When we were still far away from the town, we met a welcoming team running out of the town, including men, women, old and children. In the town, they saw the giant crow approaching quickly from the sky, and then rushed towards it happily.
Come out to greet us. I believe that the Crow God must have given them the speed of flying birds: they had just come out of the town when we were still in the sky, and by the time we landed, these people had already gathered two kilometers outside the town.
Hundreds of people, men, women, old and young, stood a few hundred meters away. When they saw a group of people jumping off the back of the Crow God, they were obviously stunned. Obviously, the setting of "riding on the god to travel" is very important to the locals.
It's still not easy to understand, but after seeing Vanilla, Lilina and one sister in the crowd, the expressions on their faces were relieved: at least the situation is not too weird. I looked at the welcoming crowd and saw
Every face is filled with excitement and excitement, which are sincere feelings from the heart. No matter how bad Lilina's character is, at least she really brings a good life to these people. The faces of the adults among these people
They are all weather-beaten, with traces of years of working in the mines and scars of life. The children are basically shy: they were born and raised in the mines and are not very good at greeting strangers. Part of them
The person is wearing a black robe. There are two hanging ribbons on the front of the robe. Now I know that these two ribbons are the symbols of the Crow God Sect. The color of the ribbon represents the rank in the church, like
Vanilla is the highest-grade gold. Of course, Lilina and Little Crow also have the same clothes, but they should be excluded: one is the image spokesperson of the power god, and the other is simply the goddess herself. Why do you think they are joining in the fun?
ah…….
"Welcome the goddess!" An imposing-looking gray-haired old man in the crowd stepped out of the queue, first bowed to Silly Bird, who was recovering his human form, and then bowed respectfully to Vanilla, "Your Majesty the Pope."
Vanilla took a small step back nervously, obviously still not used to this status, and then she bowed back with her neck stiff: "Oh, hey, you've been working hard these past few days." Well, at least when saying these words.
The expression on his face is quite calm.
"Two great sages." The old man turned his head to Lilina and her sister again. He still bowed politely and thoughtfully, and then he didn't even miss the cat lady whose name was always forgotten. "And Your Highness the Saint, you have worked hard all the way.
.”
The cat lady stood up straight, her ears erect: "My name is Rabbi!" I looked at her in disbelief: Oh, is this a saint? Lilina knows how to do it! She has all these blasphemous titles.
Is there a rule or not?
However, looking at the five members of the God Tribe, they all seemed normal. Uncle Kenser even nodded slightly. It seemed that the set of things Lilina was tossing was really what it was, at least it looked quite suitable.
"He is one of the chief priests of the Crow God Sect." Lilina used her spiritual connection to introduce to me the old man in front of me who was well mannered and didn't look like a mining worker. "He used to be a small nobleman, but later he was
The person who was exiled here is the most educated person in the town, so he can only be the chief priest. In fact, he is quite reliable, but sometimes he is a bit rigid, and he pays special attention to etiquette: he has not changed it after seventeen years of exile.
Such a bunch of problems."
When Lilina was introducing me through mental connection, her hands were not idle. She pointed at a group of us and introduced me to the old man. I was the first to introduce: "You should salute him more. This
He is the Lord of the Crow God recorded in the Divine Code and the Father of the Gods of the Xiling God System." When she said this, her face was particularly airy, and I was almost stunned by that serious look, Qian Qian
Everyone looked at me in awe, and then Lilina went on to introduce the others, "This is the aunt of the Crow God, this is the aunt of the Crow God, this is the second uncle of the Crow God, the third uncle of the Crow God, and the sister-in-law of the Crow God
, the Crow God’s eldest cousin, the Crow God’s aunt, the Crow God’s… ah!”
TM should have noticed something was wrong immediately! This girl was so stunned by saying "Father of the Gods" just now that she didn't react...
"In short, the situation is like Jiang Zi." Lilina covered her head and looked at me aggrievedly, and then ordered the stunned Crow God believers to go back to the "Holy City". On the way, she introduced us to the special society in this southern region.
