clergy do not remember this thing, and only some people with extensive knowledge can see the identity of the statue of faith at a glance.

The totem pole is a more rare prop, or strictly speaking, it is a fixed facility. In the entire Yara world, it only exists on the orc grassland. Orcs who believe in the God of War also worship their ancestors. They believe that although their ancestors are not gods, after their ancestors die, they will turn into holy wolves and run in the kingdom of the God of War, protecting their tribes in the dark. Therefore, while the orcs offer faith to the God of War, they also offer respect to their ancestors. However, only the gods are qualified to worship with the statues of gods as a medium. In order not to offend the god of war, and to distinguish them from their belief in gods, the orcs carve huge totems from heavy wood and stand in the tribe. On important days, they gather in front of the totem pole to hold a grand banquet, inviting the Holy Spirit of the ancestors to share food and happiness.

After thousands of years of slow development, the belief system of the Orc Grassland has gradually developed into a double worship of the god of war and ancestors. The Temple of War and the Temple of the Ancestors have become the most unique dual belief system, operating without friction, supporting the spiritual world of the orc tribes. Therefore, in the orc tribes, holding a war hammer or giant sword, destroying the enemy's war priest with overwhelming power, and wielding a small totem pole can not only smash the enemy, but also use the ancestor's war dance to call the help of the ancestor's holy spirit, and use the power of fire and electricity to engulf the enemy's war shaman. People with these two identities are respected by all orcs and have extremely high status.

However, although the totem pole and the faith statue look somewhat similar in appearance, there is actually an essential difference between the two. The faith statue needs to connect the gods and the statues in a special way, and the clergy also needs to use their own spirit as a medium of connection to connect the two and allow the interaction between the two parties to proceed smoothly. The totem pole also needs to use another unique means to spread the gratitude and worship of countless ancestors, absorb it by the Holy Spirits themselves, and then feed the blessings back to the tribe through the power of the totem pole.

For an ordinary believer who does not understand the internal knowledge of the church, it is difficult to distinguish the difference between the totem pole and the faith statue. Even some clergy cannot distinguish. Only high-level clergy who are more sensitive to the power of faith can vaguely discover the difference between the two. Even a sage like Lina, who is deeply loved by the loving god, has not personally distinguished the faith statue and the totem pole before, so in front of the towering white bone pillar outside the temple, he mistakenly thought it was a faith statue. It was not until Pannis reminded that the difference between the two was distinguished.

"Is there really that big difference? Cough cough cough cough." The girls were surprised to find that a strange voice appeared in the prayer hall without any warning. The sound was low and old, mixed with coughs and gasps. The cough and gasps lasted for a while, and finally gradually calmed down. The old voice sounded again: "I think it's actually almost the same."

"How could it be almost the same?" Panis sighed and rubbed his forehead and said, "But that's right, your war shamans are not considered true clergy. The belief in the God of War is actually not as strong as that of the God of War priests. You only worship ancestors more, so it's no wonder that you don't understand the difference."

"Actually, I also want to create a real faith sculpture or a statue of god." The old voice sounded helpless and sighed and lost: "But I don't know how to make a faith sculpture. Not to mention a more complex statue of god, I can only make some totem poles, which can barely produce a certain effect."

"That's a matter of course." Panis shrugged and said, "The statue of God requires the mortal who believes in the gods and the one who is believed in the gods to truly start the statue and transform it from a sculpture to a bridge connecting faith and reality. It is normal that you don't know how to make it. As for the faith sculpture, it requires a sufficiently devout belief in the gods to make it effective. The question is, do you really believe in her? Oh, you can't believe in her at all, so how can you make a true faith statue, my friend."

"Yes, this is also something that I'm very distressed." The old voice said: "If I lose my past memories like other undead, it's a good thing, but I keep all the memories from before, which makes it impossible for me to believe in Ms. Neli. After all, only distance can produce faith, and close contact will only collapse the faith. Therefore, I cannot make a true statue of faith, nor can I become a real archbishop and help Neli maintain this church."

"But this is not your fault, and you have done a lot for her." Panis whispered: "At least, you can use the ability to communicate the Holy Spirit of the ancestor to let the spirit penetrate the boundary between the world of the dead and the space of the Kingdom of God she built, convey her will like a real archbishop, and use your previous knowledge in the temple of the ancestors to try to strengthen the cohesion of the church, so that everyone's worship of her has not changed. From these two aspects, you have actually fulfilled the duties of a half-priest. Of course, this is just an appearance, but in fact it is still deceiving, deceiving other undeads, deceiving the rules of the world. Hum, you are a liar."
Chapter completed!