The environment, of course, also includes the development and current situation of the city where the Crow God originated.
"Holy City" is a name that has only become known in recent days. It sounds so cool that not many people would associate it with a run-down town with a population of only a few thousand that is located near an abandoned mine.
Together, when the name was finalized, even the residents of the town themselves felt a little dumbfounded, but in the end the name spread, and now, several towns near the "Holy City" know that it has been abandoned.
Miracles suddenly appeared in the long-standing "Black Sand Mine", and the miracles were widely spread. The holy tree appeared in one day, and the endless food and wine given by the gods. As long as you follow the teachings of the Crow God, you can get rid of all diseases.
The holy land, the harvest of food day and night, and the sacred barrier that covers the entire mine and can drive away all intruders with just one feather. The stories are more bizarre than the other, and the people who extol these things are more and more confident:
This must have attracted more and more people's attention.
In addition to these magical legends, of course, the people who came out of the "Holy City" together were the people who spread these stories. They were the residents of the original mining town, but now they call themselves missionaries. These miners and farmers who have done menial work for most of their lives are now
Wearing strange robes, carrying the Crow God's Bible with him, he ran around in nearby towns, preaching the power of the Crow God, and providing free medical medicine and food to the poor and homeless: these three things were very important to him.
It is the least valuable thing for people who come from the Holy Capital. But it is something that the nearby rundown towns urgently need.
The missionaries who were transformed from miners and farmers certainly looked a bit inconsistent. Although they wore scholar's robes and held decent books in their hands, this could not hide their vulgarity and the life they were accustomed to.
Way, yes, you will see the novice missionaries of the Raven God Sect squatting on the roadside stones with their arms open to read the doctrine, eating hard biscuits dipped in salt crumbs for lunch with the surrounding poor people, and holding their hands when praying for divine power.
Holding the Bible in the bag upside down - all the above behaviors are disgusted by people from the upper class in the north. But they make the local civilians very friendly. Perhaps this is a good thing, because the missionaries of the Crow God Sect can be better
They develop believers in a poor society. And their divine power is not guaranteed: even if they hold the Bible upside down, they can still cure all diseases and possess divine power. What is more convincing than genuine miracles?
Their contrasting poor styles better reflect their own strength.
Thanks to the dual power of miracles and missionaries, the Holy City has gained a huge reputation. Now wanderers from other places are coming to this place one after another. Most of them just want to try their luck. Because it is said that the Crow God
The sect will provide free food to passing escapees, while others are out of curiosity or have no other choice. No matter what the reason is for those who come here, 99% of them will choose to stay in the end:
More than any other place in the South, this place blessed by God is full of incredible hope. At least here, you don't have to go hungry.
So up to now, this small town in the Holy City has accommodated a new population that is almost twice the number of the aboriginal people, and the expansion of the town has been carried out vigorously. New construction sites and open-air buildings can be seen everywhere in the wasteland outside.
Workshops, as well as simple tents set up by outsiders. Generally, no one would dare to set up a tent outside the city wall to spend the night in other places. Because there are dangerous beasts wandering in the southern wilderness, and wolves occupy more territory than human activities.
The only exception here is that the entire mining area is protected by a huge divine shield. Let alone beasts, even if the armies of the northern countries attack, they will probably be torn to pieces by the storm released by the shield in an instant.
, as long as you are inside the shield and accept the Crow God's teachings, you are safer than anywhere else.
Such a huge flow of people, and even the private construction of cities, did not attract the attention of any local official department. This of course made me very curious. After some inquiries, I learned that this was due to the special living environment in the south.
The south is a barbaric and lawless land. Most food cannot be grown here, and rivers are rare. The largest plain area is the Gobi zone, which is unsuitable for survival. The soil is mixed with metals that are harmful to crops and human bodies. The entire southern region has only
Its economic source is a limited number of minerals. For hundreds of years, the northern principalities used this place as a mineral producing area and a dumping ground for various wastes - the wastes here include felons and those who failed in political struggles.
Nobles, of course, also include slaves who were exiled to mine the living beings. Here you can find simple towns that gathered overnight because of the mineral veins, and there are also dilapidated and abandoned human settlements where the mineral veins have dried up. "Exile", "Slave"
", "Lifelong Untouchables", the three systems have accumulated countless homeless people in the southern region. These people are sent to the mines in large numbers like tools, and their life's fate is tied to the mineral veins. When the minerals are exhausted,
, the authorities didn't even bother to demobilize these abandoned people. They would only transfer local overseers and soldiers, as well as their belongings, leaving most of the abandoned people to fend for themselves. Of course, out of the so-called "mercy" of the nobles, they would
Leave a year's worth of food and the like, and issue a "free mining license" to the civilians left behind, allowing the remaining people to freely mine things in the abandoned mines: if they can find anything else.
This is the absurd living situation in the southern region. It can only be said that each world has its own rules.
There is no clear division of sovereignty in the southern region. It is nominally managed by the northern principality, but this management has become in vain. More and more deserted people in the south have also weakened the control of the northern principality over this area in disguise. This is a number of
An embarrassing situation caused by a hundred years of accumulation. Up to now, this place has basically become a king on its own... Well, there is no king, but it is indeed self-reliant. So this messy social environment gave Lilina an opportunity to take advantage of.
.Of course, it also gives the upcoming half-dragon race an opportunity to take advantage of.
Groups of people came out to greet us, not only the clergy of the Holy City, but also ordinary residents of the city, and even children running around with adults. This shows that the Crow God Cult is not very organized after all.
, after all, the current main members of this sect are also concentrated in farmers and miners - this is of course not class discrimination. It is just undeniable that such a personnel composition is far from enough for the development of a sect. Lilina feels that the current
The top priority is not only to expand the influence of the Crow God, but more importantly, to attract intellectuals and aristocrats to join the religion. The former can provide great help in the compilation of doctrines and preaching in the upper class society, while the latter can give the Crow God sect a green light in many fields.
Now a group of carefully selected missionaries have gone to the north. According to the intelligence sent back, they are making good progress. The biggest good news is that the Holy City will soon have a group of teachers who can teach children to read: this is urgently needed here.
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Lilina dismissed the noisy believers and civilians who were following everyone. She led us to visit this town that was under rapid construction. The current Holy City feels to me like an enlarged version of the dark alley area of Sentu: dilapidated and messy.
, in disrepair and without planning.
The entire town looks like a peeled orange peel in shape, with large areas separated by vast stretches of wasteland. There are no rules and are only connected in the middle. Except for the square in the center of the town, there is a circle of relatively good buildings.
Except for this, everything else is the so-called "pile of houses". Dilapidated wooden houses and stone houses are built haphazardly everywhere, and there are almost no straight roads. Gray and black are the main colors of this town, and the houses here are
The road surface is covered with black and gray rock powder from the mines. The gravel used to pave the ground is the slag that is a by-product of mining. This is a relatively good place. The roads in most places have not been treated at all. The exposed soil is full of pits and pits.
The area is covered with black and greasy sewage.
"The mining towns in the south are all like this," my sister sighed. "The people who built these towns only ask for one thing: to survive. Anyway, there will be no more support from the northern principalities here, and even if they are built
There was no more economic value, so it became like this. The big houses in the center of the town were occupied by the original overseers and soldiers. They were the emperors of all mining towns and were sent by the Northern Principality to escort slaves and exiles.
Oversaw the mining operations and left without hesitation once the mines were exhausted."
"But it's different now!" Lilina happily pointed to the side. It was a construction site. A large area of severely collapsed houses was being knocked down. A dozen strong townspeople were preparing to build new houses.
, they cut huge logs and stones on the wasteland on the spot, using... iron sheets or even palms?!
Finally noticing this wonderful detail, a shirtless, black-faced uncle placed a piece of wood on a shelf, then raised his right hand and prayed loudly: "Ah! The most powerful Crow God! Grant your followers the power of steel."
And be blessed with magical swords!" Then he struck down with his palm, and a cold light flashed through. It was really a cold light flashed through. There was a layer of metallic luster floating on the edge of his palm, which extended to half a meter away. In this
Under the cold light of the metal, the wood was cut open.
: "..."
"There is a lack of tools here, but the construction speed is faster than any other town," Vanilla said happily, with a blush on her face. She rarely spoke actively, but this time she couldn't help it, "Everyone relies on the Crow God's
Blessed, become infinitely powerful, reinforced with steel, no matter how strong the tool is, it cannot compare with the power gained through prayer. The only pity is that not everyone can get the power they need, and those who can participate in the construction are still
Not quite enough.”
Nodding: "I know, praying to this idiot is a bit like buying a lottery ticket. Maybe you have been strengthened."
When the crow heard me calling her Silly Bird, she immediately pouted and said, "Gah!" She could still tell what Silly Bird meant.
You can see bustling labor scenes everywhere in the town, rebuilding houses, repairing roads, and making tools. If there is one thing about this dilapidated abandoned town that is completely different from other places in the south, it is that everyone here bursts out from the inside out.
They are full of hope and are so motivated to build their own house for the first time, and firmly believe that they can eventually build a rich home with their own hands. Along the way, almost every person they meet will stop.
Greetings to our group: Of course, the objects of their greetings are Little Crow and Vanilla. I don’t know how Lilina did it. She actually allowed Silly Bird and Vanilla to gain such high prestige. If the Crow God himself
It's easy to explain that he is a majestic god, but the current situation is that the only thing the Crow God can do besides eating, sleeping and acting cute is to look for pebbles on the ground and collect firewood sticks to build his own nest.
Can such a guy really gather prestige?
Ultimately, all I can say is that Lilina is quite good at deceiving people.
Finally, we arrived at the central square along the only road in the town. This is the "holy place" of the town. Only the aborigines of the town can approach it. The wanderers who have recently come from other places to "pilgrimage" can only go outside the town for the time being.
Even the food was collected here by the townspeople and sent there. After all, the two most important sacred objects of the Crow God Sect are stored here: the holy tree and the feathers of the Crow God. No one dares to let people who don’t know the details just do so.
Getting closer. Around the square, we saw the first "Church Knights" team organized by the townspeople, which was impressive: the Church Knights holding pitchforks and miners' hoes were absolutely unprecedented.
"Their fighting power is no worse than the most powerful beast knights in the north. The pitchforks thrown by the church knights can penetrate the fifteen-meter-thick boulder wall," Lilina nodded to the black-robed Crow God warriors.
, while whispering, "Although it's a bit dilapidated now, their weapons and equipment will be made soon. Everything is being constructed quickly here. By then, the Knights of the Crow God Cult will be the most powerful in the world.
Soldiers, think about it, they are stronger than mammoths, and they can also cast shadow arrows and lightning chains instantly... The power of the Crow God is geared towards fighting."
Inclined to fight... I suddenly thought, could the Crow God Sect be able to fight against the Raven...
At this moment, a burst of excited shouts from not far away interrupted my thinking. I followed the sound and saw a group of children running over from the alley in front. Then the cat lady in our team happily
Welcoming him.
"Teacher Rabbi! You are back!"
"Teacher, is the big city fun?"
"Teacher, teacher, we have finished writing those words!"
A group of children in tattered clothes but with particularly cheerful expressions were jumping and shouting, and we were immediately in a daze. Only then did Lilina seem to suddenly remember, and suddenly realized: "Oh, I forgot to mention, this one
Cat is one of the only two teachers in the town now, responsible for teaching children to read and write. The other teacher is the old man we saw before who has many rules."
Lin Xue smiled brightly: "Wow, I really can't tell. That cat is quite close to children. It's just like a boring gourd."
"Only those kids can remember her name." My sister covered her face and couldn't help but sigh.
Everyone: "..."
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